The Good of the Land

Sunday 5 March
READ: Isa. 1: 19
MORE LESSON: Gen 41: 54 - 57

Isa. 1: 19 says, If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land. This means that there is good in every land. There is no land in which good doesn't exist. The extent of goodness or prosperity may differ from land to land. There is, however, no land where there is no good. Don't ever believe the lie of the devil that tells you the land where you are is dry. There is no land where there are no rich people and poor people. There are successful and unsuccessful people in every land.
Egypt has been associated with many terrible things in history. The plagues happened in Egypt, the death of all the firstborn and many other negative events have made Egypt go into history as a spiritual example that is unpleasant to people. So I pray that you will not go to Egypt; to those in Egypt, you will leave Egypt. However, it was in this same Egypt that Joseph fulfilled his destiny and became great and prosperous. Evil existed in Egypt but Joseph had the good of the land. There was the good of the land even in Egypt. In fact, there was a time when there was no food everywhere except in the land of Egypt. When famine plagued the entire world, Egypt had food and Joseph had the sole control over all the storehouses of Egypt. Joseph would have missed this great good if he had run from Egypt because he was carried there as a slave or complained about the hostility he faced, being a stranger.
No matter what anybody has said concerning where you are, I want you to know that there is good where you dwell. God wants to open the veil to you and reveal where the good of the land is located. Your prayer is that God should locate the good of the land where you dwell and make you partake of it in the name of Jesus. The evil of the land shall not locate you, in the mighty name of Jesus.
One thing is essential in locating a good land, and that is to ask God, the universal Landlord of all creation. Joseph, Jacob and Israel prospered in Egypt because God led them there. Isaac was even specifically instructed concerning Gerar, a Philistine territory where he was a stranger, … Do not go down to Egypt, but do as I tell you. Live here as a foreigner in this land, and I will be with you and bless you…: Gen 26:2-3 (NLT). The key here is ...do as I tell you... I tell people, that the safest land is where God sends you. A good land is that land/place where you are sure God is; He who sent you there. Don't change it because of circumstances or the gossip/suggestion of men. Stay there and prosper until God says otherwise.

Prayer/Action
* I will not be barren of the good that my land of sojourn carries, in Jesus’ name.
* This land shall be rich towards me, in the name of Jesus.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
Every bloodthirsty Herod seeking to kill my glory, die, in the name of Jesus.

Put God in Remembrance II

Saturday 4 March
READ: Isa 38: 1 - 5
MORE LESSON: Psa. 20: 1 - 9

Prophet Isaiah came to King Hezekiah to tell him that the Lord had decided that he shall die. Now, to get the scenario in proper perspective, one has to remember that Isaiah is a very major prophet in the Bible. He was the national prophet of Israel who wrote great prophesies including that of the coming of the Messiah. Isaiah never missed any prophecy; he was so reputable that it was him that God used to prophesy that a virgin would give birth to the Messiah. This is probably because he had such a reputation that, as incredulous as that particular prophecy was, people could not out-rightly call him a liar. If some other minor prophet had been the one who gave the prophecy, probably, no one would have taken him serious. Isaiah was a prophet of high caliber; when such a prophet tells you that you will die, then you just need to start writing your will.
But King Hezekiah knew one secret in relating to the Almighty. He knew you can bring your cause to God and put Him to remembrance. So He went to the Lord and said, Remember me now oh Lord how I have worked perfectly before you in truth and done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore: Isa 38: 3. Putting God to remembrance of His Word and covenant is so powerful that it can change prophecy. Even if someone had prophesied to you that you will not give birth, take the Word of God to Him and remind Him that He said that none shall be barren (Ex 23: 26).
Hezekiah did it and it worked for him; it will work for you as well. You can bring God's promise before Him in remembrance. You can bring your sacrifices and tithes before the Lord in remembrance. This is why the place of sacrifice is very important: when it is difficult to give and you give, when you don't have the means of transportation and you trek the long distance to church; when you empty your wallet to help a child of God or expand the work of God. All these are acts of sacrifice that you can put God in remembrance of. According to Psa. 20: 3, May the Lord remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice.
However there is something that the Lord will not remember even when you or anyone tries to bring to His remembrance. In Isa. 43: 25 He says, I even I am He who blot out your transgressions for my own sake , I remember your sins no more. Isn't that good news? God will remember His promises and all the good you have done but He has chosen that He will never remember your sins even when any one tries to bring them up before Him. He is worthy of your praise.

