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HOW TO RECOGNIZE THIS WISDOM (3): EASY TO BE INTREATED

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Wednesday May 22, 2024

HOW TO RECOGNIZE THIS WISDOM (3): EASY TO BE INTREATED

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated …
James 3:17 (KJV)

The Greek word translated easy to be entreated is ‘eupeithes’ meaning easily obeying, compliant. According to James 3:17, one of the signs that God’s wisdom is at work in a person’s heart is that he is “easy to be entreated.” Such a person is approachable, reasonable, willing to listen, to be persuaded, and to yield. He is not stubborn, obstinate, controlling, or overbearing. The “wisdom that is from above” produces a mildness of disposition, a meekness of spirit, that characterizes true gentleness (see James 3:13). This doesn’t mean that this attribute swallows everything that comes hook, line and sinker. It does not mean that it accepts injustice and puts up with unrighteousness. This Wisdom ensures that justice prevails. It ensures that unrighteousness is eliminated. However, this Wisdom listens and seeks to understand the position of others without asserting oneself.

When someone has (or is being told by others that he really does have) an “it’s-my-way-or-the-highway” attitude, that is a sign that another kind of wisdom is at work in his heart. This is the wisdom that “descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish (see James 3:15). This ungodly wisdom may display knowledge, shrewdness, and tactical or logical skill in arguing its point. But according to James 3:16, it produces confusion or disorder, a state of instability and disturbance where nothing is as it should be. It opens the door to all kinds of evil, driving away peace and harmony.

Clearly, Yahweh’s wisdom is preferable to devilish wisdom. Although much could be said about the wisdom of Yahweh, at the core, it is “Christ crucified” (see I Corinthians 1:22-24). Because mankind was dead in sin and a slave to it, Elohim became man and was crucified in our place. Therefore, we no longer live for ourselves, but for Him who died and rose again on our behalf (see II Corinthians 5:15). A wise man will remember what his sin cost Yahweh, and will continually think, “not my thoughts but Thy thoughts; not my will but Thy will; not “my way or the highway” but “Thy way.”

The meekness of wisdom is the way out from control, manipulation, and being wise in one’s own eyes. When one is seeking to be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding, then he will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord (see Colossians 1:9-10). He will “show it by his good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom” (James 3:13). And that wisdom will first be “pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. And the fruit of righteousness [will be] sown in peace [by] them that make peace (see James 3:17-18).

REMEMBER: The Wisdom from above is easy to be entreated.

PRAYER: Dear Heavenly Father, I thank You for your word to me today. I ask that you help me to function with this attribute in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

PROPHETIC RELEASE: I decree that you receive the grace to be easily entreated in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

FURTHER READING:
Colossians 1:9-10

ONE YEAR CHRONOLOGICAL BIBLE READING PLAN: Read the events of the bible in the order that they happened.
1 Chronicles 12:1-14:17; Luke 11:37-54

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May 22, 2024
HOW TO RECOGNIZE THIS WISDOM (2): PEACEABLE

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Tuesday May 21, 2024

HOW TO RECOGNIZE THIS WISDOM (2): PEACEABLE

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable,…
James 3:17 (KJV)

The wisdom from above also ensures that you enjoy supernatural rest. It releases to you peace of mind, peace in your body, peace in your place of work, peace everywhere! Kenneth Hagin tells the story of a time during the second world war, when everyone would run into a tunnel for refuge during bombings. But, there was this old woman who was not seen in the tunnel. Fearing she had been killed, the others were astonished when they saw her a few days later just having a nice time. So, they asked her, “Where were you during the bombing? Why didn’t we see you?” And she answered, “There is Somebody keeping me, who neither sleeps nor slumbers. So there’s no reason why two of us should be awake!” Some people probably got killed while they were running around, but she was at peace! That’s supernatural wisdom giving the enemy a knock out! When peace becomes established in your heart, you give Yahweh room to intervene in your life and situation. That was the principle the Lord Yahushua, the wisdom of Yahweh, operated by when He was fast asleep on a pillow in the midst of a raging storm! Mark 4:37-39 says, “37 And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full. 38 And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish? 39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.” He understood that except He was at rest, divine intervention was not in view. Exodus 14:14 says, “The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.”

