HORM Devotional

Ezekiel 21:27 ‘I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him.’

DAILY READING; Philippians 2:12-30; Ezekiel 21-22; Isaiah 50

In 1876 an amazing phenomenon occured in the small coastal community of Swan Quarter in North Carolina. In a miraculous way, a Church building was apparently moved by the Hand of God to a new location.
In 1876, the Methodists in that town had wanted to erect a Church building. They were keenly aware of flooding issues from heavy rain in the region. They were finally able to locate a property in an area that was less prone to flooding where they could build their new church.
However, their efforts to purchase this specific vacant lot were unsuccessful, as the owner refused to sell. So the church was built on another property near the heart of the town.
On September 19, 1876, just three days after the Church dedicated their newly completed sanctuary, a vicious storm hit the village and it became flooded.
However, in the midst of the destruction, something truly astonishing happened. The new Methodist Church building floated off its foundation and started sailing down the heavily flooded road. Residents tried roping the Church to tether it from floating off, but it proved to be too strong. As the Church meandered in the waters through the town, it took different turns until it neatly settled in a vacant lot. Amazingly,, it was the very same lot that the Church members had earlier desired to build on, but the owners refused to sell. In awe of what had happened, owners of the land shortly after deeded the land to the Church. Today, the Methodist Church continues to stand on that piece of land as a symbol of God’s ability to miraculously overturn things.

Part of the heritage of the servants of God is promotion and progress.
However, oppositions often arise to resist your move to better positions.
There are believers who have overstayed in a particular place and are overdue for promotion, yet wicked forces continually try to hinder their progress..
But God says in Ezekiel 21:27 ‘I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him.’
People may restrict you and oppose you, but God knows how to move things and bring you into what belongs to you. Your promotion comes from God alone.

Psalm 75:6-7 says ’For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.’

If anyone decides to resist your progress, God knows how to move them out of the way.
Our faith in God can move any mountain. It is therefore important, in every battle, to sit down with the Word and build up our faith for victory.
Certainly, God has the final say. That is why you don’t live frustrated, or worried, rather you hold your peace and let Him fight for you.
Today, you may be in an unfair situation, where you are being denied what is rightfully yours. It may look like things will never change, but it’s not over yet, that’s not how the story ends. Your time is coming. God is behind the scenes orchestrating things in your favor.
Therefore, refuse to be intimidated rather use the infallible Word of God to wage war against those things resisting your progress. Speak to your mountains forcefully and command them to move in the Name of Jesus. The Word of God will work if you war with it.
As you do, certainly, your victory will be established. As you speak, the red sea before you will part, and you will see God make a way for you where there had seemed to be no way.

PRAYER: Lord, please help me to diligently seek Your Word so that I can stand in faith and experience an eruption of Your power and miracles in my life. Thank You Lord for supernaturally overturning situations in my favor in Jesus Name
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God’s word is God’s ‘prescription’ for every area of your life, let God’s word fix that situation in your life. WORDBITE 222

Philippians 3:13-14 ‘Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, 14. I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.’
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DAILY READING; Philippians 2:1-11; Ezekiel 20; Isaiah 49

Archbishop Benson Andrew Idahosa was born in 1938 to a father who was a juju worshipper, and he grew up in a predominantly non-christian community. His family was so poor that he had no access to education until around age 14.
At age 18, he became a newspaper vendor and was able to save money to buy his first pair of new shoes and shirt. Before then, he had mostly worn handed down clothes and walked barefooted in most of his first 18 years of life.
After his conversion to Christianity, he read the whole of John’s Gospel and burned with passion to evangelize and shine the light of Christ in the dark environment where he had been born.
To pay for a correspondence course with a private school in England, he took up the job of clerical assistant at the Bata Shoe Company which was a very prestigious company at that time. He became a valued worker and after two years he was promoted to Asst. Stock Keeper and later rose to become a Manager. Though he had very bright prospects in the shoe company, and was progressing fast, he never lost sight of God’s call upon him.
He remained consumed with passion for the Gospel and got permission from the Bata Company to work five days in the week instead of the required six days.
He tirelessly pursued his call, until his ministry progressed to the point that he no longer needed to keep working at the shoe company. He was such an excellent and exceptional worker that the company continued to pay him salary after his resignation until he appealed to them to stop.
He went on to found the Church of God Mission International and ministered with great power wherever he went. Benson Idahosa brought a lot of firsts into Christianity in Nigeria and Africa and is popularly referred to as the father of Pentecostalism in Nigeria.

