HORM Devotional

Psalm 126:6  ‘He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.’

 ‘ DAILY READING – – – Philemon 1:1-25; Jeremiah 19-20; Psalm 128

There were times in history when the world underwent major changes that affected generations. The Industrial Revolution was one of those times.  Today we can sit in front of television sets, drive in automobiles and generally enjoy living in a civilized world, because somewhere in the 1760, the Industrial Revolution in England happened. All the healthcare, transportation and technology we enjoy today, was due to the Industrial Revolution.

The Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain in the late 1700s. It brought about many cultural changes, as manufacturing of goods moved from small shops and homes, to large factories. Cities began to emerge, as people clustered in various locations to work in factories.  The revolution introduced new technologies and dramatically changed transportation. Uptill that time, for many centuries, the fastest mode of transportation had been horses, but the revolution introduced new and faster ways of travel including railroads, steam boats, and automobiles. Indeed the revolution changed the world, and opened up the new chapter of civilization being enjoyed today.

However, the industrial Revolution was never a possibility without the Reformation. The reformation was a period in history when a lot of excesses in the church were dealt with. From this, a new generation of believers emerged who were fervent in spirit and diligent in their work. The new work ethic then led to the development of capitalism, which eventually helped to usher in the industrial revolution.

Indeed a right spiritual positioning will often provoke a positive change of story. When you position yourself rightly, God brings about a revolution in your life that will catapult you from where you used to be to where you ought to be. Revolution refers to drastic change. When God took Joseph from prison to the palace, it was a revolution as his story suddenly changed. Also when God took David from being a shepherd boy to become the king of Israel, his life was revolutionized.

We can experience our desired change if we are willing to pay the required price. For us to experience a revolution, we need to move up higher in our prayers, study, fasting, and sacrificial giving.

Psalm 126:6 says ‘He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.’

Indeed they that sow in tears will reap in joy.  You need to ask The Lord to show you in which area you need to lay down in sacrifice. The altar of sacrifice is the altar of  supernatural turnaround. Indeed when you go forth bearing precious seed weeping, you will doubtless, definitely, come back again, rejoicing, bearing your sheaves with you.

PRAYER: Lord, please show me what I need to lay down in sacrifice. No matter how precious the seed, please  grant me the grace for obedience, so that I can experience my supernatural change of story in Jesus Name.

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

Numbers 23:23   ‘Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!’

• DAILY READING Titus 3; Jeremiah 17-18; Psalm 127

Antisemitism is described as hostility, prejudice, or discrimination against the Jews. The Jewish people perhaps rate as one of the most hated people of all times.  Yet despite the hatred, because God has been with them, they have continued to thrive and rule in the midst of their enemies.

Hatred for Jews can be seen in the fact that throughout the centuries Jews have been expelled from virtually every country in which they have resided. Jews were expelled from England in 1290, France in 1306 and 1394, Hungary in 1349 and 1360, Austria in 1421, from various places in Germany throughout the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, etc.

Perhaps the ultimate example of hatred for the Jews is the Holocaust, seen as the ultimate manifestation of evil in all of history when Hitler tried to annihilate the entire Jewish people. Yet despite all these rejections and persecutions, the blessings of God upon the Jews have overshadowed and superseded the hatred of their enemies.

The example of Balaam shows that the power of God’s blessing will always overcome the enemy’s attack against a people who are walking with the Lord.

Balak who ruled over the  kingdom of Moab, in his bid to curse the people of Israel, sent emissaries nearly 400 miles to invite Balaam. However, when Balaam arrived, every time he opened his mouth to speak a curse against Israel, a blessing came out instead. Unable to penetrate God’s protective shield around His people, Balaam finally told  Balak, “How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? Or how shall I defy, whom the Lord hath not defied?” (Numbers 23:8). Balaam conceded that divination was no match for the power of God. Indeed it was impossible for a curse to be pronounced where God had pronounced a blessing! The story of Balaam serves as a perpetual reminder that what God has blessed is blessed, and that fact cannot be reversed. Therefore when you are in Christ and walking in obedience to God’s Word, you are safe, secure, and sealed in the protective blood of Jesus.  It doesn’t matter how much anyone may hate you, it doesn’t how much they may have tried to send spells, enchantment or curses against  you. Numbers 23:23 says ‘For there is no sorcery against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel…”.

