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What is your Symbol of Strength?

 

Bible Nugget 0408[Psalm 46 v 1-7 KJV]
   1God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

 2Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;

 3Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.

 4There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.

 5God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.

 6The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.

 7The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

 

 

 

The question this hour is what is your symbol of strength? If you symbol of strength is in a person or man, the bible says woe is that person who puts his strength in a man. The person to put your strength in should be big, strong and reliable. In fact, very big, very strong and very reliable. Trust in the Lord most high and he will prove himself mighty on your behalf. God revealed himself in the person of Jesus Christ. He is very big, very strong and very reliable. God wants to infuse his strength into you. He also wants to prove himself strong and mighty on your behalf. God does not and has not made you timid or fearful. His word says in 2Tim 1 v7:

7For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Your true strength therefore depends on how much you can tone your spiritual muscle you have in the Lord, not on contrary powers which are false powers and give fear. Nor is it a physical power on how many pounds of dumbbell you can lift. As a sportsman trains himself for the big occasion such as an Olympic with his eyes on the gold, we are admonished to be strong in the Lord or as stated in 2 Tim 2 v 1 … be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. Tone your spiritual muscles to receive more strength by diligent study and obedience to the word of God and in prayers. The more you do this the more reserve strength you have which you can depend upon when you need it. You will need those spiritual muscles for the big occasions – fights with the devil and all the evil forces. Continue to put your trust in the Lord and he will not disappoint you.

 

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  1. Oh Lord. Deposit into me your power. Strengthen me in my inner man and fortify me with all your spiritual weapons against the tactics of the forces of darkness in Jesus Name.
  2. Oh Lord stand for me strong and mighty. Show the enemy as you proved yourself mighty in time past in your word in the name of Jesus.
  3. Oh Lord of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego you are the living God. You are also the God of Elijah.  Show your power that men may know that all other gods are the works of men in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

 

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The Righteous is Blessed

 

Bible Nugget 0407 [Psalm 1 v 1 Amplified]

 

1BLESSED (HAPPY, fortunate, prosperous, and enviable) is the man who walks and lives not in the counsel of the ungodly [following their advice, their plans and purposes], nor stands [submissive and inactive] in the path where sinners walk, nor sits down [to relax and rest] where the scornful [and the mockers] gather.

 

Rejoice because the promise of God is to bless you as you walk with him in righteousness and true holiness. You shall be the envy of all who do not know or wish to serve our loving heavenly Father. Wait on the Lord and see what he will do in your life. He will send blessing of salvation, healing, deliverance, spiritual and material prosperity abundantly upon you.  He will not delay. He is always on time. When the wicked are saying there is casting down, continue to say there is lifting up. Be blessed today in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

 

Prayer Nugget 0407

1.      Oh LORD, remember your covenant of blessing on anyone who calls on you with a true heart of righteousness and holiness. Rain down your blessing upon my life in Jesus Name.

2.       LORD, fill the field of my life with the dew of heaven. Let your river of blessing flow into every department of my life in Jesus Name. Amen.

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More Than a Conqueror

 

Bible Nugget 0405 [Romans 8 v 35 – 39 KJV]

35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

 36As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

 37Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

 38For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

 39Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

 

The love of God in Christ Jesus makes you and me heirs of God in Christ Jesus. God is victorious in every thing he does and that is part of our inheritance in Christ Jesus. Personalize v37 and say in the paraphrased language:

 

“in all these things I more than a conqueror through Christ that loved me”.

 

Phil 4:13

 

13I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

 

 

 

Prayer Nugget 0405

1.       Oh LORD I thank you because are my shield, my buckler, my sure defense, the captain and Bishop of my soul. Oh Lord watch over my life jealously in the mighty name of Jesus.

2.     Thank you for making me an over comer in all things through Christ Jesus. Amen.

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What are the Seven Bulwark of a Christian’s  Faith?

[2 Peter 1 : 5-8]

 5And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;

 6And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;

 7And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.

8For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Fortify your faith in arithmetic progression with these Godly Characters like a fortified City with progressively higher outer walls.

1.      Virtue                          –         that is valour, [spiritual energy or manliness]. Philippians 4 v 13   I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

 

2.      Knowledge                   –         that is,  intelligence subject to the Holy Spirit

 

3.      Temperance                             –         that is, self control

 

4.      Patience                      –          that is, perseverance, steadfastness, endurance

 

5.      godliness                     –          the Godly nature of the man, Christ [ piety]

 

6.      Brotherly love         –           unfailing love affection for the brethren [Heb 13:1 Let brotherly love continue.]

