THE WORD OF GOD: God's Instrument for Making Me Ready for Jesus' Coming

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James 1:21-25

Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

2 Peter 2: 20-21

But understand this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of or comes from one’s own [personal or special] interpretation, for no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.

2 Timothy 3-16-17

All Scripture is God-breathed [given by divine inspiration] and is profitable for instruction, for conviction [of sin], for correction [of error and restoration to obedience], for training in righteousness [learning to live in conformity to God’s will, both publicly and privately—behaving honourably with personal integrity and moral courage];  so that the man of God may be complete and proficient, outfitted and thoroughly equipped for every good work.

John 6:63

It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

Hebrews 4:12-13

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

Knowing This

• All scripture is from God and not for private interpretation.
• The only instrument God has to make us ready for the appearing of His Son is His Word.
• His Words are not mere words. They are Spirit and they are Life.
• His Words are His soldiers to accomplish His purpose in your life and in our world.
• When God wants to accomplish something He sends His Word.
• The only instrument God has to make me, to mould me, to prepare me, to bring about the revival in my individual life is His Word.
• Prayer that will yield the desired outcome must be based on the Word of God.
• The new man only feeds on the Word of God.

Prayer Points: Lord, Send Your Word to Me

• Lord, give me an insatiable hunger and thirst for Your Word.
• Lord, send Your Word to my life, a personal word that will prepare me for Your coming.
• Let the heavens above my head be opened to Your Word.
• Let the Life and Spirit inside Your Word become life to me.
• Lord, please send Your Word regarding my personal circumstance or any situation that I am in right now.
• Lord, send Your Word of healing, of salvation, of deliverance to us in Jesus name.
• Let our prayers be bases upon Your Word. Even today, send Your Word to us.

What Is Superfluity of Naughtiness?

James 1:21

Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

• Fluid has no rigid shape. I just assumes the shape of the container. It is light, mobile, irregular aimless, unpredictable, compromising and reacts sharply to external pressure.
• Pride, 'I know it all', 'What do they have to say' attitude will prevent me from receiving the Word of God.
• This is the character of the natural man's heart. For the Word of God to find room in my life, I must lay all these aside.

Prayer Points: Heart Preparation

• Lord, what are the influences that easily mix with the life of Christ in my life? Please Lord, I am putting them away today.
• Lord, the things that put me under unnecessary pressure, keeping me flowing along the current of the world, please, Lord, I put them away today.
• What opinion, idea, belief, knowledge do I carry in my heart that makes me proud whenever the Word of God is coming through whichever vessel? Lord, I lay it aside. Please teach me to always lay it aside every time I approach Your Word.
• Teach me to humble myself any time I approach Your Word.

ENGRAFTING THE WORD 

• The nature of the Word of God requires engrafting, inserting, etching, implanting, embedding with our whole being.
• The Word that God sends is to become one with us.
• It is expected to intermingle with our thoughts and consume all the filth of Mr Self, of the world and of the enemy.
• It is expected to become our thought course, the arbiter of any decision we have to make.
• The very gene that makes us in this new life is the Word of God.
• THE WORD THAT IS NOT ENGRAFTED INTO ME LOSES ITS PURPOSE AND EFFECTIVENESS.

Prayer Points : Engrafting the Word (Matthew 13:18-23)

• Lord, engraft Your Word into my very being.
• Let Your Word find space to intermingle with my thoughts.
• Lord, please dig out every rock and stones and pebbles that will not allow Your Word to fester and grow in my heart.
• Lord, uproot every weed and thistle that will not allow Your Word to take root deep into my heart.
• Lord, implant and insert Your Word into my life.
• Etch Your Word upon the eyes of my soul.

PRACTICAL STEPS

• In the quietness of your hearts, ask the Lord for practical steps to lay aside every care, every worry, every anxiety that will choke the Word out of your heart.
• Write them down before the Lord and remember: We ‘take no thought’ about our needs rather we ‘make our request known’ to relieve any anxiety that may choke the Word of God.
• Lord, when persecution and tribulation arises that warrants my standing upon the Word of God, Lord please let me stand.
• Present such tribulations before Him and ask for grace to bear; grace to remain in the Word of God.
• FROM NOW UNTIL THE END OF MARCH, READ THE ENTIRE NEW TESTAMENT.  

