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DAILY    MANNA TUESDAY 1ST MAY, 2018 REWARD FOR FAITHFULNESS TEXT: MARK 10:28-38 KEY VERSE: "Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee" (MARK 10:28). Reward is always expected for any labour done. Workers engaged by any organisation are expected to earn wages monthly or weekly as the case may be. The kingdom of God is no exception. In our text, Peter asked the Lord what would be the benefits of those who had forsaken all to follow Him. In response, the Lord said, such people who left all to follow Him will receive a hundred fold here and hereafter. And as their journey to Jerusalem continued, He told them what would happen to Him. It made His disciples sorrowful, wondering how all these things would affect them. In the midst of it all came James and John requesting for a special positions in the coming Kingdom. As we look at the world today and efforts being made in many areas of life, no doubt, many have excelled in science, sp...

God, the Peacekeeper May 1, 2018 He will keep in perfect peace all those who trust in him, whose thoughts turn often to the Lord!  Isaiah 26:3 (TLB) You have an ego—a consciousness of being an individual. Of course, you do. But that doesn’t mean that you are to worship yourself, to think constantly of yourself, and to live entirely for yourself. Common sense tells you that your life would be miserable if you followed that course. God is infinitely more concerned about your happiness than you could possibly be. He says, “Deny yourself, and follow me.” There is many a person in the insane asylum today who thought excessively about himself, to the exclusion of God and others. Hypochondriacs who have a fanciful anxiety about their health will never be well, regardless of their physical condition. Prayer for the Day Keep my mind on You, Lord, and help me to discipline the thoughts of self which crowd out Your peace.

Health Food Devotional Demand Your Rights April 30, 2018 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.  (John 16:23-24) The word "ask" comes from the same Greek word that is translated "demand" and means to demand something due. In other words, Jesus was saying, "Whatever you demand in My Name, I will do it."  In Acts chapter 3, a crippled man was sitting at the gate as Peter and John were going into the temple. The crippled man was begging for alms.  Peter said to him, "Silver and gold have I none, but such as I have, give I thee. In the Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk!" Peter took the crippled man by the hand and lifted him up. Peter demanded that the man get up in Jesus' Name.  Whatever you ask in Jesus' Name, He...

Faith Food Devotional Prayer Fruit April 30, 2018 "If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples" (John 15:7-8). "If ye abide in me…." If we are born again, we do abide in Christ. If Jesus had said that and that alone, we would have had it made, but He continued, "And my words abide in you."  Jesus' words abide in us in the measure that they govern our lives and in the measure that we act upon them.  If Jesus' words abide in us, we are bound to have faith, because the Bible says, "So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God" (Rom. 10:17). It would be impossible for Jesus' words to abide in someone and for that person not to have faith!  Unbelief and doubt are a result of ignorance of the Word of God. If we live the Word, then when we come to pray, that Word dwells...

TUESDAY MAY 1 ST , 2018 Words of Life Daily Devotional DO NOT ALLOW IT MEMORY VERSE: - Jn 14:1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. BIBLE READING: - Num 14: 1 – 45 MESSAGE Jesus admonished his disciples not to allow their hearts to be troubled, because he will not be with them physically for he is about to go back to the father. Worry and anxiety is a weapon in the hand of the devil to trouble believers and unbelievers as well. Why worry about the problem you cannot solve on your own; Jesus had before now taught them not to take thought of what to eat, drink or wear for they cannot by so doing add a minute to their life. Evil tidings and discouraging news we hear from media everyday coupled with fear of unknown can trouble the heart of man. Children of Israel wept and murmured against Aaron, Moses and God because the evil report of the spies troubled them; God was sore displeased with them and would have destroyed them were it not f...

DAILY   MANNA MONDAY 30TH APRIL, 2018 BUILD TO HIS GLORY TEXT: NEHEMIAH 3:1-5 KEY VERSE: "Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel" (NEHEMIAH 3:1). A United States of America’s ex-president once remarked: "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character give him power". It is either such power intoxicates and does more harm than good or it is wisely applied for the greatest good of the greatest number. Nehemiah worked in Shushan as a personal assistant to the king of the vast Medo-persian Empire. When he heard that the wall of Jerusalem was broken down, he was very sad and wanted to do something about it. He obtained permission from the king and proceeded to Jerusalem to be personally involved in the work. Jerusalem was a large city with an equ...

