PRAYER
Heavenly Father, thank you for this day for you are the reason I am alive. As my days grow longer on this earth, I appreciate more, this wonderful gift of life you have freely given to me and I have learned to number them. Thank you Father.
Today Dear Lord as I approach your throne of grace, I ask Oh Dear Father that you grant me the grace to keep quiet and listen when you are speaking to me, to be able to distinguish clearly, my thoughts and assumptions from your words, and Oh Dear Lord that I obey every word without question or hesitation. I am very stubborn and dodgy sometimes therefore Father I ask that I will not be a victim of my own stubbornness. Give me a change in heart. A heart that hurriedly and willingly obeys You Lord. A heart that seeks to please you in all that I do. Daddy I ask this because I lack and because You promised that anything we ask believing, we will receive most especially when we ask in the name of your only begotten Son.
Grant unto me Oh Dear Father a change in heart for I pray in Jesus Mighty Name, Amen.
Ref: 1 Samuel 3v10, Matthew 21v22, John 14v14.
Saturday, 17 May 2014
Friday, 16 May 2014
Fighting Temptations
The New Living Translation's rendering of James 1v14 captures the verse rather precisely touching the issue of temptation - Temptation comes from our own desires.
Most times, I realize that the temptations I go through stems from my deep desires. These desires could even be innocent and harmless but the devil ceases this as an opportunity to attack; and often times there's a close relationship between our trials and our desires.
I remember my mom often tells me that temptation never leaves you; "it's right at the hem of your clothing" she says. It's foolish to think that as a christian, one is automatically immune to temptations... I once thought that way. The Bible warns in 1 Corinthians 10v12 If you think you are standing strong, be careful not to fall.
I am facing a lot of temptations at the moment. And where I struggle the most are in areas where I just wont let go. In all these, I thank God for His word that not only is a guide but is also a reminder that He truly is with us always and is concerned with all that concerns us. I read today in Proverbs 15v11 Even Death and Destruction hold no secrets from the Lord. How much more does He know the human heart - as I reflected on the myriads of temptations I am going through-it was pressed upon my heart firstly not to hide from God because He is all knowing. Secondly to always surrender to Him and struggling in temptation is unnecessary. Matthew 6v13 And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.
A close relationship with God also helps. Its a safe place where you can always open up to God and not only get direction but also get relief. Its important not to ignore His call, surrender every area of struggle and not to take your eyes of His word. I have also learnt not to ostracize my self when I go wrong for this gives the Devil leverage to deal with me more and I will just suffer for nothing.
PRAYERS
Dear Father, who can hide from you. I come before you today Lord for help. Temptations surround me in many areas and its almost as if I cant take a step these days without temptations right beside me. I know in some areas I have actually fallen but I come to you for help. Strengthen me in areas of my weakness and in areas I have given the devil room to attack me. Hide and keep me in you and let your perfection rub off on me. Thank you for your love and forgiveness and help me dear Lord not to take it for granted. Thank You Father for always being with me for this I give you praise in Jesus mighty name I pray. Amen.
Most times, I realize that the temptations I go through stems from my deep desires. These desires could even be innocent and harmless but the devil ceases this as an opportunity to attack; and often times there's a close relationship between our trials and our desires.
I remember my mom often tells me that temptation never leaves you; "it's right at the hem of your clothing" she says. It's foolish to think that as a christian, one is automatically immune to temptations... I once thought that way. The Bible warns in 1 Corinthians 10v12 If you think you are standing strong, be careful not to fall.
I am facing a lot of temptations at the moment. And where I struggle the most are in areas where I just wont let go. In all these, I thank God for His word that not only is a guide but is also a reminder that He truly is with us always and is concerned with all that concerns us. I read today in Proverbs 15v11 Even Death and Destruction hold no secrets from the Lord. How much more does He know the human heart - as I reflected on the myriads of temptations I am going through-it was pressed upon my heart firstly not to hide from God because He is all knowing. Secondly to always surrender to Him and struggling in temptation is unnecessary. Matthew 6v13 And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.
