Day By Day Our Daily Bread

How far has your anxiety solved any problem for you? Many people keep themselves busy worrying about tomorrow when God wants us to live by the day. The day has enough troubles of its own. This post encourages you to believe God for the day and allow tomorrow to worry about its own things.

Give us day by day our daily bread - Luke 11:3 (NKJV).

Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble - Matthew 6:31-34 (NKJV).

Many people are so worried about tomorrow that they don't even enjoy today. When today goes, it is gone forever. God wants you to live your life one day at a time. When Jesus taught the disciples how to pray, they were to ask God to give them day by day their daily bread. In Exodus 16, God demonstrated His ability to provide for His people daily. When the people worried about tomorrow by their action, God was not happy with them. The Lord knows that you have need of what to eat, drink and wear. However, He wants you to focus on your service unto Him and for you to believe Him to provide your daily needs. He has never failed, He won't start with you.

Feed and load yourself with God's word and understand Him as the Jehovah Jireh, believe Him to manifest His name in your life and supply all your needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:19). Thank the Lord daily for the benefits which He daily loads you with (Psalm 68:19) and you will see more of the benefits. Read more...

How To Hear From God

How do I hear from God? How do I ensure I don’t follow the wrong voice? There are many voices out there seeking to be obeyed. Therefore learning how to hear from God, thereby differentiating Him from others is very important for your Christian walk with God. This article gives helpful tips on hearing from God.

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me - John 10:27 (KJV)

Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know  – Jeremiah 33:3 (NKJV).

You shall have a song as in the night when a holy festival is kept, and gladness of heart as when one goes with a flute, to come into the mountain of the Lord, to the Mighty One of Israel. The Lord will cause His glorious voice to be heard, and show the descent of His arm, with the indignation of His anger and the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, tempest, and hailstones – Isaiah 30:29-30 (NKJV).

God certainly speaks and He desires to talk to His children as a father would to his children. A walk with God without knowing how to hear from God is like travelling to an unknown area without direction. Hearing from God makes your Christian walk easier, interesting and enjoyable. It guarantees peace, victory and success in life, etc in a shorter period of time. 

Furthermore, being able to hear from God helps you to avoid the pitfalls of life.  It protects you from deceit and dangers set by the enemy. The Christian faith is a struggle without the ability to hear from our father and maker.

Tips on how to hear from God

1.       Become a child of God – A child will always hear the voice of his father. Read more...

The Greatest Mentor That Ever Lived

Who is your greatest mentor? Mentors help you to build and utilize the gifts and potentials within you to make a difference in your life and in the lives of others around you. There are many mentors available but one is the greatest of them all. This post reveals the best mentor you should have in life.

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye - Psalms 32:8 (NKJV).

Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light - Matthew 11:29-30 (NKJV).

There are many mentors all around you, moulding your life consciously or unconsciously everyday. These mentors determine what you turn out to be: a success or a failure, a local champion or an international champion, a nonentity or a celebrity. People tend to search for mentors who will affect their lives positively and help them to achieve their goals and dreams in life. Nevertheless, all of them are not on the same level. Some are greater or better than others in relation to a particular individual or group and their needs. However, there is a mentor who is the greatest of them all. No matter who you may be, or your own peculiarities, He is the best mentor for you. His name is Jesus Christ.

Why is Jesus the greatest mentor?

1. He is your creator - Jeremiah 1:5

Jesus, as your creator (John 1:1-3), knows the purpose for which you are made and so, is in the best position to mentor you. He knows the potentials you carry and how best to harness them.

2. He has an awesome record of success as a human being - Hebrews 12:1-3

The Lord came with a purpose, which He pursued and completed successfully, and is now seated at the right hand of the throne of God. He encountered a lot of oppositions but He overcame them all unto victory, and so your ideal model.

3. He has an unbeatable record of successful mentorship - Acts 4:13

All His disciples that successfully went through His mentorship manifested the same authority and power. Their exploits could only be traced to their association with Christ. They followed His instructions, and they soared higher than their fellow-men. Read more...

The Power In The Word Of God

For how long can you hold unto the word of God? God’s word is able to deliver whatever it says it would do. The question is do you believe it to the point of holding unto it till it delivers? This post aims at pointing out how powerful the word of the Lord is.

So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it – Isaiah 55:11 (NKJV).

For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart – Hebrews 4:12 (NKJV).

The word of the Lord shall accomplish what He pleases and it must prosper in whatsoever He had sent it. The issue is you believing that it will be so in your own life. Many people believe the threats of the enemy more than what the Almighty had said. The words of the enemy will not work on you except you believe it just like God’s word will not work for you except you believe it.

Where there is faith, the word of Christ will never fail, even if it tarries. It has the ability to attend to every part of you, everything that concerns you spirit, soul and body. It is living, powerful and very sharp, nothing touches it and remains the same. Every word of God received is a done deal, even if it takes a while for it to be accomplished.

Abraham received the word that he would have a son at 75 years, he believed it and did not waver with unbelief until it was accomplished in his life at the age of 100 years (Romans 4:16-21). He was too sure that the Lord’s word was able to deliver. He also received the word that he and his descendants would become great even when he had no child and it was so. When the Almighty God demanded Isaac for a sacrifice, he obeyed immediately believing that He is able to raise Isaac anyhow since the promise was with Isaac. He believed every word he heard from God and they were all accomplished in his life, this earned him the name ‘the father of faith.” Read more...