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour. —1 Peter 5:8 When I was in the hospital in Hawaii, I read again of the shocking events which led up to the destruction of the United States fleet at Pearl Harbor. On that fateful day of December 7, 1941, the Japanese attacked. We know now that that attack was invited by our failure to be always vigilant. The result was the destruction of our fleet-the cause was tragic indifference. When comfort and ease and pleasure are put ahead of duty and conviction, progress is always set back. What makes us Christians shrug our shoulders when we ought to be flexing our muscles? What makes us apathetic in a day when there are loads to lift, a world to be won, and captives to be set free? Why are so many bored, when the times demand action? Christ told us that in the last days there would be an insipid attitude toward life. Listen to Billy Graham’s message on living bo...

Health Food Devotional The Mercy of God April 29, 2018 “ He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions. (Ps. 107:20) ” Let's back up a few verses. “ Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted. Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death. Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses. (Ps. 107:17-19) ” God said this to the Israelites. He told them, "Walk in My statutes and keep My commandments, and I'll take sickness away from the midst of thee. The rest of your days will be fulfilled" (Ex. 23:25-26). But they were foolish. They sinned and broke their covenant with God. They took themselves out of the protection of God - out of His healing power. Verse 18 says that they drew near to the gates of death. They were almost dead. Then they cried unto the Lord for help and He saved them! Isn't God wond...

Faith Food Devotional He Keeps His Word April 29, 2018 "For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returns not thither, but waters the earth, and makes it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goes forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it" (Isa. 55:10-11). Isaiah 55:11 is a verse you should continually use in prayer. It is the very backbone of the prayer life. No word that has gone forth from God can return to Him void. God said, "I will hasten my word to perform it" (Jer. 1:12). A marginal note in the King James version reads, "I will watch over my word to perform it." God will make His Word good if you dare to stand by it! The greatest answers to prayer I have received came when I brought God's Word to Him and reminded Him of what He had to say. Pra...

Words of Life Daily Devotional BE FOCUSED MEMORY VERSE:- Psalms  112:7  He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD. BIBLE READING :- 2King 2: 1 - 25 MESSAGE We are to learn from great men of God that had gone before us on how they obtained the promises. This is why the scriptures is given unto us, for our learning that through the patient of the scriptures we might have hope. Elijah was about to finish his ministry and God had decided to put Elisha in his stead. He was diligent enough to make his calling an election sure, he was determined, focussed and had a fixed mindset to receive a double portion of Elijah's anointing. He wouldn't have obtained the power if he had agreed to remain  at Gilgal, Bethel, Jericho or at the brink of Jordan. He refused to be distracted,  because Elijah said he had asked for a hard thing nevertheless if he sees him taken away it shall be done. He looked diligently to Elijah and received a doub...

D. C. L. M. DAILY   MANNA SUNDAY 29TH APRIL, 2018 SIN BEGETS SIN TEXT: GENESIS 34:13-26 KEY VERSE: "And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister: And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us" (GENESIS 34:13,14). MESSAGE A. Fuller once said: "Alas how one sin leads to another, and like flames of fire, spreads in every direction. Dissipation leads to seduction, seduction produces wrath, thirst for revenge; the thirst of revenge has recourse to treachery, treachery issues in murder and murder is followed by lawless depredation". The sons of Jacob conceived a deception plan to revenge the defilement of their sister. They said: "...If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised; Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we ...

Health Food Devotional Don't Accept Sickness and Disease April 28, 2018 ...Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. (James 4:7) When I was a teenager, the doctors said I wouldn't live. But I proved them wrong! I had two serious organic heart troubles and an incurable blood disease. I was also paralyzed.  The doctors said that my white corpuscles were eating up my red corpuscles faster than I could build them up and faster than anything could be done about it medically.  They said, "We'll be honest with you. If you didn't have the heart condition, if you didn't have the paralysis, the incurable blood disease alone would prove fatal to you."  But it didn't prove fatal to me. In sixty-eight years, I have not had one single headache. I've proved God's Word works. The last headache I had was in August 1933. I'm not bragging on me. I'm bragging on what I learned from the Bible.  Someone might say, "What would you do if you...

