03-09-2019, 09:56 AM
*OUR DAILY MANNA DEVOTIONAL*
_A DEVOTIONAL BOOKLET FOR CHAMPIONS_
*DATE: SATURDAY 9TH MARCH, 2019*
*TOPIC: LABOUR IS NOT FAVOUR! ABOVE IS NOT ABROAD!*
*BASIC SCRIPTURE: GENESIS 26:1-16*
Again, I received another mail in late 2016 and I am led to use it as a focus in today’s devotional. Read along with me. “Beloved Dr. Chris, my eldest brother has been living in the United States for the past twenty-five years (since 1981).
Till this moment, *his impact has never been felt at home – no achievement of any kind whatsoever.* He has, a s of now, abandoned his wife and four children in Houston Texas and left for Oklahoma city. Please, brother, in union with the 24-hour Worldwide Manna Prayer Chain, help me in prayers so that my brother (regardless of the wasted years) will be delivered from the bounds and shackles of the wicked one and come back to his senses. Remain richly blessed (Brother K – 08033954780).”
As soon as the mail was received, we started praying and I know that the mercy of God will cause a wonderful testimony out of this battle for the destiny of a lovely soul; but the Holy Ghost emphasis in today’s devotional is on the fact that *prosperity is not from abroad, but from above. What can you say of a man that has not made any impact on humanity after spending 25 years in America?*
The Holy Ghost also wants a user of today’s devotional to note that labour is not favour and labour does not guarantee a lift to your next level. Millions are migrating across the globe from nation to nation in search of greener pastures. But the stack reality is that a lizard in Africa cannot become a crocodile in America, neither can a dog in Asia become a lion in Europe. I receive calls from across the globe daily and I have discovered that there is no continent that is exempted from the battles of life.
There are suffering/crying people in America while there are cruising people in Africa. This is the mystery of divine success! Isaac sowed in the land and he reaped a 100-fold. *The blessing is not in the land. The blessing is in the covenant because others were sowing on the land at the same time.* Do you know that a man/woman who understands the covenant can bloom in the desert? LABOUR IS NOT FAVOUR! ABOVE IS NOT ABROAD! So, if God does not tell you to relocate, stay where you are, otherwise your name will be changed to FRUSTRATION.
*Don’t miss the NEXT BATTLE AXE INT’L MINSTERS’/WORKERS CONFERENCE OF 2019 MARCH 29TH – 31ST. 29TH is 6pm. 30TH are 3 SESSIONS from 8am. 31ST is impartation service 8am! Venue is Manna (Interdenominational) Mountain, OGUDU Orioke, Lagos!*
*PRAYER POINTS:* Take Song 1: Higher Ground…
1. Lord, help me not to look to man or nations but to You for my supply. Pray seriously about your life and ministry as led.
*THE BIBLE IN YEAR: JOSHUA 9 – 12*
*BY: BISHOP (DR) CHRIS E. KWAKPOVWE (CEK)*
_PUBLISHER/AUTHOR AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF_
*Songs 1: Higher Ground*
1. I’m pressing on the upward way,
New heights I’m gaining everyday;
Still praying as I onward bound,
“Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.”
*Chorus*
Lord, lift me up, and let me stand
By faith on Canaan’s tableland;
A higher plane than I have found,
Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.
2. My heart has no desire to stay
Where doubts arise and fears dismay;
Though some may dwell where these abound,
My prayer, my aim, is higher ground.
3. I want to live above the world,
Though Satan’s darts at me are hurled;
For faith has caught the joyful sound,
The song of saints on higher ground.
4. I want to scale the utmost height
And catch a gleam of glory bright;
But still I’ll pray till rest I’ve found,
“Lord, lead me on to higher ground.”
_A DEVOTIONAL BOOKLET FOR CHAMPIONS_
*DATE: SATURDAY 9TH MARCH, 2019*
*TOPIC: LABOUR IS NOT FAVOUR! ABOVE IS NOT ABROAD!*
*BASIC SCRIPTURE: GENESIS 26:1-16*
Again, I received another mail in late 2016 and I am led to use it as a focus in today’s devotional. Read along with me. “Beloved Dr. Chris, my eldest brother has been living in the United States for the past twenty-five years (since 1981).
Till this moment, *his impact has never been felt at home – no achievement of any kind whatsoever.* He has, a s of now, abandoned his wife and four children in Houston Texas and left for Oklahoma city. Please, brother, in union with the 24-hour Worldwide Manna Prayer Chain, help me in prayers so that my brother (regardless of the wasted years) will be delivered from the bounds and shackles of the wicked one and come back to his senses. Remain richly blessed (Brother K – 08033954780).”
As soon as the mail was received, we started praying and I know that the mercy of God will cause a wonderful testimony out of this battle for the destiny of a lovely soul; but the Holy Ghost emphasis in today’s devotional is on the fact that *prosperity is not from abroad, but from above. What can you say of a man that has not made any impact on humanity after spending 25 years in America?*
The Holy Ghost also wants a user of today’s devotional to note that labour is not favour and labour does not guarantee a lift to your next level. Millions are migrating across the globe from nation to nation in search of greener pastures. But the stack reality is that a lizard in Africa cannot become a crocodile in America, neither can a dog in Asia become a lion in Europe. I receive calls from across the globe daily and I have discovered that there is no continent that is exempted from the battles of life.
There are suffering/crying people in America while there are cruising people in Africa. This is the mystery of divine success! Isaac sowed in the land and he reaped a 100-fold. *The blessing is not in the land. The blessing is in the covenant because others were sowing on the land at the same time.* Do you know that a man/woman who understands the covenant can bloom in the desert? LABOUR IS NOT FAVOUR! ABOVE IS NOT ABROAD! So, if God does not tell you to relocate, stay where you are, otherwise your name will be changed to FRUSTRATION.
*Don’t miss the NEXT BATTLE AXE INT’L MINSTERS’/WORKERS CONFERENCE OF 2019 MARCH 29TH – 31ST. 29TH is 6pm. 30TH are 3 SESSIONS from 8am. 31ST is impartation service 8am! Venue is Manna (Interdenominational) Mountain, OGUDU Orioke, Lagos!*
*PRAYER POINTS:* Take Song 1: Higher Ground…
1. Lord, help me not to look to man or nations but to You for my supply. Pray seriously about your life and ministry as led.
*THE BIBLE IN YEAR: JOSHUA 9 – 12*
*BY: BISHOP (DR) CHRIS E. KWAKPOVWE (CEK)*
_PUBLISHER/AUTHOR AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF_
*Songs 1: Higher Ground*
1. I’m pressing on the upward way,
New heights I’m gaining everyday;
Still praying as I onward bound,
“Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.”
*Chorus*
Lord, lift me up, and let me stand
By faith on Canaan’s tableland;
A higher plane than I have found,
Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.
2. My heart has no desire to stay
Where doubts arise and fears dismay;
Though some may dwell where these abound,
My prayer, my aim, is higher ground.
3. I want to live above the world,
Though Satan’s darts at me are hurled;
For faith has caught the joyful sound,
The song of saints on higher ground.
4. I want to scale the utmost height
And catch a gleam of glory bright;
But still I’ll pray till rest I’ve found,
“Lord, lead me on to higher ground.”