Sound Doctrine: Beyond the Milk with Pastor Bo

This is a 5-day (Part 1 -5) discourse on Pathway to Purposeful Living taken from the book of Proverbs 4:23-27.

Looking into the book of Proverbs that says, "Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith."

In this morning devotion, we give a closer look at the parable of the talent. The master gave the people certain talents for a purpose. When he returned, expected them to have made profit with it. The least gift he gave anyone was one. Do you know your gift and have you traded with it enough to give God profit or would you wait to experience the same response God gave to the man that did not use his gift? "

Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed: Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury. Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents.

Pro 25:4:Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer. 

We are like silver, gold, or diamond. The dross (impurities) is the narratives the world feeds into us that we are inadequate and not good or beautiful enough. This makes many to try make up, make over, etc, to conform to the standard the world has created as good.

The Bible says we are beautifully and wonderfully made and all that God created are good. When we shot off the voice and the narrative of the world and we embrace who we are and whom God says we are, the real us, beautiful and wonderful in all areas will come out. We "shall come forth a vessel for the finer."

It's time we take the dross away so that we can shine like diamond and silver.

Apostle Paul lamented in Rom 7:15: "I do not understand what I do; for I don't do what I would like to do, but instead I do what I hate." He goes further in verse 19: "I don't do the good I want to do; instead, I do the evil that I do not want to do."

In this edition of morning devotion, we look into how we can be free from this type of situation.

Expanding the scripture in KJV: Pro 11:25: "The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself."

How does being generous bring prosperity and how is it that when you help others, you will be helped.

We look into the power of our words according to Jesus in Mat 12:36-37: "But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned"

God used the word to create the world. The word we speak has so much power that they can justify or condemn us here on earth and in the last days.

The Bible says in Col 2:13-14 that Jesus has quickened (raised us up) together with him when we were dead in our sins and uncircumcision. This means he has given us victory over sins and laws working against us when he (quickened) raised us up and made us to sit together with him.

Know that you have been delivered and set free from every (besetting) sin you are currently struggling with in your life right now. You already have the victory over every negative laws from your family lineage, system, tribe, government, and so on working against you and preventing from experiencing victory and freedom in your life. But if you don't confess and appropriate this freedom, the enemy will attempt to keep you under servitude, but indeed, you are free, the Son of God has set you free, and "If the Son has therefore set you free, you are free INDEED." it's time you claim your freedom over sin and the negative laws that has bound you.

"And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses" (Col 2:13-14).

In Mat 21:1-3, Jesus instructed his disciples to go bring a cult that would take him on his triumphal entry. He told them if the donkey is tied, they should loose it, and if anyone asked them why they were loosing or taking the donkey away, they should tell them, the Lord has need of it.

The donkey is the means that would take Jesus to his destiny. What is your donkey? Do you know it and where it is? Is it tied down somewhere? Who is questioning why you are loosing it?

This morning devotion helps you to pray through these questions so that you can locate your donkey, loose it, and shut the mouth of anyone questioning your authority loosing the donkey.