POWER TO REIGN IN HIS NAME

“And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth’ go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” Matthew 28:18-19

LIGHT FOR THE NOW: All power, not some power has been given to Jesus.

Power here is the Greek word, ‘exousia’ which means authority. All power, not some power has been given to Jesus, in heaven and on earth. The Bible says in Colossians 2:15, “And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly triumphing over them in it”. When Jesus died, He didn’t ascend to heaven immediately. He had been made sin for us (2 Corinthians 5:21), and had to go to hell on behalf of all men. When He got to hell, there was an actual combat between Jesus and the forces of darkness. The Bible says, “…the hostile princes and rulers He shook off from Himself and marched them naked on the streets” (Colossians 2:15 MSG). You do not march a man naked on the streets unless you have conquered him. In hell, Jesus invaded Satan’s domain, whipped him and all his demons, and came out triumphantly from the grave. When He came out, He said to his disciples, ‘All Hail’. This was a shout of victory, because He had conquered Satan for us and given us dominion over the powers of darkness.

Jesus says, “Behold, I give unto you power to thread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you” (Luke 10:19). The power to rule and reign in His Name has been handed over to us. We must therefore be conscious of our authority and dominion in Christ Jesus. Jesus did not take the power He collected from Satan to heaven. He handed it over to us. We must therefore use this power to subdue territories and kingdoms. We have the power to reign and rule in His Name.

INSTRUCTION: Acknowledge that you have the power over Satan and circumstances.

PRAYER: I am born of God; therefore I overcome the world, in Jesus Name. Amen.

QUOTE: A king that is in power and knows not is like a beast that perisheth.

DAILY BIBLE READING: MORNING: EXODUS CHAPTER 28; EVENING: LUKE CHAPTER 15

THE GIFT OF SALVATION

“I assure you, anyone who hears what I say and believes in the one who sent me has eternal life. They will not be judged guilty. They have already left death and have entered into life” – John 5:24(NLT)

LIGHT FOR NOW: You are saved. Believe and confess it.

The message of salvation centers on the person of Jesus. To know salvation, you must know the scriptures because the scripture is the bridge we cross to the love of God. As a Christian, you do not need to live your life based on feelings and assumptions. Feelings and assumptions have never put things right. Never assume that because you are in church that qualifies you to be saved. Salvation is about faith in Christ. It is faith in the finished work of Christ that makes you saved. As a regenerated son of God, the deep understanding you have about salvation equals to the love of God in your life. Until you know salvation, you cannot have joy, peace and happiness in your life because salvation is the cure for worries, sadness etc. The more you ignore salvation, the more you afflict your life with sorrows.

No matter what life throws at you, never lose sight of your salvation. For the joy of the Lord is your strength. Never accept defeat. Rather, keep on declaring that you are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. If Christ cannot be defeated, then you cannot be defeated for your life is hid with Christ in God. Beloved, you have a right standing with God. God is not angry with you. Because you are in Christ, you are now at peace with God. You have come into union, at-one-ment with God. Therefore, it is your responsibility to believe and confess because salvation is to believe in God’s own commitment and what He has already fulfilled in Christ on your behalf.

INSTRUCTION: You are saved. Believe and confess it.


Prayer: Lord, I thank you for saving me, I know I have a right standing with God, in Jesus Name!


QUOTE: Many are IN CHURCH but not IN CHRIST

DAILY BIBLE READING: MORNING: EXODUS CHAPTER 27; EVENING: LUKE CHAPTER 14

THE TRUE NATURE OF GOD

“for I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any created thing shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord” – Romans 8:38-39

LIGHT FOR NOW: Jesus is God who came in human flesh.

The true nature of God is love. God manifested his love through the sacrificial death of His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ. The believer in Christ Jesus has love and faith free of charge. When you get born again, you understand the love of God. The love of God surpasses every negative knowledge of the carnal man. Once you are filled with the love of Christ which passes all understanding, you become filled with the totality of God. You become a residential address of God. You are a god walking on the face of the earth; a mobile God. Jesus is the love of God expressed. He is the prototype which mass-produced all those who believe in Him. The moment Jesus defeated death, sin, grave and all negativities, he took charge. Jesus is God who came in human flesh to express the singular character of God. Jesus is the replication of God’s consistent character. God coming as a man is love demonstrated. The three days of death, burial and resurrection that Jesus spent in the grave is the demonstration of the love of God. He went to the grave as a man but returned as the Holy Spirit.

