AUGUST 2014: OUR MONTH OF PRAISE

AUGUST 2014: OUR MONTH OF PRAISE

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The Key To A Successful Life

This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success (Joshua 1:8)

This scripture is the key to a successful life. It says, “this book of the law shall not depart from your mouth”, not “from your heart”. This means you must continually talk the Word. That’s what it means to meditate on the Word; it connotes muttering or speaking the

PRAISE YOUR WAY IN VICTORY

Along about midnight, Paul and Silas were at prayer and singing a robust hymn to God. The other prisoners couldn’t believe their ears (Acts 16:25 MSG).

2 Chronicles 20 gives the inspiring account of how the children of Judah were surrounded and outnumbered by three enemy nations. Then the king of Judah, Jehoshaphat, proclaimed a fast throughout the land, and while they prayed and fasted, the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jahaziel the Levite and he spoke forth the mind of God: “And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the Lord unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s” (2 Chronicles 20:15).

Knowing the will of God

Q: What is the shortest chapter in the Bible?
A: Psalms 117

Q: What is the longest chapter in the Bible?
A: Psalms 119

Q: Which chapter is in the center of the Bible?
A: Psalms 118

Fact: There are 594 chapters before Psalms 118
Fact: There are 594 chapters after Psalms 118
Add these numbers up and you get 1188.

His Headquarters In You

Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him (John 14:23).

I knew a long time ago that wherever I am is God’s headquarters, because Jesus said He and the Father would make their abode in the heart of the one who loves Him and keeps His Word. As I meditated on this several years ago in prayer, loving Jesus became so real to my spirit, and I understood what Paul meant when He said, "For the love of Christ constraineth us…" (2 Corinthians 5:14). What He meant was that our love for Christ compels us.

Learn To "Connect The Dots" by Dr. Strive Masiyiwa.

If you climb onto the roof of a building and jump down, you will not be exempted from the consequences, simply because you had never heard of Sir Isaac Newton, and the Law of Gravity.
There are a lot of people who blissfully go through life, being victims of things they could have avoided, by just acquiring better understanding about the issue.

I remember one day visiting a friend in East Africa, who was a senior government official. As we sat there, discussing current affairs, he became quite jovial about the travails on the international stock markets:

Emeralds and Gunfire... by Dr. Strive Masiyiwa.

When I was a little boy, living on the Copperbelt, in Zambia, during my family's exile, in that beautiful country. Emeralds, were discovered in an area, not far from our home. It was just amazing to see people from all over the country, and as far a field as Senegal, and Mali, (from West Africa, 3000 KM, away); pouring in to dig for the stones. Some of neighbours, who were well respected professionals, even working in banks, quit their jobs, removed their suits, and headed to dig for emeralds.

The "More Excellent" Glory

For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory. For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth (2 Corinthians 3:9-10).

Exodus 34 tells us how Moses had been in the presence of God for forty days and forty nights, receiving the "Ten Commandments." The commandments were few sentences that ordinarily, shouldn’t require a whole day to pen down. So, why did Moses stay forty days and forty nights to receive them? It was because, to Moses, they weren’t mere "Commandments"; they were life.

Facts For Now!

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

There’re certain truths about the new creation which, as Christians, we must be conscious of and live by. These are not promises but established truths in God’s Word—present hour realities. One of such is our opening verse above. When you received Christ into your life, you became a new creation. "If any man be in Christ, he ‘is’ a new creation." "Is" is a "now" word—a present-hour reality! You’re not going to be a new creation when you get to heaven; you’re a new creation now! Your new life started the day you made Jesus Lord of Your life.

Confessions

I am an active participator in the divine experience. Divinity is at work in me – I’ve got the very life of God in Me. I produce the righteousness of God, even in my body. Much more than enforcing the life and righteousness of God in my body, I bring to bear the Word of God in all my endeavours and in my environment.

Everything that concerns me conforms to the superiority of God’s infallible Word.

My body and all in my world respond to the Word of God, which is the sword of the Spirit.

I know who I am. I am seated together with Christ, far above all principalities and power, and far above every disease and calamity plaguing the world and its system.

Just like the Cedar of Lebanon, I declare that I am deeply rooted in the Word; I am strong, healthy and continually making progress. I am an embodiment of God’s grace and my daily experience is that of the miraculous and God’s infinite love.

Yes! By His stripes I was healed. Yet greater than being healed, I am a new creation, old things of the world have passed away; lack, failure, diseases and death have all passed away. I am an offspring of God, recreated in Christ Jesus. I do not get sick, for I belong to the God-class; because as He is, so I am in this world. Hallelujah!