05-07-2019, 09:10 AM
*OUR DAILY MANNA DEVOTIONAL*
_A DEVOTIONAL BOOKLET FOR CHAMPIONS_
*DATE: TUESDAY 7TH MAY, 2019*
*TOPIC: IN TIMES LIKE THESE, WHAT WILL YOU DO?*
*BASIC SCRIPTURE: JOB 14:1-14*
Some years back during one of the religious crisis in the Northern part of Nigeria, the persecution became so tense for the Christians that some in an attempt to save their lives and that of their family members, fled to the southern part of the country.
Some deliberately stopped going for services in their churches and resolved to have personal fellowship with God, some removed the stickers on their cars and doorpost(s), some names were changed from Mary to “Miriam”, Moses to “Musa”, Isaiah to “Ishaku” so as to secure their jobs, businesses or contracts and probably their lives.
In the heat of the crisis, three brothers were held hostage by the Muslim fanatics and they were asked to drop their Bibles, march on them and also to break a “Cross” to signify their rejection of Christ or face the death penalty. Dearly beloved, in times like that, what will you do? Who would you claim to be? The agony was so much that two of the three Christian brothers bowed to them by destroying the Cross and marched on their Bibles, but the third one stood for God declaring like Paul, “For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.”
He refused to succumb to their threats. *The persecutors looked at the three of them and they murdered the two brothers that denied their faith in Christ and spared the brother that stood his ground.*
What a wonderful God who is able to defend His children even at odd times! Your own persecutor may not be a physical man, but may the challenge/problem you have been battling with right from the beginning of this year. Friends.
neighbours have probably suggested to you to renounce your faith and seek help outside Christ, most times quoting that, “God is not against your helping yourself.” *Resist the urge to look elsewhere outside JEHOVAH GOD, because DELAY IS NOT DENIAL! Arise now and declare that only the counsel of God concerning you shall stand and all the days of your appointed time will you wait until your change comes (Today’s Basic Scripture, Vs 14). Still wait on the Lord! You will TESTIFY in Jesus name!
*GET THE DVD of the last STORY TO GLORY WORLD ANOINTING NIGHT! Lay hands of my hands in that DVD as we pray the AGREEMENT PRAYER in that DVD! Contact your ODM distributor for copies! Powerful!*
*PRAYER POINTS:* Take Song 1: There’s Not A Friend…
1. Thank God and pray about today’s message as it has ministered to you. *Repent from seeking after other gods secretly for breakthroughs.*
2. Ask for the grace to wait for your divine due season. Lord, announce me for good. Give me my STORY to GLORY testimony! I am not a quitter! I trust You LORD! Restored my wasted years in Jesus name.
3. Pray about today seriously as led now. See pages 7-9.
*THE BIBLE-IN-ONE-YEAR: NEHEMIAH 1-3*
*BY: BISHOP (DR) CHRIS E. KWAKPOVWE (CEK)*
_PUBLISHER/AUTHOR AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF_
*Song 1: There’s Not A Friend*
1. There’s not a Friend like the lowly Jesus:
No, not one! No, not one!
None else could heal all our souls’ diseases:
No, not one! No, not one!
*Refrain:*
Jesus knows all about our struggles;
He will guide ‘til the day is done:
There’s not a Friend like the lowly Jesus:
No, not one! No, not one!
2. No friend like Him is so high and holy,
No, not one! No, not one!
And yet no friend is so meek and lowly,
No, not one! No, not one!
3. There’s not an hour that He is not near us,
No, not one! No, not one!
No night so dark, but His love can cheer us,
No, not one! No, not one!
4. Did ever saint find this Friend forsake him?
No, not one! No, not one!
Or sinner find that He would not take him?
No, not one! No, not one!
5. Was e’er a gift like the Saviour given?
No, not one! No, not one!
Will He refuse us the bliss of heaven?
No, not one! No, not one!
_A DEVOTIONAL BOOKLET FOR CHAMPIONS_
*DATE: TUESDAY 7TH MAY, 2019*
*TOPIC: IN TIMES LIKE THESE, WHAT WILL YOU DO?*
*BASIC SCRIPTURE: JOB 14:1-14*
Some years back during one of the religious crisis in the Northern part of Nigeria, the persecution became so tense for the Christians that some in an attempt to save their lives and that of their family members, fled to the southern part of the country.
Some deliberately stopped going for services in their churches and resolved to have personal fellowship with God, some removed the stickers on their cars and doorpost(s), some names were changed from Mary to “Miriam”, Moses to “Musa”, Isaiah to “Ishaku” so as to secure their jobs, businesses or contracts and probably their lives.
In the heat of the crisis, three brothers were held hostage by the Muslim fanatics and they were asked to drop their Bibles, march on them and also to break a “Cross” to signify their rejection of Christ or face the death penalty. Dearly beloved, in times like that, what will you do? Who would you claim to be? The agony was so much that two of the three Christian brothers bowed to them by destroying the Cross and marched on their Bibles, but the third one stood for God declaring like Paul, “For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.”
He refused to succumb to their threats. *The persecutors looked at the three of them and they murdered the two brothers that denied their faith in Christ and spared the brother that stood his ground.*
What a wonderful God who is able to defend His children even at odd times! Your own persecutor may not be a physical man, but may the challenge/problem you have been battling with right from the beginning of this year. Friends.
neighbours have probably suggested to you to renounce your faith and seek help outside Christ, most times quoting that, “God is not against your helping yourself.” *Resist the urge to look elsewhere outside JEHOVAH GOD, because DELAY IS NOT DENIAL! Arise now and declare that only the counsel of God concerning you shall stand and all the days of your appointed time will you wait until your change comes (Today’s Basic Scripture, Vs 14). Still wait on the Lord! You will TESTIFY in Jesus name!
*GET THE DVD of the last STORY TO GLORY WORLD ANOINTING NIGHT! Lay hands of my hands in that DVD as we pray the AGREEMENT PRAYER in that DVD! Contact your ODM distributor for copies! Powerful!*
*PRAYER POINTS:* Take Song 1: There’s Not A Friend…
1. Thank God and pray about today’s message as it has ministered to you. *Repent from seeking after other gods secretly for breakthroughs.*
2. Ask for the grace to wait for your divine due season. Lord, announce me for good. Give me my STORY to GLORY testimony! I am not a quitter! I trust You LORD! Restored my wasted years in Jesus name.
3. Pray about today seriously as led now. See pages 7-9.
*THE BIBLE-IN-ONE-YEAR: NEHEMIAH 1-3*
*BY: BISHOP (DR) CHRIS E. KWAKPOVWE (CEK)*
_PUBLISHER/AUTHOR AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF_
*Song 1: There’s Not A Friend*
1. There’s not a Friend like the lowly Jesus:
No, not one! No, not one!
None else could heal all our souls’ diseases:
No, not one! No, not one!
*Refrain:*
Jesus knows all about our struggles;
He will guide ‘til the day is done:
There’s not a Friend like the lowly Jesus:
No, not one! No, not one!
2. No friend like Him is so high and holy,
No, not one! No, not one!
And yet no friend is so meek and lowly,
No, not one! No, not one!
3. There’s not an hour that He is not near us,
No, not one! No, not one!
No night so dark, but His love can cheer us,
No, not one! No, not one!
4. Did ever saint find this Friend forsake him?
No, not one! No, not one!
Or sinner find that He would not take him?
No, not one! No, not one!
5. Was e’er a gift like the Saviour given?
No, not one! No, not one!
Will He refuse us the bliss of heaven?
No, not one! No, not one!