THE REQUIREMENT! READ: Deuteronomy 10:12-22

Now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you except to revere him, to obey all his commandments, to love him, to serve him with all your mind and being, Deuteronomy 10:12 NET

A requirement is a necessity, something that is needed and must be done for something else to happen or be done. Our text reveals the necessity for being blessed.

Beloved, a requirement is an essential to the existence or occurrence of something else. Pleasing God and being blessed by Him, having everything you need and lacking nothing good, hinges on reverently worshiping Him. It’s utterly impossible to live in a way that pleases God without loving and serving Him with all your heart and soul. Serving Him with all your heart and soul means doing all that He commands, always being afraid to make Him angry, living to give Him pleasure, being happy as you love, work with and for Him! Since the heaven and the earth including everything in it belongs to God, therefore pleasing Him is the safest, simplest and surest way to have the best of life now and beyond. Pleasing God equals believing He’s who He says He’s and will do what He says He’ll do.

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PRAYER: Heavenly Father, I choose above all else and at all costs to always believe and obey You. In the name of Jesus Christ, every need in my life has been met. Amen.

THE EVIDENCE PART II READ : GENESIS 50 :15-26

You plotted evil against me, but God turned it into good, in order to preserve the lives of many people who are alive today because of what happened. Genesis 50:20 GNT

An evidence establishes and proves the truth of a matter or thing. Our text reveals the evidence of divine involvement and presence.

Beloved, divine involvement and presence which is an evidence of divine approval, guarantees the protection and preservation of a person, performance.of the Word and fulfillment of dream/vision. The degree of satanic conspiracy against you is usually a reflection and revelation of the degree of divine interest in you. It therefore doesn’t matter whether you’re conspired or lied against, sold as a slave, forgotten or thrown into a dungeon, everything must combine to attest and give evidence of the involvement of and the presence of divinity in your life, once you refuse to be distracted. Once the evidence of God’s presence is established, those who conspired and lied against as well as forgot you will come begging on their knees. No matter what you encounter, never trade His presence for anything.

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PRAYER: Faithful Father, hated, conspired and lied against, thrown into or abandoned in a dungeon, I’ll not be distracted. As an evidence of Your presence with me, I receive the fulfillment of Your promise in Jesus Christ name. Amen.

THE EVIDENCE! PART I READ: I JOHN 2:1-6

But if we obey his word, we are the ones whose love for God has really been made perfect. This is how we can be sure that we are in union with God: 1 John 2:5 GNT

An evidence is an outward visible indication that shows that something exists or is true. Our text reveals the evidence of love for God.

Beloved, an evidence furnishes proof of authenticity and existence beyond reasonable doubt. The expression of love is an evidence of its existence. Love cannot be love until its experienced and cannot be experienced until its expressed. Obedience is the evidence of expression of love by humanity, whereas His presence is the evidence of expression of love by divinity. Until there’s an evidence of expression of love by humanity, there’ll be no evidence of expression of love by divinity. Obedience is impossible without understanding, understanding impossible without knowledge and knowledge impossible without contact. The degree you know God equals the degree you’ll love Him and the degree you love Him equals the degree you’ll obey Him. Your degree of love expressed by your degree of obedience to Him, spells the degree of His love expressed by His presence, that you’ll experience.

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PRAYER: Loving Father, may I ceaselessly express my love for You through my obedience, so I’ll ceaselessly enjoy Your presence and excellence, in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

THE HEART-MOUTH CONNECTION READ :MATTHEW 12: 33-37

You snakes! You are so evil. How can you say anything good? What people say with their mouths comes from what fills their hearts. Matthew 12:34 ERV

A connection is that which joins or links two or more different things or persons together. Our text reveals the heart-mouth connection.

