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Daily Devotional for Tuesday 1st October
#1
RHAPSODY OF REALITIES

TUESDAY 1

TOO BLESSED TO BE UNDER

Pastor Chris

According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that bath called us to glory and virtue: Whereby are given unto us Exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust (2 Peter 1:3-4).

Some Christians are forever asking God for one thing or the other in prayer. It’s either they’re sick asking for healing, or they want a financial blessing. But if they’d study the Word of God, and truly receive it into their hearts, their lives will be totally different.

God chose you to be the helper, a blessing to other people. Never did He intend for you to be “needing” or asking anything of Him. He already gave you all things. We read it in our opening scripture. It’s wonderful to have a miracle of financial supply, but how about being in super abundance, such that you’re not conscious of need or supply?

That’s exactly our status and estate in Christ! We’re heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ (Romans 8:17). Corinthians 3:21 says, “...all things are yours.” Read Corinthians 9:8 (AMPC) and see God’s desire for you. It says, “…God is able to make all grace (every favor and earthly blessing) come to you in abundance, so that you may always and under all circumstances and whatever the need be self-sufficient [possessing enough to require no aid or support and furnished in abundance for every good work and charitable donation].”

The moment you say “Yes” to the scriptures we just read, you’d have a new mindset, and live the higher life in Christ. There’s a life beyond healing; it’s called divine health. That’s the life we have in Christ; you were born with it.

Understand who you are as a new creature; you’re too blessed to be under! The world truly belongs to you. Refuse the beggarly life. Why should you be asking God to give you something out of the world that He’s already blessed you with?

You have the advantage! Rather than seeking a blessing, come to the awareness and understanding that you’re the seed of Abraham, and you were blessed to bless the world: “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ” (Ephesians 1:3). Glory to His Name forever!

PRAYER
I’m blessed with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places, in Christ Jesus. All things are mine, and I bless my world with the unsearchable riches of Christ and His Gospel that I bear, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

FURTHER STUDY
Ephesians 1:2-3 NIV; Philemon 1:6

1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN: Ephesians 6:10-24 & Isaiah 31-32

2 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN: John 2:12-25 & 1 Kings 6

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I'm chose by God to be the helper & a blessing to my world
He make all grace (every favor & earthly blessing) come to me in abundance
I have the advantage! Rather than seeking a blessing, come to the awareness & understanding that I'm the seed of Abraham, Glory to God
Happy independence day
Nigeria @ 59
Cheers.
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#2
OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL

DATE: TUESDAY 1ST OCTOBER 2019

THEME: A CHURCH IN YOUR HOUSE?

MEMORISE:
And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, Acts 2:46

READ: Acts 10:34-44

10:34 Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: 10:35 But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him. 10:36 The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of allSmile 10:37 That word, I say, ye know, which was published throughout all Judaea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached; 10:38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him. 10:39 And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree: 10:40 Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly; 10:41 Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead. 10:42 And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead. 10:43 To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins. 10:44 While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.

MESSAGE

We often tend to forget that the Church of Jesus Christ started in a home setting (Acts 1:12-14). The family unit is indeed a sub-unit of the entire Church. The home setting is therefore the best nursery to bring up young converts in the Lord, because at that level, it is very easy to avoid hypocrisy, as everyone is familiar with everyone. When the Holy Spirit asks the question that is today's topic, He is actually asking us two things: are members of our household Christians, and do we have any fellowship of believers in our homes? In other words, do you allow the gathering of God's people in your house for the purpose of sharing the word, praying and caring for each other? It is important to ensure that all members of our family are born again. The Lord considers His Church to be totality of people who have given their lives to Him and are living according to His Father's ideals (John 7:16-17). We must therefore ensure that members of our household abide by His teachings.

Today's memory verse describes the early Church's communal way of life. The effect of this communal living was the expansion of the Church which Acts 2:47 describes, saying:

"Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved."

Many people don't know the tremendous blessings they deny themselves when they refuse to accommodate house fellowship centres in their homes. Are such people not aware of the story of Obed-Edom, who by divine arrangement allowed the Ark of the Covenant to dwell in his house and subsequently received overflowing blessings. 2 Samuel 6:11 says:

"And the ark of the LORD continued in the house of Obededom the Gittite three months: and the LORD blessed Obededom, and all his household."

When King David heard of how the Lord had blessed Obed-Edom because of the presence of the ark in his house, he suddenly realised that he had pushed his blessings away to another by keeping the ark in Obed-Edom's house. Allowing your house to accommodate a gathering of people in Christ's Name is therefore a wise thing to do. In today's Bible reading, the Lord led Peter to the home of Cornelius to preach the gospel of salvation. While he was still speaking, the Holy Spirit came upon the "service" holding in Cornelius' house. This was a manifestation of the fulfilment of Christ's prophecy of a time when people will be able to worship God anywhere in Spirit and in truth (John 4:21-24). Church is where two or three people ate gathered in Jesus' Name, and Jesus Christ will be there amongst them (Matthew 18:20). Bring Jesus into your home by establishing a fellowship in your house and make sure members of your family are the first beneficiaries of the grace it brings.

