MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - 29/05/2023

MONDAY- 29TH MAY, 2023

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AND NOTHING SHALL BY ANY MEANS HURT YOU! - With Me Series 005

Acts 1:8, KJV

"But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth."

Something seeks to hurt people especially those who minister. According to its programming by the devil, it seeks to scare you away by holding the promise or ability of hurting you. But what does the Bible say than, "...and nothing shall by any means hurt you." "Any means" means "any means." It means in one million encounters, you'll always come back clean. Nothing in whatsoever manifestation will by any means repercusively affect you. 

One of the functions of God being with you is that after you have ministered, nothing shall by any means come to hurt you. I hope you have heard both mythology and non-fictional narratives of those who seek to minister to a captive of the devil that the Oppressor comes after? If you have heard such and you're a minister, you have a thing to contest with and by which your faith could be tested, shaken or uprooted. But your faith needs not shake because you're not of yourself. All power has been given to Jesus. He said it Himself.

Matthew 28:18, KJV

"And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth."

It is "all power" and that means not one is withheld or reserved that is not in His custody. If all is now in His custody, it means as His children and ministers, we have such power available for us because He has already delegated it for our use. Say, "I have Jesus' delegated power; I can use it and transfer it also." Through this, we can triumph over Satan. 

An elderly minister who I respect a lot once told of a lady who was afflicted by the devil with lice in her private part and the affliction is such that any who tries helping her out of it will have that same affliction jump on them. It is the replication of that affliction that scares help and attempts of people away. Indeed, this scared away a lot of people including supposed ministers. What you must know is that as a minister, you have to discern whether you're an administrative or power minister. While God does not intend all of us settle only in administration but rather weave power, yet that's the area some specializes in and have gone to stay. They're limited either because they are not called at all or because they're not taking the provision of God and exercising themselves towards exercising such powerful ministrations. Such case described above is the means by which Satan wants to keep his captive a perpetual captive. He'll give people fear of praying or taking hold with the Holy Ghost in delivering such captive. But you need not fear because God has furnished us with provision. Ahead of time, Jesus told His disciples to tarry for the equipping and promise of the Father - in the Holy Ghost (Acts 1:8). It is this that makes any a witness and an effective witness for that matter. What many have not realized is that witnessing is not of words only, it is of words backed up by power of the Holy Ghost - power to deliver, destroy, create, recreate, repair, restore, complete, diminish or even regulate. It is therefore a witness but of power. A witness of power that even expels demons. In witnessing, you will meet what can hurt you but because of power in you (which you have swallowed in the Holy Ghost; which inhabits you as the Holy Ghost and works through you), you can minister effectively and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Jesus while sending the disciples said, "behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you" (Luke 10:19, KJV). 

What does He do here? He gives us power to tread (mercilessly in victory) upon serpents and scorpions and over every or all power of the enemy. It means there's no other new invention Satan can create or manifest than what he already has which you have been given power to glory over. It means everything Satan has become yesterday, is becoming today and can become tomorrow shall all fall under, "I have given you power to tread (in vanguishing victory) over the devil and his demons and over all their manufactured inventions. That singular word of Jesus and promise to us vanguished all the potent powers and manifestations of Satan in any colour, variety or deceptive forms it might want to take. Even if it's a human being holding that power or threatening you with that power, as long as it is the power of the devil, it has been long judged and over ruled to be under God and His children's power. It shall bow to you. And then you have a sure word of assurance. It's that, "nothing shall be any means hurt you." This is why some are not laying hands on the sick or praying for the oppressed in any way. They are afraid of repercussions. It is either you're not called or you're called and you're living below the minister's standard: either in sin or in weak or no preparation at all. So, your confidence is under attack. Jesus says, "and nothing shall by any means hurt you." It will seek to hurt you but it is Christ who shuts the mouths of lions for you. He has led captivity captive (Eph.4:8). He has afore stripped him naked of his power. He has gathered them all as booties of war. He has even made a public show of them. What a triumph! They have no other power again with which to rule over you except fear and ignorance. And I'll say if you're afraid that your ministration won't be successful, don't minister. If you're afraid in ministration that something might jump on you, don't. You can parry it until you're ready. The reason is because fear will expose a flank of your life for the inroad of the devil. In fear or doubt, you become vulnerable to him. But if you are all sealed and ready; clothed in the full armour of God with Christ's righteousness as the garment you're wearing, then, you can minister and the Lord of glory shall through your hands heal the sick, deliver the oppressed and assaulted. And we shall go on to raise the dead. Yes! Is any sick there? What's your challenge? If Jesus would fit ministration to be tailored towards those who dwell in the region and shadow of death, I say, whatsoever may be your need, let it be met (Matt.4:16). I hand it over to you. Receive your diverse needs. God has come for you. 

