tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72953657842620335122024-03-16T02:10:04.476+01:00Sermon JotterGet Inspiring Messages Regularly!!! EVANGELISM @ its Peak ! Become A Sermon Jotter Today. Praise the LordSermon Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09064832906933756225noreply@blogger.comBlogger1518125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295365784262033512.post-52807986965006019892022-10-05T00:53:00.002+01:002022-10-05T00:53:22.403+01:00MFM DAILY DEVOTIONAL - THE GOD OF PROVIDENCE<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><a name="Bookmark"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mountain Top Life DAILY DEVOTIONAL<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></a></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">THE GOD OF PROVIDENCE</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">5</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">TH</span></sup></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">, OCTOBER
2022</span></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif6Jm_rNZJSgBlQAJAeQjF2oaBSd3snyVdApkOOqWFVuT4_DBh5z-LMXz82UEx8iTnwLErZvjpCL2qqSqRC4xK_xDNrCe2eLSIcex-SVx00Y4TFJuuL1JSSR6drvHgiEDCv2a9zxkS1vE5xc85SzOYhvXKOfywAeCyz61EzpwEwIJkauCZTvAH8cRYxA/s423/MFM%202022.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="423" data-original-width="286" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif6Jm_rNZJSgBlQAJAeQjF2oaBSd3snyVdApkOOqWFVuT4_DBh5z-LMXz82UEx8iTnwLErZvjpCL2qqSqRC4xK_xDNrCe2eLSIcex-SVx00Y4TFJuuL1JSSR6drvHgiEDCv2a9zxkS1vE5xc85SzOYhvXKOfywAeCyz61EzpwEwIJkauCZTvAH8cRYxA/w270-h400/MFM%202022.PNG" width="270" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /></b><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, ap";">Jeremiah 9:17-26, Jeremiah 10, Jeremiah 11:1-17,
Colossians 1:24-29, Colossians 2:1-5, Psalm 117:1-2<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">FIRE SCRIPTURE: </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, ap";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, ap"; font-weight: normal;">Ruth
4:9-12</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">9 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">And Boaz said to the elders and all
the people, “You are witnesses this day that I have bought all that
was Elimelech’s, and all that was Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, from the
hand of Naomi. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">10 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">Moreover, Ruth the Moabitess, the
widow of Mahlon, I have acquired as my wife, to perpetuate the name of the dead
through his inheritance, that the name of the dead may not be cut off from
among his brethren and from [</span></span></span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ruth+4%3A9-12&version=NKJV#fen-NKJV-7201a" title="See footnote a"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; text-decoration: none;">a</span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">]his
position at the gate. You are witnesses this day.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">11 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">And all the people who were at
the gate, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. The Lord make
the woman who is coming to your house like Rachel and Leah, the two
who built the house of Israel; and may you prosper in Ephrathah and
be famous in Bethlehem. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">12 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">May your house be like the house
of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring
which the Lord will give you from this young woman.”</span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">MEMORY VERSE:<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">“The steps
of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">– </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, ap"; font-weight: normal;">Psalms
37:23</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">MOTIVATIONAL</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">QUOTE:</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><br />
God is the faithful Provider of all good things in the life of His beloved.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">PRAISE WORSHIP</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">: </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">Take a worship song as led by the HolySpirit.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">PROPHETIC WORD FOR TODAY:</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-family: "Cambria Math", "serif"; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="font-size: large;">𝗜 𝗗𝗘𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗘
𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗡𝗔𝗠𝗘
𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗘𝗔𝗥
𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞
𝗢𝗙 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗
𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗
𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧,
𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗡𝗔𝗠𝗘
𝗢𝗙 𝗝𝗘𝗦𝗨𝗦.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-family: "Cambria Math", "serif"; text-transform: uppercase;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></i></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">THE MESSAGE</span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">God rules in the affairs of men. The life of a believer is not
guided by luck or the stars but by the Saviour. God loves His own, cares for
them and provides all their needs. He is called the God of providence because
He knows in advance what the entire mankind is going to need (physically and
spiritually), and He meets those needs. The first time we find the word
"providence" in the Old Testament was in the story of Abraham's
offering of Isaac upon the altar. In Genesis 22:7-8, "And Isaac spake unto
Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he
said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering:
so they went both of them together." That was a great need in the life of
Abraham and God providentially met that need by providing a ram for the
sacrifice. Later, God also provided the supreme Lamb that was sacrificed to
save mankind.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">God accomplished His purposes through divine providence. He knew
ahead that there would be famine in Egypt in the future and that He desired to
preserve some people. He allowed Joseph's brothers to sell him as a slave and
for Joseph to be in Egypt before the famine began. He also providentially enabled
Joseph to interpret Pharaoh's dream, proffer solutions that impressed the king
who made him a prime minister in Egypt. In Genesis 50:15-21, Joseph told his
fearful brothers that God arranged all that happened to use him to save many
people from death and destruction.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Similarly, Ruth's meeting with Boaz was not an accident. It was
providentially arranged. The day she met Boaz, the owner of a field where she
gleaned, Boaz received her kindly. God gave her favour with him and he later
became her husband (Ruth 4:10). That was how Ruth came into the genealogy of
Jesus Christ. The purpose of God in all things is the salvation of His elect
people in Christ. So He uses everything in their lives also for their eternal
good and salvation.</span></span></span></p><p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">
<!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "inherit", "serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">PRAYER POINTS:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">MORNING<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">1. O God of Providence, appear in my life, in the name of Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">2. I connect my life to the socket of divine favour, in the name
of Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">3.
As You provided a ram for Abraham's sacrifice, O God of miracles, provide for
all my needs now, in the name of Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">EVENING<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">4. O God of Providence,
help me as You helped Joseph, in the name of Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">5. Father, make me a
candidate of Your providential arrangement, in the name of Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">6. O God, make me to
be in the right place at the right time, in the name of Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">7. I declare that my
generation and I are blessed, in the name of Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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HAVE A BLESSED DAY<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian;">©2022</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><sup><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></sup></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian;">MOUNTAIN TOP LIFE is a daily devotional by</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dr. D.K Olukoya (General
Overseer, MOUNTAIN OF<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian;">FIRE</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><b><span style="color: maroon; font-family: Algerian;"> </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian;">and Miracle
Ministries, Worldwide</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span><p class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></sup></i></b></p>Sermon Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09064832906933756225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295365784262033512.post-7583855715517221872022-10-05T00:52:00.005+01:002022-10-05T00:52:38.395+01:00DLCM DAILY MANNA -TRANSFORMING POWER OF THE WORD<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">DLCM DAILY MANNA DEVOTIONAL<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">5</span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">TH<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></sup></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">, OCTOBER 2022</span></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHtGO3MofZMI7a3PPbKqdb0T68KAm0vze2jj8LkaMeBqqI2H93l0TVIxA0ZB8DV9NjTt02WIfDemvktAOfFgtGFOZWZQuiC1b3rcmyUU13tPukYBEOGoaiJH8TVvZqJPX-eiWUcrjMrZ0J64YefR9r-PgUzTSJCUytvFugo4RGGoboJdk7R3njrNWNTQ/s1200/2022.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHtGO3MofZMI7a3PPbKqdb0T68KAm0vze2jj8LkaMeBqqI2H93l0TVIxA0ZB8DV9NjTt02WIfDemvktAOfFgtGFOZWZQuiC1b3rcmyUU13tPukYBEOGoaiJH8TVvZqJPX-eiWUcrjMrZ0J64YefR9r-PgUzTSJCUytvFugo4RGGoboJdk7R3njrNWNTQ/w400-h266/2022.png" width="400" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /></b><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">BIBLE IN ONE YEAR</span><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">: </span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;">Luke 7-8</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">TEXT</span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: "Lora, sans-serif";">:</span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;">Psalm 19:7-14</span></span></span></p>
<div class="poetry top-1" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; margin-top: 1em; min-width: 0px; padding-left: 2.6em; position: relative;"><p class="line" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 2.4rem; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-width: 0px;"><span class="text Ps-19-7" id="en-NKJV-14176" style="position: relative;"><span class="versenum" style="display: inline; font-size: 1.2rem; font-weight: 700; left: -4.4em; line-height: normal; position: absolute; top: auto; vertical-align: text-top;">7 </span>The law of the <span class="small-caps divine-name" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span> <i>is</i> perfect, <span class="footnote" data-fn="#fen-NKJV-14176a" data-link="[<a href="#fen-NKJV-14176a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]" style="display: inline; line-height: normal; position: relative; top: auto; vertical-align: text-top;">[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+19%3A7-14&version=NKJV#fen-NKJV-14176a" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; min-width: 0px; vertical-align: text-top;" title="See footnote a">a</a>]</span>converting the soul;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-19-7" style="position: relative;">The testimony of the <span class="small-caps divine-name" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span> <i>is</i> sure, making wise the simple;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-19-8" id="en-NKJV-14177" style="position: relative;"><span class="versenum" style="display: inline; font-weight: 700; left: -4.4em; line-height: normal; position: absolute; top: auto; vertical-align: text-top;">8 </span>The statutes of the <span class="small-caps divine-name" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span> <i>are</i> right, rejoicing the heart;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-19-8" style="position: relative;">The commandment of the <span class="small-caps divine-name" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span> <i>is</i> pure, enlightening the eyes;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-19-9" id="en-NKJV-14178" style="position: relative;"><span class="versenum" style="display: inline; font-weight: 700; left: -4.4em; line-height: normal; position: absolute; top: auto; vertical-align: text-top;">9 </span>The fear of the <span class="small-caps divine-name" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span> <i>is</i> clean, enduring forever;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-19-9" style="position: relative;">The judgments of the <span class="small-caps divine-name" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span> <i>are</i> true <i>and</i> righteous altogether.</span><br /><span class="text Ps-19-10" id="en-NKJV-14179" style="position: relative;"><span class="versenum" style="display: inline; font-weight: 700; left: -4.4em; line-height: normal; position: absolute; top: auto; vertical-align: text-top;">10 </span>More to be desired <i>are they</i> than gold,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-19-10" style="position: relative;">Yea, than much fine gold;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-19-10" style="position: relative;">Sweeter also than honey and the <span class="footnote" data-fn="#fen-NKJV-14179b" data-link="[<a href="#fen-NKJV-14179b" title="See footnote b">b</a>]" style="display: inline; line-height: normal; position: relative; top: auto; vertical-align: text-top;">[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+19%3A7-14&version=NKJV#fen-NKJV-14179b" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; min-width: 0px; vertical-align: text-top;" title="See footnote b">b</a>]</span>honeycomb.</span><br /><span class="text Ps-19-11" id="en-NKJV-14180" style="position: relative;"><span class="versenum" style="display: inline; font-weight: 700; left: -4.4em; line-height: normal; position: absolute; top: auto; vertical-align: text-top;">11 </span>Moreover by them Your servant is warned,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-19-11" style="position: relative;"><i>And</i> in keeping them <i>there is</i> great reward.</span></p></div><div class="poetry top-1" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; margin-top: 1em; min-width: 0px; padding-left: 2.6em; position: relative;"><p class="line" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 2.4rem; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-width: 0px;"><span class="text Ps-19-12" id="en-NKJV-14181" style="position: relative;"><span class="versenum" style="display: inline; font-weight: 700; left: -4.4em; line-height: normal; position: absolute; top: auto; vertical-align: text-top;">12 </span>Who can understand <i>his</i> errors?</span><br /><span class="text Ps-19-12" style="position: relative;">Cleanse me from secret <i>faults.</i></span><br /><span class="text Ps-19-13" id="en-NKJV-14182" style="position: relative;"><span class="versenum" style="display: inline; font-weight: 700; left: -4.4em; line-height: normal; position: absolute; top: auto; vertical-align: text-top;">13 </span>Keep back Your servant also from presumptuous <i>sins;</i></span><br /><span class="text Ps-19-13" style="position: relative;">Let them not have dominion over me. </span><span class="text Ps-19-13" style="position: relative;">Then I shall be blameless,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-19-13" style="position: relative;">And I shall be innocent of <span class="footnote" data-fn="#fen-NKJV-14182c" data-link="[<a href="#fen-NKJV-14182c" title="See footnote c">c</a>]" style="display: inline; line-height: normal; position: relative; top: auto; vertical-align: text-top;">[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+19%3A7-14&version=NKJV#fen-NKJV-14182c" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; min-width: 0px; vertical-align: text-top;" title="See footnote c">c</a>]</span>great transgression.</span></p></div><div class="poetry top-1" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; margin-top: 1em; min-width: 0px; padding-left: 2.6em; position: relative;"><p class="line" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 2.4rem; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-width: 0px;"><span class="text Ps-19-14" id="en-NKJV-14183" style="position: relative;"><span class="versenum" style="display: inline; font-weight: 700; left: -4.4em; line-height: normal; position: absolute; top: auto; vertical-align: text-top;">14 </span>Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart</span><br /><span class="text Ps-19-14" style="position: relative;">Be acceptable in Your sight, </span><span class="text Ps-19-14" style="position: relative;">O <span class="small-caps divine-name" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span>, my <span class="footnote" data-fn="#fen-NKJV-14183d" data-link="[<a href="#fen-NKJV-14183d" title="See footnote d">d</a>]" style="display: inline; line-height: normal; position: relative; top: auto; vertical-align: text-top;">[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+19%3A7-14&version=NKJV#fen-NKJV-14183d" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; min-width: 0px; vertical-align: text-top;" title="See footnote d">d</a>]</span>strength and my Redeemer.</span></p></div>
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<p class="Textbody"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">KEY VERSE:</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">“The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the
soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>-</span></i></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-";"> </span></i></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;">Psalm 19:7</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Textbody"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Textbody"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">The Bible is the best gift you can give out.</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Textbody"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="Textbody"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">THE MESSAGE:</span></i></span><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Uysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the
United States said this about the Bible: "My advice to Sunday Schools, no
matter the denomination, is hold fast to the Bible as the sheet-anchor of your
liberties, write its precepts in your hearts and practice them in your lives.
To the influence of this book we are indebted for all the progress made in true
civilization, and to this we must look as our guide in the future."<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">The text under consideration is a testimony
to the power of the Scriptures. It is described as the law, testimony,
statutes, commandments, the fear and judgments of the Lord. The Bible has the
power to convert the soul and make wise the simple. Other qualities listed in
the passage is the enlightenment it brings and the fact that it is righteous
altogether. It endures forever and keeps us back from presumptuous sins. We are
commanded not only to read, but also to meditate on it and carry out all the
instructions found therein.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">The Bible remains an all-time best-seller.
Its amazing influence cuts across ages. It is the only book that can convict
and convert a sinner. No book has managed to remain as fresh as the Bible.