God has so much more in store for us that we must continue to press forward to our high calling and refuse to settle for less than His best..
Those who enjoy multiplied blessings from God are those who go all the way with Him. In a fast-paced, demanding world, with lures of financial promises and compromise, we must keep focused on where God is taking us to.
Our commitment as Christians cannot be complete until we come to the decision to serve God totally and pursue His call to the uttermost.
It is our choice for dedication today that guarantees our distinction tomorrow. Nobody’s life will be any more glorious than his dedication to God. Until you stop engaging, you don’t stop advancing.
We must follow the divine timing for our lives and never lose sight of the ultimate goal of God for us.
Though you are yet to come into the fullness of your calling, look beyond the ordinary circumstances around you today and see the extraordinary future that awaits you tomorrow.
You know the great vision God has shown you, you know you are created for the topmost place. You know you are headed for glory. Therefore do not accept anything less.
Keep your eyes on God’s Word, keep blessing Him at all times and continue to run the race before you with patience looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith.

PRAYER: Lord, please help me to trust You with the journey of my life, no matter the temptations and distractions, may I continue to press forward and never stop my journey halfway until I reach my goal in Jesus Name.
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The Treasures of God are never in the shallow end, but always buried in the depths of God’s Word. – WORDBITE 222

Psalms 126:1 ‘When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.”

DAILY READING •Philippians 1:12-30; Ezekiel 19; Isaiah 48

Roe v. Wade, was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in 1973, which legalized abortion.
This decision of the Supreme Court became one of the most controversial in U.S. history. In the years that followed 61 Million babies died in America through abortions in the cruelest procedures imaginable.
For nearly 50 years, conservative Christians prayed and protested for the overturning of this law. Despite the impossibility of it ever happening, the day they had dreamed and prayed for finally came on June 24, 2022 . On that day, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down an historic ruling ending the right to abortion by overturning Roe v. Wade.
This news was received with joy and jubilation by many Christians. To them, this was the miraculous answer to years of prayers and the sign of a new dawn in their nation

As we go deeper into the “secular age,” and perilous times unfold, we must be ready to wage constant war on the encroaching gross darkness. In these last days we will see more of the emergence of a strange new world where iniquity will abound and evil will become normalized and legalized. This is all in preparation for the final godless society where the antichrist will rule.
As believers in these end-times, we must remain constantly vigilant and prayerful. In the face of insecurity, perversion, injustice and oppression in our nations, we must continue to cry out in prayers and take practical steps.
God is hearing us. No matter how long the negative situation may seem to linger, deliverance will surely come.
The Bible records that for 430 years Israelites were held in bondage in Egypt. But after the mystery of the blood was applied the siege of captivity was broken.
Despite, how long any negative case may have lingered in our nation and individual lives, surely there is deliverance through the Blood of Jesus,
Even if it appears outwardly impossible,by the power in the Blood, God will overturn political injustice, oppressive laws, evil rulers and establish a new dawn for His people.
Just like God overturned Roe v. Wade, He can overturn oppressive rulings in every place where His people sincerely call upon Him.
Like a dream of the night, God will turn every captivity and put a new song in our mouths.
Just like the American Christians who never gave up on their prayers, let us keep pressing in with our desire before God. We must refuse to be discouraged by present circumstances. Remember it is often darkest just before the day breaks. But no matter how deep or dark the night it has never stopped the day from breaking forth. Weeping may endure for a night but joy comes in the morning.
Therefore let us not be weary for there is coming a reaping season. Suddenly the long awaited healing, financial breakthrough, marriage, promotion, will come our way.
Certainly, in this season God will be overturning the everlasting mountains and perpetual hills to faithfuly establish His promises in our lives.

