HORM Devotional

Titus 2:14 says, “He gave himself for us to redeem us from all iniquity and to purify for himself a people of his own who are zealous for good deeds.”

DAILY READING; • Mark 2; 2 Samuel 4-5; Daniel 2:24-49

The story of Mike Krieg was recently featured on the Christian Broadcasting Network [CBN] News.
By age 35, Mike had achieved his dream – to own a multi-million dollar custom home-building company. He seemed to have it all and focused his life on making more money. He didn’t have time for God and wasn’t going to Church.
He also didn’t have time for his family. In a short period of time, he got divorced and he left his wife and children.
However, by 2004, things were no longer working well and Mike began experiencing failure in his professional life.
One day, he decided to visit his two kids and took them to watch the newly released movie, ‘The Passion of the Christ’. As he watched this movie, and saw how Christ suffered and shed His Blood for man’s redemption, Mike was deeply touched and began shedding tears.
The next morning, while driving, Mike kept reflecting on the movie and did not know when he lost control of his car. As he had a head-on crash with another truck, Mike screamed out to God he didn’t want to die. It was a deadly accident but miraculously Mike was uninjured.
After this incident, everything changed for Mike. Knowing that God had saved his life, Mike committed his life to Christ. From then on, he no longer cared about pursuing money, rather he desired to serve God. Though his company later folded, all he wanted was to live for the Lord. As he prayed for direction, God gave him a new start in the business of real estate.
As Mike began to serve God with his life and income, soon, he rediscovered financial success. He became wealthier than he once was and gives God credit for his turnaround story.

One of the greatest enemies of our love for God, is the love of money.
Money is not bad as it can be used to accomplish many good things. Ecclesiastes 10:19 tells us that money answereth all things. But the problem is with the love for money..1 Tim 6:10-11 tells us that love of money is the root of all evil.
Money is a wonderful servant but a terrible master.
The love of money was what destroyed the lives of Achan and Judas Iscariot.
Gehazi was supposed to carry the double anointing of Elisha but he ended up carrying leprosy all because of the love of money.
To walk effectively with God we need to be careful over the influence of money.

Living in the world where money is continually exalted and celebrated, as believers we must guard our hearts with all diligence so as not to shift our focus from God. We must always recognize God as our source of blessings and keep our eyes on Him. While man can be a channel, God remains our Source.
One of the Biblical predictions of the end-times, is that as iniquity abounds in the world, the love of God will wax cold in many hearts. This is why we continually come to the Blood of Jesus for cleansing.
True encounter with the Blood of Jesus will keep us burning with fresh fire and zeal for God.
When Mike Krieg encountered the power in the Blood, his love for money died and new zeal for Christ was birthed in him.
No matter how disheveled any destiny may appear, through the mystery of the Blood, there can be restoration and divine completeness.
The power in the Blood can take you from death to life, from failure to breakthrough, from sickness to health, from weakness to power.
In whatever area you may feel afflicted, you can be free through engaging the transformational power of the blood.
Indeed in this season of prayer as we engage the Blood in warfare, we will experience swift deliverance from whatever may be trying to decrease the love of God in our hearts.
Every hold of sin, covetousness, greed, spiritual laxity, evil habits, etc will be shattered by the power in the Blood.
Whatever may want to hinder the shinning forth of your glory, will be permanently terminated by the power in the Blood.
It doesn’t matter how negative the past may have been, certainly through the power in the Blood, it is our season to experience revival and a definite change of story.

PRAYER: Lord, I thank You for the yoke-breaking power in the Blood of Jesus. Indeed today by the power in the Blood, every bondage and captivity is destroyed in my life forever! I have victory over everything contesting my glorious destiny in Jesus Name.

QUOTE; It’s never over in your life until you win. God is still in control of your life. WORDBITE 222

Isaiah 60:17 [NIV] ‘Instead of bronze I will bring you gold, and silver in place of iron. Instead of wood I will bring you bronze, and iron in place of stones. I will make peace your governor and well-being your ruler.’