So today, if you're a minister, let me minister impartation to you. I cut off the root of fear in your life. May the Spirit of faith and assurance by the Bible leap on you. Receive power, God's power, delivering power, healing power and His curing and meeting needs power. 

PRAYER: Lord, I claim your promises and live out the minister's life. Nothing shall by any means hurt me.

BIBLE IN A YEAR: 2 Samuel 14:1-15:22; John 18:1-24; Psalm 119:97-112; Proverbs 16:8-9

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MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - 28/05/2023

SUNDAY- 28TH MAY, 2023

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BECAUSE YOU KNOW GOD IS WITH YOU - With Me Series 004

Genesis 13:8-9, KJV

"8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren. 9 Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left."

Brethren, because you know God is with you, it will influence your behaviour and dictate your action. Over the years, I've come across the hurly-burly of people to have it for themselves. This has led to intensive struggle and the massacring of relationships where necessary. 

Today, it delights God to show you the confidence Abraham has which makes him say to Lot, "choose wherever you wish and then I will choose after you." This request shouldn't come from Abraham to Lot. It's rather the kind of tender that juniors make to their bosses in order to please and show their mark of surrenderness to him. I found out however that if you have God with you, just at your right hand, you will be generous with offers. You'll let people go first, choose first and decide first. You'll just have the confidence and know for sure that wherever you are is where the Lord is. Lot chose all the green valley of Jordan. He chose the best that is  and Abraham his uncle through which he has all he boasts of stays in the land of Canaan.

However, you ought to ask with me what the confidence of Abraham was as to say his nephew should make his choice first. Is he not afraid of he being surpassed and left with an unfortunate choice of land that can't support him and his cattle? I'll say he has no fear of such and the reason is simple. He has experienced the fact that God is seriously committed to him before this time. So, he knew that it would always be good for him. Cast the die, the line would always fall for him in good places. His confidence is in God who called him out of his native land (Gen.12:1-2). That same God defended him by afflicting Pharaoh with plagues where he couldn't have spoken to defend himself (Gen.12:10-20). He had experienced God and seen His interest and commitment to him. He knows He's very close to him. He knows He's committed to making him great. He bears in mind what God promised him when he called him out - that he'll surely make him a blessing etc. From inference, it can't be to retrogression for him irrespective of wherever he stays therefore. It is on this note that Abraham said, "nephew, go ahead and make your choice." He opens the whole land to him. God could see his heart that he's also doing this so that quarrelsome and suspicious Lot wouldn't  gainsay over him later to say his uncle caged him and relegated him to the background because he was beginning to be envious of what he's becoming. That's the crux of the matter.  

Looking at this, this is the status of he I want to maintain. I want the wise to mark me and stay where I stay knowing assuredly that's where God will be. It is those who have no assurance of God with them who will seek to always look out to enforce their rights and defend it by themselves. They believe they have to always be on the lookout or else they'll be cheated with no recourse. So, they always build a bulwark and look at everybody with suspicion and potency of being cheats. When you know God is indeed with you, you don't mind who eats first, who chooses first and who goes first. You don't mind what men can do to you. You'll always ask, "what can man do to me since I have God who can turn every evil to good?" Look, if contenders leave the worst choice, out of your being God's beloved, God will repair that worst to satisfaction for you but to their covetousness and envy. They'll wonder why you always have the best eventually; why your  worst can suddenly turn to bring favour. They'll wonder at how you can stay and sow in the land to still reap a hundred fold when others who have left for the covetous Egypt are still needy and covetous. 

May God solidify you with His presence. May you see God's outworkings that'll seek to ascertain again and again He has a special interest in you. It is this that'll make you not to be overburdening, contesting and covetous in your dealings with men. They'll regard you as a liberal and total man of peace. You'll give them an array of choices knowing your own Lot is always preserved in the Lord. 

