The Good Seed

Wednesday 26 April
READ: Matt 13: 37 - 38
MORE LESSON: Luke 13:18 - 19

A seed is anything that has the ability to reproduce after its kind. A seed carries life and can replicate after the life it carries when it is sown. So when you sow love, you reap love. When you sow money, you reap money. Whatever a man sows he shall reap (Gal 6: 7). There are many seeds you can sow, but above them all, you must know that you are also a seed. Every believer is a seed on a good ground. Your life is a seed that when it is sown on a good ground, it brings forth a harvest of lives. God has planted you as a seed and he is expecting a harvest of fruits from your life.
When you plant a seed in the ground, unless it is watered and taken care of, it will not thrive. In the same way, as a child of God, there are things you do that are equivalent to watering the good seed that God has made you to be. These include coming to church, personal prayer, devotion, reading the Word of God, fasting, paying your tithes, pledges, vows and offerings. Staying in the presence of God, doing night vigil, having your own personal fasting days are all ways of watering the seed of God that you are so that you can bear fruit. The reason many lives are unfruitful is because they do not adequately water the seed that has been planted in them.
In John 15:8, Jesus said, Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. Jesus' desire is that you bring forth much fruit. This means living a successful Christian life and bringing forth fruit that is worthy of all God's investments in your life. When any man sows a seed, it is always with the expectation of getting fruit one day. You are a seed sown by God and He is expecting fruit from your life. God always wants to eat from the fruit of your life.
This is why He makes sure that the conditions are favourable so that you can have good fruit. Therefore, the reason He has blessed you with whatever you have - life, health, sanity, food, certificate, money, job, marriage or children - is for you to bear fruit. You may not have all of these; but at least you have one. So why not let Him reap enough fruit from the ones He has given you and as you do, I know that He will add the rest to you so that you can bear more fruit. I pray that you will not be a barren tree in the kingdom of God, in the name of Jesus Christ. The seed of your life will produce a mighty great forest in the kingdom of God, in the name of Jesus.

Prayer/Action
* Pray that you shall be a fruitful Christian, in the name of Jesus.
* Pray that everything/ability God has given you will bring fruit to profit His kingdom, in Jesus’ name.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
Every negative mystery that has surrounded my life and destiny for ages, be terminated now, in the name of Jesus.

Do You want to Get Well?

Tuesday 25 April
READ: John 5: 6
MORE LESSON: Mk. 10: 51

Every time Jesus wanted to heal a person, He would first ask them if they wanted the healing. In the text today, Jesus saw a man who had been suffering an infirmity for thirty-eight years and the first question Jesus asked him was, do you want to get well? Jn 5: 6 (NIV). It was obvious that the man needed healing, but Jesus was making it known that in life you don't get what you need; you get what you place a demand for. In another place in the Bible, Jesus met a blind man and asked him, “What do you want me to do for you?” Jesus didn't assume that it is every blind man that wants healing. Some people are satisfied with where they are in life and trying to help them is an effort in futility.
You must develop a godly hatred for your present situation if you mean business with moving forward. There is no man that will make progress in life without hating stagnancy. It is possible for a person to be in the same situation for several years and stay like that forever if he does revolt in the spirit against his situation and limitation. If you are satisfied with where you are, everyone will like it for you, and life will arrange for you to stay like that forever. From today, you must embrace the challenge to become more than you are presently.
It is a wrong assumption to think that it is everyone that wants more from life. There was a true life testimony of a crusade where a blind man was walking along with the boy that was leading him around to beg for alms. The power of God was mighty in that crusade and miracles were erupting spontaneously everywhere. All of a sudden, the blind man began to see and that made him really angry. He got so angry that he began to hit everyone around with the stick in his hand, starting with the boy that was leading him around. He asked the boy, 'Why did you bring me here?' Then he started swinging the stick at everyone around. The people held him and asked what was wrong. He answered that he didn't want to see, as no one would give him money again since he could see. He didn't want to start having to fend for himself; the man was satisfied with the blindness and saw it as the source of his livelihood.
There is nothing you can do to help a man who is satisfied with where he is. Even God cannot help such a man. This is why Jesus asked the man in the text, 'Do you want to be healed?' Similarly, He is asking you, 'Do you want to move ahead in life or are you satisfied with your present level?

