Special thanks and praise is ascribed unto Our God for taking us thorugh the year 2008 with all itsl challenges and blessings. The fact that we are now in 2009 testifies to the marvellow work of our God.
Reality cannot be beaten. We are no longer hoping for 2009. We are not dream of or wishing for 2009. We are NOW in it, with all that we have, planned and dreamt of. So, welcome to the reality of 2009.
I want to give you a special, profound and important requisite to live successfully this year 2009. The requisite is Divine Direction.
Divine direction is all you need to being this race, continue in this race and ultimately to finish it. Until you are directed by Divinity, you will amount to nothing. When God takes over the steering of 2009 for you, then you are sure wanting nothing and lying down in green pasture.
Psalms 23 says, "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures, he leadeth me beside still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valeey of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies, thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever" (verses 1 to 6).
It takes divine direction - God's leadership over your life, for you to walk thorugh the year unhurt and sweatless. It takes directing you to make the most of the year.
Don't be deceived that this year wil not bring its challenges. As a matter of fact, this year has a lot of challenges. But when God becomes your shepherd, all the challenges and enemies of the year agianst you will be taken care of by God himself while you sail through as if nothing has happened.
You need God to direct you on every aspect of your life through out the year. Don't take 2008's directions for this year's. No, 2008 and 2009 are not the same. They did not start the same day.
BENEFITS OF DIVINE DIRECTION
1. The Presenc of God.
When God becomes your shepherd that give you direction, you enjoy His divine presence. Our text says "For thou art with me". This is divine presence. A shepherd don't lead form another place. Anywhere you see the herd, you find the shephed. When He leads, He abides with the led.
2. Divine Assurance
David said, "Surely, goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life" (in this year). 'Surely' speaks of assurance, certainty, what must and shall happen, without doubt or confusion. You see, beloved of God, I know how this year would end for me because I am under divine direction. May you come under His direction in Jesus' perfect name.
3. Divine Provision
When you walk in divine direction, you enjoy divine and inexplicable privisions. When Jesus led the multitude to the desert in His crusade, the multitude, though were very hungry, did not look for what to eat for themselves. Jesus did. Before Philip brought the 5 loaves and 2 fishes, the Scripture says, "For he himself knew what he would do" (John 6: 6).
The shepherd knows where the provisions are in this 2009. Following His directions bring them cheaply to you. No matter how tough the year may be to others out there, for everyone that follow divine direction, the rock will gush out water for them.
4. Divine Lifting
You also enjoy divine lifting when you remain under divine direction. When He led Jacob, he became a city set up on a hill. "For the Lord's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness: he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eyes... So the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him. He made him ride on the hig places of the earth..." Deuteronomy 32: 9 -10, 12 - 13
5. Divine Protection
Divine direction shields you form the plagues, plots and devices of the enemies. Divine direction positions you as the apple of God's eye. And you know, there is no one that can touch the apple of His eyes. Under divine direction, Israel became the apples of God's eye (Deuteronomy 32: 10). Under divine direction, your enemy remains powerless and hopeless and in all frustration watch you sitting on the table the Lordhas prepared for you.
As you aling yourself for God leading, I see this year producing beyond your wildest imaginations in Jesus' name
Stay blessed.
Monday, January 5, 2009
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Thursday, January 1, 2009
WELCOME TO 2009
I want to specially welcome you to this glorious year 2009.
This is very spectacular in nature and in its uniqueness. The Lord impressed in my heart that He is going to cause to have divine relocation in every areas of our lives. He said, He wants to lead us through this year because He wants to relocates us to our place of divine appointment.
Thank God for what you had and where you were last year. It is nothing to be compared to the place God is divinely relocating you.
I want you to this precious year of the Lord.
Specifically, nine (9) represents maturity. When pregnancy has reached the ninth month, it is due for delivery. So I know from my inner man that this year brings you to the maturity stage where you will take delivery of your divine blessings.
Congratulations.
This is very spectacular in nature and in its uniqueness. The Lord impressed in my heart that He is going to cause to have divine relocation in every areas of our lives. He said, He wants to lead us through this year because He wants to relocates us to our place of divine appointment.
Thank God for what you had and where you were last year. It is nothing to be compared to the place God is divinely relocating you.
I want you to this precious year of the Lord.
Specifically, nine (9) represents maturity. When pregnancy has reached the ninth month, it is due for delivery. So I know from my inner man that this year brings you to the maturity stage where you will take delivery of your divine blessings.
Congratulations.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
HAPPY CELEBRATION
I want to heartly and warmly welcome you to this season of celebration of the biggest idea of God manifested in the person of Jesus Christ. We do celebrate His birth for He came to reestablish the essence of the creation of the universe.
As you walk through this season don't forget to settle down to appreciate God for this fulfilled purpose and to also discover your very purpose on earth.
Welcome to a season of joy to the whole human race.
Wisdom
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
You Must Be Bold!
You Must Be Bold!
From the previous devotional we saw that the empowerment of the Holy Spirit is a vital requirement for fulfillment in life. Jesus said to His disciples, “You shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you” (Acts 1:8). And when the Holy Ghost comes, one of the things He does is to infuse you with boldness; He imparts you with the strength of heart you require to take steps in the face of oppositions that attempt to stop you from entering your Promised land.
