Power to Create II

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A Daily Devotional by Bishop David

Power to Create II

Sunday, 27 October

 

And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. Genesis 2:19

SCRIPTURE FOR TODAY: Genesis 2:19-20 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

 20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.

 

MORE LESSON: Jeremiah 1:6-10 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. 7 But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak. 8 Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD. 9 Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth. 10 See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.

 

The whole world was created by God in six days and He rested on the seventh day. Notice that God did not stop creating, He only rested. From then on, the job of creation was handed over to man. In order to prove to the man that he could do this task, God brought all the animals to him to see what he would call them and the Bible says that every single name Adam gave was the name designated by God for the animals in the original blue print. It was as though there was a register that contained the names of all the animals and Adam simply called names. By this, God proved to Adam that he had in him the capacity to continue with the work of creation.

Everyone, born again or not, has this ability inherent in them. This is why we see all manner of witty inventions all over the world today by believers and unbelievers. In fact, it seems like those who are unsaved have tapped into this creative dimension more than the believers. The Bible says in Psalm 82:6-7, They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.…Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High. But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes. Unbelievers have discovered their creative ability and have deployed it to make the world a better place. It is high time believers rose to the occasion as well.

But the question is, Where does this creative power lie? What are the weapon and the instrument of creation? When God came on the scene and everywhere was chaotic, He activated the creative power by speaking the Word. So, creation is done by the words that we speak. That little organ called the tongue is your weapon to either create or destroy. Some persons have lost control of their tongue and have made a shipwreck of their destinies while others have maximised the use of their tongue to get ahead and out of every negative situation.

This is why Proverbs 18:21 says, Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. What do you create with the words you speak? Do you create life or death? Do you build with your tongue or destroy what you have laboured to build all the years because of challenges that you face? Remember that inherent in you is the power to create and also to destroy. Choose to create what will build your destiny and destroy whatsoever stands in the way of God's purpose for your life.

 

Prayer/Action

* Ask the Lord to release divine ideas for word creation upon your life. 

* Pray for Grace to be able to make creative utterances that will fashion your destiny to greatness. 

* Cancel every negative thing you unknowingly created in your life.

 

TODAY’S PROPHETIC PRAYER: Oh God, because greater is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof, I decree that October will end on a greater note for me than the beginning thereof, in the mighty name of Jesus.

Power to Create I

 STRENGTH FOR MY DAYS 

A Daily Devotional by Bishop David

Power to Create I

Saturday, 26 October

 

So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

Isaiah 55:11

SCRIPTURE FOR TODAY: Isaiah 55:8-11 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. 10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: 11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

 

MORE LESSON: I Corinthians 1:27-28 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; 28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:

 

There was a brother in our commission some 20 years ago who relocated from the north back to the south with his wife and a baby boy. Recently I met someone who said the couple had been hearing about the mighty things God is doing through me and they are happy that I am doing well. I asked after the man and his family. And the brother responded, ‘God is helping them’. But I wanted to know more about their condition. The brother said that the baby they left with is grown up and now has a degree but the only challenge was that the young man came down with a terminal disease that affected his brain and had to undergo surgery. I felt that was sad but he said that was not all, that the most interesting thing was that while he was in the hospital, one of the nurses handling his case said to him that God had asked her to marry him; and they are married today with a bouncing baby boy. With this story I came to the conclusion that what God cannot do does not exist. How can somebody in a terminal medical condition be led to the hospital to find a spouse?

The how of God can never be known to man. Apparently this man went to the hospital to seek how not to die, how to restore his health only to find a wife and he was not the one proposing; the woman did. If God can do such an unimaginable thing, you are the next in line. Even when there is no reference to your case, God can create beauty out of any ugly situation. So trust Him and all will be well.

Don't write yourself off for there is nothing God cannot turn around by His creative power sometimes with a sense of humour. No disease is a death sentence because the Creator only rested, He is still in the business of turning situations around. How do you see someone dying and you say you want to marry him? But when God is at work, anything is possible.

I speak over your life that God will turn your situation to a testimony. You will become a wonder to the world, people will hear your testimony and marvel because of what God has done, in Jesus’ mighty name.

 

Prayer/Action

* As the Lord to turn every situation of your life into a testimony of Joy and celebration. 

* Pray that God will continuously lead you into your miracles. 

* Decree that the leading of God in your life will produce a mighty breakthrough that will wonder the world.

 

TODAY’S PROPHETIC PRAYER: Father, today I proclaim You Lord over all my life more than ever before. Oh LORD, take Your place in my life, in the mighty name of Jesus.