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Grace in Extra Measure

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TITUS

Chapter 1

•       Greetings

•       Qualification of Elders

•       The tasks of Elders

Chapter 2

•       Qualities of a sound church (women, men, servants etc.)

•       Trained by saving grace

Chapter 3

•       Graces of the heirs of grace

•       Avoid dissension

•       Final messages

•       Farewell

Titus 1:1-3 New King James Version (NKJV)

1 Paul, a bondservant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according      

   to the faith of God’s elect and the acknowledgment of the truth

   which accords with godliness 

2  In hope of eternal life which God, who cannot lie, promised before

    time began

3  But has in due time manifested His word through preaching, which

    was committed to me according to the commandment of God our

    Saviour;

4 To Titus, a true son in our common faith:

   Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus

   Christ our Saviour.

Titus 2:11-13 Amplified (AMP)

11 For the [remarkable, undeserved] grace of God that brings    

      salvation has appeared to all men.

12 It teaches us to reject ungodliness and worldly (immoral) desires,

     and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives [lives with a purpose    

     that reflect spiritual maturity] in this present age,

13 awaiting and confidently expecting the [fulfilment of our] blessed   

      hope and the glorious appearing of our great God and Saviour,

      Christ Jesus.

GRACE TEACHES, INSTRUCTS, TRAINS, SHOWS, MAKE US REALISE, PREPARES, EXPLAINS, CLARIFIES, TUTORS AND COACHES US.

As the days of Noah…

Matthew 24:37-39 King James Version (KJV)

But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

How did Noah escape? Genesis chapter 6, 7 & 8

•       Gen 6: 8  But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.

•       Gen 6: 14-21  Grace instructed Noah to built an ark.

•       Gen 6:22 Noah built the ark as grace taught  him to, leaving nothing out.

•       Gen 7:1 Grace gave further instruction to enter the ark and what to bring in.

•       Gen 7:5-9 Noah entered the ark as grace instructed him to do.

•       Gen 8:15 Noah only left the ark when grace told him to, even though the dove did not return signifying that the earth was dry.

•       Noah was under direct discipleship with God and he obeyed every single instruction of grace as given, not adding to it, not subtracting from it, not amplifying it, and he obeyed immediately.

Prayer Points

•       Let grace locate my household.

•       Let my husband and heads of home (singles, those parenting alone) be a candidate of Your grace.

•       Handpick my family for Your favour, for Your mercy, for Your grace.

•       Turn Your eyes toward my family and show us favour that will secure us from the impending doom that is about to come upon the inhabitants of the earth.

•       Let grace instruct the head of my home (my husband), myself, if I am single or parenting alone to secure our lives when the Lord appears.

•       Don’t let me be like the hired hands who helped Noah built the ark and were paid wages yet they did not enter.

•       Don’t let me be like the scoffers who laughed at him; those who criticised him and said to him, "This is too much, you is mad, what kind of discipleship is this, that will turn a man useless and render him unprofitable for us?"

Prayer Points

•       When grace has instructed me, please let grace further help me to obey very quickly.

•       No more procrastination, no more delay, no more putting off - help my life, O Lord.

•       No more postponement, no more refusal to do my homework, or coursework, or thesis in this University of Grace.

•       Let grace teach me to respond quickly to every instruction and teaching, in Jesus name.

•       Help my life Lord, help my family. Don’t let us be among those who will be drowned like the days of Noah.

 Silent Prayer

•       Ask grace to give us specific, detailed, thorough, meticulous , instructions about areas of our personal life,our family life,  our work life, our following Him in discipleship, our finances and any area of our life He wants to prepare.

•       Ask for the what, when, how, the who of all these issues.

•       Pick up a pen and a journal (do not use a sheet of paper as you may lose it) and write them down; write the vision down that they may run that read it.

•       Present the list to God and ask grace for further help, courage, tenacity , support, dogged determination in the Holy Ghost to carry out all the instructions to the letter like Noah did.

•       This list will grow As you tick one off, another will be given until we see Him face to face. The Lord who helped Noah and his family will help us in Jesus name. Grace will lead us home.

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My Help Comes From The Lord

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PSALM 121

The end of the age is upon us |Matthew 23:3-44

•      59.5 million people have been displaced in the world as at June 2015.

•      Christians are among the majority and persecution is at an all-time high.

•      The time has come for the world and its systems to make us the scape goat.

•      The time has come when we will be targeted directly or indirectly for our faith.

