Jan 13, 2021 |
“Praise awaits you, our God, in Zion; to you, our vows will be fulfilled.
You who answer prayer, to you, all people will come.” Psalm 65:12(NIV)
To You, our vows will be performed.
Vows made to You must be kept.
Remember. Remember all your vows.
How many promises have you made and forgotten.?
Especially the most common phrase:
“I will be praying for you.”
Do you really pray for all the people you have made such statements to?
“When you vow a vow or make a pledge to God, do not put off paying it; for God has no pleasure in fools (those who witlessly mock Him). Pay what you vow. It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay.”
Ecclesiastes 5:4-5 (AMPC)
God is Faithfull to forgive as you confess and repent from all that you have promised Him before.
He will surely guide you on the next steps of what to do.
David made a promise to Jonathan, and many events happened after that.
However, the day he remembered, he acted. (2 Samuel 9)
“I come before your presence with my sacrifice. I’ll give you all that I’ve promised everything I have. When I was overcome in my anguish, I promised to give you my sacrifice. Here it is! All that I said I would offer you is yours.” Psalm 66:13-14 (TPT)
God always keeps HIS side of the bargain.
“God is not like people. He tells no lies. He is not like humans. He doesn’t change his mind. When he says something, he does it. When he makes a promise, he keeps it.” Numbers 23:19 (GW)
As you reflect today, remember those vows you have made to God.
Go and do the needful.
Jan 11, 2021 |
I chiseled two flat stones like the ones I broke.
“The LORD said to Moses, “Come up on the mountain and stay here for a while. I will give you the two flat stones on which I have written the laws that my people must obey.” Exodus 24:12 (CEV)
When God had finished speaking to Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two flat stones on which he had written all of his laws with his own hand. Exodus 31:18 (CEV)
“So I made a chest out of acacia wood, and I chiseled two flat stones like the ones I broke. Then I carried the stones up the mountain,”
Deuteronomy 10:3 (CEV)
2021 the Year of Great Exploits Surpassing Expectations
Become personally acquainted with Him.
You need to take delight in the Almighty God.
The Joy you have in the Lord is your Strength.
To do Great Exploits, You have to do your part.
God understood why Mosses broke the first set of stone tablets.
He was forgiven, but he had to do his part by making another set for God to now write on.
He did not just pray for the replacement to emerge.
After all, God is Merciful, Kind, and Forgiving.
“I cut two stone tablets like the first two. Then I went up the mountain with the tablets in my hand.”
With his own hands, Mosses made another set and, with his very hand, carried it back to place it where God can write on them again.
What do you need to do this New Year with your hands?
Don’t just act spiritually.
What can you do with your hands to make your dreams come true?
With every promise of God, there is always man’s doing responsibility.
It’s excellent to confess and believe.
Find out the part of the covenant you need to do and get it done.
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the realm of heaven’s kingdom. It is only those who persist in doing the will of my heavenly Father. Matthew 7:21 (TPT)
You possibly have heard the story of the dirty abandoned piece of land that belonged to nobody until one man decided to clear out the debris and tuned it to a beautiful park. Shortly after, one of the townspeople passed by and said to the man that worked on the land, “what a beautiful land the Lord gave you,” and the new owner responded that “you would have seen it when the Lord had it all to himself.”
Find out from God which areas of your life HE wants to do Great Exploits.
Roll up your sleeves like Mosses did and chisel it out.
Jan 8, 2021 |
Send portions to those who cannot provide for themselves.
“Then he told them, “Go, eat rich foods, drink sweet drinks, and send portions to those who cannot provide for themselves. Today is a holy day for the Lord. Don’t be sad because the Joy you have in the LORD is your Strength.” Nehemiah 10:8 (GW)
2021 the Year of Great Exploits Surpassing Expectations
Become personally acquainted with Him.
You need to take delight in the Almighty God.
The Joy you have in the Lord is your Strength.
Most of us know the song:
“The Joy of the Lord is my Strength X4
He gives me living water.
And I thirst no more.
He gives me living water.
And I thirst no more.
He gives me living water.
And I thirst no more.
The Joy of the Lord is my Strength.”
However, there is a significant doing part in that text we ignore.
Send Portions to those who cannot provide for themselves.
Send presents to those in need.
Send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared:
You want the Joy of the Lord to flow ceaselessly in you?
Look around you and give joyfully to those in need.
It’s not always about money.
You can give your time to pray.
You can provide solutions to a challenging issue.
You can provide a listening ear to someone.
2021 is a Year of Joyful Exploits.
Start today by being led to give Joy to somebody.
As you continue in your love for God:
The Joy of the Lord becomes your Strength.
Jan 6, 2021 |
You will take delight in the Almighty and look up to God.
“Then you will take delight in the Almighty and look up to God.
You will pray to him, and he will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows to him. You will succeed in whatever you choose to do, and light will shine on the road ahead of you. If people are in trouble and you say, ‘Help them,’ God will save them. Even sinners will be rescued; they will be rescued because your hands are pure.” Job 22:26-30 (NLT)
This is your Year of Joyful Expectations Surpassing Expectations.
Become personally acquainted with Him.
You also need to take delight in the Almighty God.
Make this New Year that which the things of God become your focus.
Not just your focus but your joyful actions.
Set yourself to do only those things that will be pleasing to Him.
As you set out to attain your goals and objectives, ask yourself again.
Are these pleasing to God?
Not just in Spiritual things.
Delight in God in every area of your purposeful life.
Love what He Loves.
Be found only in places where His name is Glorified.
Say only things that will please Him.
Even your thought process.
Align them to be what HE approves. (Philippians 4:8)
Jesus Christ went about doing good.(Acts10:38)
He is alive in You.
