All good and perfect gifts come from God (James1:17) and He intends for us to enjoy them. It is He who daily loads us with benefits to enjoy (Ps68:19). The Psalmist wrote:
103 Bless the Lord, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name! 2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits: 3 Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases, 4 Who redeems your life from destruction, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies, 5 Who satisfies your mouth with good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
Now look at this wonderful passage of scripture where we are enjoined not to forgot the benefits of God. He enumerates the benefits:
Forgiveness of all Sins
Healing from all diseases
Redemption of life destined and doomed to destruction
Crowning with Love and compassion
Super-abundant supplies or provision
Renewal of youth like the eagle
*”Forgiveness of sins.”
This is the greatest of the benefits of God when you know that your sins have been forgiven or remitted and you have peace with God. There is a god-sized hole in everyone and unless God fills that hole, there will be a great void and emptiness and none-fulfilment. You will be like a fish taken out of water, and unless God takes His rightful place, there will be no peace with God. Unless God takes His place, the person is dead in sin and in the spirit. They are separated from their Maker. They are dead men/ women walking.
This is not a call to religion but a relationship with the living God. This is why everyone needs to be born again of the word of God and by the Spirit of God.
3 Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” 5 Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 8 The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.” John3:3,5,8
How Do You Get Born Again? It is as simple as ABC
Accept that you are a sinner, separated from God by sin and cannot save yourself;
Believe that Only Jesus can save you- not your works of righteousness
Confess Jesus as Lord of your life; invite Him to come and take His rightful place in your heart.
Use this scripture: Personalize it.
9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.Rom10:9-10
Lord God, I accept that I cannot save myself. Jesus died for me; paid the price for my sins. And today I make Him the Lord of my life. Lord Jesus, come into my heart and take your rightful place. I belong to you from today. The old has gone and the new has come. I am born again. Thank you, Lord. In Jesus’ name Amen.
*”The next is that He heals you of all your diseases. “
When Jesus died, He did not only take our sin away, but also our sickness. Notice what He came to do according to Luke4:18
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me [a]to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed;
Long ago, (about 800 years) before Jesus came, Isaiah wrote a prophecy about the purpose of the Son of God who was to come In Isa53:4-5
Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted. 5 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.
Peter referred to this when he wrote:
24 who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed.
So, salvation is yours and so is healing of your body.
Again, looking at this same passage from the Psalms, it also says, He redeem our lives from destruction.
We have an enemy called the devil, whose job description is to kill steal and destroy.
10 The 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. John10:10
But Jesus came to give us abundant life, the God-kind of life. But to enjoy this life that cannot be destroyed, you need to be born again.
8 He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.1John3:8
Know that Jesus came to destroy all the works of the devil and He did it comprehensively.
15 Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it. Col2:15
So, refuse to be cheated. All things are yours: salvation, healing, life free from destruction and deception, darkness and damnation
What more?
*”Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies”
Do you know that God loves you with and everlasting love? How comforting and reassuring! He loves you with a great love. He loves you like He loves Jesus.
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, 4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, 5 having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, 6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.
You are love and not just accepted but celebrated in Christ.
Eph1:3-6
But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,
He loves you with a great love.
4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, Eph2:4
This love is unfailing, perfect, unconditional, pure and boundless.
21 Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours:
Everything Christ did on the cross was for you. This was why Paul wrote; in 1Cor3:19-21
19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their own craftiness”; 20 and again, “The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.” 21 Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours:
*”Who satisfies your mouth with good things,”
Without a doubt, we have a God who satisfies our mouths with good things. This is in agreement with what we see in the Old Testament and the New Testament.
He made provision of a sacrificial lamb for Abraham when it was needed (Gen22:8). He also provided for Isaac in Gerar when there was a severe famine and Isaac obtained a 100- fold return. (Gen26:12) He made provision in Samaria when there was a severe famine and women were boiling their children and eating them. Overnight there was super-abundance (2Ki7:1-20). The disciples where lavishly supplied when they put the word to work and no one lacked (Acts4:34). Also, Jesus, knew the crowd who were following Him needed to eat some food so 5000 were fed as He turned five loaves and two fish into super abundance that fed them all and there was so much left over to fill 12 baskets. (John6:1-14)
Little wonder, Paul. wrote:
19 And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19
David wrote:The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not [a]want. Ps23:1
Blessed be the Lord, Who daily loads us with benefits, The God of our salvation! Sela Ps68:19
*“So that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s”
When the eagle is getting old and its feathers are getting weak, it goes to a remote place where the old feathers are plucked off and it remains there until nee ones grow. It then returns with a new coat that is resilient for the second phase of its life.
Waiting on God does a similar renewal of youth like the eagle’s.
But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint. Isa40:31
Now these are just a few benefits highlighted in this Psalm which are true for this day. But there are many more which you can locate in the Word and appropriate in your life.
Refuse to be short-changed any longer. All things are yours in Christ. Begin to cash your coupons and vouchers and enjoy the life God has bestowed on you in Christ.
