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Exodus 3:13-22

If there is anything to desire, it should be for the hand of God because many testimonies that are generated and the ones that are being generated are because of the extension of GodÕs hand. The hand of the Lord is mighty. The hand of the Lord is great in recovery and restoration and the hand of the Lord is encouraging and the hand of the Lord is result proven. It was the hand of God that brought the children of Israel out of the bondage of over four hundred years. God that knows the end from the beginning knew that words would not be enough for Moses to get Pharaoh committed to the deliverance of over four hundred years. Exodus 3:19-20, ÒBut I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not even by a mighty hand. 20 So I will stretch out My hand and strike Egypt with all My wonders which I will do in its midst; and after that he will let you go.Ó  Deliverance was manifested through the hand of God. Without the hand of God in operation, it would have been a no go for the children of Israel. 1Kings 18:46, ÒThen the hand of the LORD came upon Elijah; and he girded up his loins and ran ahead of Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.Ó Elijah did not have to be behind but ahead. As a result of the LordÕs hand, Elijah moved from behind to being ahead of the king Ahab who was riding on the chariot. Whatever government law or any development from law that has been put in place to keep you behind, the hand of God will locate you and put you ahead in every area in Jesus Name. At the process of building the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, discouragement was among the forces that Ezra needed to overcome. Ezra stated, ÒÉso I was encouraged, as the hand of the LORD my God was upon me; and I gathered leading men of Israel to go up with meÓ (Ezra 7:28) There is no area of life that the hand of God should be neglected in asking for if there is to be a way out of every agent of failure in life. It is the same hand of God that Nehemiah could not stop testifying about as the reason for getting the project of reconstruction through in Jerusalem. Nehemiah 2:18, ÒAnd I told them of the hand of my God which had been upon me, and also of the kingÕs word that he had spoken unto meÉÓ The hand of God is clearly encouraging, delivers and is good upon all whom He stretches His hand toward. What is stopping you from crying out unto Him and asking for His mighty and everlasting hand to have its way in your life? It is convincing enough that the hand of God has to be overwhelming in every undertaking of a believer. Absolutely nothing moves the way it should be if the hand of God is absent. Having increase in the fellowship members requires the hand of God. Acts 11:21, And the hand of the  Lord was with them, and a great number believed and turned to the Lord. Pray for His hand to reign and rule in your life so His Name will be glorified.

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Mark 3:1-5

GodÕs ways are higher than our ways. ÒHe has made the earth by His power, He has established the world by His wisdom, and has stretched out the heavens at His discretion.Ó (Jeremiah 10:12) Waiting to see Jesus move the same way He moved in your neighborÕs miracle will take forever in you receiving your healing breakthrough. Jesus does not move by manÕs calculation, but by His compassion. Also, He will not operate in mathematical form, but rather by miracle. Who can calculate how or what the next move is going to be? In His healing of the man with leprosy in Mark 1:41, ÒThen Jesus, moved with compassion, stretched out His hand and touched him, and said to him, ÔI am willing: be cleansed.ÕÓ It was Jesus who stretched out to heal the man with leprosy. The same Jesus approached a man with a withered hand and commanded him to stretch out his hand in Mark 3:5, ÒAnd when He had looked around at them with anger, being grieved by the hardness of their hearts, He said to the man, ÔStretch out your hand.Õ And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored as a whole as the other.Ó Jesus is not a magician, but He is a miracle working God. In miracles, you do not know how your expectation is going to be manifested. All you can do is to take a step forward in faith towards whenever the word of healing sounds in your direction. Before the man with the withered hand encountered his miracle, there was a need for him to step forward. Mark 3:3-4, ÒAnd He said to the man who had the withered hand, ÔStep forward.Õ 4 Then He said to them, ÔIs it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or kill.ÕÓ  The man took a step of faith and all that could deny his miracle were silent. He ignored the religious leaders that could limit him only by law. What are the issues that are holding you from stepping forward when you need to step forward in your breakthrough and everyone around are receiving their miracles? Are you calculating how your miracle is going to happen? Jesus is not a mathematician or a magician, but He will move on your behalf if you will take a step of faith. Taking note of how He did it for your neighbor will not help you because to one He stretched while to another He requested him to stretch. With understanding in the word and work of His hand, gain the knowledge that He will not fail you and He is not a partial God. The man with the withered hand stepped forward; he did not wait for Jesus to stretch unto Him. Your miracle will come in Jesus name.