Beloved, the heart is the engine and Word -processor of every life. It is inseparably connected with the mouth, as It spells both what’s spoken and done. A man’s life is the manifestation of his thought pattern. Edifying, kind and uplifting thoughts, always produce edifying, kind and uplifting words. Building up one another in love is hinged on the connection between the heart and the mouth. Deliberate effort must be made to saturate the heart with edifying, kind, and positive thoughts, so as to produce similar words which will build up and not tear down others. The saturation of the heart with such thoughts is only possible through the saturation of the heart with the Word of God. Thoughts and words are containers carrying creative or destructive powers which can only be controlled by the saturation of the heart with the Word.

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PRAYER: Great God and Father, may my thoughts, words, actions and attitudes always align with Your Word, so that everyone around me will be built up and I be blessed in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN READ: I JOHN 3:13-18

My children, our love should not be only words and talk. No, our love must be real. We must show our love by the things we do. 1 John 3:18 ERV

A certificate of origin is a proof of a person’s identity and citizenship. Our text reveals the Divine certificate of origin and how to obtain it.

Beloved, a certificate of origin is a seal of originality and proof of ownership. It places certain responsibilities, rights and privileges on the possessor. The Divine certificate of origin is a proof of ownership by God is active love. God is love and whoever belongs to and is from Him, must have His DNA or certificate of origin which is active love. An active love is love that’s real, demonstrated and proven with positive actions that goes the extra mile in addressing and meeting the needs of others. It brings personal discomfort in a bid to give others some level of comfort. You actions when confronted with the needs of others, is a proof of your certificate of origin or citizenship, which also qualifies you. You can only obtain this certificate when you’re born of God.

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PRAYER: Lord of Love, saturate me with love that’s obedient to You and irresistibly meets the needs of others. May You likewise irresistibly meet all my needs in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

UNCONDITIONAL LOVE! READ : I JOHN 4: 13-21

God gave us this command: If we love God, we must also love each other as brothers and sisters. 1 John 4:21 ERV

Unconditional love is love that’s absolute, complete, not conditional or dependent on anything. Our text reveals how to exercise this love

Beloved, unconditional love is not in any way limited or qualified by anything, neither is it negotiable. When and where it’s in operation, there exists no reasonable reason or excuse, not to love anyone, because it’s the proof of our relationship with God. To live in God is to live in love because God is love. Whoever lives in God cannot help but love unconditionally as He does, because God’s Spirit lives in Him. You can’t love God unconditionally without completely loving others because unconditional love is independent of who is involved and what they do. It can’t be exercised until it’s experienced and it can’t be experienced outside of Christ. You’ve no life until you experience and exercise unconditional love. Every love that’s not unconditional is fake and every fake love is unacceptable to God.

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PRAYER: Loving Father, fill me with unconditional love for You and anyone I meet in life. As I’m unconditionally obedient to You, may everything around me unconditionally bow before me, in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

DEALING WITH BITTER WEEDS! READ: HEBREWS 12:12-17

Be careful that no one fails to get God’s grace. Be careful that no one loses their faith and becomes like a bitter weed growing among you. Someone like that can ruin your whole group. Hebrews 12:15 ERV

A bitter weed is a root of rancour, resentment, and hated. It corrupts, defiles, pollutes, ruins and wrecks whatever it comes into contact with. Our text reveals how to deal with it.

Beloved, a bitter weed thrives through the missing or non-utilization of God’s loving-favor or grace, which results to the loss of faith. Loss of faith leads to or activates wrong thoughts about and action toward others, which causes many troubles and torments that poison and turn many people to an immoral and godless life of sin like Esau. Excersing foresight, and being on the watch out to look after one another in the Lord, braces up, reinvigorates, sets right slackened, weakened and drooping hands, as well as strengthens feeble, palsied and tottering knees. The combination of these, prevents bitter weeds from springing up. However none can have or be able to combine these without a good knowledge of the Word. The degree of the Word in you, equates the degree of bitter weeds you’ll be able to overcome and the quality of life you’ll have.