PRAYER: Lord, I thank You for doing for me what You have promised in Your Word. Today as I hold on to Your promise, I know that Your Word concerning me will surely come to pass in my life in Jesus Name.

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God’s promises in Christ in your life may appear delayed, but never forget that delays are not denials. WORDBITE 222

Proverbs 22:29 ‘Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men’.

DAILY READING; Philippians 1:1-11; Ezekiel 18; Isaiah 47.

In his book, ‘Six Steps to Excellence in Ministry’ Kenneth Copeland shared an important lesson he learned while serving in the military. At that time, their sergeant in basic training was very tough on them. When Kenneth asked him why he was so hard on them, he basically made Kenneth to understand that the soldiers who survive the war are the ones who take their training seriously.
This lesson was later appreciated by Kenneth when he became a minister of the Gospel. As he started out in the ministry, he became more and more aware of God’s demand for him to be trained in the Word by spending all of his time in the Word. To accomplish this, he and his wife Gloria, carried a tape recorder loaded with Gospel material everywhere they went. It played all the time.
By constantly listening to the Word, their spirit was strengthened to overcome many initial challenges of their ministry. As ministers, they were constantly traveling and preached on the average 21 days each month, twice a day, seven days a week. In these beginning years, they suffered financial difficulties, while having two little children to take care of. But as they listened to the Word more and more, their lives began to transform.
Kenneth was so desperate for knowledge, that he went to Kenneth Hagin’s ministry to trade his old car for tapes. But when the manager of the tape ministry, took one look at the old car, he told him, “Just go ahead and take the tapes. Bring the money when you can.”
So Kenneth Copeland packed as much tapes as he could and began to feed on The Word.
The result of feeding in the Word day and night revolutionized their lives. Their faith became strongly built up and eventually leveled the mountains of debt, poverty and problems that had surrounded them. The more they heard and spoke God’s Word, the more His blessing expanded in their lives until their ministry became a global ministry that today, greatly blesses people across the world.

To actualize the destiny that God has ordained for us, we must be committed to effective and tireless training in the Word.
No matter how great your calling, you may not see your desired result if you lack the adequate depth and knowledge from God’s Word.
As servants of the Lord we have the responsibility to be trained in the Word and build up great faith. We must get enlisted in an intensive spiritual boot camp where God prepares us for the high places He has ordained for us in life.
While, success in our calling will demand a high price, we must always remember that the benefits of sacrifice always outweigh the cost.
It is important that we submit to be trained because the great and effectual door God open to our future often comes with many adversaries. Illumination and power from the Word is what will enable us overcome the many battles.
The Word is our primary weapon of warfare, we must therefore do whatever it takes to diligently study it and learn how to effectively wield it.

Proverbs 22:29 says ‘Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men’.

Our depth in God’s Word will determine the height we can attain in life. God upholds all things by the Word of His Power and as you get connected to His Word, He will also uphold you.
He will lift you from weakness to strength, from sickness to health, from poverty to wealth, from obscurity to prominence.
It doesn’t matter where you may be today, as you train your mind to be controlled by the Word, you will experience a revolution. Your life will be transformed positively. Through, understanding you will certainly become outstanding in life and in all your endeavors.

PRAYER: Father please help me to be willing to submit to the necessary process that will prepare me for my next level. Please destroy every force of limitation, and enable me to rise to my high places in life in Jesus Name.
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When you make God your priority, God automatically makes you priority in His own plan. – WORDBITE 222.