A close relationship with God also helps. Its a safe place where you can always open up to God and not only get direction but also get relief. Its important not to ignore His call, surrender every area of struggle and not to take your eyes of His word. I have also learnt not to ostracize my self when I go wrong for this gives the Devil leverage to deal with me more and I will just suffer for nothing.
PRAYERS
Dear Father, who can hide from you. I come before you today Lord for help. Temptations surround me in many areas and its almost as if I cant take a step these days without temptations right beside me. I know in some areas I have actually fallen but I come to you for help. Strengthen me in areas of my weakness and in areas I have given the devil room to attack me. Hide and keep me in you and let your perfection rub off on me. Thank you for your love and forgiveness and help me dear Lord not to take it for granted. Thank You Father for always being with me for this I give you praise in Jesus mighty name I pray. Amen.
Monday, 5 May 2014
Fear God!
Lord teach my heart to fear you was all I thought of and prayed as I read this scripture today. And with my whole heart I prayed that God will grant me this desire of my heat.
Proverbs 14v26-27 Those who fear the Lord are secure, He will be a refuge for their children. Fear of the Lord is a life-giving fountain; it offers escape from the snares of death.
PRAYER
Heavenly Father thank you for opening my eyes to see this treasure hidden in your word today. Dear Lord please teach me to fear you with all of my heart. Help me dear Lord for I pray, in Jesus mighty name. Amen.
Proverbs 14v26-27 Those who fear the Lord are secure, He will be a refuge for their children. Fear of the Lord is a life-giving fountain; it offers escape from the snares of death.
PRAYER
Heavenly Father thank you for opening my eyes to see this treasure hidden in your word today. Dear Lord please teach me to fear you with all of my heart. Help me dear Lord for I pray, in Jesus mighty name. Amen.
Remind Yourself...
I am now fully aware of the fact that being a follower of Christ doesn't mean you have automatic immunity from trials and challenges. It simply means, in whatever situation you may find yourself, God is aware and is also in it with you.
I find myself sometimes in unfamiliar situations and in a strange state of mind most of them very testing- but today just as I was taking a drive back home, I had this feeling of being alone. Like I was abandoned....
But I thank God for His word thats true and more real than my situation or current state. I know that even in my darkest and deepest time; even if I'm in the valley or facing a storm or in a strange place, I remind myself- God is ALWAYS with me and He will see me through.
PRAYER
Thank You Dear Father for the comfort in the promise of your word when you said You will never leave me or forsake me and nothing can separate me from Your love Oh God. I rest in this truth and in the fact that all in all these things I am more than a conqueror in Jesus mighty name.
Please Father keep me soaked in this awareness and hide me in You for I cannot make it without you.
Thank You Dear Lord for in Jesus mighty name I pray. Amen
I find myself sometimes in unfamiliar situations and in a strange state of mind most of them very testing- but today just as I was taking a drive back home, I had this feeling of being alone. Like I was abandoned....
But I thank God for His word thats true and more real than my situation or current state. I know that even in my darkest and deepest time; even if I'm in the valley or facing a storm or in a strange place, I remind myself- God is ALWAYS with me and He will see me through.
PRAYER
Thank You Dear Father for the comfort in the promise of your word when you said You will never leave me or forsake me and nothing can separate me from Your love Oh God. I rest in this truth and in the fact that all in all these things I am more than a conqueror in Jesus mighty name.
Please Father keep me soaked in this awareness and hide me in You for I cannot make it without you.
Thank You Dear Lord for in Jesus mighty name I pray. Amen
Sunday, 4 May 2014
Basking In The Greatness Of His Love
I love new days, new weeks, new months.... for me, not only is it a blessing but its also an opportunity to re-set my goals, re-direct my focus and basically start all over again. Its May, and I'm more than glad for the blessings of a new month.
I am also eternally grateful for is this- no matter how many times we call on God, He always answers with love and grace inexhaustible. I am thankful that His love is great enough to accommodate my weaknesses and set me on the right path. Only the person that cannot call on Him is at the point of disadvantage.
I am taking time out to set my goals, lay them in-front of my God and ask for the grace to get them right this time. I'm laying my weaknesses, concerns and faults before He who is able to change me. I am going to bask in the great advantage of being the child of an awesome and loving God and call on Him because not only am I grateful for this new month, I intend to live it on purpose.
