LET US PRAY< ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Luke 11:1-13

The new King of Egypt did not know Joseph. The growth of the children turned out to be a headache unto the king as a result, he wanted to decrease the children of Israel. The King gave a command by saying, ÒCome, let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiplyÉÓ (Exodus 1:10) Today, in the name of Jesus, any devise that has been put in place to deny your blessing of growth, the Almighty God will deny the enemyÕs devise. Your growth will not be altered and you shall increase to the glory of God. Exodus 1:11, ÒTherefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdensÉÓ Believe it today that the same God that sent for Jehu to be anointed and brought up from among his associates to become the King, will release this day an anointing that will remove all the burdens from your shoulder. Every taskmaster-causing affliction in your life will be permanently terminated in Jesus name. The Bible said in Exodus 1:12, ÒThe more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were in dread of the children of IsraelÓ As it was for the agent of Pharaoh so it shall be to the agent of the wicked that wants to deny your growth. You will grow while they groan, you will increase while they decrease, and they will be in dread of you in the name of Jesus.  Jesus our Lord and savior commanded us to ask, and it will be given to us; when we seek we shall find; Knock, and it will be opened to us. Everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened (Luke 11:9-10). The word of God does not lie it will come to pass. You do have the choice of what to do. If it is asking you will receive, if you are seeking you will find and if you are knocking it will be open to you. What is it that you want? This day, any one that has been designated to destroy you will encounter the fear of God like that of the midwives that were assigned to kill every son born by the Hebrew women. It is written, ÒBut the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but save the male children alive.Ó (Exodus 1:17) The wicked shall fail in their intention and evil agenda towards you and you will not be locate-able for evil encounters, in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

WHAT TO SAY< ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Numbers 14:1-35

There is nothing too minor or unnecessary to take before God for His intervention. Jesus our Lord and Savior knew well enough when He instructed the disciples in Matthew 18:19, ÒBut when they deliver you up, do not worry about how or what you should speak. For it will be given to you in that hour what you should speak.Ó What to speak in time, at place and in responses is very crucial and if God is not in what we speak and how it is being spoken, it can bring an immediate termination to the life of a believer. God also spoke concerning communication and this confirms the reason why our communication can make or break us in the journey of life. God responded to Moses when he was looking for a way to avoid answering to GodÕs assignment. Moses gave an excuse to God that he was not eloquent, slow of speech, and slow of tongue (Exodus 4:10). There is no excuse that will stand before God because He alone is the almighty God. He declared to Moses, ÒNow therefore, go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you say.Ó(Exodus 3:12) As a believer you are no longer in a position to just open your mouth and say anything. What you say is what will determine what you become. It will never be too much to ask God to be with our mouth everyday before every going and coming. He promised to be with MosesÕ and if you ask, he will do it for you because He said in His word that when we ask, it shall be given. The children of Israel on their way to The Promised Land got themselves stranded forever in the wilderness because their mouths could not be controlled, and as a result they complained, contended for water and their mouth could not be retrained because they do not know what, when and where to say what they have to say. As a result, God responded by sending Moses to the children of Israel in Numbers 14:28-29, ÒSay to them, ÔAs I liveÕ says the LORD, just as you have spoken in my hearing, so I will do unto you: 29 The carcasses of you who have complained against Me shall fall in this wilderness, all of you who were numbered from twenty years old and above.ÕÓ In there complaint they confessed death and death penalty became their portion. Pray daily, that the Lord will be with your mouth and He will teach you always have to say at every juncture of your life. 

