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*DAILY DEW 14/AUGUST/2022*
*NOTES & QUOTES ON PRAYER*
_Key Bible Text:_
*"Pray without ceasing"* (Thessalonians 5:17)
_Bible Insight:_
"Prayer is a surge of the heart, it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy."
- St. Therese of Lisieux
"Prayer is the raising of one's mind and heart to God or the requesting of good things from God."
- St. John Damascene
"It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without heart." - Mahatma Gandhi
*"Whether we realize it or not, prayer is the encounter of God's thirst with ours. God thirsts that we may thirst for him."* - St. Augustine
*"Prayer enlarges the heart until it is capable of Containing God's gift of himself."* - Mother Theresa
*"Do not make prayer a monologue...make it a conversation."* - Author Unknown
*"Prayer is the song of the heart. It reaches the ear of God even if it is mingled with the cry and tumult of a thousand men."* - Kahlil Gibran
_MEDITATION:_
*"Prayer is the song of the heart. It reaches the ear of God even if it is mingled with the cry and tumult of a thousand men."* - Kahlil Gibran*
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*DAILY DEW 13/AUGUST/2022*
*CONSECRATED VESSELS NEEDED*
_Key Bible Text:_
*"How can God's temple come to terms with pagan idols? For we are the temple of the living God! As God himself has said, *I will make my home with my people and live among them; I will be their God, and they shall be my people.* And so the Lord says, *You must leave them and separate yourselves from them. Have nothing to do with what is unclean, and I will accept you."* (2Corin. 6:16-17 (GNB))
_Bible Insight:_
If your god is the one that permits you to go to club on Friday and lead choruses in choir on Sunday, please we are not interested in him. We don't want to meet him; he is the god of the Egyptians.
Even when we gather in Church on Sundays, it's a sad thing that many come in with different "gods" that they want to introduce to God Almighty. They are not even ready to drop these gods and follow God sincerely.
Some come with the god of whoredomy, so when you preach against premarital sex or adultery, they get offended and go where they will never be rebuked for such. If you're online, they unfriend you so that they can freely err without anyone rebuking them. Some come with mammon which is that god that makes men love money above Jesus, and when you Preach against mammon that influences their drive to make money through illegal means, they are offended.
It is mammon that also makes makes men stingy towards things pertaining to the Gospel. It is also mammon that also raises men to fight those who give to God's Kingdom.
If we will have a place in God's Kingdom in the days to come, The god of Pride and Arrogance, The god of Envy and Bitterness, The god of Immorality, The god of Greed and Selfishness, all these Egyptian and Babylonian gods must all be abandoned AT THE FOOT OF THE CROSS OF CHRIST.
*Drop those idols and serve the Living God. The Lord is calling you to total consecration and you must yield to his demands to be gainful in the Kingdom.*
A generation has arisen that has failed to serve God in Spirit and Truth and when they see your True worship of God, they begin to blackmail you with words like "you dey do holy holy..." "No be you Pray pass..." Ignore them, they are under Satan's captivity...! Psalm 82:5 has scanned them but John 3:16 will save them if they desire to be saved.
When they get tired of serving satan, the flesh and sin they will cross over to this side Jordan and join us to Carry THE ARK of the ELSHADDAI into the Promised Land.
_MEDITATION:_
*"I SEE GOD RAISING A GENERATION OF CONSECRATED MEN. A generation of Praying men that will not play with God through compromise. I see you amongst them. I see you! Oh my God... A NEW SEASON IS BROODING..."*
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*DAILY DEW 12/AUGUST/2022*
*LIVING WITNESSES* (II)
_Key Bible Text:_
*"What we have seen and heard we announce to you also, so that you will join with us in the fellowship that we have with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. We write this in order that our joy may be complete."* (1John 1:3-4 (GNB))
_Bible Insight:_
See, nothing beats maximum exposure to the word of God. This is one thing the early church enjoyed as they met daily to feast on the word and to pray. In the absence of this,for many, _personal retreats_ are necessary. *A way to spiritually detox so fast is to stay indoors to read your bible, sound Christian literatures or listen to messages for hours and then pray.* Tarrying three or more days gets the job done better. It has never failed! I said, never! *_Don't be too busy chasing life that you forget your new life in Christ._*
A believer not growing spiritually has just one problem: 'an unrenewed mind'. With this, he acts just like an unbeliever. Salvation changes our nature, spiritual growth fixes our conducts. *If we think like the world, we'll inevitably act like the world.* Hence, the way to not conform to the world is by renewing our minds - *it's a daily process, not a one-off thing (Romans 12:2).* *Spiritual growth is tangible and discernible - your progress appears to all men.*
There's no spiritual maturity without a mastery of one's emotions. A believer living under the rule of his feelings is still a babe.