Your stillness is tapping the hands of the Lord to take over the issue for you. In wrestling sport, there is two by two fight that the only way to come in your partner into the ring is by tapping his hands. That is what stillness does for you with the Lord. Until you are still, you are not ready for divine intervention. Psalms 46:10 says, “Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.” This Wisdom from above is peaceable flooding your heart with peace that commands stillness.

Every where you see divine intervention, you see this Wisdom of peace and stillness. II Chronicles 20:17 says, “Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the Lord with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the Lord will be with you.” The Lord was telling them in essence that if you people wants me to intervene, you must stand still. Wherever you sight this Wisdom in operation, you can feel the peace that exudes. Halleluyah!

REMEMBER: The Wisdom from above makes peace and brings stillness.

PRAYER: Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for Your Word to me today. I desire to function in this dimension of peace. By Your Wisdom I connect it now in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

PROPHETIC RELEASE: I speak “Peace be still now” to any area of challenge and trouble in your life in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

FURTHER READING:
Proverbs 3:1-2, 13-20

ONE YEAR CHRONOLOGICAL BIBLE READING PLAN: Read the events of the bible in the order that they happened.
1 Chronicles 9:10-44, 1 Chronicles 11:1-47; Luke 11:14-36

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May 21, 2024
TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN SOUL-WINNING (7): PERSEVERANCE AND PATIENCE

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Friday, February 23, 2024

TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN SOUL-WINNING (7): PERSEVERANCE AND PATIENCE

And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Galatians 6:9 (KJV)

There is no other work that require so much patience and perseverance like the kingdom business of soul winning. This is because people are not usually won to HaMashiach in a day. There is the process of planting the seed of the Word of Yahweh, watering the seed and time for it to grow. Then in growth, there are different stages and they require time and efforts. The soul-winner needs to continue doing good because in due season, he/she will reap. To be successful therefore, in soul-winning, patience and perseverance is non-negotiable. The devil does not have power but what he does is to try to weary you into abandoning the course you are pursuing. No wonder, patience is part of the fruit of the recreated human spirit because you need it in your confrontations with Satan and the gates of hell. Satan will throw many things at you to weary you. Daniel 7:25 says, ‘And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.’ If you understand the way the devil operate, you will know that patience is a vital weapon against the wearing out ministry of the devil. The devil is always seeking to wear you out. You must understand that.

When you begin to see certain manifestations of people in the harvest field that irritate you and that seeks to discourage you, understand that it is the wearing out activities of the devil at work. In the face of such, deploy patience to wear out that devil instead of you getting worn out, let the devil give up. There are people you will meet in the harvest field that will be slow to respond to the gospel. They will eventually respond but they would drag and drag. If you are not patient, you would give up and miss that harvest. Knowing that, as the Spirit ministers to you about a soul, even though it doesn’t look like what will come around, stay put and be patient. Another thing is as a soul-winner consider how long it is taking you to respond to the Holy Spirit. There are things the Holy Spirit has told you that you are yet to respond to His demands. If the Holy Spirit has not been patient with you, probably you wouldn’t even be saved let alone being enlisted into the kingdom business. When you think of the patience of the Holy Spirit with you, then you would know that you cannot be less to the souls in the harvest field.

Perseverance prompts one, after teaching one person—whether he succeeds or fails—to seek out another person, then another, then another, ad infinitum. Apostle Paul exhibited this virtue so well. They would stone him in one city, as soon as he recovers, he is off to another city to continue his preaching. Perseverance preserves you from getting discouraged because of the negative outcomes of your endeavours. As you employ these virtues, I see you begin to make news in the harvest field thereby securing for yourself unimaginable breakthroughs.

REMEMBER: You need patience and perseverance to weary the devil out.

CONFESSION: I do not give up. I am the one that wear the devil out in any and every confrontation. The virtue of patience and perseverance are being fully developed in my character to the glory of Yahweh. Halleluyah!!

PROPHETIC RELEASE: Every agenda of Satan to wear you out is set ablaze now in the name of Yahushua Amen!