DAILY READING; Mark 1:21-45; 2 Samuel 3:2-39; Daniel 2:1-23

The Napoleonic Wars were a clash of European powers fighting for dominance over the European continent in the early 19th century.
One of the countries that fought in these wars was Prussia. But it proved to be a costly venture for Prussia as it led to one of the most difficult periods in its history.
King Frederick William III who ruled Prussia during this time, found himself in great trouble because after the wars he needed to rebuild their nation but there was hardly any money left in their treasury.
After careful reflection, he decided to ask the women of Prussia to bring their jewelry of gold and silver to be melted down for their country. For each ornament received, he would exchange a decoration of bronze or iron as a symbol of his gratitude. Each decoration would be inscribed, “I gave gold for iron, 18l3.”
The response to his proposal was overwhelming. After these women gave their gold, they prized their gifts from the king more highly than their former jewelry. For the sake of their nation and their king these women were more than willing to sacrifice what they had.

In Exodus 35:4-35, when Moses called for offerings from willing hearts for the building of the tabernacle, the response was overwhelming.
Willing, men and women brought gold jewelry of all kinds: brooches, earrings, rings and ornaments to present for the building. [Exodus 35:26]
God was impressed with their willingness in giving and blessed them in return.
When we give towards the advancement of God’s kingdom, it is important that we offer it with a willing heart.
Why sometimes people do not receive the harvest of their giving is because it was done grudgingly or out of necessity or under pressure.
It is only when we are willing and obedient that we will eat the good of the land.
If you don’t understand the reason for sacrifice, it can be a burden or struggle. But we have to understand that giving is part of the test of our submission and proof of the sincerity of our love. We cannot love God without giving to Him.
The Lord loves a cheerful giver (2 Corinthians 2:7) and He will always give back far better than what we laid down in sacrifice.
When the women gave their gold, the King of Prussia gave them iron in return. But in Isaiah 60:17, God promises ‘Instead of bronze I will bring you gold, and silver in place of iron. Instead of wood I will bring you bronze, and iron in place of stones.’
Indeed nobody gives an acceptable sacrifice to God without receiving manifold returns.
Sacrifice may not be easy, but it is the key that unlocks the gates of blessings. It is one of the secrets of enjoying open Heavens. If you are facing a long-standing challenge, sacrifice may be the answer to it.
Our tearful seeds produce fearful blessings which are often beyond what can be explained by the human mind.
Our sacrifice becomes acceptable when we first give ourselves to God by deciding to obey His Word and live for His purpose.
Then as we sow towards the advancement of His kingdom, it will become the gateway to our desired new dawn, breakthroughs and glorious new beginnings.

PRAYER: Lord, please grant me the grace for willingness and speedy obedience to Your instructions, so that I can experience my supernatural harvest of blessings in Jesus Name.

QUOTE;
To get into the next level of your life, God will always give a specific instruction. – WORDBITE 222

Psalm 126:5-6 ‘They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him’

DAILY READING; Mark 1:1-20; 2 Samuel 2:1-3:1; Daniel 1

In 1799, in a small village in Southern Scotland lived a poor but devout Christian family.
The parents often read the stories of famous missionaries to their children and those stories greatly stirred the heart of their little son named Bobby.
At only four years old, one day, Bobby knelt at the altar in their small village Church and committed his life to Jesus.
Soon after, their church conducted a missions meeting and there was a call for mission’s offerings. When one of the ushers passed by little Bobby, the boy touched the man on the sleeve and whispered, “Please put the offering plate down on the floor.” The usher was surprised by the request, but obliged the child wondering what the boy wanted to do.
To the man’s shock, little Bobby in bare feet, stepped into the offering plate, he then told the perplexed usher “I have no money to give to God, but I give Him myself.”
Bobby meant what he said and from then on he began to live with the view that God owned him and all he had.
In his teenage years, he applied successfully to the London Missionary Society (LMS) and when he was 21 years Bobby was sent as a missionary to South Africa.
Bobby would later become the world-renowned Robert Moffatt, the missionary who did great exploits, opened jungle villages to the Gospel, braved dangers to preach and translate the Bible and exalt Christ on the African continent.
His life became a great inspiration to David Livingstone, who became another legendary missionary to Africa and later became son-in-law to Robert Moffat.
Indeed, Robert Moffat’s life and ministry proves that when we wholly give our lives to God, He uplifts us and uses us for His glory.