Winning in life begins from the heart. Many people are highly educated, they have great visions, very strange prophecies and wonderful proposals but because of intimidation they are stagnated. Men fail and fall in their hearts before they actually fall on the earth. Every physical, open failure you see today began from the hearts of men saying, “Can I do it? Can I make it?” Little ‘girls’ are confronting them like Peter and they are taking shield when their chests should be out, confronting and clearing the oppositions out of their way.
The same Peter who denied his master in the face of a little maid, after he was empowered by the Holy Spirit stood before a great crowd and preached a fiery message that caused their heart to be pricked and thousands repented and were saved that day (Luke 22:55-62, Acts 2:1-38). So, when we talk about the empowerment of the Holy Spirit we are talking about being bold, fearless, not minding the risks attached to what you want to do in life.
It is the strength of your heart that defines the extent of your possession on earth. The earth is for strong hearted people. It takes a lion’s heart to take a lion’s share. Before David confronted Goliath he said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail because of him…” (1 Sam. 17:32). You need that! You need the empowerment of the Holy Spirit to embolden you to move forward in the face of obvious and imminent danger. The Holy Spirit gets you drunken till you begin to take dangerous steps like a drunkard.
You need to be fearless in the pursuits of life, but that cannot be developed by natural efforts, it takes the empowerment of the Holy Spirit. I perceive that you are due for promotion, something inside you is eager to move forward but you can’t tell why you are on the same spot. As you open up for the empowerment of the Holy Ghost, I see you break loose from those intimidations! I see you doing the impossible from henceforth by the empowerment of the Holy Spirit!
Your access to that empowerment is a hot desire. Let there be a yearning, a longing in your soul and God shall fill you afresh with His Spirit (Psalm 63:1-2).
Meditate on these: Zechariah 10:1, Isaiah 44:3
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Monday, November 10, 2008
PURPOSE
THE NATURE OF PURPOSE
The word "nature" gets to do with inherent character, basic qualities, and type/kind, attributes that describe the totality of a thing, person or a group of people.Nature also deals with the descriptive identity of a thing or person. Hence, we could afford to describe or identify a people based on their nature.Just as everything has a nature - basic quality, descriptive identity, character, so purpose has its nature. It is the nature of purpose that defines its kind and source.
Purpose in its simplicity, is the original intent, essence of a thing. It is the original function or reason for making a thing. Relatively, man was both created and made by his Creator God. God had a purpose for creating everyone of the over 6 billions of us on planet earth. None was created/made by chance or without a thought out purpose.
Proposing the creation of man, God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea; and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth...So God created man in his image, in the image of God created he him: male and female created he them" (Genesis 1: 26 - 27)
Reemphasizing that He has a purpose for creating each one of us, He spoke to Jeremiah saying, "Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations" (Jeremiah 1: 5)
So, you see, no one is left out of purpose. You and I are a creature of purpose. No purpose, no creation. Now, the purpose of a thing is not determined or defined by any other person but the manufacturer of that thing. It is exclusive duty of the manufacturer.God had purpose in mind for creating us and equally designed us to fit that purpose. And it is His exclusive duty to define our purpose. No one can do it because everyone is in search of his/her purpose.Now to know the nature of our purpose, we must first of all know the nature of our Creator. The Bible gave a descriptive identity of God as Holy (See Leviticus 19: 2)
If God is holy, then whatsoever He does or gives is holy in nature - in basic quality, character, etc. Purpose is holy in nature because it is from the Holy God. This means, your purpose is holy in all its attributes and it is meant to reflect the holiness of God.Purpose is holy in nature and it is pursued on a holy stands. ....more in next articles
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The word "nature" gets to do with inherent character, basic qualities, and type/kind, attributes that describe the totality of a thing, person or a group of people.Nature also deals with the descriptive identity of a thing or person. Hence, we could afford to describe or identify a people based on their nature.Just as everything has a nature - basic quality, descriptive identity, character, so purpose has its nature. It is the nature of purpose that defines its kind and source.
Purpose in its simplicity, is the original intent, essence of a thing. It is the original function or reason for making a thing. Relatively, man was both created and made by his Creator God. God had a purpose for creating everyone of the over 6 billions of us on planet earth. None was created/made by chance or without a thought out purpose.
Proposing the creation of man, God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea; and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth...So God created man in his image, in the image of God created he him: male and female created he them" (Genesis 1: 26 - 27)
Reemphasizing that He has a purpose for creating each one of us, He spoke to Jeremiah saying, "Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations" (Jeremiah 1: 5)
So, you see, no one is left out of purpose. You and I are a creature of purpose. No purpose, no creation. Now, the purpose of a thing is not determined or defined by any other person but the manufacturer of that thing. It is exclusive duty of the manufacturer.God had purpose in mind for creating us and equally designed us to fit that purpose. And it is His exclusive duty to define our purpose. No one can do it because everyone is in search of his/her purpose.Now to know the nature of our purpose, we must first of all know the nature of our Creator. The Bible gave a descriptive identity of God as Holy (See Leviticus 19: 2)
If God is holy, then whatsoever He does or gives is holy in nature - in basic quality, character, etc. Purpose is holy in nature because it is from the Holy God. This means, your purpose is holy in all its attributes and it is meant to reflect the holiness of God.Purpose is holy in nature and it is pursued on a holy stands. ....more in next articles
You can check our other site for more teachings
www.pathfounders.page.tl
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