Faith Food Devotional Plead Your Case April 28, 2018 "Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified" (Isa. 43:26). "Put me in remembrance." What does God mean by that? It means that we are to remind God of His promises about prayer. When you pray, stand before the throne of God and remind Him of His promises. Lay your case legally before Him, and plead it as a lawyer. A lawyer is continually bringing up law and precedent. You bring up God's Word. Bring up His covenant promises. The margin of my King James reference Bible says "set forth thy cause" as another meaning of "declare thou" in this verse. God is asking you to bring His Word; to put Him in remembrance, and to plead your covenant rights. This is a challenge from God to lay your case before Him! If your children are unsaved, find scriptures that cover your case. Then lay the matter before God. Be definite in your requests. Find script...

Restore to me again the joy of your salvation, and make me willing to obey you. —Psalm 51:12 (TLB) It is not unusual for persons in their early twenties to defect from their early teaching. The reasons are many. Perhaps their exposure to unbelief “took” better than their exposure to belief. This is often the case, for the Bible says, “The heart of man is deceitful above all things.” The human heart is as prepared by sin to accept unbelief as faith. Some person they regard highly has undoubtedly influenced their thinking; and for the time being they look on their early training as “bunk.” As someone has said, “A little learning may take a man away from God, but full understanding will bring him back.” Some of the staunchest Christians I know are people who had periods in their life when they questioned the Bible, Christ, and God. But as they continued to examine the matter, there was overwhelming evidence that only “the fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.” Share this ...

SUNDAY 29 TH APRIL, 2018 Words of Life Daily Devotional THE COMPANION THAT NEVER FAILS MEMORY VERSE: - Isa 43:2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. BIBLE READING: - Dan 3: 1 – 30 MESSAGE God is a true companion that cannot fail those that come under his shadow, those that surrendered everything to him to have control over; and those that observe to do according to his will. He did not failed the three Hebrew children that were bound and cast into fiery furnace, rather he was right there with them in the midst of the fire and the flame of fire did them no harm. In the lion’s den Daniel was protected by God that never fails and lions could not touch him, but his adversaries that did not have God as their companion could not made it out alive – they perished in the lion’s den. If you have ...

Who gave himself for our sins . . .  —Galatians 1:4 Years ago King Charles V was loaned a large sum of money by a merchant in Antwerp. The note came due, but the king was bankrupt and unable to pay. The merchant gave a great banquet for the King. When all the guests were seated and before the food was brought in, the merchant had a large platter placed on the table and a fire lighted on it. Then, taking the note out of his pocket, he held it in the flames until it was burned to ashes. The king threw his arms around his benefactor and wept. Just so, we have been mortgaged to God. The debt was due, but we were unable to pay. Two thousand years ago God invited the world to the Gospel feast, and in the agonies of the cross, God held your sins and mine until every last vestige of our guilt was consumed. It’s never too late to confess past sins. Read more in Billy Graham’s answer . Prayer for the day In gratitude I kneel before You, Lord Jesus Christ.

Health Food Devotional A Fact, Not a Promise April 27, 2018 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. (1 Peter 2:24) By Jesus' stripes, you are healed. You don't have to pray. You don't have to have someone else pray. It's not necessary to pray when you know this fact as you ought to know it. Simply thank God for perfect deliverance.  The afflictions in your body were laid on Jesus. And He bore them. You do not need to bear them. All you need to do is recognize and accept the fact that Jesus has already borne your sicknesses and diseases. Therefore, you do not have to bear them. That's a fact, not a theory. It's a Bible fact.  I've heard people say, "Well, I know the Lord promised to heal me." No, He didn't. He didn't promise. First Peter 2:24 is a statement of fact. It tells you what happened.  A promise tells you abou...

Faith Food Devotional A Better Covenant April 27, 2018 "But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises" (Heb. 8:6). All through the Old Testament, we find men who understood and took their place in the covenant. Joshua could open the River Jordan. He could command time to stand still. Elijah could bring fire out of Heaven to consume not only the sacrifice, but the altar as well. David's mighty men were utterly shielded from death in time of war as long as they remembered the covenant. When you read about them, you think you're reading about "supermen." Nearly all the prayers in the Old Testament were prayed by covenant men. Those prayers had to be answered. The believer today has the same covenant rights as believers who lived under the Old Covenant. In fact, we have a better covenant established upon better promises. Therefore, we ought to be ab...