Robert Moffat painted the picture of true love for God when he stepped into that offering plate.
True love for God requires giving our all to Him.
God first proved His love for us when He sacrificed His only begotten son for our sakes.
Today is a day when many people across the world profess love to each other in different ways and manners. But the question is how much of that love is really true, because true love requires sacrifice.
Abraham proved his love for God when he willingly obeyed God and placed his son on the altar of sacrifice. This was a son that came twenty five years after God’s promise to him when he was seventy five years old.
As Abraham proved the sincerity of his love, it connected him to God’s sworn blessing that dramatically lifted his generation.
In 1 Kings 3, Solomon showed his love for God by going to Gibeon to offer a thousand burnt offerings on the altar. This moved God to eventually establish him as the wisest and richest king in human history.
Indeed the altar of sacrifice is the altar of turnaround.
The power of sacrifice is clearly exhibited as captivity-turning in Psalm 126, when those who went forth bearing tearful seeds, returned rejoicing, with cheerful harvests.
Sacrifice is the way to provoke open Heavens and supernatural open doors.
Our sincere sacrifice of time, energy and resources into God’s kingdom has the capacity to turn around captivities and give us a positive change of story.
But above all, God desires that we offer ourselves as living sacrifices.
Becoming a living sacrifice means that we are living for God and His kingdom alone. It means that nothing is ever too much to lay down for the sake of God and His kingdom.
Therefore today, while the world celebrates different versions of love, let us show our true love for God by committing to a lifestyle of sacrifice. Certainly, whenever we sow into God’s kingdom, we are only sowing into our future because it is coming back to us in multiplied form; in good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over..!

PRAYER; Lord, please help me to continually present my life, my time, recourses and all I have to You. May my entire life be dedicated to serving You and the interest of Your kingdom in everything I do and wherever I go in Jesus Name.
QUOTE;
There is something that God has placed within you that the world is eagerly awaiting to see. WORDBITE 222..

Deuteronomy 28:13 ‘And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:’

DAILY READING – Romans 16; 2 Samuel 1; Psalm 72

Frederick Douglas was born as a black slave boy with seemingly no future. At a very young age he was sent to work for a slave master. At this time it was illegal for black slaves to get educated but Douglass managed to educate himself by learning from his master’s wife and observing the writings of the white children in the neighborhood.
In the Church for black people, Douglass began using the Bible to teach the other slaves what he was learning. After this was discovered and Douglass was severely punished by the white slave masters, he managed to escape on September 3, 1838, by boarding a train that took him to New York. He eventually became a licensed preacher serving in the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. Soon, he joined the abolitionist movement to stop slavery. He travelled to different countries and delivered lectures in churches and chapels that drew thousands of people.
From a slave boy, Frederick Douglas would rise to become one of the most famous intellectuals of his time who served as adviser to five United States presidents.
Douglass’ 1845 autobiography, ‘Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave,’ described his time as an enslaved worker in Maryland. It was one of five autobiographies he penned, along with dozens of noteworthy speeches, despite receiving minimal formal education.
He wrote his autobiography so eloquently that skeptics doubted it was the work of a Black man.
Douglass served in many official positions in government, including as an ambassador to the Dominican Republic, thereby becoming the first Black man to hold high office.
In 1888, he became the first African American to receive a vote for President of the United States, during the Republican National Convention.
His writings served as an inspiration to the civil rights movement of the 1960s and beyond.

Indeed there can be no limitation to the man who solidly makes up his mind to rise by God’s help. Education, poverty, race or family background can never be a hindrance. Surely, when God is for you, nothing can be against you.
By covenant every child of God is born for signs and wonders.
It doesn’t matter the obstacles against you, because of God’s divine genes in you, surely you will always overcome. As long as you are sincerely serving God, He is committed to your lifting in life.
You are a divine project and God is at work in your life. Though there may be difficulties and challenges, as you remain persistent in seeking God and obeying His Word, it is only a matter of time before you emerge a winner.
Therefore, never allow challenge, people or circumstances to deter you. Trust God to bring to manifestation His divine plans for your life. Keep walking closely with Him, because with God on your side you are truly unstoppable.
No matter how impossible things may look right now, focus on following God’s plan through prayers and consistent study of the Word. Especially in this season of fasting and prayers, keep pressing forward in the place of prayers believing God to open the Heavens for you.
Surely, by God’s grace your expectations shall not be cut short. As you keep serving God and keep blessing Him at all times, God is going to turn things around for you. Through inexplicable miracles, He will open doors that will usher you into unexpected positions and amazing heights this year.