Prayer/Action
* I terminate the appetite and tolerance for affliction, in Jesus’ name.
* I receive divine endorsement for my desires, in Jesus’ name.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
Today, the Lord shall increase my greatness and comfort me on every side, in the name of Jesus.

The White Garment

Monday 24 April
READ: Isa. 52:1-3
MORE LESSONS: Eph. 5:26-27

The call of Prophet Isaiah on Israel to put on their beautiful garments is an exhortation to believers who are either naked or wearing garments that are not fitting. Both states are evidence of the need for revival. Garment in the Bible symbolises your nature and character. Rev. 19:8 says, ...for the fine linen is the righteousness of the saints; Lk. 24:4 says, ...two men in shinning garment; Ecc. 9:8 admonishes, Let thy garment be always white...; and Exo. 28:2 speaks about the holy garment for Aaron. So God wants our nature and character to be “fine”, “white”, “holy” and shining”. Therefore, the person who lacks the beautiful garment is either naked or covering with fig leaves.
Like Adam and Eve, to cover with fig leaves means a life of pretence that lacks the fruit of the Spirit. But the blood of Jesus can cleanse any garment and make it fine, white and holy. David says, Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me and I shall be whiter than snow: Psa. 51:7. In Isa. 1:18, God also invites: Come now, and let us reason together, ...though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow.
Restoration is needed when your garment is soiled. The Word of God plus the blood of Jesus will cleanse any sin if you can allow God to do it. You have a responsibility to your spiritual state, which is to put on the beautiful garment. God provides the garment (grace); you have to do the putting on. It is about providing all you need to be what He desires you to be but the choice is yours.
Today, rise up and put on your beautiful garment. Ask God not to hide the state of your garment from you and that He should help you keep it clean.

Prayer/Action
* Ask the Lord to purify your garment of filth and stain, in Jesus’ name.
* Cover yourself with the blood of Jesus against every form of defilement, in Jesus’ name.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
This month, I reject every atmosphere and occasion for sorrow, in the name of Jesus.

A Foolish Act

Sunday 23 April
READ: Exo. 12:32-42.
MORE LESSONS: II Sam. 15:31

Sometimes when God wants to deal with your enemies, He makes them to behave foolishly. Can you imagine that when the Israelites were leaving Egypt permanently, they asked the Egyptians to lend them silver, gold and clothes? The Egyptians were foolish enough to give to the Israelites who were on their way out of Egypt, such as they required. Why did the Egyptians make that kind of foolish decision? Because God was behind it,
And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required.... Exo. 12:36.
The Lord can cause your enemy to make a costly mistake in order to help you. When God wanted to take Esther to the throne, He made Vashti the queen to disobey the king her husband as recorded in Esther 1:12,
But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.
This was a foolish act organised by Heaven to make Vashiti lose her position for Esther to take over. As a child of God, God can do anything for you. He can give men in exchange for your life,
Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life Isa. 43:4.
God can take away the throne of your enemy for you to reign in his stead. Never be afraid of any boss that is threatening you as long as you know that your relationship with God is intact and that you discharge your duties as you should.
Believe God for divine intervention. The Lord will cause your enemies to make a costly mistake that will be the stepping stone for your uplifting, in the mighty name of Jesus. Today is a great day for you. For your enemy to act foolishly to your benefit, you must act wisely by remaining committed to pleasing God in all that you think, say or do. As the book of Proverbs says, When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him: Prov.16:7. By this scripture the easiest way to get rid of your enemy and be at peace and prosperity is by making your ways pleasing to the Lord, God will finish the rest. Receive this wisdom today, in the name of Jesus.

Prayer/Action
* Ask God to cause your enemies to make costly mistakes that lead to your uplifting, in Jesus’ name.
* Ask God to confuse all your adversaries so that they will start working for your favour, in Jesus’ name.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
Every altar and enchantment raised against my joy in 2016, collapse, in the name of Jesus.