The love of Christ is unearned, unmerited and unsolicited. God loves you so much that He demonstrated it in the gift of Christ. It was out of love that God has brought you into a place of union and intimacy with Himself. Man sinned and fell short of the glory of God. God had to step out of Himself to become a man in order to reconcile man back to Himself.

INSTRUCTION: Walk in your true identity and nature.


Prayer: Lord, I need revelation knowledge of you, in Jesus Name!


QUOTE: You cannot know yourself until you know Christ.

DAILY BIBLE READING: MORNING: EXODUS CHAPTER 26; EVENING: LUKE CHAPTER 13

LIVE AN IMPACTFUL LIFE

“Don’t get tired of helping others. You will be rewarded when the time is right, if you don’t give up” – Galatians 6:9 (ESV)

LIGHT FOR NOW: Never live for yourself only. Learn to give meaning to other people’s lives.

Life is all about giving and receiving. However, some people only take, and never give in return. All their lives, they have been receiving, but have never been challenged to give. A man could be alive in this world but ‘dead’ because he is non-functional in his environment. That is because nobody benefits from his life; he merely exists to balance out the ecosystem. But life can be much more meaningful and exciting than that! A meaningful and impactful life is one that has significance in the lives of others. It is impacting your world positively with the talents, gifts and endowments God has blessed you with. So beginning from where you are, and with what you have, you become relevant to others. You help them meet their needs and solve their problems. This should be your guiding principle in life. Never leave ugly situations the same way you met them.

Imagine a nurse who has to treat many sick people in the hospital in a day; that’s a great opportunity for him or her to live a meaningful and impactful life and give other people’s lives a meaning. How? By showing those patients extra care and love; an endeavour that will certainly bring them hope and comfort. Another nurse could look down on the job and even despise having to be around so many sick people because she hasn’t learnt what it means to live a meaningful and impactful life. Never live as a ‘grabber’ or a taker. Only taking but never giving. Learn to give other people’s lives a meaning. That is what counts. God will surely reward you for the good you do for others. He will always make happen for you what you make happen to others.

 INSTRUCTION: Always live an impactful life.

PRAYER: Father, give me the grace to touch lives whenever an opportunity comes up, in Jesus Name. Amen.

QUOTE: Givers never lack.

DAILY BIBLE READING: MORNING:  EXODUS CHAPTER 25; EVENING:  LUKE CHAPTER 13

RECEIVE THE BLESSING

“ And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice” – Genesis 22:18

LIGHT FOR NOW: If you refuse the Blessing; you will miss the blessings.

The Blessing is a person of Jesus. Jesus is the Word that became flesh. The blessing is therefore the word spoken in someone’s life to cause positive changes. You must understand that when one is blessed, it does not matter any other word spoken against the person, he is blessed for life. In blessing, there is no second option. There is a need to know that there is a difference between blessings and the Blessing. Blessings can come your way in form of money, riches and other material things in order to solve a problem at a particular time. But the Blessing is the person of Jesus Christ. When you come into Christ, you come into the blessing such that no matter where you find yourself, be it in the desert or wilderness, you manifest it. The blessing is God in you. God gave Himself to Abraham. God has also given Himself to us in the person of Christ. The blessing is a personality and that personality is Christ Jesus. If you refuse the Blessing; you miss the blessings.

It is the blessing that takes care of other pressing needs. When you carry the Blessing, you manifest the blessings. The Blessing is a guarantee of all blessings, therefore go for the Blessing first (Matthew 6:33). In blessing, it takes a higher authority for it to be enforced. “And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better” (Hebrews 7:7). To this end, Jesus – the Highly Exalted One is the final authority that enforces the blessings on your life. In Him, you have been blessed with all spiritual things. Receive Christ, receive the Blessing.

INSTRUCTION: Receive Christ, Receive the Blessing.


Prayer: Lord, I have the Blessing, I will manifest my blessings, in Jesus Name!


QUOTE: When you carry the Blessing, you will manifest your blessings.

DAILY BIBLE READING: MORNING: EXODUS CHAPTER 24; EVENING: LUKE CHAPTER 12

SALVATION: THE LOVE OF GOD TOWARDS MAN

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life” – John 3:16

LIGHT FOR NOW: Gods love through Christ is revealed in Salvation.

