The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob I

Saturday 4 February
READ: Exo. 3:15
MORE LESSON: Mk. 12:26–27

God has identified Himself to men both in the Old and New Testaments as the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. The God of the fathers is the same yesterday, today and forever (Heb. 13:8). This means that what He did in the lives of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, He can also replicate in your life. There are many ways God revealed Himself in the lives of these patriarchs but specific note is the fact that He revealed Himself through them as the wealthy God. When you study the lives of these fathers of the faith, you will realize that the covenant of wealth was mightily at work in their lives. Whatever these men did prospered so much so that they all became an economic force among the nations that surrounded them. The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is not a God of the poor; He is the God of the rich. This is the reason it is your turn to be rich by same covenant of blessing that God made with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
The Bible records, …Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold: Gen. 13:2. In Isaac’s case, Gen. 29:13-16 says that the man became rich, and his wealth continued to grow until he became very wealthy. He had flocks of servants that the Philistines envied him, … Abimelech said to Isaac, “Move away from us; you have become too powerful for us’: Gen. 26:16 (NIV). When it was Jacob’s turn, it was written concerning him that the man became exceedingly prosperous, and had large flocks, female and male servants, and camels and donkeys (Gen. 30:43). The blessing was passed to Jacob ahead of his brother Esau, and so Jacob was a wealthy man. However, even Esau, who only got crumbs out of the blessing of Abraham, was not a poor man. Gen. 36:6-7 says that Esau took all his abundant substance and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob. For their riches were more than what the land could support.
You can’t be less than what God has done for Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. You are a child of Abraham by faith in Jesus Christ (Gal. 3:14) and the works of Abraham must be seen in your life (John 8:39). The God of the fathers is your God, so what He did for Abraham, continued in the life of Isaac and accomplished in the life of Jacob will be perfected in your life. It is time for you to prosper by the covenant of the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, in Jesus’ name.

Prayer/Action
* I key into the covenant of the blessing by the blood of Jesus, in the name of Jesus.
* Because I serve the God that owns Heaven and earth, I reject poverty, in Jesus’ name.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
Father, the sound of rejoicing is my portion this month, there shall be no evil gathering around me, in the name of Jesus.

No More Darkness

Friday 3 February
READ: Job 28:1 – 11; 1 Jn. 2:8
MORE LESSON: Gen. 1:1 – 5

In the beginning, God called light to existence and God saw that he light was good. He therefore, separated the light from the darkness. He also created the sun to rule the day and the moon and stars to rule at night (Gen. 1:1-5). No matter how dark the night that compasses you is, there is still light that can rule it. Light gives authority, and dictates to the darkness how far it can go. Job 28:3a says, …man put an end to the darkness (NIV). This means that no man should be in darkness for any reason. He has the ability to drive out darkness.
When things are not happening the way you desire; when there is sickness, unemployment, lack of opportunities etc, one feels that he is in the dark. But you can bring light into your world and bring an end to darkness by making an effort to shine. God searches and brings hidden things to light.
By understanding you can change things, believing God, make a move and dispel the darkness around you. The Bible says, But there is a spirit in man; and the inspiration of the almighty giveth them understanding: Job 32:8. Allow God to direct you to the instrument He has set aside to conquer your darkness and let His life shine forth there and end the darkness. The Word of faith, the blood of Jesus, the name of Jesus, righteous living and the power of prayer and fasting are all instruments of terminating darkness over your destiny. Take hold of these items today and end darkness around you.
Several spiritual generals who have gone ahead of us conquered Satan using these same tools and their testimonies are there for us today. They have not only left us an example, they exhort us to follow suit. Paul the apostle is a good example here. After announcing that the he had taught the good faith (2Tim. 4:7), he went ahead to ask us to do same – Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou are also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses: 1 Tim. 6:12.

Prayer/Action
* By the light of God’s Word, I declare that I have illumination in all areas of my destiny, in the mighty name of Jesus.
* I banish darkness from my life, family and business, in Jesus’ name.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
Poverty, failure and unfruitfulness shall be ended this month and I shall prosper and flourish like the palm tree by the riverside, in the mighty name of Jesus.