KEEP FOLLOWING HIM< ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>John 13:31-38

When the call of salvation came forth, you were able to answer yes and entered into a journey to follow Him. As the journey continues, there have been ups and downs that sometimes slow you down or partially knock you down as it does to most believers that have given there life to follow Jesus. Above all of your challenges, by your own judgment you have done the worst that is enough excuse for you to quit. Think of Peter for a moment, he witnessed the best of all miracles yet he did the worst of all expectations. Peter denied Jesus convincingly. In PeterÕs conversation at the time of Jesus announcement of His departure, Peter said to Jesus, ÒLord, why can I not follow You now? I will lay down my life for your sake.Ó 38 Jesus answered him, ÒWill you lay down your life for my sake? Most assuredly, I say to you, the rooster shall not crow till you have denied Me three times.Ó Peter denied Him but he did not let it derail himself. He got back on his feet by the grace of God and his life was never what it was after getting back to follow Him. Wherever you have missed it that it continues to keep you grounded could never have been worst or better than that of Peter. It does not matter how long you have remained grounded and you chose not to get back into following Him, but what matters is for you to get back on your feet and begin to follow Jesus. Peter got back and the beginning of his following was not, in any way, better than the end of PeterÕs journey. Peter lived and died following Jesus. Jesus encouraged believers not to give up when He said, ÒAnd if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day returns to you, saying, I repent, you shall forgive him.Ó(Luke 17:4) As the forgiving forgiver, he will forgive when we fail. Get up from where you have been grounded and get into your following Him. He will help you through in the journey of life.    

HEARING AND DOING< ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Matthew 7:24-29

It is clear in the parable of the two builders that not just the wise can build a house but the foolish can also build. Every one can build, but not all the buildings are the same. In all that you are building, do you know for certain if the flood comes your way will your building stand and not fall? Is your building founded on the word of the Almighty God? The differences in all kinds of building are found in where they are built and that will determine how they will stand when the flood comes. Jesus said, ÒTherefore, whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: 25 and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.Ó (Matthew 7:24-25) That is a clear and a direct warning that needs no interpreter for understanding to have its way in the life of every one that builds, everyone that is building or that will build. If there is anything you are building and you want it to be different from every other kind of building, seek the Word and get the Word committed. The Word will not let your building be a building that can be beaten and get swept away when the rain and flood comes down. If you have built by strength or determination, if you are building by strength or determination or you have a plan to build by your strength or determination, it will not stand. The Word that you have received, the one that you are receiving, and the Word that you will be receiving will make your building stand in times of rain that sweeps. Will you begin to seek the Word for His intervention in what you have built, what you are building or what you will you be building? He is a faithful God; he meant what He said He would do. Letting the Word of God take over is a demonstration of having surrendered all unto the Word of God. It is good to hear what the Word has to say. However, it is as bad as not hearing the Word, when in the hearing, there is no doing. If you have been positioned where you can hear the word or you are have been hearing for long, it will not count except if you are doing what you have heard. Hearing and doing is what will give the mark of preservation and deliverance.  

SEEK THE LORD< ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Deuteronomy 4:24-40

Seeking God is not only in running from one fellowship to another fellowship. Seeking God is not just by coming to church every Sunday. Doing all that is right in the sight of the Lord God; the everlasting King of kings and Lord of lords is seeking God. Seeking God is also about doing good. However, not all good deeds are acceptable before God. It is clearly mentioned in Romans 12:2, ÒAnd do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.Ó The point here is the fact that all good deeds are not acceptable by God. Are your good deeds acceptable to God? You can run around, you might be able to sing and quote the word of God every time your mouth is opened, but the word could not define you as seeking God. Doing good will not be acceptable to God when it is outside of His will. As a husband or wife, how are you handling the ministry that God placed in your hand? That is the institution of marriage. Your first and foremost ministry is being neglected by virtue of not taking care of it, yet you are running around thinking there is a way to abandon one assignment for another. GodÕs assignment under your roof and outside of your roof has to be effectively carried out; otherwise the outside one is just a ridicule on your life. An adage says, ÒCharity begins at homeÓ Indeed it begins at home, so as to have a good establishment outside of your home. God is a God that sees it all and you can only fake it for a while, not forever. Do you care to change the way of seeking him? The word of God says in Deuteronomy 4:29, ÒBut from there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.Ó Your heart and your soul are the center of command where God is receiving and connecting with you. Will you stop the faking? Begin to seek the Lord with all your heart and your soul because seeking Him is in the heart.