FURTHER READING:
Daniel 7:25-27

ONE YEAR CHRONOLOGICAL BIBLE READING PLAN: Read the events of the bible in the order that they happened.
Exodus 39:1-40:38; Mark 4:10-34

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February 23, 2024
TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN SOUL-WINNING (6): COMPASSION DRIVEN

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Thursday, February 22, 2024

TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN SOUL-WINNING (6): COMPASSION DRIVEN

But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.
Matthew 9:36 (KJV)

Compassion was the energy that drove Yahushua HaMashiach into soul-winning. Compassion is what causes the virtue to flow and brought the people both the Word of Yahweh and healing in the ministry of Yahushua. Compassion is coming to a deep awareness of another’s suffering and out of sympathy and empathy doing something about it. Understanding the eternal position of the unsaved soul is something that will drive any humane soul to doing something to help. Even though you are tired and needed rest, you go in search of a new convert or to share a tract or word with someone because you understand that the person can exit life at any time and then face eternity unprepared. The understanding of the state of the unsaved evokes compassion and compassion drives gospel campaign. To be successful in soul-winning therefore, compassion is very vital. You want to function in the healing anointing, then you must be compassion-driven. Matthew 14:14 says, ‘And Yahushua went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.’ The unction flows in the direction of compassion and the preaching of the gospel is unction-driven. ‘For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance;’ (I Thessalonians 1:5).

Another thing about compassion is that it is a seed and what you sow is what you reap. As you sow compassion into the lives of others, you inevitably begins to reap same in your own life. The truth is what is sown doesn’t just come back in the exact proportion that it was sown but it is always pressed down, shaken together and running over. Somehow whatever anyone does, of the same shall he/she receive of the Lord. Ephesians 6:8 says, ‘Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.‘ So the issue of compassion isn’t just about winning soul but also it’s about the law of seed time and harvest. The truth is that the seeds of compassion we sow in the souls of the unsaved speak for our generations unborn. There is what you are doing today that is an investment into your generations unborn. It speaks in time for you and throughout all eternity. What a life!

What is it that powers compassion? It is the Understanding of the Word that imparts compassion. The Word gives you a mindset. It is a mindset of divine provision for humanity. When that mindset is in place, anything that is not consistent with that provision in the lives of others will evokes a response to see them corrected and helped. The more of the Word you know, the more heart of compassion you develop. As a soul-winner, you must be taking in the Word on daily basis. You must be a Word addict, consistently eating the Word for your spiritual health and development. The Word will develop compassion in you and guarantee that you are successful in Kingdom business. Selah!

REMEMBER: Compassion imparts unction to function in the harvest field.

PRAYER: Dear Heavenly Father, I thank You for your word to me today. I am love born and the love of Yahweh is shed abroad in my heart. The compassion of Yahweh is compelling me to reach out to the unsaved in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

PROPHETIC RELEASE: I decree that the seeds of compassion that you are sowing in the lives of the unsaved begin to speak in your own personal affairs in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

FURTHER READING:
Matthew 15:32; 20:34; Mark 6:34; 8:2.

ONE YEAR CHRONOLOGICAL BIBLE READING PLAN: Read the events of the bible in the order that they happened.
Exodus 36:8-38:31; Mark 3:20-4:9

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February 22, 2024
TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN SOUL-WINNING (5): A FIGHTING SPIRIT

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024

TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN SOUL-WINNING (5): A FIGHTING SPIRIT

No man can enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.
Mark 3:27 (KJV)

A fighting spirit is a spiritual disposition of not taking a “NO!” for an answer. It is developing a victor’s mentality. It is coming to a point of only having triumphs or nothing. Instead of not winning, let the fight continue – that is a fighting spirit. What we are saying today is that it takes a fighting spirit to be successful in the soul-winning business. This is so because our text associates the unsaved as the captives of Satan, the strong man. To let go his captives, you must put up a fight that will result in binding him. II Corinthians 4:3-4 says, ‘3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: 4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of HaMashiach, who is the image of Yahweh, should shine unto them.’ The god of this world being referred to is Satan. He is responsible and behind every unbeliever’s blindness to the light of the glorious gospel. For you to succeed in letting the unsaved to see the light of the gospel you must take care of the strong man Satan. This is done in intense intercessions.

A fighting spirit is the answer to the attack of discouragement. In the harvest field, you will come across things and behaviours that will try to put you off and discourage you. It is at that point that a fighting spirit comes to your rescue because it would not accept a no. Until victory is achieved, a fighting spirit fights on. It knows no discouragement. Apostle Paul is a very good example of a fighting spirit. They stone him, beat him and in some cases he was left as dead but as soon as strength comes into him, he gets up and off to the next town to preach. He laid necessity upon himself for the gospel. He is either preaching, following-up or praying for souls. Never tiring, never depressed! The work of the gospel is a task that must by all means be executed even if it means to lay down his life, Apostle Paul was willing. At a point he said that he was not just willing to be bound in Jerusalem but to die for the name of the Lord Yahushua (Acts 21:13). That is a fighting spirit, beloved.