D. C. L. M. DAILY   MANNA SATURDAY 28TH APRIL, 2018 ASSURANCE OF VICTORY TEXT: JEREMIAH 20:7-18 KEY VERSE: “But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten" (JEREMIAH 20:11). MESSAGE A girl was walking home alone on a dangerous road after school hours, when she saw a man hanging around suspiciously. She prayed God to see her through. Later that night as she watched the news on television, she recognized the man on the dangerous alley being paraded and questioned by the police. He had raped and murdered a girl at the spot. He told the officers that another girl had passed by the moments before. Asked why he did not attack the first girl, he said there was a man walking beside her! God is with us, closer to us than we can ever imagine. He is infinitely greater than our fears and the enemy...

SATURDAY 28 TH APRIL, 2018 Words of Life Daily Devotional GIVE THE MORE EARNEST HEED MEMORY VERSE: - Heb 2:1 therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. BIBLE READING: - Gen 10:1 – 32 MESSAGE The spirit of God enjoins, charges, or directs us to give the more earnest heed to the word of God we read and hear diligently and the reason for this is that the word will not slip; we will not forget the word. The danger in not giving the more earnest heed to the word of God is that we can easily slip into error and displease the Lord. From today’s Bible passage, the children of Noah all together went into error of building the city of Babel so that they can be together and will not scatter abroad on the earth. This is contrary to the express command of God to them in the previous chapter: Gen 9:1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish th...

DAILY MANNA FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 2018. CHRIST TRIUMPHANT TEXT: REVELATION 19:11-16 KEY VERSE: "And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war" (Revelation 19:11). What is the significance of the white horse? When Julius Caesar returned triumphantly, he entered Rome riding in a chariot pulled by white horses. From then on, white horses became a standard symbol of military victory when a general returned triumphantly from battle. Julius Caesar is credited with turning the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire. Our text reveals One far greater than all the Caesars combined. The passage starts with the heavens opening to reveal a white horse with a Rider Who is called Faithful and True. This Rider justly judges and makes war. All battles are fought in righteousness. This Rider has eyes like blazing fire and on His head are many crowns. He is clothed with a g...

I am like a sheltered olive tree protected by the Lord himself. I trust in the mercy of God forever and ever. —Psalm 52:8 (TLB) Turn to your Bible and read the wonderful stories of men who were alone in godless surroundings but who, by the help and presence of the living God, made a marvelous contribution to their own times. Joseph was surrounded by sin and intrigue in Egypt. His master’s wife tried to seduce him. He was tested by imprisonment, but through it all he trusted in God and sought to know and do His will; and he stands today as a wonderful example of the keeping and strengthening power of God in the heart of a man who believed in Him. Watch Rev. Sami Dagher’s story—another example of God’s strengthening power. Prayer for the day In the dark days, I will put out my hand and You, loving Lord, will be there.

Health Food Devotional The Gospel Is the Power April 26, 2018 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. (Rom. 1:16) The Gospel is the power of God unto salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also the Greek.  I have a footnote in my Bible that says the word "salvation" means deliverance, safety, preservation, healing, and soundness. In this Gospel of salvation, there is not only remission of sins and the New Birth, but there's also healing.  I heard about some meetings that Brother T. L. Osborn had in Africa. Blind people were instantly healed while he was preaching. He never prayed for anyone. He never laid hands on anyone.  There were about seven or eight people in attendance who were chained like animals. They were down on all fours. Some of them were naked; they were making funny sounds like animals. They were demon-possessed....

Faith Food Devotional Covenant Friend April 26, 2018 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked? Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein? That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? (Gen. 18:23-25) God refused to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah until He had talked it over with Abraham, His blood covenant friend! Abraham's prayer in Genesis, chapter 18 is one of the most suggestive and illuminating prayers in the Old Testament. Abraham was taking his place in the covenant that God had made with him—the Old Covenant, the Old Testament.  Through the covenant, Abraham had received rights and privileges we understand little about. The covenant Abraham had just solemnized with the ...

FRIDAY 27 TH APRIL, 2018 Words of Life Daily Devotional STAND YOUR GROUND MEMORY VERSE: Eph 6:14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; BIBLE READING: - Isaiah 53: 1 – 12 MESSGAE Many believers are weak and sick today because they do not know what they Lord had done for them. The work of our salvation and bodily wholeness and wellness was done when Jesus said it is finished on the cross. Mt 8:17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses. He had done it, he took our infirmities – not that he is going to take it, but he had already taken it and had bare your sicknesses. What he had taken you are not suppose to have it again and the sicknesses he had bare you need not bear again. Devil will try to oppress you with infirmities and sicknesses if you are ignorant of this very fact. That is why the Bible says my peopl...