Glory Brings Good Things

Wednesday28 September
READ: Psa. 84:11
MORE LESSON: 2 Chron. 1: 6- 12

According to the Oxford Dictionary, the word ‘glory’ has several definitions and explanations. I am particularly impressed by the definition of glory as “a special cause or reason for pride”. This means that glory is something that happens to you or to someone around you and gives you a reason to be proud of the event. I think a man should always and only do and go for things that he can be proud of. Don't do things that you will be ashamed of when such are announced openly as what you did. Glory therefore is whatever brings you respect, honour and splendour. If glory makes a man to be respected, you should go for glory. I pray for you that in the name of Jesus, you will not see shame.
Glory is desirable. We can be proud of good things when they happen; success, wealth, children, marriages, jobs, academic excellence and increase are things that we can be proud of. When these things happen to us, we announce them and testify about them. Someone once likened glory to a spiritual visa that gives a man access to the best things of life. When you want the best things of life, what you need is for the glory of God to come upon you. When the glory comes, you immediately see good things draw to you of their own accord. Several people are pursuing money, appointments, promotions, houses and marriage partners, without caring to seek God's glory upon their lives. That is putting the horse before the cart. Those are not the first things to seek; get the glory and all those things will pursue you. David said, Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever: Psa. 23:6.
When the Lord told Solomon to ask for whatever he wanted, Solomon didn't ask for material things; he asked for wisdom. The wisdom of God is part of His glory; so Solomon was actually seeking God's glory to be upon his life. The God of glory spoke to him, Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like: 2 Chron. 1: 12.
He got the glory and the good things of life followed him. I pray for you that the glory of God will be your portion today, in Jesus’ name.

Prayer/Action
* Father, my life and works shall show forth Your glory.
* Father, don't let me dip my hand in anything that would bring shame and reproach.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
I receive a total purification in the blood of Jesus from all the evil perfumes of bad luck and delay, in the name of Jesus.

Love, Don’t Hate

Tuesday 27 September
READ: Matt. 22:37-40
MORE LESSONS: Lk. 11:4

A good person will not think of killing any other person. Now the Bible says, Anyone who hates a brother or sister is a murderer, and… eternal life and murder don't go together: 1 John 3: 15 (MSG). The person who hates has no eternal life and so he is spiritually dead. God equates hatred to murder; hatred is darkness and is of death which is separation from the source of life. And the true source of life is God. Therefore, any man who hates his brother separates himself from God. Hatred is the nature of the devil. The man that is not born again does not have the capacity to love because he does not know God. We know that we have passed from death to life because we love the brethren. Love is the expression of the new life the believer receives at new birth. At regeneration, we receive the ability to love.
A brother shared a testimony of how God healed his mother of a disease. This woman had experienced long years of health crises. She had visited many doctors, spent a lot of money, and visited men of God for prayers but to no avail. Medical science could not diagnose what was wrong with her until the disease reached a terminal stage. People fervently interceded for her, and then she was finally diagnosed of cancer. The doctor said she needed to go through surgery. Then, during a fasting and prayer programme, the Lord revealed to this brother that the cancer was a product of hatred, which the devil used as a foothold to afflict her. It was also revealed that if she would repent and forgive the person who had offended her, she would be healed.
She reconciled with the person and asked God for mercy and then went for the surgery. After the operation, the doctors confirmed that there was no trace of cancer in what they brought out of her. She had been healed. Hatred is a foothold for satan to afflict a man. Hatred is the nature of the devil and it is a mark of spiritual death. A spiritually dead man cannot love because love comes out of life. As you determine to forgive those who have offended you and let go of your past hurts, I prophesy today that death will not have power over you.
In the scriptural passage that we read, the man came to Jesus to ask Him what good thing he would do to have eternal life, and the answer Jesus gave was to keep the commandments. The commandment of God is love. Love is the key to life. Love the Lord your God and love your neighbour, your distant and close brother, your hurting friend and all! Let a new season of love begin today, that we might be forgiven and healed.