Books are updated from time to time to keep them relevant. But the Bible is
unique in value. It has survived so many threats and predictions of extinction.
Emperors and kings of old had gone out of their ways to ensure the complete
destruction of the Bible at various centuries, but the Bible stands, undaunted
through the raging storms of life.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">The Bible has brought about transformation
of lives. It has changed so many destinies. Thus, we must celebrate the power
of the Word as we strive to give it wider circulation.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: yellow; color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: yellow; color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">DO HAVE A BLESSED DAY<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></sup></i></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">SHUN ALL HYPOCRISY<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">20</span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">TH<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></sup></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">, SEPTEMBER 2022</span></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIC5GGO6NRSkg4ObQXzcp-Snun0px9QZfwNE9L3HkmIiAqWIirAw7w9kNZArN9PgKuFXxR7Y-w4jiXqDmy0fn4T_BnK8zdP3mJo1EW71DEZQhbeot_JfWyyeJQDEYULV7w_Bq0HVSUR-VBZ30VhrAqDsMAsMStkZxrGtY5f6uAlbSObyQODj7-pzLmxQ/s1200/2022.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIC5GGO6NRSkg4ObQXzcp-Snun0px9QZfwNE9L3HkmIiAqWIirAw7w9kNZArN9PgKuFXxR7Y-w4jiXqDmy0fn4T_BnK8zdP3mJo1EW71DEZQhbeot_JfWyyeJQDEYULV7w_Bq0HVSUR-VBZ30VhrAqDsMAsMStkZxrGtY5f6uAlbSObyQODj7-pzLmxQ/w400-h266/2022.png" width="400" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /></b><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">BIBLE IN ONE YEAR</span><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">: </span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-";">N</span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;">umbers 31-32</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">TEXT</span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: "Lora, sans-serif";">:</span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;">Luke 11:37-45</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">37 </span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">And as He spoke, a certain
Pharisee asked Him to dine with him. So He went in and sat down to eat. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">38 </span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">When the Pharisee saw it, he
marveled that He had not first washed before dinner.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">39 </span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">Then the Lord said to
him, “Now you Pharisees make the outside of the cup and dish clean, but your
inward part is full of [<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+11%3A37-45&version=NKJV#fen-NKJV-25445a" title="See footnote a"><span style="color: maroon; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">a</span></a>]greed and wickedness. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">40 </span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">Foolish ones! Did not He
who made the outside make the inside also? <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">41 </span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">But rather give alms of [<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+11%3A37-45&version=NKJV#fen-NKJV-25447b" title="See footnote b"><span style="color: maroon; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">b</span></a>]such things as you have; then indeed all
things are clean to you.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">42 </span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">“But woe to you Pharisees! For
you tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass by justice and
the love of God. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others
undone. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">43 </span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">Woe to you Pharisees! For you
love the [<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+11%3A37-45&version=NKJV#fen-NKJV-25449c" title="See footnote c"><span style="color: maroon; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">c</span></a>]best seats in the synagogues and greetings in
the marketplaces. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">44 </span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">Woe to you, [<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+11%3A37-45&version=NKJV#fen-NKJV-25450d" title="See footnote d"><span style="color: maroon; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">d</span></a>]scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For
you are like graves which are not seen, and the men who walk over them are
not aware of them.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">45 </span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">Then one of the lawyers
answered and said to Him, “Teacher, by saying these things You reproach us
also.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="Textbody"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">KEY VERSE:</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">“Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not
aware of them.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>-</span></i></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-";"> </span></i></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;">Luke 11:44</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Textbody"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Textbody"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">If your life were a book, what would others read in
it?<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="Textbody"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="Textbody"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="Textbody"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">THE MESSAGE:</span></i></span><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">One of the most grievous offenses one can
commit against God is to be hypocritical. This is pretending to be what you are
not. It is to claim to be a child of God when you know full well that your
life does not measure up to His holy standard. It is to demand from others a
level of integrity that is absent from one's own life. God detests hypocrisy in
whatever form it manifests.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Jesus condemned "a certain
Pharisee" who was his host for elevating unimportant matters like washing
of hands which, in any case, was originally intended for priests only, but now
made mandatory for all. He chided the Pharisees for their unwillingness to help
the poor while insisting on the payment of tithe. He rebuked them for making
high demands from ordinary people while excusing themselves from such rigour.
He accused them of making other people unclean through their sullied spiritual
lives. He condemned them not just for persecuting prophets of God, but
rejecting the Almighty Himself. He chided them for erroneously interpreting the
Scriptures and therefore, misleading and preventing the people from coming to
Christ. Rather than being contrite and sober, they started seeking means to
trap Him into making blasphemous statements.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">On no account should we turn ourselves into
masters deserving adulation by the people of God, for such is the beginning of
hypocrisy. We must watch over our lives to ensure we do not set for others
standards far stiffer than that demanded by God. We must also not hold others
to the injunctions of Scriptures while disobeying the same command. The best
way to influence people positively is to let our lives express practically,
what God expects from them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, ap";">Isaiah 47, Isaiah 48, Isaiah 49:1-7, Galatians
5:7-26, Psalm 109:1-20<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">FIRE SCRIPTURE: </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, ap";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, ap"; font-weight: normal;">1
Samuel 30:1-6</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">1 Now it happened, when David and his
men came to Ziklag, on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded
the South and Ziklag, attacked Ziklag and burned it with fire, <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">2 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">and had taken captive the women
and those who were there, from small to great; they did not kill
anyone, but carried them away and went their way. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">3 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">So David and his men came to the city,
and there it was, burned with fire; and their wives, their sons, and their
daughters had been taken captive. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">4 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">Then David and the people who were with
him lifted up their voices and wept, until they had no more power to weep.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">5 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">And David’s two wives, Ahinoam
the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite, had been taken
captive. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">6 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">Now David was greatly distressed,
for the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was [</span></span></span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=+1+Samuel+30%3A1-6&version=NKJV#fen-NKJV-7985a" title="See footnote a"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; text-decoration: none;">a</span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">]grieved,
every man for his sons and his daughters. But David strengthened himself
in the Lord his God.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">MEMORY VERSE:<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">“And I will
pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide
with you for ever”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">– </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, ap";">1 Samuel 17:26</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">MOTIVATIONAL</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">QUOTE:</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><br />
Discouragement has never solved a problem and it never will. Resist it.</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></i></span></p><p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">PRAISE WORSHIP</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">: </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">Take a worship song as led by the HolySpirit.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">PROPHETIC WORD FOR TODAY:</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-family: "Cambria Math", "serif"; text-transform: uppercase;">𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬
𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗢𝗪 𝗢𝗙 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗔𝗚𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧
𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗢
𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘, 𝗪𝗔𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚
𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗜𝗧𝗦 𝗗𝗔𝗬
𝗢𝗙 𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗙𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡,
𝗕𝗘 𝗥𝗢𝗢𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗨𝗣
𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗘
𝗡𝗢𝗪, 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗡𝗔𝗠𝗘
𝗢𝗙 𝗝𝗘𝗦𝗨𝗦.</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-family: "Cambria Math", "serif"; text-transform: uppercase;"><br /></span></i></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">THE MESSAGE<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Before the crucifixion and resurrection of our Lord Jesus
Christ, He revealed certain times to His disciples including the times of
persecution. But He made them a promise that He would not leave them
comfortless. What was Jesus trying to tell them? He was telling them that
difficult times would arise and their only hope would be the Holy Spirit, the
Comforter. He knew they might be discouraged and even lose their faith.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Cost of living is increasing at an alarming rate while income is
decreasing. Crime rate is very high. Sudden deaths are all over the place due
to suicide, depression, frustration, hardship, banditry, sicknesses, etc.
Kidnappers and ritual killers are instilling fear in the hearts of people.
There is no assurance of security, the youths are becoming directionless with
their evil desire for quick money, and the condition of living is getting worse
by the day. Sexual perversion, drugs and alcoholism, etc. are on the rise. Many
parents can no longer afford school fees, three square meals for their
families, good clothing and accommodation. It is really a sorry state. But
Jesus said that all these things will begin to happen in the end times but we
should be encouraged and endure to the end. A song writer says, "Jesus
knows all about our struggles, He will guide till the day is done. There's not
a friend like the lowly Jesus, no not one, no not one."<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">In our Fire Scripture, King David came back from a war only to discover
that his enemies had invaded his territory and abducted their wives, children
and cattle. He did not know what to do but the Bible says that he encouraged
himself in the Lord.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">God has sent the Holy Spirit to comfort the believer and give
him strength through every challenge. Jesus promised that He will never leave
us nor forsake us. Let us trust Him and remember His word in John 14:1,
"Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in
me." Do not be discouraged over issues that your heavenly Father can
solve. The Lord shall visit you at your point of need and take away every
sorrow in your heart, in Jesus' name. Amen.</span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "inherit", "serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">PRAYER POINTS:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">MORNING<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">1. O God, arise and wipe away my tears, in the name of Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">2. Every problem that has vowed to escort me to the grave, die,
in the name of Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">3.
Holy Spirit, take away my sorrows, in the name of Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">EVENING<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">4. Every affliction in
my life that has caged my laughter, die to the root, in the name of Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">5. Every situation
mocking my faith, receive angelic attention now, in the name of Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">6. O Lord, open the
heaven of peace and rest unto me, in the name of Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">7. My problems shall
not see my end, I shall see the end of my problems, in the name of Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
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HAVE A BLESSED DAY<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p>
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Ministries, Worldwide</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span><p class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></sup></i></b></p>Sermon Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09064832906933756225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295365784262033512.post-11933815763451055772022-08-25T01:10:00.001+01:002022-08-25T01:10:08.700+01:00DLCM DAILY MANNA - CONTINUING THE UNFINISHED TASK<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">DLCM DAILY MANNA DEVOTIONAL<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>CONTINUING THE UNFINISHED TASK</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">25</span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">TH<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></sup></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">, AUGUST 2022</span></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Xp-Jv8phapPeA4mCjNTFXghhHf1qNix_8YZ2cfZ5OHjjZfX0jrVDQxuJkyrcuXn9tPQ8xeFH9BMBq5tHvkterDXYwQYLzTUhBoy4s7P63Zxt8Sh-CU2PBNBZ0NlWSwi0qGm9cTzBzPTSaNVmD1sZAg-oWrFLIcgmNkkxZtdLAdQMEh5V1UzJWEP3uA/s1200/2022.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Xp-Jv8phapPeA4mCjNTFXghhHf1qNix_8YZ2cfZ5OHjjZfX0jrVDQxuJkyrcuXn9tPQ8xeFH9BMBq5tHvkterDXYwQYLzTUhBoy4s7P63Zxt8Sh-CU2PBNBZ0NlWSwi0qGm9cTzBzPTSaNVmD1sZAg-oWrFLIcgmNkkxZtdLAdQMEh5V1UzJWEP3uA/w400-h266/2022.png" width="400" /></a></b></span></div><p></p><p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">BIBLE IN ONE YEAR</span><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">: </span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;">Nahum 1 - 3</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">TEXT</span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: "Lora, sans-serif";">:</span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;">Acts 5:12-42</span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /></span></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">12 And through the hands of
the apostles many signs and wonders were done among the people. And they were
all with one accord in Solomon’s Porch. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">13 Yet none of the rest dared
join them, but the people esteemed them highly. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">14 And believers were
increasingly added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women, <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">15 so that they brought the
sick out into the streets and laid them on beds and couches, that at least the
shadow of Peter passing by might fall on some of them. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">16 Also a multitude gathered
from the surrounding cities to Jerusalem, bringing sick people and those who
were tormented by unclean spirits, and they were all healed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">17 Then the high priest rose
up, and all those who were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and
they were filled with [a]indignation, <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">18 and laid their hands on the
apostles and put them in the common prison. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">19 But at night an angel of
the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out, and said, <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">20 “Go, stand in the temple
and speak to the people all the words of this life.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">21 And when they heard that,
they entered the temple early in the morning and taught. But the high priest
and those with him came and called the [b]council together, with all the
[c]elders of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them
brought.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">22 But when the officers came
and did not find them in the prison, they returned and reported, <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">23 saying, “Indeed we found
the prison shut securely, and the guards standing [d]outside before the doors;
but when we opened them, we found no one inside!” <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">24 Now when [e]the high
priest, the captain of the temple, and the chief priests heard these things,
they wondered what the outcome would be. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">25 So one came and told them,
[f]saying, “Look, the men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple and
teaching the people!”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">26 Then the captain went with
the officers and brought them without violence, for they feared the people,
lest they should be stoned. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">27 And when they had brought
them, they set them before the council. And the high priest asked them, <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">28 saying, “Did we not
strictly command you not to teach in this name? And look, you have filled
Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this Man’s blood on us!”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">29 But Peter and the other
apostles answered and said: “We ought to obey God rather than men. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">30 The God of our fathers
raised up Jesus whom you murdered by hanging on a tree. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">31 Him God has exalted to His
right hand to be Prince and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and
forgiveness of sins. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">32 And we are His witnesses to
these things, and so also is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who
obey Him.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">33 When they heard this, they
were furious[g] and plotted to kill them. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">34 Then one in the council
stood up, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law held in respect by
all the people, and commanded them to put the apostles outside for a little
while. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">35 And he said to them: “Men
of Israel, [h]take heed to yourselves what you intend to do regarding these
men. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">36 For some time ago Theudas
rose up, claiming to be somebody. A number of men, about four hundred,
[i]joined him. He was slain, and all who obeyed him were scattered and came to
nothing. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">37 After this man, Judas of
Galilee rose up in the days of the census, and drew away many people after him.
