Heaven or Hell

Wednesday 14 September
READ: Lk. 16:23-24
MORE LESSON: Ecc. 12: 1-8

There is certainly life after death and this life will be in either of two places. It is either with God in Heaven or with the devil in hell. Heaven and hell are actually rewards and not bestowal. There is a life that a man lives and he is rewarded with Heaven and another life that a man lives and he is rewarded with hell. Luke 16: 25 reads, Abraham said to him, 'Son, remember that during your lifetime you had everything you wanted, and Lazarus had nothing. So now he is here being comforted, and you are in anguish (NLT). When the rich man was on earth, he gave himself all that he wanted. Even things that were sinful, as long as his body wanted, he got them. After all he had enough money to get anything he wanted for himself. This scripture shows that the rich man didn't remember God when he was on earth but was carried away by money, pleasure and gratification of the flesh. When the rich man got to hell, he was so tormented and in agony that he wanted even a finger-drip of water to cool his tongue but he couldn't get.
Hell is a place where the people who are lovers of pleasures rather than lovers of God (2 Tim 3: 4) will be rewarded with anguish. It is noteworthy that hell is not a place for the rich and the rich man was not in hell merely because he was rich; he was in hell because he didn't seek God but used his money to seek pleasures of life. He lived for food, clothes, jewelry, fame, fun and carnal enjoyment. His reward in eternity was hell fire. Heaven is a reward for living a life surrendered to Jesus Christ and dedicated to God. This is why it is important to measure where God is on your scheme, schedule and scale of priority. I urge you to live for God so that you will be rewarded with Heaven. The reward for forgetting God and living a sinful life is the lake of fire.
On a final note, Psalm 9:17 says; the wicked shall be turned into hell and all the nations that forget God. The reward for living a life as if God does not exist to judge is the lake of fire. This will not be your portion, in Jesus’ name.

PRAYER/ACTION
*Re-dedicate your life to God today.
*Receive the grace of God to be conscious of God’s presence around your life everytime, in Jesus’ name.
*Renounce the lust for worldly pleasures and invoke the love for God upon your life today, in Jesus’ name.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
I command every weight and spiritual stone weighing me down in life to roll away now, in the precious name of Jesus.

After Death II

Tuesday 13 September
READ: Lk. 16:19 - 24
MORE LESSON: Psa. 9: 17

The Bible tells the story of a rich man, who was clothed in purple and fed sumptuously. He was very rich and had everything he needed. There was a poor man around his house who had no food to eat and desired to be fed from the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table but he had to contend with dogs to get them. As he struggled with the dogs for food under the table, the dogs helped themselves to the sores on his body. It was a terrible life for this poor man. Poverty is bad and should not be the portion of a child of God.
The rich man had everything in this world but he didn't have the most important thing - God. He wasn't born again, he had no respect for God and no personal relationship with Jesus Christ. He had enough money to donate to charity and probably buy all manner of things for church but he had no relationship with God. Without a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, all acts of charity and good works in themselves cannot save a man. So one day the rich man died and opened his eyes on the other side of life.
The poor man in his wretchedness remembered God and gave his life to the Lord Jesus Christ. The Bible says that the poor man also died as the rich man died. One thing is common to the poor and the rich; they will both die. Luke 16: 22 -23 shows how the poor man died and was taken to the bosom of Abraham, while the rich man was taken to hell after his death. There is life after death and there is a place called hell. Jesus talked about actual place called hell where there is punishment for those that refuse His lordship. Hell is not a figure of speech; it is an actual place.
There is somewhere men are going after death. Don't let anyone deceive you that when a man dies that is the end of life. Some people say, 'let's eat, drink and be merry before we die' forgetting they will go somewhere after death to give account of what they did on the face of the earth. The rich man died and the poor man also died, but they went to different places after death. It wasn't their riches or poverty that determined where they went after death; it was their relationship with God. A man can be rich and still make Heaven and another can be poor and still go to hell. The choice is made by accepting or refusing Jesus Christ and a life of obedience to His Word. There is life after death-some to eternal justification in Heaven and some to eternal condemnation in hell. You will not lose eternally, in Jesus’ name, And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works: Rev. 20:13.

PRAYER/ACTION
* Tell the Lord that you will never regret your sojourn here on earth when you see Jesus.
* Ask the Lord to purge you of anything that can cost you Heaven, in Jesus’ name.
*Decree long life and prosperity for yourself and all your loved ones, in Jesus’ name.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
Father, today in Your greatness, set my feet upon the rock that is higher than I and keep me going in destiny, in the mighty name of Jesus.

