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THE GOOD GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

 

 

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LUKE 11: 11-13 [KJV]

 11 If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?

 12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?

 13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

 

A child looking forward to a great meal will expect bread, fish and egg and not stone, serpent and scorpion. Bread, fish, and egg are life sustaining. Stone serpent and egg will harm a child. A father who gives a stone or a scorpion to a child to eat should expect to be in jail for a long time. In another scene, fathers give good gifts to their children out of love. When the child receives a gift he or she ask for, that child’s face is lighted with joy. In the above story, Jesus said earthly fathers expectedly make good choices in giving the right food to their children.  

Translating the story to the spiritual, God is a heavenly Father. The best gift by our heavenly Father after salvation (similar to after a child is born in the above passage) is the gift of the Holy Spirit. God knows you need it for survival in the world because the other alternative out there is are evil spirits from the devil does not want a Christian to survive in the faith. If you want to survive in the faith you definitely need the Holy Spirit. Ask God to fill you with the Holy Spirit today.

 

Prayer Point

 

1.               Oh Lord thank you for giving me the gift of salvation. Thank you for the gift of the Holy Spirit.

 

2.               Oh Lord, give me more power of your Holy Spirit. Satisfy me with the invigorating power of the Holy Spirit and make me whole; body, soul and spirit in the Name of Jesus.

 

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FOUNTAIN OF EVERLASTING LIFE

  

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REVELATIONS 22: 1-2 [KJV]

1   And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.

 2  In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. 

 

Jesus promised that anyone who comes to him and believes in him on earth, out of that person’s belly (inner heart) shall flow rivers of living water. This represents the Holy Spirit in the life of a believer. The Holy Spirit rejuvenate and revives a spiritually dead man back to life on earth [John 7:38-39].

In Heaven, a child of God has free access to the Holy Spirit. No more sin, no more curse, no more sickness; nothing to hinder the flow of the Holy Spirit in the everlasting life of the believer. Wouldn’t that be refreshing and amazing? Ask for the infilling of the Holy Spirit and begin to enjoy a measure of his powerful presence in your life today.

 

 

Prayer Point

 

1.           Oh Lord let your Living water flow over my soul. Every situation that has troubled my heart be rolled away in Jesus Name.

 

2.                Come Holy Spirit; come in your power; I need your presence; revive my heart and revive your church today in Jesus Name.

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MEAT AND DRINK ALTERNATIVE

 

 

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What are your cravings? If you are craving for more of Him, His love, His power, His peace, His joy and His righteousness, expand your bowels and he will fill it.

 

ROMANS 14: 17

 17For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

 

 

Prayer Point

 

1.    I reject every spiritual junk food and every contaminant of my spiritual life in Jesus Name.

 

2.  Lord fill me with your heavenly food and satisfy all my cravings for you in Jesus Name.

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COMMANDED BLESSINGS II [UNITY]

 

Bible Nugget 0610 [Psalm 133:1-3, KJV]

 

 1Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!

 

 2It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron’s beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;

 

 3As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.

 

God commanded his blessings when he saw there was dew on the mountains of Zion (v 3). Likewise, God will command his blessings when brethren are united (v 1). From these two verses we establish the fact that unity is a vital ingredient to make commanded blessings work. Families have to agree to experience the next level of blessing in their lives; the church has to be united to move the work of God forward.

 

From the head even to the skirt of Aaron, the oil of anointing flowed bringing spiritual wholeness to this man of God who occupied the priest position.

 

The people who came to Jesus did not have to touch his head to receive their healing. As many as touched him were made whole, and in the case of the woman with the issue of blood, she said if I may but touch the hem of his garment. She did and was made whole. As families unite they will be able to do much more for God and his kingdom. As the church unites, it will continue to rout the kingdom of darkness and its strongholds, even at a faster pace.

 

God Bless us as we live our lives in obedience to him in Jesus Name.  Amen.

 

Prayer Points

 

1.     Oh Lord, help me to walk in love and unity with the brethren and help me to walk in perfect unity with members of my household in the Name of Jesus .

2.    Lord, fill me up to overflowing with your power and make me a channel of your power to those that are saved and the lost in Jesus Name.

