Month: January 2021

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Spirit compass

[The Glory Unveiled]

And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws ( Ezekiel 36:27 )

We cannot align to the pattern of heaven and the path of God except we are given His Spirit. But then we can only receive His Spirit after something has been done about our hearts. Jesus, speaking to his disciples said we do not pour a new wine into an old wine skin. Instead a new wine is poured into a new wine skin to preserve both the wine and the wine skin (Matthew 9:17). Likewise, the Holy Spirit of God (new wine) is only given to hearts that have been transformed (new wine skin). In the verse of scripture before this verse (Ezekiel 36:26), we see that God says He will give His people a new heart; He will take away their stony hearts. The stony hearts cannot accommodate the Spirit of God. And so before the Spirit of God is given, we must have had our hearts changed. In this verse of scripture we also discover why some people cannot follow the decrees of God no matter how hard they try. It is not in their strength to, it is in the enabling of the Holy Spirit given to people who have had new hearts.  It is the Holy Spirit that moves us to live like Christ. Without Him, we are totally opposite of Christ.

Prayer_Bead: Spirit Divine, Lover of my soul, thank you for working in me both to will and to do according to the purposes of God. Thank you for a new heart.

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The sound of power


[The Glory Unveiled]

For behold, when the sound of your greeting came to my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. ( Luke 1:44 )

The verse above speaks about Mary’s greetings to Elizabeth while they were both pregnant. That fateful day when Mary visited Elizabeth in her home, she was probably not the only person nor the first person to greet her relative. Many people might have greeted her that early morning, including other pregnant women. But it is not recorded that the baby in Elizabeth’s womb leaped for joy at the sound of any other person’s greetings except Mary’s. We would have to carefully examine what it is about Mary that caused this. Mary was promised she would be overshadowed with the Holy Spirit. And that she was carrying a son who will be called the son of God (Luke 1:35). So we can agree that, it is who Mary carried on her inside that determined what happened around her. She carried the power of God wrapped in man and so she could affect what other people carried. The impact we make in life are dependent on what we carry. We cannot expect to impact lives if we do not carry the impacter. We cannot give what we do not have. Hence, let us travail to have what will influence the world around us; the power of God.

Prayer_Bead: Omnipotent Father, thank you for the power of the Holy Spirit. Thank you for what I carry on my inside and the impact I make in the world.

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God will return


[ The Glory Unveiled]

Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the LORD God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the LORD God among the trees of the garden. ( Genesis 3:8 )

There are times when God seems to leave us for some time. But usually these short “absences” of God is a test of our integrity and commitment to God’s word. In the experience of Adam and Eve (in the old dispensation), when God excused them for a moment, their test begun. The devil, in the image of a serpent came to deceive them. That moment was the test of where their true allegiance (trust) was. And unfortunately when God returned, He discovered that, man (Adam and Eve) had been swayed to the side of the devil, through their choice to act in contradiction to God’s word. In the New Testament, Jesus came to show us the way of the Father, principles and culture of the kingdom and then He left for a while, to prepare a place for us. He said He will return again. But will He find us in the way He paved for us or we will be hiding? The Lord will definitely return. We need to remain in our assigned places and call, when the Father returns.

Prayer_Bead: Father in Heaven, thank you for my assigned place in you. Please help me to remain committed and a faithful steward. May I be at post on your return.

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Spiritual convocation


[The Glory Unveiled]

All who claim me as their God will come, for I have made them for my glory, it was I who created them. ( Isaiah 43:7 )

This verse of scripture is a summon of the children of God; it is a spiritual convocation of the children of God. And the reason for this gathering is for the glory of God. All the creations of God are extensions and manifestations of His glory. But the apex of that expression is man. So anytime God wants His glory manifest, a man is called to the scene. The Bible says, Jesus is the express image of the Godhead. When God wanted to make a show of His invisible attributes and glory, Jesus came to the scene with the covering of man. He associated with sinful man, was tempted as man and suffered the weaknesses of man but was without sin. How could this be except it’s an expression of God’s glory, for the Scriptures says that God cannot be tempted by evil. In this call of the children of God (in the verse of scripture above), God is seeking to display His glory in the earth through as many as will honour His call. For He created us in His image and likeness so that we can mirror His glory. But apart from Him, we cannot reflect His glory. This is why we need to attend to this call. God is still calling out to let His glory be seen.

Prayer_Bead: Father of all glory, maker of all things, thank you for bidding me come to demonstrate your glory and wonderful attributes. Free me from anything that holds me back from you. In Jesus name.

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Just one thing


[The Glory Unveiled]

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, ( Philippians 3:13 )

This world seem to present us with so many things, but usually, in this life, impact is made from giving attention to some particular thing. We seem to make the most impact when we concentrate on definite goals. Specialization distinguishes individuals from the masses. The apostle Paul might have had so many things ahead of him but the driving force that could aid him to achieve those things is “one thing”. So he said, “this one thing I do…” what one thing do you have to do to change the trajectory of your life? What one thing have you ignored that could set you apart for the glory of God. There is a definite thing that is committed to everyone for the extension of the influence of God’s Kingdom. You have the one thing that separates you, find it and do it. Most of us have been stagnant; making no progress because of the fact that we have decided not to do the one thing we must do. A progressive life, has more ahead than behind. Let’s reach forward to the things ahead of us in Christ.

Prayer_Bead: Awesome God, Mighty God, I give you praise for teaching me the one thing you have given me grace to do effectively. Help me to fulfill your purpose and plans for me.

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