*DATE:* *THURSDAY 18 MAY 2023*

*TOPIC: FAITH AND A GOOD CONSCIENCE*

*KEY VERSE:* _*Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck (1 Timothy 1:19).*_

*MESSAGE:*

From our theme scripture, we observe the connection between faith and a good conscience. You need both for a balanced and effective Christian life. Your conscience is the voice of your spirit. Your conscience can be trusted, but it’ll only be dependable if your spirit is educated with the Word of God.

Some people do terrible things; they sponsor or participate in acts of wickedness, violence and bloodshed. And their conscience allows them to do such things. Why? It’s because of the condition of their spirits. Their conscience has been educated to permit such evil and wickedness. Their conscience has been seared with a hot iron (1Timothy 4:2). But if your spirit is conditioned by the Word of God, you’ll have the voice of God in your heart, and it’ll be different.

The Bible says out of your heart-your spirit-are the issues of life (Proverbs 4:23). It’s therefore important that you train your spirit with the Word to be a sure guide. Never allow negative thoughts and ideas – thoughts of bitterness, wickedness, evil, violence or terror-grow in you.

Colossians 3:16 says._*“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly….”*_ Store the Word of God richly in your heart, and you’ll be able to bring every negative thought into captivity to the obedience of the Word (2 Corinthians 10:5). Hallelujah!

*CONFESSION:*

*The Word of God has imparted wisdom to my spirit and renewed my mind to think divine thoughts; thoughts that are consistent with God’s eternal purpose and will for my life! I bring forth good things from within my spirit today, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.*

*FURTHER STUDY*

*Proverbs 4:20-23*

_20- My son, attend to my words; consent and submit to my sayings._

_21- Let them not depart from your sight; keep them in the center of your heart._

_22- For they are life to those who find them, healing and health to all their flesh._

_23- Keep and guard your heart with all vigilance and above all that you guard, for out of it flow the springs of life._

*1 Timothy 1:19 AMPC*

_19- Holding fast to faith (that leaning of the entire human personality on God in absolute trust and confidence) and having a good (clear) conscience. By rejecting and thrusting from them [their conscience], some individuals have made shipwreck of their faith._

*1 Timothy 4:15 AMPC*

_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._

*1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:*

John 8:31-47 &1 Kings 22

*2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:*

Mark 11:1-11 & Numbers 21

*DATE:* *WEDNESDAY 17 MAY 2023*

*TOPIC: PROPHECY AS A WEAPON*

*KEY VERSE:* _*This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare (1 Timothy 1:18).*_

*MESSAGE:*

The Bible says,_*“For though we walk in the flesh, we do not was after the flesh”*_ (2 Corinthians 10:3). In other words, though we live in the human body, our war isn’t according to the flesh. Then the 4th verse tells us about the weapons of our warfare:_*“(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds).”*_ These weapons aren’t manmade or invented by human understanding; rather, they operate through God to the pulling down of strongholds.

It doesn’t matter what kind of strongholds they are; whether they be intellectual strongholds, mental strongholds, political strongholds, scientific strongholds, or medical strongholds! We have weapons to dislodge these evil strongholds and render them ineffective and futile. Hallelujah!

The Holy Spirit, through the Apostle Paul, tells us about one of these effectual weapons of our warfare in our opening scripture- prophecy! Use prophecies as a weapon as you wage spiritual warfare by faith. God’s Word about you is prophecy. Therefore, always speak forth His Word.

The Word of God from your lips is the sword of the Spirit (the “rhema” of God. This is an inspired utterance of the Word of God from your mouth. It’s a prophetic word. With it, you chart your course in life from glory to glory. You can re-frame and re-plan your life. You can override the sequence of unpalatable events in vour life or circumstances.

What has God said about vou? What has He said about lost souls? What has He said about your situation? Use those words to make war and cause His will to be established in your life, in your nation, and in the lives of men and women around the world.

*PRAYER:*

*I declare that righteousness is established in the hearts of people around the world; and through the truth of the Gospel, salvation, healing and health, prosperity and success, deliverance, wholeness, preservation, peace, and joy spread in the nations of the earth, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.*

*FURTHER STUDY*

*1Corinthians 14:3-5*

_3- But one who prophesies strengthens others, encourages them, and comforts them._

_4- A person who speaks in tongues is strengthened personally, but one who speaks a word of prophecy strengthens the entire church._

_5- I wish you could all speak in tongues, but even more I wish you could all prophesy. For prophecy is greater than speaking in tongues, unless someone interprets what you are saying so that the whole church will be strengthened._