3 as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, 4 by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. 2Pet1:3-4
Many see to believe, but this is worldly, carnal, faithless and does not wash or work with God. God wants us to believe before we see. This is faith in action. We walk by faith and not by sight (2Cor5:7). Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence (or title -deed) of the things unseen (Heb11:1). Jesus told Thomas, who wanted to see the place where the nails pierced His hands before he would believe the resurrection,
“Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” John 20:29 If you want to see before you believe God, you will miss out a lot on what God wants to do with you and through you.
Without faith is impossible to please God without faith. (Heb11:6)
Peter and his fishing companions had fished all night without catching anything. Jesus arrived on the scene and after using his boat, he told Peter:
“Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.”
5 But Simon answered and said to Him, “Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing; nevertheless at Your word I will let down the net.” 6 And when they had done this, they caught a great number of fish, and their net was breaking. 7 So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink. 8 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord!”
9 For he and all his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken, 10 and so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon’s partners.
Imagine if Peter had insisted on seeing the fish before casting the net. He would have missed a great opportunity and miracle.
This is why we need to be well acquainted with God and His Word, so that we know when He speaks to us and to do what He says. Living or walking by faith is our life-style. The just shall live by faith. (Rom1:17, Heb10:38, Hab.2:4)
Abraham was told “Get out of your country, From your family And from your father’s house, To a land that I will show you. Gen12:1
He obeyed immediately not knowing where he was going. This is faith.
4 So Abram departed as the Lord had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.
He believed and acted on what he believed and eventually he saw the place. God had promised.
Similarly, when Isaac experienced severe famine in Gerar, he wanted to do what most people were doing – running to a “greener pasture.” However, God intervened and told him:
“Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land of which I shall tell you. 3 Dwell in this land, and I will be with you and bless you; for to you and your descendants I give all these lands, and I will perform the oath which I swore to Abraham your father. Gen26:2-3
Isaac not only obeyed but sowed in the Land. The result was a hundred-fold return,
12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year a hundredfold; and the Lord blessed him. 13 The man began to prosper, and continued prospering until he became very prosperous; 14 for he had possessions of flocks and possessions of herds and a great number of servants. So the Philistines envied him. Gen.12:12-14
Believe and you will see. We believe to see.
The man born blind, met with Jesus: He spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva; and He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay. 7 And He said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which is translated, Sent). So he went and washed, and came back seeing. John9:6-7
Imagine if he insisted on seeing before obeying. He would have missed his miracle.
On another occasion Jesus met with 10 lepers who cried out for Jesus to heal them.
Ten Lepers Cleansed
11 Now it happened as He went to Jerusalem that He passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. 12 Then as He entered a certain village, there met Him ten men who were lepers, who stood afar off. 13 And they lifted up their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”
14 So when He saw them, He said to them, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And so it was that as they went, they were cleansed.
Notice that Jesus told them to go and show themselves to the priest and they obeyed. As they went, they were healed.
Usually, people went to show themselves to the priest to verify their healing. But Jesus asked them to go and show themselves to the priest before it happened. It was their faith demonstrated by their action that triggered the healing. They believed Jesus and acted on their belief and they saw.
Believe what God had said and you will see. Act on the word. That is how you please God and trigger the miraculous.
King Jehoshaphat was surrounded by an armada of enemy forces that were like the sands of the sea. He and the whole nation prayed to God and asked for help and God gave them a strategy to follow -to go out against them- not with bows and arrows or other carnal weapons.
“Listen, all you of Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you, King Jehoshaphat! Thus says the Lord to you: ‘Do not be afraid nor dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours, but God’s. 16 Tomorrow go down against them. They will surely come up by the Ascent of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the brook before the Wilderness of Jeruel. 17 You will not need to fight in this battle. Position yourselves, stand still and see the salvation of the Lord, who is with you, O Judah and Jerusalem!’ Do not fear or be dismayed; tomorrow go out against them, for the Lord is with you.”
They obeyed God and put singers in front of the army since they were not going to fight with physical weapons.
20 So they rose early in the morning and went out into the Wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Hear me, O Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem: Believe in the Lord your God, and you shall be established; believe His prophets, and you shall prosper.” 21 And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed those who should sing to the Lord, and who should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army and were saying:
“Praise the Lord, For His mercy endures forever.”
22 Now when they began to sing and to praise, the Lord set ambushes against the people of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were defeated. 23 For the people of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir to utterly kill and destroy them. And when they [e]had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another.
24 So when Judah came to a place overlooking the wilderness, they looked toward the multitude; and there were their dead bodies, fallen on the earth. No one had escaped.
25 When Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away their spoil, they found among them an abundance of valuables on the dead bodies, and precious jewelry, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away; and they were three days gathering the spoil because there was so much.
They obeyed the seemingly ridiculous instruction of God and He gave them the miraculous. They asked for protection but God gave then not only protection but prosperity. Notice here again, they did not wait to see. They believed and they saw.
Has God given you a word about your family, finances, business, health or any other matter that concerns you? If so, go ahead and act on that Word and you will see His power and glory and splendour. Believe and you will see.
Paul reminded us:
2 And I, brethren, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom declaring to you the testimony of God. 2 For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. 3 I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling. 4 And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, 5 that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.