How do you come about a fighting spirit? It comes by a baptism of fire of the Holy Spirit. There is a baptism of fire beloved. It is an experience where the Holy Spirit sets your spirit, soul and body on fire of enthusiasm for the gospel. That fire came upon Jeremiah that even when he does not want to speak the word, it begins to burn in his bones that he cannot be at peace until he speaks out the word (Jeremiah 20:9). When that fire lands upon you, it intoxicates your spirit making you restless until you are running with the gospel. That fire imparts on you a fighting spirit. Even in your personal affairs, you are guaranteed to win when the fighting spirit is in operation in your life. No circumstance overwhelms you. You are so dogged until you weary every devil out of your affairs. Beyond excelling in the gospel, a fighting spirit helps you win at every turn of life. Go for it.

REMEMBER: A fighting spirit is the answer to all assaults of the devil in the harvest field and in your personal life.

CONFESSION: I triumph in every place by the power of the Holy Spirit. No situation overwhelms me because greater is He that is in me than He that is in the world. Halleluyah!!!

PROPHETIC RELEASE: I decree the release of a fighting spirit in your life today in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

FURTHER READING:
I Corinthians 15:32; I Timothy 6:12

ONE YEAR CHRONOLOGICAL BIBLE READING PLAN: Read the events of the bible in the order that they happened.
Exodus 34:27-36:7; Mark 2:23-3:19

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February 21, 2024
TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN SOUL-WINNING (3): BE COMMITTED

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Monday, February 19, 2024

TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN SOUL-WINNING (3): BE COMMITTED

And Yahushua said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of Yahweh.
Luke 9:62 (KJV)

It was Che Guevara who said, “We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it.” Martin Luther King Jr. says, ‘A man who does not have something for which he is willing to die is not fit to live.’ Until you are willing to die for something you are not worthy to live. We are talking about commitment to the gospel. Commitment is the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose. It means that you focus on a purpose steadfastly no matter what comes. To be successful in soul-winning you must be committed. It would take your time to pray, preach, follow-up and your money too. Everything you have got must be involved in order to see success. First, recognize that this is kingdom business. Like every other business, you must plan, budget, execute, evaluate outcome and re-strategise. Which group of people are you aiming at reaching out to? The group will inform your strategy. For instance, if you are reaching out to teenagers, then you will have to think and behaviour like a teenager yourself to be able to reach them. You must be very patient and a good listener. No matter the group you are reaching out to, commitment is a must. If you give the gospel 30% of the attention you give your career/business, you will see such result that will amaze you. The results that have eluded us is only a function of lack of commitment on our part.

Interestingly Yahweh does not do something with someone that is not committed. Our text says that no one that puts his hands on the plough and looking back is fit for the kingdom of Yahweh. You are disqualified immediately it is notified that you are showing signs of no commitment. Non-committal is a disqualification criterion in the army of the Lord. You must be committed not in word but indeed. Until your commitment is certified, success as a soul-winner is not in view. See the kind of commitment that makes people a success in the harvest field, listen to Apostle Paul, ‘For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!’ (I Corinthians 9:16). Commitment is placing necessity upon yourself in regards to the gospel. It is giving yourself a target of souls that must be established in Church and driving yourself to achieve it. Most of our jobs are target-driven, and we strive to meet and exceed our targets in our various jobs but can we just be target-driven in regards to souls?

It is commitment that is driving results. If we are going to be results-oriented in our soul-winning task, we must be target-driven and commitment conscious. Beloved, how can you be committed today? How can you improve on your level of commitment to the gospel today? Time is running out. There is an urgency in the Spirit to rush in and preserve the harvest from decadence. Will you respond? Will you carry-on as if there is nothing? This is your opportunity to see divinity manifest in your affairs as you commit to Kingdom expansion business. That prayer point that has been on your mind for a long time now, can be tackled in a flash by the power of Yahweh if you can just commit to the heart of the Father in these last hours of the age. Selah!

REMEMBER: Until there is commitment, there can be no results.

