INVITATION TO MARCH SPECIAL HOLY GHOST SERVICE

You are specially invited to this special Holy Ghost Service in March 2010. The Lord will surely bless you as you come in Jesus name.

DATE: 4TH TO 6TH MARCH 2010.

VENUE: CONGRESS GROUND, REDEMPTION CAMP GROUND, KM 46, LAGOS IBADAN EXPRESSWAY.

Instant change- Open heavens devotional by Pastor E.A Adeboye

BIBLE IN A YEAR: Matt. 1-4

INSTANT CHANGE
Tuesday, February 23, 2010

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

READ: 2 Corinthians 5:14-17

Some families are so favored that if God wants to pick three people for a special assignment, two would be taken from that family. This year, God will favor your family in Jesus’ Name. When Jesus selected Peter, James and John to go with Him to the mount of Transfiguration, He kept them in suspense. They had no pre- knowledge of what to expect. When they got to the top of the mountain, the One they had always known and fellowshipped with suddenly became somebody else.

The transfiguration experience was very unique: It was instant just like the descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost in Acts 2:1-4. It was also silent; there were no thunder blasts. It was also a total experience as both the body, face, clothes of the Lord were transformed. When you encounter the Lord Jesus Christ at salvation, it affects every part of you (2 Cor. 5:17).

One of my sons named Bro Moses, was once an impossible character. He was so vile and unruly that during the holidays, parents would keep their children under lock and key at home. Why? He could have sex with anything even dogs and chickens. But when he met with Jesus, he experienced a complete change to the extent that he became a preacher.

Those who were acquainted with his past life-style found it difficult to believe. If you were on the same taxi cab with him, you would be compelled to accept Christ before disembarking. The zeal of the Lord was so much in him that he needed no one to push him to evangelize or read his Bible. Even while going into the toilet, he went with his Bible.

Instant salvation is delivered to you anywhere you are the moment you satisfy Heaven’s requirements. Recognize you are a sinner, confess your sins to God, forsake them and invite Jesus Christ into your heart. Be determined not to return to your sinful past. Daily trust in the Lord for grace to overcome sin.

Cultivate a personal relationship with Him and daily study and obey the Bible. As long as you are sincere with that sinner’s prayer, you will experience instant salvation. Some people who claim to be born again are yet to witness a commensurate change in their likes, dislikes and conduct in general. If you are born again, your old ways would go. Are your old ways still there or are they rearing their ugly heads?

ACTION POINT:

Some people experienced instant changes at new birth, only to drop them later in life. Ask God to make every positive change you have experienced permanent.

 

In the dark?- Open heavens devotional by Pastor E.A Adeboye

BIBLE IN A YEAR: Prov. 29-31

IN THE DARK?
Monday, February 22, 2010

MEMORIZE: “They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man” (Job 12:25)

READ: Job 12:19-25

According to John 1:3, everything was created by Jesus Christ, including darkness. He is the Creator and darkness is just one of His creation and whatever is created cannot be greater than the One who created it. This is one reason light will always have supremacy over darkness. And when you receive Jesus into your heart, and His light radiates in and around you, darkness will bow to you just the way it bows to Jesus Christ its Creator.

“They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed” (Ps. 34:5). Whenever the darkness of shame lurks around, just look to Him. Feast on His Word. Meditate on His word. Take your gaze off everything else and be focussed on Him. His light will shine on you and as soon as shame sees it, it will take cover. Is shame on the prowl around you? The light of His presence will drive it far away from you today. Every yoke of shame is broken now. Because your face is on the Lord Jesus, you shall have honor instead of shame.

As long as you are looking at Jesus Christ, you will be surrounded by His light and darkness will keep its distance from you. However, when you withdraw or switch of light, darkness will reign. This means every time you quench the Spirit or grieve Him through disobedience or indulgence in sin, that is an open invitation to darkness. Job 12:25 says, “They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man”.

Anyone who forsakes Christ has no option but to grope in the dark. Are you turning down God’s express leading concerning your marriage partner, business, career or ministry? You cannot avoid groping in the dark. Do you disrespect, neglect or insult your parents - biological or spiritual? It will erode your sight and land you in darkness (Prov. 20:20). There are some people who have found it difficult to receive direction in life.

They have continued to beat about the bush. Sometimes, what they need to do is just by their side but they are never able to see it or sense it because they have breached God’s Word concerning relation with parents. Are you in any of these? Repent and make right your ways. Go and reconcile with your parents, take care of them and receive their blessing for the tide to turn in your favor.

ACTION POINT:

Ask God to replace every shade of darkness in your life and circumstance with His Light.