*1 Corinthians 14:39 NLT*

_39- So, my dear brothers and sisters, be eager to prophesy, and don’t forbid speaking in tongues._

*1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:*

John 8:12-30 & 1 Kings 20-21

*2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:*

Mark 10:46-52 &Numbers 20

*DATE:* *MONDAY 15 MAY 2023*

*TOPIC: DON’T BE A PRISONER OF YOUR PAST*

*KEY VERSE:* _*Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new (2 Corinthians 5:17).*_

*MESSAGE:*

There are those who are haunted by quit and memories of the past. They’re fighting so hard to overcome painful memories. They’re in bondage to their past, probably because of some terrible things they had done or the hurt they suffered, and they’ve been living with the pain ever since.

You need to understand what it means to be born again, to be a new creation: you’re a brand new person. You’re not the same person who had those horrible experiences. That person died in Christ. The new “you” is absolved of all guilt; free of errors and imperfections.

Romans 5:18 says,_*“Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.”*_ Jesus wasn’t only delivered on account of our sins, He was also raised for our justification (Romans 4:25). What does this mean?

It means you were declared “not guilty”; no charge against you. The reason is simple: you’re a new creation; a brand new person without a past. So, even if you did something wrong in the past that still makes you feel guilty, it’s all based on memory and emotions. In Christianity, we don’t walk by our feelings; we walk by faith. We live on the affirmation of God’s Word.

Don’t recollect a bitter experience you might have had many years ago and start crying that God should forgive you. Refuse to be held captive by guilt or memories of the past.

Romans 4:25 AMPC says Jesus was raised from the dead for _*“(our acquittal), making our account balance and absolving us from all guilt before God].”*_ When you come to Jesus, He makes you free from every kind of bondage:_*“If theSon therefore shallmakeyou free, ye shall be free indeed”*_ (John 8:36). Hallelujah!

*PRAYER:*

*Dear Father, I thank you for my new life in Christ; your divine nature in me has made me a master over circumstances, with dominion over the systems of this world. I serve you always with joy unspeakable and full of glory, unencumbered by sin or reproach! Thank you for making me righteous, holy, and irreproachable in your sight, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.*

*FURTHER STUDY*

*Galatians 6:14-16*

_14- May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world._

_15- Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything; what counts is the new creation._

_16- Peace and mercy to all who follow this rule—to the Israel of God._

*John 1:12-13*

_12- Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God_

_13- children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God._

*Romans 6:4*

_4- We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life._

*1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:*

John 7:1-24 & 1 Kings 15-17

*2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:*

Mark 10:23-31 & Numbers 18

*DATE:* *FRIDAY 12 MAY 2023*

*TOPIC: KNOWLEDGE IS IMPORTANT*

*KEY VERSE:* _*But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him (1 Corinthians 2:9).*_

*MESSAGE:*

There’s so much that the Lord wants to do through His children in the earth in these last days, but the limiting factor for many has been knowledge. How do you hope for something that you don’t even know exists? You can’t expect something that your imagination can’t fathom.

But thanks be unto God! The Bible says in the last days, knowledge shall be increased. Through this knowledge, we’re doing the impossible, the unthinkable, and the unimaginable. The Holy Spirit is helping and preparing the Church for what He wants to do by availing us of true, accurate, and precise knowledge of His Word.

Through Him, we know the things that are freely given to us by God:_*“Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God”*_ (1 Corinthians 2:12). Life is limited by your knowledge or understanding. There’s a whole lot that happens to you when you get the right knowledge, the knowledge of God’s Word. Your capacity is tremendously increased; you become aware and are able to comprehend the wonderful blessings God has prepared for you to enjoy.

Acts 20:32 declares,_*“And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.”*_ You already have an inheritance bequeathed to you in Christ, but through the knowledge of God, you’re able to take a hold of what’s rightfully yours. I admonish you today,_*“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord”*_ (Colossians 3:16). Hallelujah!

*PRAYER*

*Dear Father, I’m furnished with the requisite knowledge for life in Christ, through the Word. The eyes of my understanding are being enlightened. Therefore, I have insight into mysteries and secrets; there’s nothing that I can’t know. Christ is my wisdom, and the Word of God informs me daily, through the Holy Spirit, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.*

*FURTHER STUDY:*

*1 Corinthians 2:9-10*

_9- But as it is written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”_

_10- But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God._

*Ephesians 1:18 NKJV*

_18- the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,_

*Proverbs 11:9*

_9- The hypocrite with his mouth destroys his neighbor, But through knowledge the righteous will be delivered._

*1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:*

John 6:1-24; 1 Kings 9

*2 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:*

Mark 9:38-50; Numbers 15

*DATE:* *THURSDAY 11 MAY 2023*

*TOPIC: SENT TO TELL HIS STORY*

*KEY VERSE:* _*Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father? (John 14:9)*_

*MESSAGE:*

AIl over the world, people pray in the Name of Jesus. They preach Him on the streets and every week in churches. Some have written books about Him, sung about Him, and prophesied in His Name.

