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Healing Touch

June 2, 2007DevotionsTunde Soniregun

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Matthew 8:1-17

Only God sees and hears about all that is humiliating you; all which is causing pain; all which is grieving you and all that is making you shed tears in this journey of life. 2Chronicles16:9 and Zechariah < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>4:10 confirm that the eyes of God go to and fro the earth. He alone sees all and hears all at the same time. If you will come and look up to Him with expectation for a manifestation, God will not look away from you. He will touch you just as He touched the leper that came to Him. Matthew 8:2-3, ÒAnd behold, a leper came and worshiped Him, saying, ÒLord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.Ó 3 Then Jesus put out His hand and touched him, saying, ÒI am willing; be cleansed.Ó Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.Ó In His touch, there is healing and there is restoration. Today is your day of receiving His touch. Come to Him in your heart knowing fully well that there is no limitation in how He works. In the same chapter, it is written that through touching, PeterÕs mother-in-law was free from the sickness of fever. Matthew 8:14-15, ÒNow when Jesus had come into PeterÕs house, He saw his wifeÕs mother lying sick with a fever. 15 So He touched her hand, and the fever left her. And she arose and served them.Ó Wherever you are, remind Him concerning the miracle that is inhabited in His touching and make yourself positioned by coming unto Him in prayer. Ask for His touching that will release you from all that has remained problems in your life. God is a faithful God.

One Word

June 1, 2007DevotionsTunde Soniregun

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Luke 19:28-37

Just one Word of God is enough to terminate every struggle in the life of a believer or non-believer. Whenever the Word of God finds an entrance in the life of the hearer, it will not leave without putting its mark of deliverance on the receiver. Luke 19: 30-31, ÒSaying, ÔGo into the village opposite you, where as you enter you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Loose it and bring it here. 31 And if anyone asks you, Why are you loosing it? Thus you shall say to him, Because the Lord has need of it.ÕÓ All that the Lord Jesus gave His disciples that went to get the colt was His Word. There was no note or any evidence of persuasive means but the Word of God which is power. The Word of Jesus was received by the disciples without questioning Jesus. The disciples didnÕt have second thoughts about the word by asking, Ôwhat if they did not let the colt go for themÕ they also did not present any suggestion for getting something different if the colt was not available. The disciples went with the Word and the colt owner responded by asking why the colt was being loose. In response, the Word of Jesus went out in Luke < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>19:34, ÒAnd they said, ÔThe Lord has need of him.ÕÓ The colt owner responded without any questioning or investigation of the Word and he let the colt go. Often times when the Word sounds in your direction, your knowing too much hinders you. Your questioning and investigation leads to your stagnation and the miracle for your breakthrough ceases. As you enter into a new day, week, or month, let the Word and not your world, have its way. Allow the Word that sounds in your direction release you unto serving the One that has created you for His glory and service.

June 2007 Issue

June 1, 2007Monthly NewsletterTunde Soniregun

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A testimony that seems so long ago is right before us again. Noah prepared for an end time scenario. His preparation began when God called him due to the continuous ungodliness of the people. Noah was located in a geographical area where within a year, it hardly rained. God commanded Noah to call His peopleÕs attention into living godly lives. God wanted to bring judgment unto the people just as He has promised to bring judgment again today. It sounded impossible that rain would flood the face of the earth to the point for a need of a giant ship (ark) as a vehicle of salvation. Building a huge ark to escape the flood in an area where it hardly rains could have been identified as a foolish move. Deaf ears were turned to Noah; the people were into their own lifestyles. The people then were going about their daily activities. Just as it was then, so it is today. To the rest, Noah, with the biggest ark, was the biggest of all the big fools. All that Noah was doing was obeying the Word of God. In NoahÕs watching, he was building what it would take for him to escape when the heavenÕs water pump is released. Genesis 6:22, ÒThus Noah did; according to all that God commanded him, so he did.Ó All His commands are to be strictly observed. Just as it was with Noah, so it is with us today. The warnings have been there for more than two thousand years. The warnings have not changed except that they become clearer in the physical and spiritual manifestation. Today, there are many types of Noah that are warning the people to begin building their vehicle of escape, but all is falling to deaf ears. Nothing has changed from the time of Noah. Jesus came to make the difference, but instead it was received with different opinions and suggestions. Some called Him names that did not belong to Him; some mocked Him; some denied Him; and most did not receive Him. The truth is that Jesus came to die for our sins and iniquities so that we will be able to inherit eternity. Jesus emphasized that the coming time of judgment is a time that no one knows but only God. Mark 13:32-33, ÒBut of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 33 Take heed, watch and pray; for you do not know when the time is.Ó Jesus is the truth and the truth is threatening only a very few who want to turn around and give their lives to God. Most, however, who claim to have given their lives to the Word of God are mistaken by observing only the comfortable commands. More than twice, the Bible emphasizes in Genesis 6 that Noah did according to all that God commanded him, not just a few things. Noah did not do according to the dictates of his heart. Do you think you are standing well enough? 1 Corinthians 10:12, ÒTherefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fallÓ- Paul warned. The time of life is very crucial and the calls for consistent warning to watch and pray are all throughout the Bible. Jesus warned against the activities of this world that takes the place of God in man because the judgment time will come unexpectedly. He mentioned in Luke 21:36, ÒWatch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Man.Ó Prepare and not pretend. Preparation, not calculation of the time of judgment, is all that we need to be doing. This can be done in no other way than to watch and pray. To watch with effectiveness is spending time in the Word and meditating on His Word. With meditation, you will trust and obey. Meditating on the Word will enable a believer to observe according to the Word. In obeying the Word of God, you will be alive in the spirit. In December 2004, a massive earthquake created a TSUNAMI causing devastation around the rim of the Indian Ocean. The death toll was in hundred of thousands. Does that sound like tale telling? The fact is the rain that flooded in the time of Noah rained forty days and forty nights, but the TSUNAMI executed for perhaps a couple of minutes in duration. In that period of time, it touched down in many regions on the face of earth. JesusÕ coming will be in a twinkling of an eye. What will an hour of consistent and continuous TSUNAMI bring to the whole world? Judgment is coming and it will be at GodÕs time. Take your time to build your ark.