The Law of Demand and Supply II

STRENGTH FOR MY DAYS 

A Daily Devotional by Bishop David

The Law of Demand and Supply II

Friday, 25 October

 

Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. Luke 6:38

SCRIPTURE FOR TODAY: Matthew 25:14-30 For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. 15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey. 16 Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents. 17 And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two. 18 But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money. 19 After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. 20 And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more. 21 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. 22 He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them. 23 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. 24 Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed: 25 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine. 26 His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed: 27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury. 28 Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents. 29 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. 30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

 

MORE LESSON: John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

 

When God wants to bless a man, He creates an opportunity for him to give. So the more the demand on what you have, the more the supply of God is opened to you and like God, you step into the dimension of always having in all sufficiency as you keep abounding in every good work. A time comes when it looks like there is nothing you do not have or cannot give. The truth is that you access more of God when you are always willing to release back to Him whatever He gives you. In other words, the more easily it is for God to access His resources in your hand, the more easily you will access His resources.

Some people are given periodic access to God's store house, but there are others who are the store keepers because they have the key to the store house and they can unlock it at will. The difference between the two is their willingness to release the resources of Heaven in their care so that the Father's will can be done on earth as it is in Heaven. Man is just a steward of all that is on the earth. According to King David in Psalm 24:1, everything belongs to God, The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

A faithful steward ensures that his master's goods are safe and that he makes profit. No one makes profit by holding on to what he has; profit comes by investing (giving). So, God expects that you will multiply His blessings in your life by sowing the seed component of the blessing. This was what earned the other servants in today's text the commendation of their master. The unfaithful servant on the other hand hid the talent and as such, even though it was not lost, the master lost the profit that would have accrued to him had he sown it. God is bound by His principles; so, you must abide by them to move His hand in your favour. Do not make God run at a loss, invest that which He has committed into your hand. This is the only way you can multiply His blessing in your life and remain relevant in His Kingdom.

A river is ever fresh because it continuously flows. The day it stops flowing, it becomes stale and poisonous to life. God is so fair that at every point, everyone has something to offer. Your seeds is not just money, there is a large variety of seeds, and every seed produces according to its kind. If you desire a financial blessing, then you should sow a financial seed. If you desire lifting, sow honour. If you desire friends and quality relationships, you must first be friendly and if you desire power, keep the fire on your altar burning through prayer and the Word. So, depending on the blessing you desire, you must know what seed to sow, then ask the Giver of seed to give you.

 

Prayer/Action

* Pray that you will never miss an opportunity to sow on fertile ground. 

* Command every hidden talent in your life to manifest now. 

* Receive wisdom to sow the right seed for a mighty harvest tomorrow.

 

TODAY’S PROPHETIC PRAYER: Everything working as caterpillar and cankerworm in my destiny and family, today I set you on fire. Die, in Jesus' mighty name.

 

TODAY’S FASTING FOCUS: Every harvest destroyer catch fire; Joel 1:4; 2:25 Judges 6:3-9

The Law of Demand and Supply I

  STRENGTH FOR MY DAYS 

A Daily Devotional by Bishop David

The Law of Demand and Supply I

Thursday, 24 October

 

Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. Luke 6:38

SCRIPTURE FOR TODAY: Luke 6:38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

 

MORE LESSON: Matthew 25:29 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.

 

God is all-sufficient. He is called the El-Shaddai, which means the multi breasted One. Breast milk is the primary source of nourishment for babies as contains all that the baby needs within the first six months of life. Just like the breast milk, God, the multi breasted One, also has all that His children need.

A nursing mother increases her supply of milk by nursing the baby constantly. In other words, the more the baby sucks, the more milk is produced. Conversely, the less a mother nurses her baby, the less milk she would produce. This is similar to the law of demand and supply which states that the more the demand for a product, the more the quantity supplied; the less the demand, the less the quantity supplied. So, for the mother to sustain and increase her supply, she must keep nursing her baby.

Let us assume God to be a nursing mother and every child in the world sucking from Him, you can imagine that the more everyone takes from Him, the more His supply. This is to say that, even if God were to give every human being on earth all that they would ever need in life, He will not even know that anything has left His treasury. His resources can never be depleted because of this simple principle.

God uses this concept to teach us on the subject of giving, which is the more we give, the more we will have, as King Solomon affirmed in Proverbs 11:24, There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. So, we tap in to the El-Shaddai dimension of God through the ministry of giving and receiving. When God wants you to have more, He creates an opportunity for you to give more. This is why both the bread and seed come from Him.

Every blessing of God in your life has two components, the bread and the seed. The bread satisfies your immediate need while the seed sustains the dimension of blessing in your life; it is for your multiplication. So, if you have ever tasted of God's blessing and it looks like it was a once and for all thing, what this means is that you ate the seed alongside the bread. Any seed you sow ensures that the supply is sustained. God is a God of systems and the system for sustaining His blessing in our lives is through the law of seed time and harvest. So, if you desire to change your level, ask God the Giver of seed to give you the seed that gives you access to the dimension of sustained flow of blessing.

 

Prayer/Action

* Receive grace never to withhold what is meant to be given out. 

* Ask the Lord for seed that will lead you into greater dimensions of blessing. 

* Pray that God will bless all the seeds that you sow.

 

TODAY’S PROPHETIC PRAYER: Father, by the power of Your Spirit, I command every mountain of October to become a step stone to glory for me today, in the unstoppable name of Jesus.