But a very painful reality is that many don’t know who He really is. True, they’ve heard about Him, but He’s not merely “a great religious leader” that many know Him as; He is God. Sadly, even among preachers, some only know Him as Saviour who saved us from our sins. But Jesus is much more than that. He’s Himself God: the omnipotent, immortal God, living in unapproachable light of divine glory, coequal with the Father and the embodiment of the Godhead. (Colossians 1:19; 2:9; 1 Timothy 6:14-16).

Jesus is the King of kings and Lord of all, who has all authority in heaven, in earth, and under the earth. We’re His witnesses, and we have to let the world know that He’s real and that He came to die as a man for all men; He was raised from the dead and lives forever. Let’s get busy, telling the whole world about Him.

The work we’re doing here on earth isn’t an end in itself. One day, we would have told the last person; we would have held the last conference or the last church service; we would have completed everything He asked us to do, and then we’ll hear that trumpet sound. The Lord will appear and we’ll receive crowns of glory:_*“And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away”*_ (1 Peter 5:4). Glory to His Name forever!

*PRAYER*

*Blessed Lord Jesus, how great you are! You’re the immortal God, the King of kings and Lord of all, with all authority in heaven, in earth, and under the earth. You’re the Master and Ruler, the One with supreme authority and pre-eminence. I believe with all my heart and declare with my mouth that you’re my Lord; you’re God over all, and the One who made all things! I love you Lord!*

*FURTHER STUDY*

*John 17:3*

_3- And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent._

*2 Corinthians 4:5-6*

_5- For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your bondservants for Jesus’ sake._

_6- For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ._

*2 Corinthians 5:18-20*

_18- Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation,_

_19- that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation._

_20- Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God._

*1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:*

John 5: 37-47 & 1 Kings 7-8

*2 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:*

Mark 9: 30-37 & Numbers 14

*DATE:* *WEDNESDAY 10 MAY 2023*

*TOPIC: LET PATIENCE HAVE ITS FULL EFFECT*

*KEY VERSE:* _*when it seems as though you are facing nothing but difficulties, see it as an invaluable opportunity to experience the greatest joy that you can! For you know that when your faith is tested it stirs up in you the power of endurance. And then as your endurance grows even stronger, it will release perfection into every part of your being until there is nothing missing and nothing lacking (James 1:2-4 TPT).*_

*MESSAGE:*

Trials and temptations, as difficult as they are, are for your good. You’ll ultimately find joy in them. Your faith blossoms under pressure and you learn true patience as you endure. Sometimes we want God to effect a change right away. We’re praying about a situation or something we want to prevent from happening, and we want instant answers. But there’re times when patience is needed while expressing your faith. God never wants us to panic at such times.

James 1:4 in the Voice Translation says,_*“…true patience brought on by endurance will equip you to complete the long journey and cross the finish line— mature, complete, and wanting nothing.”*_

Yes, there’ll be challenging times and uncomfortable circumstances, but the Word encourages us to count them all joy, knowing that the trying of our faith produces patience in us. Then the 4th verse tells us what patience, in turn, produces in us when we allow it to do its work and have its full effect. So don’t keep pushing and agitating; you could miss out on God’s plan.

Let’s read James 1:4 again, this time, in the Amplified Classic. It says,_*“But let endurance and steadfastness and patience have full play and do a thorough work, so that you may be [people] perfectly and fully developed [with no defects], lacking in nothing.”*_ This is what patience produces in us: we become perfectly and fully developed [with no defects], lacking in nothing.” Glory to God!

*PRAYER*

*Dear Father, I thank you for my faith prevails over circumstances, and I live victoriously and triumphantly above sickness, disease, fear and terror. I’m in charge and in control of my life and circumstances. I’m strong, bold and courageous, functioning from a vantage position of rest, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.*

*FURTHER STUDY:*

*Philippians 4:6-7*

_6- Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;_

_7- and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus._

*Proverbs 24:10*

_10- If you faint in the day of adversity, Your strength is small._

*Hebrews 12:1*

_1- Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,_

*1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:*

John 5:1-30; 1 Kings 4-6

*2 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:*

Mark 9:14-29; Numbers 13

*DATE:* *TUESDAY 09 MAY 2023*

*TOPIC: PREDESTINATION AND PERSONAL CHOICE*

*KEY VERSE:* _*For we are God's [own] handiwork (His workmanship), recreated in Christ Jesus, [born anew] that we may do those good works which God predestined (planned beforehand) for us [taking paths which He prepared ahead of time], that we should walk in them [living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us to live] (Ephesians 2:10 AMPC)*_

*MESSAGE:*

Sometimes people ask if there’s such a thing as predestination. “Can I really say that God prearranged my life?” they wonder. Absolutely! The Bible says He did; we just read it!