PRAYER
Heavenly Father my creator I thank You Oh Almighty God for the great priviledge of being able to call on You. Thank you for the great opportunity and invitation to come into your presence. Father today I thank you for the opportunity to start over its not that I glory in my short comings but I am more grateful each and every single time you grant me the grace of newness. Please Dear Lord Strengthen me in every area of weakness and help me to succeed in all my plans in this month You have granted me. Help me to put you first in all that I do and help me to please you in all that I do. I never want to take your love for granted Dear Lord please help me even as I lay my fears before you.
Thank You Lord for all you have done for me for this I give you praise for in Jesus mighty name I pray. Amen.
Wednesday, 30 April 2014
CONFESSIONS
I'm tired today, I'll just sleep through quiet time. Then, one night becomes two, two nights become a week and before long, I find myself feeling guilty and distant from my God.
My devotion time all things being equal should start by 4am and I usually enjoy time in Gods presence because I learn a lot and I have such confidence and audacity to take on my day. To live.
All of these are abscent when I skip spending time with my Maker.
I consider it wrong to find time (the time He granted me in the first place) for everything else and to skip quiet time. But I confess I do this from time to time.
When I realize however I am drifting I try to make a U-turn and make things right again; because without Him there is no me.
PRAYER
My Father my King. Please forgive me when I take You for granted, when I become selfish and go my own way. I'm sorry. Please give me the grace to be disciplined and diligent with my quiet time. Help me Lord so that I put you first above every other thing knowing that You oh Lord have been faithful to me. I am hopeful Lord that I change and grow out of this because I know that when I call on You, You hear dear Lord for this I say thank you. For in Jesus mighty name I pray.
Monday, 28 April 2014
FIVE TALENTS
It is not all the time I drift into deep thoughts where I begin to analyze and evaluate my life. But when I do, questions like "why am I here?" "am I fulfilling Godly purpose?", "am I making a difference in my world?", "am I maximizing my time here on earth?" saturate my mind.
Part of who I am always wants to be better, and be much more than I already am. I always feel deep down in my heart that, I am capable of so much more... I always feel I could be stronger, wiser, and accomplish much more than I currently do and that there is so much in me that is struggling to come out... Well these are mere thoughts and they carry a greater and more meaningful definition in my mind.
In Matthew 25v14-29, Jesus talked about a man who was traveling to a far country and before he did, he called his servants and divided amongst them, some talents. To one he gave five talents to another, two talents and to the third, he gave only a talent. When the master came back, he asked for an account of how they used the talents given to them and because the first servant made good use of his, he gained five more; so did the second servant but at the turn of the third servant, it was discovered that he buried his! And this is was the verdict v28 take therefore the talents from him and give it unto him which hath ten talents. v29 for unto everyone that hath shall be given and he shall have an abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. KJV
My take on this scripture is this, I know that talents in ancient times referred to money but if I used the word literarily to mean natural abilities, I can however relate it to my life. God fearfully and wonderfully made us (Psalm 139v14) depositing within us, special abilities (2 Corinthians 4v7 but we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that these all surpassing power is from God and not from us. NIV) and we are to function in the fullness of these abilities and not take them to the grave.
So, therefore if God Almighty blessed me, and purposed for me to function to a certain degree, I don't want to fall short of that expectation. If God created me specifically to fly I certainly don't want to walk or run.
I believe our dear Father, God Almighty created us on purpose for a purpose and I want to fulfill that purpose. I honestly and truly don't want to bury my talents or the hope He had when He sent me to this world in this specific time. I want to be ALL He has designed and called me to be.
Paul in Ephesians 1v 16-19, prayed; I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might... This prayer says it all and I pray for the grace to say this prayer as often as I should.