He also perished, and all who obeyed him were dispersed. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">38 And now I say to you, keep
away from these men and let them alone; for if this plan or this work is of
men, it will come to nothing; <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">39 but if it is of God, you
cannot overthrow it—lest you even be found to fight against God.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">40 And they agreed with him,
and when they had called for the apostles and beaten them, they commanded that
they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">41 So they departed from the
presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer
shame for [j]His name. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">42 And
daily in the temple, and in every house, they did not cease teaching and
preaching Jesus as the Christ.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<p class="Textbody"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">KEY VERSE:</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">“But the angel of the Lord by night opened the
prison doors, and brought them forth, and said, Go , stand and speak in the
temple to the people all the words of this life.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>-</span></i></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-";"> </span></i></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;">Acts 5:19,20</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Textbody"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Textbody"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">Don’t let the unfinished task stop or die with you.</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Textbody"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="Textbody"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="Textbody"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">THE MESSAGE:</span></i></span><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">In his book “Fire on the mountains”,
Raymond Davies tells the story of three missionaries in the early 1940s, who
went to Wallamo province in South West Ethiopia. Having spent about three years
to learn the local language, they were able to translate the gospel of John to
it. After they were forced to flee by the Italians, five years later, one of
them was permitted to return. He found that there was a huge Christian movement
in Wallamo Province. Those Christians who read that gospel of John believed it
and went about preaching the gospel with great signs and wonders following.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">The disciples of Jesus Christ had been
faithfully carrying out the mandate of the great commission with its attendant
miracles, signs and wonders, that even the shadow of Peter was healing people
and multitudes of believers were added to the church. The Jews, moved with
envy, arrested and imprisoned the apostles. But the angel of the Lord went and
opened the prison, and told them to go to the temple and continue the work of
the gospel. They were finally brought from the temple and questioned why they
continued preaching despite the warning not to do so. To this, they replied
that they would rather obey God than man. They were beaten before they were
allowed to go. Yet, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ, in the
temple and in every house (verse 42).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Like the saints of old, present-day
believers, despite persecutions, should diligently continue the unfinished task
of turning men from their sins to the Saviour.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><sup><span style="color: black; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></sup></p>Sermon Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09064832906933756225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295365784262033512.post-89877359578727334082022-08-25T00:59:00.003+01:002022-08-25T00:59:31.795+01:00OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL - PRAYERS OF THANKSGIVING<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL</span></b>’<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">PRAYERS OF THANKSGIVING<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">25</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">TH<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></sup></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">, AUGUST 2022</span></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMx8-sJlmx_ugl7zqurJO9NQsnhAtNrWCYgBsIjfxxWjTd1IXLv13zbKM27Xxg2vEzvi-mG3qiyJPUbT5lUVlGCWkq-CXrZUshkZkuEl7Oo54XryZ838lyTERzf4wlRT3Y_TqnLUWKfWHKuuuBPrmqxYHeoHw7k6HDnl2w6ZxWdW6myrX-ebpoCIQNjQ/s294/OPEN%20HEAVENS%202022%20(2).PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="294" data-original-width="221" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMx8-sJlmx_ugl7zqurJO9NQsnhAtNrWCYgBsIjfxxWjTd1IXLv13zbKM27Xxg2vEzvi-mG3qiyJPUbT5lUVlGCWkq-CXrZUshkZkuEl7Oo54XryZ838lyTERzf4wlRT3Y_TqnLUWKfWHKuuuBPrmqxYHeoHw7k6HDnl2w6ZxWdW6myrX-ebpoCIQNjQ/w301-h400/OPEN%20HEAVENS%202022%20(2).PNG" width="301" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /></b><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">BIBLE IN ONE YEAR</span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;">: Jeremiah 9-12</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">READ<i>: </i></span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-";">Psalm 124:1-8</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">1 If it
had not been the Lord who was on our side, now may Israel say;<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">2 If it
had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us:<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">3 Then
they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">4 Then the
waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">5 Then the
proud waters had gone over our soul.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">6 Blessed
be the Lord, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">7 Our soul
is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and
we are escaped.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">8 Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and
earth.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: maroon;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span class="StrongEmphasis">MEMORISE:</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em><b><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">“I
will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name
of the LORD.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></em><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-";">- </span></i></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Psalm
116:17</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">PRAYERS:</span></b><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-size: x-large; text-align: justify;"> </span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">1. Thank You Lord, for
Your goodness and mercy over me and my family – nuclear and extended. I am very
grateful to You Lord.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">2. Thank You Lord, for
Your protection in the midst of all the challenges and insecurity in all the
nations of the world.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">3. Thank You Lord, for
always being by my side. Thank You for answering me whenever I call You. I am
grateful, Lord.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">4. Thank You Lord for the
troubles I have experienced in the past. Thank You for the grace to survive and
today, I am still standing. I give You glory, Lord.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">5. Father, thank You for
not allowing internal enemies to destroy me. Thank You Lord, for healing me,
now and again, and protecting me from diseases and sicknesses.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">6. Thank You Lord for
watching me even when I am sleeping. You neither sleep nor slumber, so that I
can sleep. I am grateful, Lord.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">7. Lord Jesus, I want to
say thank you specially for dying for my sins. If not for the sacrifice You
made for me at Calvary, I would have been heading to hell now. Thank You for
leaving Your throne and coming to earth to save my soul.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">8. Father, thank You for
revealing to me all the good prophecies that have been said concerning me in
the past so that I can walk in line with Your will for my life.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">9. Thank You Lord, for
all the help You have rendered to me in the past. Lord I am grateful.
(Recollect some of those times when God helped you and thank Him for them).<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">10. Thank You Lord for
all your blessings in my life. I will never be ungrateful to You, Lord.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">11. Father, thank You for
forgiving all my sins. If You were to count iniquity, I would not be able to
stand before You. However, in Your mercy, You always forgive me when I call on
You. Thank You Lord, for that loving mercy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;">12. Your personal prayer
of thanksgiving.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%;"><sup><span style="color: black; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></sup></p>Sermon Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09064832906933756225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295365784262033512.post-75376067173952650742022-08-23T23:40:00.000+01:002022-08-23T23:40:32.153+01:00OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL -ANTIDOTE TO SICKNESS AND DISEASES<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL</span></b>’<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">ANTIDOTE TO SICKNESS AND DISEASES<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">24</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">TH<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></sup></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">, AUGUST 2022</span></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi__5VSZ7s3MPfj9fuiaELZ1HsBpGB914Dja1RTKL3YXhgvahaCkZ4spo0L9EdAehDCAcny4o4OPADRW5svdBaPfemWnt-RJU40ahiWZbC20ODGtOnzh_XbPe3NujPFycuuWr8dfJolyM1pMt9pVTwLjk_9fDTcdJoNvab9Y42M_yE30kDUvJm0352Skg/s294/OPEN%20HEAVENS%202022%20(2).PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="294" data-original-width="221" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi__5VSZ7s3MPfj9fuiaELZ1HsBpGB914Dja1RTKL3YXhgvahaCkZ4spo0L9EdAehDCAcny4o4OPADRW5svdBaPfemWnt-RJU40ahiWZbC20ODGtOnzh_XbPe3NujPFycuuWr8dfJolyM1pMt9pVTwLjk_9fDTcdJoNvab9Y42M_yE30kDUvJm0352Skg/w301-h400/OPEN%20HEAVENS%202022%20(2).PNG" width="301" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /></b><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">BIBLE IN ONE YEAR</span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;">: Jeremiah 6-9</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">READ<i>: </i></span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-";">Philippians 4:11-13</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">16 This is
the thing which the Lord hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to
his eating, an omer for every man, according to the number of your persons;
take ye every man for them which are in his tents.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">17 And the
children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">18 And
when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and
he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his
eating.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">19 And
Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">20 Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some
of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses
was wroth with them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><br /></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: maroon;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span class="StrongEmphasis">MEMORISE:</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em><b><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">“</span></b></em><em><b><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">And when they did mete it with an omer, he
that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack;
they gathered every man according to his eating.</span></b></em><em><b><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></em><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-";">- </span></i></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Exodus
16:18</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">THE MESSAGE:</span></b><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">There are many sicknesses
and diseases in the world today that were not there in the days of our
forefathers. This can be traced primarily to the difference in food consumption
between those olden days and now. In those days, they didn’t have canned foods
so they never tried to preserve anything through artificial means. Their bodies
were strong and healthy because they got their food fresh from the farm as
there were no freezers. These days, we want to store up our foods in the
freezers because we want to minimise the number of times we go shopping. We
want to be hungry this moment and have our food ready in five minutes, hence
the increase in junk food and the use of microwave ovens. These things come at
a cost to our health and vitality.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am 80 years old now and
still as strong as I was a couple of decades ago. Yes, no doubt, the Lord has
been keeping me strong. I on the other hand too have not been consuming things
that will kill my body.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you want to stay
strong and healthy, stop eating frozen and junk foods. When Jesus was teaching
His disciples in Matthew 6:11, He told them to pray thus, “Give us this day our
daily bread”, not our weekly bread, not our monthly bread. As much as you can,
get your food for the day fresh from the source.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">All the frozen foods and
canned foods you see are being preserved with chemicals that are dangerous to
your health. Have a small garden or flower pots somewhere around your house
where you can plant some vegetables so that you can get them fresh whenever you
want.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;">In the days of old, our
fathers did not have as many sicknesses as we have now because they did not
have cars, neither did they have air-conditioners. They breathed in fresh air
and cooled themselves with it. These days, some people move from
air-conditioned homes to air-conditioned cars to air-conditioned offices. You
are still young, why can’t you stay outdoors just for a while every day to take
in fresh air and vitamin D in the morning? If you start exercising your body
and eating right, you will begin to feel the improvement in your health right
away.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%;"><sup><span style="color: black; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></sup></p>Sermon Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09064832906933756225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295365784262033512.post-8295155492634191962022-08-23T23:37:00.003+01:002022-08-23T23:37:29.425+01:00MFM DAILY DEVOTIONAL - DAVID AND HIS BROTHERS<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><a name="Bookmark"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mountain Top Life DAILY DEVOTIONAL<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></a></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;"><b>DAVID AND HIS BROTHERS</b></span></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">24</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">TH </span></sup></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">,
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<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, ap";">2 Chronicles 21, 2 Chronicles 22, 2 Chronicles 23,
1 Corinthians 15:50-58, 1 Corinthians 16:1-4, Proverbs 20:25-30, Proverbs
21:1-4</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">FIRE SCRIPTURE: </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, ap";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, ap"; font-weight: normal;">1
Samuel 17:26-32</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">26 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">Then David spoke to the men who stood
by him, saying, “What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine and
takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised
Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">27 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">And the people answered him in this
manner, saying, “So shall it be done for the man who kills him.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">28 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">Now Eliab his oldest brother heard
when he spoke to the men; and Eliab’s anger was aroused against David, and
he said, “Why did you come down here? And with whom have you left those few
sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and the insolence of your heart, for
you have come down to see the battle.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">29 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">And David said, “What have I done
now? Is[</span></span></span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=+1+Samuel+17%3A26-32&version=NKJV#fen-NKJV-7648a" title="See footnote a"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; text-decoration: none;">a</span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">] there not
a cause?” <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">30 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">Then he turned from him toward another
and said the same thing; and these people answered him as the first
ones did.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">31 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">Now when the words which David spoke
were heard, they reported them to Saul; and he sent for him. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">32 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">Then David said to Saul, “Let no
man’s heart fail because of him; your servant will go and fight with this
Philistine.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><br /></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">MEMORY VERSE:<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">“And David
spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that
killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is
this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living
God?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">– </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, ap"; font-weight: normal;">1
Samuel 17:26</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">MOTIVATIONAL</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">QUOTE:</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><br />
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">PRAISE WORSHIP</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">: </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">Take a worship song as led by the HolySpirit.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">PROPHETIC WORD FOR TODAY:</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-family: "Cambria Math", "serif"; text-transform: uppercase;">𝗧𝗛𝗘
𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗚𝗢𝗗,
𝗜𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗢
𝗚𝗢𝗘𝗦 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗬𝗢𝗨,
𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗡𝗢𝗧
𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗡𝗢𝗥
𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗦𝗔𝗞𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨,
𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗡𝗔𝗠𝗘
𝗢𝗙 𝗝𝗘𝗦𝗨𝗦.</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">THE MESSAGE<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">David's courage is a product of his character, and his character
is a result of his closeness to God and submission to Him. David could face the
bears, lion and even Goliath he encountered in his life's journey. David's
story is a good example of courage because he faced his problems bravely. He
knew and had so much faith that God would help him. Even when his elder brother
tried to discourage him when he went to the battlefield to give his brothers
food, he didn't allow it. He stood up to his brother in a respectful manner and
was surprised that the children of Israelite could not stand up to Goliath, who
was insulting the name of the Lord most High.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">That was the difference between David and his brothers. David
had reverence for God and was very courageous. He didn't allow any disrespect
to God to happen anywhere he was because he had a relationship with God and
knew Him intimately. But his brothers didn't have any knowledge of how mighty
He is and His ability to deliver a person from evil. That was why they were all
afraid of Goliath. On the other hand, David was not afraid of Goliath and was
able to kill him.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is the difference between a born-again Christian and an
unbeliever. A born-again Christian knows how powerful God is. He or she is a
courageous person and has a close relationship with God. A born-again Christian
is like David, courageous, strong, a person after God's heart, etc. No
situation can make a born-again Christian afraid or sad. A born-again Christian
prospers in anything that he lays his hand on. Life is better for a born-again
Christian, because he has Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><br /></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "inherit", "serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">PRAYER POINTS:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">MORNING<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">1. I surrender my life back to You, O Lord, in the name of
Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">2. O Lord, give me the spirit of courage, in the name of Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">3.
I plug my life into the socket of divine favour, in the name of Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">EVENING<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">4. Anything in my
life, taking me back to my old life, catch fire, in the name of Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">5. O Lord, let Your
mercy say no to judgement in my life, in the name of Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">6. Every Goliath
troubling my life, your time is up, die, in the name of Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">7. I speak woe to
every Goliath of backwardness disturbing my life, in the name of Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
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HAVE A BLESSED DAY<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p>
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</span><p class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></sup></i></b></p>Sermon Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09064832906933756225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295365784262033512.post-29515925103600407142022-08-23T21:50:00.004+01:002022-08-23T21:50:36.355+01:00OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL - BE CONTENT 2<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL</span></b>’<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">BE CONTENT 2<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">23</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">RD<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></sup></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">, AUGUST 2022</span></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirMGgmhWZCyKgInVZRnUe4S9AEVgCWllyaaGJ249lnOdKtA9d2Az6lOKkocTti27FJdd17DK6KdxwQ8bZkJgB-ItvQ_r8P7_YauCa6KKKXUiqUxU-NbQubOS8JWPhjG9B8NxCFtPvhlDacvk1VVMyof6_y5c0GD7MxaiIo4gyK10ZML1k2Vwo_lF9uEw/s294/OPEN%20HEAVENS%202022%20(2).PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="294" data-original-width="221" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirMGgmhWZCyKgInVZRnUe4S9AEVgCWllyaaGJ249lnOdKtA9d2Az6lOKkocTti27FJdd17DK6KdxwQ8bZkJgB-ItvQ_r8P7_YauCa6KKKXUiqUxU-NbQubOS8JWPhjG9B8NxCFtPvhlDacvk1VVMyof6_y5c0GD7MxaiIo4gyK10ZML1k2Vwo_lF9uEw/w301-h400/OPEN%20HEAVENS%202022%20(2).PNG" width="301" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /></b><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">BIBLE IN ONE YEAR</span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-";">: </span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;">Jeremiah 3-5</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">READ<i>: </i></span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-";">Philippians 4:11-13</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">11 Not
that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am,
therewith to be content.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">12 I know
both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things
I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer
need.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth
me.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><br /></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: maroon;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span class="StrongEmphasis">MEMORISE:</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em><b><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">“</span></b></em><em><b><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">Not that I speak in respect of want: for I
have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.</span></b></em><em><b><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></em><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-";">- </span></i></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Philippians
4:11</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">THE MESSAGE:</span></b><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">The interesting thing
about contentment is that it is something you can learn. Paul said he had
learnt to be content whether he had plenty or little. You can learn contentment
and you can start learning it right now. Everybody needs to learn to be
content. When you look at Paul’s statement, you can understand his mindset.