Proverbs 24:16 ‘for though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again, but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.’

DAILY READING ; Ephesians 6; Ezekiel 17; Isaiah 46.

In her 20s, Kathryn Kulman was known as the ‘Girl Evangelist’ and travelled through several towns preaching the Gospel. By 1935 she settled in Colorado and began the Denver Revival Tabernacle. Kathryn saw a lot of success in Denver and the church grew to about 2000 members. She soon came in contact with a charismatic, handsome evangelist named Burroughs Waltrip and their ministries began making a powerful impact across the nation. But things changed when the news broke that they were getting married. This was considered scandalous because Waltrip had divorced his wife so as to marry Kathryn. Their marriage in 1938 led to many of the congregation leaving and the Church was eventually closed and padlocked shut.
The bad public opinion, made life difficult for Kathryn and Waltrip. After eight years, their marriage eventually ended quietly in divorce.
The difference of how the two weathered their storm teaches a significant lesson.
Kathryn rose from the ashes. After seeking forgiveness from God she began all over again and moved to another city for a fresh start. As she began to be used mightily by God, it changed the public perception about her and she went on to achieve international honor and recognition as one of the most influential faith preachers of the 20th century.
Waltrip, however, did not walk the same road of vindication or resurrection. After their divorce, Burroughs quickly faded into obscurity, abandoning his call and ministry. He eventually disappeared, never to be heard from again by either family or friends.
In fact, years later, his family hired private investigators to try to locate his whereabouts. The only evidence of his existence after the Kathryn era was found in Kansas City, Missouri, in the mid-50s. This once powerful revivalist was found working as a salesman for concrete burial vaults for caskets. After that, Burroughs disappeared again and when or where he died remains a mystery.

We must understand that there is a forceful spirit of destruction sent against believers to derail them and silence them from ever fulfilling their ministry and purpose.
All across the world, the landscape is dotted with destinies and dreams that had been attacked by these anti-anointing forces. But no matter what happens, we must refuse to abdicate our seat of authority and bow to the attacks of the enemy.
In carrying out God’s assignment for our lives, various situations will attempt to knock us down. These attacks may come as failures, temptations, discouragement, health challenges, oppositions, setbacks in relationships, finances, businesses etc.
But we must refuse to be defeated and abandon our race. The truth is that you are never a failure until you quit. God is adamantly invested in your life and you accomplishing the purpose He has for you. Even when we sometimes make mistakes, He knows how to fix our lives. He is the potter that knows how to put us back together when we are broken.
As long as we confess our sins and failures, God is able to forgive us and turn the mess into a message

Proverbs 24:16 says that though the righteous may fall seven times, yet they will rise again.
Indeed it is never over until God says so. It doesn’t matter where you may have failed or what you may have lost, through God’s help you can always bounce back, better and stronger. By His mercy, you can overcome every resistance and recover lost ground. In every circumstance, keep trusting God’s Word and never lose hope. God is still at work in your life. The greatest chapter of the history of the Church is yet to be written. We’re about to see revival on a level we have never seen it before in the world. God is raising an army. By His grace, none of us will miss our place in this great move of the Lord.
Today, let us receive the grace to triumph over every attack and temptation, and to run the race set before, looking unto Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith.

PRAYER: Lord, Please help me to never miss my place in Your great army through spiritual carelessness. I thank You for the grace to always seek You diligently and to keep pressing forward to Your high calling in Jesus Name.
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When you are living and walking in the supernatural everything natural becomes subservient to you – WORDBITE 222.

Romans 12:2 . ‘And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.’

DAILY READING – Ephesians 5:21-33; Ezekiel 16; Isaiah 45.