PRAYER: Lord, I thank You for the grace and strength to keep pressing forward in this season of prayers. Certainly by Your grace I shall indeed soon see a manifestation of Your great plans for my life in Jesus Name.
QUOTE: The battle you are faced with today is a good warfare because God has already foreordained a victorious end for you. WORDBITE 222

Mathew 7: 24 -25 ‘Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.-

DAILY READING; • Romans 15:14-33; 1 Samuel 29-31; Psalm 71

Jason David Sluyter is a young pastor and budding musician who survived an aggressive cancer that could have killed him.
Before Jason got the diagnosis he was facing a most exciting moment of his life. He had just gotten a new job as youth pastor at Bonita Valley Community Church in 2016. So he had moved to a new city and had a new job and new church family.
Jason who had graduated from school few years earlier had been pouring his time and talents into the ministry. He was focused on building his music career as a talented singer and pianist. His band called ‘Dare to Be Dreamers’, was gaining attention with Media outlets and with the rise of his musical career he had gotten married to his sweetheart.
Things were going so well, in fact, that he paid no mind to the small growth on his tongue. That is, until a biopsy changed everything. The small growth on his tongue turned out to be cancerous and he would spend many months fighting for his life.
Doctors discovered that the Stage 3 cancer in Jason’s tongue was secreting a chemical that was poisoning him from the inside out. Over the course of a 15-hour operation, most of his tongue had to be removed and all of the lymphnodes in his neck removed. Doctors said he might not sing again or speak again.
But despite all he went through, as he persevered in faith, God gave him the victory in the end. His health was fully restored and today, he can speak and sing and minister to the Lord as he continues to pursue his musical career. What he went through became an avenue to bring glory to God. His story shared on the internet garnered millions of views and has brought him in contact with people from different parts of the world. Media outlets has featured his story and what the enemy meant for evil only ended up strengthening Jason’s faith and giving him a wider platform to proclaim the Gospel.

While battles are real to life, more real is our victory.
No matter the trial or temptation one thing is always certain; God is forever faithful.
God will never allow on you more than what you can bear, but with every temptation He will always make a way of escape.
Despite the storms of life,, as a child of God you are ordained to triumph always. Because you are born of God, you are born to overcome the world.
Faith is the victory that overcomes the world. As long as you stay in faith, it is only a matter of time, before you win.
This is why we stay constantly connected to God’s Word, because faith comes by hearing and hearing the Word.

When your heart is filled with the Word, as you speak boldly in faith against any negative situation, God confirms His Word with the release of His Power.
Indeed the Word of God is the primary instrument for experiencing our miracles.
The Word of God is the light that shines in darkness and darkness cannot comprehend it. The Word is what shatters all the attacks of the forces of darkness: No negative condition can withstand the power of God’s Word.

Therefore no matter what may face you today, you are never helpless. As a child of God, you can deal with that situation. Study the Scriptures in the area of your challenge until faith arises in your heart. As you release the Word of faith into that situation, you will certainly see an eruption of miracles, signs and wonders!
In this season of waiting upon the Lord, it is a good time to dig deep into the Word and build a strong foundation of faith that ensures our house never falls, despite the storms, winds, rain and billows of life!
Certainly, as we stay deeply rooted in Christ, our victory over every challenge is guaranteed always.

PRAYER: Lord, I know indeed that You are able to handle any challenge I may face today. I therefore ask You for the grace to fast, pray, praise and diligently study Your Word so that I can have the faith to see great manifestations of Your power in my life in Jesus Name. .

QUOTE;
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

Exodus 23:25 – 26 ‘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. There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.’