What he was actually saying when he said that he was content whether in plenty
or in lack is that he knew that no situation is permanent. This is a very
important mindset to help us learn contentment. When you know that your present
situation is not permanent and things will soon get better, then you will be
content with what you have now. When you know that every day is not a feast,
you won’t be expecting to eat every delicacy possible every day. In any case,
all you need is to eat enough to give you strength for the day.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">The moment you learn
contentment, you begin to enjoy the peace of God that passes all understanding
because you won’t worry about tomorrow. Once you are content, nobody can tempt
you to steal or falsify records and once you have not stolen or falsified
records, you then suddenly discover that there is nothing any man can do to
shake you.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">It is when lack of
contentment has led you to do something that you shouldn’t have done that you
suddenly become afraid. Jesus Christ said;<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">“Hereafter I will not
talk much with you; for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in
me.” – John 14:30<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you are content with
whatever God gives to you, then you will not go after what the devil is offering
you. In Luke 4:2-8, the devil offered Jesus a lot of riches and influence; even
though Jesus was hungry and tired at the time the offer was made, He did not
take the offer because He was content with what God had given to Him. If you
know that the Lord has prosperity planned for you, then you will not spoil your
chances of getting that prosperity by being covetous now. Not being content has
made many people steal thousands and lost the billions that God was planning to
give them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif"; font-weight: normal;">PRAYER</span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"> POINT</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: yellow; color: maroon; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">Lord, please teach me to be content.</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%;"><sup><span style="color: black; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></sup></p>Sermon Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09064832906933756225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295365784262033512.post-36290786151668925182022-08-21T23:18:00.003+01:002022-08-21T23:18:41.489+01:00MFM DAILY DEVOTION - SIGNS OF THE TIMES (5)<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><a name="Bookmark"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mountain Top Life DAILY DEVOTIONAL<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></a></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;"><b>SIGNS OF THE TIMES (5)</b></span></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">22</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">ND </span></sup></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">,
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<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, ap";">2 Chronicles 16, 2 Chronicles 17, 2 Chronicles
18:1-27, 1 Corinthians 15:1-34, Psalm 102:1-11</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">FIRE SCRIPTURE: </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, ap";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, ap"; font-weight: normal;">Matthew
24:10-24</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">10 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">And then many will be offended, will
betray one another, and will hate one another. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">11 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">Then many false prophets will
rise up and deceive many. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">12 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">And because lawlessness will abound,
the love of many will grow cold. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">13 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">But he who endures to the end shall be
saved. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">14 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">And this gospel of the kingdom will
be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end
will come.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">15 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">“Therefore when you see the ‘abomination
of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place” (whoever
reads, let him understand), <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">16 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">“then let those who are in Judea flee
to the mountains. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">17 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">Let him who is on the housetop not go
down to take anything out of his house. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">18 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">And let him who is in the field not go
back to get his clothes. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">19 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">But woe to those who are pregnant
and to those who are nursing babies in those days! </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">20 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">And pray that your flight may not be
in winter or on the Sabbath. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">21 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">For then there will be great
tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this
time, no, nor ever shall be. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">22 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">And unless those days were shortened,
no flesh would be saved; but for the [</span></span></span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+24%3A10-24&version=NKJV#fen-NKJV-23980a" title="See footnote a"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; text-decoration: none;">a</span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">]elect’s
sake those days will be shortened.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">23 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">“Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look,
here is the Christ!’ or ‘There!’ do not believe it. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">24 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">For false christs and false
prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if
possible, even the elect.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><br /></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">MEMORY VERSE:<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">“Men's
hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are
coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">– </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, ap"; font-weight: normal;">Luke
21:26</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">MOTIVATIONAL</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">QUOTE:</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><br />
Spirituality is not determined by biological age but by inner maturity.</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">PRAISE WORSHIP</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">: </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">Take a worship song as led by the HolySpirit.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">PROPHETIC WORD FOR TODAY:</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-family: "Cambria Math", "serif"; text-transform: uppercase;">YOUR LIFE
WILL DAILY ATTRACT MEN INTO THE KINGDOM, IN THE NAME OF JESUS.</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">THE MESSAGE<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yesterday we looked at persecutIon and killing of Chistians as
parts of the signs of the times foretold by Jesus Christ. Another is grand
scale hatred of believers. The Bible says, If the world hate you, ye know that
it hated me before it hated you (John 15:18). Because of this hatred, many
Christians are being denied of their benefits and legitimate rights. If this is
your experience, be sure that your God will fight for you, in Jesus' name. In
addition, in the circle of believers, many shall be offended (Matthew 24:10).
This sign of the times is very touching because there are many people who are
tuming away from Christ today, giving ridiculously flimsy excuses like 'when I
returned from my trip, nobody came to greet me'; 'when my aged father was sick,
I prayed for him, yet he died' etc. Many of those taking offence are supposedly
old Christians. You, who are reading this devotional today, I hope you are not
like that.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Brotherly betrayal is another sign of the times. The way some
believers are crushing the hearts of their fellow brethren these days is
something unimaginable. The question raised by Prophet Malachi is very
relevant. "Have we not all one father? Hath not one God created us? why do
we deal treacherously every man against his brother..?" (Malachi 2:10).<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">In a communist country, the communist soldiers arrested a pastor
and his disciples -- two teenage sisters. On the promise of liberty by the
soldiers, the Pastor shot the two sisters dead, Unfortunately, he too was
eventually killed by the soldiers as they asked him to go.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Other signs include hatred among Christians; emergence of many
false prophets who will deceive many, and the love of many waxing cold because
of iniquity. There is also the widespread preaching of the gospel globally
which has been enhanced through the internet. "And when these things begin
to come to pass, then look up, lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth
nigh" (Luke 21:28). Are you ready for His coming?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "inherit", "serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">PRAYER POINTS:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">MORNING<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">1. Jesus, the Living Water, purify my life.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">2. Corruption from my foundation, be cleared away by fire, in
the name of Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">3.
Spiritual laziness, you shall not prosper in my life, die, in the name of
Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">EVENING<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">4. Arrow of
lukewarmness, release my soul and die, in the name of Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">5. Whether the devil
likes it or not, I shall not be among his disciples in hell fire, in the name
of Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">6. I shall not die
with the enemy like Samson, in the name of Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">7. I receive grace to
overcome life's battles and be victorious, in the name of Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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HAVE A BLESSED DAY<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dr. D.K Olukoya
(General Overseer, MOUNTAIN OF<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian;">FIRE</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><b><span style="color: maroon; font-family: Algerian;"> </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian;">and Miracle
Ministries, Worldwide</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span><p class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></sup></i></b></p>Sermon Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09064832906933756225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295365784262033512.post-46418078828383661602022-08-21T23:10:00.006+01:002022-08-21T23:10:58.037+01:00OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL - BE CONTENT 1<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL</span></b>’<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">BE CONTENT 1<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">22</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">ND<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></sup></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">, AUGUST 2022</span></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVT1-SskBolfczpw9L3Ei3GMULPvQM9hTVLwDCkiRU_PpWt9sckxyo777jf-LZN7ZDJqerz0xbJGgAAgUgZ0CSfFr1-6kXJiAgIBep4aQWpKzkKOReYYzujfi2fXNe0oLxkDJyVi4I0H3MT0-rlrg0ryh37Z4lHRrGppAf7LyJIWTCfyh5lN_z0Rl6tA/s294/OPEN%20HEAVENS%202022%20(2).PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="294" data-original-width="221" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVT1-SskBolfczpw9L3Ei3GMULPvQM9hTVLwDCkiRU_PpWt9sckxyo777jf-LZN7ZDJqerz0xbJGgAAgUgZ0CSfFr1-6kXJiAgIBep4aQWpKzkKOReYYzujfi2fXNe0oLxkDJyVi4I0H3MT0-rlrg0ryh37Z4lHRrGppAf7LyJIWTCfyh5lN_z0Rl6tA/w301-h400/OPEN%20HEAVENS%202022%20(2).PNG" width="301" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /></b><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">BIBLE IN ONE YEAR</span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-";">: </span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;">Isaiah 66 – Jeremiah 2</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">READ<i>: </i></span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-";">1 Timothy 6:6-12<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">6 But
godliness with contentment is great gain.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">7 For we
brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">8 And
having food and raiment let us be therewith content.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">9 But they
that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and
hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">10 For the
love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they
have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">11 But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow
after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal
life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession
before many witnesses.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: maroon;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span class="StrongEmphasis">MEMORISE:</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em><b><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">“</span></b></em><em><b><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">But godliness with contentment is great gain</span></b></em><em><b><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">:”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></em><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-";">- </span></i></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1
Timothy 6:6</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">THE MESSAGE:</span></b><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">Money never satisfies
those who love it (Ecclesiastes 5:10-12). When you have a Mercedes S Class, you
rejoice. However, the day you see someone with a Rolls Royce, you become hungry
for more. In any case, Ecclesiastes 5:11 says that when the money you have
increases, the number of those who will spend it with you will also increase.
Ecclesiastes 5:12 goes further to say that the people you call poor often enjoy
more blessings than the rich ones because nothing bothers their sleep, whereas
the abundance of the rich hardly allows them rest. A lot of rich people even
have problems eating because they have so much to choose from. Some rich people
will spend several minutes trying to decide on what to eat whereas those of us
who are not so rich just thank God for what is available and we eat it with
joy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">(1 Timothy 6:6-8) says
godliness with contentment is great gain. That passage further says that if you
have food to eat and clothes to wear, you should be content with that. No
matter how big your house is, you can only sleep in one room at a time. No
matter how many cars you have, you can only travel in one at a time. We brought
nothing into the world and we will take nothing out when we are leaving.
Whatever money or treasures you amass here on earth will be useless when it is
time to leave.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">There was a man who was
so rich and so miserly that he used to go to the market by himself to buy
foodstuff. Anytime his wife cooked his own pot of soup, he would take it into
his room and lock it away from everyone else. He didn’t trust the banks so he
kept his money in a room where no one ever entered. One day, he died and his
children came home. On getting home, they began looking for the key to the room
where he kept his money. The youngest then said “I know Papa, I am sure he must
have swallowed the key before he died”. So, they turned his corpse, started
beating his back and the key popped of his mouth.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;">All the wealth you are
pursuing will be useless to you one day. Rather than focus on things that are
temporal, why don’t you put your gaze on eternal blessing? (2 Corinthians
4:18). Don’t lose eternal treasures because of your focus on material things.
Be content with what you have.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">KEY POINT</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: yellow; color: maroon; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">Spend your time on earth amassing treasures in
heaven rather than treasures here which will be destroyed eventually.</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
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HEAVENS IS a daily devotional by PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE (General Overseer, THE REDEEMED
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<p class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%;"><sup><span style="color: black; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></sup></p>Sermon Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09064832906933756225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295365784262033512.post-62693129329927384972022-08-21T22:32:00.003+01:002022-08-21T22:32:26.109+01:00OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL - LETTER TO THE LAODICEAN CHURCH 2<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL</span></b>’<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">LETTER TO THE LAODICEAN CHURCH 2<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">21</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">ST<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></sup></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">, AUGUST 2022</span></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg52D9266qTXaTA4bmtFOY3KdRztsuoMRkun2SbmqP_0spBX2_rZqaGpCfhkJdhWqaNVYUvb51b9xwpLrUcQ7DEmLhnBwevKP4p9XWe5h1k5DiWlUDqsDhOvx8fvnlgXbl_uf0Yk6c_8mF1PiBtF7dhG2w-Mp75A-3qnApGUVf6EcAXbNkijlulTg9Sdg/s294/OPEN%20HEAVENS%202022%20(2).PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="294" data-original-width="221" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg52D9266qTXaTA4bmtFOY3KdRztsuoMRkun2SbmqP_0spBX2_rZqaGpCfhkJdhWqaNVYUvb51b9xwpLrUcQ7DEmLhnBwevKP4p9XWe5h1k5DiWlUDqsDhOvx8fvnlgXbl_uf0Yk6c_8mF1PiBtF7dhG2w-Mp75A-3qnApGUVf6EcAXbNkijlulTg9Sdg/w301-h400/OPEN%20HEAVENS%202022%20(2).PNG" width="301" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /></b><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">BIBLE IN ONE YEAR</span><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">:</span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-";"> </span></i></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;">: Isaiah 60-65</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">READ<i>: </i></span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-";">Revelation 3:19-22, Proverbs 3:11-12</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-";"><span style="font-size: large;">Revelation 3:19-22<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">19. As
many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">20.
Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the
door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">21. To him
that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also
overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">22. He
that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-";">Proverbs 3:11-12</span></i></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">11. My
son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his
correction:<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">12. For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a
father the son in whom he delighteth.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><br /></p><p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><br /></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: maroon;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span class="StrongEmphasis">MEMORISE:</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em><b><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">“</span></b></em><em><b><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">My son, despise not the chastening of the
LORD; neither be weary of his correction:</span></b></em><em><b><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></em><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-";">- </span></i></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Proverbs
3:11</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p><p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></o:p></p><p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></o:p></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">THE MESSAGE:</span></b><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">“As many as I love, I
rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.” Revelation 3:19 Jesus
told the Laodiceans that He was rebuking and chastening them because He loved
them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you love your son, you
will chasten him when he is going the wrong way. It is only a father who hates
his child that will watch him or her go the wrong way and keep quiet. “He that
spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.”
