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Psalm 116:1-19

God and only God has brought you this far. Day after day, month after month, year after year, is all about His grace and mercy, and not of your strength and determination. Have you thought or decide what shall be rendered unto Him? It does not require pen and paper to write and count all that the Lord has done for you in the past days, weeks, months, and years. For a change, think of what you can render to glorify His name for all of His goodness and mercy. If your eyes can be opened to see all the darts of wicked, the traps of death, protection from falling where there is no means to get back up, and protection from affliction, what shall you render unto God? Do you believe He has done great things for you lately? Psalm 116:12-14, ÒWhat shall I render to the LORD for all His benefits toward me? I will take up the cup of salvation, And call upon the name of the LORD. I will pay my vows to the LORD now in the presence of all His people.Ó The question has answered itself. If you are able to read up to this point, you have been exposed to what shall be rendered to Him, except you chose to ignore the words of the Psalmist. There is no need to think or wonder about what you shall render to Him, just follow through with the words of the psalmist, then you would have rendered all to the Most High God.

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Psalm 92

When you do good you receive good. Psalm 92:1, ÒIt is good to give thanks to the LORD, And to sing praises to your name, O Most High.Ó How often do you thank God or sing praises to His holy name? Do not count your quiet time or when you fellowship with other believers. Also take away the time when things are going the way you want it to be. How often do you just go out of your way, out of your normal environment or situation and get into thanksgiving and praise worship? The word says it is good to give thanks and praise to God, so why not engage yourself in constant and consistent thanksgiving and praise worship so that constant and consistent good will follow you and become your portion. In your thanksgiving and praise worship, know to declare what He has done or what He is doing. The Psalmist recorded in Psalm 92:2, ÒTo declare Your lovingkindness in the morning, And your faithfulness every night.Ó This time you are not decreeing anything, you are to declare. And when you declare Him for what or who the Almighty God is He will decorate you with goodness and mercy. Always remember that you are dealing with a living God that sees and hears; above all He is a jealous God that wants all the attention you can render to Him. The Lord is good all the time.  

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Romans 10:1-10

There are so many acclaimed believers today. When they open their mouth in prayer or in conversation, it is flowing with the word of God. It is evidence that the word is flowing from them but the work of the word is not evident in their life or in manifestation of what they are calling on the word of God for. The word of God is power because it is sent by God. Psalm 107:20, ÒHe sent His word and healed them, And delivered them from their destructions.Ó The same word that is meant for healing and deliverance does not carry power in the mouth of most acclaimed believers. The word only flows from their mouth, but the word is not rooted in their heart. It is the word that is rooted in the heart that will bring forth power when it flows from the mouth. It is not possible to have the word of God rooted in your heart and not see power demonstrated when it flows out of the mouth. Deuteronomy 30:14, ÒBut the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it.Ó When you walk the walk of the word of God, the word will work the work of God for you. It is not enough to memorize the word and not meditate on the word. When you memorize and meditate on the word, it will help you to constantly observe your life and do according to the word. It is your walk in the word that will become power for you when you put the word to use, and the word will make you a commander of signs. The word will never fail you; it is you that need not fail in the word of God.

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John 3:1-21

You miss the whole mark if you just receive and not accept Him as your Lord and Savior. For so long you have been receiving the gift of Christmas but you just do not accept Christ Himself. What is it going to cost you to accept Him as your Lord and Savior? Jesus Himself has paid all the price on the cross and all you have to do is to wrap up the prize. You have heard so much about this Lord and Savior so why is it that you cannot give Him a chance to come into your life? To some that do not know about Him, all it takes is to give Him a chance. To some that claim to know about Him, it is far from enough to receive Him and not accept Him; it is playing church. Your years in the church are not the determinant of your ÔYes LordÕ. So many are on the right track but get trapped and never get to the expected end. Are you really serving Him? God has made the provision for salvation through Jesus. And it is written in Jh.3:16, ÒFor God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.Ó Today is your day of salvation. Hook up to Him and He will look out for you. Is the time of His coming taking too long in your own calendar? To man, it is like thousand years waiting for His return. To God, a thousand years in His sight are like yesterday when it is past (Ps.90:4) Believe it or not: He will come back and it is not enough for you to receive Him and not accept Him. Your lifestyle outside the church does not reflect the fact that you have received and accepted Christ. You can only deceive yourself but not fellow believers. Be encouraged, His coming back is real and it will not take forever.  Receive Him and accept Him as your Lord and savior.

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1 Samuel 13:1-13

To obey is better than sacrifice. Sacrifice without obedience is a sacrifice in reverse. Saul was to wait for Samuel to come Saul at Gilgal for sacrificial offering before the children of < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Israel goes to war against the Philistines. Samuel told Saul to wait for seven days, but Saul could not wait through the seventh day. 1 Samuel 13:8-10, ÒThen he waited seven days, according to the time set by Samuel. But Samuel did not come to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him. So Saul said, ÒBring a burnt offering and peace offerings here to me.Ó And he offered the burnt offering. Now it happened, as soon as he had finished presenting the burnt offering, that Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might greet him.ÕÓ Saul had a problem obeying the one that God had used to confirm him for GodÕs service. He could not wait through the time set. Saul had fear so he could not be obedient. Fear is what will cause disobedience to have its way while faith is what will cause obedience to have its way. It does not matter how long you have been waiting for His divine intervention in your situation and challenges, do not lose focus, God will show up, He is a God of the eleventh hour. Let all men be scattered, but do not look at their scattering. Remember, God is not a man that He should lie. He has promised that He will never leave you nor forsake you. There is an appointed time for what it takes to receive from God. When you move before His time, you will enter into a sinful sacrifice. He is faithful God.