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  • FAITH IS DIFFERENT FROM HOPE

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    Tuesday September 7, 2021

    FAITH IS DIFFERENT FROM HOPE

    Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.Hebrews 11:1 (KJV)

    There is a difference between faith and hope. Hope is confident expectation of a good future or salvation. Hope is in the future. Hope never materializes because once it materializes it is no longer hope. This is very instructive and striking, never miss it. As long as you are in hope, you will never see your hope materialize because if it does, hope ceases to exist. Romans 8:24 (KJV) says, ‘For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?’ For as long as you are in the realm of hope, you will lack manifestations, because there is always tomorrow and tomorrow never comes. But faith is now. Faith is bringing hope into present reality. Thank Yahweh we do have a Blessed Hope. The Blessed Hope of the Church is the soon return of the Lord Yahushua HaMashiach, the resurrection of the saved dead, the rapture of the living saints, the hope of heaven, and the hope of seeing our loved ones and friends. Thank Yahweh for that hope. We rejoice in that hope, but that’s all future tense. Jesus is coming again, whether we believe it or not. He is coming because the Word says so. The resurrection, rapture and the return of the Lord is going to take place whether we have faith in it or not.

    Faith is the force that converts your hope into your present hour inheritance. Moffatt’s translation of this verse reads: “Now faith means that we are confident of what we hope for, convinced of what we do not see.” One modern translation of Hebrews 11:1 reads: “Faith is giving substance … to things hoped for.” What Yahweh is simply telling us is that faith is laying hold of the unseen realm of hope and bringing it into the realm of reality. Too many times when it comes to receiving the Holy Spirit or healing or an answer to prayer, many people are just simply hoping they will receive and as long as they abide in hope, frustration abounds.

    But it’s not hoping that gets the job done; it’s believing. The Bible says, “Now faith is . . .” (Heb. 11:1). If it’s not now, it’s not faith. Someone said, “Well, I believe I’ll get the Holy Ghost sometime.” That’s not faith, that’s hope, because hope is always future tense or pointing to the future. But faith is now. Faith says, “I’ll receive right now; I believe I have my petition now when I pray” (see Mark 11:24). We need to realize this when it comes to receiving from Yahweh. Oh, it makes such a difference when you really believe Yahweh instead of just hoping you’ll receive your petition from Him – whether it’s receiving the Holy Ghost, healing, or any answer to prayer. At what point is your answer released? At the point of prayer, ‘… when you pray believe, that you receive them and you shall have them.’ (see Mark 11:24). Is it when you have your answer that you receive them? No, it is when you pray that you receive your answer. Whatever you cannot receive when you pray, you cannot have in reality. I hope this sinks into the spirit of someone. Selah!

    REMEMBER: Faith is now. Hope is future.

    CONFESSION: believe the Word and my faith lays hold of my inheritance now. It is not tomorrow, it is now. I receive my expectation now. It is now my present hour reality. Halleluyah!

    PROPHETIC RELEASE: That your prayer is already answered, receive it now in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    FURTHER READING:
    Romans 4:16-22

    ONE YEAR CHRONOLOGICAL BIBLE READING PLAN: Read the events of the bible in the order that they happened.
    Hosea 1:1-3:5; 1 Corinthians 14:20-40

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  • THE SUPERIORITY OF LOVE

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    Wednesday August 25, 2021

    THE SUPERIORITY OF LOVE

    And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three? but the greatest of these is charity.
    I Corinthians 13:13 (KJV)

    The love of Yahweh is superior to any other spiritual virtue or fruit. Some fruit of the Spirit will only be needed as long as we are in this earthly tabernacle, but once we check out to our eternal home, they cease to be needed anymore. Our text says that faith, hope and love will remain. That means that they’ll last till the end. However the greatest of them is love. The Yahweh-kind of love is superior and reigns supreme over faith and hope. Put another way, faith and hope will be impotent and ineffectual without the love of Yahweh.

    Faith works by love according to Galatians 5:6 (KJV). Faith is the force or spiritual virtue that brings the power of Yahweh to bear on earth. Without faith it is impossible to please Yahweh (see Hebrews 11:6). Without faith we can never see the hand of Yahweh at work on the earth (see Isaiah 53:1). So, faith is our connection to the power of Yahwed. Isn’t that powerful? Faith should be the highest virtue then. But capital NO. Faith as mighty as it is cannot deliver without love. Faith is completely useless without the Yahweh-kind of love in operation. You see why your faith has failed to deliver for you is because the activator of faith is absent. The Yahweh-kind of love is the activator of faith.