Prayer/Action
* Identify God's promise(s) to you and remind Him of them in prayer.
* Ask the Lord to hasten His promises to performance, in Jesus’ name.
* I refuse to meditate on my pains but on God's Word, in Jesus’ name.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
In the month of March, I prophesy against every enemy of my advancement and I destroy their works by fire, in the name of Jesus.

Put God in Remembrance I

Friday 3 March
READ: 1 Sam 1: 9 – 20
MORE LESSON: Exo. 2: 23 - 25

Hannah had desired a child for many years. She had prayed and cried unto to the Lord many times. Since God is not deaf, He must have heard her all the while. However, on the day her answer would come, God didn't just hear her, the Scripture says, ...the Lord remembered her: 1 Sam 1:19. So it was the day of her remembrance that came and God answered her prayers. It is not enough to be heard; it is necessary to be remembered. Even in the natural, you could ask someone for something and he heard you but later he doesn't remember to give you. God is never forgetful, but that Scripture says that you need to remind God of His promises so that He can remember you. A man's file can be on his boss' table yet it is not attended to until the day God remembers him.
The children of Israel had been suffering in Egypt for hundreds of years. The burden of slavery became unbearable and they cried to the Lord. Exodus 2:24 says that God heard their groaning, and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. God not only heard their prayers, He remembered the covenant. It is not sufficient to hear but to remember to take action. This is the reason you should not just rely only on the fact that you have prayed; you must insist until God remembers and does something about your issue. In Isaiah 43: 26, God says, Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified: Isa 43:26. So the reason many are not yet justified for the answer to their prayers is because they do not put God to remembrance.
God delights to be put to remembrance, not because He doesn't have the capacity to remember on His own, but because it shows your commitment to His Word. Please note that you are to remind God of His Word and promises and not your sufferings and tales in tears. Many people are murmuring and complaining and think that they are putting God to remembrance. What to bring to God's remembrance is His Word, His promises and the Blood
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The Lord who remembered Hannah and granted her desire; Jehovah who remembered Israel and delivered them, will remember you today. He will take action on His promises concerning your life and you will have a divine intervention, in Jesus’ name.

Prayer/Action
* I refuse to give up on God, in Jesus’ name.
* I receive grace never to resign to fate but to resort to God's Word, in the mighty name of Jesus.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
My Father and my God, today, break every limitation in my life and take me to the rock that is higher than I, in the name of Jesus.

Blessed to be a Blessing

Thursday 2 March
READ: Gen. 12: 2 – 3
MORE LESSON: Psa. 37: 21 - 26

God delights in blessing His children. We must know that God's intention for every blessing He gives us is for us to become conduits through whom those blessings will flow to others. The Bible says concerning Abraham that the LORD blessed him and made him a blessing. God called Abraham and blessed him, but the real intention of God was that through Abraham, all the families of the earth should be blessed. God's purpose was to bless all the families of the earth. He only needed a man who can be his access point and distributor of the blessing. God saw Abraham's heart that if he was blessed, he would generously pass the blessing to all the families of the earth. This is the reason the Lord greatly blessed Abraham.
If you are not ready to be a blessing, you are not qualified for God's blessings. God doesn't want His blessings to ever be stagnant; He wants them flowing. When God meets your need, He expects you to meet another's need. Life is not all about eating and enjoying all that you have; your life should also be about helping people. Don't just eat and feel happy that you are eating good food; do something to put food on somebody else's table as well. Let people know you everywhere you are that you are a blessing.
Everything God gives you is so that you can be a blessing to people with it. Are you intelligent? Be a blessing with your wisdom. Use it to build people, not to con them. Can you speak? Then be a blessing with your word. Be a blessing with your resources, time and finance. Let there be people who can attribute the blessing and success in their lives to the fact that you are blessed .
In Psa. 37: 21 – 26, we read about the blessedness of the righteous man who is a blessing to people around him. The Bible makes it clear that even his children will be blessed because of him. When you are a blessing to others, wherever your children get to, they will experience the blessings of God through other people. Henceforth, you should make a decision that you will go out of your way to be a blessing to at least someone every day. Make a commitment that there will be many people who will be made and blessed by your life so much that they will glorify God that you lived on this earth by the time you are gone. Always remember that you are blessed to be a blessing to people around you.

Prayer/Action
* Father, let the covenant blessing of Abraham rest upon my household, in Jesus’ name.
* Father, make me a channel of blessing everywhere I go from today on, in Jesus’ name.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
All the days, weeks, and months in this year are blessed for my sake and I shall walk in the blessedness, in Jesus' mighty name.