"I don't feel like going to church today, I will skip" You hear them say. Or "I don't feel like praying. It is well. God will help me". "Feeling like" is not the yardstick of what is right or wrong!
_MEDITATION:_
*"And so we shall all come together to that oneness in our faith and in our knowledge of the Son of God; we shall become mature people, reaching to the very height of Christ's full stature. Then we shall no longer be children, carried by the waves and blown about by every shifting wind of the teaching of deceitful people, who lead others into error by the tricks they invent."* (Ephesians 4:13-14 (GNB))
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*DAILY DEW 11/AUGUST/2022*
*LIVING WITNESSES*
_Key Bible Text:_
*"We write to you about the Word of life, which has existed from the very beginning. We have heard it, and we have seen it with our eyes; yes, we have seen it, and our hands have touched it. When this life became visible, we saw it; so we speak of it and tell you about the eternal life which was with the Father and was made known to us.."* (1John 1:1-2 (GNB))
_Bible Insight:_
It was in 2017, a member of our local church had gone to serve in the South-south. He met another young man who had known me here on FB, but to his surprise, his remarks about me were like...'that Adebowale Ibukun, always acting like he is the only holy person, always talking about God's will...blah blah' (paraphrased). He didn't know he was talking to my church member. I heard it and laughed it off.
You see, I know that our definition of being real as believers is mostly about being carnal and ungodly and acting like mere men. Many don't believe God's word really changes lives. It's easier to stan someone who says 'I'm a Jesus person but I no too well like that o...I go change am for you', than to love someone who believes the fruit of the Spirit is not just on paper, neither is it forced, but a true yield and influence in the lives of those who commit to the things of the Spirit. If this passes for self righteousness, let me say it loud and clear:
*_People who devote their times to studying God's word for hours weekly and praying, attending church, cannot be the same with people who flip the pages once in a while._* We all don't have the same commitments and so we cannot act the same way! It's just the fact! Some years ago, there were things I thought were unreal as I saw people live that way, but mehn the story has changed simply because I went after their kind of commitment. For some of us, who we are ONLINE is who we are OFFLINE. If you were to pay us a visit, we won't need to dress up our space to look it.
Also, if there's anyone who's shared his past, and the struggles with morality, citing specific cases of addictions, even on this space, it's yours truly. I've always portrayed myself as a trophy of God's grace.
_MEDITATION:_
*"Jesus transforms people. I'm one of them and I'm not ashamed to say it. If it's unreal to you, you haven't tasted it. Come taste, and see the Lord is good..."*
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*DAILY DEW 10/AUGUST/2022*
*SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP* (VIII)
_Key Bible Text:_
*"This saying is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, so that they will be sound in the faith and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the merely human commands of those who reject the truth."* (Titus 1:13-14 (NIV))
_Bible Insight:_
Spiritual leadership must be expected to advance things that are necessary to make God's people sound in the Faith. Spiritual leaders are charged to build the church up in the Faith. Everything rises and falls on faith, in this kingdom!
This is why spiritual leadership comes up with programs and teachings and discipleship opportunities that will enhance the growth of faith-- not just faith as what we use to obtain blessings from God but faith of Jesus Christ as what we are taught to contend for. (Jude 1:3)
So believers must redirect their expectations from the church. Everything and everyday of fellowship and worship and teachings must be seen as an opportunity for maturity in the faith.
And it is in this light that we are told to *"pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the merely human commands of those who reject the truth"*. In order to mature in the faith, the believer needs to be reminded to shun myths or mere human commands that do not align with the truth of God's word.
Spiritual leadership must be encouraged and assessed along these lines-- building up faith, and ensuring that truth in line with the Word of God prevails over all kinds of myths, philosophies, ideas etc
_MEDITATION:_
*This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.* (Titus 1:13-14 (KJV))
Prayer Need: Pray for Spiritual leaders today. And pray for yourself that you grow in the faith!!
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