Remember Me I

Monday 5 November
READ: Luke 23:39-43
MORE LESSON: Genesis 8:1-4

The man that we read about in our text today was an armed robber. He probably started by stealing gradually in school, then he graduated to stealing without anyone knowing. He probably could not stop anymore and so got a gun and began to rob in the night. One day, he was caught and was sentenced to death by hanging; they were to nail him to the cross, side by side with the Saviour of the whole world. They got to the cross and everyone was dying gradually in pain. While the armed robber on the left side mocked the Saviour, this criminal rebuked him, saying they were guilty and deserved to die but Jesus was not guilty. He then looked at Jesus and said, …Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom: Verse 42. That touched the heart of Jesus and He replied, Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise: Verse 43.
It excites me to know that the first person to make Heaven after Jesus was an armed robber and it tells me that you too can obtain mercy. You cannot be too much a sinner than that criminal; since he made it, then anyone else can make it. All that is to be done is call on God and say, “Remember me”. When God remembered Hannah, her barrenness disappeared; when God remembered Abraham, Sarah gave birth to Isaac. In Exodus chapter two, the Bible says that God remembered the children of Israel and their affliction and He sent a deliverer to take them out of bondage. When God remembers a man, his chains are broken, pains are over and afflictions of many years are ended. All you need today is to say, “Oh God, remember me”.
When Jesus was celebrated by Heaven, the armed robber was also celebrated. When Jesus got to the presence of the Father, He told Him that the job He gave Him had been properly done and that the armed robber was the first beneficiary of the redemption package. Jesus delivered that man because he made just one request, “Remember me”. The kingdom of God cannot open for you except God remembers you. When God remembered the armed robber, He forgave him his sin. If sinners will call upon God today to remember them and forgive them, their sins will be forgiven. If sick people will ask God to remember them today, all ailments will go. It was in pain that the man asked God to remember him and God heard him. I don't know the pain that you suffer, now is your time, your deliverance is in your mouth. Why not cry out to the Lord to remember you?

Prayer/Action
* Ask God for His mercy and that He will take away judgement.
* Ask God to remember you for good today.
* Pray that God will perform His promises for you.

TODAY’S PROPHETIC PRAYER: Father, let mercy speak for me this month and let the spirit of iniquity be banned over me today, in the name of Jesus.

The Word of the Lord

Friday 29 June
READ: Psalm 105:16-20
MORE LESSON: Jeremiah 23:29

The Word of God is very powerful. It is as powerful as God Himself because God's Word is God. Whether the written or the spoken Word of God, God's Word is stronger than anything in all of creation. By it the earth was created, (Gen. 1:1-3) and by the Word also, the earth and everything in it is being held together (Heb. 1:3).
King David the psalmist testifies to the power of the Word,
The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon…. The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire. The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness...The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests… Psa. 29:5 & 79.
God can break the cedars of Lebanon; He can divide the flames of fire, shake away any wilderness and discover any forest.
He does it by His voice/Word. May the Lord give you the revelation of the power of His Word because that is the power by which God rules the earth and commands the heavens. That was why Jeremiah declared,
O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD: Jer. 22:29.
From today begin to address all your situations by the Word of the Lord. Find the suitable scriptures for your situation and begin to address that matter by what God's Word has said. Do it day and night. Do it persistently without being bothered about what the situation appears to be until by the power of the Word the situation changes.
The raw material for the whole of creation is God's Word and the only spare part that can fix any damaged part is that same Word of God. Speak the Word in private and public confession. Speak it in the company of friends, in the place of prayer and in the face of every challenge. Believe in it and never doubt it. Today, your earth must hear the Word of the Lord and obey. This therefore, is a wake up call on all believers to do more concerning knowing the Word. Knowledge of the Word precedes the application and confession of the Word. If we don't know the Word, we cannot use it. The Word must be in our mouth.
But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach: Rom. 10:8.

Prayer/Action
* Ask the voice of the Lord to prevail over all situations in your life.
* Pray that the power of the Word will manifest in your life.
* Pray that the Word of God will be like hammer in your mouth to break into pieces every negative matter that has persisted over time in your life.

TODAY’S PROPHETIC PRAYER: I shall live to my old age like Abraham and the Lord shall bless me in all things. I shall be satisfied with long life, in the mighty name of Jesus.