Proverbs 13:24.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">In 2020 when I came out
to say that the Lord was using the Coronavirus to draw the worlds attention
back to Himself, many people said I was implying that God does not love the
world anymore and He was punishing them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><br /></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">How dare I say that the
Lord does not love the world when He Himself said in John 3:16 that He loves
the world. It is because He loves the world that He chastens us when we are
going wrong. He can see the end from the beginning, He can see the destruction
the world is calling to itself by ignoring Him, so He will chasten us.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">When God loves you,
expect some strokes of the cane whenever you step out of line because He
chastens those He loves. However, when God decides to leave a person, it is
very dangerous.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">When God has corrected a
fellow several times but he or she refuses to change, He will leave such a
person alone as he or she is headed for destruction (Romans 1:28 Proverbs
29:1).<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;">Have you been ignoring
Gods rebuke over something you are doing wrong? Soon, you will stop hearing the
rebuke, as in the case of Ephraim, when God said he should be left alone (Hosea
4:17) When God rebukes a person, he or she should immediately run back to Him
in repentance because if He decides to keep quiet, that person is finished. A
word is enough for the wise.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif"; font-weight: normal;">KEY</span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"> POINT</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: yellow; color: maroon; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Change your
ways immediately God rebukes and chastens you so that He will not leave you to
perish.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
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Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism</b></span></i></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">EXTRA READING FOR TODAY:</span></i></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jeremiah 46-48</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">READ</span></i></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: maroon;">: </span></i></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;">Revelation 21:7-27</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: maroon; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things;
and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: maroon; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the
abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and
all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and
brimstone: which is the second death.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: maroon; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">9 And there came unto me one of the seven angels
which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me,
saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: maroon; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a
great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem,
descending out of heaven from God,<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: maroon; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">11 Having the glory of God: and her light was
like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: maroon; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">12 And had a wall great and high, and had twelve
gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the
names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: maroon; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">13 On the east three gates; on the north three
gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: maroon; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">14 And the wall of the city had twelve
foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: maroon; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">15 And he that talked with me had a golden reed
to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: maroon; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">16 And the city lieth foursquare, and the length
is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve
thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: maroon; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">17 And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred
and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the
angel.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: maroon; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">18 And the building of the wall of it was of
jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: maroon; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">19 And the foundations of the wall of the city
were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was
jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: maroon; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the
seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a
chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: maroon; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls:
every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold,
as it were transparent glass.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: maroon; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">22 And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God
Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: maroon; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither
of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb
is the light thereof.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: maroon; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">24 And the nations of them which are saved shall
walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and
honour into it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: maroon; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">25 And the gates of it shall not be shut at all
by day: for there shall be no night there.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: maroon; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">26 And they shall bring the glory and honour of
the nations into it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: maroon; line-height: 150%;">27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any
thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie:
but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.</span></i></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">MEMORISE:</span></i></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: #ff3333;">”</span></i></span> <span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: #ff3333;">Having the glory of God: and her light
was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal</span></i></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: #ff3333;">.” -<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></i></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;">Revelation
21:11</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><br /></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-family: "inherit", "serif"; line-height: 150%;">EXPOSITION</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Yesterday, it was emphasised that Christ's heaven is a prepared
place for a prepared people (Rev.21v2). Who are the prepared? Those who
painstakingly cooperate with God in Christ, and by His Spirit, to overcome
Satan, Sin, worldliness, the flesh and hell. These are the ones God promises to
be their God, and they will be His sons and daughters (v.7). Unfortunately,
there will be no room for those on the other side, there. They will land *in
the lake which burns with fire and brimstone* - the second death (v</span><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">. Don't wait until then to accept Christ's lordship; it will be
too late.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Verses 9-21
described in human terms the glamour of the New Jerusalem, the city made of
pure and wonderful pearls. The truth is, words cannot sufficiently describe it.
We shall understand it by and by (c.f.. 1 Jn.3v2). Will your name be mentioned
in that city of gold? (c.f. vv.12,14).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You know why
you can't afford to miss that city? It needs no temple because of the full
presence of God Himself (v.22; cf.1 Jn.3v2). He fully possesses everything. It
needs no sun or moon, because it is eternity; no more time or season, and God's
glory illuminates everywhere. No more insecurity--terrorism even as today
commemorates International Day of Remembrance and Tributes to the Victims of
Terrorism, Fundamentalism, kidnapping, murder, etc., despite that, the gates
shall not be shut at all (vv.25-27).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will you be part
of those to walk in the Light of that beautiful city (v.24)? No uncleanness
will be allowed therein (v.27; cf.v</span><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">. So, deal
with sin, NOW, and be ever prepared for Christ's coming, purify yourself by
God's Word, blood, Spirit (1 Jn.3v3, c.f. cf Eph.5v26), don't love the world
(Jas.4v4,5, 1 Jn.2v15-17), but focus on heaven (Col.3v1ff, Heb.12v2). Heaven at
last!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "inherit", "serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">PRAYER POINT:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">1. I have once again studied the beauty of Your
heaven, O Lord, help me to fill my heart and life with only things that would
prepare me for it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">2. Lord Jesus, I refuse to miss heaven; I refuse to
land in hell.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">3. Pray that God should mercifully help out those
jolly-riding their way to hell.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, ap";">2 Chronicles 13, 2 Chronicles 14, 2 Chronicles 15,
1 Corinthians 14:20-40, Psalm 101:1-8<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">FIRE SCRIPTURE: </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, ap";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, ap"; font-weight: normal;">Matthew
24:3-14</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">3 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">Now as He sat on the Mount of
Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when
will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and
of the end of the age?”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">4 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">And Jesus answered and said to
them: “Take heed that no one deceives you. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">5 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">For many will come in My name,
saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">6 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">And you will hear of wars and
rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for [</span></span></span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+24%3A3-14&version=NKJV#fen-NKJV-23964a" title="See footnote a"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; text-decoration: none;">a</span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">]all these
things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">7 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">For nation will rise against
nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, [</span></span></span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+24%3A3-14&version=NKJV#fen-NKJV-23965b" title="See footnote b"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; text-decoration: none;">b</span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">]pestilences,
and earthquakes in various places.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">8 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">All these are the beginning
of sorrows.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">9 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">“Then they will deliver you up to
tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s
sake. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">10 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">And then many will be offended, will
betray one another, and will hate one another. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">11 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">Then many false prophets will
rise up and deceive many. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">12 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">And because lawlessness will abound,
the love of many will grow cold. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">13 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">But he who endures to the end shall be
saved. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">14 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">And this gospel of the kingdom will
be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end
will come.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">MEMORY VERSE:<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">“And this
gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all
nations; and then shall the end come.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">– </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, ap"; font-weight: normal;">Matthew
24:14</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">MOTIVATIONAL</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">QUOTE:</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><br />
Persecution is not a sign of rejection but a loud call for preparation.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">PRAISE WORSHIP</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">: </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">Take a worship song as led by the HolySpirit.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">PROPHETIC WORD FOR TODAY:</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-family: "Cambria Math", "serif"; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="font-size: large;">I PROPHESY
UPON YOU THAT YOUR GAZE SHALL NOT BE REMOVED FROM CALVARY, IN THE NAME OF
JESUS.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-family: "Cambria Math", "serif"; text-transform: uppercase;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></i></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-family: "Cambria Math", "serif"; text-transform: uppercase;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></i></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">THE MESSAGE<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Today makes it the fourth day we have been treating the signs of
the times. One critical fact we have been stressing is that the signs are
already upon this generation and they point to the second advent of Jesus
Christ. Some of these signs are of frightful dimension in consonant with the
statement of Jesus in Luke 21:26, "Men's hearts failing them for fear, and
for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of
heaven shall be shaken." The question I want to ask you now is that - Are
you part of the refined atheists in Christendom? These are men and women in the
kingdom of God who carry the Bible, read the Bible and even preach the Bible,
yet they do not believe the stand of the Bible on many issues.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">From today's Fire Scripture, the other signs of the times are
noteworthy. One of them is high scale persecution and killing of believers. The
rate and spate of the killing of Christians in this generation is becoming
alarming. Countless number of Christians are suffering from cruel persecution
in many nations of the world; even in nations that are supposed to be Christian
nations. The stark reality is that persecution and martyrdom of Christians will
continue till our Master returns to take us away. Remember Jesus said in John
15:20, "Remember the word that l said unto you, The servant is not greater
than his Lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute
you;..."<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">The great Apostle Paul in his letter to the Thessalonians also
painted this picture of persecution. 1 Thessalonians 3:3 says, "That no
man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are
appointed thereunto." Therefore, the present suffering of our fellow
brethren all over the world is a loud signal of the end times to us. We shall
continue tomorrow by God's grace. Meanwhile, have you been washed in the blood
of the Lamb?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "inherit", "serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">PRAYER POINTS:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">MORNING<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">1. Thank You, Jesus, for Your shed blood for me upon the Cross
of Calvary.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">2. Resurrection power, arise, saturate my life, in the name of
Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">3.
I shall not miss eternity, in the name of Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">EVENING<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">4. Blood of Jesus,
barricade my life from the invasion of hell, in the name of Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">5. Holy Ghost, order
my steps aright, in the name of Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">6. Enemies of my soul,
die by fire, in the name of Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">7. Arrows from the pit
of hell fired against my life, backfire, in the name Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; margin-left: 2.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><b><span style="background: rgb(255, 204, 0); color: maroon; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">DO
HAVE A BLESSED DAY<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dr. D.K Olukoya (General
Overseer, MOUNTAIN OF<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian;">FIRE</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><b><span style="color: maroon; font-family: Algerian;"> </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian;">and Miracle
Ministries, Worldwide</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span><p class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></sup></i></b></p>Sermon Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09064832906933756225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295365784262033512.post-18521505933667627022022-08-20T08:49:00.002+01:002022-08-20T08:49:12.682+01:00CAC LIVING WATER - THE BEAUTY OF HEAVEN 1<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">LIVING WATER DAILY DEVOTIONAL<span class="StrongEmphasis"><br />
THE BEAUTY OF HEAVEN 1</span></span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">20</span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Algerian, serif"; line-height: 150%; position: relative; top: -8pt;">TH </span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Algerian, serif"; line-height: 150%;">, AUGUST 2022</span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZn85RIOCtAK4Q1w-x7wsWeHQt0AZnaO7Pwtdo5cxjiecVLcQX7UD-I2NNmkb67IIdM0cpyKti_t58_5ke94ZSs7368itR6yqXYVViFB-4I-CUyQjapYkjThC3njh9Rsaxzqk3sLzvmKNeCoun-8xjoH5znJOOG1CRclq6XKmrOhRySkC91OEN4sNhww/s594/CAC%202022.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="593" data-original-width="594" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZn85RIOCtAK4Q1w-x7wsWeHQt0AZnaO7Pwtdo5cxjiecVLcQX7UD-I2NNmkb67IIdM0cpyKti_t58_5ke94ZSs7368itR6yqXYVViFB-4I-CUyQjapYkjThC3njh9Rsaxzqk3sLzvmKNeCoun-8xjoH5znJOOG1CRclq6XKmrOhRySkC91OEN4sNhww/w400-h399/CAC%202022.PNG" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><br /></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">EXTRA READING FOR TODAY:</span></i></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jeremiah </span></i></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;">42-45</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">READ</span></i></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: maroon;">: </span></i></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;">Revelation 21:1-6</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: maroon; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for
the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more
sea.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: maroon; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem,
coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her
husband.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: maroon; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven
saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them,
and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their
God.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: maroon; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their
eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither
shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: maroon; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold,
I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and
faithful.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: maroon; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha
and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of
the fountain of the water of life freely.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">MEMORISE:</span></i></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: #ff3333;">”</span></i></span> <span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: #ff3333;">And I John saw the holy city, new
Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for
her husband</span></i></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: #ff3333;">.” -<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;">Revelation 21:2</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-family: "inherit", "serif"; line-height: 150%;">EXPOSITION</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Have you ever visited a glamorous place, maybe, a park or a
truly magnificent edifice before? Whatever that place means to you, imagine the
difficulty of describing it to someone without the aid of still photographs or
video footage. John went through something similar in trying to describe to the
followers of Christ, what he experienced when the beauty of heaven was revealed
to him. Paul had a similar experience described in 2 Cor.12v1-4.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>John the Beloved
had been caught up in the Spirit into the heavenlies (Rev.4v1). According to
him, he was made to see the one sitting on the throne in heaven (v.2). One
would have expected him to continue describing the One (God), but he
immediately switched to describing the things around the throne (vv.3ff). Why?
The glamour of God is beyond what man's faculty can fathom and explain.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We should be
enthused by the fact that the present heaven and earth will soon pass away
through rapture and destruction in hell. Why? *CORRUPTION* (Isa. 14v12ff; 1
Jn2v15-17). John says he sees the replacement- *a new heaven and a new earth,
...the holy city, New Jerusalem* (Rev.21v1-2)- coming down like a prepared
bride. Heaven is a prepared place for a prepared people (c.f.. Jn.14v1ff). Are
you in the number?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the coming
heaven, what we lost in Eden--face-to-face companionship with God (Rev.21v3;
cf.Gen.3v8), unfettered access to the Tree and Water of Life<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Rev.21v6) will be restored. The beauty
further consists in God making all things new (Rev.21v5a). This is most certain
because God says it (v.5b). So, don't joke with your Christian life, so as not
to miss the coming bliss.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "inherit", "serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">PRAYER POINT:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">1. Lord Jesus, thank You so much because You are
coming soon to put an end to all we are facing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">2. Lord, help me to always look on the bright side
of Your coming kingdom, so that I can live my life in preparation for it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; font-weight: normal;">3. Pray that God should help preachers to be more
concerned with messages that focus people's attention on Christ imminent
return.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><sup><span style="color: black; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></sup></p>Sermon Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09064832906933756225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295365784262033512.post-15818383661193599382022-08-20T01:25:00.000+01:002022-08-20T01:25:22.024+01:00MFM DAILY DEVOTIONAL - SIGNS OF THE TIMES (3)<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><a name="Bookmark"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mountain Top Life DAILY DEVOTIONAL<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></a></p>
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<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, ap";">2 Chronicles 10, 2 Chronicles 11, 2 Chronicles 12,
1 Corinthians 14:1-19, Proverbs 20:15-24<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, ap";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></i></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">FIRE SCRIPTURE: </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, ap";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, ap"; font-weight: normal;">Luke
21:5-13</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">5 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">Then, as some spoke of the temple, how
it was [</span></span></span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+21%3A5-13&version=NKJV#fen-NKJV-25832a" title="See footnote a"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; text-decoration: none;">a</span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">]adorned
with beautiful stones and donations, He said, <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">6 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">“These things which you see—the days
will come in which not one stone shall be left upon another that
shall not be thrown down.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">7 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">So they asked Him, saying, “Teacher,
but when will these things be? And what sign will there be when these
things are about to take place?”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">8 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">And He said: “Take heed that you
not be deceived. For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am He,’ and,
‘The time has drawn near.’ [</span></span></span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+21%3A5-13&version=NKJV#fen-NKJV-25835b" title="See footnote b"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; text-decoration: none;">b</span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">]Therefore
do not [</span></span></span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+21%3A5-13&version=NKJV#fen-NKJV-25835c" title="See footnote c"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; text-decoration: none;">c</span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">]go after
them. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">9 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">But when you hear of wars and
commotions, do not be terrified; for these things must come to pass first, but
the end will not come immediately.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">10 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">Then He said to them, “Nation
will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">11 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">And there will be great earthquakes
in various places, and famines and pestilences; and there will be fearful
sights and great signs from heaven. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">12 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">But before all these things, they will
lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up
to the synagogues and prisons. You will be brought before kings and
rulers for My name’s sake. </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">13 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">But it will turn out for you as
an occasion for testimony.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="chapter-1" style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">MEMORY VERSE:<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">“And when
these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for
your redemption draweth nigh.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">– </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, ap"; font-weight: normal;">Luke
21:28</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">MOTIVATIONAL</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">QUOTE:</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><br />
Preparing yourself for eternity is the greatest preparation you can ever make.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">PRAISE WORSHIP</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">: </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">Take a worship song as led by the HolySpirit.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">PROPHETIC WORD FOR TODAY:</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-family: "Cambria Math", "serif"; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="font-size: large;">𝗧𝗛𝗘
𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗢𝗪 𝗢𝗙 𝗦𝗣𝗜𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗨𝗔𝗟
𝗦𝗟𝗨𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗟
𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗥
𝗔𝗚𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗧 𝗬𝗢𝗨,
𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗡𝗔𝗠𝗘
𝗢𝗙 𝗝𝗘𝗦𝗨𝗦.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">THE MESSAGE<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">We need to be mindful more than ever before of the fact that we
are drawing gradually to the end of times because of the numerous signs
happening around the world today. While these signs are manifesting without
inhibitions, countless number of men whose mind have been darkened by the devil
are pretending not to see them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Clearly, Jesus Christ mentioned famines (Matthew 24:7) as part
of the signs of the times. And it is evident that there is chronic famine in
many nations of the world today which has even been aggravated by the pandemic.