And Isaiah 54:17 says ‘No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn.’

Indeed always be assured that greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world!

Therefore today cast off the fear of any spell or enchantment having any effect upon you. Just concentrate on maintaining an intimate and holy walk with The Lord. When you are in Christ, you are the blessed of the Lord — and what God has blessed, no man or devil can curse!

PRAYER: Father, I rejoice that in Christ I am more than a conqueror. And because I am blessed of The Lord, no weapon formed against me shall ever prosper 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.

[ADAPTED FROM THE BOOK ESTABLISHED BY THE WORD]

John 3:32  ‘He that cometh from above is above all’.  

• DAILY READING Titus 2; Jeremiah 15-16; Psalm 126

A star fish is an amazing creature. It has the tendency to multiply itself when cut up. If one of the arms of a starfish is severed, a new one will grow in its place. Anytime a starfish is cut up, any piece that contains a part of the central disc will develop into a new starfish. This phenomenon  was first discovered by some oyster fishermen who found that out, when their oyster beds became infested with starfish. The fishermen  cut up the starfish they caught and tossed the pieces back into the water. But to their dismay, they found that rather than destroying the starfish, they were actually helping them multiply.

This can be likened to what happens to  children of God, when the enemy tries to cut them down. Instead of diminishing, persecution only helps Christians to thrive and grow. When Pharoah tried to destroy the children of Israel through oppression, the more he persecuted them the more they multiplied. 

In Acts chapter 8, the church grew after the disciples were scattered from Jerusalem. Persecution sometimes is a necessary fodder for our growth as Christians. This is why the Bible tells us to count it all joy when we pass through fiery trials, because it is all working out  together for our good. 

By destiny we are created to be above and never beneath. Oil by nature is meant to ascend over water. 

John 3:32 speaking about Jesus says  ‘He that cometh from above is above all’. And as He is, so are we in this world. By virtue of carrying the nature of Christ we are meant to be above too. We are seated with Christ in Heavenly places far above.  No matter how much anyone tries to put you down you will only keep coming up and rising higher, because by nature you belong  to the top. Being born of God we are destined to be always above. No matter how many times we may be pushed down we will only keep rising. What may look like a cutting down now is only pruning you so that you can grow bigger and better.

Though it may look as if you are being cut down now in your finances, health or relationships, know that when you are down to nothing God is up to something. Therefore do not give up, because when you endure  in the end you shall reap. 

As  believers we are always to be the head and never the tail. So it doesn’t matter how people, situations or circumstances try to put you down, you will only keep rising. Do not be discouraged by what may look like a setback, it is only a set up for your glorious comeback. Through Christ you have all it takes to keep going forward. You can do all things through Christ that strengthens you. And Just like Christ, because you are from above, you will always be above all.    

PRAYER: Lord, please give me the grace to keep rising despite how many times situations seem to bring me down. By Your Grace I shall always be the head and never the tail 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. 

 [CULLED FROM THE BOOK SUPERNATURAL LOVE OF GOD] 

2 Corinthians 4:17-18 

 ‘For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.’
DAILY READING          Titus 1; Jeremiah 13-14; Psalm 125

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Often times, God allows us to be developed in the ‘dark rooms’ of life. It is in those tough times, those seemingly dark place of challenges, that we are worked on and processed, until the right image of Christ emerges in us

Photographers develop pictures in a darkroom, using the illumination of a special red light. The film would be transferred somehow to the paper and then the paper would be dipped in several different trays holding chemical solutions. As the photos are moved from tray to tray, the image begins to emerge. The process takes a considerable amount of time and care.

If someone opened the dark room door while, this process is going on, too much light would flood in and mess up every piece of film, and the pictures would be ruined. The darkness of that dark room made the proper development of those pictures possible. 

God says in Isaiah 48:10 ‘Behold, I have refined thee, and not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction’.