After Death I

Monday 12 September
READ: Heb. 9: 27
MORE LESSON: 2 Cor. 5:10

The Bible says that it is appointed unto men once to die, but AFTER this the judgment (Heb 9:27). The striking point that should be noted from this scripture is that the Bible says that there is something after death. Some people believe that death is the end and try to use several scriptures to support their belief. They claim there is no hell, no Heaven, and that after death, a man sleeps forever and ever. A look at this scripture shows that there is something after death. The Bible, in the text of today, tells of judgment as one thing that surely comes up after death. By extension, if there is the possibility of one thing being after death. then there is also the possibility of many things.
Death is not the end at all but actually the beginning of another process. Death is the door that opens a man into eternity full of endless events. It is not just one long time when nothing is happening. The wise thing for a man to do is to spend his life before death preparing for eternity. Be it known to you that everything in this life is but nothing compared to what all men will have to confront in the life hereafter. Life in this body is temporal but after death, the real life begins. The human body is not designed to live forever but the human spirit is. So at one point, the body needs to give way so that the spirit can now face the full repercussion of life without the limits of being enclosed in the body. Death is merely the spirit leaving the body so as to face life the way it really is.
If a man lives for 70 years on earth, men would say that he lived long. In the Bible, we see that men lived as long as above 900 hundred years. As long as they lived, no man has ever hit the 1000 years mark in terms of length of life. 1000 years is nothing but a twinkle of an eye in eternity. Because eternity is no child's play at all every man must really pay attention to the issue of where he will spend eternity.
After death, there is judgement. There is a whole lot more, as some will go into eternal damnation and some into eternal celebration. Regardless of calibre and status, death is inevitable to all men. The only way to have the upper hand over death is to prepare for it. The right preparation is to give your life to Jesus so that you will be able to reign with Him in eternity after death comes. I pray you will not die an untimely death, in Jesus’ name. When death comes, you will be in Christ and will not be lost in eternity, And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works: Rev. 20:12.

PRAYER/ACTION
* Ask the Lord to preserve you with long life not to die before your time, in Jesus’ name.
* Ask the Lord to purify you of any filth that will not allow you to see Jesus when the time comes.
Cover yourself with the blood of Jesus today and always.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
This month, every story will change to glory and from glory to glory, in the glorious name of Jesus.

Numbering your Days II

Sunday 11 September
READ: Eph. 5: 15 - 16
MORE LESSON: Psa. 90: 12

Psa. 90:12 talks about the need to number our days in order to apply our hearts to wisdom. We have pointed out that numbering our days involves making sure we spend each day maximally to the glory of God and the fulfilment of our purpose in destiny. The Bible also links being wise to redeeming the time in our days. Eph 5: 15 -16 says, See that thou walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. There are many forces that contend with your day.
There are evil forces out there that have planned negative things for the day and there are also forces from within that draw you to do things that would not profit your day. There are things in the day that are beyond the visible eyes wanting men to do things that at the end of life he will regret all. This is the reason you need to apply the force of God in prayer and meditation to help you to carefully organise and plan each day of your life. You also need to receive strength in the secret place to also go forth each day and achieve all that is set for the day. It is the consciousness in a man that there are forces to contend with each day that makes him prayerful.
A vital key to be able to have a day full of life and profit is to be mindful from the beginning of each day how we spend it. You should labour in prayer, not just for the day but for days ahead. You need to receive grace for wisdom in making decisions each day and knowing the activities to get into and those to avoid. Redeem your day and maximise it. Never rush out on a day to go and beat the wind. Receive wisdom and power from God to make the day productive, fruitful, and result-filled and then step out to prevail over the day. When you live in the wisdom of redeeming the day, at the end of life when you put days together, you will be happy. The only way to prevail over the forces of a day is by the power of God. The Word of God, the name of Jesus, the blood of Jesus and the power of the Holy Spirit are all fortifications that make you go forth in victory each day. Do not go into the day without these.

PRAYER/ACTION
* Today I receive wisdom to live a fulfilled life, in Jesus’ name.
* Oh God the giver of strength, give me strength for my days.
* Today, I anoint myself to destroy every yoke weighing me down in destiny, in Jesus’ name.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
Father, let every uncompleted and difficult project in my life receive the touch of God this month, in the name of Jesus.