A touch of faith - 2

Luke 8:46, 48 NKJV

But Jesus said, “Somebody touched Me, for I perceived power going out from Me.”  And He said to her, “Daughter, be of good cheer;  your faith has made you well. Go in peace.”

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Shalom! Day #311. Do you know that the measure of faith you have in God can save you and even create the miracle that you need? Let's pray.  Father, once again teach us to draw close to You with all our heart's. As we draw close to You,  Lord we touch so that You would touch us and make us whole once again. Lord we need the touch of revival, restoration, reconciliation and healing. In Jesus name we ask and pray, amen!

Once again, today it's kind of a personal message to me. God's been speaking to me this past few days about faith and touching Him. I don't know what are you going through now. Either in need of a miracle, healing, restoration or revival,  I don't know. But for me, I need a miracle!  And God is really cooking up something for me as I continue to trust in Him totally for the healing that I needed. In yesterday's devotion I shared about the touch of faith. Yes, we need to draw near to God with the fullness of our faith, not partially. It is written that without faith we cannot please God. That's right. God isn't please with us if we draw near to Him without faith and expecting Him to heal us. When God please with us, because of the faith we have, therefore He will release His power and a miracle is created.

A touch of faith can pull the power of God upon you. This woman with the blood issue - she heard about Jesus, then she thrust through the crowds just to touch His cloak,  with determined heart, with faith "if only I can touch His cloak then I will be healed." Again, are we touching God with all the faith we have? How? Well this come to the next question "how's our relationship with God?" Draw near to Him with worship and adoration. Your faith has saved you, your faith has made you well. Your faith has the ability to attract God's power to come upon you.  Your faith + His power = miracle. 

Let this day be the day of the Lord!

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The touch of faith..

Luke 6:19 NKJV

And the whole multitude sought to touch Him, for power went out from Him and healed them all.

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Shalom!  Day #310. Do you know that many who have touched Jesus receive their healings and miracles? Let's pray. Father, draw us closer to You. Allow us just to touch You with our faith to receive our healings and miracles from You. In Jesus name we ask and pray, amen!

Multitude sought to touch Him. Why? Because they know that He is able and can heal all their sickness and diseases. They know that He has the power to make them whole. They did not just somehow come to touch Him, but it was a touch of faith. It is their faith in Him that created a miracle for them. The touch of faith! Why multitude sought to touch Him? Because they saw something different in Him. He is different than the Pharisees. And when they touch Him, His power touched them back and they were healed.

Are we drawing near to Him with faith? By faith they touched Him and the multitude were healed. When your faith combined with His power, can create an extraordinary miracle. You need healing, then draw to Him in faith and touch Him.

Let this day be the day of the Lord!

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Your sins are forgiven...!

Luke 5:20, 32 NKJV

When He saw their faith, He said to him, “Man, your sins are forgiven you.” I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”

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Shalom! Day #309. Do you know that Jesus seeks true repentance from us and not a cover up of righteousness? Let's pray.  Father, we acknowledge that we are sinners and have sinned against You. Father, we want to be transparent before You and not to hide behind our false righteousness. We need Your grace and mercy. Come touch us, heal us, revive us and set us free from the bondages of sin. In Jesus name we ask and pray, amen!

Christ's death provided a way for all people to come to God. It cleared away the sin that keeps us from having a right relationship with our Creator. This does not mean that everyone has been saved, but that the way has been cleared for anyone who will trust Christ to be saved. We can have peace with God and be reconciled to him by accepting Christ, who died in our place. Is there a distance between you and the Creator? Be reconciled to God. Come to him through Christ. John the Baptist said, let your repentance to produce fruits. What are the fruits of our repentance? As for my understanding, to live a blameless life, to do good, to love God and His people, to be holy and righteous before God, to do His will and to live for Him.

People who do not acknowledge Jesus, are self righteous people. And therefore for them, they think that they aren't sinners. Jesus said the He came not to call the righteous,  but sinners to repentance. I am a sinner, the chief of all. I'm glad that Jesus came to save a sinner like me. He changed my life totally. He died for me and I live for Him. No longer live in your sins but repent and be reconciled with God. Is there any secret sins in us that man cannot see but God is seeing it and the Holy Spirit is convicting us today? Repent and let God to cleanse us whiter than the snow. Many of us young or old are entangled with pornography,  it's a form of secret sin as well. I'm saying this not because I am so holy, but it is our battle and we have to fight it and not to give in to it. So come, God is inviting us today. The path to repentance has been cleared, therefore come boldly before God and repent and be reconciled with God.

Let this day be the day of the Lord!

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Be submitted to the leadership above you...!

Luke 2:48-51 NKJV

So when they saw Him, they were amazed; and His mother said to Him, “Son, why have You done this to us? Look, Your father and I have sought You anxiously.” And He said to them, “Why did you seek Me? Did you not know that I must be about My Father’s business?”  But they did not understand the statement which He spoke to them. Then He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was subject to them, but His mother kept all these things in her heart.

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Shalom! Day #308. Do you know that you need to be subjected to those above you in order for you to learn from them and for you to step into your destiny and purpose? Let's pray. Father, teach us today as we subject ourselves under You. Mold us, make us and prepare us to step into our destiny and purposes that You have for us. In Jesus name we ask and pray, amen!