 

7.      Charity                        –          that is, Agape love or Christian love not expecting to be paid back [Collosians 3:14 And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.] 

 

Prayer Nugget 0404

1.      Oh Lord,  fortify my life with the virtue of [————, mention them one by one] in the mighty name of Jesus

2.      Every satanic arrow or arrow of the wicked directed to harm my faith, return back to the sender in the name of Jesus.

3.      Lord fill my heart with your love, I shall not be lacking in showing brotherly love or agape love in Jesus Name.

4.      Oh Lord, perfect my life with your character. Let me be your example on earth in the mighty name of Jesus. Amen.

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Covenant keeping God

Bible Nugget 0403[Isaiah 59: 21 (KJV)]

21As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.

God is a covenant keeping God. He made a covenant with Abraham and has kept it ever since for some 4000 years. He will keep his covenant with you if you include yourself in the word “them” in the above verse. The blessings of God will not depart from you and your household in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

Prayer Nugget 0403

Oh Lord, keeper of covenant, thank you for giving me your Holy Spirit. Thank you for your word that you watch jealously to fulfill it. Lord, fill my heart with your word and let my mouth be an outlet for your word. Lord, keep your covenant over my life and my children and children’s children according to your promises in Jesus Name. Amen.

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Heavenly Joy is your Portion

Bible Nugget 0320 [Isaiah 51:11, KJV]

11Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.

 

Earthly Joy

Do you want to have long-lasting joy, a foretaste of everlasting joy? Or do you want to have joy that is situation-dependent? Situation-dependent joy is earthly joy. It is short-lived or transient. When one say’s earthly joy, it means happiness that is not perpetual. Not whirling from within. It depends on other external factors, people etc. Earthly joy is diluted by sorrow.

 

Heavenly Joy

 There is another type of joy God wants his children to have, live and dwell in at all times. It is called heavenly joy. At the end of age, that is the joy that the children of God will possess for ever. Our nugget scripture says “the children of Zion shall return ….”, and then everlasting joy shall be on their head. When we return to God in heaven after this life, that is when true everlasting joy shall begin because sorrow and pain will pass away.   Meanwhile we can be content with long-lasting joy not diluted with sorrow and pain. It is possible because it agrees with the Word of God, the Bible. Heaven is a place of Joy and if the children of God will return there, then they must be perpetually happy people. In other words, God wants his children to have true happiness on earth here. Hence whatever will not make you happy or steals your joy is not the will of God for you. When the Apostle John visited heaven in the Spirit in Rev 4:1-11, the heavenly spirits around the throne of God were all full of joy.

 

Revelations 4:9-11 (KJV)

 9And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,

 10The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,

 11Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

On earth, the Holy Ghost supplies continuous joy to a believer’s heart, as the believer learns to rejoice in the Lord. Joy is a believer’s portion, just like healing is as our right. Jesus purchased or healing with his own blood, and when you have faith in the name of Jesus and that by that name sickness and disease has to bow, you receive your healing. Faith for healing comes by hearing the word of God. Likewise, hearing the word of God brings joy and assurance to a believer’s heart.

 

Jesus  in John 15:11 says:

 11These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.

 

Today, Jesus is represented by the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit speaks words of comfort and consolation to our hearts all the time. Give heed to what the Spirit is telling you. He wants to have continuous fellowship with you in your heart. The disciples as they continue in the faith in the book of Acts, the bible says they were filled with joy and the Holy Ghost.

 Phil 2:1-2

 1If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

 2Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

Philippians 3: 1: “Finally my brethen, rejoice in the Lord.”

Philippians 4:4: “Rejoice in the Lord always and again I say, rejoice.”

 

The will of God for you is that you live perpetually in joy. What is troubling your heart at this time? Cast all your burdens on Jesus because he cares for you. He has been on this road called earth before where he bore your pain and sorrow. He was a man acquainted with grief and sorrow so that your joy will be full. Turn everything to Jesus and you will be happy the rest of your days.

           

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  1. Lord, let your joy be my portion all the day long in the Name of Jesus.
  2. Every pain and sorrow hindering my full joy, disappear from my heart in the name of Jesus.
  3. Holy Spirit, anoint my head with your oil of joy and gladness in Jesus Name.
  4. Holy Spirit, you are the supplier of joy. Supply my heart with abundance of joy that will last me all eternity in Jesus Name.