Galileo Galilei was born in Pisa, Italy where he grew up with his brothers and sisters during the Italian Renaissance.
Galileo grew up to become an accomplished musician and an excellent student. He further wanted to become a doctor, so he went to the University of Pisa to study medicine in 1581.
While at university, Galileo became interested in physics and mathematics. After leaving the university, he got a job as a teacher and began to experiment with pendulums, levers, balls, and other objects. During this time, there weren’t really “scientists” as we know them today. People studied the works of the classical philosophers and thinkers such as Aristotle. They didn’t run experiments or test out the ideas. They just believed them to be true.
Galileo, however, had different ideas. He wanted to test the principals and see if he could observe them in the real world. This was a new concept to the people of his time and laid the foundation for the scientific method.
Galileo’s experiments made some people angry, because they didn’t want the traditional views to be questioned.
Prior to then, it had been generally accepted that the Earth was the center of everything. But in 1609, Galileo built his own telescope and began to use it to view the planets. As Galileo studied the planets and the Sun, he became convinced that the Earth and the other planets orbited the Sun. Even though he was a devout Christian, the Catholic Church of that time considered Galileo’s ideas as heresy. At first they sentenced him to life in prison, but later allowed him to live at his home in Tuscany under house arrest, there he would eventually die. 300 years after his death, the Catholic Church that had punished him admitted that he was absolutely right and gave him a post humous pardon.

One of the characteristics of great men who have made mighty impacts in their generation is their refusal to be molded and shaped by the world around them. Great men are great because they chose to be different. They stand for their convictions, no matter what.
But not many people have the courage to act outwardly on what they see inwardly. Most men live lives of mediocrity and so make no real or lasting impact on the course of human history. Many prefer to fit in with the popular opinion and act like everyone else.
Today, the kingdom of God needs believers who would dare to be different and refuse to compromise and conform.
In many of His sermons, Jesus taught His disciples to think differently from what had been modeled around them.
As believers we must be willing to serve God totally and proclaim His truth wherever we go. It may not make us popular, but we are called to walk the strait and narrow path. You weren’t born to become what others want you to be. Be different and make a difference. You will always have a choice in life. It’s the choice to accept the status quo, or to stand out; to be unique or to be just a part of a mass.
We must choose always to do what is right and not cower in the face of oppositions. Our choice to obey God and live by His high standards may make people ridicule us, and despise us for our faith. However, we must choose to please God always and refuse to conform to the ways of the world.

Romans 12:2 says ‘And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.’

We live in a society that wants us to conform, but we are called by Christ to be transformed, through the renewing of our mind. It is easy to want to be like everyone else, However 1 Peter 2:9 – 10 tells us that we are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special (peculiar) people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.’
We must therefore make the choice to be uncommon and live by higher standards. As we do, God will reward us with uncommon favor, uncommon blessings and uncommon miracles.

PRAYER: Lord, please, grant me the courage and boldness to stand out in my generation and live a life that constantly glorifies You. By Your Grace I will not conform to the world but will rather be continually transformed by Your Word in Jesus Name.
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When you obey God’s instruction you are delivered from destruction. WORDBTE 222

Romans 8: 28 –“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”

DAILY READING; Ephesians 5:1-20; Ezekiel 14-15; Isaiah 44

Morris Cerullo was only five years old when his mother died and his alcoholic father dropped him and his brother and three sisters off at a foster home. As a result, Morris Cerullo grew up angry and rebellious. By the time he was 10 years old, he had earned a reputation for toughness and defiance because of his drinking, smoking, cursing, fighting and stealing. However, before he was 13 years old, life had broken him inside so badly that he devised a plan to kill himself. He might have done it, but he was divinely rescued by The Spirit of God.
One day he met a Christian nurse whom God sent into that orphanage and that encounter turned his life around. The woman led Morris to Christ and gave him a Bible to read. At the age of 14 years he gave his life to Christ.
When the authorities discovered that the nurse had been preaching to Morris, she was thrown out of the orphanage. Morris was punished and was asked to make a choice between keeping his Bible and leave the orphanage or abandon it and remain in the orphanage. He made the choice to keep the Bible and turned his back on the orphanage. He left the place with only the shirt on his back and no promise of food or shelter anywhere. However, God showed up in miraculus ways and brought people that sheltered him and provided his needs. Eventually, Cerrullo’s decision to serve God and leave the orphanage became one of the best decisions of his life.
It marked the beginning of a glorious new destiny.
Morris Cerullo would become a minister used mightily by God to reach multitudes of people for Christ. As an international evangelist he preached the Gospel in about 100 nations and positively affected many lives