So let your faith not rest in your wisdom or the wisdom of those around you but in the veracity and infallibility of the word of God and on His integrity, God is not a man that He should lie neither son of man that He should repent. If He said it, he has the resources to bring it to pass. He is dependable, reliable and exceedingly abundantly able to do far beyond your wildest dream. Take His Word to the bank of Heaven and you can be sure that there is always more than enough funds to honour the cheque He signs.
Ascend and accelerate, you were born to make progress, go from glory to glory and from strength to strength and faith to faith. Refuse to be stagnant. Paul told timothy:
15 Practice and cultivate and meditate upon these duties; throw yourself wholly into them [as your ministry], so that your progress may be evident to everybody. 1Tim4:15 AMPC
The Psalmist wrote:
5 Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man whose strength is in You, in whose heart are the highways to Zion.
6 Passing through the Valley of Weeping (Baca), they make it a place of springs; the early rain also fills [the pools] with blessings.
7 They go from strength to strength [increasing in victorious power]; each of them appears before God in Zion. AMPC
Ps84:7
So regardless of the vicissitudes of life you face, you can go from glory to glory; you can use obstacles to mount up to higher grounds.
Meditation on the word of God continuously is the secret for making continuous progress. This is God’s will for you. Advance! Accelerate!
The Psalmist wrote:Blessed (happy, fortunate, prosperous, and enviable) is the man who walks and lives not in the counsel of the ungodly [following their advice, their plans and purposes], nor stands [submissive and inactive] in the path where sinners walk, nor sits down [to relax and rest] where the scornful [and the mockers] gather.
2 But his delight and desire are in the law of the Lord, and on His law (the precepts, the instructions, the teachings of God) he habitually meditates (ponders and studies) by day and by night.
3 And he shall be like a tree firmly planted [and tended] by the streams of water, ready to bring forth its fruit in its season; its leaf also shall not fade or wither; and everything he does shall prosper [and come to maturity] Ps1:1-3
When you continuously mediate on the word of God, it will cause you to start doing and living the word and manifesting what God says you are. But you must also desire to grow in grace. As you feed daily, voraciously on the Word of God you will find that you will become a magnificent edifice, growing higher and higher, taller and taller.
20 But you, beloved, build yourselves up [founded] on your most holy faith make progress, rise like an edifice higher and higher], praying in the Holy Spirit; Jude20
The word of God will build you up, give you spiritual stamina and staying power. It will energise you, empower you, inspire you never to stagnate but accelerate- make rapid progress.
32 And now [brethren], I commit you to God [I deposit you in His charge, entrusting you to His protection and care]. And I commend you to the Word of His grace [to the commands and counsels and promises of His unmerited favor]. It is able to build you up and to give you [your rightful] inheritance among all God’s set-apart ones (those consecrated, purified, and transformed of soul). Act20:32
Know who you are in Christ and whose you are and what you have. God has equipped you to live a life of distinction, excellence and continual progress because you are complete in Christ. You have the life of God- the DNA of God. The Greater One indwells you to put you over every situation you come up against.
Opportunity comes to everyone in regard to whatever we do- whether spiritual or circular.
In Christ, God gives us opportunities to excel and give Him glory, especially when adversities come our way, as we trust Him. His word tells us:
28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
When you have committed your challenges to God in prayer, especially, praying in the spirit, you can be sure that all things will work together for good for you.
Maximising the moment implies making the best use of the opportunity you have to scale higher heights and dive deep into deeper depths, using stumbling blocks to climb mountains, using adversity for prosperity, opposition for promotion and trials for triumphs.
14 Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us [a]diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place. 2Cor2:14
Let us look at a few examples:
David and Goliath
Israel faced a challenging moment in her history when faced with the Philistines who had Goliath as her champion. For forty days, Goliath taunted and challenged Israel to send someone to fight with him if they could. He was so macho, menacing and intimidating that they had no answer. They were all quaking in their boots, wondering who would bell the cat.
Then David, a small teenager, showed up and wondered what the King would give whoever brought Goliath down. He was very confident and shared his previous experiences with lions and bears who came to have his sheep for food and how he pursued them and slayed them. Those who heard his amazing testimonies went to inform the king and David was brought before king Saul. This was David’s opportunity and he took it with both hands.
When the king enquired from David what he was saying, he was bold and repeated how God had helped him defeat the lion and the bear in times past and he believed that if given the chance, Goliath would be like one of them. He pitched that battle as between God and Goliath and that he was uncircumcised and hence vulnerable, weak and exposed.
“Your servant used to keep his father’s sheep, and when a lion or a bear came and took a lamb out of the flock, 35 I went out after it and struck it, and delivered the lamb from its mouth; and when it arose against me, I caught it by its beard, and struck and killed it. 36 Your servant has killed both lion and bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living God.” 37 Moreover David said, “The Lord, who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” 1Sam17:34-37
Initially the King was hesitant when he compared the size of Goliath to David and to avoid being accused of child abuse, offered his armour to David who tried it and found he could hardly move. David rather relied on God and his stones. And sling stone when he was given the green light, he chose 5 smooth stones and ventured out to face Goliath.
