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May 8 PURPOSE . . . For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. — 1 JOHN 3:8 During the Korean Conflict, I read an article by a well-known newspaper columnist. He said, “I don’t claim to be a Christian, but I’m not an atheist or an agnostic either. The atheist says there is no God. The agnostic says there may be a God; he doesn’t know. I believe there is a God. I don’t believe everything just happened into being. What hinders me from being a Christian is what I hear preachers say. They say that God is running everything. Well, if He is, He’s sure got things in a mess.” Then the columnist alluded to the wars, children being killed, poverty, disease, and so forth, that plague the world. He said, “I believe there is a Supreme Being somewhere, and that everything He made was beautiful and good. I can’t believe these other things are the works of God.” No, these things came with the fall, when Satan became the god of this world (2 Cor. 4:4)....

May 4 THE GOOD If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land. — ISAIAH 1:19 If you are willing and obedient, it is God’s will that you have the best. (Of course, you can’t walk in disobedience and enjoy the good things of God.) God is not a miser or a tightwad. And He didn’t put everything here in this world for the devil and his crowd to enjoy. Some people have the idea that if you’re a Christian, you should never have anything, financially or materially. They believe that you should go through life poor and beaten down. But Jesus said, “If ye then, being evil [natural], know how to give good gifts unto your children, HOW MUCH MORE shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?” (Matt. 7:11). Oh, God wants to give us good gifts! He wants us to have the best! He wants us to prosper and have the good things of this life! But we must cooperate with Him. Confession: I am willing to love and serve God my Father. I am obedient to walk in the l...

May 3 SUPPLYING OUR NEEDS But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. — PHILIPPIANS 4:19 It is God’s will that our needs be met. All of them! Philippians 4:19 includes all of your needs (all means all!), whether spiritual, physical, material, or financial. Believe that! Lest someone think that God is not concerned about our financial needs, this verse is set in a context which discusses material and financial affairs. Read it and you will see that the Philippians had taken up an offering of money and goods to send to other Christians. Paul was telling them, “Because you have given to others and have helped them, my God shall supply all your need.” So Paul was talking about material and financial matters. With what boldness, then, we can pray for finances to meet our obligations! Having all of our needs met is according to God’s will! Confession: When I pray concerning finances, I pray according to God’s Word — His will. Therefore, I am confid...

April 25 LIMITING GOD Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel. — PSALM 78:41 Can you limit God? The Bible says Israel did. And we have limited Him. We have limited God with our prayer life. John Wesley, founder of Methodism, said, “It seems God is limited by our prayer life. He can do nothing for humanity unless someone asks Him to do it.” Why is that? God made the world and the fullness thereof. Then God made man and gave him dominion over all the works of His hands. Adam was made the God of this world. However, Adam committed high treason and sold out to Satan. Then Satan became the god of this world (2 Cor. 4:4). God didn’t just move in and destroy Satan. If He had, Satan could have accused God of doing the same thing he had done. But God devised a plan of salvation. And He sent His Son, whom Satan could not and did not touch, to consummate that plan. Through Jesus, God redeemed mankind! Now authority has been restored to us through Jesus Christ— an...

April 23 FOUNDATION Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. — 2 TIMOTHY 2:15 Someone who reads about how I took my authority over the spirits binding my brother might say, “I believe I’ll try that.” It won’t work if you try it. I didn’t just try it — I did it! Just because someone sees a traffic policeman exercising his authority doesn’t mean they can run out in front of the cars and say, “I believe I’ll try that.” No one would obey them. Now, if they would put on a policeman’s uniform and put a whistle in their mouth, people would stop. They would recognize the authority behind the policeman. Believers sometimes hear how someone else used their authority, and they think, I’ll try that because I heard him say it. It worked for him, so it will work for me. Satan knows they are not convinced of their authority, and when they try to act on God’s Word without really having the Word built into their spirits, and ...

April 18 WHAT YE WILL If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. — JOHN 15:7 The Lord has said to me as I prayed about the impending death of loved ones, “Whatever you say about it, that’s what I’ll do.” In one particular case, as I pled my rights in prayer concerning a situation, the Lord came to me in a vision and said, “All right, I’m going to give them _______ more years. And I’m going to do it just because you asked Me to. No earthly father ever desired to do more for his children than I do for Mine, if they would only let Me.” Why doesn’t God just do it? Because we must cooperate with God in faith! The idea that God is a tyrant who rules over people, knocks heads together, and does what He wants to, whether man cooperates or not, is pure ignorance. We have a part to play! And, thank God, we can take our rightful place. The Lord Jesus Christ — Head over all things to His Body — is hindered in His mighty plans and working...

