DIVINE HEALING – Wednesday April 5th 2017 Memorise: For she said within herself, if I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole. Matthew 9:21 Read: Luke 13:11-16(KJV) 11 And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself. 12 And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity. 13 And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God. 14 And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day. 15 The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering? 16 And ought not this woman, being a daughter o

Breathe Life into Your Dreams by Joyce Meyer For a dream comes with much business and painful effort . . . -Ecclesiastes 5:3 I’m sure this is why many people give up on their dreams somewhere along the way. When they find out it will take effort, be costly and uncomfortable to complete their preparation for the birth of that dream, they conclude it wasn't really God's will after all and go and do something else. I want to encourage you to go press through the hard part because if you give up, you will never be completely satisfied. Faith becomes stronger as we are required to use it. So how do we successfully make it through preparation and give birth to our God-given dreams? Here are three keys to help you get there: 1. Be Confident that God is working Whatever dream God has put in your heart, stand in faith, believing He can bring it to pass. Each day, as you pursue the promise He has given you, make it a habit to say, “God’s working!” You may not know all

RHAPSODY OF REALITIES WEDNESDAY,  DON'T SUCCUMB TO PRESSURE . For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal (2 Corinthians 4:17-18). Why should a Christian read the Scriptures, like our theme verse above and still gripe and moan about challenges? It makes no difference the pressure you face from the adversary; refuse to budge, because the greater One lives in you. Never find yourself wearing a sad look, frustrated, because of the challenges you might be facing. That’s what Satan wants; he likes to see that you’re under the pressure; but don’t give him that luxury. Christ lives in you. Therefore, when you face crises declare, “Greater is He that’s in me than all the pressures and challenges that could ever come against me!” Whatev

GOD IS MINDFUL -PSALM 115:12-18 KEY VERSE: "The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron" (Psalm 115:12). John Claypool writes, "Do you remember Anthony DeMello’s anger as he looked one day at a starving child that was shivering in the cold and lifted his eye to heaven and said, God, how could you allow such suffering? Why don’t you do something? There was a long silence and then DeMello was startled when the voice of God said to him, "I have certainly done something-I made you!" In our text today, the Lord proved to the Israelites that He had not forgotten them. He that delivered His people from great calamities and restored them to their native land after a long and painful experience in Babylon would not forsake them. Past experiences of God’s goodness to His children furnish believers with the fullest evidence that He will continue to bless His people. His words are yea

ONE DAY AT A TIME Today’s Scripture: Psalm 84:7 They go from strength to strength; Each one appears before God in Zion. A lady who desired to lead a Christian life felt she had a challenge with her attitude that was difficult to give up, and so decided to go seek counsel from her pastor. When she consulted the pastor, he said: “Have you noticed that there are always a few dead leaves clinging to the old oak trees after all the other leaves have fallen? The strong blasts of winter fail to tear them off. Spring comes, and still they cling persistently. The days are calm, bright, and balmy. Then one by one they drop off. What unseen power so quietly, but so surely severs them? The new life rising in the tree gradually causes them to drop off. And so with us, – as the new life in Christ permeates our being, we find that we can give up for Him what before was so hard to renounce.” Our attitude is built one day at a time. Nothing enduring happens suddenly. You do not suddenly b

What a Savior! By Billy Graham • April 5 Daily DevotionWhat a Savior! white cross with crown of thorns It was written long ago that the Messiah must suffer and die and rise again from the dead on the third day. —Luke 24:46 (TLB) What was the power and influence that changed the cross from an instrument of bloody torture into the most glorious and beloved of all symbols? The Romans crucified thousands of people before and after Calvary. If Jesus had not risen from the dead, no right-minded person would have glorified anything so hideous and repulsive as a cross stained with the blood of Jesus. By the miracle of His rising from the grave, Jesus placed the seal of assurance upon the forgiveness of our sins. A dead Christ could not have been our Savior. An unopened grave would never have opened heaven. By bursting the chains of the tomb, Jesus proved Himself to all ages the conqueror of sin. The sacrifice on Calvary had fulfilled its purpose; the ransom price paid for your

Kossi’s Courage Tim Gustafson 2 Kings 23:12–14, 21–25 You shall have no other gods before me. . . . You shall not bow down to them or worship them. Exodus 20:3, 5 As he awaited his baptism in Togo’s Mono River, Kossi stooped to pick up a worn wooden carving. His family had worshiped the object for generations. Now they watched as he tossed the grotesque figure into a fire prepared for the occasion. No longer would their choicest chickens be sacrificed to this god. In the West, most Christians think of idols as metaphors for what they put in place of God. In Togo, West Africa, idols represent literal gods that must be appeased with sacrifice. Idol burning and baptism make a courageous statement about a new believer’s allegiance to the one true God. As an eight-year-old, King Josiah came to power in an idol-worshiping, sex-obsessed culture.  His father and grandfather had been two of the worst kings in all of Judah’s sordid history. Then the high priest discovered t