And David said to Saul, “I cannot walk with these, for I have not tested them.” So David took them off.
40 Then he took his staff in his hand; and he chose for himself five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in a shepherd’s bag, in a pouch which he had, and his sling was in his hand. 1Sam17:39-40
Goliath was amused that David was approaching him with sling and stone.
However, David continually spoke of what God would do to Goliath through him. He even spoke of cutting off the head of Goliath even though he had no sword but Goliath had one.
45 Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. 46 This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you and take your head from you. And this day I will give the carcasses of the camp of the Philistines to the birds of the air and the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. 47 Then all this assembly shall know that the Lord does not save with sword and spear; for the battle is the Lord’s, and He will give you into our hands.” 1Sam17:45-47
Eventually, David backed his words by running towards Goliath with his sling and stone and hauled his missile which was directed by the Holy Spirit into Goliath’s forehead with the force of a grenade. Goliath fell down flat and helpless and David ran to him and stood on him. He then took Goliath’s sword and cut off his head.
48 So it was, when the Philistine arose and came and drew near to meet David, that David hurried and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. 49 Then David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone; and he slung it and struck the Philistine in his forehead, so that the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the earth. 50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed him. But there was no sword in the hand of David. 51 Therefore David ran and stood over the Philistine, took his sword and drew it out of its sheath and killed him, and cut off his head with it. 1Sam17:48-51
The moment the Philistines saw this, they were in disarray, depressed and desperately scampered away, pursued by the Israelites. David became popular overnight and became a household name. The king was prepared to give him his daughter in marriage and he was made a leader in Saul’s army.
Paul and Silas in Phillipi: Household Salvation
Paul and Silas were divinely directed to go to Phillipi to preach the gospel. However, on arrival, they met with fierce opposition which led to an arrest and maltreatment and even imprisonment. They were badly beaten with rods and their hands and feet were in strait-jackets and then they were thrown into a dungeon.
But at midnight they began to pray and sing praises to God who enjoyed their sacrifices of praise and rocked the foundation of the prison such that their chains fell off and the windows and doors were flung open.
The prison warden heard the commotion from his bedroom and thinking they had all escaped, came running out with his lantern and was about committing suicide but Paul quickly stopped him:
He was surprised that they had the opportunity to run away but they did not and wandered why. This was Paul’s opportunity to lead the man to Christ, when he tried to find out what he must do to be saved. Paul was wise to seek to maximise the opportunity. Rather than having only the prison warden saved, Paul wanted his whole household to be saved.
“Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.” 32 Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house. 33 And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their stripes. And immediately he and all his family were baptized. 34 Now when he had brought them into his house, he set food before them; and he rejoiced, having believed in God with all his household. Acts16:31-34
We are all in a Race of Grace and in this race, Paul teaches us how important it is to discipline ourselves and focus on the race set before us so that we can maximise the moment and finish well and strong and obtain the prize.
Striving for a Crown
24 Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it.25 And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable crown.26 Therefore I run thus: not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air. 27 But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified.
1Cor9:24-27
He also tells us the secret to win the prize ahead of us:
10 that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, 11 if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.
Pressing Toward the Goal
12 Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. 13 Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, 14 I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
He never assumed he had arrived. He kept pressing on to know God more intimately. He knew his goal and pressed passionately towards it until he clinched the prize when he finished strong and was able to confidently declare:
6 For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand. 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8 Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing. 2Tim4:6-8
Daniel And Friends
Despite being carried away into slavery, Daniel and his friends made up their minds to maintain their devotion to God and to be the best in the land. God honoured their dedication and rewarded them handsomely, despite their opposition. In fact, their opposition was turned into promotion.
After their trial of faith, they were promoted in the land when they passed with flying colours.
28 Nebuchadnezzar spoke, saying, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, who sent His Angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him, and they have frustrated the king’s word, and yielded their bodies, that they should not serve nor worship any god except their own God! 29 Therefore I make a decree that any people, nation, or language which speaks anything amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made an ash heap; because there is no other God who can deliver like this.”
30 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego in the province of Babylon. Dan3:28-30
Daniel, who was in line to be made the first minister of the land was reported to the authorities for praying after a decree was passed that no one should pray to any God for a given period. Daniel knew where his loyalty lied and prayed as usual. The king was alerted when they found out and he was thrown into a lion’s den. However, God protected Daniel and at the end he was promoted in the land whilst his detractors were thrown into the den and were feasted on by the lions.
Darius Honors God
24 And the king gave the command, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions—them, their children, and their wives; and the lions overpowered them, and broke all their bones in pieces before they ever came to the bottom of the den.
25 Then King Darius wrote:
To all peoples, nations, and languages that dwell in all the earth:
Peace be multiplied to you.
26 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. 27 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.
28 So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian. Dan6:24-28
Peter Maximised His Encounter with Cornelius
When Cornelius had an encounter with God and was directed to invite Peter to tell him what to do, Peter was initially hesitant even to go the house of a Gentile. However, he was convinced and he went. On arrival, and as he began to minister, he discovered that the call was not just for Cornelius but for the whole household because they were all there listening to him. He flowed with the tide of the Spirit and led the whole household to salvation and baptism in water.
