INCREASED MERCY< ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Genesis 19:1-19

When Sodom and Gomorrah was set for destruction God had settled the deliverance of Lot. God wanted to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah for all the works of wickedness that have prevailed in the land. Out of the whole land, God decided to bring Lot and his household out of destruction. God sent two angels for LotÕs deliverance. During the visitation of salvation by the angels, the angels were exposed to the wickedness that has been reigning in the land when the wicked attempted to Òknow the angels carnallyÓ(Genesis 19:5). The angels announced to Lot the purpose of their visitation was to deliver him and his household. It was requested of Lot to move his household before the destruction. Lot went out and spoke to his sons- in-law who had married his daughters but they took him for a joke. While the angels were waiting for Lot to make his move, Lot was dragging his feet and delaying the timing of destruction. The Bible recorded in Genesis 19:16, ÒAnd while he lingered, the men took hold of his hand, his wifeÕs hand and the hands of his two daughters, the Lord being merciful and they brought him out and set him outside the city. Many times we have dragged our feet where God wanted us to move our feet; many situations we have been in place where God wants to move concerning a situation in our life but we positioned ourselves not to be moved. The Bible declared that Lot lingered when destruction had been ordained for manifestation in his life. Are you lingering against GodÕs mercy? Despite his lingering God decided not to run out of mercy concerning the case of Lot. Lot testified in Genesis 19:19, ÒIndeed now, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have increased your mercy which you have shown me by saving my life; but I cannot escape to the mountains, lest some evil overtake me and I die.Ó Is there any area of your life where God wants to move you to a ground of favor but by virtue of ignorance you are not moving? God does not and will never run out of mercy, ask God today for the grace for you not to run out of GodÕs mercy. Lot lingered but God increased His mercy to have him saved from destruction.

MOUTH AND EAR< ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Exodus 4:1-17

ÒNow therefore, go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall say.Ó (Exodus 4:12) There is nothing like having God take over in all areas of our life. When Moses began to give excuse upon excuse to avoid GodÕs assignment for him to lead the children of Israel, he told God, ÒI am slow of speech and slow of tongue.Ó (Exodus 4:10) It was MosesÕ response that generated GodÕs promise to be with MosesÕ mouth and to teach Moses what to say. The point here is the fact that God can be with our mouth. If the Lord God can declare to be with MosesÕ mouth, He will also be with our mouth if we ask from Him. God is not a partial God. The Bible described tongue as, ÒA fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our member that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell.Ó(James 3:6) With our mouth under absolute control of God, tongue will definitely be shut down from causing any damage. Would it not make a world of difference if tongue is put in check by having mouth under control? If the mouth is not opened the tongue will be quiet and the ability for tongue to generate problem will be silent. Not just in the area of mouth that we should be asking God to take over but also in the area of hearing. Isaiah 50:5, ÒThe Lord God has opened My ear; And I was not rebellious, nor did I turn away.Ó This is evidence that the ear that is opened by God will hear not to be rebellious unto God. So many have hears opened but when God does not open them, what is being heard does not have what it takes to keep the hearer from being rebellious. The failure of not hearing will eventually lead to turning away. Tongue and our ear needs to be under constant and a consistent check and such check can only be of GodÕs divine intervention. Moses could not escape GodÕs assignment when God promised him all that it will take for him to keep him going in GodÕs assignment. Can you identify yourself and see if it is your mouth or ear that is causing you to move slowly in your assignment? God will answer if you will call and ask for Him to be with your mouth and have your ear opened.

HE WILL REMEMBER< ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>1 Samuel 1

ÒThen God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the animals that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided.Ó (Genesis 8:1) It takes GodÕs remembrance of Noah for him to get back on a dry ground. When God remembers it is always with favor. In which area of life are you looking for GodÕs remembrance? The only thing God cannot do is to fail. Do not fail yourself by failing to ask Him for His remembrance, call on Him and He will answer. When He remembered Noah, the water of affliction and destruction subsided. Today with GodÕs remembrance of you, every representative of water of affliction will subside in your life and you will walk again on a dry ground. Wherever your world has been turned upside down due to lack of motion, God will grant you motion and every agent of stagnation will subside in your life. God that remembered Noah will remember you. Hannah, despite her bareness she did not have any record of rebellion or complain, rather she continued in her going to Shiloh. In the time of her need, she continues to go every year to worship and sacrifice to the LORD of hosts. When it was time for the birth of her miracle, ÒThen they rose early in the morning and worshiped before the LORD, and returned and came to their house at Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and the LORD remembered her. (1 Samuel 1:19) It does not matter how long you have been waiting for Him to remember you but it does matter that in your waiting, in your going back and forth to the ground of worship and sacrifice, do not shift your focus away from God. He is not a forgetful God neither will He be too busy to hear your cry. He is God that moves at His divine timing. Hannah kept focus and shut out complain, bitterness and anger against God. As a result, miracle located Hannah and her Samuel came to be. You have waited long enough, it is not time for you to quit or get quiet in your calling on Him. God will not fail He will remember you and bareness will cease in every area of your life in the name of Jesus. Ask God to remember you and He will remember you because He is God that remembers with favor.