Salvation is through faith in Christ Jesus. A man can only be saved through faith in Christ Jesus. To understand salvation, you must understand the love of God. To understand salvation, you must know the scriptures because it is only the scriptures that can make one wise into salvation. To know is to perceive; to be acquainted with. It does not in any way mean to quote the scriptures. It is possible to quote what you do not know. To be wise is to be skillful; able to communicate. It is different from being gifted or talented. To be able which is translated from the Greek word, “dunami” is to have ability. It is important to note that all scriptures are profitable for the teaching of the love of God which is salvation. You cannot profit from what you do not know. The subject matter or the message of the scriptures is centered on the person of Jesus. The summary of the scripture is a person (John 5:39). Every doctrine, teaching, explanation or opinion on the subject matter of salvation must have its base from the truth revealed in the scriptures. The scriptures remain the only basis for our faith in Christ. To see the picture of Jesus, you must look at the scriptures. To believe is to have faith in Christ. The message of the prophets made faith available for the Old Testament believer. Their utterances were about the suffering of Christ and the glory that should follow.

It is for the purpose of knowing that God inspired the holy men to write the scriptures (2 Timothy 3:16-17). To be thoroughly furnished unto every good work is to be equipped with the right knowledge. The scriptures equip us unto every good work. You are not effective until you know. You are not perfect until you have an accurate and precise knowledge of Christ. The knowledge you have is the source of your spiritual power. The knowledge of the scripture is very important in your walk of faith. When you understand your authority, you have confidence. Your confidence is in the knowledge that you have. Without an accurate and precise knowledge of the person of Christ, you will not be able to fulfill the will of God for your life. Jesus is the perfect will of God. Until you know Christ, you cannot know the will of God.

INSTRUCTION: Get an accurate knowledge about your salvation.


PRAYER: Lord, I receive revelation knowledge of you, in Jesus Name.


QUOTE: You cannot profit from what you do not know

DAILY BIBLE READING: MORNING: EXODUS CHAPTER 23; EVENING: LUKE CHAPTER 11

LOVE: THE EXCELLENT WAY OF LIFE

“But covet earnestly the best gifts: and I shew you a more excellent way. Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I can move mountains, and have not charity. I am nothing” – 1 Corinthians: 12:31; 13:1-3

LIGHT FOR NOW: God gave Himself so you could live.

In his letter to the church in Corinth, the Apostle Paul listed a number of the gifts of the Holy Spirit and the vital role each of them plays in the overall functionality of the church – the Body of Christ (1 Corinthians 12:4-30). However, he made it known that if any believer manifests some or even all of these gifts, but lacks love, such a fellow is nothing. Christ revealed to Paul, and by extension to all believers, that love is the excellent way of life. God is the embodiment of love. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life” (John 3:16). Without love, there is no life. Without extending His love to the world, man wouldn’t have eternal life. Christ is the epitome of love. Christ is the revelation of the love of God to man.

God gave Himself so you could live! “For no man has ever loved his friends that he gave his life to them”, but Jesus Christ did just that. “Hereby perceived we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren” (1John 3:16). To what extent can your love go? Is your life ruled by love? Let love be the motivation for your actions. Follow the excellent way of life – Love!!!

INSTRUCTION: Follow the excellent way of life - Love


Prayer: Lord, thank you for loving me, in Jesus Name!


QUOTE: Let love lead.

DAILY BIBLE READING: MORNING: EXODUS CHAPTER 22; EVENING: LUKE CHAPTER 10

SALVATION: A PROOF OF THE LOVE OF GOD

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life” – John 3:16

LIGHT FOR NOW: God’s plan for man is that all men should be saved.

Salvation is a free gift of God to man. There is no exclusion when it comes to the issue of salvation (Titus 2:11). It is made available for all irrespective of your colour, race or tribe. Salvation is not meant for only those already chosen by God. God is not a partial God. Our text for today shows that “whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life”. Eternal life is for all that believe. John 1:12 also tells us “But as many as received Him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God; even to them that believe on his name”. The qualification for salvation is to believe. Although some people may argue that salvation is for those predestined by election. They fail to understand that predestination by election is premised on foreknowledge. This is to say that we are predestined to be saved or condemned based on the foreknowledge of God depending on whether we will accept the gospel or not.

In Romans 8:29-30, Apostle Paul tells us by the Holy Spirit, “For whom he did foreknow, he also predestinate to be conformed to the image of his son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover, whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified”. Notice the first line of the above scripture. You will see that it is those “whom he did foreknow” that “he also did predestinate”. Therefore, in salvation, it is foreknowledge before predestination.

INSTRUCTION: Believe and be saved.

PRAYER: Lord, I thank you for your love for me which made you die for my sins so I might be saved, in Jesus Name!


QUOTE: In salvation, it is foreknowledge before predestination

DAILY BIBLE READING: MORNING: EXODUS CHAPTER 21; EVENING: LUKE CHAPTER 9

YOU SHALL HAVE WHAT YOU SAY (2)

“Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof” – Proverbs 18:21

LIGHT FOR NOW: You cannot say it and have it without being connected to the source of power.

