Believe you receive 2.

"God thinks highly of you, and at the very moment you started praying, I was sent to give you the answer." Daniel 9:23(CEV) The answer to every prayer you pray is dispatched to you the very moment you start praying. That should be the attitude you should have whenever you pray. So whenever you pray, since the answer has already been delivered to you, receive it by faith. We receive from God by faith. What is faith? "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." Hebrews 11:1. Therefore, your faith...

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Believe you receive 1.

"If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord." James 1:5-7 Whatever has not been done in your life is not because God is withholding it from you. It is because you have not made room for it to happen. This is because whatever God wants to do in your life has already...

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How strong is your desire?

"And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart."  Jeremiah 29:13 Whatever you do must come from your heart as you seek the Lord. Seeking the Lord requires undivided focus. Also, the measure of focus you give to the Word of God that you hear determines how much the Word will impact your life. This means that what you get from seeking the Lord in prayer, study or fasting is determined by you, not God. What you receive from God is not the full revelation of the generosity of God because you received...

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Prepare your heart

"And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD." 2 Chronicles 12:14 Our opening scripture today shows us that morality is a reflection of your relationship with God. Rehoboam did evil because he prepared not his heart to seek the Lord. He did not acknowledge the laws of God in his thoughts because he did not seek after the laws of God to know what God wanted him to do them. Psalm 119:9-11(AMP) says, "How shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed and keeping watch [on himself] according to Your word [conforming...

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Seek the knowledge of God.

"Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things." Proverbs 28:5 The man or woman who seeks the LORD understands all things. When you seek the Lord, He will give you insight into hidden secrets. He will cause you to know and understand things that are beyond your learning. He will guide you and give you direction so you can make the right decisions in life. This is why you must seek to increase in the knowledge of God. When you have the knowledge of God in you in increasing measure, it will give you...

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He wil make you to prosper.

"Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did. And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper." 2 Chronicles 26:3-5 Notice that the secret of Uzziah's prosperity was that he sought the Lord (he inquired, obeyed and served the Lord...

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Secure your posterity.

"And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake." Genesis 26:24 I want you to notice from our opening scripture that God vowed to bless Isaac because of His father Abraham. That is one of the benefits of serving the Lord faithfully. When you serve the Lord faithfully, it will affect your posterity. Blessings will come upon them from the Lord because of what you are doing today in your service to...

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Serve with sincerity

"Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: …" Joshua 24:14 Do you serve the Lord in sincerity and truth? Some persons will say they are serving the Lord, but they are not serving Him in sincerity and truth. Because they lack the fear of the Lord, they are not able to reap the full benefits for serving the Lord. If you do not serve the Lord in sincerity, it will bring judgment upon you. There are those steal from churches in the guise of serving the Lord. Some others rob God in their tithes and offerings. Others...

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Don't compromise

"Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages, That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up:" Daniel 3:4-5 Our opening scripture was the instruction that was given in Babylon by the king Nebuchadnezzar for everyone to worship the golden image he had made. Anyone who refused to bow down and worship the golden image would be cast into the midst of...

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Your enemies will fall

"I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee." Exodus 23:27 Today's opening scripture reveals to us more benefits for serving the Lord. When you serve the Lord, He will send His fear before you. He will also make all your enemies turn their backs before you. This is why anyone that stands against a man that is serving the Lord faithfully has secured his own down fall. In Daniel chapter 6, certain of the Presidents in Babylon...

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Benefits of service

"There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil." Exodus 23:26 As you serve the Lord faithfully expect these benefits of service to be evident in your life. The Bible says nothing shall cast their young. This means that nothing shall lose her young by miscarriage; both man and animals belonging to those serving the Lord. A dear minister of God in our country spoke about a time when his wife just got pregnant with their first child. He said he came home one day and his wife told him...

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Service unlocks health

"And ye shall serve the LORD your God, … and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee." Exodus 23:25 Serving God affects your health. Someone may read that and say, "I know some people who are serving God who are always falling sick." Do not let someone else's experience become your reality. Choose to take the Word of God as it is and expect to see the manifestation in your life. Remember that every man is living according to his faith. The Bible says that if I serve the Lord my God, He will take sickness away from me. I believe it...

