Steps to Divine Restoration

Sunday 18 December
READ: Isa. 61: 7
MORE LESSON: Psa. 126: 1 - 6

Divine restoration is possible. In fact from the text of today, we can see that divine restoration is God's will for you. God desires that in all the places where you have been disgraced you become celebrated and that for all that you have lost, there is a double restoration to you. However, you have to know how to activate divine restoration in your life. The following steps are to be
followed in receiving restoration.
1. Identify what you have lost: If you don't realise that you have lost something, there will be no need to look for it. You can only find what you seek (Matt. 7:7).
2. Believe that God is able to restore whatever you have lost; you must appreciate the fact that if God has done it before, He can do it again. He is the same yesterday, today and forever. If He did it for people of old and has not denied men in contemporary times, your case cannot be an exception for God is good to all that call upon Him.
3. Fight back: the only language the enemy understands is that of violence and resistance. Jam. 4: 7 says, resist the devil and he will flee from you. Jesus himself puts it this way, that the violent takes it by force. The enemy is only as powerful to the extent that he is allowed room for operation, the day you rise up and talk back to him on the strength of your position in Christ, he will give way and let go of whatever he has stolen. Don't keep quiet over what you have lost, fight back!
4. Never give up; keep hope alive. Sometimes discouragement may arise in your heart when you look at how much damage has been done. It might even be as a result of your own errors and as such you think you don't have the morality to fight back. But I have good news for you that this battle is not in your name; this battle is the Lord's and you know what, this is a valid stance that even the enemy cannot contend with. Know this, that you are more than a conqueror through Christ. Keep hope alive!
5. Do something: Having done all, stand. You can't afford not to act in line with your conviction; for faith without works is dead. Whatever you were not able to do because of what was lost, start doing it now.

Prayer/Action
* Ask the Lord to restore to you all that you have lost, in Jesus’ name.
* Receive grace to stand firm until your change comes, in Jesus’ name.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
God of second chance, cause all my delays to become a testimony before this year runs out, in the mighty name of Jesus.

There is More

Saturday 17 December
READ: Josh. 13: 1 - 2
MORE LESSON: Phil. 3: 12

Joshua was a man that did great things and was mightily used of God. He was called by God to step into the shoes of Moses the man of God and he succeeded in leading Israel from the wilderness into the Promised Land. He built on what Moses achieved and took it further for another generation. We need men that will take the work of the fathers in one generation and build on it in their own generation. We do not want men that will destroy the work of previous generations by spoiling all that has been handed over to them. The ceiling of the last generation should be the ground floor for the next generation as they build on the work of God. Like Joshua was, I pray that God will make you a son in His Kingdom that builds on the work the fathers have done before in Jesus.
It was Joshua that led Israel across Jordan and the river dried up in full wet season as the ark of the Lord led the way across (Josh 3:14-17). Joshua led Israel to battle against Jericho and won without ammunition, it was obedience to the instructions of God that made the walls of Jericho come crumbling down. Joshua was in battle against the enemies of the people of God one day and it was becoming so dark such that the enemy would escape under the cover of the night. He commanded the sun to stand still and Heaven honoured his voice. He won many victories for the people of God and conquered lands for Israel.
However, in the text of today, we see God challenging Joshua at old age that he could have done more. Very few men have achieved what Joshua did for God's Kingdom but the Lord says there was room for him to do more if he had explored that possibility. This leaves us thinking that no man is qualified to say that he has arrived and he cannot move forward in his furthering God's Kingdom. There is the reason to move forward in your career, ministry, family, finance and destiny.
This is not time to rest your oar and start talking about how you used to do exploits in the 80s and 90s. This is the time to do more than you have ever done before. The Spirit of God will come upon you today to do greater things and move forward, in Jesus’ name. What is more, Jesus commanded us, when He was leaving the earth, to do more than He did. Jn 14:12 says, Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. Friend, Jesus said if you believe you can do more, therefore believe and do more.

Prayer/Action
* Ask God to anoint you to carry the torch of His light to the end of the world, in Jesus’ name.
* Ask God that you shall not die until you fulfil all your God-given assignments on earth, in Jesus’ name.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
Today, I connect to the power of God to renew strength, gain speed and be unbeatable, in the name of Jesus.

