THE AGONY OF A BACKSLIDER on Sunday May 3rd 2015

 Topic:THE AGONY OF A BACKSLIDER 

Memorise: Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent. Revelation 2:5

Read: Judges 16:18-21, Bible in one year: 1^st Samuel 1:1-2:36, Mark 2:13-28

In today’s Bible reading, we see the agony of a backslider manifested in the loss of Samson’s eyes. To lose one’s physical, intellectual or spiritual vision is very agonising. Samson, a Nezarite of God from the womb. Broke the covenant of his calling first as an Israelite and then as a Nazarite. With reference to the inhabitants of the land of Canaan such as the Philistines, God in Deuteronomy 7:3 had thus commanded the children of Isreal:

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FROM GRASS TO GRACE on Saturday May 2nd 2015

Topic : FROM GRASS TO GRACE

Memorise: The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools. Proverbs 3:35

Read: Esther 8:15-17, Bible in one year: Ruth 3-4, Mark 1:29-2:12

When a man’s way pleases the Lord, He will make his enemies to be at peace with him. After this, God moves him from grass to grace. This was the experience of Mordecai in our Bible reading today. There is one condition which anyone who desires to move from grass to grace must fulfil: such a person must be wise. The Bible says the wise shall inherit glory (Proverbs 3;35). Who are the wise? The wise are those who fear the Lord rather than man. In Esther 3:1-2, we read of how a man was trying to play God by having all men bow before him. Contrary to his expectation, Mordecai would rather worship God than man, hence, Human hated him. Even as Human planned the downfall of Mordecai, the Almighty God was arranging how this

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A NEW BEGINNING OF PROSPERITY on Friday May 1st 2015

Topic:A NEW BEGINNING OF PROSPERITY

Memorise: This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you. Exodus 12:2

Read: Exodus 12:33-36, Bible in one year: Ruth 1-2, Mark 1:1-28

When the Almighty God grants a new beginning to an individual or a nation, it could be a new beginning of prosperity. Imagine the Hebrew nation which for over four hundred years had been at the mercy of their Egyptian rulers, coming out of Egypt as millionaires simply because the Almighty God decided to grant them a new beginning. I pray for you that this month shall be to you as the first month of the year in astonishing prosperity in Jesus’ Name. How did the Lord do this for the Israelites? The Bible says that He gave them favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that the Egyptians gave them whatever they asked for. The treasures of the Egyptians were

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WATCH THAT BACKSLIDING onThursday April 30th 2015

Topic:WATCH THAT BACKSLIDING

Memorise: The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.

 Proverbs 14:14

Read: John 6:66-69, Bible in one year: Judges 20-21, Matthew 28

Backsliding does not happen suddenly. It’s a process that occurs over a period of time, during which a person becomes lax in his thought life and begins to entertain from the path of light to the ways of evil from which one was once saved. There are many prodigal sons and daughters today who have forsaken their first love in the pursuit of materialism. Many workers in the vineyard of God, who started well, have allowed their spiritual fire to grow cold, thereby departing from the faith. Hebrews 10:38 says,

“Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.”

A backslider loses interest in the Lord, in the Bible, in prayer, fellowship and witnessing, and eventually turns to the world. It is like a

dog

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