Monday, 18th July, 2022
Bible Reading: John 15: 1-8
Memory Verse: Remain in Me, and I [will remain] in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself without remaining in the vine, neither can you [bear fruit, producing evidence of your faith] unless you remain in Me. John 15:4 (AMP)
1. Divine Dealings 001: Spiritual people are not people that are perfect from the beginning. Infact, God needs your mistakes in order to begin a process in your life. Don’t be ashamed of your past mistakes – Apostle Arome Osayi
2. Divine Dealings 002: The dealings of God whether you submit yourself to it or not is optional.
3. Divine Dealings 003: There is no way God will tamper with that aspect of your flesh that is congealed without inflicting some pain.
4. Divine Dealings 004: When you fail a divine test, you repeat the lesson and consequently, delay your spiritual progress.
5. On missions: Today’s Christians spend more money on dog food than missions – Leonard Ravenhill
6. On Tithing: God doesn’t need us to give Him our money. He owns everything. Tithing is God’s way to grow Christians – Adrian Rogers
7. On Attitude Towards Money: Sixteen of the thirty-eight parables of Jesus deal with money. One out of ten verses in the New Testament deals with that subject. Scripture offers about five hundred verses on prayer, fewer than five hundred on faith, and over two thousand on money. The believer’s attitude toward money and possessions is determinative – John MacArthur
8. On death to money: A man could have all the money in all the banks in all the world, and be worth nothing so far as God is concerned, if he were still living “to and for himself”! – Major Ian Thomas
9. On society decadence: When the normal is no more normal, and the abnormal is now normal, then, only the divine can take charge – Rev Olusola Areogun
10. On work-play balance: To pray and not work is ignorance. To work and not pray is arrogance – Sam Chiaka.
11. On preparation before manifestation: When you don’t see manifestation, get yourself busy with preparation.
12. On passion: One of the huge mistakes people make is that they try to force an interest on themselves. You don’t choose your passions; your passion choose you – Jeff Bezos
13. On sin: Snake, no matter the size is dangerous! Sin, no matter the size is dangerous!
14. On immorality: Satan is buying destinies with the currency of illicit pleasure.
Prophetic Decree: May you not miss God in the affairs of your life, in Jesus name.
Prayer Focus
1. Lord, break me and use me all to your glory in Jesus name.
2. The venom of sin and iniquity flowing in my blood, be flushed out by the power in the Blood of Jesus.
3. I will not miss heaven by the currency of illicit pleasure, in Jesus name.
4. O Lord, help me to die to the pleasures of this world, in Jesus name.
5. I receive grace to be a correct student in the University of the Almighty, in Jesus name.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Isaiah 23-27