PRAYER: Teach me and I shall be taught. Teach me to bring praises to Your name in my dealings with men. 

BIBLE IN A YEAR: 2 Samuel 12:1-31; John 16:1-33; Psalm 119:65-80; Proverbs 16:4-5

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MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - 27TH MAY, 2023

SATURDAY- 27TH MAY, 2023

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HE WARNS MEN FOR YOUR SAKE - With Me Series 003

Genesis  20:2-3, KJV

"2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. 3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife."

They can collect your goods but they can't keep it. Intervention, disruption and a stepping in of the divine would happen. God will do a stirring up and such will lose his peace. God will appear and issue a warning to such in a dream. One of the signs of God being with one is that He intervenes in what concerns you. If you say you have allegiance with someone who watches you as you're helplessly cheated and taken for granted, then I'll advise you break such relationship. 

Through the mistake of Abraham, Sarah gets taken away. Abraham lied to save his life. He obviously didn't know whether the people of Gerah fear the Lord. He wants to live. But this is beginning to cost him. While he has transgressed against God, yet God could see what his purpose for that was. After Sarah had been taken away, God ensured promptness of arrival in Abimelech's dream. God warned him of being a dead man for having taken a man's wife. But it doesn't end there. While Abimelech declares his innocence, God reveals His jealousy system for Abraham and consequently any saint  when He says, "He knew and He even withdrew him from touching her lest he sins against Him (Gen.20:6). It means Abimelech could have slept with Sarah but one way or the other, God didn't allow it to happen. You see, what matters to you matters to God. You see, what worries you worries him. What you seek to protect because you cherish it is what He also is after. You can be assured that God takes thought for you than you can ever desire. I knew when Sarah was taken away, Abraham would have gone into a frenzy. He would have lost his sleep. He would have gone on rolling here and there and asking God for an immediate intervention. An immediate intervention it must be or else the deed would be done and any remedy can never serve as an antidote. The only antidote is for God to intervene and not allow what Abraham is thinking come to pass. 

And indeed, God came swiftly for His beloved. That place says, "but God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night..." God came to demand him to return the goods (in the person) he has in his custody who's not his. You have read the passage of the Bible that says, "He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes" (Psalms 105:14). This is its fulfillment. Abraham is considerably a weak person here. He has not become a multitude that anyone could fear or esteem to pose any danger. And so, on such a day of anyone in Christ, God is committed to protecting and seeing to what concerns him. That's why God wouldn't delay. The act must be done that night. He rode into Abimelech's dream and confronted him and all his with death. Such threat is never to be taken lightly. He who hears it always shiver. No wonder, Abimelech began to shiver and declare his innocence immediately. Though a heathen king yet he is not big for God to command. There's no where they do not know or hear of God even if it'll be by the hearing of the ear. He's Governor over all the earth. From the rising of the sun and to its setting down, men shall obey Him. 

When God is with you, He will fight on your behalf. He will speak on your behalf and defend you against oppressors. There are bullies everywhere but I don't care where you live or who dominates the place. If God be with you, they won't hurt you. An invisible hedge will be created round you. They can hurt others but they'll mark you different because they've received a standing order concerning you even when you do not know when. Kings are those who are stronger than you are. And I tell you, no mere man can talk let alone rebuke them. They need to receive a stronger order. That's why God became the sole proprietor and protector of Israel, rebuking kings for his sake. Your boss can be rebuked for your sake. If he or she is a cheat and a bully and it is clear you can't even have his attention, what you can't say to Him, God can. He's your middleman. He interferes between you and those who should hurt you with their strength. Abraham didn't have much at this time but he has God. He can therefore testify, "God is on my side, I will not fear. What can man do to me?" Because God is with him, any act of man will be to no effect on him. And that's it. God is your defender as you go. Even if you're a stranger in a foreign land, God is your judge. He's by you and He shall protect you and shield you from all evils. 

PRAYER: Thank You Lord for You are with me.

BIBLE IN A YEAR: 2 Samuel 12:1-31; John 16:1-33; Psalm 119:65-80; Proverbs 16:4-5

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