CONFESSION: Sweet Heavenly Father, thank You for making my life beautiful giving me an opportunity to be your witness to the peoples of the world. I receive grace to be more committed in my primary assignment. I up my game from today and go wide for the gospel. So help me Yahweh! Glory!

PROPHETIC RELEASE: Everything contending with your commitment to the gospel is cursed today in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

FURTHER READING:
Philippians 1:21; 3:12-14

ONE YEAR CHRONOLOGICAL BIBLE READING PLAN: Read the events of the bible in the order that they happened.
Exodus 30:22-33:6; Mark 1:21-45

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February 19, 2024
TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN SOUL-WINNING (2): MORTIFY SELF

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Sunday, February 18, 2024

TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN SOUL-WINNING (2): MORTIFY SELF

But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
I Corinthians 9:27 (KJV)

The greatest enemy of the recreated human spirit is not the devil. When you were born again, you had dominion over the devil and his gates of hell. The greatest enemy of the born again person is his/her flesh. Self is the greatest enemy of the born again person. There are three forces at war in the life of the born again person: the Holy Spirit, the Flesh and the devil. The flesh is always cooperating with the devil that is why you must put it under. Self talks about the cravings of the sinful nature. To be useful and usable in the hands of the Lord of the harvest, you must mortify your self. You must come to the altar of burnt offering and lay your body at the altar as a living sacrifice. The reason is that you must be salted with fire to be useful in the hand the Lord (see Mark 9:49). If you are still alive in your flesh, you are not useful and usable for the work of the gospel. With your self still alive, you cannot represent the Lord and the gospel in your lifestyle which is the most primary form of evangelism. A self that is still alive is full of pride, easily angry, boastful and self-centered.

Galatians 5:19-21 lists the activities of the works of the flesh, ‘19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of Yahweh.’ You see why we said that until Mr Flesh dies, you are not ready for kingdom business. The need for people to be enlisted into the harvest field is enormous but just anybody will not qualify to be enlisted. You can now better understand why it is not everybody that comes to Church understands the soul-winning business. So many are around, but very few are qualify to be enlisted. These days many are coming to Church for so many reasons; some to belong and answer that they are Christians, others just to get Yahweh to answer their prayer, etc. The flesh must be dead and Mr Self must be laid on the altar. It is as serious as that.

Beloved, do you understand what it means to mortify the flesh now? It is to do away with the works of the flesh mentioned in Galatians 5:17-21. Lay yourself at the prayer altar and petition Yahweh until there is no trace of any of them in your life. The truth is that the sin nature died the day you got saved, the problem is that a lot of us have not renewed our mind to put these things off. Stay in the word and renew your mind and they will wear off and your life will conform to the righteousness of Yahweh in your recreated human spirit. In the place of word bath, your strength is renewed to manifest the nature of righteousness in your spirit. Because the Word is Spirit and Life, the more Word you take into your spirit, the more the fruit of the spirit will reveal and manifest in your character. Get into the Word and lay the flesh and its works to rest permanently. Shalom!

REMEMBER: Everybody must be salted by fire to be usable in the harvest field.

PRAYER: Dear Heavenly Father, I thank You for Your word to me today. I ask for the grace to read, study and meditate on the Word in order to mortify self in my life in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

PROPHETIC RELEASE: I decree fresh appetite in the Word upon you now in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

FURTHER READING:
John 6:63

ONE YEAR CHRONOLOGICAL BIBLE READING PLAN: Read the events of the bible in the order that they happened.
Exodus 29:1-30:21; Mark 1:1-20

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February 18, 2024
TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN SOUL-WINNING (1): ASSURANCE OF SALVATION

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Saturday, February 17, 2024

TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN SOUL-WINNING (1): ASSURANCE OF SALVATION

The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of Yahweh,
Romans 8:16 (NASB)

From today to the next couple of days, we shall be examining what it takes to be successful at soul-winning. There are certain ingredients that must be in place for us to make a success at our soul-winning drive. Today we shall be considering assurance of salvation. Assurance of salvation means that you are sure of your salvation. The person that must be successful in winning souls must be very sure that he/she is genuinely saved. You must have had that encounter yourself. There is no substitute to that. You are called to be a witness. How can you witness to what you never saw or knew? Being a witness presupposes that you have had experience of what you are talking about. You can never appear in court as a witness of what you never knew anything about. The soul-winner must be a person that had encountered the Lord Yahushua genuinely with evidence of a changed life. Like the blind man in John 9, your testimony should be “I was blind but now I see. I used to do this and that, but now I do not.” One of the outstanding thing about Apostle Paul was his conversion testimony. It was so profound that at the slightest chance he recounts how he became the man he had become.