It is so critical that, in some countries, people are making food from mud and
they call such zero-nutrient food mud-cookies. Others make meal from clay
turned to powder and later mixed with salt. In other places people are eating
rotten meat and in some places too families go to garbage dump to search for
leftover food which they cook again and then eat. And there is another country
where children practically eat the dust of the earth as their meal. However, to
believers, this is the promise of God for you and me: "They shall not be
ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be
satistied" (Psalm 37:19).<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Furthermore, Jesus listed pestilences (Matthew 24:7) as another
signs of the times. What is pestilence from biblical perspective? Pestilence is
a devastating disaster, usually a disease that is either endemic or pandemic in
nature. Pestilence is contagious, virulent, and brutal. Africans cannot forget
in a hurry the Ebola scourge, and at present the whole world has been suffering
from different variants and waves of Covid-19.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Earthquakes (Matthew 24:7) is also given as one of the signs. In
the world today, many countries have experienced different magnitudes of
earthquakes. Even in this country, there was earth tremor that happened in one
of our cities not quite long.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Beloved, I believe you are following this mini exposition on The
Signs of the Times. Christ Jesus can appear any moment from now. Have you
accepted Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? If your answer is No, please fall on
your knees right now and cry to Him for the deliverance of your soul.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: maroon; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 150%;"><b>ALSO READ: <a href="https://sermonjotters.blogspot.com/2022/08/open-heavens-devotional-20-august-2022-letter-to-laodicean-church1.html" target="_blank">OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY</a></b></span></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "inherit", "serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">PRAYER POINTS:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">MORNING<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">1. Holy Spirit possess my spirit, soul and body, in the name of
Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">2. Powers labouring night and day to weaken my spiritual life,
die by fire, in the name or Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">3.
Grace to finish well, envelope my life, in the name of Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">EVENING<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">4. Battle from the pit
of hell against my soul, die, in the name of Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">5. Whether the devil
likes it or not, I shall end my journey well in the Lord, in the name of Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">6. Agenda of wasters
upon my life and destiny, scatter by fire, in the name of Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">7. I receive grace to
remain steadfast in the Lord till the end, in the name of Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; margin-left: 2.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><b><span style="background: rgb(255, 204, 0); color: maroon; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">DO
HAVE A BLESSED DAY<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian;">©2022</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><sup><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></sup></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian;">MOUNTAIN TOP LIFE is a daily devotional by</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dr. D.K Olukoya
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</span><p class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></sup></i></b></p>Sermon Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09064832906933756225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295365784262033512.post-1698451250166651202022-08-20T01:24:00.003+01:002022-08-20T01:24:38.892+01:00OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL - LETTER TO THE LAODICEAN CHURCH 1<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL</span></b>’<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">LETTER TO THE LAODICEAN CHURCH 1<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">20</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">TH<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></sup></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">, AUGUST 2022</span></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoN9U3jVpezPBcsah65qWIDtWbkkmuJTwV1P5CqcKYkvSy2YHygzp7b2N3Gsu4gqPFLHMNIxQPddkP6TsJyWpb3JcATn8TRTFrPsPrxd_E7CpX_eVeWIpHnZ2BfCmgxymKDmsZaJkQnyeu6YarL_NfDl7PeOPVtdoEkAvoPCRubhL4ffhgYKgEZ0_6qA/s294/OPEN%20HEAVENS%202022%20(2).PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="294" data-original-width="221" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoN9U3jVpezPBcsah65qWIDtWbkkmuJTwV1P5CqcKYkvSy2YHygzp7b2N3Gsu4gqPFLHMNIxQPddkP6TsJyWpb3JcATn8TRTFrPsPrxd_E7CpX_eVeWIpHnZ2BfCmgxymKDmsZaJkQnyeu6YarL_NfDl7PeOPVtdoEkAvoPCRubhL4ffhgYKgEZ0_6qA/w301-h400/OPEN%20HEAVENS%202022%20(2).PNG" width="301" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /></b><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">BIBLE IN ONE YEAR</span><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">:</span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-";"> </span></i></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;">Isaiah 55-59</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">READ<i>: </i></span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-";">Revelation 3:14-18, Luke 9:23-24</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-";">Revelation 3:14-18</span></i></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">14 And
unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the
Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">15 I know
thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">16 So then
because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my
mouth.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">17 Because
thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and
knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire,
that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and
that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with
eyesalve, that thou mayest see.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-";">Luke 9:23-24</span></i></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">23 And he
said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take
up his cross daily, and follow me.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: large;">24 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but
whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: maroon;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span class="StrongEmphasis">MEMORISE:</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em><b><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">“</span></b></em><em><b><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">And he said to them all; If any man will come
after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me</span></b></em><em><b><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></em><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-";">- </span></i></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Luke 9:23</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">THE MESSAGE:</span></b><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Laodiceans were very
rich people, but they were lukewarm. Jesus said He would spew them out of His
mouth because they said that they were rich and thus had need of nothing. Jesus
told these people that they were poor and to be rich, they needed to come and
buy gold tried in the fire from Him. To be clothed, they needed to buy white
raiment from Him too. This reminds us of what we learnt when we discussed the
Letter to the Smyrnan Church earlier this month (10th and 11th of August).<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">Jesus didn’t say they
should come and get from Him the gold tried in fire or the white raiment; He
said they should come and buy it. In other words, they would have to give up
something in order to get it. This is where the problem is with lukewarm
Christians. They want convenient Christianity and that does not exist. They
want to come to Church when they like and do only what is convenient for them
in the word of God. If you are not giving something up to stand firm in the
faith, you are a lukewarm Christian. If you discover that for some time now,
the Lord has not taken anything from you that was difficult to give up –
whether it is material or in your character, you are a lukewarm Christian. You
don’t get the white raiment or the gold tried in fire without giving something
up. You don’t become spiritually rich without giving up something in the
physical.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you don’t tell anyone
about Jesus, or you indulge in the lust of the eyes or pay people to do the
work of God because you can no longer work for Him with your own hands as that
will be beneath your social class, you are a lukewarm Christian. If you are
finding it difficult to let go of a particular thing or pick up something new
so as to gain spiritual riches, you had better change your ways now because the
Lord says He will spew you out of His mouth.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">God has spewed some
people out of His mouth but they don’t know it. They think they are still in
Christ, but they are long gone. I hope that today’s message can help shed some
light on whether you have become lukewarm or not.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">I really do pray that the
Almighty God shows you the areas where you may need to reignite the fire, in
Jesus’ name.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: yellow; color: maroon; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">Father, any area where my fire has become
lukewarm, please show me and help me to become hot for You again, In Jesus’
name.</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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HEAVENS IS a daily devotional by PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE (General Overseer, THE
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<p class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%;"><sup><span style="color: black; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></sup></p>Sermon Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09064832906933756225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295365784262033512.post-76664949454213658522022-08-20T01:24:00.001+01:002022-08-20T01:24:06.106+01:00DLCM DAILY MANNA - USEFUL BEAUTIFUL GARMENT<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">DLCM DAILY MANNA DEVOTIONAL<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>USEFUL BEAUTIFUL GARMENT</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">20</span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">TH<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></sup></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">, AUGUST 2022</span></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6r_lKJ6k11IFnXS7pS-tzPi4f7cymZw8jkTaXUBoXiWFF-3xa0MoIbVUeA0We3DMtIdswW0f2jHGJINsvCeVitgVrXH64tGieoA4rFprNudYdQpe7nPrkWt_e2Cs6GQRhi2AiZLzl8Wwa7Eu3uGAy8fqVJfrWbrfbZDEpEcX_xmY1qZ-8rOFmdWSU7g/s1200/2022.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6r_lKJ6k11IFnXS7pS-tzPi4f7cymZw8jkTaXUBoXiWFF-3xa0MoIbVUeA0We3DMtIdswW0f2jHGJINsvCeVitgVrXH64tGieoA4rFprNudYdQpe7nPrkWt_e2Cs6GQRhi2AiZLzl8Wwa7Eu3uGAy8fqVJfrWbrfbZDEpEcX_xmY1qZ-8rOFmdWSU7g/w400-h266/2022.png" width="400" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /></b><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">BIBLE IN ONE YEAR</span><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">: </span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;">Daniel 1-2</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">TEXT</span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: "Lora, sans-serif";">:</span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;">Isaiah 52:1-8</span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p class="line" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">1 Awake,
awake! Put on your strength, O Zion; Put on your beautiful garments, O
Jerusalem, the holy city! For the uncircumcised and the unclean Shall no
longer come to you.<br />
</span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">2 </span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">Shake yourself from the dust, arise; Sit down, O
Jerusalem! Loose yourself from the bonds of your neck, O captive daughter of Zion!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="top-1" style="background: white; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">3 </span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">For thus says the Lord: “You have sold yourselves
for nothing, And you shall be redeemed without money.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="top-1" style="background: white; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">4 </span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">For thus says the Lord God: “My people went down at
first Into Egypt to [<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+52%3A1-8&version=NKJV#fen-NKJV-18701a" title="See footnote a"><span style="color: maroon; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">a</span></a>]dwell there; Then the Assyrian oppressed them
without cause.<br />
</span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">5 </span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">Now therefore, what have I here,” says the Lord, “That
My people are taken away for nothing? Those who rule over them ]Make them
wail,” says the Lord, “And My name is blasphemed continually
every day.<br />
</span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">6 </span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">Therefore My people shall know My name; Therefore they
shall know in that day That I am He who speaks: ‘Behold, it
is I.’ ”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">7 </span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">How beautiful upon the
mountains Are the feet of him who brings good news, Who proclaims peace, Who
brings glad tidings of good things, Who proclaims salvation, Who says to
Zion, “Your God reigns!”<br />
</span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">8 </span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">Your watchmen shall lift up their voices, With
their voices they shall sing together; For they shall see eye to eye When
the Lord brings back Zion.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="Textbody"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">KEY VERSE:</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">“Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on
thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall
no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>-</span></i></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-";"> </span></i></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;">Isaiah 52:1</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Textbody"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Textbody"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Use what you have before it decays and loses its
usefulness.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="Textbody"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="Textbody"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="Textbody"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">THE MESSAGE:</span></i></span><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">An author wrote, "Unused money
devalues, unused talent diminishes, unused time dies and unused knowledge
becomes a burden. The tragedy of life isn't the ultimate death but the
resources that die within you when you are still alive." Our world is
littered with unused talents and resources. As the author rightly observed,
many useful talents and ideas eventually go waste when not used on times.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">The children of Israel were looking for
external help when all they needed had been provided. So Isaiah challenged them
to wake up to their responsibility. They must put on their hitherto unused
beautiful garment and their strength. They must also awake from their
despondency and distrust, break away from their slavery mentality and look unto
God that was working for them hitherto. The prophet pointed out that they sold
themselves cheap to the enemy and the Assyrians took advantage of them. God
then promised to deliver them if they would return to Him.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Christians today are busy carrying out many
good causes, but neglecting the primary task that Jesus gave them. We have all
that we need but many are still waiting for a more convenient time to do the
work of God.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">The tragedy of unused garment or talent is
that they soon lose their usefulness. The promised restoration of Zion would be
a mirage if Israel would continue to sleep instead of making their ways right
with God. Delay is dangerous for every saint and unused garment might soon be
unusable by God.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><sup><span style="color: black; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></sup></p>Sermon Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09064832906933756225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295365784262033512.post-16624179000227573552022-08-19T07:36:00.002+01:002022-08-19T07:36:52.844+01:00DLCM DAILY MANNA - GOD’S INVINCIBLE ARMY<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">DLCM DAILY MANNA DEVOTIONAL<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>GOD’S INVINCIBLE ARMY</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">19</span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">TH<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></sup></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">, AUGUST 2022</span></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge55gccJlz8UQTkRioz0h7QzmkNcTjlH-Y4u0XK5t-xIA6vFINqtUOMhE7PNHzTk5GCfUsxZtIOoMqHrLfCRlTI68gpMG6mhGAtDZ5A6G3IKkoz3ZPpOk2XGKYW9Ri0z7vNrEQDX7P-1IUhd3UYBf4gepex3dLYIMjigf12BWEOXavlrYI70Kmmxq52A/s1200/2022.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge55gccJlz8UQTkRioz0h7QzmkNcTjlH-Y4u0XK5t-xIA6vFINqtUOMhE7PNHzTk5GCfUsxZtIOoMqHrLfCRlTI68gpMG6mhGAtDZ5A6G3IKkoz3ZPpOk2XGKYW9Ri0z7vNrEQDX7P-1IUhd3UYBf4gepex3dLYIMjigf12BWEOXavlrYI70Kmmxq52A/w400-h266/2022.png" width="400" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /></b><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">BIBLE IN ONE YEAR</span><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">: </span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;">Job 39-42</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">TEXT</span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: "Lora, sans-serif";">:</span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;">Psalm 68:7-11</span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><br />
</span></span><b><sup><span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif";"><br />
</span></sup></b><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">7 </span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">O God, when You went out before Your people, When You
marched through the wilderness, Selah<br />
</span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">8 </span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">The earth shook; The heavens also dropped rain at
the presence of God; Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God,
the God of Israel.<br />
</span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">9 </span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">You, O God, sent a plentiful rain, Whereby You confirmed
Your inheritance, When it was weary.<br />
</span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">10 </span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">Your congregation dwelt in it; You, O God, provided from
Your goodness for the poor.</span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">11 </span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">The Lord
gave the word; Great was the [<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+68%3A7-11&version=NKJV#fen-NKJV-14912a" title="See footnote a"><span style="color: maroon; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">a</span></a>]company of those who proclaimed it:<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="Textbody"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">KEY VERSE:</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">“O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people,
when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah: The earth shook, the
heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the
presence of God, the God of Israel.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>-</span></i></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-";"> </span></i></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;">Psalm 68:7,8</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Textbody"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Textbody"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">When Christ leads, victory is assured.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="Textbody"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="Textbody"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="Textbody"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">THE MESSAGE:</span></i></span><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">“Merrill’s Marauders” was a long range
penetration special operations jungle warfare unit of 2,750 men of the United
States Army under the command of Brigadier General Frank D. Merrill
(1903-1955). Their assignment was to operate behind enemy lines. In April 1944,
a spectacular forced march over rugged terrain was successfully accomplished
over a 20-day period by Merrill’s Marauders to capture a former British
airfield held by the Japanese in northern Burma. Their attack caught the
Japanese completely by surprise as the airfield was captured with a slight
resistance that lasted only 50 minutes. While that exploit may appear
phenomenal, God has a bigger surprise from men and women anointed by God for
end-time battle for souls.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">The psalmist praised God for helping the
children of Israel through the wilderness journey. When God brought them out of
their chains, He did not leave them in the dry land, but went before them in a
march through the wilderness. God also manifested His glorious presence with
them at Mount Sinai and provided for them both in the wilderness and in Canaan.