Indeed there are times it may seem we are in the furnace of affliction. But if we sometimes pass through difficult, trying situations, we must endure knowing that we are only passing through a refining process. At the end of it, we are coming out more colorful and more beautiful. 

 2 Corinthians 4:17-18 says ‘For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.’

Also Hebrews 12:6 and 11 says ‘For whom the Lord loves He chastens, and scourges every son whom He receives. Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it’. 

We may sometimes pass through different challenges that represent the dark rooms of life. However, the important thing when we pass through these dark rooms is to know that we are there for development. We are there to come out better than we went in. In the darkroom we need to look at things through the “red” of the blood of Jesus. We must learn to see God at work, no matter how tough things  are. We must learn to look beyond the present, and see the eternal benefit and the divine purpose of God. Whatever challenge you may be facing now, be rest assured that God has not forgotten you. He is at work in you both to will and to do of His good  pleasure. He will give you beauty for ashes, He will turn your mourning into dancing. And though, you may not see it now, you are becoming better, indeed things are turning around for you.  And when the process is complete, you will be fully developed and come forth, more colorful, more beautiful and full of the glory of God. 
PRAYER: Lord, thank You for granting me the strength and grace to endure every necessary process that will bring forth the image of Christ in me. Whatever I pass through, I know I am coming out a better person in Jesus Name. .

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The study of The Word will keep  shame and disgrace far from you.

WORDBITE 222. 

 [ADAPTED FROM THE BOOK FAITH CLASSICS] 

1 Peter 5:8-10

Be sober, be vigilant, because  your adversary  goes about as a roaring lion, seeking for whom to devour…

• DAILY READING — 2 Timothy 4; Jeremiah 11-12; Psalm 124

Israel is today regarded as having the most technologically advanced military in the world. And it is indeed amazing that this tiny Jewish nation which is barely 70 years old, has become a superpower that is changing the way modern wars are fought. Israel is one of the world’s top weapons exporters with approximately $6.5 billion in annual arms sales. Since 1985, Israel is the world’s largest exporter of drones, responsible for about 60 percent of the global market. Israel’s customers include Russia, South Korea, Australia, France, Germany, Brazil etc. In 2010, for example, five NATO countries were flying Israeli drones in Afghanistan.

Israel has reached this advancement in its military, because of its constant state of battle readiness. Since the tiny nation of Israel became a state in 1948, they have endured repeated wars and attacks, from the larger Arab nations surrounding them. And apart from the major wars, Israel daily has to contend with terrorist attacks from radical groups such as Hamas, Hezbollah, Fatah, PLO etc. These constant battles have helped Israel develop its military muscle. Israeli soldiers always live ready for the next battle.

Having a small population, to increase its military might, every Israeli citizen above 18 years, male and female, are enlisted in a 3 years mandatory military service. This way every adult in Israel is trained to be a soldier. Thus, in times of war, Israel has a much larger pool of manpower with which to fight. Though after the 3 year mandatory training people go back to their normal lives, in times of war, in a flash, they quickly pull off their civilian clothes and don their military uniform. Thus in Israel, virtually every adult is a soldier and everyone lives battle ready.

In the same vein as Christians we must live battle ready. The truth is that the tempo of spiritual warfare is increasing around the world.

Ephesians 6:12 lets us know that we are in a serious spiritual battle. We are not wrestling with flesh and blood but with principalities and powers and spiritual wickedness in high places.  In this ongoing spiritual battle we will survive based on the level of our spiritual readiness. In the Bible, Jesus severally admonished believers to watch and pray and to live ready.

I Peter 5:8-10, warns us to be sober and vigilant, because the enemy is going about as a roaring lion, seeking whom to devour.

Because life’s battle can come suddenly, we must always be prepared for war. We prepare by maintaining a fervent spiritual life, diligently studying The Bible and keeping the fire always burning on our prayer altar.  And most importantly, we prepare by constantly maintaining God’s Presence around us through praise. Indeed the battle is The Lord’s. And when we engage in a praiseful lifestyle, we enter into  a realm of constant victories, because of God’s Presence around us. And indeed when God is with you, no one can be against you.

PRAYER: Lord, please help me to praise You always so that Your Presence can constantly surround me. And I thank You for giving me the victory in every battle I am faced with today in Jesus Name. .

