COMMISSIONED BY THE HOLY GHOST – Sunday February 7th 2016

COMMISSIONED BY THE HOLY GHOST
Memorise: As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said,
separated me, Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. Acts 13:2
Read: Acts 13:1-4, 13 Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
2 As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
3 And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
4 So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.

Bible in one year: Mark 3:13-5:20, Job 17:6-18:4
MESSAGE!!!
Fasting is a biblical practice whose interpretation in the Old Testament was slightly different from


what it was in the New Testament. In the Old Testament, in addition to being a means of prayer and supplication, fasting is also synonymous with mourning, shame and lamentation. The practice typically took place when a crisis or other significant event became more important than eating. However, the New Testament presents fasting purely as a means of prayer and supplication of mourning, shame or lamentation. As a matter of fact, Jesus taught us to fast without giving neighbours any clues, which means we should look clean and happy as always while fasting.
“Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; that thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.”
Matthew 6:16-18
The above passage forms the basis and model for fasting in the New Testament Church. Fasting is therefore a means of seeking the face of the Lord for divine intervention in human affairs. It is such a powerful weapon of spiritual warfare that Jesus His disciples that some level of miracles may not be possible without adding fasting to our prayers. That is probably the reason why the apostles of Jesus Christ took fasting and prayer seriously after the physical departure of our Lord Jesus Christ. Right from Chapter one of the book of Acts, fasting began to feature in the activities of the disciples, and each time, God responded with great miracles, signs and wonders.

Fasting was especially used by the apostles whenever they wanted God to commission them or needed special instruction or direction. Obviously, the apostles of old and the church at Antioch spent quality time in worship, fasting and prayer, earnestly seeking the Lord’s will as they opened themselves to divine direction. Their effort was honoured by God through the power of the Holy Ghost as they received answers to their request by physical manifestation of the power of God in their midst. The apostles would not have been able to do much without the commissioning power of the Spirit of God.
Prayer Point
Sweet Holy Spirit, please don’t let me do anything without your

direction and commission in the name of Jesus.

THE HERITAGE OF THE LORD (teens) – Sunday 7th February 2016

 HERITAGE OF THE LORD (teens)
Memorise: Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him.
Psalm 127:3
Please Read: Psalm 127:3-5, 3 Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.
5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

REVIVIAL BY THE WORD OF GOD II – Saturday February 6th 2016

REVIVIAL BY THE WORD OF GOD II
Memorise: Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke,
exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. 2nd Timothy 4:2
Read: 2nd Timothy 4:1-2, 4 I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;
2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine.

YOUR HORN SHALL BE EXALTED (teens) – Saturday 6th February 2016

OUR HORN SHALL BE EXALTED (teens)
Memorise: Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
Psalm 103:1
Please Read: 1st Samuel 2:1-2, 2 And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the Lord, mine horn is exalted in the Lord: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.
2 There is none holy as the Lord: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.


Bible in one year: Jeremiah 31:31-32:44; Acts 21:17-36
MESSAGE!!!
‘Horn’ in the Bible is used for three things. 1) To describe a growth on the head of animals. 2) A musical instrument. 3) A container for anointing oil. It is also a symbol of power, help, victory or glory. To lift up the horn shows you are winning but a broken horn shows you have lost. This is why Hannah could say her


‘horn is exalted in the Lord’

Psalm 75:6-7 “No one from the east or the west or from the desert can exalt themselves. It is God who judges: He brings one down, he exalts another.” The Bible has examples of people that have enjoyed this such as: Abraham, Joseph, Hannah, Moses, Joshua, David and Solomon.

The same God that did this is still alive today; He doesn’t change. He is the same yesterday, today and forever. Today, He will visit you with His love, mercy and favour.
Action Point
Learn humility. Humility leads to exaltation.

REVIVAL BY THE WORLD OF GOD I- Friday February 5th 2016

REVIVAL BY THE WORD OF GOD I
Memorise: For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any
two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of  the thoughts and intents of the heart. Hebrews 4:12
Read: Nehemiah 8:1-10, 8 And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded to Israel.
2 And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.
3 And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.
4 And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
5 And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up:
6 And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped theLord with their faces to the ground.
7 Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place.
8 So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.
9 And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the Lord your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
10 Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the Lord is your strength.