Also, Romans 8:29 says,_*“For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate….”*_ The question then arises: Is God, therefore, responsible for everything that happens in my life? Not really, because you’re a free moral agent; you’re responsible for your decisions and actions. Once you become an adult, you have a responsibility for your life, and the onus is on you to make the right decisions in line with God’s destiny and perfect will for you.

Just because God predestined your life for something doesn’t mean you’ll fulfil it. People don’t necessarily become what God planned for them to be. It’s a personal choice you make to fulfil God’s plan for your life and be all that He’s destined you to be.

Paul, in his letter to the Colossian church, sent a specific instruction to Archippus, telling him:_*“…Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfill it”*_ (Colossians 4:17). If the man didn’t have the responsibility of fulfilling the ministry that God committed to him, Paul wouldn’t have instructed him to see to it that he fulfilled it. This also meant it was possible for him not to fulfil it.

Make up your mind you’ll be everything God has destined you to be, you’ll do all that He’s predestined you to do, and you’ll walk in His preordained pathways.

*CONFESSION*

*I’m walking in preordained pathways, rightly positioned in God’s place of opportunity and set on the path of success, glory, victory and divine destiny! The course of events in my life has been structured by God to bring Him glory, for He’s the One at work in me both to will and to do His good pleasure. Hallelujah!*

*FURTHER STUDY:*

*Romans 8:29-30 TPT*

_29- For he knew all about us before we were born and he destined us from the beginning to share the likeness of his Son. This means the Son is the oldest among a vast family of brothers and sisters who will become just like him._

_30- Having determined our destiny ahead of time, he called us to himself and transferred his perfect righteousness to everyone he called. And those who possess his perfect righteousness he co-glorified with his Son!_

*Deuteronomy 30:19*

_19- I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live;_

*Ephesians 1:11*

_11- In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will,_

*1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:* 

John 4:27-54; 1 Kings 2-3

*2 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:*

Mark 9:2-13; Numbers 12

*DATE:* *MONDAY 08 MAY 2023*

*TOPIC: CHRIST IN YOU—THE WONDER OF CHRISTIANITY*

*KEY VERSE:* _*To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory (Colossians 1:27).*_

*MESSAGE:*

To have the vital knowledge and live with the consciousness that Christ lives in you is one of the greatest blessings of Christianity. It is, in fact, your solution to all problems and answer to all questions. Christ in you is the wonder of Christianity.

When Jesus walked the earth, He was with the disciples as Emmanuel, God with us. But the Father’s dream was yet to be consummated. He wanted all of divinity in us, not just with us. He wanted His Spirit in us.

It’s the reason Jesus said,_*“And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you”*_ (John 14:16-17). The desire of the Father was actuated on the day of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit came to live in us.

Consider the amazing truth in Romans 8:11:_*“But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.”*_

This means Christ in you—the Holy Spirit in you—is the life of your physical body; it’s your health, your deliverance, wholeness, and preservation. Christ in you is your right to walk out of any pain. Christ in you is your power over every crisis; it’s your dominion over darkness, poverty, lack and want. Hallelujah! Christ in you is the greatest blessing of all. Blessed be God!

*CONFESSION*

*Glory, wholeness, perfection, success and prosperity are guaranteed in my life because Christ is in me! He’s in every fibre of my being, in every bone of my body, and in every cell of my blood! I’ve been granted the grace and ability in Christ to reign and rule over all circumstances. I’m shielded from all evil and harm because I’m in Christ and Christ is in me! Hallelujah!*

*FURTHER STUDY*

*1 John 4:4*

_4- You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world._

*Romans 8:10 ESV*

_10- But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness._

*1 Corinthians 6:19*

_19- Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,_

*1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN*

John 4:1-26; 1 Kings 1

*2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN*

Mark 8:34-9:1; Numbers 11

*DATE:* *SUNDAY 07 MAY 2023*

*TOPIC: EVERLASTING LIFE*

*KEY VERSE:* _*For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life (John 3:16).*_

*MESSAGE:*

Our opening verse is about the most popular verse of the Bible. It contains the most powerful and most informative words in the entire Scripture. It says anyone who believes in the Son of God has everlasting life, meaning they’re separated from destruction, waste, failure, damage, etc.