Are Your Heart Desires Fulfilled Now?

Are you done with or on the way to the fulfillment of the prophecies over your life, or have you given up? The fulfillment of God's word in your life depends on your faith and your covenant walk with Him. God is a covenant keeping God and will not fail on His part. Therefore, there is need for you to reflect on the past months and examine whether you are on course or not.

Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified - II Corinthians 13:5 (NKJV).

I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus - Philippians 3:14 (NKJV).

At the beginning of the year, you had a list of things you desired God to fulfill in your life, including prophecies you heard or read from God and His word. You started off with great expectation and assurance of the fulfillment of them all. How far have you gone with them?

Every prophecy from the Lord is to be fulfilled. His word will not go back to Him without accomplishing what He sent it to do (Isaiah 55:11). Also, what He says He does (Numbers 23:19). So, if a prophecy is not fulfilled, the problem is not from God for He is a covenant keeping God (Psalm 89:34) and He watches over His words to fulfill them (Jeremiah 1:12).

Are they fulfilled?

If the prophecies are fulfilled already, I rejoice with you. Your testimonies shall lead to the testimonies of many others. This act of God must have increased your faith in Him. As such I encourage you to take a leap of faith and reach out for more from God; a request in faith surely gets the Lord's attention.

Are you tired?

Peradventure, it seems as if this word of God is taking time in being fulfilled and you are growing weary, I encourage you to hold on to the Father and His word. Be strong in the Lord not in your might (Ephesians 6:10), don't lean on your own understanding of how it will be fulfilled (Proverbs 3:5). Has God said it? Read more...

The Family Life Of An Ordained Worker

The family life of an ordained worker is very important to God and to the devil. It determines the extent to which he or she can be used of God. 1 Timothy 3:4-5 make it clear that if a man does not know how to rule his own house that he won't be able to take care of the church of God. God will not give His sheep to a shepherd who will scatter or devour them. Therefore, it is important that an ordained worker starts his work from home, to train his family in the way of the Lord. Charity begins at home.

God testified of Abraham that he would command his children to keep the way of the Lord, that God may bring upon Abraham that which He had spoken of him; which was to make him a great and mighty nation. Based on this testimony, Abraham qualified to know what plans God had for Sodom (Genesis 18:16-21).

Definitions

1. Ordained Worker - A person on whom holy orders have been conferred. He is consecrated to perform various activities in the church.
2. Family life - This is the routine interactions and activities that a family has together. It is the kind of life a person normally leads when one is married and has children.

The Family Life

Therefore, the family life of an ordained worker is the kind of life he leads when he is married and has children. The kind of relationship he has with his family. It is expected that he is a good husband or wife and a good parent to his or her children, a role model to the family.

Therefore, an ordained worker

• Loves or submits to the spouse - Ephesians 5:21-26
• Provides for the family: spiritual, physical and emotional needs - 1 Timothy 5:8
• Cares for the family - Proverbs 31:15, 27
• Trains the children in the way of the Lord - Proverbs 22:6
• Does not provoke the children to wrath - Ephesians 6:4
• Rules the home well - 1 Timothy 3:4-5
• Is a role model to the family - Philippians 2:5-11.  Read more

Engaging God's Speed As Against Human And Devil’s Speed

Whose speed are you engaging to get to your desired position? Everyone desires to get to their topmost top as fast as possible, but the means of getting there which you employ determines whether you will ever get there, the state in which you do and how long you can sustain the position. This post encourages you to go by God's speed.

I will lift up my eyes to the hills— from whence comes my help? My help comes from the LORD, Who made heaven and earth - Psalms 121:1-2 (NKJV).

For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise - Hebrews 10:36 (KJV).

The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness... - II Peter 3:9 (NKJV).

Everyone wants a better life for himself or herself. But some people may never do anything to change their status, while others will. However, those who will do something will engage different means to achieve their goal: some will engage God's speed, some will employ human speed and others will use devil's speed.

Human Speed

Many a time, people consider God's speed as being slow. They would rather use human connections and wisdom to speed up the success process. They may use bribery and corruption, seduction, blackmail, and falsehood to get what they want. Some may choose not to go that way as Christians, but they will cut down their activities with God: they may stop paying their tithes, stop going to or serving in the church to have more time to do their own things. Unfortunately, these acts will expose them to the attacks of the enemy.

Human speed is grossly limited and mostly anti-scriptural and will eventually land the person into both spiritual and physical troubles.  When you engage this speed, you can't go beyond your ability as a human being and you will act devoid of love towards your neighbour. This speed is characterized by dissatisfaction, anxiety, health issues, building up of enemies and fear

Devil's Speed.

Sadly, some people will engage diabolical means to get what they want. This is selling their birthright for a morsel of bread. It is living in bondage for a temporary satisfaction of fleshly desires. There is nothing good the enemy can ever give you. If he gives you one thing, he will take it back and much more. He does not like any human being, people made in the image of God. Any promise of good is a disguise of evil.  The interesting thing is that anything gotten from the enemy is never sustained and the curse is generational. Read more...