DAILY READING; Romans 15:1-13; 1 Samuel 27-28; Psalm 70

‘Uncle Ray’s’ is the brand name of a line of food products established by Ray Jenkins. The company is rated the no. 1 snack food in America and grosses millions of dollars annually in sales.
However, Ray Jenkins’ success story is a product of God’ divine grace.
Born in poverty and a school dropout, Ray joined the Navy where he worked as a cook and learned culinary skills. By the time he left the Navy, in 1965, Ray began a business of producing snacks.
Though he met and married a God-fearing wife, Ray himself had no reverence for God and believed rather that with his own self efforts, he would succeed.
Initially his business made progress, but after a while it began to struggle financially. The harder Ray worked, the worse things got. When he eventually faced bankruptcy, Ray started drinking as an escape. One day, after drinking heavily, he stumbled into the house and started vomiting blood.
When the paramedics arrived, they told his wife he had lost about 60 percent of his blood and was not expected to live.
As she followed the ambulance to the hospital, his wife began to pray to God for a miracle.
Ray did die and his spirit left his body. Ray knew he was headed for hell, for having ignored God in his life. But as he became repentant and sorry for his past life, miraculously he felt his spirit return back into his body.
His survival amazed the doctors, and after two weeks in the hospital he was discharged. Ray made a definite decision to give God first place in his life and all his affairs. And from then on he began to see the tangible hand of God in his business and other areas of his life. The Lord gave him divine ideas that made his business to go forward, and that year he made $85,000 profit.
As Ray began investing in the promotion of God’s kingdom, his business grew rapidly. Today, he runs a successful snack food company that sells millions of bags of potato chips and other products. On the back of each bag, Ray prints his story, Scriptures and Gospel messages in honor of God who turned his life and business around.

In 2 Chronicles 15 the children of Israel were beset with troubles. However, when they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord with all their heart and with all their soul, God turned things around for them and the Lord gave them rest round about [2 Chronicles 15: 15].
Many people today are struggling from all manner of pressures, afflictions and troubles because they are trying to live life on their own terms and depend on their own strength.
But Jeremiah 17:5 says that the man who is depending on the arm of flesh and whose heart departs from God is operating under a curse. He says such a person will be like a shrub in the desert, meaning things will be dry and life will be hard.
Truly, by strength alone shall no man prevail.

To enjoy the blessings of open Heavens, we must give God first place always.
God is not ‘a’ factor for our success. God is ‘the’ factor for our success. Indeed, all the labour of man is futility without God’s input.
God is the maker of men’s destinies, and it is only through following Him that we become made in life.
Indeed life is a futile struggle without God on our side. A man could spend his entire life pursuing wealth and then lose it all in one instance to sickness, misfortune, or even death. But when we serve God and seek His kingdom first, He gives us sorrow- free riches and other blessings of life.

Exodus 23:25 – 26 says ‘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. There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.’

Our priority in life must be to serve God and advance His Kingdom. God empowers us for wealth through the revelation and application of this principle. Truly when we make serving God our priority, He in turn makes blessing us His own priority.

PRAYER: Father please help me to make You priority in all that I do. Grant me the grace to always seek first Your kingdom so that every other thing can be added unto me in Jesus Name. .
QUOTE:
The tests you are going through in life today is not for your destruction, it is for your testimony. – WORDBITE 222

Psalm 81:10 ‘I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.’

DAILY READING; Romans 14; 1 Samuel 26; Psalm 69

Oral Roberts is celebrated as one of the most prominent Christian leaders of the 20th century.
However, while growing up, he almost hated being a Christian because in their rural community of Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, poverty was seen as a badge of spirituality. His father who was an evangelist made little effort to lift his family out of poverty because any preacher who lived too comfortably was seen to be doing something wrong.
As a teenager, Oral vehemently despised his family’s lifestyle of scarcity and lack.
And when in later years God called him to ministry, Oral was determined to show through his life that Christians were meant to succeed and prosper.
However, as he started serving as a pastor, he failed to see the great impact and success his heart yearned for.
Desperate to see results, Oral began fasting and praying. He felt led to read through the Gospels and the book of Acts three times in three months as he sought for a breakthrough in his ministry. Due to regular fasting, he lost 40 pounds and went from a size 46 suit to a size 38. Finally one day, he heard the voice of the Lord saying to him: “From this hour you shall have My power to heal the sick and to cast out demons.”
After this divine encounter, Oral stepped out in faith and organized a first citywide healing crusade. He then told the Lord to do three things as confirmation of the word he had received.
Though he pastored a Church of only 175 people, he asked God to bring 1,000 people to the meeting. Secondly he asked that the $160 spent in renting the auditorium be covered by the offering. Thirdly he asked for a dramatic and tangible healing in the service. God answered the three requests.
Over 1200 people showed up for the crusade, the amount of the offering was $163, more than.the auditorium rent and a woman with a gnarled, crippled right hand was healed instantly in the service.
With these confirmations, Oral Roberts then launched out into an itinerant evangelistic and healing ministry, which eventually became a global ministry. He was very successful and his ministry attracted millions of followers worldwide. Indeed his life became a proof to people in his hometown of rural Oklahoma that poverty was not a badge for spirituality.