Bible in one year: Matthew 26:68-28:20, Job 16:1-17
MESSAGE!!!
To have a full understanding of the term “revival by the Word of God”, we need to carefully


consider the various interpretations of the Word of God in the view of the Old Testament and the New Testament. In the Old Testament, the Word of God implied both a word about God and a word from God. In effect, the word of God refers to what God says, and at the same time describes God, His essence and attributes. The New Testament on the other hand, presents the Word of God as a person, the second person of the Trinity. Jesus Christ our Lord, who was with the Father from the beginning of creation. The New Testament presents the Word of God as follows:
“For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the prominence.”
Colossians 1:16-18
The special ability of the Word of God to revive is based principally on the fact that He is the source of all things in heaven and earth. Since all things were created by Him, the power to revive is embedded in His creative power. God spoke all things into being by the power of His Word. Since the power to create is greater than the power of His Word. Since the power to create is greater than the power to repair, it is well within the power of the Word to repair and revive a corrupted creature at will.
To this end the Bible says the Word of God is living and active, He has the power to quicken and animate anything He chooses. The Word is able to examine and judge those who hear Him; He does not fail, but always accomplishes the set purpose. The Word of God is in fact a weapon of warfare that is able to penetrate and deal with material objects such as joints and marrow, and even the immaterial word such as the soul and spirit.
The passage further confirms that there is no hiding place for any creature before the Word as all things are made bare and completely exposed before Him. Furthermore, the thought and intents of the heart of men are correctly discerned and decoded by the Word of God.
Dearly beloved, I admonish you to stop playing games with God. Ask God for forgiveness, renewal, revival and re-dedication today. He will answer your prayers beyond your wildest dreams. He will revive you by the power of His Word and give you a new beginning of joy, peace, and prosperity. You will also reign with Him in heaven in Jesus’ name.
Prayer Point

Father, please revive me by the power in your Word in the mighty Name of Jesus.

UNPRECEDENTED EVENT (teens) – Friday 5th February 2016

UNPRECEDENTED EVENT (teens)
Memorise: He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet, be still” Then
the wind died down and it was completely calm. Mark 4:39
Please Read: Genesis 21:5-7, 5 And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.
6 And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.
7 And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age.


Bible in one year: Jeremiah 30:1-31:30; Acts 20:36-21:16
MESSAGE!!!
An unprecedented event is something that has never happened before. E.g. Noah and


the flood (Genesis 7), rescuing the Israelites from the Red Sea (Exodus 14), the sun standing still over Gibeon and the moon staying in the valley of Ajalon (Joshua 10:12-13), the virgin birth of Jesus, raising of Lazarus from the dead (John 11) and the resurrection of Jesus (Mark 16:9-10). These events are miraculous.

In the Bible, people that experiences great miracles are history makers. They usually do something wonderful first, then God rewards with a miracle. E.g. What Abraham did in Genesis 22 caught God’s attention and he was given a special blessing in verse 16. if you want to receive this, you too must be prepared to be the best in loving God, worshipping Him, trusting Him, having faith in His word and pleasing God in all you do.
Prayer Point

Father, please give me the grace to do something great that will call for an unprecedented blessing in my life in Jesus name.

REVIVAL THROUGH PRAYER – Thursday February 4th 2016

REVIVAL THROUGH PRAYER 

Memorise: After two days will be revive us: in the third day he will raise us up,

and we shall live in his sight. Hosea 6:2

Read: Hosea 6:1-6, 6 Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

² After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.

³ Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.

⁴ O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.

REVIVAL THROUGH RETREAT – Wednesday February 3rd 2016

REVIVAL THROUGH RETREAT 

Memorise: Wilt thou not receive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?

Psalm 85:6

Read: 1^st Kings 19:4-8,

 ⁴ But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.

⁵ And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.

INTIMIDATED? – Tuesday February 2nd 2016

INTIMIDATED? 

Memory Verse: Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring

lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour 1^st Peter 5:8

Read: 1^st Kings 19:1-4, 19 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.

² Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.

³ And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.

LOOKING UNTO JESUS II – Monday February 1st 2016

LOOKING UNTO JESUS II 

Memorise: Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; Hebrews 12:2b

Read: Hebrews 12:1-2, 12 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

² Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.