THE FALL< ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Genesis2: 15-24, 3

ÒThe thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.Ó (John 10:10) Jesus the author and finisher of our faith, the One that can give and can take life, the Alpha and the Omega said in His word that He has come to give life. He is not just coming; He has already come to give life and to give it more abundantly. However, if by the way of living the ones that are to take the abundant life are not receiving what has been brought to them by not making themselves available, it becomes a sorry story. Have you positioned yourself in the place of receiving abundant life that He came to give you? One thing is to have an understanding of what has been given to you and do what it takes to receive it fully. Another scene is to lack an understanding of the life He came to give and not able to receive and live abundantly but redundantly. Adam and Eve, a sorry story, had it given to them but could not retain what was given to them because they lacked understanding that was to give them an edge over every situation. It is written in Genesis 2:15, ÒThen the LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to tend and keep it. And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, ÒOf every tree of the garden you may eat freely; 17 ÒBut of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat of it you shall surely die.ÓÓ Adam and Eve lacked in what it takes to respond accordingly when God gave them the command that will preserve and keep them forever. Obeying GodÕs command was to give them life while disobeying GodÕs command was meant by the enemy to steal, kill and destroy. The serpent came and turned the word of God upside down so that Adam and Eve could fall and not receive all the provisions of God. The same serpent is the one you encounter on a daily and regular basis. How are you positioning yourself daily? It matters that you have an understanding of what has been given by Jesus. It is that understanding that will be fueling you in the journey of life for protection against the one that has come to steal, kill, and destroy. With understanding, having a knowing-edge (Knowledge) over all devices of the thief will not be an issue. Ask God for His goodness and mercy and not

to become a victim of the thief.

ONLY GOD < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Genesis 40, 41:1-9

ÒMany are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him out of them all.Ó (Psalm 34:19) The Psalmist is talking about the righteous and not the wicked. As one that has submitted unto Jesus, you wonder why your situation continues to be from one affliction to another affliction. What the Psalmist is saying here is, as a believer that is having challenges, you are not alone, you are not the first and you will not be the last to be in the kind of situation that could generate doubt in your faith. In your affliction, know that you will soon get out and enter into your season of deliverance. Do not lose your focus on God because He is the only one that will deliver you at His own appointed time. Joseph, at a young age, went into the pit of no water or survival, sold to slavery in Egypt, from slavery to prison for an offence that he had not committed. Despite his coming out from one affliction and entering into another affliction, there was no record of complaining or questioning God, and he overcame. In your affliction whom are you calling or looking up to besides God? However, if your call is being placed onto God, be rest assured that all will be well. Joseph had many afflictions and there are many with different forms of affliction like Daniel and all were delivered. In your affliction let your only place of expectation for help be from God. After Joseph had revealed a positive dream to the butler, he requested for kindness instead of just hoping on mercy from God. Joseph stated, ÒBut remember me when it is well with you, and please show kindness to me; make mention of me to Pharaoh, and get me out of this house.Ó(Genesis 40:14) Joseph was looking for kindness from the wrong person. Is there any wrong place where you are hoping for deliverance to come? Take it all unto the Lord and He will not fail to deliver you from your affliction. The butler did not remember Joseph for two years. The butler could only remember Joseph when Pharaoh had a dream that no one could interpret. It took two years for the butler to remember; it was GodÕs timing, not the butlerÕs.  After two years Joseph interpreted PharaohÕs dream and his story was changed to good forever.  Do not let your affliction lead you into settling for less. With God all things and nothing can be impossible because God desires to deliver the righteous from affliction. Remember today, God is not bound by human limitations call on Him and He will answer your prayer your affliction will go