Every child of God is ordained for global impact and supernatural success. However, life does not give you what you deserve, it only gives you what you demand.
There are wonderful blessings awaiting us in destiny, but we must press in to where they are by praying the price.
As a child of God, you are meant to live an amazing life. You are not at all to live an ordinary or mediocre life.
You are a candidate for a glorious life because God has called us unto glory and virtue.
Therefore, anything that does not look like glory around you has to be dislodged through fervent spiritual warfare.

To arrive at our glorious destiny, we must accept full spiritual responsibility. There are no short cuts to success. We must determine to do what is required to enforce a change of story. And this will require fasting, praying, diligent study of the Word and sowing sacrificial financial seeds into God’s kingdom.
The truth is that you can’t afford to keep watching life pass by without the realization of the success you have long dreamed about.
You can’t keep waiting and wishing, it is time to do something definite to secure a change of season and experience open Heavens.
If Oral Roberts did nothing he might have ended up as another unheard-of-preacher in rural Oklahoma.

When we desperately seek God, He will always show us what to do to rise to our next level. God says when we open our mouths wide, He will fill it.
Therefore, it is time to open our mouths in the place of prayer and praise, as we pour out supplications and thanksgiving to God.
As we do, God will fill our mouth with laughter and our tongue with singing.
Very soon, the Lord will so turn our captivity that we will be like them that dream. [Psalms 126: 1-2]

PRAYER: Lord, Please enable me to pay the necessary spiritual price, so that I can experience Your miracles and wonders in this season. Thank You Lord for establishing in my life a miraculous change of story and totally exceeding my expectations in Jesus Name.

QUOTE
Until you cry out in the place of prayer certain things won’t happen. WORD BITE 222

Luke 3:21 -22 ’Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.’

DAILY READING; • Romans 13; 1 Samuel 25; Psalm 68

Joseph Ayodele Babalola was the first General Evangelist and founder of the Christ Apostolic Church Nigeria, popularly called CAC.
Joseph Babalola was born in 1904 to Christian parents who knew from the beginning that there was something special about him. Due to angelic visitations and other occurrences that surrounded his birth, many believed a great call of God was upon his life.
When he was ten years old, young Babalola started school but quit schooling by standard five, to learn a trade. He became a motor mechanic apprentice but after a while he left it and joined the Public Works Department. He worked as a steam roller driver and was one of the road workers who constructed the road from Igbara-Oke to Ilesa.
While doing the job of a road construction worker, it appeared as if the earlier call upon his life had been forgotten.
Bit when he was 24 years old, Babalola began to have strange experiences that started on the night of September 25th, 1928 when he suddenly could not sleep. For a week, he struggled with sleeplessness and restlessness..
The climax came one day when he was working and suddenly the steam roller’s engine stopped without any visible mechanical problem. As he stood confused and perplexed, he then heard a great voice like the roar of thunder which called his name thrice. This voice warned of a dire consequence if he failed to immediately abandon his job as a road worker and answer the call to ministry.
After this visitation, Joseph Babalola, resigned from his job and embarked on mission work.
After fasting for seven days., he had another divine visitation where he was given the power and anointing for ministry.
From this encounter, Babalola became a prophet who travelled to different towns preaching and mightily manifesting the power of God.
He became the first prophet God used to lead a great revival in Nigeria after he raised a 10 years old boy from the death in 1930.
Apostle Ayo Babalola ended up as one of the greatest men of God to ever arise from Africa.