    Hope is the confident expectation of future salvation. Hope is also a prerequisite for faith to work because faith is the substance of things hoped for. Hope on its own has no power apart from the fact that it gives substance to faith and without that substance faith is barren too. So these three faith, hope and love remain but as good as faith and hope is, both are utterly useless without love. Love therefore is supreme and anyone who desires to reign in life and win always must subscribe to the Yahweh-kind of Love. Living by love, therefore, is not an option for anyone who desires to reign both in time and eternity, rather it is mandatory and compulsory. Beloved, Yahweh created you to reign over Satan and his agents but the instrument for your superiority over them is the Yahweh-kind of Love. Determine not to live a second more outside the love of Yahweh. Have you heard “built to last”? That is from manufacturing, it was configured to endure the challenges that will come against it and stay for a very long time. For human, the Yahweh-kind of love is what makes you a built-to-last entity. No power can cut you short one second before your time. That is how superior a force divine love is. No spiritual virtue dares. Selah!

    REMEMBER: The Yahweh-kind of love supersedes all other spiritual virtues.

    PRAYER: Dear Heavenly Father, I thank You for Your word to me today. Thank You for opening my eyes to see why my faith has not been working. Help me to live by love. From today, your love dominates me and flows to my world in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    PROPHETIC RELEASE: Today marks the last day that your faith fails to produce. I decree that as you walk by love, speedy deliveries of expectations shall be your portion in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    FURTHER READING:
    1 Corinthians 13;1-13

    ONE YEAR CHRONOLOGICAL BIBLE READING PLAN: Read the events of the bible in the order that they happened.
    2 Kings 7:3-8:15, 2 Chronicles 17:1-18:11; 1 Corinthians 1:26-2:16

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  • TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN SOUL-WINNING (6): A FIRM CONVICTION ON ETERNITY

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    Wednesday October 21, 2020

    TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN SOUL-WINNING (6): A FIRM CONVICTION ON ETERNITY

    when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, 8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
    II Corinthians 1:7-8 (KJV)

    For you to be successful in soul-winning, you must have a firm conviction that anyone that does not obey Jesus and His gospel is lost in eternity in the lake of fire. That is what our opening text is saying in essence. Jesus Christ is the way to eternity in heaven. There is no alternative whatsoever. You must be fanatical to this conviction that the gospel is the only escape route from the destruction that awaits every unsaved soul. If it is, then you hold the key to someone’s eternity in heaven. That is a grave realization. It is that understanding that drives one to attack the task of the gospel with reckless abandon. Think about it, all the people you know now that do not obey the gospel are hell bound unless they repent and obey the gospel. And to think that this same gospel of salvation has been committed to your trust is so sobering to think about. No wonder Apostle Paul said that he was made all things to all people so that he might by all means save some (I Corinthians 9:22). See what Apostle Paul says in II Corinthians 5:11, ‘Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.’ He understood that humanity is lost without the gospel. This gave him the temerity to persuade men into the Kingdom of God.

    Come to think of it, people are lost if they wouldn’t obey the gospel, but how many know and understand this fact. Lost humanity can argue blindly with you as they hopelessly stroll into a doomed eternity. Seeing that they do not understand the gravity of the matter, we persuade them and for some even compel to turn to the Lord. All these efforts is because we understand in the first place that it is a matter of life and death even though they may not realize this at the time. To be successful therefore, one must be firmly convicted that humanity is on their way to eternity without hope without the gospel of the Lord Jesus. This is very crucial.

    This consciousness helps you as a person to maintain your salvation because you are gravely aware of the consequences of not doing so. Having a firm conviction of eternity without Christ not only help you succeed in the gospel business but it also empowers vigilance in your own personal Christian walk. Apostle Paul says that he keeps his body under and brings it into subjection least after preaching to others he would be a castaway (see I Corinthians 9:27). That consciousness helps in maintaining personal purity and integrity. You can confirm this fact in the lives of some Christians that do not care about the gospel; they live anyhow. Most don’t have eternity consciousness at all. It shows in the way they run after the things of the world. If you are not actively bearing the gospel, it maybe a sign that you are not eternity conscious and consequently not rapture ready.

    REMEMBER: Having a firm conviction helps you not only succeed in the harvest field but also maintain personal purity and integrity.

    CONFESSION: I know that humanity is lost without Christ Jesus and that the gospel holds the key to the eternity of all human race. This powers my tenacity in taking the gospel to all in my sphere of contacts. Glory to God, they are responding positively!. Hallelujah!

    PROPHETIC RELEASE: I decree you shall not be a castaway in the name of Christ Jesus Amen!

    FURTHER READING
    Acts 20:26-32

    ONE YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:
    Jeremiah 37:1-38:28;1 Timothy 6:1-21; Psalm 89:38-52; Proverbs 25:28

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  • MONDAY OCTOBER 12 PROPHETIC RELEASE

    Is someone ready to dance? Hmmm! Good news is about to hit you this week that will set you dancing unplanned. This is your week of dancing uncontrollably for joy. In the name of Christ Jesus, I decree that this good news shall not be aborted. That spell of near success syndrome is broken now by the power of the Holy Spirit. It shall never reoccur this week. By the power of Holy Spirit, I provoke a supernatural turnaround for you this week that will set you dancing in Jesus Name Amen!