The Set Time

Friday 16 December
READ: Psa. 102: 13
MORE LESSON: Hab. 2:3

The text for today reads, You will arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yes, the set time, has come: Psa. 102:13.
Each time people read this scripture, they take it as a declaration about a future time. Just because the Bible says, You will arise..., some people are so analytical and say that since Bible says that God will arise, it means it is not now; it is later.
The truth is that this scripture actually emphasises that the time set for your divine visitation has come, so He will arise now. This verse of Scripture is a challenge from the living God to you to quit pushing your miracle to the future and start to believe the-God-of-the-now. The set time for your favour and mercy is now; dare to believe that your story can change right now. It doesn't take forever for God to turn a life around; it only takes an encounter. A sinner can become a saint in a moment. A disease of many years can disappear right now. The child you have been waiting for can be conceived right now. The time for your visitation has come; believe God for it now. It is for this same reason that the Bible communicates in Heb 11:1, Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Note that it reads Now, faith is . . . not, 'Tomorrow, faith will be . . .'
When a difficulty confronts a man for so long, it starts to look as if it will take eternity for it to change. A man that has faced an affliction for a very long time begins to find it easier to believe that God will someday somewhere in the future change his life than to believe that God will stretch out his hand right away and turn his situation right now. This kind of faith that pushes the set time till a future date denies God's children of experiencing the miracles of God. Full faith believes in the God that will arise right now.
Today, whatever you are believing God for and however long you have waited for it, I want you to begin to declare that the set time for your miracle is now. There is a time set for your divine visitation and that time is not next year; it is not even tomorrow. The Bible says that it is now. In the name of Jesus, receive your desired change right now.

Prayer/Action
* Ask God to arise for you today and cause His favour, love and power to manifest in your life.
* Declare that you will not miss your time of visitation, in Jesus’ name.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
Father, let today bring me word of Your unfailing love and breakthrough, in the name of Jesus.

The Seed that Breaks the Siege

Thursday 15 December
READ: II Kings 3: 26- 27
MORE LESSON: 2 Sam. 24:15-25

There is a story in the Bible of the king of Moab who was against Israel. He was being terribly defeated and he saw that there was no hope for him anymore. So when he realised that he had been besieged on every side and the battle was too hot for him, he took his eldest son and sacrificed him. The army of Israel was so appalled by the sight of this sacrifice that they turned from the battle and returned to their land. So the battle stopped even though it would have ended in favour of Israel and the destruction of Moab.
This king actually applied a spiritual principle in a diabolical way. The Bible says that the children of darkness are wiser in their generation than the children of light (Luke 16: 8). God is against human sacrifice and He is against those that sacrifice their children to idols. However, the act of making a sacrifice when the going gets tough is a principle that will never fail in its potency to turn situations around. This principle should be used by the children of God and not left to the children of darkness to use against us. Whenever there is a siege in your life, take a seed and make a sacrifice to the living God and see how miraculously the situation will turn in your favour.
The seed could be money, possession, time or effort. However, it must be something that costs you. Like David said in II Sam. 24: 24, you should not offer to God a sacrifice that costs you nothing. So whatever poses a siege in your life, be it childlessness, exam failure, lack, sickness or misfortune, you can break that siege with your seed. Sacrificial giving to God is powerful when you name it after a particular thing that you want God to do for you. Perhaps you have tried all you know to do and things are not working out well, then what you need at that point is to take some substantial seed in your hand , walk to the altar and sow it to God as a sacrifice. Then tell God that the challenge has become too strong for you and you have come to the end of your ability on that issue.
Hand over that battle to Him and you will see how easy it is for the Lord that thing which seems so difficult for you. You don't need any man of God to prompt you before you sow siege breaking seeds. Determine it by yourself, take it to God and sow it and you will see your captivity expire speedily, in Jesus’ name. No battle, no matter how strange, is too big for God, He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters. He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me: Psa. 18:16-17

Prayer/Action
* Lord, give me seed to plant that I may have bread to eat, in Jesus’ name.
* Let the dew of Heaven fall upon my seeds for abundant production, in Jesus’ name.
* I shall never withhold more than is needed, in Jesus’ name.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
This month, a thousand shall fall at my left, ten thousand at my right hand, only with my eyes I shall see it, it shall not come near me, in the name of Jesus.