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Praise always guarantees you power for a raise, learning to praise God in season and out of season is key to fulfilling destiny. – WORDBITE 222.

[ADAPTED FROM THE BOOK REJOICE]

LUKE 10:19

‘Behold I give unto you power to thread upon serpent and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy, nothing shall by any means hurt you.

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• DAILY READING      2 Timothy 3; Jeremiah 9-10; Psalm 123

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There is a family of fishes called electric fishes. They don’t run on batteries, or need a

power cord. Rather an electric fish is one that generates its own electric field using

a specialized electric organ in its body. Electric fishes can generate electric fields and discharge electricity that is powerful enough to stun and kill their prey.

The most famous is the electric eel — a freshwater fish in South America. Its shock is strong enough to stun a grown man.

A specie called stargazers, hide in the bottom of the sea, until their prey comes close. Then with a jolt of electricity from near their eyes, they stun their prey and gobble them up.

For these fishes, they survive through the release of power. Through releasing electricity, these fishes are able to fight off danger and protect themselves from predators.

The power of the Holy Spirit, is often likened to electricity. And through releasing a high voltage of the power of The Spirit, we can stun our enemies and be protected from every evil harassment.

In Luke 10:19, Jesus says ‘’Behold I give unto you power to thread upon serpent and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy, nothing shall by any means hurt you.’

For you not to be a prey in this end-time, you must learn to pray. It is through prayer that power is generated. According to God’s plan, the end-time Church is a Church of power! It is a ruling and reigning Church. And it is through, the display of great power that the enemies of God will be brought under His footstool.

Psalm 66:3 says “Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.”

Indeed in this end time, power is crucial. Pharaoh won’t let go without a demonstration of God’s power. And when God’s power is in place, you’re in charge. When His power is at work in you, you keep reigning! Any believer who is not clothed with power will soon become an easy prey. But constant prayer produces a wall of fire around us, that keeps  evil away.

Through prayer we can devastate the camp of the enemy and bring to an end his evil plans.

We must therefore, take on the spiritual responsibility of maintaining a fervent prayer life. Through prayer, we become constantly surrounded by power.  And through the great display of God’s power every enemy of our destiny must surely bow in Jesus Name.
PRAYER: Lord, please grant me the grace to constantly generate power through maintaining a prayerful lifestyle. Indeed by the greatness of Your power in my life, every enemy of my destiny must bow 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.

[ADAPTED FROM THE BOOK FAITH CLASSICS]

Revelation 12:11 

‘And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death’.
DAILY READING –  2 Timothy 2; Jeremiah 7-8; Psalm 122

The United States is the first and only nation to use atomic weaponry in history. In world war 2, it dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Today, the dropping of the bomb may seem horrifying, but careful historical research has shown that at the time, it was viewed as a necessary step to quickly end the terrible war between America and Japan. At that time, many lives were being lost daily in the furious and unending war.  

In 1945, the Atomic bomb had been newly developed by America and as the war continued to rage,  President Harry S. Truman, ordered that the new weapon be used to bring the war to a speedy end. And on August 6, 1945, an American bomber dropped a five-ton bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The devastation was horrible. The impact was so devastating that the Emperor of Japan and the Japanese government decided that surrender was the only option. And three days later, Japan immediately announced its surrender. The atomic bomb  thus marked the end of World War II. 

In wars, certain weapons when applied, become decisive in bringing the conflict to an end. And spiritually the blood of Jesus is a weapon that brings every battle to an immediate end. 

The Bible records that God had sent several plagues to Egypt but Pharaoh refused to release the Israelites. Then in Exodus 11:1, God said to Moses: ‘Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence.’

The “one more plague” was the mystery of the Blood. Once the blood, was engaged, Israel secured immediate deliverance from 430 years of captivity. 

Revelation 12:11 says ‘And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death’.

The blood of Jesus is the most potent weapon against spiritual wickedness in high places. 

