THE BLESSING OF THE LORD - 01/02/2014
In yesterday’s message, titled “WHERE ARE YOU?”, you will agree with
me that God is using this forum to touch lives. Thank God for everyone that
contributed and for all the prayers. I pray that God will continue prove
Himself Mighty in our lives in Jesus Name.
Today’s topic is titled “THE BLESSING OF THE LORD” as given by
Pastor E. A Adeboye in Open Heavens Devotional (Adeboye, 2014). In today’s
message, we have been asked to memorise Proverbs
10:22: “The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with
it.” and read 1 Kings 17:8-16. Our
Bible in one year for today has been taken from 1 John1-4 and Psalm 30
(Adeboye, 2014).
The message is quoted below for
our usual discussion. God bless you as you make your contribution to this forum
“A
human king sometime ago asked: what should be done for the one in whom I have
delight (Esther 3:3)? At the end of the day, the fortune of that fellow in whom
King Ahasuerus had delight was turned around. This fellow was Mordecai; his
story is a confirmation of 1 Samuel 2:7. The King of kings has all the power
and can turn any situation around no matter how seemingly hopeless it is. Time
is not a limitation for Him, therefore He can do it within the shortest period,
just as He did in the situation of Samaria (2 Kings 7:1-14). He will do much more
for you in Jesus‘ Name. The Lord loves to demonstrate His glory by decorating
his own people with blessings. Sometimes in order to make it outstanding, he
allows the situation of his beloved to become “hopeless” before intervening;
this was the case with Lazarus.
The
Bible says that Jesus loved Lazarus, yet when it was reported to him that Lazarus
was sick, one would expect that He would rush down immediately to heal him, and
by so doing, demonstrate to the people how He really loved him. Instead, Jesus
waited another three days, and did not get there until the case had completely
gotten hopeless - the point where the dead body of his friend (Lazarus) had started
decomposing. He did all this in a bid to show how great God is and to make the
testimony thick. Do you love God, do you make him number one in your life and
yet there is a challenge in your life that seems to have defied solution? Maybe
it is even getting worse. I have good news for you: this season, the Lord will
step into the situation and make you a star by the time He is through with you.
Note
that, following his being raised from the dead, Lazarus of Bethany became an
insignia of the greatness of God. He became a wonder. Of course, God would not
do this for just anybody, it is for the one whom He loves. However the one He
loves must be a lover of God himself.
”I love them that love me; and
those that seek me early shall find me.” Proverbs 8:17
A
lover of God would want to be in the presence of God first thing in the day.
Jesus loved his Father when he was here, and so a great while before the day
dawns, before others were up he would
visit with his Father (Mark 1:35). How often do you do this?”
The prayer point for today as given by Pastor E. A.
Adeboye (Adeboye, 2014) is that God will
bless you and even more than that, make you a blessing.
I pray for every reader of today’s devotional that
as the Almighty God raised Lazarus from
the dead and made him an insignia of His greatness, He will give us an
overflowing transformation that will announce His greatness to the whole world
through us, Amen
Wishing you a happy new month. Happy overflow!!!
Reference:
Adeboye, E. A. (2014) . Open
Heavens: A Guide to Close Fellowship with God, Volume 14, 2014. Nigeria: Open
Heavens Media Limited.
Halleluyah! Ive been blessed to bless!
ReplyDeleteRemain blessed all of you!
First god is God the almighty please note. Thanks you have been a blessing to me last month. God bless you and continue to enlarge your coast IJN amen.and to our Daddy Adeboye it will continually be well with you. In Jesus name.
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DeleteApy new month to us all
ReplyDeleteThe words of God are always fresh and refreshing. May God give us the understanding of his words, to know when to wait when He is asking us to wait.
ReplyDeleteThe word as always been touching every area of my worries and I pray that the Lord Jesus that intervene Himself in the life of lazarus should intervene Himself greatly in my life today and turn every hopeless in my life to an hope in Jesus name
ReplyDeleteIt is settled in Jesus Name
DeleteThank u Jesus because I know it is done in my life and in the life of my brother Chijioke who is mentally sick in Japan prison. I give u praise because I know his case is settled in Jesus name. Amen.......
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DeletePraise God for his promising words. And let every of his promises manifest in ny life ,family and marriage in Jesus name. Amen.
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ReplyDeleteGod's promises are sure, secured and everlasting. Seek more of it and become a blessing to yourself, family, nation and generation. Have a Blessed New month.
DeleteThank you Father Lord because you will always be the love of my life, and I know that every challenge I've ever faced is to the glory of your name. May your name be praised forever...
ReplyDeleteGod bless you sister Yetunde for this great forum.
Amen. God bless you too brother
DeleteThe earlier we mature out of all ungodliness as individuals and as a nation, the better for us. Godliness guarantees the presence of God- and that is all that matters! If we secure His presence, we should be glad regardless of what time says! We know it will be well---AT LAST!
ReplyDeleteI thank God for the grace given to you to bring many to this prayer forum may the blessings of the most high radiate your life ,and for us visiting this page, as our Lord Jesus Christ visited the tomb of His dear friend Lazarus after the third day i pray that no matter how late that the situation of which is been a reproach in our life waited it shall be taken away and the blood of the lamb will make us clean in Jesus name. and God will bless us and will us a blessing to others. Happy new month.
ReplyDeleteAmen. I pray that God will be glorified more than ever in this forum in Jesus Name
DeleteRight word at the right time. God bless daddy G.O. God bless you too sis Yetunde. Thanks for changing the font from italics.
ReplyDeleteThanks and God bless you too dear bro/sis
DeleteThanks and God bless you too dear bro/sis
DeleteMay God empower and strenghten us during the time of challenges; so as to use our challenges as a stepping stone into our greatness and for the glory of God in Jesus name . Good morning brethren.
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