Our choice to serve God against the odds will always be rewarded. Certainly, God is a rewarder of those that diligently seek Him.
Oftentimes, the enemy tries to get us to compromise our faith by presenting tempting options.
But we must remain steadfast, immovable always abounding in the work of the Lord.
No matter how tough things may intially seem, God will surely see you through.
The truth is that when God is with you, despite the odds, you will surely succeed.
It doesn’t matter what confronts you, you will not only survive, you will thrive in that situation by God’s grace..
When you carry a glorious destiny, the fight and resistance against you often begins early in life. The enemy would do everything to truncate the calling upon your life. This is why you must make a total commitment to serve God so that by His help you can overcome all oppositions and arrive at your glorious destiny. The things the enemy meant for evil in your life, God will turn it all around for your good..

Romans 8: 28 says “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”

Those that love God and put their trust in Him shall never be ashamed. It doesnt matter what may come against you, it is all working out together for your good. What was meant to be a disadvantage, God will turn it around to become an advantage. Where you were meant to stumble, God will cause you to soar. He will lift you up and give you double for all your troubles.

PRAYER: Lord, please help me to be totally dependent upon You, so that by Your power I can overcome the oppositions against me. I thank You Lord that even right now, You are doing for me exceedingly abundantly above all I could ever ask or imagine in Jesus Name. .

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When God places His hand upon a man in life, nothing can come against him, this is because the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. WORDBITE 222

Romans 8:18 ‘For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us’

DAILY READING; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ezekiel 12-13; Isaiah 43

A remarkable example of being thankful in the midst of difficulties is the story of a German pastor named Martin Rinkart, who lived over 400 years ago.
Martin was the son of a poor coppersmith in the small village of Eilenburg in Saxony. His desire to serve God and be a blessing to people in his village motivated him to work his way to study at the University of Leipzig. There he developed his musical gifts and later returned to serve as a Lutheran pastor in his village.
At this time, the Thirty Years’ War broke out which was one of the longest and most brutal wars in Europe.
Throughout the years of the war, Martin Rinkart, stood by his flock, and helped them in every way he could.
The war caused the plague of 1637 which visited their town with extraordinary severity. The town was overcrowded with fugitives and people died rampantly. Martin Rinckart worked tirelessly, praying for the sick and dying and eventually he buried more than 4,000 persons. But amazingly through all his labours he himself remained perfectly well.
The pestilence was followed by a famine so extreme that thirty or forty persons might be seen fighting in the streets for a dead cat. Rinckart, gave away virtually all he had to help people. To be able to provide bread and clothing for his children, he was forced to mortgage his future income for several years.
Yet in the midst of these great trials, he wrote a hymn which expressed his unbounded trust and gratitude to God.
The German title of the hymn is “Nun danket alle Gott”, which is translated in English as “Now thank we all our God”. It became Martin Rinkart’s best known hymn and today remains the most widely sung hymn in Germany. This glorious hymn which blesses people around the world, and has been translated into many languages, is a reminder to always give God thanks even in the midst of severe difficulties.