“Then you will be happy with the Almighty and look up toward God.”
Never let your expectations of reward come from man.
Do all you are guided to do pleasing Him and for Him only.
He will Bless and reward you, surpassing your expectations.
Look up to God in all things.
“I look up to the mountains and hills, longing for God’s help. But then I realize that our true help and protection come only from the Lord, our Creator who made the heavens and the earth.” Psalm 121:1 (TPT)
Be firmly rooted and positioned in HIM.
You will find Joyful happiness by Worshiping Him.
Jan 4, 2021 |
Become personally acquainted with Him
“So let us know and become personally acquainted with Him; let us press on to know and understand fully the [greatness of the] LORD [to honor, heed, and deeply cherish Him]. His appearing is prepared and is as certain as the dawn, And He will come to us [in salvation] like the [heavy] rain, Like the spring rain watering the earth.” Hosea 6:3 (AMP)
2021 is the year of Joyful Exploits Surpassing Expectations.
For you to live a purposeful, fulfilling life, be personally known to Christ.
It’s not about putting new year’s banners and stickers around you.
You must have a meaningful relationship with Him.
“Pastor, I am already born again,” you may want to say!.
There is a yet more in-depth and better relationship with Him that you should aim at.
“Deeper, deeper in the love of Jesus
Daily let me go;
Higher, higher in the school of wisdom,
More of grace to know.
Refrain:
O deeper yet, I pray,
And higher every day,
And wiser, blessed Lord,
In Thy precious, holy Word.”
Author: Charles Price Jones (1900)
As you start this Brand New Year, align yourself firmly with your Creator.
He has the blueprint of your life before you were born.
Learn of Him and the real you through His Word.
He is the only person that can restore all that appeared you have lost.
“I’ll restore your health and heal your wounds,” declares the LORD.
“People call you an outcast: Zion, no one cares for you.”
Jeremiah 30:17 (GW)
Family, Friends, Fellowship, and even neighbors have abandoned you?
“No one wants you as a friend or cares what happens to you. But I will heal your injuries, and you will get well.” Jeremiah 30:17(CEV)
Your destiny is before God.
Nothing but only you can thwart it due to disobedience and unbelief.
You know, indeed, morning always comes.
Get to know Him better and much more this year.
His going forth is established as the morning.
Dec 23, 2020 |
Why should I celebrate this 2020 Christmas?
The scriptures say in everything, give thanks to God.
“And in the midst of everything be always giving thanks, for this is God’s perfect plan for you in Christ Jesus” 1 Thessalonians 5:18 (TPT)
Apparently, Joseph, when he started his courtship with Mary, never thought of the virgin birth.
He wanted to react naturally, but he allowed God to take control.
Yes, many surprises were in the Christmas story.
Still, God, who can work all things together, ensured that ALL the incidents were used to His Glory and ultimate purpose.
Even though the Messiah’s birth had been prophesied several years ago., It’s unfolding took some of the participants by surprise.
Mary, the Lord’s mother, was not told in childhood that it will be her destiny to give birth to the Savior.
She yielded to God in faith as she was chosen.
Zechariah did not know on that day that he would encounter the angel of God while performing his priestly functions.
He went in as a speaking priest but came out dumb because of his unbelief that a miracle could happen.
Elizabeth embraced the surprise of God and became the mother of John the Baptist at an old age.
Are you still upset that God did not tell you Covid-19 was coming?
There are instances when God Himself did not tell His son what would happen until it did.
That never upset any of the Trinity.
God the Father knows all and does all things for His purpose and Glory.
On His way to heal the centurion servant, Jesus did not immediately know that the woman with the issue of the blood was going to stop Him and get healed.
Don’t mind all the “celebrity men and women” of God who went back to start editing their 2019 declarations of 2020 to accommodate the pandemic.
Celebrate God when the unexpected happened because He only has the perfect and complete picture.
Jesus plainly told the two disciples’ mother, who wanted her sons to sit on the right and left of Him on his throne, that the prerogative belongs to the Father.
As close as Joshua was to Mosses, to the extent that when other Israelites went back to their tents, Joshua remained.
The Almighty had recalled Mosses before he was told.
God still assured Him that Joshua would finish the job.
Has God allowed somebody close to your heart to come home?
God will continue to comfort, heal, and guide you with the unexpected.
As Paul said, for me to live is Christ, and to die is also gain.
All those who have gone ahead of us:
Knowing Christ will continue to be with Him.
In His mercy and wisdom, you are alive to see this Christmas season.
Please celebrate Him.
Though we all know that December 25 is not in the Bible.
The date has become a rallying point to remind us that God saved mankind by sending the Savior in His wisdom and purpose.
HE has been born and had fulfilled His purpose by dying on the Cross.
So as you celebrate this Christmas, it is about your salvation.
Don’t stop at that.
Daily continue and grow in Christ Jesus.
The baby Jesus had since left the manger.
Give your life to Him today, and accept Him as your Lord and Savior.
Have you experienced unexpected, unplanned incidents, and even shocking events?
He alone can make all things work together for your good and His Glory.
Stay close to Him in your personal relationship.
Yes, you can celebrate this 2020 Christmas.
Rev Mrs. Mary Titilola Abiodun Bamidele, today would have been your 60th Birthday celebration.
We would have loved to celebrate it together, Glorifying God.
God has, in His infinite Wisdom, allowed you to come home for an early rest.
Your departure was entirely unexpected.
Olutoyin and I do cherish your friendship.
As you are committed back to mother earth today in Ogbomosho.
We celebrate God, who has made your life so full and impactful.
HE will continue to comfort my bosom friend Bishop Mike.
His abiding presence will continue with Hope, Faith, and the entire family.