Found by God II

Tuesday 31 January
READ: Psa. 89: 20
MORE LESSON: 2 Chro.16: 9a

When Jesus was born, there were some wise men that were searching for Him. They came from a very distant land and they sought until they found the Baby in the manger. Their names entered into God's record because of their search. This shows that you can also search for God and find Him. In fact, in Jer. 29: 13, God says that you will seek Him, and find Him, when you shall search for Him with all your heart. This shows that God is searching and you also could search for Him. It is when God's search for you meets your search for Him that your place in destiny finds fulfilment.
David was a man like that; he was a passionate seeker of God. He said in Psa. 63: 1, O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is. David was passionately seeking for God and God was also searching for a king. Saul had fallen short of God’s expectation and God needed a man that would carry out His will in Israel. So God figuratively took a torchlight and started searching over Israel for who would replace Saul.
The old king was still on the throne and God was already searching for a new one. This is why we must pray never to be replaced in God's agenda and that God will not search for someone else to do that which He has called us to do. Saul was busy living the way he wanted but he didn't know that God was already searching. David also was busy faithfully serving God and he did not know that God was searching. So God's searchlight rested on David and he became the king of Israel. In God's search for a king, one would have expected that he would go into the palace or the house of noble men. God, in His infinite wisdom, went to the wilderness and located His choice king. He took the greatest from the lowest place.
This is an encouragement to you to continue serving God faithfully even when no one seems to notice all that you are doing. You may be praying, studying the Word of God and giving yourself and your resources sacrificially for God's kingdom and it is unnoticed. You do not need to be noticed by men; you only need to be found by God. When God finds you, you will enter into your throne in destiny.

Prayer/Action
* Ask the Lord to make all that search for you for good to find you early.
* Decree God's searchlight to rest on you, in the name of Jesus.
* Forbid darkness from overshadowing you, in the mighty name of Jesus.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
Father, thank You because by Your power, today is the last bus stop for every negative carryover in my life, they end with this last day of the month, in the mighty name of Jesus.

Found by God I

Monday 30 January
READ: Psa. 89: 20 - 37
MORE LESSON: Psa. 78: 70 - 72

God is searching. It is right to conclude that God searches because we know that God finds. Whenever there is a finding, it shows that there is a searching. Therefore when God said, I have found David my servant... Psa 89:20, it must have happened as a product of a search. God needed a servant to lead His people with a true heart and He began to search. There was a small boy who was available and God located him and anointed him. God has not stopped searching; in every generation He searches for men. Many people have said that they are searching for God, when in the actual sense it is God who is searching for them. You need to position yourself so that God can find you.
While David was in the wilderness, God saw his faithfulness in taking care of the little flock that he was a shepherd over and picked him up. God picked him, connected him to Himself and started building him. God trained David through battles, made him confront giants and tested him in many situations. God built him and then raised him and glorified him. It is a glorious thing when God personalises a man. God found David and called him, 'My servant'. It is like a relationship where God is saying, 'David is my very own'. You need to be found available by God. When God finds you, He places a seal of his personality over your life; He anoints you and beautifies you. God glorifies everyone that makes himself available to be found by Him.
When God finds a man, He wipes away his tears. When God locates you, He lifts you out of purposelessness and obscurity. He found David, and made him a joy to many generations. You should live your life in such a way that God will easily locate you when He needs a man. This entails a consecrated life, a life of holiness and service to God. If you want to be found by someone, you must always hang around where he is. So you can't be running away from God's presence and fellowship and expect to be located.
Lost in your pursuit of things, you need to be found by God. Lost in poverty and lack, you need to be found. Lost in emotional attachments and pleasures of sin, you need to be found by God. When God finds you, He connects you to Himself, builds you and then uses you.

Prayer/Action
* Ask that the Lord will find and help you as it happened to Mephibosheth, in the name of Jesus.
* Declare, in Jesus’ name, that you will not reach where you cannot be found in life.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
My Father and my God, as this month runs to an end, I declare that my hopes and expectations for the new year shall not be dashed, in the name of Jesus.