My people perish because lack of vision...!

Hosea 4:6 NKJV

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being priest for Me; Because you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.

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Shalom! Day #243. Do you know that when we live without a purpose and vision, we are actually living a wasted life? Let's pray.  Father, give us a vision and a passion to live this life according to Your will and purposes. In Jesus name we ask and pray, amen!

There is another version of this verse which says, "My people perish because lack of vision." Have you found the reason of your living, the purpose of your life? The bible also said, if you lack of vision,  ask from the Lord. People without vision has no passion to live. All they want is just to somehow go through each day of their lives without a purpose to live for it. There is an old song, "Que Sarah Sarah,  whatever will be, wil be." In this song she doesn't know what her future holds for her. But we as a believers of Christ Jesus, we know for sure that we have a bright and hope filled future in Jesus. My people perish because lack of vision. During my growing up days, end of every year we used to make the new years resolution and will try our utmost to stick the plan till we achieve the resolution. Now that's a vision or a purpose driven living for the coming year. What about our Christian living as believers?

Guided by vision. Driven by passion. With a mission for this generation! That's my motto! As for me, every end of the 6th month I'll take time to fast and pray for what to do in the first half of the year, and same for the second half of the year. And I will go on with what God has given to me. We must have a vision. That vision give us a purpose for living. That purpose give us a passion to run the race to accomplish the vision. So, what about you? Have you gotten a vision for your life, family, work, ministry?

Let this day be the day of the Lord!

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To know Him and to make Him known.... are you?

Daniel 11:32 NKJV

Those who do wickedly against the covenant he shall corrupt with flattery; but the people who know their God shall be strong, and carry out great  exploits.

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Shalom! Day #242. Do you know that if you really know who is the God that you serve and trust in, you will not be shaken by thunderstorm or when tsunami attacks, but you will attempt greater things for God! Let's pray.  Father, we want to know You more today. Give us a revelation of who you are in our lives today. In Jesus name we ask and pray, amen!

Those who know their God, will do greater exploits. The question is simple, DO YOU KNOW YOUR GOD? It takes more than a worship, adoration, respect and every weekend services. It's about your intimacy with Him. For us to know Him is actually about having an intimate relationship with Him. We profess to know our God but by our actions we deny Him. The bible says that the Lord knew us even before we were formed in our mother's womb. God took time to know each of us. Are we taking time to know Him? Those who really take time to know their God,  will never ever falter when tsunami hits them, when thunderstorms comes, when things are happening not as planned. They are the people who will do great and mighty things even when their situations and conditions are not in favor with them. Why? Because they know who is the God that they serve and believe in.

They shall be strong and carry out great exploits. You know, whenever God tells me to do something,  I will take time to fast and pray and during the fasting and praying period, the devil will try his very most dirtiest trick ever to hinder me from doing what God wants me to do. At one time, I was planning for my youth revival meeting, 2 days before the revival meeting I met in an accident and my car was dented. Yet, in all that, I still believed there is something great and extraordinary is installed for the youth revival meeting. Romans 8:28 say ALL THINGS WORKS FOR GOOD.... I believe in that! How come? Because I know my God! At one point, Jesus asked Peter,  "what does people say about Me?" Peter replied, "You are the Messiah." How does Peter knows this? I believe that the Holy Spirit opened up his spiritual eyes to see who Jesus actually is! How it happened? Again it's about how intimate we are with our Creator. Are we intimate enough to know the God we believe in?

Let this day be the day of the Lord!

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A humble heart, a right attitude...!

Daniel 10:12, 19 NKJV

Then he said to me, “Do not fear, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart to understand, and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard; and I have come because of your words. And he said, “O man greatly beloved, fear not! Peace be to you; be strong, yes, be strong!” So when he spoke to me I was strengthened, and said, “Let my lord speak, for you have strengthened me.”

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Shalom! Day #241. Do you know that when you humble yourself before the Lord and pray, all your prayers are heard and God Himself will come to you? Let's pray. Father, as we humble ourselves before you and serve you with a humbled heart, Lord we pray that You would answer every of our prayers and supplications which are lifted up to You. We believe that You are prayer answering God. Thank You Lord. In Jesus name we ask and pray, amen!

From the first day you knew the Lord, till the last day of your life, set your heart to understand and to humble yourself before the Lord. Always remember this, WITHOUT GOD IN THE PICTURE OF OUR LIFE, THERE IS NO ANY VALUE TO IT. BUT WITH GOD IN THE PICTURE OF OUR LIVES, WE ARE PRICELESS. Set your heart to seek His kingdom and His righteousness. We are made righteous, in His righteousness.  The Lord has come to answer your prayers because of your word, your humbleness before the Lord. The Lord looks into the attitude of our hearts before Him.