He noted further that God gave them victory over their enemies. He was their
Commander in Chief who gave the Word. He raised up judges for them, gave them
commissions and instructions, and assured them of success. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">As believers, we must see God as our Guide
and Commander in Chief. Just as Israel of old had prophets who made God’s mind
known, we have the Scriptures to guide and lead us in the perfect will of God.
As the enemies of God were defeated, so will He give us victory as we follow
His leading.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><sup><span style="color: black; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></sup></p>Sermon Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09064832906933756225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295365784262033512.post-89201194867969811572022-08-19T07:18:00.003+01:002022-08-19T07:18:53.889+01:00CAC LIVING WATER - CHALLENGE THE FIGURES OF DARKNESS IN YOUR LIFE<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">LIVING WATER DAILY DEVOTIONAL<span class="StrongEmphasis"><br />
CHALLENGE THE FIGURES OF DARKNESS IN YOUR LIFE</span></span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">19</span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Algerian, serif"; line-height: 150%; position: relative; top: -8pt;">TH </span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Algerian, serif"; line-height: 150%;">, AUGUST 2022</span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4T8teYAcUt1vCdp4XxXRN9E2i-X_t5C3wgLzE3BxC5_OnLuQ_xnXsVLSAZtc5kbdzBMflhj1y2qKITc7N0-_0QFmT35X23aGir3TOuSc4-_PuiqMncmVMrUGhlIUKu5ZqFfc20IaIo0fW2eY-h8SPhP8T4-zK8yR1JxZ3MO1yNiM3z9RGLkki3BfZ9w/s594/CAC%202022.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="593" data-original-width="594" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4T8teYAcUt1vCdp4XxXRN9E2i-X_t5C3wgLzE3BxC5_OnLuQ_xnXsVLSAZtc5kbdzBMflhj1y2qKITc7N0-_0QFmT35X23aGir3TOuSc4-_PuiqMncmVMrUGhlIUKu5ZqFfc20IaIo0fW2eY-h8SPhP8T4-zK8yR1JxZ3MO1yNiM3z9RGLkki3BfZ9w/w400-h399/CAC%202022.PNG" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /> <o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
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<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">EXTRA READING FOR TODAY:</span></i></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jeremiah
38-41</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">READ</span></i></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: maroon;">: </span></i></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;">Genesis 1:1-3</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: maroon; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">1 In the beginning God created the heaven and
the earth.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: maroon; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">2 And the earth was without form, and void; and
darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the
face of the waters.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: maroon; line-height: 150%;">3 And God said, Let there be light: and there
was light.</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">MEMORISE:</span></i></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: #ff3333;">”</span></i></span> <span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: #ff3333;">And the earth was without form, and void;
and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon
the face of the waters</span></i></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: #ff3333;">.” -<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;">Genesis 1:2</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-family: "inherit", "serif"; line-height: 150%;">EXPOSITION</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">From the biblical point of view, if God is the Light, then
darkness connotes His opponent. The Prince of darkness hates the God of light,
and the Children of darkness detest the Children of the Light! Darkness and
light are antithetical. Darkness is a lack of illumination; it is an absence of
visible light. As a human being, unlike certain animals, such as lions, our
vision cannot distinguish colours in a dark atmosphere. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Emotionally, we
respond to darkness in various ways, including fear. As the brain, out of fear,
sends adrenaline to your body and prepares you for a fight or flight situation,
so darkness overwhelms you with fear. Symbolically, darkness gives the picture
of sadness, stagnation, lack of fulfilment, hatred, haphazard, emptiness,
unproductivity, etc. Darkness can serve as a judgement. Hence, God afflicted
the Egyptians, who worshipped the sun-god, 'Ray', with a "thick
darkness" that could be felt, because God brought judgment upon them!
(Exo.10:21-22)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Darkness causes
lack of progress, and brings chaos and fear into man's life. It brings
purposelessness and backwardness into man's life. Besides, there is one called
the Prince of darkness, who attempted to bring chasm between God the Father and
His Son on the Cross of Calvary (Matt.27v45-46), but he failed. He strives to
enslave man and separate him from his heavenly Father! Therefore, shout,
"Let there be Light!"<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "inherit", "serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">PRAYER POINT:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">1. Give praises to God who rescued us from dominion
of darkness and brings us into the kingdom of His dear Son!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">2. Lord Jesus, illuminate my life with Your light.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">3. Declare the Light of God on every department of
your local assembly, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><sup><span style="color: black; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></sup></p>Sermon Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09064832906933756225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295365784262033512.post-12427842311147759302022-08-19T07:12:00.004+01:002022-08-19T07:12:40.093+01:00OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL - LETTER TO THE PHILADELPHIAN CHURCH 2<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL</span></b>’<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">LETTER TO THE PHILADELPHIAN CHURCH 2<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">19</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">TH<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></sup></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">, AUGUST 2022</span></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNRcJvPQr-7DcrbioiG1pMvQWzVGNOhri8xGmaVtbaGxF7YrGYTkzRYwLFPtMaHKHCEjKd5t9fZj0jswKvAjcztLcZoONLMfsIAK0sdyUghdQUzirsTm1yctKjFy5ZlII8fpD_7ZefVGj-JqQnrkUNvG1zd9EoaO86sktEUruiIKm6On6NVpYOrX3LLA/s294/OPEN%20HEAVENS%202022%20(2).PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="294" data-original-width="221" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNRcJvPQr-7DcrbioiG1pMvQWzVGNOhri8xGmaVtbaGxF7YrGYTkzRYwLFPtMaHKHCEjKd5t9fZj0jswKvAjcztLcZoONLMfsIAK0sdyUghdQUzirsTm1yctKjFy5ZlII8fpD_7ZefVGj-JqQnrkUNvG1zd9EoaO86sktEUruiIKm6On6NVpYOrX3LLA/w301-h400/OPEN%20HEAVENS%202022%20(2).PNG" width="301" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /></b><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">BIBLE IN ONE YEAR</span><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">:</span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-";"> </span></i></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;">Isaiah 50-54</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">READ<i>: </i></span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-";">Revelation 3:11-13</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">11 Behold,
I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">12 Him
that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go
no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the
city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my
God: and I will write upon him my new name.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">13 He that
hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: maroon;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span class="StrongEmphasis">MEMORISE:</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em><b><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">“</span></b></em><em><b><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">But he that shall endure unto the end, the
same shall be saved.</span></b></em><em><b><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></em><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-";">- </span></i></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-";">Matthew 24:13</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">THE MESSAGE:</span></b><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">Behold, I come quickly;
hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown. -(Revelation 3:11)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">Jesus Christ said that it
is possible for someone to take a crown that was prepared for another person.
It is possible for a Christian to have worked very hard for God, but lose the
crown to someone else due to carelessness and not being watchful. I pray this
will not be your portion in Jesus’ name. Nobody else will take the fruits of
your labour in the Kingdom of God, in Jesus’ name.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">And because iniquity
shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto
the end, the same shall be saved. – (Matthew 24:12-13)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">There is no medal for
starting the race – it comes when you finish it. If you drop out of the race
and God chooses someone else to finish it for you, the fellow will get all your
medals. In the name of Jesus, nobody else will get the crown that I have been
working for in the Kingdom of God all these years. I want to say like Paul; I
have finished my race, I have kept the faith (2 Timothy 4:7).<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;">I heard a story about
fifty Christians who were being tortured by soldiers. The soldiers took the
Christians to a very cold lake, stripped them naked and told them to get into
the water. The soldiers then made a big bonfire beside the lake. They told the
Christians that whenever any of them was ready to deny Jesus, they could come
out of the lake and warm themselves by the fire. The Christians resisted and at
some point, they were close to death. Suddenly, fifty angels appeared with
crowns in their hands and they were moving towards these Christians in the
lake. The Christians could not see them. It was at that point that one of the
Christians thought he could no longer resist the cold so he denied Jesus and,
as he was coming out of the lake, the angel who brought his crown was about to
turn back to heaven when one of the soldiers who had seen the angel turning
back put off his own clothes and jumped into the lake, thereby claiming the
crown that the other fellow had lost. I tell you my brethren from the depth of
my heart, hold fast to the end so that no one else would take your crown.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: navy; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">KEY POINT</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: yellow; color: maroon; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">Hold fast to the end so that no one else would
take your crown.</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<p class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%;"><sup><span style="color: black; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></sup></p>Sermon Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09064832906933756225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295365784262033512.post-62674595611376468662022-08-19T07:08:00.001+01:002022-08-19T07:08:19.637+01:00MFM DAILY DEVOTIONAL - SIGNS OF THE TIMES (2)<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><a name="Bookmark"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mountain Top Life DAILY DEVOTIONAL<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></a></p>
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<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, ap";">Song 5, Song 6, Song 7, Song 8, 1 Corinthians
12:27-31, 1 Corinthians 13:1-13, Psalm 100:1-5<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></span></span></p><p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, ap";"><br /></span></i></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">FIRE SCRIPTURE: </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, ap";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, ap"; font-weight: normal;">Matthew
24:3-12</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">3 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">Now as He sat on the Mount of
Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when
will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and
of the end of the age?”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">4 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">And Jesus answered and said to
them: “Take heed that no one deceives you. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">5 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">For many will come in My name,
saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">6 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">And you will hear of wars and
rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for [</span></span></span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+24%3A3-12&version=NKJV#fen-NKJV-23964a" title="See footnote a"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; text-decoration: none;">a</span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">]all these
things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">7 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">For nation will rise against
nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, [</span></span></span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+24%3A3-12&version=NKJV#fen-NKJV-23965b" title="See footnote b"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; text-decoration: none;">b</span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">]pestilences,
and earthquakes in various places. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">8 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">All these are the beginning
of sorrows.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">9 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">“Then they will deliver you up to
tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s
sake. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">10 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">And then many will be offended, will
betray one another, and will hate one another. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">11 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">Then many false prophets will
rise up and deceive many. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">12 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">And because lawlessness will abound,
the love of many will grow cold.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="chapter-1" style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">MEMORY VERSE:<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">“Now the
Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the
faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">– </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, ap"; font-weight: normal;">1</span></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, ap";"> Timothy </span></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, ap"; font-weight: normal;">4</span></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, ap";">:1</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">MOTIVATIONAL</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">QUOTE:</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><br />
The only route of escape from eternal perdition is to be prepared every day.</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">PRAISE WORSHIP</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">: </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">Take a worship song as led by the HolySpirit.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">PROPHETIC WORD FOR TODAY:</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-family: "Cambria Math", "serif"; text-transform: uppercase;">I PROPHESY
UPON YOU THAT THE DARK SIGNS OF THE TIMES SHALL NOT FIND EXPRESSION IN YOUR
LIFE, IN THE NAME OF JESUS.</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">THE MESSAGE<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yesterday, we started looking at the "The signs of the
Times", and so far it is clear that majority of the signs as explained by
Jesus Christ are already with us. But the amazing thing is that many Christians
are still living as though nothing is at stake. I hope you are not one of those
who disregard divine warnings.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">In our Bible reading for today's devotional we have seen more of
the signs of the times: "For many shall come in my name, saying, I am
Christ; and shall deceive many. (Matthew 24:5). Indeed the world has witnessed
the emergence of many false christs. Some people have boldly declared
themselves to be Jesus. Many of us can still remember such strange elements in
this country. These fake men have profound charismatic personality and
deceptive nature by which they are able to enslave and imprison their followers
mentally and spiritually. Unfortunately, some believers, because of one
challenge or the other, have fallen victim to the whims and caprices of these
counterfeit Christ. Many men who are also seeking for fame, wealth and
positions have decided to mortgage their eternity by lining up behind these
impostors. Beloved, you need to have a deep conviction about the great wonders
the Lord can do for His children. Therefore, guard yourself against the
trickery and antics of such men.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Other signs of the times are war and rumour. The news media are
filled with devastating reportage on wars in many nations of the world today.
Coming home to Africa, we are aware of raging wars in some countries, both on
medium and large scale. The devil is instigating many of these senseless wars
in order to keep on polluting our land. The Bible says, so ye shall not pollute
the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land... (Numbers 35:33).<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Also, many unprepared souls have been sent to eternal perdition.
All these signs are supposed to be our constant reminder to always be prepared
for the coming of our Master -- Jesus Christ. Are you born again? Are you
preparing for eternity?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "inherit", "serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">PRAYER POINTS:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">MORNING<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">1. Thank You, Lord, for the redemption of my soul, in the name
of Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">2. Dark arrows of the end times fired to corrupt my life, come
out and die, in the name of Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">3.