Prayer/Action
* Father, I uproot every seed of hatred planted. in me, in Jesus' name.
* Father, I forgive everyone that has hurt me in the past and I receive Your forgiveness, in Jesus' name.
* Father, heal me of every wound that unforgiveness has caused in my life.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
I withdraw performance from every negative pronouncement over my life, in the name of Jesus.

The Law of Divine Exemption

Monday 26 September
READ: Exo. 12:12-13
MORE LESSON: Isa. 54:15-17

God is irrevocably committed to His children’s protection. Since the day you gave your life to Christ, some things are not permitted to happen to you. The blood of Jesus is powerful enough to ward off evil from a man’s life, And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the house where you are: And when I see the blood, I will pass over you,... When I smite the land of Egypt: Exo. 12:13. The difference between the believer and the unbeliever is in the appropriation of the blood.
The night that God decided to pass through Egypt was a horrible night for those whose door posts were not marked with blood. There was wailing in every house except the houses of the Israelites who appropriated the blood. Supposing some Israelites refused to apply the blood as instructed, they would have been victims of the great slaughter that night. Also, if by any chance some of the Egyptians had applied the blood, they would have been exempted. This is so because God’s condition for exemption is, ...when I see the blood, I will pass over you.... Exo. 12:13.
Any man that chooses to apply the blood of Jesus in his life has chosen to be different in this evil generation. Evil can be happening all around you, it is not permitted to happen to you; only with your eyes you will see the reward of the wicked. From today, walk tall knowing that no weapon turned against you will succeed. The passover blood worked for the Israelites because they obeyed God’s Word or instructions through Moses. For the law of divine exemption to work for you, you must walk in righteousness and obedience to God’s Word and His servant. May you be exempted from every evil today and always.

Prayer/Action
* Cover yourself with the blood of Jesus.
* Declare that no evil shall be able to touch you and your household because you are covered by the blood of Jesus Christ.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
Despite all odds, like Isaac, I shall wax great and move forward, in the name of Jesus.

The Enemy cannot Compete

Sunday 25 September
READ: Exo. 8:5-25
MORE LESSON: Psa. 2:1-5

The difference between gods and ordinary mortals is the capability to do such things that ordinary humans cannot do. When God allowed Moses to go to Pharaoh, it was with a promise, ...I have made thee a god to Pharaoh...: Exo. 7:1. For as long as the magicians of Egypt were able to copy and repeat whatever wonders Moses performed before Pharaoh, he was not a god to Pharaoh or a threat to his kingdom. In fact, Moses was disdained and earned no respect nor honour. But as soon as the magicians could no longer perform nor repeat the wonders of Moses, he became a god to them.
Moses suddenly became a man to be negotiated with, rather than a competitor. In fact, the magicians saw beyond Moses and they said, ... This is the finger of God. In verse 25, Pharaoh said, ...Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land. That is the power that cannot be defeated. Again in verse 28, Pharaoh said, I will let you...: Intreat for me. Imagine Pharaoh begging for prayer, because he met a power stronger than him, such power that he could not compete with nor confront.
If only you will ask God today to grant you such power of performance that the enemy cannot confront nor compete with, just like a god, your enemies will soon go on their knees before you, pleading with you to intreat for them, rather than confront your destiny (Exo. 5:2). The good thing today is that every born again, spirit filled, righteous child of God has already been made a god, I have said, ye are gods; and all of you are the children of the most High: Psa. 82:6.
The challenge, however, is, how many of God’s children know this? The enemy has taken advantage of the ignorance of many for so long to cheat, harass, intimidate and afflict them. Today, break your enemy’s harassment with the knowledge and application of God’s power over your life. Tell the enemy, “No more competition, I am a god!”

Prayer/Action
* Father, make me a threat to my enemies and let my fear fall upon them that hate me.
* Father, help me to walk in reality of who I am in Christ Jesus.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
Father, this month, prevent my sail from capsizing, my eyes from tears and my feet from failing, in the name of Jesus.