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Mark 2:1-12

ÒAnd again He entered Capernaum after some days, and it was heard that He was in the house. 2 Immediately many gathered together, so that there was no longer room to receive them, not even near the door. And He preached the word to them.Ó (Mark 2:1-2) There was no need for any publications, news coverage or telemarketing before it was known that Jesus was in town. His testimony was the announcer and His work followed Him everywhere He went. It was immediate and there was no delay before the whole ground was covered by the needy. Bishop Oyedepo of the Winners Chapel once said, ÒIf the grass is green, the sheep will comeÓ As an acclaimed carrier of the word of God, how is the word declaring your presence everywhere you go? The people gathered because Jesus was preaching the word and also reaching the people by His word. It is not enough to preach and not reach the people. The preaching that reaches the people is the one that brings forth healing, deliverance, provision and above all, it provokes undeniable miracles like the ones that Jesus did. In that trip to Capernaum because of the word that He preached and that reached the people, some sick were not able to reach Him where He was. ÒAnd when they could not come near Him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where He was. So when they had broken through, they let down the bed on which the paralytic was lying.5 When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, ÒSon, your sins are forgiven you.Ó(Mark 2:4-5) What Jesus saw was faith in operation. Jesus did not ask what the sin was, but rather He pronounced forgiveness upon the paralytic man. Ask Him for the kind of forgiveness that delivers man from every ground of stagnation just like that of paralytic man. After forgiveness, the word of authority and healing followed through when He said, ÒI say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.Ó 12 Immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went out in the presence of them all, so that all were amazed and glorified God, saying, ÒWe never saw anything like this!Ó(Mark 2:11-12) As a carrier of the word, what do you desire in the business of the Lord? Is it carrying the word around with no proof or nothing to account for? It does not matter how long you have been born again, but it does matter for you to become His agent; that is His ambassador in deed and in truth. A word says, ÒWhat is worth doing is worth doing wellÓ Are you not tired of being His ambassador without His identity? Do you not know that is identity is power? God is willing to use us mightily for His name to be glorified and for the unbelievers to know to believe Him. 

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Mark 1:40-45

Jesus said in Matthew 7:7, ÒAsk, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.Ó If you will ask today, He will hear you. Ask Him to speak to everything that is representing shame in your life. Ask Him to speak to all that has been reduced or to the ones that are condemning you. Let Him know that you have come before His gracious and precious holy name to lie all before Him. Remind Him that His word says, ÒFor I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.Ó (Jeremiah 29:11). Ask for His will to be done in your life. A leper came to Jesus asking to be cleansed from all that was reducing him; all that had kept him grounded and all that kept him to live in shame. ÒThen Jesus, moved with compassion, stretched out His hand and touched him, and said to him, ÔI am willing; be cleansed.Õ 42 As soon as He had spoken, immediately the leprosy left him, and he was cleansed.Ó (Mark 1:41-42) Just at the word of Jesus, the representatives of shame and condemnation gave up in the life of the man with the leprosy. He is a compassionate God and He will have compassion today by letting His word go to every area of your life that is down and will bring them back up for His name to be glorified. He alone is the ultimate healer and whenever He steps in, He heals instantly and permanently. Jesus had compassion on the man with leprosy, ÒAs soon as He had spoken, immediately the leprosy left him, and he was cleansed.Ó (Mark 1:42) The word of God is power and it is healing and deliverance.  Jesus spoke to the leprosy and the man regained his whole self. At every one of His healing miracles, there were no documentations of Him asking for the reason or the cause of sickness or disease, but He only spoke to whatever needed to be addressed. Will you be playing your part in receiving your own miracle just like the man with leprosy did? He went with faith knowing that Jesus was going to answer him. He went imploring and kneeling down while lifting his voice unto Him. The same Jesus that healed the lepers is still the same today. Do not hesitate go to Jesus with faith.  Remove fear or doubt and He will do all that you put before Him.

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Hebrews 12:1-24

The journey of life is a race of life. A race is often run under a cloud of witnesses and a great cloud of witnesses surrounds the one who is running for life. The race is not run-able by strength or by determination, but only by the grace of God. Hebrews 12:1, ÒTherefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.Ó The race is already set and as a result, we have no choice but to run and to run requires endurance that cannot be generated by anything or anyone but by the grace of God. The race will not identify the first, second or third but it will identify those who run it from the beginning to the finish line. In the running of this race, every baggage weight should be laid aside because too much weight will slow any runner down. Slowing down will bring forth the temptation of abandoning the race. Abandoning the race will lead to eternal damnation which is eternal abandonment from Heaven. What kinds of weight are you carrying in your race? Unforgiveness, lying, deception, manipulation, keeping malice, fornication, adultery, stealing and all kinds of evil devices that frequents the baggage of believers are weights that will no doubt lead to termination in the race to the expected end. We do have a need for endurance to run the race knowing fully well that the race is not of determination. It is not of carrying any kind of baggage along that will build up the understanding in us for the need not to finish the race right. Running the race with endurance can only be set up by looking up unto Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior who came to supply us the fuel that is the Blood, for effective running. The Blood of Jesus (fuel) never runs out neither would it ever be short supply and not be enough for all who are in the race. ÒLooking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. (Hebrews 12:2) In the race of life, it is not affordable to look or attempt to look outside of the One who has been at the beginning of the race and will be waiting for us at the end of the race. It is only the one who you look up to that you can take all concerns and cares up to. When there is a failure to look up to Him, you will end up taking it up wrongly and it will turn around and become labor or a heavy laden upon you. Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, petitions us Himself to, ÒCome to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.Ó (Matthew 11:28) Be encouraged and donÕt be discouraged in this race of life. Hold on to Him by keeping your eyes on Him and He will see you through. It is only with Jesus that this race can be run while still being at rest and peace.