ACTION POINT:
Develop a powerful family prayer altar in your home, witness to your immediate neighbours and proceed further to establish a house fellowship centre in your home.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
1 Chronicles 1-3, Daniel 10:18-11:13

AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE

HYMN 16: GOD, GIVE US CHRISTIAN HOMES

1. God give us Christian homes
Homes where the Bible is loved and taught
Homes where the Master's will is sought
Homes crowned with beauty Thy love hath wrought
God give us Christian homes
God give us Christian homes

2. God give us Christian homes
Homes where the father is true and strong
Homes that are free from the blight of wrong
Homes that are joyous with love and song
God give us Christian homes
God give us Christian homes

3. God give us Christian homes
Homes where the mother, in caring quest
Strives to show others Your way is best
Homes where the Lord is an honoured guest
God give us Christian homes
God give us Christian homes

4. God give us Christian homes
Homes where the children are led to know
Christ in His beauty who loves them so
Homes where the altar fires burn and glow
God give us Christian homes
God give us Christian homes.
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#3
*SEEDS OF DESTINY*

*BEGINNING WITH GOD � A KEY TO FREEDOM*

01 October, 2019

Your liberation is connected to your revelation of God; captivity and imprisonment continue outside of God.

SCRIPTURE: In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Genesis 1:1

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Your liberation is connected to your revelation of God; captivity and imprisonment continue outside of God.

Happy Independence Day Celebration-Nigeria! I congratulate our great nation on this colourful day, for the attainment of political independence 59 years ago. It is indeed a special day in the history of Nigeria. I also congratulate you and appreciate God for making you to step into the tenth month of the year, 2019.

Today, I prophesy to you that the month of October shall answer for you; that long-awaited freedom you desire in your life and family shall happen in this season, in Jesus� Name.

Now, today being the beginning of a new month and the Independence Day celebration, we shall look at Beginning with God � a key to freedom.
The question is, what do you need to do in every new beginning in order to experience liberty and freedom in every area of your life?

From our anchor Scripture above, it is very important to know that every new beginning begins with God. This is why the Scripture says, in the beginning God� (Genesis 1:1). Nothing provokes freedom like beginning with God.

To know success in life, you must begin with God. Your liberation is connected to your revelation of God. Nothing can be successful outside of God; to be independent of God is to be deficient of good. Imprisonment continues outside of God; Confinement remains without God.

 To be independent of God is to be ineffective in life.
Beloved, if this month must deliver to you what you desire; if freedom from sickness, satanic oppression, poverty, affliction, barrenness, marital bondage or anti-marital spell is your desire, then begin with God; invite Him into your life, involve Him in your life�s decisions, let God be the Centre of your life. Like Moses, you must come to the point of refusing to take a step forward if God is not with you,(Exodus 33:15). You shall make it, in Jesus� Name.

REMEMBER THIS: Your liberation is connected to your revelation of God; captivity and imprisonment continue outside of God.

ASSIGNMENT (S):
1. Make up your mind to draw closer to God.
2. Be conscious of God�s Presence around you always by maintaining a life of purity, prayer, the study of God�s Word, worship, fasting, etc.
3. Determine to involve God in whatever you do; ask Him before you take any step or make any move.
PRAYER: Lord, thank You for giving me the privilege of life. I rededicate my life to You. Draw me closer to You, Lord, in Jesus� Name.

QUOTE: Insight is critical to escape; inspiration is the doorway to liberation. Culled from 365 Wisdom Capsules by Dr Paul Enenche

AMAZING FACT: A bee is the only insect that produces food eaten by man.
TODAY IN HISTORY: 1/10/1960: Nigeria gained her Independence from Britain.
DAILY READING: Isa. 62: 6 to 65:25, Phil. 2:19 to 3:3, Ps. 73: 1 to 28, Prov. 24: 13 to 14.

FOR FURTHER UNDERSTANDING GET THIS MESSAGE: Armed for the Journey
DON'T FORGET TO ATTEND: The October 2019 Preservation and Power Communion Service tomorrow with friends and loved ones for the preservation of your life and destiny. Time is 5:30pm at the Glory Dome, the Lord�s Garden, Airport Road, Abuja. God bless you as you come.
PROPHETIC DECLARATION/WORD: In this new month, God shall cause you to make new marks in Jesus� Name.
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#4
*OUR DAILY MANNA DEVOTIONAL*

_A DAILY DEVOTIONAL BOOKLET FOR CHAMPIONS_

*DATE: TUESDAY 1ST OCTOBER, 2019*

*TOPIC: MY PAST MADE ME!*

*BASIC SCRIPTURE: ISAIAH 43:10-19*

As we enter into the last quarter of 2019, you must determine to start to LOOK AHEAD, instead of LOOKING BEHIND! No matter how the year has been, always remember that your BEST DAYS ARE STILL AHEAD! Your God is a specialist in NEW THINGS! Numbers 16:30-31 (Amplified Bible) says: “But if the Lord causes a new thing (to happen), and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them up, with all that belongs to them, and they go alive into Sheol (the place of the dead), then you shall understand that these men have provoked (spurned, despised) the Lord!”