How to say it and have it is first, by being connected to the one who is the Word of God, Jesus (John 1:12). If you do not know or believe in Jesus by receiving Him into your life and confessing Him as your Lord and Saviour, your words will lack the basis upon which it can become flesh. As you wake up in the morning, decide how your day will be and God will honour His word concerning that day. The words we speak are not ordinary words. But they are spirit and they are life (John 6:63). Elisha, the man of God made a decree by speaking a word and it came to pass because he was connected to the King (Jesus). If you are connected to Jesus by your personal relationship with Him; then your words will come with power and authority. Consequently, when you decree a thing, it will be established readily. Through your personal relationship with Jesus, you are now a king and a priest. You must therefore trust in Christ Jesus by depending on His ability, integrity and power (Psalms 56:11).

You must have faith by believing in Jesus and His words because faith does not know impossibilities (Mark 11:22). So keep speaking the word for by doing so you will rule your world.

INSTRUCTION: Study the Word of God and use it as your compass.


Prayer: Lord, help me have faith in you so that as I decree a thing, it comes to pass, in Jesus Name!


QUOTE: Get the Word and rule your world.

DAILY BIBLE READING: MORNING: EXODUS CHAPTER 20; EVENING: LUKE CHAPTER 8

YOU SHALL HAVE WHAT YOU SAY (1)

“Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof” – Proverbs 18:21

LIGHT FOR NOW: Words are the windows of your life. Speak the right words at the right time.

The tongue is a carrier or instrument of blessings or curses. Depending on how you use it, your tongue will always produce results in that direction. The Word of God is the vehicle that moves God into action. Therefore, when you locate the Word of God that addresses your situation, keep speaking the word until you obtain the results. A closed mouth is a closed destiny. Think of this, if you sometimes make utterances and they come to pass, how much more so the Almighty God, the Change Agent and the Custodian of power. No problem or situation is bigger than the Word of God. Speak the word of light and God will move into action. The word you speak is the word of faith which produces good results. The Spirit of God is always available to bring about the manifestation of the word. He says that He will do whatever you speak into His ears.

Through the Prophet Isaiah, God reminds us about His faithfulness to His Words. We read in Isaiah 65:24, “And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer, and while they are yet speaking, I will hear”. Therefore, let nothing silence you. Speak up and God will answer you. It is only those who call upon the name of the Lord that shall be saved (Romans 10:13). Blind Bartemaeus spoke up and Christ stood still for him. If he closed his mouth, probably he would have died a blind man. God remains God no matter the situations or circumstances of life you find yourself in. it is solely your responsibility to effect the changes you need in your life. Christ has accomplished everything for you, but you have to activate it by constantly declaring. It is by so doing that you can receive it. Speak it and have it.

INSTRUCTION: Speak it and have it.


Prayer: Lord, I sanctify my tongue to speak right words at the right time, in Jesus Name!


QUOTE: A closed mouth is a closed destiny.

DAILY BIBLE READING: MORNING: EXODUS CHAPTER 19; EVENING: LUKE CHAPTER 7

THERE IS POWER IN YOUR WORDS

“Through faith we understand that the world was framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear” – Hebrews 11:3

LIGHT FOR NOW: We are to speak the Word, God brings it into fulfillment.

Through faith, we understand that everything came into being by the Word of God. To understand this is to have the express knowledge of the realm from which you operate. The World was framed by words (John 1:1). Everything that was made was made by words (Genesis 1:26). Every action taken is an expression of the word. Words are the medium of expression of what is conceived in the heart. For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. And the word is in your mouth. In jurisprudence, words are used to pass judgment.  Recall that, after creation, God did not give out names to animals and vegetations. Rather, He empowered Adam to do so and whatever name Adam called is what they answer till today (Genesis 2:19). Our faith can only be professed through words (Genesis 3:15). Words have a creative force.

Man would not embrace the faith if they were not spoken by Christ Himself and the prophets. We only know because knowledge was declared and communicated to us through the use of words (1John 5:20). We are products of the Word. We are born again by the Word of God (1Peter 1:23). The Word of God is the Word of everlasting life. We believe that we are the righteousness of God because it was spoken and written down for our edification.

 INSTRUCTION: Speak the word. It is in your mouth.

PRAYER: Father, help me speak positive words into my life, in Jesus Name. Amen.

QUOTE: Words have creative force.

DAILY BIBLE READING: MORNING: EXODUS CHAPTER 18; EVENING:  LUKE CHAPTER 6