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  • WELCOME TO OCTOBER TO REMEMBER

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    Thursday October 1, 2020

    WELCOME TO OCTOBER TO REMEMBER

    But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
    Matthew 6:33 [KJV]

    Welcome to the month of October 2020.  We are confident in the Lord that you have been supremely impacted by the Word of Righteousness in the month of September.  Understanding your stand with God is the springboard for maximizing your potentials in God because it is only the righteous that can abide in the hill of the Lord (see Psalm 15). Without holiness, no eye shall see the Lord (see Hebrews 12:14).  Understanding what Christ Jesus has done for you and living accordingly is the platform of fulfilling your destiny in God.  Walking in that understanding, you rule and reign over sin, Satan and sickness.  You are supremely in command in all areas of life.  Your ultimate goal will become to please the Lord in word and deed, placing you in that pedestal of favour with God and man.  May the Lord help us to maintain a solid life of holiness and consecration till we see Him face to face in Jesus Name Amen!

    What then is the Lord saying for the King Priest Family Worldwide in the month of October 2020?  The soul of man is the highest interest of God on earth.  When man fall, all of heaven went into intense work to implement the plan of a comeback for man.  A call went through the heavens “who shall I send and who will go for us” to redeem man from the slavery to sin and Satan (see Isaiah 6:8, Revelation 5:1-6).  No man in heaven, earth or under the earth was worthy to respond to that call for the price and redemption of the soul of man is too costly and precious (Psalms 49:7-8).  It is only God Himself that can afford that price.  The Father proceeded from the throne in the person of Christ Jesus, was born, died, buried, resurrected and ascended and fulfilled the demand of justice for the redemption of the soul of man.  Glory to God the plan was executed perfectly and completely.  Now, Jesus commanded every believer to herald the news of this redemption and salvation to every other person that have not heard.  You probably have heard of this news and have believed, repented and confessed Jesus Christ as Lord and personal Saviour.  When you did, you were enlisted as a vanguard for propagating this good news.

    Our prophetic focus for the Month of October 2020 therefore, is ‘SOUL-WINNING IS GOD’S BUSINESS WHICH GUARANTEES THAT ALL MY NEEDS ARE MET’ (Matthew 6:33).  In October, we are going to trust God to understand our role in His conglomerate and to take responsibility.  The business of God on earth is the salvation of the soul of humanity.  This is because the earth as it is presently constituted is going to pass away (see 2 Peter 3:7).  No matter how we don’t want to hear it, the truth is that the earth shall be burnt up (II Peter 3:10).  Everyone living and dead will one day appear before the judgment seat of Christ (II Corinthians 5:10).  There is a judgment going on right now.  As you pass through the earth, you determine by yourself where you will spend eternity.  God in Christ has committed into the hands of the individual believer the task of informing everyone that the price for their soul has been paid.  As a believer, your occupation notwithstanding, your primary assignment is preaching the gospel with your life and with words.  The opportunities and success God brings your way is to well position you to excel in this task.  Being preoccupied with any other thing is an error.  We trust that this month God will reposition everyone of us to be effective and productive believers.

    Happy New Month!

    REMEMBER:  Soul-Winning is God’s business which guarantees that all my needs are met.

    THANKSGIVING:  Dear Father, thank you for the privilege of life, of seeing a new month. Thank You for sending Jesus Christ to pay the prize for my sins and for the privilege of your presence in my life.  Thank You for giving me the blessed Holy Spirit who now lives in me.  Thank You for all you did for us in the month of September.  I am set for this month, for all you desire to do in me and for me.  Thank You in advance for a successful October 2020 in all ramifications in the name of Christ Jesus Amen!

    PROPHETIC RELEASE:  I decree that this month of October shall not see your end but you will see its end.  I decree no evil news shall be heard in your life, family and job/business. This month, the heavens open over you and your family for a turnaround your world cannot deny. This month, every agenda of evil against you is shattered now.  You shall only walk in success, increase, favour, supernatural possibilities and triumphs on every side you turn.  No man shall be able to stand against you and your progress all the days of this month.  Testimonies shall be your daily bread this month and celebration unending shall be in your house.  Get ready to align with purpose and destiny in the name of Christ Jesus Amen.

    FURTHER READING:
    Matthew 6:25-33

    ONE YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:
    Isaiah 62:6-65:25; Philippians 2:19-3; Psalm 73:1-28; Proverbs 24:13-14

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