Serving God does not mean we will never have difficulties. But we must understand that God is faithful and will never put upon us more than we can bear. Sometimes, tribulation is only an indication of the grace He has given us to overcome the situation.
No one on earth is exempt from trials. But despite the difficult times, we have to deliberately make gratitude our attitude. We don’t thank God for trials, we thank Him in them. Because no matter how fierce the fire, God always shows up to deliver those who trust in Him.
In the Bible, David passed through many battles and challenges despite the fact that he was serving God. But as he continued to bless God in the midst of it all, he eventually wrote in Psalm 30:11 ‘Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;’
Just like David, we may go through trials and tribulations, but that’s not how our story ends. Certainly, a turnaround season is coming. Weeping may endure for a night, but joy is coming in the morning.
We should have the attitude that says, “No matter what’s happening, I’m going to choose to be grateful to God.’
The truth is that God is always faithful. If we look back at our lives, at past trials, we will see that despite all we passed through, God’s grace has always brought us through.
Certainly, the tests are for our testimony and the fire only comes to reveal God’s glory in our lives.

Romans 8:18 says ‘For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us’

In other words your sufferings will only culminate in greater glory in the end. Therefore no matter what you may pass through today, be assured that a turnaround is coming. God is about to turn sickness into health, bondages into freedom and lack into abundance. Every Pharaoh holding you back is about to free you in a hurry.
It is a new day for you. Surely, God will give you the victory at last. This is why we praise Him in all things. Because His grace and mercy never runs out, they are new every morning. And today, as we give thanks in everything and bless the Lord at all times, He will level every mountain and turn obstacles into our miracles.

PRAYER: Lord, Please grant me the grace to always give You worthy praise at all times. No matter what happens around me, I thank You for always being in total control and perfecting all that concerns me in Jesus Name.
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Your attitude always determines your altitude in life. –WORDBITE 222.

Exodus 23:25 “And ye shall serve the Lord your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.’

DAILY READING; Ephesians 4:1-16; Ezekiel 10-11; Isaiah 42

In 1986, 37 years old Wendy Lawson, who worked as a paramedic, woke up one morning, unable to feel the left side of her body. Two days later, the numbness spread to her right side. Paralyzed and scared, Wendy went to the hospital where a battery of tests revealed she had Multiple Scorosis, an incurable and disabling disease that attacks the central nervous system.
For the next 11 years, she battled the disease, and was in and out of wheelchairs, hospitals and rehabs. She sometimes had season of remission where she felt better, only to succumb again to severe attacks of the MS.
Her suffering led her to begin going to church. Though she sometimes lay crippled in the pews to listen to the sermon because she couldn’t sit up, her faith and love for God began to grow.
In April 1997, her Church planned an international trip to conduct a healing crusade in Madagascar. Wendy desired to go and God answered her prayer to be in remission long enough to go on the trip.
During the crusade, as thousands came forward for prayers, Wendy prayed for a small boy with a broken leg. As she laid hands on the boy, she felt her hands tingling with fire and miraculously the boy’s broken bones were healed. At that very moment Wendy felt God say to her that she was also healed of the MS. Wendy believed God’s Word and so decided on the flight home to stop taking all of her medicine.
Though she didn’t see immediate change she began thanking God day and night for her healing. Over the next few months, Wendy started to feel better and after six months, she visited her doctor for a checkup. The doctor was amazed as the test results showed she was totally healed.
As Wendy returned to a normal active life, she began to go on more medical mission trips and today has travelled to over 37 different countries ministering to people in need. Her story is recorded in her book titled “God’s Madcap Missionary.”

All the years Wendy was focused on her sickness, she remained afflicted. But when she stepped out by faith to minister to others, she got her healing. Certainly when we water others, we get watered also. The miracles we need will often come when we focus on bringing miracles to those in need.
As we grow in faith, we should increasingly shift to living a life of service. We no longer ask “Who’s going to meet my needs?” but rather the question becomes “In what ways can I meet the needs of others?”
Jesus has made a difference in our hearts so that we can make a difference in our world.
No matter where you are or what challenges you’re facing, you can look beyond your needs and allow God use you to bring succor to others.
Our success and fulfillment in life is determined by our level of service.
It is the key to our advancement. As we minister to others, we receive multiplied blessings and get catapulted to greater heights.

