Memorise: Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil, my cup runneth over. Psalm 23:5
Read: I Kings 17:4-6
4 You will drink from the brook, and I have directed the ravens to supply you with food there.”
5 So he did what the Lord had told him. He went to the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan, and stayed there.
6 The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook.
Bible in one year: Joshua 8 – 9, I Thessalonians 1-2
AS REVEALED BY PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE IN TODAY’S DEVOTIONAL
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1. Believe it or not, some people are afraid of blessings!
2. Some prefer to be “average” rather than to be super-rich, because thy believe that wealth will either cause them to backslide or make them vulnerable to spiritual and physical attacks. These are wrong mindsets.
3. Many years ago, while pondering on Psalm 23:5, I wondered why the “waste” of blessings by pouring more into a cup that is already full. I heard the Lord say to me; “It is for Me to show My extraordinary sufficiency.” Hallelujah!
4. One of the wonders of divine blessings is that God can use anything or anyone to make His provision available to you if you are His candidate for divine blessings.
5. In I Kings God sent ravens to bring food to Elijah twice a day. One of the astonishing parts of this story is that ravens are known as fresh eaters. The question then is: how come they did not eat up the meat before getting to Elijah? It would have been understandable if sheep were the couriers in this regard.
6. The truth of the matter is that when a person is divinely blessed, both the forces of heaven and earth will combine to assist the fellow. This was the case of the children of Israel in the wilderness. The wind brought them quails to eat and the rock produced water for them to drink (Psalm 105:40-42).
7. I have often taught my children in church that whenever they embark on a venture and they realise that they always have to struggle so much to make ends meet, they should check back with Go to know whether He is in that venture.
8. Matthew 17:24-27 offers a classical example of divine blessing. To pay their taxes, the Lord instructed Peter to go and catch a fish, open its mouth and pick a coin from it, the value of which would be sufficient to offset their tax bill.
9. My firm belief is that there is a river near you with a fish inside it holding the right amount of money that you need in its mouth. This fish is just waiting to be caught by you.
10. The “fish” may be that fellow yearning for salvation, or that person who needs your spiritual help so much. When you win him or her to Christ, everything you need may already be there in their hands, and the Lord will just move them to release it to you.
11. As I studied the wealth of Solomon, I asked myself where his wealth came from. Then I saw in 2 Chronicles 9:13-14 that his wealth came from all the kings of Arabia and from the governors of other lands. Even the Queen of Sheba joyfully brought her wealth to him (1 Kings 10:1-10). Such is the wonder of divine blessings.
12. I decree upon you today: you will be divinely blessed, and your days of struggling to make ends meet are over in Jesus’ Name.
SHORT REFLECTION BY THE LIGHT POINTERS
Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.
Psalms 68:19 God be praised for blessing us with Pastor E.A Adeboye. May God strengthen him on every side in Jesus name.
Prayer Point:
Father, You said I should continue to ask until my joy is full, and so I ask in Jesus’ Name that You divinely bless me until poverty becomes alien to me permanently.
Hymn
(Tune: There shall be showers of blessing)
We will soon shout Halleluyah
Because God will do new things
Sinners will soon be forgiven
Prodigals will come home soon.
Chorus:
Shout Halleluyah
Because God will do new things
Rivers in desert now flowing
Halleluyah to our king.
We will soon shout Halleluyah
Because God will do new things
Sickness and sorrow will be gone
Bondage will be forgotten.
We will soon shout Halleluyah
Because God will do new things
The barren will be fruitful soon
Failure will be forgotten.
We will soon shout Halleluyah
Because God will do new things
Poverty will be forgotten
Stagnancy will soon be gone.
We will soon shout Halleluyah
Because God will do new things
To all miracles are given
There shall be celebrations
We will soon shout Halleluyah
Because God will do new things
Many will have testimonies
Of prayers answered fully
We will soon shout Halleluyah
Because God will do new things
One of us will chase a thousand
Two will conquer ten thousands.
We will soon shout Halleluyah
Because God will do new things
Songs of praises we will sing
Halleluyah to our King.
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