While Joseph Babalola was a road construction worker, earning a meager salary, no one saw the great possibilities within him.
It took the dramatic call of God to awaken him to his great potentials.
Likewise, many of us may be languishing in some mediocre occupation, unaware of the greatness lying dormant within us.
Even when we have an inkling of it, due to the constraints of life, we sometimes choose to put on hold the divine call to focus on the mundane demands of life.
However, to be used by God as an instrument of revival, we must be willing to break away from limitations and take bold steps to enter into a new season of power and anointing.

As we pray in this season, let us be determined to have an encounter with the Holy Spirit that will announce us to our generation.

In Luke 3:21, as Jesus was praying, the Heavens opened and the Holy Spirit descended upon Him and God’s voice announced Him to the world.
Prayer can lead to the opening of the Heavens and the anointing of the Spirit upon our lives.
Jesus paid the price at Calvary to raise sons and daughters on earth who will do greater works than He did. Therefore we cannot afford to keep living mediocre lives, occupied with mundane pursuits.
Enough of being spectators, it is our time to become partakers of the great move of God in this generation. God is raising men and women that will walk in great power and anointing. This is the Joel’s army that is about to invade the earth with mighty manifestations of power.
By the Blood of Jesus we will not miss our portion.
As we wait upon the Lord in this season, let us position ourselves for a spiritual revolution. It is certainly time for us to arise and usher in revival into.our families communities, cities and nations.

PRAYER: Lord, please grant me the grace to pay the required price to carry the oil of Your Spirit upon my life. Truly by Your Anointing I will be distinguished in this generation and carry revival fire to the world around me in Jesus Name

QUOTE
Everything that ultimately has a glorious ending usually has a humble beginning. – WORDBITE 222.

Psalm 23:5 ‘Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.’

DAILY READING; • Romans 12; 1 Samuel 23-24; Psalm 67

In 1515,, William Tyndale was a young priest who began work on an English translation of the New Testament. This was a very dangerous activity at the time because to translate anything from the Bible into English was a capital offence.
To seek permission for his translation project, Tyndale travelled to London for a meeting with the Bishop of London, Cuthbert Tunstall. Though Tyndale solicited the support of the Bishop, he was refused.
Not to be deterred, in 1524 Tyndale left England and sailed to Germany where he worked on the New Testament translation. After printing the Bibles he arranged for them to be smuggled into England for distribution..
During the next few years 18,000 copies of this Bible were printed and smuggled into England.
However a time came when Tyndale needed.more funds to print improved versions of the Bible.
At this time, the bishop of London was doing everything he could to eradicate Tyndale’s Bibles. And so he arranged with an English merchant to buy up every available edition of the Bibles..
The Bishop bought 6,000 copies which he arranged to be ceremoniously burned at the steps of St Paul’s Cathedral.
As these Bibles were burned, and their flames shot skyward, it seemed indeed Tyndale’s works were being destroyed.
However what the bishop did not know was that by buying up the Bibles he had provided the funds Tyndale was looking for to make his work become better.
Indeed, without meaning to, the bishop of London provided Tyndale the funds for the printing of improved editions of the Bible, which helped to spread the work. Through Tyndale, the English translation of the Bible was made available to the common man and continues to bless the world today.

Sometimes we may worry about how we are going to get through certain situations, but we have to learn to trust in God’s divine provision. God can raise help for you from unexpected quarters. God can use even your enemies to bless you.
Indeed when our focus is on honoring God, whatever the enemy meant for evil, God will keep turning it all around to our advantage.
Where your detractors planned for you to stumble and fall, God will cause you to arise and soar.
While the enemy may think he is cutting you down, he will only end up helping to prune you to grow bigger and better.
Indeed God knows how to turn the tables around in our favour.
Especially as we wait upon the Lord in this season, we must trust that He is at work to turn round every contrary situation in our lives.
Part of the blessings of fasting and praying is experiencing a season of open Heavens. Therefore, we must trust that in this season, God is moving supernaturally in our favour to command blessings for us from even least expected quarters.
Though you may have gone through fire and through water, God is about to bring you into a wealthy place. There is a shift taking place in your circumstances.
Despite the enemy’s attempts to put you down, you will only come out better and stronger, and keep rising higher, because being born of God you are born to overcome the world.
It doesn’t matter how much anyone tries to cut you down, through Christ, you will only keep multiplying. When Pharoah tried to destroy the children of Israel through oppression, the more he persecuted them the more they multiplied.
By destiny we are designed to always triumph through Christ. As you remain faithful and continue to choose to please God, He will prepare a table before you in the presence of your enemies, He will anoint you head with oil and your cup will surely run over with blessings!
Through God’s sufficient grace we will triumph over every trial and certainly emerge victorious over every battle.