When our heart is right before God, humbly serving, you know the Lord Himself will encourage us to be strong and to be steadfast in the things of God. For example Nehemiah,  he was in continuous danger for being the cup-bearer for the king. If someone poisoned the drink, he is the one who must taste and drink it 1st. Yet, in all this, Nehemiah kept serving.  He wasn't destined to be a cup-bearer, but he started out as a slave, and served faithfully and his ranking begin to rise and finally he serve in the palace. His attitude was right. Daniel,  feared and honored God and he remained as the governor since Nebuchadnezzar till this verse we read today. How about us today? Do we despise the every little things which God has given us to do or we take it seriously and begin to do it? A humble heart and right attitude before the Lord,  will bring you to higher heights in the ministry of Jesus Christ!

Let this day be the day of the Lord!

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Let His glory to shine into His sanctuary...!

Daniel 9:17-19 NKJV

Now therefore, our God, hear the prayer of Your servant, and his supplications, and for the Lord’s sake cause Your face to shine on Your sanctuary, which is desolate. O my God, incline Your ear and hear; open Your eyes and see our desolations, and the city which is called by Your name; for we do not present our supplications before You because of our righteous deeds, but because of Your great mercies. O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and act! Do not delay for Your own sake, my God, for Your city and Your people are called by Your name.”

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Shalom!  Day #240. Do you know that we are called by His name yet we are desolated in one way or another? Let's pray. Father,  we pray today thay You would come and restore and rebuild our desolated spiritual life. We acknowledged that we are called by Your name, therefore Father come and restore,  revive and heal us today. In Jesus name we ask and pray, amen!

If we read the bible, it is written that the Lord has called us by His name. There are around 14 scriptures in the bible that mentions this phrase, "CALLED BY MY NAME." It's a wonderful privilege to be called by the name of the Lord. Yet many of those who have been called, remain desolate and not wanting to do anything about it. From desolation to restoration.  It happens when we allow God to shine forth His glory upon His sanctuary, His temple -  our body, our lives. In Hebrew desolate is known as SHAMEM which means to devastate, causing horror, be deserted. A desolated Christian living can be a horrifying living, deserted living, a devastated living. Why? Because, the evil and unclean spirits will be the residents of the desolated life. Causing much trouble, depression, hypertension,  spiritually dead and many more. In one way or another we are desolated in some areas of our lives.  It may be the secret sins, our bad habits and etc. Spiritual awakening is needed. But how? It happens when you began to call upon the name of God and be saved, restored and healed. Be delivered from this kind of demonic possession. 

Such a wonderful privilege to be called by His name. But then many lost the vision and passion of the calling because there are desolated areas in their personal lives. If today you are feeling desolated, devastated, deserted, then you must do this, PRAY! ASK FOR FORGIVENESS FROM GOD! DO NOT BE SELF RIGHTEOUS! HUMBLE OURSELVES BEFORE GOD! And finally ALLOW Him to bring restoration,  revival and healing into your desolated areas of your lives and begin to arise and shine. Let His face, His glory to shine into His sanctuary!

Let this day be the day of the Lord!

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Be ready to move...!

Daniel 8:19 NKJV

And he said, “Look, I am making known to you what shall happen in the latter time of the indignation; for at the appointed time the end shall  be.

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Shalom!  Day #239. Do you know that God reveals to us the things that will happen in future? Let's pray. Father,  we pray that You would give us a sensitive Spirit. Sensitive to Your voice. Sensitive to Your move. In Jesus name we ask and pray, amen!

Look, God's says LOOK. It means He is revealing the things ahead of us to us. We are to SEE it and take heed of it. What is God revealing to you in these days? Are we in tune with His Spirit? Before God does something, either a good thing or punishing a person or a generation, He warns us first through the servants of God, or even through common people like you and me. Now, we are living in times of His latter glory. So, the latter glory does not only brings exceedingly abundant blessing, revival, miracles,  healings but also the great wrath of God.

For everything on earth has it expiry date. Humans too have their expiry date. Even the world we live in today has it's expiry date as well. It has the appointed time. The Lord reveals to us the things which He is about to do. He does not do anything without warning us or revealing to us first. Be ready to do when God reveals things to us. Be ready to move when He ask us to do so. Be in tune, be sensitive to the move of the Holy Spirit.