Discovering Kingdom Mysteries by Pastor Mrs Abudu, B.O WEDNESDAY – APRIL 17 IN JESUS YOU FIND REST (I) SCRIPTURE READING: PS. 18:1-6 I will call upon the Lord,,who is worthy to be praised: so, shall I be  saved from mine enemies" (Psalm18:3 Hear this: - The safest and most secure place to hide your life and destiny  without any hurt is in the Lord Jesus Christ. Beloved, listen to me, in this life, no matter how wicked and terrible or  insincere people and the world might be, there is always a sure place of refuge  and rest for anyone who cares. And that place is the Name of the Lord. In  Christ Jesus, you find rest to your soul. He says in the Book of Mtt.11:28  "come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden and I will give you  rest" The name of the Lord is a place of complete safety for all who can trust  and come to Him. According to our anchor scripture which says "I will call upon the LORD, who  is worthy to be praised; so, shall ...

April 15 PARALYZED Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil. — HEBREWS 2:14 . . . That He might paralyse him that held the dominion of death, That is the Adversary. — HEBREWS 2:14 (Rotherham) Jesus put to naught the hosts of darkness! He paralyzed their deathdealing power! And when Jesus met John the Revelator on the Isle of Patmos, Jesus said, “I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death” (Rev. 1:18). Keys represent authority. Jesus conquered Satan and stripped him of his authority. Jesus was the Master of all hell! But Jesus did not conquer Satan for Himself. He conquered him for us. It was as though you and I personally had met Satan and had conquered him, stripped him of his authority, and stood as master over him. Confession: Jesus is my Head. Jesus i...

April 13 FIRSTBORN FROM THE DEAD Who [his dear Son] is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence. For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell; And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. — COLOSSIANS 1:15-20 Although He is coequal with the Father, the eternal Son of God accepted a subordinate place and undertook the task of reconciling the world to God through the blood of His Cross. For this purpose, Jesus yi...

April 11 YOUR DOMAIN For if because of one man’s trespass (lapse, offense) death reigned through that one, much more surely will those who receive [God’s] overflowing grace (unmerited favor) and the free gift of righteousness [putting them into right standing with Himself] reign as kings in life through the one Man Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One). — ROMANS 5:17 (Amplified) In the time when Paul wrote this, kings reigned over certain countries or domains. You are to reign in your domain too. This doesn’t mean you’re to reign and rule over other people, but you’re to rule and reign in your life, your dominion. You’re to rule and reign over circumstances, poverty, sickness, disease — everything that would hinder. You’re to reign because you have authority! How do you have it? Through the One, Jesus Christ. Don’t let the devil cheat you out of the blessings God intended you should have. God never intended that you should be poverty stricken and destitute. He didn’t intend that...

April 10 CAST OUT DEVILS And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils . . . . — MARK 16:17 The very first sign Jesus said would follow any and every believer was: “. . . In my name shall they cast out devils . . . .” Jesus wasn’t talking necessarily about casting the devil out of people who are demon-possessed. Jesus was simply saying that in His Name believers would have authority over the devil. They would break the power of the devil over their own lives and the lives of their loved ones. They would be free from the enemy, because they would exercise authority over him. Notice again that Jesus didn’t say a word about praying to God or Jesus to do something about devils. Jesus said that believers would do it. Believers will cast out devils. Believers would speak with new tongues. Believers would lay their hands on the sick and they would recover. Don’t pray that God would lay hands on the sick — you do it! And don’t pray that God would cast ou...

April 7 HIS BODY Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular. — 1 COR. 12:27 We’ve sometimes prayed about the Lord’s work upon the earth like this: “Lord, You do this. Lord, You do that.” But think about what Jesus said in Matthew 28:18 and 19, “ . . All power [authority] is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore . . . .” The Lord Jesus Christ conferred the authority on the earth upon us. He commissioned us to go. Actually, the authority that Christ can exercise on the earth has to be exercised through the Church. The Church is His Body. And the Church is here. Christ is not here. He’s at the right hand of the Father. Christ is the Head of the Church, but all of His orders have to be carried out through His Body. Everything Christ does on the earth has to be done through His Body. You’re a member in particular of Christ’s Body. He has conferred upon you authority over all the power of the enemy! Confession: I am a member in particular of the Body of Christ. ...

April 5 EDGE OF AUTHORITY . . . And they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish? And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. — MARK 4:38,39 A tornado arose one spring day in Texas. Most people had gone into their storm cellars. We didn’t have one. I was bedfast and almost totally paralyzed anyway. I became fearful. If the tornado were to strike, it would strike my corner room first, because the wind was coming from that direction. The house would cave in right where I was! In desperation, and without thinking whether or not I could do it, I said, “Dear Lord, I’m Your child. When those disciples were about to sink, they awakened You and said, ‘Carest thou not that we perish?’ And You did care. You awoke and rebuked the wind. I know You don’t want me to perish, but I can’t get out of here. I’m here on this bed, and this wall is about to blow in on top of me. So I now rebuke this ...