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PRAYER: Thank You Lord for Your Word that empowers to overcome bitter weeds. As I daily hide Your Word in me and live by it, I’ll continually overcome every bitter weed in and around my life in Jesus Christ name Amen.

THE BANE OF FORGETFULNESS! READ : JAMES 1: 22- 25

Hearing God’s teaching and doing nothing is like looking at your face in the mirror and doing nothing about what you saw. You go away and immediately forget how bad you looked. – James 1:23-24 ERV

Forgetfulness is the act of not remembering or tending to forget very easily and often, resulting in failure to do. Our text reveals the bane of forgetfulness and how to overcome it.

Beloved, forgetfulness is the inability to remember, which leads to the inability to have, which is a product of the inability to do. The blessedness of God’s Word is only accessible through obedience, whereas obedience is only possible through the sequence of knowledge and none forgetfulness. Until you know and not forget the Word, you’ll not be able to do it and until you do it, you’ll never be blessed, because every dividend accruing from the Word can only be accessed by obedience. Hearing the Word and hiding it in your heart is the antidote against forgetfulness and doing nothing, which demobilises the Word and deprives of its blessings. Ever desirous of not being deprived of the dividends of the Word but have its full blessings, then hide it in your heart, never forget but be obedient to it.

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PRAYER: O Lord my God, Your Word have I hidden in my heart so I’ll not forget but be obedient to it. Right now, I receive every dividend of Your Word as reward in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

NO MORE SHAME! PART II READ: ISAIAH 43:16-21

…I am doing something new! Now you will grow like a new plant. Surely you know this is true. I will even make a road in the desert, and rivers will flow through that dry land. – Isaiah 43:19 ERV

Shame is an embarrassing emotional disgrace and dishonor that not being or having what you ought to brings. Our text reveals how to overcome it.

Beloved, a desert is a desolate arid land with sparse vegetation that’s usually uninhabitable and unoccupied, as well as very difficult to pass through or an area of water apparently devoid of life. Locating yourself in a desert either on land or in the sea is a precursor for shame. However, the presence of the Lord in a desert brings a cessation and banishment to shame, because every catalyst and precursor of shame is aborted, terminated and forbidden by His presence. It doesnt matter how rough your waters is, or how tough and coarse your land is, God’s presence which only His people enjoy, makes path in the rough waters, cause rivers to flow through the coarse dry desert, and a road in the desert. Faithful obedience is the only qualification for being a part of His people, which guarantees His presence and experiencing the above.

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PRAYER: Father, I choose to continually remain faithful and obedient to Your Word, so I’ll continually be in Your presence. Right now, because of Your presence, rivers are flowing through every desert, roads are made out of every rough water and desert around me in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

THE PRACTICE OF SPIRITUAL SURGERY! READ: JAMES: 1: 19-27

So get rid of everything evil in your lives—every kind of wrong you do. Be humble and accept God’s teaching that is planted in your hearts. This teaching can save you. James 1: 21 ERV

A surgery is the medical process or procedure in which a doctor cuts into someone’s body in order to repair or remove damaged or diseased part(s). Our text reveals a spiritual surgery.

Beloved, a surgery is meant to correct in order to prevent further danger or damage. A surgery is very painful but permanent, however it’s a far better alternative to painkillers, which gives instant relief but have damaging effects. Spiritual surgery is the process of caring for and ensuring the good state of a person’s spiritual life. The evil of sin is a misnomer that have destructive effects to your life. Unless it’s cut off, it’ll continually spread until you’re eaten up. Only you can perform your spiritual surgery through the reception and practice of the Word. The knowledge of the surgeon is useless until utilized, similarly the knowledge of the Word is useless until believed and practiced. The state of your spiritual life is dependent on how frequent and thorough your spiritual surgeries are performed.

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PRAYER: Loving Father, help me always choose the painful but permanent procedure of spiritual surgery over and above the quick-fix of pain-killers in every issue in my life, in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.