Let this day be the day of the Lord!

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People see the Spirit of the Living God in us...!

Daniel 6:16, 20-22, 26-27 NKJV

So the king gave the command, and they brought Daniel and cast him into the den of lions. But the king spoke, saying to Daniel, “Your God, whom you serve continually, He will deliver you.” And when he came to the den, he cried out with a lamenting voice to Daniel. The king spoke, saying to Daniel, “Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the lions?” Then Daniel said to the king, “O king, live forever! My God sent His angel and shut the lions’ mouths, so that they have not hurt me, because I was found innocent before Him; and also, O king, I have done no wrong before you.” I make a decree that in every dominion of my kingdom men  must  tremble and fear before the God of Daniel. For He is the living God, And steadfast forever; His kingdom is  the  one which shall not be destroyed, And His dominion shall  endure to the end. He delivers and rescues, And He works signs and wonders In heaven and on earth, Who has delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.

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Shalom! Day #238. Do you know that even the unbelievers who have witnessed the power of God working through you will fast and pray to the Living God just to save you from harm and danger because they acknowledge that the Spirit of the Living God is in you? Let's pray. Father, we pray today that you would use each and everyone of us who read this devotion today to touch at least one life today that they may see Your power is at work in our lives and in their lives. In Jesus name we ask and pray, amen!

Darius, he was trapped by his own governors in motive to murder Daniel because he was well known. They felt insecure by the reality that Daniel is better than them in every ways. So the plotted against Daniel by asking Darius to give a decree and put to death those who don't bow down to their "gods." Well what happen then? Did the lion tasted a delicious meat? Yes, but it wasn't Daniels. Darius fasted and prayed for Daniels wellbeing while he was in the lion's den. He said, "Your God whom you serve continually, He will deliver you." Darius recognizes it. He saw the ferventness of Daniel in serving God. And he said CONTINUALLY,  which means Daniel did not bow down to the Babylonians gods, but he faithfully served the One true Living God!

The things you do for God, people sees it. Be it believers or unbelievers,  they see, hear what you do. The only thing differentiates the followers of Christ is, whether they are living according to His word and did not bow down to other gods or they are just being a Christian for name sake. Darius recognizes that Daniel is a servant of the Living God, and he witnessed that the Spirit of the Living God is in  him. Can people see the Spirit of the Living God in us? Can they recognize that you are the servant of the most High God? Are we producing the fruits of the Spirit of God In us?

Let this day be the day of the Lord!

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You are known because the Spirit of God is upon you...!

Daniel 5:11-12 NKJV

There is a man in your kingdom in whom is the Spirit of the Holy God. And in the days of your father, light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, were found in him; and King Nebuchadnezzar your father—your father the king—made him chief of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers. Inasmuch as an excellent spirit, knowledge, understanding, interpreting dreams, solving riddles, and explaining enigmas were found in this Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar, now let Daniel be called, and he will give the interpretation.”

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Shalom!  Day #237. Do you know that people are able to see the difference in us who believe in Jesus as well as the non believers? Let's pray. Father,  we want people to see the difference in us so that they may know we as the believers of Christ are different than the world. Let Your glory shine through us. Let our attitude speaks of Your teachings. In Jesus name we ask and pray, amen!

What does people see in you? Are they able to see the Living God in us or we are living a life that doesn't bear witness of the Lord? People are watching the way we live, the way we do things,  our attitude and so on as a believer and as a servants of God. We as a believer of Christ, are to bear witness of Christ in everything we do in every way we live. But sad to say, nowadays people one attitude in church and different attitude outside the church. In church they lift their hands and worship, outside the church they lift their hands in clubs and discotechs. With our own mouth we profess  to know Jesus Christ, with that same mouth we deny Him by the way we speak, live.

Here in this passage,  Daniel is well known not because of his might and power but because THE SPIRIT OF GOD WAS UPON HIM! It's not because of our talents or the way we serve God that's labeled us as a follower of Christ, but it's the Spirit of God that's in us. People acknowledges it. Bearing the fruits of the Spirit that's visible to the eyes of people. When the Spirit of God is upon, you don't need people to lift you up, but God Himself will lift you up. Your legacy lives because God's Spirit is in you. His Spirit brings increase and not decrease. Are we bearing the fruits of His Spirit in our lives and through our lives? Live not as bearing the name of the religion, " oh I'm a Christian" but live truly as a follower of Christ! Amen! Is the Spirit of God alive in you? If yes, then live it fully for Him.

Let this day be the day of the Lord!

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