As far as spiritual battles are concerned, the blood is the decisive weapon, that will stop every demonic harassment. When a battle seems greater than you, confront it with the Blood of Jesus. Whenever you don’t know what to pray, plead the blood of Jesus. The blood demolishes  every stronghold of satanic forces.  Everywhere the Blood is applied, fire falls and victory is assured. Therefore, today, as you begin to invoke the blood, every battle against you must come to a decisive end in Jesus Name. 
PRAYER: Lord, Today I invoke the speaking of the blood of Jesus against everything fighting my destiny. Indeed by the mystery of the blood I have overcome in every battle of life in Jesus Name.

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The battle you are faced with today is a good warfare because God has already foreordained  victorious end for you. 

 [CULLED FROM THE BOOK SUPERNATURAL LOVE OF GOD] 

Psalm 124:6-8

‘Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth. Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped. Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth”.
DAILY READING           – 2 Timothy 1; Jeremiah 5-6; Psalm 121
Fowlers are professional bird-catchers. In biblical times, birds of all kinds abounded in Palestine, and the capture of these birds formed the employment of many persons.  In those days, before guns began to be used, fowlers captured birds by trapping them. They would spread a net on the ground and attach it to a trap or snare. The fowler would then sprinkle some corn on the ground near the trap, and when the bird came to eat the corn, the trap would spring and a net would fly over the bird and capture it. To further capture more birds, the fowler would sew a captured bird’s eyelids together and keep it caged. As the bird cried in anguish, the cry would attract large numbers of other birds, who through curiosity would come to investigate. As these birds approached, they too would be snared or killed by the fowler.  

Fowlers made their income from these captured birds. Some sold birds to people who wanted them as pets. Others sold them for use as sacrifices, especially doves and pigeons. Still other fowlers sold smaller birds to the poorer classes, who used them for food. In this case, the birds were devoured. 

Biblically, the activities of the fowler are likened to the activities of the devil. John 10:10 says his job is to steal, kill and destroy.  Like the fowler, the enemy and his agents, often seek ways to trap and destroy the redeemed. 

Hosea 9:8 says “For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.”  

However God promises deliverance to His people.  Psalms 91:2-3 says ‘I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.’

And Psalm 124:7 says  “Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped”.

Indeed, God always makes a way of escape for us. It doesn’t matter how well, the enemy sets his trap, God has a way of escape for every of His children. And one sure escape route is prayer.

In Luke 21:35-36, Jesus said ‘For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass,’

So when we watch and pray, we are able to escape every satanic snare. Therefore in this month of July, as we engage the power of prayer, by God’s grace we shall be escaping every trap of the wicked. It doesn’t how or where they gather, by God’s help, our soul has escaped as a bird out of every snare of the fowler. Indeed every orchestrated move designed to make us fall will surely backfire in Jesus Name.

 PRAYER: Lord, Thank You for granting me the grace to continually watch and pray. Indeed by Your grace, I have escaped every trap of the wicked 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. 
 [ADAPTED FROM THE BOOK DIVINE ORDER FOR A LIFE WITHOUT LIMITS] 

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Mark 11:24 KJV

What things so ever you desire when you pray believe that you receive them and you shall have them’

 DAILY READING        1 Timothy 5:23-6:21; Jeremiah 3-4; Psalm 120

John Knox was a great man of God, who stood resolute in the place of prayer and brought changes to his nation. He was a Scottish clergyman and leader of the Protestant Reformation who brought reformation to the church in Scotland through fervent prayers..

For being outspoken, Knox was often  imprisoned and enslaved. And though he was under threat of persecution, he believed that “one man with God is always in the majority.”

John Knox wanted the nation of Scotland to come to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.  At this time the church in Scotland was in a sorry state.  The nation was steeped in doctrinal and ecclesiastical compromise. John prayed fervently for his nation, believing God for a change of situation. He would often cry out to God “Give me Scotland, or I die.”  Knox’s ministry of preaching and prayer were so well known that Mary, Queen of Scots who was a Roman Catholic, saw it as a threat to the throne of Scotland. She once said, “I fear the prayers of John Knox more than all the assembled armies of Europe.”

John Knox preached and prayed to the end that God would rescue Scotland. And his prayers were answered; Scotland was transformed and the Scottish Parliament  adopted the Reformation doctrines. 

