Memorise: Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 2 Corinthians 5:17.
Read: Deuteronomy 28:11-13
11 And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
12 The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
13 And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:
Bible in one year: Exodus 22-23, Isaiah 66:1-14
AS REVEALED BY PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE IN TODAY’S DEVOTIONAL
1. If there is any single word that symbolises Jesus Christ, it is the word “Change”. While some changes are good, some others have negative consequences.
2. Encountering Jesus Christ brings positive change to you.
3. Everything about Jesus spells change.
4. The moment He was born into this world, things began to change. Even the old calendar was changed to reflect the years before Christ was born (BC) and the years after (AD).
5. By His virgin birth, He introduced change to the rules of childbirth. This is why “mono-pause” can become “mono-play”.
6. By the change He brought, we have seen a 56 years-old woman testifying before the people of God with her newborn baby. No wonder Jesus said God can raise children out of stones (Matthew 3:9).
7. Are you trusting God for the fruit of the womb but menopause is telling you that your time is past? Tell it that because your Saviour and Master, Jesus, stands for change, it cannot stand in your way. Shortly, you shall celebrate with your own baby!
8. If you are connected to Jesus, you cannot but experience glorious changes in your life.
9. Nothing that He created can stand in your way. If what He created cannot stop you, how then can the evil forces and evil mechanisms that were designed by the hordes of hell stop you? They also answer to Him!
10. Indeed, the moment He walked on water, He did not only defiled the law of gravity, He also made it respond to His will (Matthew 14:23-27).
11. By this act, the man who said what goes up must come down began to have problems with his postulates.
12. If you encounter Jesus, you go up and stay up. This is why Deuteronomy 28:13 says, “And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:”
13. Is the law of gravity affecting your business, ministry, academics, family or spiritual life? I command its downward effect to cease dragging you down from now on!
14. From today you shall go up, and your ascent shall be unstoppable. You shall be the head and stay ahead.
15. Ask for a definite encounter with Jesus today. If you have not accepted Jesus as your Lord and personal Saviour, that is the best place to start.
SHORT REFLECTION BY THE LIGHT POINTERS
Some Christians still believe the up and down flow of live idealogy. They embrace any event that brings them down with the belief that nothing goes up without coming down. With Jesus, it is always a upward and forward living! The newness we enter into when we give in to Christ brings a positive change and it becomes evident in all aspect of our lives only when we live it out. Jesus is the source of every good and perfect gift and His plan towards us is of good and not evil to give us an expected end. It is left to us possess our possessions and reflect the change Jesus Christ has brought to us freely. We won’t miss our purpose in Christ in Jesus name. We pray that may God strengthen Pastor E.A Adeboye even as he continues in this good work in Jesus name.
Key Point:
If you have Jesus, you will be an agent of positive change everywhere you go. Do you reflect this change?
HYMN
What a friend we have in Jesus,
All our sins and griefs to bear!
What a privilege to carry
Everything to God in prayer!
Oh, what peace we often forfeit,
Oh, what needless pain we bear,
All because we do not carry
Everything to God in prayer!
Have we trials and temptations?
Is there trouble anywhere?
We should never be discouraged—
Take it to the Lord in prayer.
Can we find a friend so faithful,
Who will all our sorrows share?
Jesus knows our every weakness;
Take it to the Lord in prayer.
Are we weak and heavy-laden,
Cumbered with a load of care?
Precious Savior, still our refuge—
Take it to the Lord in prayer.
Do thy friends despise, forsake thee?
Take it to the Lord in prayer!
In His arms He’ll take and shield thee,
You wilt find a solace there.
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