Holy Ghost fire, fortify my life against every form of satanic deception, in
the name of the Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">EVENING<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">4. Holy Ghost fire,
purify my entire life, in the name of Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">5. Blood of Jesus,
barricade my life from the invasion from hell, in the name of Jesus <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">6. Trap of the enemy
assigned to catch me, catch fire, in the name of Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">7. O Lord, more than
ever before, defend Your interest in my life and family, in the name of Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
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HAVE A BLESSED DAY<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian;">©2022</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><sup><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></sup></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian;">MOUNTAIN TOP LIFE is a daily devotional by</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dr. D.K Olukoya
(General Overseer, MOUNTAIN OF<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p>
<p align="center" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian;">FIRE</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><b><span style="color: maroon; font-family: Algerian;"> </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian;">and Miracle
Ministries, Worldwide</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span><p class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></sup></i></b></p>Sermon Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09064832906933756225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295365784262033512.post-86481767894748856182022-08-18T08:47:00.003+01:002022-08-18T08:47:38.044+01:00CAC LIVING WATER - WHAT DOES IT TAKE YOU TO SELL YOUR CHRIST?<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">LIVING WATER DAILY DEVOTIONAL<span class="StrongEmphasis"><br />
WHAT DOES IT TAKE YOU TO SELL YOUR CHRIST?</span></span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">18</span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Algerian, serif"; line-height: 150%; position: relative; top: -8pt;">TH </span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Algerian, serif"; line-height: 150%;">, AUGUST 2022</span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQIoa9tZqw51R0hZfQDqfRY2g60WnHEbzZt6TK9iD184NTmS9RgQohsIiLhR3Qs-i_H7posJKn71NG6A-tS2pLGjyL-gWpXpJwnlKHaBr3f3SVPFYR0GazBEJq_BWdVd32Ly6KrvhLU4w4aHcTZOe5jBh7I78Jm7L9n4EmniLdMRtRV1KnF0eccUCffg/s594/CAC%202022.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="593" data-original-width="594" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQIoa9tZqw51R0hZfQDqfRY2g60WnHEbzZt6TK9iD184NTmS9RgQohsIiLhR3Qs-i_H7posJKn71NG6A-tS2pLGjyL-gWpXpJwnlKHaBr3f3SVPFYR0GazBEJq_BWdVd32Ly6KrvhLU4w4aHcTZOe5jBh7I78Jm7L9n4EmniLdMRtRV1KnF0eccUCffg/w400-h399/CAC%202022.PNG" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /> <o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
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<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">EXTRA READING FOR TODAY:</span></i></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jeremiah
34-37</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">READ</span></i></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: maroon;">: </span></i></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;">Matthew 26:15-16</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: maroon; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">15 And said unto them, What will ye give me, and
I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of
silver.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: maroon; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">16 And from that time he sought opportunity to
betray him.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: maroon; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">MEMORISE:</span></i></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: #ff3333;">”</span></i></span> <span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: #ff3333;">And said unto them, What will ye give me,
and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces
of silver</span></i></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: #ff3333;">.” -<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;">Matthew 26:15</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><br /></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-family: "inherit", "serif"; line-height: 150%;">EXPOSITION</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Judas was a very privileged person in the college of the
apostles! He was entrusted with the College money! He was called by Jesus
without any prior application. He was not a minister without portfolio; was
appointed their finance minister! At the time Jesus was going through agony, he
went to the enemies and asked: *What you are willing to give me if I hand him over
to you* (v.15 NIV)? A good businessmen or marketer should be the one who sets
the price for his products, but Judas was willing to sell his Master at any
price! <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let us look at
this chronologically. In John 13v30, *KJV:He then having received the sop went
immediately out: and it was night.* Luke 22v3-6 *KJV:Then entered Satan into
Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve. And he went his
way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him
unto them. And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money. And he
promised, and sought opportunity to betray him unto them in the absence of the
multitude.* Before Judas went out, he was receiving bread that supposed to give
him life, the bread from the Bread of Life Himself. But Satan entered into him
and ruined his life. That will not be your experience, in Jesus name.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The question comes
to us on daily basis: What does it take me to sell Christ? It is the belief of
business people and politicians that everyone has a price tag! If Satan were to
come to you and ask: 'What are you willing to take to sell your Lord? What
price tag are you putting on your heaven, your destiny or that of your family?
It is money, possession, power, or pleasure? Esau sold his future and
birth-right for a morsel! Would you sell yours, too?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="Standard" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "inherit", "serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">PRAYER POINT:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">1. Lord, forgive me of any act of unfaithfulness to
You.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">2. Pray that the Lord will keep your heart sacred
and inaccessible by the prince of darkness, in Jesus name.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; font-weight: normal;">3. Ask for the Spirit that refuses negotiation with
Satan over your spirituality.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></sup></i></b></p>
<p class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><sup><span style="color: black; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></sup></p>Sermon Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09064832906933756225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295365784262033512.post-78273144902971079872022-08-18T08:47:00.002+01:002022-08-18T08:47:26.848+01:00MFM DAILY DEVOTIONAL - SIGNS OF THE TIMES (I)<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><a name="Bookmark"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mountain Top Life DAILY DEVOTIONAL<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></a></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>SIGNS OF THE TIMES (I)</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">18</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">TH </span></sup></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">,
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<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, ap";">Song 1, Song 2, Song 3, Song 4, 1 Corinthians
12:1-26, Psalm 99:1-9<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">FIRE SCRIPTURE: </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, ap";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, ap"; font-weight: normal;">Mark
13:4-13</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><sup><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif";"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">4 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">“Tell us, when will these things be?
And what will be the sign when all these things will be fulfilled?”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">5 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">And Jesus, answering them, began to
say: “Take heed that no one deceives you.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">6 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">For many will come in My name, saying,
‘I am He,’ and will deceive many. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">7 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">But when you hear of wars and rumors
of wars, do not be troubled; for such things must happen, but the
end is not yet. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">8 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">For nation will rise against nation,
and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be earthquakes in various
places, and there will be famines [</span></span></span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+13%3A4-13&version=NKJV#fen-NKJV-24726a" title="See footnote a"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; text-decoration: none;">a</span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">]and
troubles. These are the beginnings of [</span></span></span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+13%3A4-13&version=NKJV#fen-NKJV-24726b" title="See footnote b"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; text-decoration: none;">b</span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">]sorrows.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">9 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">“But watch out for yourselves,
for they will deliver you up to councils, and you will be beaten in the
synagogues. You will [</span></span></span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+13%3A4-13&version=NKJV#fen-NKJV-24727c" title="See footnote c"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; text-decoration: none;">c</span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">]be brought
before rulers and kings for My sake, for a testimony to them. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">10 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">And the gospel must first be
preached to all the nations. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">11 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">But when they arrest you and
deliver you up, do not worry beforehand, [</span></span></span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+13%3A4-13&version=NKJV#fen-NKJV-24729d" title="See footnote d"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; text-decoration: none;">d</span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">]or
premeditate what you will speak. But whatever is given you in that hour, speak
that; for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">12 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">Now brother will betray brother
to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against
parents and cause them to be put to death. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">13 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">And you will be hated by all for My
name’s sake. But he who [</span></span></span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+13%3A4-13&version=NKJV#fen-NKJV-24731e" title="See footnote e"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; text-decoration: none;">e</span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">]endures
to the end shall be saved.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">MEMORY VERSE:<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">“This know
also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">– </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, ap"; font-weight: normal;">2
Timothy 3:1</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, ap"; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></i></span></span></span></p><p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, ap"; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></i></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">MOTIVATIONAL</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">QUOTE:</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><br />
Walking closely with God is the surest way to escape the trap of end-times.</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">PRAISE WORSHIP</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">: </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">Take a worship song as led by the HolySpirit.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">PROPHETIC WORD FOR TODAY:</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-family: "Cambria Math", "serif"; text-transform: uppercase;">I PROPHESY
UPON YOU THAT THE WICKEDNESS OF THESE LAST DAYS SHALL NOT SWALLOW YOU UP, IN
THE NAME OF JESUS.</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">THE MESSAGE<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">It is an undeniable fact that the signs of times, as predicted
by our Lord Jesus Christ, are already upon this generation. Genuine believers
are aware of the fact that Jesus was never given to diplomacy. He was always
very frank in declaring His stand over any matter<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Towards the end of His glorious earthly ministry, He boldly
declared to His disciples, in responding to some of the questions they asked,
that surely there is an end to this world of sin. However, this imminent end to
all things shall be marked by many frightening signs after which the Saviour
shall appear to take away His children who are ready for His second coming. Are
you ready?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Meanwhile, in the New Testament, especially in the gospels,
Jesus Christ gave an elaborate description of the signs of the end times which
are part of God's agenda to wind up this world. In Matthew chapter twenty-four,
some of the signs of the times given can be summarised as Follows: high-profile
and systematic deception of the brethren by undesirable elements. In fact, this
is the first sign Jesus warned His disciples about because He knows that the
heart of man could be easily deceived and led into believing falsehoods.
Unfortunately, many Christians have been deceived and more are still being
deceived.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Many people attend a church where the truth of God's word is
being taught consistently, yet they allowed themselves to be deceived, thereby
losing their relationship with the Lord. I hope you are not in that category.
You have to be careful, the Bible says in 2 Timothy 3:13, "But evil men
and saducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived." The
truth is that some so-called preachers are teaching their members that Jesus
will not come again despite the fact that the signs of the times and of His
sure coming are massively increasing every day. Please beware of such people!
The best way not to fall victim is to make sure you are very close to God, walk
in His way and run away from sin on a daily basis.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "inherit", "serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">PRAYER POINTS:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">MORNING<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">1. O Lord, I thank You for the power of redemption in Your
blood.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">2. Agenda of darkness to make me fall, scatter by fire, in the
name of Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">3.
Lord Jesus, as l go out today, let Your glory envelope my life.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">EVENING<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">4. Enemies of my soul,
die by fire, in the name of Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">5. Arrows from the pit
of hell fired against my life, backfire, in the name of the Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">6. I barricade my
spirit, soul and body with the fire of God, in the name of Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">7. Lord Jesus, be
enthroned upon my life forever, in the name of Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="Textbody" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
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HAVE A BLESSED DAY<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bookmark: Bookmark;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dr. D.K Olukoya
(General Overseer, MOUNTAIN OF<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p>
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Ministries, Worldwide</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span><p class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></sup></i></b></p>Sermon Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09064832906933756225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295365784262033512.post-693105269527809602022-08-18T08:46:00.007+01:002022-08-18T08:46:53.817+01:00DLCM DAILY MANNA - WISDOM IS WEALTH<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">DLCM DAILY MANNA DEVOTIONAL<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>WISDOM IS WEALTH</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="Standard" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">18</span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">TH<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></sup></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;">, AUGUST 2022</span></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Cp2JMi8meZP10EemfF5iL71GyAmJ3yWb0R7xNFN2rRB7GWOFLfYoNgN9zerA9Rmt5cElo_vPzlfcphvawBdEcgnhR-wJRo01GDO9bO8nU8DUveJteECHgp9m1-m4NlpyUOM57x5xTtWSNBNj3kYqwLWU_qDyl4zDEG7hZDwo0HKNOUUGaO5J7wBukQ/s1200/2022.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Cp2JMi8meZP10EemfF5iL71GyAmJ3yWb0R7xNFN2rRB7GWOFLfYoNgN9zerA9Rmt5cElo_vPzlfcphvawBdEcgnhR-wJRo01GDO9bO8nU8DUveJteECHgp9m1-m4NlpyUOM57x5xTtWSNBNj3kYqwLWU_qDyl4zDEG7hZDwo0HKNOUUGaO5J7wBukQ/w400-h266/2022.png" width="400" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /></b><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">BIBLE IN ONE YEAR</span><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">: </span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;">Job 35-38</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">TEXT</span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: "Lora, sans-serif";">:</span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;">Proverbs 24:1-12</span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p class="line" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">1 Do not
be envious of evil men, Nor desire to be with them;<br />
</span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">2 </span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">For their heart devises violence, And their lips talk of
troublemaking.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">3 </span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">Through wisdom a house is
built, And by understanding it is established;<br />
</span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">4 </span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">By knowledge the rooms are filled With all precious and
pleasant riches.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">5 </span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">A wise man is strong,
Yes, a man of knowledge increases strength;<br />
</span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">6 </span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">For by wise counsel you will wage your own war, And in a
multitude of counselors there is safety.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">7 </span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">Wisdom is too lofty
for a fool; He does not open his mouth in the gate.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">8 </span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">He who plots to do evil Will
be called a [<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+24%3A1-12&version=NKJV#fen-NKJV-17088a" title="See footnote a"><span style="color: maroon; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">a</span></a>]schemer.<br />
</span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">9 </span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">The devising of foolishness is sin, And the
scoffer is an abomination to men.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">10 </span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">If you faint
in the day of adversity, Your strength is small.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">11 </span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">Deliver those
who are drawn toward death, And hold back those stumbling to the
slaughter.<br />
</span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal;">12 </span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="color: maroon;">If you say, “Surely we did not know this,” Does
not He who weighs the hearts consider it?<br />
He who keeps your soul, does He not know it? And will He not render
to each man according to his deeds?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="Textbody"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">KEY VERSE:</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">“Through wisdom is an house builded; and by
understanding it is established: And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled
with all precious and pleasant riches.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>-</span></i></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-";"> </span></i></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-"; font-weight: normal;">Proverbs 24:3,4</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Textbody"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: "inherit", "serif";">THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Textbody"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">Knowledge combined with divine wisdom creates the path
to greatness.</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Textbody"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<p class="Textbody"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="StrongEmphasis"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";">THE MESSAGE:</span></i></span><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Can a Christian be wealthy? Solomon, who
was once the wisest man on earth says yes. A Christian can be wealthy and
successful on earth while faithfully serving the Lord. Poverty is not a
heritage that believers have in Christ. David wrote, “Let the LORD be
magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant” (Psalm 35:27).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Many people tend to envy those that grow
rich through dubious means. But, in our reading today, Solomon tries to show
that believers can succeed and become rich without compromising their righteous
positions. Three tools that Solomon believes will create wealth for the saints
are wisdom, understanding and knowledge. Wisdom will take a man far in life. It
will build a house, furnish it and give such a man the knowledge not to copy or
envy the heathen. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">As we grow in knowledge, we grow in all
grace and a wise man will accomplish what a strong man cannot effect by force
of arms. His spirit is strengthened for spiritual work and warfare to govern a
house or a kingdom. Wisdom will make a man to manage crisis in personal or
public matters. It will guide proper decision making either for an advantageous
peace or an honourable retreat. Wise men embrace godly counsels from others for
“in the multitude of counsellors there is safety” (Proverbs 11:14).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">The Bible is a great source of wisdom for
children of God. True wealth comes from wisdom in relating with our heavenly
Father and doing the things that make Him happy. Today, we must stand when
others faint and enthusiastically help deliver people from death and despair.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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MANNA IS a daily devotional by PASTOR W.F KUMUYI (General Overseer, DEEPER
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