09-19-2019, 04:20 PM
OUR DAILY MANNA DEVOTIONAL*
_A DAILY DEVOTIONAL BOOKLET FOR CHAMPIONS_
*DATE: THURSDAY 19TH SEPTEMBER, 2019*
*TOPIC: THE HAPPINESS – JOY SWITCH!*
*BASIC SCRIPTURE: HABAKKUK 3:13-19*
I could have re-titled today’s devotional write-up as, “Surviving Tough Times!” Truth is, there is no way you are going to escape trials and temporary difficulties in life, no matter how you try to pray more or live a holier life. The Holy Book says,
*“MANY* (not few) are the difficulties (afflictions) of the *RIGHTEOUS* (not sinners) but the Lord will always deliver him/her out of them all – (Psalm 34:19 paraphrased). Did you get that? *“MANY!” “PLENTY!” Wow!* But note this divine bullet: *“PLENTY TROUBLE will always lead to your PLENTY TROPHIES!”* Hear this also: The Fig tree will not always blossom – today’s scripture!
*The Secret Of Surviving Tough Time Is Your Response To Them!* The problem is not the problem! The problem is your reaction to the problem! You can either allow the problem to grind you into depression and self pity or it can become an opportunity for making progress/
creative new thinking! Listen to Tony Evans: *“When you are in the middle of a trial, you don’t want your emotions to dictate your actions, for the same reason a truck driver on the highway doesn’t want his cargo to dictate the ride. When that cargo starts shifting and sliding back and forth, the driver soon has a truck that is out of control: swerving back and forth, but the driver refuses to be controlled by the cargo.”*
But do you know that millions of people are like truck? Our *cargos* (battles) swing us back and forth and takes us where they want to go, instead of where we need to go! No matter how 2019 has been, you can make a decision that you will be joyful even in the fire! *HAPPINESS* is circumstantially driven! It depends on what happens around you, but *JOY* is not related to circumstances. It is a decision! No matter what happens and even if your FIGS (fruits and testimonies ( do not show) forth early, Vs. 18 says: “Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.” That is a DECISION in the battlefront of life!
Hear Greg Anderson: *“You can’t expect to prevent negative feelings all together and you can’t expect to experience positive feelings all the time. The Law of Emotional Choice directs us to acknowledge our feelings, but also to refuse to get stuck in the negatives.”* Oh! Did you get that? *Refuse to get stuck in the negatives!* In this 2nd half of 2019, determine to walk in JOY, even when your world is falling apart! Pray now!
*Wow! Follow me on my personal instagram handle - @ourdailymanna_bishopchris, my Facebook PAGE: bishop chris kwakpovwe ODM and personal Twitter: ODM_DrChris, ODM official instagram handle @ourdailymannaonline.*
*PRAYER POINTS:* Take your best worship song to God now.
1. Worshiop God and pray again over that nagging problem.
2. Lord, deliver me in line with Your Word (Psalm 34:19) out of this affliction *(Mention it and pray it very well).*
3. I bind the demonic strongman monitoring my life and ministry in Jesus name. *Pray for those that are sick today!*
*THE BIBLE-IN-ONE-YEAR: EZEKIEL 43-45*
*BY: BISHOP (DR) CHRIS E. KWAKPOVWE (CEK)*
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_A DAILY DEVOTIONAL BOOKLET FOR CHAMPIONS_
*DATE: THURSDAY 19TH SEPTEMBER, 2019*
*TOPIC: THE HAPPINESS – JOY SWITCH!*
*BASIC SCRIPTURE: HABAKKUK 3:13-19*
I could have re-titled today’s devotional write-up as, “Surviving Tough Times!” Truth is, there is no way you are going to escape trials and temporary difficulties in life, no matter how you try to pray more or live a holier life. The Holy Book says,
*“MANY* (not few) are the difficulties (afflictions) of the *RIGHTEOUS* (not sinners) but the Lord will always deliver him/her out of them all – (Psalm 34:19 paraphrased). Did you get that? *“MANY!” “PLENTY!” Wow!* But note this divine bullet: *“PLENTY TROUBLE will always lead to your PLENTY TROPHIES!”* Hear this also: The Fig tree will not always blossom – today’s scripture!
*The Secret Of Surviving Tough Time Is Your Response To Them!* The problem is not the problem! The problem is your reaction to the problem! You can either allow the problem to grind you into depression and self pity or it can become an opportunity for making progress/
creative new thinking! Listen to Tony Evans: *“When you are in the middle of a trial, you don’t want your emotions to dictate your actions, for the same reason a truck driver on the highway doesn’t want his cargo to dictate the ride. When that cargo starts shifting and sliding back and forth, the driver soon has a truck that is out of control: swerving back and forth, but the driver refuses to be controlled by the cargo.”*
But do you know that millions of people are like truck? Our *cargos* (battles) swing us back and forth and takes us where they want to go, instead of where we need to go! No matter how 2019 has been, you can make a decision that you will be joyful even in the fire! *HAPPINESS* is circumstantially driven! It depends on what happens around you, but *JOY* is not related to circumstances. It is a decision! No matter what happens and even if your FIGS (fruits and testimonies ( do not show) forth early, Vs. 18 says: “Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.” That is a DECISION in the battlefront of life!
Hear Greg Anderson: *“You can’t expect to prevent negative feelings all together and you can’t expect to experience positive feelings all the time. The Law of Emotional Choice directs us to acknowledge our feelings, but also to refuse to get stuck in the negatives.”* Oh! Did you get that? *Refuse to get stuck in the negatives!* In this 2nd half of 2019, determine to walk in JOY, even when your world is falling apart! Pray now!
*Wow! Follow me on my personal instagram handle - @ourdailymanna_bishopchris, my Facebook PAGE: bishop chris kwakpovwe ODM and personal Twitter: ODM_DrChris, ODM official instagram handle @ourdailymannaonline.*
*PRAYER POINTS:* Take your best worship song to God now.
1. Worshiop God and pray again over that nagging problem.
2. Lord, deliver me in line with Your Word (Psalm 34:19) out of this affliction *(Mention it and pray it very well).*
3. I bind the demonic strongman monitoring my life and ministry in Jesus name. *Pray for those that are sick today!*
*THE BIBLE-IN-ONE-YEAR: EZEKIEL 43-45*
*BY: BISHOP (DR) CHRIS E. KWAKPOVWE (CEK)*
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