34 Then Peter opened his mouth and said: “In truth I perceive that God shows no partiality. 35 But in every nation whoever fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him.
The Holy Spirit Falls on the Gentiles
44 While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who heard the word. 45 And those of the circumcision who believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles also. 46 For they heard them speak with tongues and magnify God.
Then Peter answered, 47 “Can anyone forbid water, that these should not be baptized who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?” 48 And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then they asked him to stay a few days.
Act10:34-35,44-48
In the same way we need to be sensitive to the movement and leading of the Holly Spirit when we are witnessing so that we can maximise our assignment and not limit God. If Peter had focused on Cornelius, he would have missed God, but he was open to what the Holy Spirit was doing and this brought about a house-hold salvation.
Esther Maximised Her Opportunity and Obtained a Sceptre Of Deliverance
Esther, by her dedication and commitment to vision and purpose, not only eliminated the enemy of the Jews in Shushan but overturned the decree that had been signed to annihilate them from the land.
16 “Go, gather all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast for me; neither eat nor drink for three days, night or day. My maids and I will fast likewise. And so I will go to the king, which is against the law; and if I perish, I perish!” Esther4:16
When she had the opportunity to be ushered into the king’s presence, made the most of it.
5 Now it happened on the third day that Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the king’s palace, across from the king’s house, while the king sat on his royal throne in the royal house, facing the entrance of the house. 2 So it was, when the king saw Queen Esther standing in the court, that she found favor in his sight, and the king held out to Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand. Then Esther went near and touched the top of the scepter.
3 And the king said to her, “What do you wish, Queen Esther? What is your request? It shall be given to you—up to half the kingdom!”
4 So Esther answered, “If it pleases the king, let the king and Haman come today to the banquet that I have prepared for him.”
5 Then the king said, “Bring Haman quickly, that he may do as Esther has said.” So the king and Haman went to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
The banquet she planned was definitely of the Holy Spirit so that Harman could be eliminated.
However, she did not stop at that, but made sure the evil, wicked and diabolical death sentence hanging over the heads of her people was completely quashed and the table turned in their favour.
5 So King Ahasuerus answered and said to Queen Esther, “Who is he, and where is he, who would dare presume in his heart to do such a thing?”
6 And Esther said, “The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman!”
So Haman was terrified before the king and queen.
7 Then the king arose in his wrath from the banquet of wine and went into the palace garden; but Haman stood before Queen Esther, pleading for his life, for he saw that evil was determined against him by the king. 8 When the king returned from the palace garden to the place of the banquet of wine, Haman had fallen across the couch where Esther was. Then the king said, “Will he also assault the queen while I am in the house?”
As the word left the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face. 9 Now Harbonah, one of the eunuchs, said to the king, “Look! The gallows, fifty cubits high, which Haman made for Mordecai, who spoke good on the king’s behalf, is standing at the house of Haman.”
Then the king said, “Hang him on it!”
10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath subsided. Esther7:5-10
9 So the king’s scribes were called at that time, in the third month, which is the month of Sivan, on the twenty-third day; and it was written, according to all that Mordecai commanded, to the Jews, the satraps, the governors, and the princes of the provinces from India to Ethiopia, one hundred and twenty-seven provinces in all, to every province in its own script, to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language. 10 And he wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus, sealed it with the king’s signet ring, and sent letters by couriers on horseback, riding on royal horses bred from swift steeds.
11 By these letters the king permitted the Jews who were in every city to gather together and protect their lives—to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the forces of any people or province that would assault them, both little children and women, and to plunder their possessions, Esther 8:9-11
Isaac Maximised His Prosperity from Obedience and Sacrifice
Isaac not only obeyed God and stayed in the land where there was severe famine but also sowed and got a hundred-fold return.
And despite repeated opposition where the wells he dug were blocked time and time again, he remained adamant until God gave him a complete turn-around, undeniable and lasting victory.
26 There was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines, in Gerar.
2 Then the Lord appeared to him and said: “Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land of which I shall tell you. 3 Dwell in this land, and I will be with you and bless you; for to you and your descendants I give all these lands, and I will perform the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.
12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year a hundredfold; and the Lord blessed him. 13 The man began to prosper, and continued prospering until he became very prosperous; 14 for he had possessions of flocks and possessions of herds and a great number of servants. So the Philistines envied him. 15 Now the Philistines had stopped up all the wells which his father’s servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, and they had filled them with earth. 16 And Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from us, for you are much mightier than we.”
21 Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over that one also. So he called its name Sitnah. 22 And he moved from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. So he called its name Rehoboth, because he said, “For now the Lord has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.”
When you have an opportunity to give, do so, and God will make all grace abound to you.
38 Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.” Luke6:38
7 Let each one [give] as he has made up his own mind and purposed in his heart, not reluctantly or sorrowfully or under compulsion, for God loves (He takes pleasure in, prizes above other things, and is unwilling to abandon or to do without) a cheerful (joyous, “prompt to do it”) giver [whose heart is in his giving].
