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Wednesday, 17 September 2014

“Return to your fortress, you prisoners of hope; even now I announce that I will restore twice as much to you.”

Be a Prisoner of Hope
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
“Return to your fortress, you prisoners of hope; even now I announce that I will restore twice as much to you.”
(Zechariah 9:12, NIV)
TODAY’S WORD from Joel and Victoria
When things get difficult, it’s easy to want to give up. It’s easy to get down and discouraged. But, that’s not God’s plan for us. God wants us to be so full of hope, so full of expectancy that we just can’t help believing for the best. He wants us to be prisoners of hope!
When you’re a prisoner of something, it’s like you’re chained to it. In other words, you can’t get away from it. I know people that are prisoners of fear, prisoners of worry, prisoners of doubt. You’ve heard them. “Nothing good ever happens to me.” “It’s never going to change. It’s just been too long.” No, you’re chained to the wrong thing. You need to break those chains and become a prisoner of hope. That means that no matter how long it’s taking, no matter how impossible it looks, our attitude should be, “I just can’t help it. I know it’s going to work out. I know I’m going to overcome. It may be taking a long time, but I know this too shall pass. It may be difficult, but I know that means I’m closer to my victory because I am a prisoner of hope!”
A PRAYER FOR TODAY
Father, today I choose to be a prisoner of hope. I choose to wrap myself in hope and attach myself to it! Thank You for everything You are doing in and through me in Jesus’ name. Amen.
— Joel & Victoria Osteen

Monday, 15 September 2014

UNVEILING THE REALITY OF OBEDIENCE REWARD; CASE STUDY ABRAHAM, SAUL, DAVID, MARY, JONAH AND PHILIP.


UNVEILING THE REALITY OF OBEDIENCE REWARD; CASE STUDY ABRAHAM, SAUL, DAVID, MARY, JONAH AND PHILIP.

OBEDIENCE

 

Genesis 22:16   And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:

Genesis  22:17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;  22:18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

TRANSGENERATIONAL BLESSING. IRREVOCABLE BLESSING  THESE AND MANY MORE ARE REWARDS OF OBEDIENCE.

 

 

 

1 Samuel 28:18   Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD done this thing unto thee this day.

1 Samuel  28:17 And the LORD hath done to him, as he spake by me: for the LORD hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbour, even to David:  28:18 Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD done this thing unto thee this day.  28:19 Moreover the LORD will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines: and to morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me: the LORD also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.

GOD WILL DETHRONE THE DISOBEDIENT AND ENTHRONE THE OBEDIENT. ENTHRONEMENT IS A REWARD OF OBEDIENCE.

1 Samuel  15:22 And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.  15:23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.

 

 

John  2:1 And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:  2:2 And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.  2:3 And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine.  2:4 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.  2:5 His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.

WHEN YOU OBEY GOD YOU CANNOT ESCAPE HONOUR, GLORY AND MIRACLES. THOSE WHO HONOUR ME I WILL HONOUR. TO OBEY GOD IS TO HONOUR HIM.

John  2:9 When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom,  2:10 And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.  2:11 This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed

THE BEGINNING OF MIRACLE START WITH OBEDIENCE TO GOD . GLORY IS A DERIVATIVE OF OBEDIENCE.

 

 

Jonah  1:1 Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,  1:2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.  1:3 But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.  1:4 But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.

Jonah  3:1 And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying,  3:2 Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.  3:3 So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey.  3:4 And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.

SPEED IS AN ACID TEST FOR CONFIRMING DIVINE GUIDE, IT IS A REWARD FOR OBEDIENCE. AS SEEN IN PHILIP ALSO.

Acts 8:39   And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.

 

CONCLUSION OF THE MATTER.

Job 36:11   If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.

 
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