When you focus on God, He will close-up on you and no weapon form against you shall prosper.

Jesus said in Revelation 16:15, ÒBehold I am coming as a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame.Ó

ÔTunde Soniregun

Provocation

May 31, 2007DevotionsTunde Soniregun

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Isaiah 1

This is what is written in Isaiah 1:4, ÒAlas, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children who are corrupters! They have forsaken the LORD, They have provoked to anger the Holy One of < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Israel, they have turned backward.Ó The Lord was provoked to anger. He is a living God that can be provoked to anger. If God can be provoked to anger by His children, surely He can also be provoked to being calm with His children. What would you want to see from God? Would anyone prefer His anger to His calmness? Without any doubt, when GodÕs calmness is in place, being in His rest will reign. Once in the journey of the children of Israel from bondage to the promise land, Moses needed direction in the way, Exodus 33:13-14, ÒNow therefore, I pray, if I have found grace in Your sight, show me now Your way, that I may know You and that I may find grace in Your sight. And consider that this nation is Your people.Ó 14 And He said, ÒMy Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.Ó The point here is that the presence of God generates rest. When He is provoked by virtue of one doing what is good in His sight, having His rest will be activated and His rest is His presence. GodÕs presence will give and lead in the right direction. Do you think of provoking His hands for good? Isaiah prescribed what it takes to provoke Him for good, Isaiah 1:16-17, ÒWash yourselves, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes. Cease to do evil, 17 Learn to do good; seek justice, rebuke the oppressor: defend the fatherless, plead for the widow.Ó It is always good to be on GodÕs side. There is no need in provoking Him unto anger. God cannot be deceived and no man can hide from Him. Above all, in as much that He will not overlook sin so He will not overlook that which is right. Encourage yourself in the Lord today. Let all of your way be of positive provocation of the hands of God in your favor.

Going Backward?

May 30, 2007DevotionsTunde Soniregun

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Job 34:21-30, Isaiah 5:11-17

Going backward is a way to captivity. There is no accidental entrance into captivity, but gradual backward steps from the way of God will undoubtedly lead into captivity. The children of < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>IsraelÕs way into captivity were a demonstration to all that want to end up in captivity. Isaiah 5:12-13, ÒThe harp and the strings, the tambourine and the flute, and wine are in their feasts; but they do not regard the work of the LORD, nor consider the operation of His hands. 13 Therefore my people have gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge; their honorable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.Ó When there is a failure in regarding the work of God, there will be no regret for doing what does not glorify His Name. Also, not to have affection for what God has done will deny respect to what He is doing or what He can do. Furthering journey into the backward is a failure to constantly consider how the hands of God operate. Without a mindset or constant consideration on the operation of His hands, there will be a smooth journey into the backward. Going backward is a way of captivity and it was the same way that led the children of Israel into Babylon. The children of Israel failed to regard the work of God nor did they consider the operations of His hand. Therefore, they ended in captivity. It is iniquity not to regard His work or consider the operation of His hands because He is a Jealous God. It is a demonstration of not paying Him attention and being occupied by what goes around us. Whatever it is that is taking away your attention is actually taking you into a backward journey that is away from God. Job 34:22, ÒThere is no darkness nor shadow of death where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.Ó The act of not paying God attention is iniquity. Attempt of hiding iniquity is a failed attempt; it is impossible to hide from Him. Take a step into the forward going. Give God all the attention for He is the Almighty Creator and there is no turning from Him.