8 And God is able to make all grace (every favor and earthly blessing) come to you in abundance, so that you may always and under all circumstances and whatever the need be self-sufficient [possessing enough to require no aid or support and furnished in abundance for every good work and charitable donation].
2Cor.9:7-8 AMPC
In 1Kings17 the Widow of Zarephath was challenged to give the prophet from the little she had, but it was an opportunity for her prosperity, a set-up for a lift up and a come back from penury to opulence. And when she obeyed, she passed the test and God gave her a testimony that has echoed through the ages. She maximised her opportunity. May you maximise the opportunity that God brings your way, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
13 Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go home and do as you have said. But first make a small loaf of bread for me from what you have and bring it to me, and then make something for yourself and your son. 14 For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be used up and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the Lord sends rain on the land.’”
15 She went away and did as Elijah had told her. So there was food every day for Elijah and for the woman and her family. 16 For the jar of flour was not used up and the jug of oil did not run dry, in keeping with the word of the Lord spoken by Elijah.
1Kings17:13-16
This scenario has been repeated many times in the lives of many when they are sensitive to the Holy Spirit. God still guides. God still speaks and wants to be involved in our daily affairs. I pray that you and I will not miss the time of our visitation but use it as a launch-pad to greater glory.
Joseph Used His Opportunity to Serve Well
Joseph maximised the opportunity he had to serve his master- Potiphar- and he served him so well that God prospered Potiphar because of His presence with Joseph and in return Potiphar realised that he was being blessed because of Joseph and left everything in his care and control.
Despite the temptation that Potiphar’s wife became and despite Joseph’s purity and integrity, was still sent to prison. But God allowed it to be a set up for Joseph’s promotion. And because Joseph remained dedicated to God and committed to excellence, he was outstanding in the prison too and this led to him being set as an overseer of other prisoners.
But while Joseph was there in the prison, 21 the Lord was with him; he showed him kindness and granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden. 22 So the warden put Joseph in charge of all those held in the prison, and he was made responsible for all that was done there. 23 The warden paid no attention to anything under Joseph’s care, because the Lord was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did. Gen39:20-23
Joseph in Charge of Egypt
Eventually, Joseph was catapulted from prison into the palace after he interpreted the king’s dream, where no other person could. It looked as if Joseph was forsaken and his dream of greatness was turning a nightmare, but he remained focused and interpreted other people’s dreams and sowed seeds that one day came back to bless him and enable him fulfil his purpose, dream and assignment.
41 So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I hereby put you in charge of the whole land of Egypt.” 42 Then Pharaoh took his signet ring from his finger and put it on Joseph’s finger. He dressed him in robes of fine linen and put a gold chain around his neck. 43 He had him ride in a chariot as his second-in-command, and people shouted before him, “Make way!” Thus he put him in charge of the whole land of Egypt.
44 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, but without your word no one will lift hand or foot in all Egypt.” 45 Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-Paneah and gave him Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, to be his wife. And Joseph went throughout the land of Egypt.
Gen 41:41-45
The Feeding of the 5000
When a little boy’s lunch was released, it became an opportunity for a miracle of the feeding of 5000.
8 Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up, 9 “Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?”
10 Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” There was plenty of grass in that place, and they sat down (about five thousand men were there). 11 Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish.
12 When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted.” 13 So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten. John6:7-13
Dorcas Maximised Her Gift and Talent- Using it to Bless those around Her
We all have some endowment or gift or talent from God. Do you know what your gift is? And are you using it to bless others? That is where fulfilment comes. This was what Dorcas did. And so, when she fell sick and died unexpectedly, the people who benefitted from her generosity clamoured for her come back. They looked for Peter and urged him to come and raise her back to life. They made a demand on the anointing on his life and they were not disappointed.
Peter came and put all those weeping out and raised her back to life to the glory of God.
39 Peter went with them, and when he arrived he was taken upstairs to the room. All the widows stood around him, crying and showing him the robes and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them.
40 Peter sent them all out of the room; then he got down on his knees and prayed. Turning toward the dead woman, he said, “Tabitha, get up.” She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter she sat up. 41 He took her by the hand and helped her to her feet. Then he called for the believers, especially the widows, and presented her to them alive. 42 This became known all over Joppa, and many people believed in the Lord.
Acts 9:39-42
The Disciples Maximised the Grace of Giving
The Believers Share Their Possessions
32 All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had. 33 With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And God’s grace was so powerfully at work in them all 34 that there were no needy persons among them. For from time to time those who owned land or houses sold them, brought the money from the sales 35 and put it at the apostles’ feet, and it was distributed to anyone who had need. Act4:32-35
The generosity of the disciples led to superabundance amongst the believers so much so that no one lacked.
Little is much when God is involved; so, do not miss your opportunity to leave a legacy for all time. Maximise your time, treasure and talent in the service of the Lord and God would make you a wonder to your generation.
The Word of God is my mouth is God speaking. Now I speak to myself thus:
I have rediscovered:
Who I am and Whose I am and what I have in the name of Jesus.
And so, I will fight this good fight of faith, entertaining no failure as final.