1 Peter 4:10-11 says, “Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms… so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ.”

God doesn’t just want to work in you, He wants to work through you to positively affect the lives of people.
Let us therefore by God’s grace, continually seek ways to serve wherever we go. As we do, we are preparing the ground for our own harvest of miracles. Certainly, what we sow is what we will reap, what we make happen for others, surely, God will make happen for us.

PRAYER: Lord, please enable me to focus on serving You in every way I can and be a blessing to humanity. As I do, I thank You for the speedy release of my own harvests of miracles in Jesus’ Name.
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Illuminate your world, for you are a star destined to shine- – WORDBITE 222

Philippians 3:10 ‘That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death’

DAILY READING; Ephesians 3; Ezekiel 8-9; Isaiah 41

Pastor Xiang En is a pastor of one of the big Chinese underground Churches. Recently he has been vocal against the Chinese government for their persecution and intimidation of Churches in China.
However, it is interesting that Pastor Xiang En used to be part of those who persecuted the Church when he served as an active member of the Chinese communist party.
From his early childhood, Pastor Xiang was a loyal communist, atheist, and Marxist and called himself a ‘red kid,’ because of the significance of the color red to the communists. The red represents the Chinese Communist Revolution under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
And as Xiang grew older, that red communist regime continued to dominate his life. Yet he was unhappy, miserable and unfulfilled. .
However one day he heard a verse of Scripture that changed his life. God grabbed his heart with Isaiah 1:18 that says. “Even though your sin is as red as scarlet, I will make it as white as snow.”
Hearing about that color, ‘red’, had a personal effect on him. He realized that despite his being ‘red’ from deeply steeped in communism, God could wash him and make him clean. And that became the turning point in his life.
As he surrendered to Christ, the red, royal blood of Jesus washed and cleansed his heart and he became a new creature.
And today as he continues to serve as a pastor amidst the increasing government persecution, he holds on to the power in the Blood for renewal and strength to keep pressing forward despite the oppositions.

No matter how disheveled any destiny, through the mystery of the Blood of Jesus, there can be restoration and divine completeness.
Saul, a murderer, that hated Christians and tried to destroy the Church was transformed by the Blood into “Paul, an apostle of Christ”.
God is in the life change business. He will take that which is crooked and fix it. He will take that which is bent and straighten it out. He will take that which is shattered and put it back together.
We have sometimes gotten involved in things we ended up regretting. But no matter where we may have gone wrong, God is more interested in transforming us than condemning us.
He wants to cancel our past – our failures, mistakes, sins, and regrets and transform us into who He has originally ordained for us to be.
God, our creator has a master plan and blueprint for our lives. And no matter how messed up things may sometimes seem, God is always at work behind the scenes, to restore His perfect design for our lives.
All it takes for a turnaround is the introduction of His wonder-working power.
The Greek word for “power” in the New Testament is dunamis. It is the word from which we get our word dynamite. It is powerful, explosive and life changing. Paul wanted to know this power when he wrote:
“That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings…” [Philippians 3:10]

The same resurrection power that raised Jesus Christ from the dead two thousand years ago is available to turn around any destiny today.
The resurrection power in the Blood of Jesus is ordained for the supernatural restoration of our redemptive dignity. It doesn’t matter the failure, affliction or oppression of the past, total deliverance is available through the Blood of Jesus.
By the Blood we are translated from failure to breakthrough, from sickness to health, from death to life, from weakness to power.
It doesn’t matter how regrettable any past experiences, through the power in the Blood, there can be a new beginning. Indeed through the Blood of Jesus, we are revived to live a life that glories God and serves His divine purpose on the earth.

PRAYER: Lord, I thank You for the transformational power in the Blood of Jesus. Today, I have been delivered from failures and defeats to live in power and victory in Jesus Name.
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There is something that God has placed within you that the world is eagerly awaiting to see. WORDBITE 222..