PRAYER
Heavenly Father I thank you for I am a perfect expression of your specific design. Created on purpose and for a purpose. Furnished with treasures and talents, fearfully and wonderfully made and hidden within. You are awesome Lord and no one living can comprehend your awesome majesty. My heart says thank you even as I approach your throne of mercy. I pray that Dear Lord, you open the eyes of my understanding that I may be filled with the Spirit of wisdom and revelation of the knowledge of you! Bring light to every dark area of my life. Help me to know without a shadow of doubt the hope you had when you called me..help me to know Lord, what you hoped for when you created me and when you do, steady my heart that I may walk in the fullness of this calling. You created me and you know my tendencies, my shortcomings and weaknesses..strengthen now your servant that I may walk according to your will even as I hide myself in your Awesome Perfection.
Help me to know the riches of your glorious inheritance in me and the tremendous greatness of your power towards me because I believe according to the working of your great might. I have always known in the deep part of my heart that there is more that your have deposited in me that is yearning to find full expression. Dear Father please help me to break the chains that holds me bound and the barriers that hold me captive. Release now your servant that I may shine in the light of your glory according to your will Dear Father for I pray in Jesus mighty name. Thank You Father for when we call on you, you hear. Thank You sweet Holy Spirit for enabling me to put to text what you have lodged deep within my heart. For this I am truly grateful. Amen.
Part of who I am always wants to be better, and be much more than I already am. I always feel deep down in my heart that, I am capable of so much more... I always feel I could be stronger, wiser, and accomplish much more than I currently do and that there is so much in me that is struggling to come out... Well these are mere thoughts and they carry a greater and more meaningful definition in my mind.
In Matthew 25v14-29, Jesus talked about a man who was traveling to a far country and before he did, he called his servants and divided amongst them, some talents. To one he gave five talents to another, two talents and to the third, he gave only a talent. When the master came back, he asked for an account of how they used the talents given to them and because the first servant made good use of his, he gained five more; so did the second servant but at the turn of the third servant, it was discovered that he buried his! And this is was the verdict v28 take therefore the talents from him and give it unto him which hath ten talents. v29 for unto everyone that hath shall be given and he shall have an abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. KJV
My take on this scripture is this, I know that talents in ancient times referred to money but if I used the word literarily to mean natural abilities, I can however relate it to my life. God fearfully and wonderfully made us (Psalm 139v14) depositing within us, special abilities (2 Corinthians 4v7 but we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that these all surpassing power is from God and not from us. NIV) and we are to function in the fullness of these abilities and not take them to the grave.
So, therefore if God Almighty blessed me, and purposed for me to function to a certain degree, I don't want to fall short of that expectation. If God created me specifically to fly I certainly don't want to walk or run.
I believe our dear Father, God Almighty created us on purpose for a purpose and I want to fulfill that purpose. I honestly and truly don't want to bury my talents or the hope He had when He sent me to this world in this specific time. I want to be ALL He has designed and called me to be.
Paul in Ephesians 1v 16-19, prayed; I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might... This prayer says it all and I pray for the grace to say this prayer as often as I should.
PRAYER
Heavenly Father I thank you for I am a perfect expression of your specific design. Created on purpose and for a purpose. Furnished with treasures and talents, fearfully and wonderfully made and hidden within. You are awesome Lord and no one living can comprehend your awesome majesty. My heart says thank you even as I approach your throne of mercy. I pray that Dear Lord, you open the eyes of my understanding that I may be filled with the Spirit of wisdom and revelation of the knowledge of you! Bring light to every dark area of my life. Help me to know without a shadow of doubt the hope you had when you called me..help me to know Lord, what you hoped for when you created me and when you do, steady my heart that I may walk in the fullness of this calling. You created me and you know my tendencies, my shortcomings and weaknesses..strengthen now your servant that I may walk according to your will even as I hide myself in your Awesome Perfection.
Help me to know the riches of your glorious inheritance in me and the tremendous greatness of your power towards me because I believe according to the working of your great might. I have always known in the deep part of my heart that there is more that your have deposited in me that is yearning to find full expression. Dear Father please help me to break the chains that holds me bound and the barriers that hold me captive. Release now your servant that I may shine in the light of your glory according to your will Dear Father for I pray in Jesus mighty name. Thank You Father for when we call on you, you hear. Thank You sweet Holy Spirit for enabling me to put to text what you have lodged deep within my heart. For this I am truly grateful. Amen.
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