Vision Restrains You From Disorder

Saturday, September  30th. Vision Restrains You From Disorder “Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; but one who keeps the law is blessed.” Proverbs 29:18 (HNV) From our opening text, the word is saying to us that, without a vision, there can be no self-restraint. Proverbs 29:18 (GNB) puts it this way, “A nation without God's guidance is a nation without order. Happy are those who keep God's law!” This means that the disorder in society is a reflection of an absence of vision. When you look at the nation, a community,...

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Fulfilling Your Vision Requires Self Control

Friday, September  29th. Fulfilling Your Vision Requires Self Control “Where there is no vision, the people cast off restraint; but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.” Proverbs 29:18 (ASV) To live without restraint is to live life without self-control because of the lack of vision. One of the reasons I lived a morally upright life was because I allowed my vision to dominate me. I looked into the future and I wanted to have children that will not walk in certain ways because I carry my seed in me. There were certain things I did not think...

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Let Vision Guide You

Thursday, September 28th. Let Vision Guide You “Where there is no vision, the people perish: …” Proverbs 29:18 Vision is a mental picture of a preferable future. It means to see mentally or to see in your mind. The Spanish translation says that where there is no vision the people run like wild horses. That means vision gives you focus. Without a vision, you will have no focus. Do you know what you want to achieve in the next five years, in the next two years, or even at the end of this year? What do you see? Vision is the essence of life because...

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What's Your Family Vision?

Wednesday, September  27th. What's Your Family Vision?  “Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.” Proverbs 29:18 Do you have a vision for your family? Until you have a vision for your family, you are not ready for marriage. Without having a vision for your family, you are not going to take them anywhere. Without a vision for your family, how are your children going to be raised? Which school are they going to attend? Personally, I had to learn certain things about schooling, because of...

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Fulfill Your Purpose.

Tuesday, September  26th. Fulfill Your Purpose. “No, we neither make nor save ourselves. God does both the making and saving. He creates each of us by Christ Jesus to join him in the work he does, the good work he has gotten ready for us to do, work we had better be doing.” Ephesians 2:10 (MSG) In stressing the importance of purpose, I will like to remind you of the story I mentioned on Thursday 14th about a very popular minister whose interview I watched on satellite television. This minister was about sixty years of age at that time. He...

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Finding Fulfillment.

Monday, September 25th. Finding Fulfillment. “Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.”   Proverbs 29:18 Your fulfillment in life is tied to your fulfilling God's plan and purpose for your life. Identifying God's plan and purpose for your life would  also help you to measure your progress in life. This is because, if you do not know where you are going, how do you know that you have arrived? Let's assume a deaf and dumb man went to the park, wanting to go to Port Harcourt without any direction....

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Sunday, September 24th.

We Are Predestinated Sunday, September 24th. “Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will” Ephesians 1:5 The word 'predestined' in our opening scripture means 'to determine before-hand.' In other words, God had determined before-hand that we should be adopted as His children by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will. So, it is God's will that you should be saved. In 1 Timothy 2:4, the Bible says that God, “... will have all men to be...

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What Do You See?

Saturday, September 23rd. What Do You See? “And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour.” Joshua 6:2 Our opening scripture shows us that Joshua needed to have the mental picture of Jericho been defeated with her king and the mighty men before he actually took the city. This is because your vision is what decides your reality. I remember the story of the lady that became Miss America some years ago. Before she contested for Miss America, she got the previous videos...

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Jesus Is Your Standard.

Friday, September 22nd.Jesus Is Your Standard.“Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith …” Hebrews 12:2Any Christianity that is less than what we see in Jesus and the Apostles is substandard Christianity.Therefore, make up your mind not to settle for anything that's less than God's best. Instead, grow up into Him in all things. This is because it is your destiny to be like Jesus and to do the works of Jesus.   Do you know that your hands and every part of your body are the members of Christ? The Bible says in Ephesians...

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Have A Clear Focus.

Thursday, September 21st.Have A Clear Focus.“Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; …” Genesis 49:4One of the reasons we see in our opening scripture why Reuben, the first son of Jacob, could not excel was because he was unstable. Do you understand clearly what you want out of life? Don't live your life without having a clear focus. There are those who are always drifting in life: today they want to be this, tomorrow they want to be something else. They live their lives without a focus and a clear vision.Be focused and definite about your life....

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Live Like Jesus.

Wednesday, September 20th. Live Like Jesus. “And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.” John 1:16 From our opening scripture, we see that we have received of the fullness of Christ. God wants us to be filled with everything that Jesus contains. That is our destiny in God. He wants us to function in every grace that Jesus had. God wants you to heal the sick and cast out devils like Jesus. God wants you to win souls, pray and love others like Jesus. However, not many of us are living in that destiny. Some are living and suffering...

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Sufficient Grace.

Sunday, September 17th. Sufficient Grace. “According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love.” Ephesians 1:4 Purpose is your permission for entry into the world. Someone may ask, “My father and my mother never married, can I still fulfill my purpose?” Yes you can. He wants you to be a trophy of grace. Someone else may say, “I was abandoned, but someone picked me up. Can I still fulfill my purpose?” Yes you can, for that was why He protected you from been killed...