April 3 BECAUSE I GO Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. — JOHN14:12 Dr. John Alexander Dowie (1847-1907) was used by God to reintroduce divine healing to the modern Church. Dr. P. C. Nelson,founder of Southwestern Assemblies of God College, said, “You can’t follow Dowie’s doctrine, but you can follow his faith.” I heard Dr. Nelson tell about how when he himself was a young Baptist minister, he saw Dowie minister to a woman with a purplish-blue cancerous growth that covered most of her face. Nelson said, “I saw Dowie, in the presence of us six denominational ministers and three medical doctors, just reach out and take hold of that cancer, saying, ‘In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ!’ — and then strip it off that woman’s face. The doctors present examined her immediately, and said the skin on her face was like the skin of a newborn baby.” The reason Jesus g...

FRIDAY – MARCH 29 BLESSING FROM THE  VICTORY AT CALVARY (1) SCRIPTURE READING: REVELATION 1:12-18  Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us; for it is written, cursed is everyone that hangeth on a  tree." (Gal. 3:13). Hear this: - At Calvary Jesus conquered sin, Satan and death and gave us  victory over them. Happy Good Friday to you. May the blessings of this season be made  manifest in your life. From today, you shall enjoy victory over sin, over Satan and over death. They shall no longer have dominion over you in Jesus Name. Beloved, we should thank God for the victory at Calvary. The fiercest battle in history is the one fought by our Lord Jesus Christ at Calvary in which He defeated sin, Satan and death and gave us victory over them. That is the essence of Easter celebration. The battleground was set in Genesis 3:1-15 and the seed of the Woman finally crushed the head of the old serpent and declared, "It is finished", as ...

March 29 RESURRECTION POWER That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection . . . . PHIL 3:10 Paul was actually praying in Ephesians that the Church would receive revelation knowledge of spiritual things. If you’ve been praying the Ephesian prayers for yourself, as I’ve suggested, you know that Paul wanted the believers at Ephesus to know: “. . . the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come” (Eph. 1:19-21). There was such a manifestation of the divine omnipotence of God’s power in raising Jesus from the dead that it is actually the mightiest working of God! And God wants us to know what happened when this occurred. The resurrection was opposed by all ...

THURSDAY – MARCH 28 PASSED FROM DEATH TO LIFE Scripture Reading: JOHN 5:20-26 DAILY READING Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not  come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life."  (John. 5:24). Hear this: - Jesus is the Spiritual bridge between life and death; through Him one crosses from death unto life. Beloved, welcome into the week of Easter celebration when Christians all over the world commemorate the death and resurrection of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. It is my prayer for all the users of this devotional the reason and purpose of Christ's death and resurrection shall be fulfilled in your life and destiny in Jesus Name. Today is known as Holy Thursday, the mercy of God shall locate you and God shall grant you pardon over your sins in Jesus Name. Note: Outside Jesus Christ, there is no life. The scripture tells us that, "In  him was life; and the life was ...

March 28 SOURCE Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing shall in any wise hurt you. — LUKE 10:19 (ASV) Authority is delegated power. Its value depends on the force behind the user. Jesus said, “I have given you authority.” Who gave it? Jesus did. Who is Jesus? Jesus is God manifested in the flesh! That means that God said it. Therefore, God said “I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy.” (Serpents and scorpions represent demons and evil spirits and the power of the enemy.) God Himself is the Power, the Force, behind this authority. The believer who is fully conscious of divine authority can therefore face the enemy without fear or hesitation. Behind the authority possessed by the believer is a Power far greater than the power that backs our enemies. And those enemies are compelled to recognize that authority! No wonder John says, “. . . greater ...

March 27 WHOM RESIST Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist stedfast in the faith . . . . — 1 PETER 5:8,9 In 1942, I had a battle with symptoms in my body. I prayed, appropriated the promises of God, and stood my ground. But at times it looked like I wasn’t going to make it. One such night I had a dream. I dreamed another man and I were on some kind of a parade ground. It was like a football field. There were stands on either side. As we walked along talking, suddenly the man looked back and yelled, “Look!” and he started running. I turned and saw that two ferocious lions were almost upon me. I ran about two steps. Then I hollered to the other man, “You’ll never make it! You can’t outrun them!” I stopped still, turned around, and faced them. I was trembling. My flesh was covered with goose pimples. But I said, “I stand against you. I refuse to budge in the Name of Jesus Christ.” The lions stoppe...

March 26 BE STRONG Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. — EPHESIANS 6:10,11 What would you think if you saw a traffic policeman in front of a car, trying to hold it back? You’d think, He can’t do that. He’s no match for that car! Some people read Ephesians 6:10 and think that the Lord is telling them to be strong in themselves. And they’re trying to be strong. They’ll say, “Oh, pray for me that I’ll hold out faithful to the end!” But God didn’t say a word about our being strong in ourselves or in the power of our might. That traffic policeman steps right out in front of those cars and holds up his hand, because he knows they’re going to stop for him. He doesn’t have to exert any strength himself; he’s strong in the authority that’s been given to him. That is what the Lord is telling us. He’s saying, “Be strong in the Lord. Be strong in the authority of His...