•      Even now, we cannot live as Christians or preach the gospel freely or declare the word of God as it is without being tagged as intolerant and offensive or being killed and bombed depending on which part of the world you are.

•      Even now, many in areas of the world previously shut to the gospel are being reached and are becoming saved.

Why do I need divine help? | Matthew 23

Jesus said:

Vs 22 ‘And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake those days will be shortened’.

Vs 24 ‘For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect’.

Vs 9 & 10 ‘Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake. And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another’.

Vs 13 ‘But he who endures to the end shall be saved’.

Prayer Points |Help me Lord, I must not be deceived

•       If you are able to, please go on Your knees; let us literarily look up to the Lord this day. Let us turn our gaze upon Him and ask for help for this Maranatha journey.

•       Lord, at every point on this my Maranatha journey  and please send me help (appropriate, timely, suitable, fitting, proper help).

•       Lord, even today, I ask for the help I need for the current issues of my life, my family and my church.

•       Lord, help me, do not let me and my household be deceived. I ask for future help to carry me on this journey as I wait for you appearance.

Prayer Points| Holy Spirit my helper

•       Lord, help me to recognise , accept and make use of Your help. (Jacob in Gen 28:16)

John 14:15 & 17 ‘And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper (Comforter, Advocate, Intercessor—Counsellor, Strengthener, Standby), to be with you forever- the Spirit of Truth, whom the world cannot receive [and take to its heart] because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He (the Holy Spirit) remains with you continually and will be in you.’

•       Do not let me become overly familiar and trivialise Your help via the Holy Ghost.

•       Do not let me ignore, overlook or disregard the ministry of the Holy Spirit.

•       Do not let me belittle the Holy Spirit and His role on this journey.

Prayer points| Help me Holy Spirit, I must not be offended with Jesus

Mat 11: 1-6 John the Baptist

•       Dear Holy Spirit, help me not to be offended when it seems as if Your help is not coming forth. Help me to rest secure in You irrespective of supposed unanswered prayers.

•       Dear Holy Spirit, help me not to be a sign board for others and yet not follow through with you.

•       Dear Holy Spirit, please help me so that I will not need to keep repeating a class over and over again in my walk with you.

Prayer points| Holy Spirit, help me to endure till the end

Mat 25:1-13 The 10 virgins

•       Dear Holy Spirit help to endure until the end, teach me to come to the throne of grace to receive this help from you on a moment by moment basis

•       Since you don’t slumber briefly or sleep soundly, and I may sleep or slumber like the 10 virgins, please dear Holy Spirit, send me a reservoir of Your help, Your oil and Your wine in Jesus name.

•       Fill  my cup with the oil of divine help and an extra measure of grace - enough quota of oil for this journey.

•       Don’t let my oil finish; don’t let my oil run dry. Let me come daily to fill up with you.

•       Lord, I pray in advance for help, for grace, for oil , for wine overflowing, should the bridegroom tarry.

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Unbelief!

Hebrews 4:1-13

"Now, God has offered us the promise that we may receive that rest he spoke about. Let us take care, then, that none of you will be found to have failed to receive that promised rest." Heb4vs1GNT

• Help me to enter into my rest, oh Lord. Humble my heart even as I trust you to enter into my rest that I may cease from all works!

"Abram put his trust in the Lord, and because of this, the Lord was pleased with him and accepted him." Gen15vs6GNT

•  Help me to trust in you like Abraham! 

"Help my unbelief!" Mark9vs24

•  In any way I have acted foolishly, Father have mercy. Let Your mercy locate me today; You said it remaineth that some must enter therein. Heb4vs6KJV
• Help me, oh Lord, to enter in to my rest in the name of Jesus!

"And they to whom it was first peached entered not in because of unbelief." Heb4vs6 B part

• Help my unbelief in the name of Jesus!

"But if they have doubts about what they eat, God condemns them when they eat it, because their action is not based on faith. And anything that is not based on faith is sin." Rom14vs23GNT

• Father, envelope me with the spirit of faith; let the faith of our heroes of past descend on me in the name of Jesus!

"But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him." Heb11vs6KJV

• Help my heart, oh Lord, help me to solely trust in You.

Let us, then, do our best to receive that rest, so that no one of us will fail as they did because of their lack of faith.  Heb4vs11GNT

Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. Heb4vs11KJV

MARANATHA COME JESUS!