Taking God by His Word

Saturday 30 June
READ: Genesis 21:1-7
MORE LESSON: Isaiah 34:16

Sometimes, when you look at the promises of God, you wonder whether they are not too big to be real! Let us consider a few examples.
To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you: I Pet. 1:4.
In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also: Jn. 14:2-3.
The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright: Prov. 21:18.
I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins: Isa. 43:25.
These are indeed no small promises and there are truly a thousand and one others like these. But we can take God by His Word because, God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? Num. 23:19.
Friend, men are known for lying, but not God. Again, we have enough precedents that assure us that God will not fail, no matter how incredible the promise seems. One of such is the prophecy of the virgin birth in Isa. 7:14, … Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. In the days of Isaiah, many must have doubted it, yet today it is a reality. Moreover, Heb, 6:18 says, That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie. It is just impossible for God to lie so you can take God for whatever He says.
Finally, one of the reasons why men’s promises cannot be trusted is because they make promises that are bigger than them but this is not so with God. He can therefore not fail. What a faithful God He is. He visited Sarah as He had said and did to Sarah as He had spoken (Gen. 21:1). He promised to take Israel out of Egypt; although the promise lasted for 430 years, He did not forget to do it (Exo. 12:41). Isaiah said concerning the Word, ...thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth: Isa. 25:1.
In the same way, you will not be forgotten. God's faithfulness will extend to you today. Just keep holding on to whatever God has said concerning you. Don't lose focus; don't give up. The Lord will not fail you.

Prayer/Action
* Pray that God's Word will prove true in your life.
* Command all that oppose God’s promises in your life to give way in Jesus name.
* Take God’s promise to you back to Him in prayer and ask for its performance.

TODAY’S PROPHETIC PRAYER: Jehovah You are faithful, I am a witness, You have rescued, delivered, strengthened, empowered, kept, sustained and helped me in these six months of 2018. Thank You Jesus forever.

God's Standard

Thursday 28 June
READ: 2 Timothy 2: 19 – 20
MORE LESSON: Acts 20:16-24

I met a woman in Accra, Ghana, who told me that she had lived in Kaduna, Nigeria, before. I became interested, being a resident of Kaduna state myself. So I asked her, 'What is your name?' She gave me a Christian name and then added, “But I didn’t go by that name in Kaduna”. I was intrigued and asked more questions. Then she told me that when she was in Kaduna, she assumed a Muslim name so that she could get job, appointment, government loans and other benefits. So everyone in Kaduna knew her with the assumed name but her real name was a Christian name. I asked her why she did that and she answered, 'Sir, you know we need to make ends meet and be able to put spirit and soul together'. She smiled as if what she was about to say was really funny and said, 'You know sir, it is only when one is alive that one can think about keeping the gospel running'.
The standards of God remain unchanged. If people compromise on righteousness, God never does and never will. A man that does wrong because he wants the body and the soul to stay alive, has just rendered the spirit dead. Sin kills the spirit and if the spirit is dead, what is the use of the body and the soul than for them to burn in hell? Survival or making ends meet is never a reason for anyone to go against righteousness. We are in perilous times when people throw away salvation to get job, scholarship, appointment and spouse.
God's standard and purpose are more important than success. It is better to stick to God and be denied than to compromise the standards of God and make headway in life. What is the use of making progress if the way leads to hell? God's purpose and assignment are more important than our life. So even if a man dies maintaining God's purpose and standard for his life, it is worth it. 2 Tim. 2:19 says that the foundation of God stands sure. This means that God's standard remains unchanged. God's standard is that anyone who will be His must stand for Him and depart from iniquity. God doesn't condone compromise of any kind, so let us know what we have believed and hold on to it lest we trade eternal life for the mundane things of this world. The Lord will help you to stay true to Him come what may, in Jesus’ name.

Prayer/Action
* Confess that you will not trade Jesus for silver or gold.
* Declare that you will not bow to any idol, money, position, or wealth but to Jesus only.
* Declare that you will rather live without a blessing that is not from God.

TODAY’S PROPHETIC PRAYER: Father, standing on Job 22:27-28, any blessing meant for me since January 2018 that is being held down by any prince of Persia till now, I command them vomited now, in the mighty name of Jesus.