So when the EARTH SWALLOWED UP the men who rebelled against Moses in Numbers 16:30, IT WAS A NEW THING THE LORD DID! It had NEVER happened before! As 2019 ends and 2020 begins, a thing that has NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE, WILL BEGIN with you in Jesus name! Expect a NEW THING testimony! Isaiah 43:18-19 says: “Do not (earnestly) remember the former things; neither consider the things of old.

Behold, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs forth; do you not perceive and know it and will you not give heed to it? I will even make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.” Yes! A NEW THING! You cannot see the NEW till you forget you the old! “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present” (Bill Keane). Then Chuck Palahniuk wrote: “You realize that our mistrust of the future makes it hard to give up the past.”
Also, Cormac McCarthy opined: *“Scars have the strange power to remind us that our past is real.”* Yes! Your past is real, but your sweet FUTURE is MORE REAL! That is why you must determine to forget the SCARS of your past and look into the STARS of the future! Hear Rick Warren: *“We are products of our past, but we don’t have to be prisoners of it.”* So when Satan wants to remind you and cage you in the PRISON of your PAST, always reply him that YOUR PAST MADE YOU WHO YOU ARE NOW! Your past is your friend because it made you who you are! So, learn from it and MOVE ON! Pray now!

*Follow me daily on my instagram handle: ourdailymanna_bishopChris, my facebook page bishopchris kwakpovwe@odm and my personal twitter: ODM_DrChris*

*PRAYER POINTS:
* Take Song 1: Higher ground…
1. Pray about today’s word as led now.
2. My past made me who I am today, so I am NOT ashamed of my past! Holy Ghost, use every delay, mistake or failure of my past to re-write my TOMORROW in Jesus name.
3. I scatter every arrow from the pit of hell that is sent to use my past to poison my future.
4. I return to sender, every ARROW OF SELF-PITY.
5. I return to sender, every ARROW OF INFERIORITY COMPLEX
6. Pray about the remaining days of 2019.
7. Loose WHATEVER is hanging in the spirit world which belongs to you.
*THE BIBLE-IN-ONE-YEAR: 4-6*
*BY: BISHOP (DR) CHRIS E. KWAKPOVWE (CEK)*
_PUBLISHER/AUTHOR AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF_

*Song 1: I’m Pressing On The Upward Way.*

1. I’m pressing on the upward way,
New heights I’m gaining every day;
Still praying as I onward bound,
“Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.”
*Refrain:*
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.
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#5
CHRIST APOSTOLIC CHURCH

THE LIVING WATER {July ~ Dec., 2019}

DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE

Tuesday, October 1, 2019
- National Day (Nigeria)

TOPIC: GRACE UPROOTS ADDICTION FOR GOOD

Read Isaiah 61:1-6

1. The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
2. To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
3. To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
4. And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.
5. And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
6. But ye shall be named the Priests of the Lord: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.

MEMORISE: ... the Lord has anointed Me to preach good tidings to the poor; He has Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound (Isaiah 61:1)

EXPOSITION

Over time, Deyemi (a fictitious name) was addicted to alcohol and a cocktail of strong anti-depressants, tranquilisers, beta-blockers and sleeping pills, to cope with the high-octane demands of being a corporate highflier and the strain of maintaining his success. To the rest of world, Deyemi appeared to have it all together, but in reality, his despair over his inability to cope without those substances only plunged him into a vicious cycle of defeat. Deyemi tried everything to beat the bottle and his depression: appointment with psychologists, prophets, alcoholics-support NGOs, etc. These endless appointments and prayer meetings only earned him what he called "a few bouts of recovery" that lasted several days at best.

In the end, Deyemi found himself on the verge of giving up. But God had other plans for him. He led him to one of the faithful church leaders who encouraged him to keep hearing the preached Word and praying in the Spirit. As he did these, God began uprooting the ungodly addictions, replacing them with right attitudes to God, himself and others. The more he heard, the more he was able to keep his eyes on Jesus, instead of trying to overcome the symptoms. And, his deliverance came!

Today that we celebrate the independence of Nigeria, that also doubles as the International Music Day and International Day of Older Persons, you too can experience liberation from destructive habits, fears and bondages. You may not understand how grace will deliver you from long-term addictions, but God will do it. Just come to Jesus in total faith, and surrender.

PRAYER POINTS

1. Oh Lord, help me to keep my eyes on You and the truth of Your grace, instead of my circumstances.
2. I walk triumphantly above every negative circumstance, and experience the freedom and blessings Christ has purchased for me, in Jesus' name.
3. Pray for as many as possible drug addicts you know around you.
EXTRA READING FOR TODAY: Ecclesiastes 2:16 - 5:14; Galatians 4:20 - 5:10
Author: C.A.C Worldwide
Remain blessed
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