You may be born in church, that does not equal to being saved. That your parents are Christians does not mean that you are saved. Salvation is a personal experience. It is an encounter that does not leave you the same. Your salvation must be traceable to a day that you heard the Word and answered an altar call, or a time when you surrendered to Yahushua HaMashiach on your own. Are you baptised since you believed? It is very important that you are baptised in water. Do you have the witness of the Holy Spirit in your spirit that you are a child of Yahweh. We are stressing this because it is the foundation of the person that will be successful in soul-winning. Until you are saved, you cannot become an instrument to saving others. Trying it is getting the experience of the sons of one Sceva. In Acts 19:13-17, some boys started preaching and casting out demons even though these boys have not even known the Lord themselves. Then the devil leaped on them and dealt with them until they ran out naked. It is dangerous to function in the warfare of soul-winning without being genuinely saved yourself. The reason is that soul-winning is warfare. It is confrontation with the gates of hell. If you are not in HaMashiach, you are still in the camp of the devil, then how can you dare to try to lead a fellow captive to freedom?

Being genuinely born again has no substitute if you are going to be useful in the hands of the Lord. Kingdom business are only the preserve of kingdom men and women. No stranger has a lot in it. If you are reading this today and you are not sure of your salvation then please pray this with all your heart thus: “Dear Father, I repent of my sins and believe in Yahushua HaMashiach that He came, died for my sins and rose again to give me life. Now, I confess that Yahushua HaMashiach is Lord and Saviour of my life. Lord Yahushua I surrender my heart to you today and forever. Through You Lord and in Your name I have eternal life; I am born again. Thank you Lord for saving my soul. Now I am a child of Yahweh. Praise the Lord! Hallelujah!” Congratulations!

REMEMBER: Soul-winning is warfare and it is unsafe for the unsaved person to engage in it.

CONFESSION: I am born of Yahweh. Greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world. I triumph everywhere I go for the gospel. Glory be Yahweh!

PROPHETIC RELEASE: As you ensure your foundation, you shall be fruitful in the work of the gospel in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

FURTHER READING:
I Peter 1:23

ONE YEAR CHRONOLOGICAL BIBLE READING PLAN: Read the events of the bible in the order that they happened.
Exodus 27:1-28:43; Matthew 27:57-28:20

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February 17, 2024
TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS PARTNERSHIP (9): BE COURAGEOUS

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Monday April 24, 2023

TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS PARTNERSHIP (9): BE COURAGEOUS

Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

Joshua 1:9 (KJV)

Courage is essential for a soldier in battle and for a soldier of the Lord Yahushua in the fight of faith (see Ephesians 6:10-18). Courage is the strength of the soul. Yahweh has no use for cowards (see Hebrews 10:38-39). Spiritual strength includes steadfastness, bravery, faith in the Yahweh and honesty. It does not come by accident. It is deliberately developed. Courage is boldness to dare anything in the harvest field. It is only the courageous that becomes the victorious. Whatever you cannot dare, you can never take. The seriousness of a man’s face or his high fence, does not scare you. Until courage is in place, conquest is not in view. To be successful in the harvest field, therefore, one must be very courageous. Courage to tell the truth. Courage to preach the undiluted word of God. Courage not to fear at the faces of the people. Jeremiah 1:8 says, ‘Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord.’ It takes courage to preach somethings the Holy Spirit will give you.

It takes courage to worship Yahweh in some places and countries today. We saw situation like that in Babylon where Daniel was a captive (Dan. 6). By divine providence Daniel was one of the three presidents under the kingdom of Babylon. He was impeccably honest (vv. 3-5). He openly served Yahweh knowing that he was risking his position and his life (v. 10). He would not compromise his service to Yahweh for any reason. He overcame through God (vv. 16, 22). It takes courage to stand against sin. We saw in the lives Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. (Dan. 3). It takes courage to flee evil. Joseph is a clear example (see Genesis 39). It takes Courage to fight (even when no one else will): David (see 1 Samuel 17). It takes courage to teach the truth. Prophet Nathan confronted King David at God’s word and that could have cost him his life.