I break out into my inheritance in Christ.
I refuse to retrogress, stagnate, or regret.
I advance, make unending progress because good Success is mine in Jesus’ Name. Those who are planted in the house of God flourish in His courts. They will still bring forth fruit at old age. they stay fresh and green; proclaiming that the Lord is upright and there is no unrighteousness in Him.
I will Fight the good fight of faith. It is forward ever and backward never. Yes, my trajectory always on the rise to the glory of God.
Unending progress is mine In Christ and know without a doubt that angels are on assignment for me.
God has blessed me with every spiritual blessings in heavenly places and all things are mine. He has bequeathed to me all that pertain to life and godliness through my knowledge of Him
Yes, I go places with this knowledge and nothing good will be refused from me. Because He daily loads me with benefits to enjoy. He does new things daily in my life, makes a road in the wilderness and rivers on my desert.
Therefore, I enlarge the place of my dwelling. I stretch out, refuse to spare, lengthen my cord and strengthen my stakes. I take dominion and territories wherever I go. In the glorious, victorious and matchless name of Jesus! Amen.
I am a fruitful tree, destines to be a forest. I am one ordained to be a 1000. Glory to God!
I contend for the faith delivered to us. I Fight the good fight of faith. I Know that it is a good fight because we have already won. I know the end from when I started. Why? Jesus has won the war for me. All I face are battles and He leads me in triumphal procession. I go from victory to victory and from strength to strength and faith to faith and glory to glory.
I know this as a child of the Most-High God. I Know who I am and whose I am. Praise Go ! I have rediscovered my God-given mandate to have dominion wherever I go (Gen1:26.28). I know that the world belongs to me. I am an heir of God and a joint-heir with Christ (Rom8:17). Christ in me, my hope of glory (Col1:27-28). I am born to be the head and not the tail (Deut.28:13). Those who come against me in one way, will flee in seven ways (Deut28:7). I am more than a conqueror (Rom8:37). I am graced and highly favoured. All things are working together for my good. God is at work in me both to will and to do according to His good pleasure (Rom 8:28, Eph2:13). Angels are at my beck and call. And as I speak in consonance with God and they will be galvanised into action on my behalf. ( Ps34:7, Ps91:11-12, Heb13:5,6)
I refuse to take no for an answer. If Gods says yes, who can say no? Stagnation is not my portion. No! I shall continually make progress, go from glory to glory and from strength to strength. My path shines ever brighter and brighter to the full light of day (Prov,4:18). All the promises of God are yes and amen in Christ Jesus (2Cor1:20). I know that I know that I know that for me, no failure is final. It is not over until I win. I press on, push on, bind the enemy and take what belongs to me. I dig my heels and fight until I win. The blood of the eternal covenant speaks better things than the blood of bulls and goats, than the blood of Abel. Thanks be to God who always causes me to triumph (2Cor2:14. Greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world(1John4:4). I know always that I have overcome them(1John5:4). I already have. Now I celebrate my victory! Glory to God!
Child of God and saint of the Most -High God, know beyond doubt that you are born with a purpose, an assignment, a reason for being. Do you know what it is? And are you fulfilling it?
Jesus knew why He said “For this purpose I was born.” The sin of man has come to save that which was lost. He came to deliver those who were dead in sin, hopeless, sitting in the darkness and when He died, He made an atonement for everyone. He paid the price- the full price.
Therefore Pilate said to Him, “So You are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say correctly that I am a king. For this purpose I have been born, and for this I have come into the world: to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to My voice.” NASB
“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, Luke4:18
Now anyone who accepts the finished work on calvary’s cross, crosses over from damnation into salvation and reconciliation with God.
Similarly, you and I were born for a purpose, just like everything created has a purpose.
Born for His Praise
In 1Peter 2:9 we were told: 9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;
We Were Created for Good Works
10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. Eph2:10
We are Ambassadors
18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 20 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. 2Cor5:18
We were called to be co-workers with God
9 For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building.1 Cor3:9
Apart from these general purposes of Christians, each believer has a particular assignment that they were created and equipped to fulfil. Unless you seek God’s face you will not know what it is.
Paul sought God for his unique purpose and was not disappointed.
17 I did not go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before I was, but I went into Arabia. Later I returned to Damascus. Gal1:17
He fulfilled it and was able to say at the end of his assignment:
6 For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time for my departure is near. 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8 Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing 2Tim4:6-8
When David had fulfilled his assignment, he departed. That is what should be said of you and I.
For David, after he had served God’s will and purpose and counsel in his own generation, fell asleep [in death] and was buried among his forefathers, and he did see corruption and undergo putrefaction and dissolution [of the grave]. AMPC
So, my friend, find your purpose, develop that purpose and deploy it and finish your assignment.
But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint. Isa40:31
The eagle is the King of the skies just like the lion is the king of the jungle. And you are a king and priest on earth, called to reign in this life.
17 For if by the one man’s [a]offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.) Rom5:17
Know that as a believer you are born of the Word of God which the truth, and so you are born of God which is powerful, infallible and is the reality of life.