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Called By Grace.

Saturday, September 16th. Called By Grace. “But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace” Galatians 1:15 Our opening scripture lets us know that God desired that you be saved even before you were born. He tried many times to reach you by the gospel of His grace even as He is reaching you today through this devotional. God's call for salvation on your life is based on His grace (See Galatians 1:15). The Bible also says in Ephesians 2:8-9, “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of...

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What Are You Seeing?

Friday, September  15th. What Are You Seeing? “And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless …” Genesis 15:2 From our opening scripture, we see that Abram was seeing wrongly because he was seeing himself going childless. As long as he kept seeing himself that way, God's word concerning him that he will be made the father of many nations will not come to pass. So, God had to change the inner picture of his future. If God does not change the inner picture you have of your future, the future that God has planned for...

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True Success.

Thursday, September  14th. True Success. “And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.” Colossians 4:17 True success is fulfilling your destiny. Therefore, I encourage you today to follow God's dream for your life and measure your success from the fulfillment of God's dream for your life. God told me on the 5th of April 1996, “Never measure success by outward standards but by inward fulfillment.” This made me know that success is not just measured by what you see. God judges...

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Go Into The Kosmos.

Wednesday, September 13th. Go Into The Kosmos. “And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.” Mark 16:15 The word 'world' in our opening scripture is from the Greek word 'kosmos' which means ‘orderly arrangement, decoration, the inhabitants of the earth,’ etc. This implies that God wants us to go into the orderly social arrangement of the world and impact every sphere of society with the gospel. For instance, there are seven social arrangements. They are: 1. Family. 2. Religion. 3. Education. 4. Government...

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You Were Made For A Purpose.

Tuesday, September  12th. You Were Made For A Purpose. “But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness …” Acts 26:16 It has been said that the saddest thing that could ever happen to anybody is to discover what he could have been. The guy that goes to hell remembers that he could have been born again. The man that goes to heaven remembers that he could have lived a better life. Do not be one of those who trivialize living in God's purpose. Such people forget that being...

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Function In God's Will.

Monday, September   11th. Function In God's Will. “Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.”  Hebrews 10:7 The Lord made me know that those who were leaders in the Bible and made a mark in their generation, were those who walked in God's will for their lives. Every one of them. Do a study of the scriptures for yourself, and you will find it to be so. From Abraham, to Isaac, to Jacob, etc. These men lived in God's will for their lives and became great. Therefore, if you want to be...

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Have A Written Focus.

Sunday, September  10th. Have A Written Focus. “Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:” Isaiah 30:8 Many people don't like to write, but today I want to encourage you to write down your vision in a book. Have a book where you write down the great things God has shown you, what you are expecting and what you want your life to be like. Do you know that God writes down His visions? That is what is documented in the Bible for us. The Bible begins with a revelation...

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Teach All Nations.

Saturday, September  9th. Teach All Nations. “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:” Matthew 28:19 Our opening scripture sums up God's vision. In this context, we shall define vision as God's redemptive plan and your role in it. Every Christian has a role in God's redemptive plan. One of our roles is to 'teach all nations.' The word teach in our opening scripture is from the Greek word 'matheteuo' which means ‘to make disciples, to become a pupil, to enroll...

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Live For Your Purpose.

Friday, September 8th. Live For Your Purpose. “For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome.” Jeremiah 29:11 (AMP). God has plans for you before you were born. You were born for a purpose. Find out that purpose and fulfill it. Remember that God will reward you according to what He has called you to do. So,  if you do not fulfill your purpose, how will you get your reward? For instance, let's assume I employed brother...

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Your Destiny In God.

Thursday, September 7th. Your Destiny In God. “Then I asked, 'What am I to do, Lord?' The Lord told me, 'Get up and go into Damascus, and there you will be told everything you are destined to do.'” Acts 22:10(ISV) Many live their lives based on assumptions. They assume that God has called them to do what they are doing when God has not spoken to them. For instance, Kenneth E. Hagin told a story of how he pastored successfully for twelve years, only to discover afterwards that God had not called him to pastor. So he left pastoring and again assumed...

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Vision Unlocks Potential.

Wednesday, September 6th. Vision Unlocks Potential. “And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.” Judges 6:12 Today, I want you to understand that God's vision for your life unlocks your potential. Gideon did not know his potential and value until God's vision and purpose for his life was made known to him. Judges 6:14 revealed to Gideon God's plan and purpose for his life. The Bible says, “And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel...

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See Yourself The Way God Sees You.

Tuesday, September  5th. See Yourself The Way God Sees You. “I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High. But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.” Psalm 82:6-7 Our opening scripture shows us that our limitations are based on the way we see ourselves. You rise or fall to the size of your vision. You are either limited by your vision or you are empowered by it. This is because your life is moving in the direction of your vision or what you see in your mind. God called them gods in our opening...

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