How do we come about this courage. First, righteous living makes bold. Proverbs 28:1 says, ‘The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.’ It is not possible to walk boldly in unrighteousness. Sin corrupts your courage and turns it into bold face but bold face is not courage. As long as you are committed to walking in righteousness and holiness, you will see yourself manifest courage. Second, the baptism of the Holy Spirit imparts courage. Acts 4:29-31 says that they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and they spoke the word of Yahweh with boldness. The baptism of the Holy Ghost is for boldness in the harvest field. When you are a person given to praying in the tongues of the Spirit, you will exhibit tremendous courage in the harvest field. It takes courage to see miracles. As you declare boldly the Word, the manifestation is called miracles. Acts 14:3 says, ‘Long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord, which gave testimony unto the word of his grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands.’ As they spoke boldly, signs and wonders were done by their hands. Courage is the springboard of signs and wonders. Whether in your life or in the harvest field learn to speak boldly the Word of Yahweh because that is the platform for the manifestation of signs and wonders.

REMEMBER: It takes courage to command signs and wonders and it takes signs to command the attention of souls.

CONFESSION: Greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world. I function in the righteousness of Yahweh and anointed to speak boldly with attendant signs following. Halleluyah!

PROPHETIC RELEASE: From today as you say it, you shall see it in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

FURTHER READING:

Joshua 1:1-9

ONE YEAR STRAIGHT THROUGH THE BIBLE READING PLAN:
2 Kings 19:25-23:9

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April 24, 2023
TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS PARTNERSHIP (8): PERSEVERE AND BE PATIENT

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Sunday April 23, 2023

TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS PARTNERSHIP (8): PERSEVERE AND BE PATIENT

And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Galatians 6:9 (KJV)

There is no other work that require so much patience and perseverance like the kingdom business of soul winning. This is because people are not usually won to Christ in a day. There is the process of planting the seed of the Word of God, watering the seed and time for it to grow. Then in growth, there are different stages and they require time and efforts. The soul-winner needs to continue doing well because in due season, he/she will reap. To be successful therefore, in soul-winning, patience and perseverance is none negotiable. The devil does not have power but what he does is to try to weary you into abandoning the course you are pursuing. No wonder, patience is part of the fruit of the recreated human spirit because you need it in your confrontations with Satan and the gates of hell. Satan will throw many things at you to weary you. Daniel 7:25 says, ‘And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.’ If you understand the way the devil operate, you will know that patience is a vital weapon against the wearing out ministry of the devil. The devil is always seeking to wear you out. You must understand that.

When you begin to see certain manifestations of people in the harvest field that irritate you and that seeks to discourage you, understand that it is the wearing out activities of the devil at work. In the face of such, deploy patience to wear out that devil instead of you getting worn out, let the devil give up. There are people you will meet in the harvest field that will be slow to respond to the gospel. They will eventually respond but they would drag and drag. If you are not patient, you would give up and miss that harvest. Knowing that, as the Spirit ministers to you about a soul, even though it doesn’t look like what will come around, stay put and be patient. Another thing is as a soul-winner consider how long it is taking you to respond to the Holy Spirit. There are things the Holy Spirit has told you that you are yet to respond to His demands. If the Holy Spirit has not been patient with you, probably you wouldn’t even be saved let alone being enlisted into the kingdom business. When you think of the patience of the Holy Spirit with you, then you would know that you cannot be less to the souls in the harvest field.

Perseverance prompts one, after teaching one person—whether he succeeds or fails—to seek out another person, then another, then another, ad infinitum. Apostle Paul exhibited this virtue so well. They would stone him in one city, as soon as he recovers, he is off to another city to continue his preaching. Perseverance preserves you from getting discouraged because of the negative outcomes of your endeavours. As you employ these virtues, I see you begin to make news in the harvest field thereby securing for yourself unimaginable breakthroughs.

REMEMBER: You need patience and perseverance to weary the devil out.

CONFESSION: I do not give up. I am the one that wear the devil out in any and every confrontation. The virtue of patience and perseverance are being fully developed in my character to the glory of Yahweh. Halleluyah!!

PROPHETIC RELEASE: Every agenda of Satan to wear you out is set ablaze now in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

FURTHER READING:
Daniel 7:25-27

ONE YEAR STRAIGHT THROUGH THE BIBLE READING PLAN:
2 Kings 17:19-19:24

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