23 having been born again, not of [a]corruptible seed but [b]incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides [c]forever, 1Pet1:23
We are to walk and talk in our world just like Jesus walked because as He is so are we in this world. He imparted His life into us and gave birth to us for His good pleasure. Therefore, wherever we go we should be His ambassadors, His mouthpieces, His representatives. The Words we speak should be His words. Just as Jesus said, “I do what my father does”, so it should be for us. His message is our message. When we appear, the world should see Him and not us. That is why as the light of the world, He also called us the light of the world, the salt of the earth a city on a hill, that cannot be hidden. 1John2:6, 1John5:11-12,2Cor5:18,20, Matt5:13-15
We are to reign in this life right now through the indwelling Spirit, because after His death and resurrection He came back to us in the person of the Holy Spirit. Christ in us the hope of glory. Rom5:17
We are to navigate the earthly terrain in the power of the Spirit. Just like the eagle is equipped to use adverse winds to soar to untold heights, so God has called us to use adverse winds to scale from height to height, glory to glory and strength to strength ( Ps 84:7). There is no situation that can conquer us. Jesus disarmed all principalities and powers for us and willed all He accomplished to us. (Col.2:15) All powers are therefore subject to us. They are under our feet.( Eph1:22) All things, no matter what they are, are working for our good ( Rom8:28). This is why we are not moved by adverse circumstances (1Cor15:57-58 2Cor4:8-9,16,18). We know that they are designed to lift us up to the next rung in the latter of glory; so we fight the good fight of faith. (1Tim6:12) We press on for the mark of the prize of the high calling in Christ (Phil3:10-14)
We are wise, as we navigate the terrains of the earth, to know when to retreat and wait on the Lord, just as the eagle waits and studies the wind current; waiting for the opportune moment to use the wind to its advantage and allow it to carry it to where it wants to be. This is when it soars and does not fly.
The Word of God, as we gaze upon it, meditate on it, we become more perceptive, discretional, insightful and sagacious and wise in our dealings in life, such that any decision we make takes us to realms of glory, excellence, creativity galore, success, productivity, accomplishment and advancement. We see where others do not see, see what they do not see and able to do things that are amazing, outstanding and incredible and breath-taking. Ps119:130, Josh1:8, 1Tim4:15
So, my friend, soar like an eagle; faint not in the day of adversity but use the adversity as university for upward mobility. Expect the Power of the Holy Spirit to surge through you and empower you to do valiantly. Expect Him to add His “super” to your natural and His “extra” to your ordinary. at such time. Because you know that all things are working together for your good. He is your advantage and you cannot be disadvantaged. He made you more than a conqueror and He is the Greater One who dwells within you, propelling you, powering you and lifting you over the hurdles, enabling to you to leap over walls and run through troops and making you a winner any day, anywhere in all situations.
Who satisfies your mouth with good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s. Ps103:5
10-14 He found him out in the wilderness, in an empty, windswept wasteland. He threw his arms around him, lavished attention on him, guarding him as the apple of his eye. He was like an eagle hovering over its nest, overshadowing its young, Then spreading its wings, lifting them into the air, teaching them to fly. God alone led him; there was not a foreign god in sight. God lifted him onto the hilltops, so he could feast on the crops in the fields. He fed him honey from the rock, oil from granite crags, Curds of cattle and the milk of sheep, the choice cuts of lambs and goats, Fine Bashan rams, high-quality wheat, and the blood of grapes: you drank good wine! Deut. 32:10-14
Contend for the faith delivered to us. Fight the good fight of faith. Know that it is a good fight because we have already won. We know the end from when we started. Why? Jesus has won the war for us. All we face are battles and He leads us in triumphal procession. We go from victory to victory and from strength to strength.
Know this as a child of the Most High God. Know who you are and whose your are. Rediscover your God-given mandate to have dominion wherever you go (Gen1:26.28). Know that the world belongs to you. You are an heir of God and a joint-heir with Christ (Rom8:17). Christ in you, your hope of glory (Col1:27-28). You are born to be the head and not the tail (Deut.28:13). Those who come against you in one way, will flee in seven ways (Deut28:7). You are more than a conqueror (Rom8:37). You are graced and highly favoured. All things are working together for your good. God is at work in you both to will and to do according to His good pleasure (Rom 8:28, Eph2:13). Angels are at your beck and call. Speak in consonance with God and they will be galvanised into action on your behalf ( Ps34:7, Ps91:11-12, Heb13:5,6)
Never take no for an answer. Stagnation is not your portion. No. Continually make progress, Go from glory to glory and from strength to strength. The path of the just shines brighter and brighter to the full light of day (Prov,4:18). All the promises of God are yes and amen In Christ Jesus (2Cor1:20). Know that for you, no failure is final. It is not over until you win. Press on, push on, bind the enemy and take what belongs to you. Dig your heels and fight until you win. The blood of the eternal covenant speaks better things than the blood of bulls and goats, than the blood of Abel. Thanks be to God who always causes us to triumph (2Cor2:14. Greater is He that is you than he that is in the world(1John4:4). Know always that you have overcome them(1John5:4). You already have. Now celebrate your victory! Glory to God!
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