PRAYER; Father, I know that right now everything that has been a set-back and a hindrance is about to turn around for my good. It is certainly my season to enjoy open Heavens in all my endeavors in Jesus Name. .
QUOTE;
It takes a heart for God to make a mark in the sands of time. – WORDBITE 201

Genesis 27:28-30 ‘Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine: 29Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother’s sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.’

DAILY READING – • Romans 11:25-36; 1 Samuel 21-22; Psalm 66

David Green, started out in life working as a poor store boy. He was the son of a small town preacher who had challenges of financial hardship. However despite their financial struggle, David’s parents often stepped out in faith to give to the work of the Lord. One day, they even gave their last dime into the collection plate, believing God to take care of them.
From a young age, David learnt from his parents the secret of sowing into God’s kingdom.
While serving as a store boy in McClellan’s general store, he worked long hours sweeping floors and unloading boxes for just 60 cents an hour. Yet from his very meager income he began sowing towards the spread of the Gospel.
As a result, God began to bless him. Soon David struck out on his own and started a small art and craft shop that he operated from his home.
From that small beginning, God started to greatly expand his endeavors. His art company named ‘hobby lobby’ enjoyed amazing growth until today, it has become a global business chain with 520 superstores grossing billions of dollars annually.
David Green attributes his blessings to what he learnt from his parents about giving towards God’s kingdom.
Today, David Green is a billionaire who continues to pour his money into the spreading of the Gospel. He has turned his arts and crafts empire into a massive missionary organization.
According to Forbes magazine, David Green is the largest evangelical benefactor in the world, who has already given hundreds of millions of dollars to Christian causes. Yet despite his great wealth, David Green remains focused on always seeking God first. His strong foundation in God’s Word, has kept him steadfast in the pursuit of Christ and the affairs of His kingdom.

Truly, the giving life is the winning life. The giving grace enlarges the covenant coast of a man. As a poor store boy, David Green did not have much to give, but when he began sowing his widow’s mite, the Heavens opened up over him.

To enjoy open Heavens we must commit to living for God and doing all we can to promote His kingdom. As covenant children, when we do that which pleases God, it compels Him to pour out His blessings upon us.
When Jacob brought to Isaac, his father, the venison that pleased him, Isaac blessed him from the depths of his heart saying;
‘Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine: Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee:..’ [Genesis 27:28]

When we offer to God that which is pleasing, it attracts His blessings upon our lives. We please God by living in obedience to His Word and being dedicated to the cause of His kingdom.
When we love God we will be concerned about the affairs of His kingdom on the earth. Indeed when our heart is set on God, our treasure will be spent on His purpose. Where our treasure is there will our hearts be also.
If truly our priority is God’s kingdom, then we should sow towards the saving of souls. Especially in these perilous last days, the salvation of men should become a burning issue in our hearts.
And as we hunger to see revival in the lives of men, God will surely bring revival to every area of our lives.
Serving God is the master key to a life of sweat-less triumph. Surely when we work to bring glory to God and advance His kingdom, God will likewise put His glory on us and advance our lives. Indeed we can’t be truly sold out to God and not stand out on earth. What we sow is what we reap..
In this season as we commit to seeking God first and His Kingdom, it will attract His blessings into our lives and His blessings make rich and adds no sorrow to it..

PRAYER: Lord, please help me to live a life that pleases You at all times. Let the affairs of Your kingdom become top priority in my life. I thank You for the supernatural grace to continually sow seeds into Your kingdom that will produce rich harvests in my life in Jesus Name ..
QUOTE;
There is something that God has placed within you that the world is eagerly awaiting to see.– WORDBITE 222.