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Service unlocks prosperity

"If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures." Job 36:11 The Bible is letting you know today from this opening scripture that those who obey and serve the Lord will live a life of prosperity. God blesses those who serve Him with prosperity. There is a dear minister of God in our nation who is well known. In his early days in ministry, he gives God eighteen hours every day. Today, he is said to be the richest minister on earth. The Bible says, "If they obey and serve him, they shall...

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Service unlocks increase

"For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister." Hebrews 6:10 Our opening scripture shows us that God does not forget your work and labour of love you have showed towards His name. This means that God is mindful of the things you do for His name. Therefore, no work goes unrewarded in the house of God. Hebrews 11:6 says, "But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and...

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Seek Him for answers.

"I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:" Job 5:8 Our opening scripture shows us that we seek God in order to commit our cause or issues to Him. Psalm 37:5 says, "Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass." This is why it is important that you do not embark on any project without prayer. This is because prayer is inviting God to get involved with your life. So whenever you seek the Lord, expect an answer from Him on how you should go about your plans. Seek Him for direction....

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Seek God in prayer.

"The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: …" Psalm 10:4 Every day without prayer is a boast against God. What that means is that, living without prayer is like living your life like the wicked as seen in our opening scripture. Secondly, we also learn from our opening scripture that anyone who does not have a plan in his life for time spent with God in prayer is proud. The Contemporary English Version puts Psalm 10:4 this way, "The wicked are too proud to turn to you …" 2 Chronicles 7:14 says, "If my people,...

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Seek Him early.

"When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek." Psalm 27:8 Our opening scripture shows us that God expects us to seek Him. To seek connotes to desire, to crave, to investigate, to study, etc. In Matthew 7:7, Jesus said, "…seek, and ye shall find; …" The Psalmist in Psalm 63:1 says, "O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;" This verse reveals to us how highly we ought to make God our priority...

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Set your heart ...

"Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; …" 1 Chronicles 22:19a Your devotion to the Lord begins with a decision. There are times when I have been asked, "Why is it difficult for you to lose your fire?" It is because I have made a decision to set my heart and my soul to seek the Lord my God. The football fanatic that likes Manchester United or Chelsea and loves to watch their matches became that way because of a decision he made to become a fan of that club. In the same way as a child of God, you need to make that...

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Pay attention to the Word.

"And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given. For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath." Mark 4:24-25 Qualitative attention is the key to maximum apprehension of spiritual truth. The Amplified Bible says, "… Be careful what you are hearing. The measure [of thought and study] you give [to the truth you hear] will be the measure [of virtue and knowledge] that comes back...

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Hearing from God.

　 "If any man have ears to hear, let him hear." Mark 4:23 Hearing from God is a choice as seen in our opening scripture. This is because God is always talking but your ability to pay attention to listen is the issue. A.W Tozer said, God tells the man who cares. It is important you are able to hear from God because your effectiveness is not just determined by how long you work, it is determined by the instructions you obey. For instance, there was a man called Naaman in the Bible, he came to the prophet Elisha because he wanted...

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What do you want?

""And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that I shall do unto you?" Matthew 20:32 Today I want you to learn another important protocol in seeking the Lord. This protocol is focus. You must be specific concerning what you want from the Lord. For instance, some people set out to fast and pray without determining what they want that spiritual thirst after God to achieve in them. Seek after God with a definite focus. If you do not decide on what you want, you will settle for what you get. The question Jesus asked...

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Word based prayer

"And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him." 1 John 5:14-15 Our opening scripture is talking about praying the will of God. This is also a very important principle for us to learn to follow in seeking the Lord because Word guided prayers have guaranteed answers. The Word of God should be the protocol to guide your petitions and all that you are believing for...

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Seek Him diligently.

"But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him." Hebrews 11:6 Our opening scripture shows us that there is a reward for seeking the Lord. However, consistency is required in order to obtain that reward. It is important for you to also seek the Lord only after the due order stipulated in the Word of God. That is the only way He will reward your service. David, the king of Israel, wanted to bring the ark of God to Jerusalem....

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