What is everlasting life? Is it just life that goes on and on? No; that definition doesn’t even scratch the surface of what it is. To understand everlasting life, you first have to know what eternal life is. This might come as a surprise to some people who thought they were the same; but there’s a difference.

To be eternal is to be ageless: ageless without a beginning and ageless without an end. It’s a life that has no beginning and it has no end; it’s timeless. Eternity, thus, refers to timelessness and agelessness. More specifically, it’s a life that’s incorruptible, indestructible, imperishable, unending, and not subject to failure or death. This is the life and nature of God.

That’s why He’s called the Eternal One. The Bible says in Psalm 90:2,_*“Before you created the hills or brought the world into being, you were eternally God, and will be God for ever”*_ (GNB).

Everlasting life is eternal life with a beginning; it has a beginning but no end. The angels, for instance, have eternal life with a beginning. Though they live forever, they had a beginning. God, however, has no beginning; He’s absolutely eternal. The angels became eternal because God, the Eternal One, made them everlasting. To make them everlasting, He had to impart them with eternal life.

When you’re born again, you receive eternal life and become everlasting. You’re brought from your humanity into eternity. Receiving that life is your first entry into it; that’s the beginning of your life in eternity. From there on, you become a part of an endless life that’s imperishable, indestructible and incorruptible.

*PRAYER*

*I have received eternal life, and I’m absolutely death-free, incorruptible, indestructible, imperishable, not subject to failure, depravities and diseases because the law of life is operational in me! Divinity dwells in me, and I live the transcendent life! Glory to God!*

*FURTHER STUDY*

*1 John 5:11-13*

_11- And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son._

_12- He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life._

_13- These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God._

*John 3:36*

_36- He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.”_

*John 5:24*

_24- “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life._

*1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN*

John 3:22-36; 2 Samuel 23-24

*2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN*

Mark 8:22-33; Numbers 10

*DATE:* *SATURDAY 06 MAY 2023*

*TOPIC: YOU’RE ON A UNIQUE ASSIGNMENT*

*KEY VERSE:* _*But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness…(Acts 26:16)*_

*MESSAGE:*

There are billions of people on earth today and no all uniquely gifted, blessed and called of God. So, let your joy be in fulfilling the calling that God has given you. You’re on a unique assignment; stay in the grace that God gave you, as no one can do it exactly like you.

Think about Paul: He was an apostle to the Gentiles; that wasn’t something fashionable in his day, but he celebrated his unique assignment. He said in Romans 11:13,_*“…I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office.”*_ He didn’t wish to have been sent to the Jews; Peter had that.

It’s like Joshua too; though He walked closely with Moses before Moses died, he understood the uniqueness of what God wanted him to do. In Joshua Chapter 1, God said to him:_*“…go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them…for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them”*_ (Joshua 1:2-6).

When Joshua got those marching orders, he understood that his assignment was unique from that of Moses. God had earlier told Moses, “I want you to bring my people out of Egypt” (Exodus 3:7-10). Moses brought them out of captivity in Egypt all right, but it was Joshua who took them into the land of promise and divided it for their inheritance (Joshua 1:2 & 6).

Have you established your unique assignment in that country, city, town, village, neighbourhood, school, or office? Don’t think you’re there just like everyone else, to do the same things they’re all doing. Understand that you’re on a unique assignment; fulfil your purpose with poise!

*PRAYER*

*Dear Father, I’m immensely grateful and excited about the uniqueness of my assignments in the earth. I fulfil my purpose in Christ and walk in preordained paths that you planned before the foundation of the world, that I may serve and live for you. Through me, your Kingdom reigns and expands in the earth, and in the hearts of men, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.*

*FURTHER STUDY*

*Acts 26:16*

_16- ‘Now get up and stand on your feet. I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen and will see of me._

*Colossians 4:17*

_17- Tell Archippus: “See to it that you complete the ministry you have received in the Lord.”_

*Ephesians 2:10 AMPC*

_10- For we are God's [own] handiwork (His workmanship), recreated in Christ Jesus, [born anew] that we may do those good works which God predestined (planned beforehand) for us [taking paths which He prepared ahead of time], that we should walk in them [living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us to live]._

*1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:*

John 3: 1 – 21 & 2 Samuel 22

*2 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:*

Mark 8: 10 – 21 & Numbers 9