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COMMANDED BLESSINGS (I)

 

Scripture Reading: [Deut 28: 8]

The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

God’s blessing brings increase not decrease. The above verse summarizes a special type of uncommon blessing. God is good and benevolent to everyone having breath of life on the earth. That is why for example, the sun shines on both the righteous and the unrighteous. He also pours out his blessing because of his steadfast love and mercy, which he renews on the righteous everyday (Lam 3:22-23). Today we will look into commanded blessings and our anchor verse will be Deut 28:8.  Commanded blessings will be enjoyed by anyone who is aware of such a special type of blessing and diligently obeys the word of God. What does the word ‘command’ and ‘blessing’ mean?

 ‘Command’ means to have dominion, authority and power.  When we say the commander of a battalion for example, we know he has authority and power over his troops.  From the above scripture it is clear that the person issuing the command is God Himself who has total control over all things in heaven and on the earth. Everybody and everything. It is only what he says that stands. For example he established the earth by a changeless decree, as the hymn writer rightly captions.

‘Blessing’ in the scripture means gift from God due to his grace.

 

Commanded blessing comes from obedience (Deut 28). We can link the following to commanded blessings: 

1.                  Divine Health: Ex 15:26

 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.

 2.         Longevity: Ex 20:12

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

3.                  Gift of children: Psalm 127:3

Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

4.         Divine Prosperity: Mal 3: 11, a blessing for tithes and offerings to God.

11And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.

 

Now that we know what commanded blessings mean, we will look into it in more details later.

 

 

Prayer Points

1.    Oh Lord, command your blessings on my life. Let me enjoy your special blessings in Jesus Name.

2.      LORD, open your windows of heaven and rain down your blessings upon my life in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

 

   

 

 

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FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT SERIES: PERFECT PEACE (I)

 

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3Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.

 4Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:

 

Our God is a God of peace. Peace is a fruit of the Spirit that keeps our heart steady even in the midst of turbulence all around. When Jesus was in the midst of a storm on the sea, the bible says he was asleep. His disciples came to wake him up and exclaimed “master, do you not care that we are about to perish. Jesus simply got up, went to the side of the boat addressed the storm and said, peace be still.  Mark 4:37-39

 

37And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full.

 38And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?

 39And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

 

You need to tell your soul from time to time peace be still, because a time will come when the enemy will stir you up and gauge the level of peace in the inside of you.  The Psalmist, David encouraged himself when he was downcast by reassuring his soul to hope and trust in the LORD. You can self-talk words of peace to yourself too like the Psalmist did. Ask yourself (your inner man) the same question and reassure your soul to hope in God. You will begin to enjoy his peace, joy and your life will become full of spiritual vitality.

 

Psalm 42:5

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.

 

And in Psalm 42:11.

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

 

Note that the Psalmist had to reassure himself twice in the same breath (chapter) to hope in God, and while waiting to continue a life of praise.

 

The opposite of peace of course is fear, and fear is of the devil. He also raises doubt in the heart of a man and wants you to doubt God’s word and your abilities. We are told to give no place to Satan because he is a master deceiver. It was the devil that deceived eve in the Garden of Eden and Man fell, lost the glory of God and became subject to the Law of sin and death. It was also the devil that filled the heart of Judas Iscariot to betray Jesus. Thank God because the death of Jesus was not in vain. He resurrected from the grave. And Jesus while on his earthly Ministry said my peace I leave with you. God wants you to triumph and enjoy his peace in all spheres of your life.

 

His word says,

and the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly [Rom 16:20, KJV].

 

The amplified version makes it clear in case you did not catch the word bruise. It says:

 

20And the God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. [Rom 16:20, KJV].

 

Is that not reassuring? God will take the responsibility for doing the crushing of Satan, not me or you, nor your parents or pastor. So relax, put your absolute faith in the LORD and you will surely see the salvation of God as he proves himself mighty on your behalf.

 

Prayer Points 0608

 

  1. Oh Lord, thank you for your peace. I proclaim peace over every situation in my life in Jesus Name. 
  2. Father Lord, fulfill your word in my life. Let your covenant of peace be my portion in Jesus Name. 
  3. I command every plan of the enemy concerning me to be ship wrecked. Satan you belong under my feet. Continue to remain under my feet as God crushes all your works in my life in Jesus Name. 
  4. Say with all energy you have within your inside seven times: “You my soul: I say hope in the LORD and see the salvation of God in the mighty Name of Jesus”. Amen.