 2 Chronicles 7:14 says ‘If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.’

God will heal our land and heal our lives, when we rise up to pray.

Prayer indeed works. Prayer does change things, prayer does level mountains. However, the key is persistence. Refuse to give up. The enemy knows that if you persist you will receive, this is why he tries to discourage and weary you to give up before your answer comes.  

Mark 11:24 tells us ‘What things so ever you desire when you pray believe that you receive them and you shall have them’

This is the promise of God. Whatsoever you desire, is an open cheque. Therefore if we can stand resolute in the place of prayer our answers will surely come. Indeed everything is possible, to him that believes.

We must therefore believe God for great and mighty things as we come to the second half of this year. It’s a new season, and something is about to happen.. Since the beginning of the year, our clouds have been filling up and now the rain is about to fall. God is about to move. When the disciples prayed with one accord, The Holy Ghost came as a rushing mighty wind. And at the dedication of Solomon’s temple, when the priests blew the trumpet with one accord, God’s glory came down. And now as the church in one accord, lift her voice to God, the nation is about to shake. Every wall of Jericho is about to fall flat.

July is a pivotal month. It is a make or break month. In this month everything is about to swing to our favour. And just as John Knox secured the victory over Scotland on his knees, so can we secure our victory, as we persist on our knees in prayer.

PRAYER: Lord, please give me  the grace to persevere in the place of prayer until my answer comes, help me not to  grow weary but to persist until I see my desired result in Jesus Name.   . 

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Until you cry out in the place of prayer certain things won’t happen

– WORDBITE 222.

[ADAPTED FROM THE BOOK FAITH CLASSICS]

Habakkuk 2:3 

‘For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come’..

• DAILY READING –  1 Timothy 5:1-22; Jeremiah 1-2; Psalm 119:145-176

Historians have written about Columbus’ first voyage to America from many points of view. However one undeniable fact was that Columbus in his quest was guided by the Spirit of God. It was the conviction that he had within him, that caused him to continue pressing forward in his search. Columbus had set sail in 1492.  A deeply devout man, Columbus was always grateful to God and dedicated his mission to the New World to the conversion of pagan peoples; like the apostles, he hoped to bring the Gospel to those who had never heard of Christ. However on this voyage, after three weeks of sailing and no sight of land, Christopher Columbus was on the verge of giving up. His crew had become restless.  Mutiny was brewing.  Discouraged and about to turn back, that was when he finally discovered land. At the moment when all hope seemed lost, was when Columbus realized his dream; America was discovered.

On landing at the shore, he threw himself on his knees, kissed the earth, and returned thanks to God with tears of joy. His example was followed by the rest of the crew. 
Habakkuk 2:3 says ‘For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come’

We have to learn to wait upon God and continue to hope on His promises. 

When it seems all hope is lost that is not the point to give up, rather that is when to continue to press forward. Often breakthroughs come at the point of giving up.  

Remember it is always darkest just before the day breaks. So don’t be discouraged by the things that may try to frustrate you. Keep pushing forward in pursuit of the vision God has put in your heart. Don’t be discouraged by the challenges that may come your way. Every problem has an expiry date, yours is no different. Whatever challenges confronting you now shall not linger forever. It too shall come to pass. 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. 

Always remember as a child of God, the greater one is with you. He will see you through. The God we serve is a way maker. He is a barrier breaker who will go ahead of you to break everything resisting  your progress. He will give you victory.  

Indeed it is a new day for you. It is a new month. July is the seventh month and seven represents perfection. Therefore in this seventh month of the year, God will perfect all that concerns you. 

There is no situation God cannot handle. There is nothing too difficult for Him. Believe Him to do for you above your expectations. No matter how your back may seem to be pressed against the wall, God can suddenly change everything. So turn your pain into power by releasing your praise. Trust God for a miracle. And get ready this month for what God is set to do in your life, because suddenly, He will be turning your mourning into dancing. 
PRAYER: Lord, help me not to be discouraged by what I may see physically around me, I know indeed you are working out all things together for my good, and soon I will see a manifestation of my victory 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.

[CULLED FROM THE BOOK SUPERNATURAL LOVE OF GOD