At that very young age, Jesus recognizes His call and His purposes yet it wasn't His time to have a ministry. For 30 wonderful years He was subjected to His earthly parents. Being trained as a carpenter and it was His profession, He submitted Himself to His father and mother. And at the age of 30 He began His ministry. We must learn to submit to the higher level of leadership before even we can do things on our own. The reason is, to learn from them, to be trained by them. For example Elisha, he was submitted to Elijah.  He was serving Elijah. Elisha didn't become a prophet as soon as Elijah called him. He recognizes his calling, and he was willing to learn from Elijah by serving him. And when the time comes, Elisha took over the cloak of leadership.  He became a great prophet. He step into his destiny and purpose in the right timing of God.

Your time is near people, be ready to be used by God at anytime of your age. During your training moments, it's the time for molding of our characters, recreating the inner man , renewal of our spirit and refilling of the passion of God in our hearts. Be trained and learn from the leadership above you, and on right timing God will release you into your destiny and purpose. Many young Christians are so eager to serve, nothing is wrong with it, but they get into their destiny in wrong timing and they come out of the ministry with an unsatisfied heart for not achieving what they wanted. Why? Because lack of knowledge, patience and self discipline.  I waited for 8 years to step into the fulltime ministry. God called me in 2001, but only in 2008 I came to serve fulltime. How about you? Are you rushing into the things of God with all your might or are you allowing God to direct your each step? You shall answer it for yourself.

Let this day be the day of the Lord!

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Be it unto me...!

Luke 1:28, 30-31, 34-35, 38 NKJV

And having come in, the angel said to her, “Rejoice, highly favored one,  the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women!” Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name Jesus . Then Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I do not know a man?” And the angel answered and said to her, “ The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God. Then Mary said, “Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.

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Shalom! Day #307. Do you know that you are highly flavoured and highly favoured by God? Let's pray. Father, let Your favor be upon us as we diligently seek You and serve You. Give us a heart that's wanting and longing to please You alone. Thank You Father. In Jesus name we ask and pray, amen!

Rejoice, highly you favored one, the Lord is with you. You highly favored by God and He has a greater plan for you and that you may fulfill the purpose of the plan and the will of God. Once you have found favor in the sight of the Lord, behold you will conceive the things of God in your spiritual womb and give birth into reality the plans and purposes of God for your life. Are we conceiving the things of God in our spiritual womb? Have you found favor in the sight of the Lord?  You may ask how and the answer is simple. The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that the things of God, the plans and will of God be birth through you.

As Mary said,  let it be to me according to Your word. Are you willing to be the vessel of God? The chosen one to give birth to the things of God. It's a wonderful privilege for us that God sents forth His angel to come to us and say the we are highly favored and that God is going to cause us to conceive and give birth to the plans and purposes of God. Amen! Be it unto me according to Your word. Be ready to conceive and to give birth.

Let this day be the day of the Lord!

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The perfect denial......

Mark 14:30, 51-52 NKJV

Jesus said to him, “Assuredly, I say to you that today, even this night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” Now a certain young man followed Him, having a linen cloth thrown around his naked body. And the young men laid hold of him, and he left the linen cloth and fled from them naked.

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Shalom!  Day #306. Do you know that many of us, in one way or another have denied Jesus when persecution comes? Let's pray. Father, forgive us for our actions and attitude. Forgive us for denying Your power in the midst of persecution. Give us the boldness and courage to stand strong and to stand for what we believe. In Jesus name we ask and pray, amen!

How many times have we denied Jesus?  An important question we must ask ourselves. You may ask how? You may say I haven't deny Jesus. But do you know that in our actions we do deny Jesus. In our speech we deny Jesus. In our daily walk we deny Jesus. Sometimes, in the midst of the crowd we too deny Jesus. Even attending a party, people may ask us to drink, at that point we even deny Jesus.  I have to admit it, I have done it before, and I regret it. Peter denied that he know Jesus,  then he repented,  and God used him mightily. 

We deny Jesus when persecution comes. We ran away from Him because we aren't ready to stand for Him. This young men ran nakedly. We are like him. When people persecute our faith, we try to play safe and we tend to deny and escape. Oh what have become! Are we in that kind of a condition today? Am speaking to anybody today? If you deny Jesus in front of everyone, He will deny us in the presence of God.

Let this day be the day of the Lord!

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Watch therefore....!

Mark 13:35-37 NKJV

Watch therefore, for you do not know when the master of the house is coming—in the evening, at midnight, at the crowing of the rooster, or in the morning—  lest, coming suddenly, he find you sleeping.  And what I say to you, I say to all: Watch!”

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Shalom!  Day #305. Do you know that many of us when our boss is not around, well we tend to relax and not to do our works but we know that our boss is on the way to the office, we rush hurry burry to do our works? Let's pray. Father, let us not be lazy and be found not watchful. Help us to cultivate a diligent heart and an excellent spirit in us. In Jesus name we ask and pray, amen!

As I said, many of us when our boss isn't around, then we care less to do our works and just sit at our cubicle and relax. But then when someone signals to us that our boss is coming into the office, then we would be pretending as though we are doing work. God doesn't need pretenders. Watch therefore.... A loyal and faithful servant will continue to keep his masters house in good shape,  clean and neat even though his master is not around. Either in present or absent, we as believers must show a good example to the unbelievers. It doesn't matter wether you at work place or school, do not pretend to do your work when you boss is around but be faithful to your boss.

Enough of sleeping and get back to work. In Proverbs 6:9-11 NKJV says, How long will you slumber, O sluggard? When will you rise from your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep— So shall your poverty come on you like a prowler, And your need like an armed man. I still wonder why God created lazy bums.... No answer till today. Maybe to use them as a parable to others. A lazy bum will always find a way to get out from work. They have all the reasons to give for not to do any work. A lazy bum will talk a lot but do less. Talking is big, working is zero! Be a diligent and excellent believer and servants of God.

Let this day be the day of the Lord!

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