Lord is our refuge

 DAILY SHOWER May 20, 2023 Devotion and Declarations

Prayer before the Word: 

 _ O God, I thank You for yet another day. I magnify Your name because You are my God and all I have. Please, use me according to Your will and prosper me in Jesus name, Amen_ 

TODAY’S TOPIC: Lord is our refuge

Text: Psalm 91:1-10 (NIV):

"91:1. He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

91:2. I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust."

91:3. Surely he will save you from the fowler's snare and from the deadly pestilence.

91:4. He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.

91:5. You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day,

91:6. nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday.

91:7. A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you.

91:8. You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked.

91:9. If you make the Most High your dwelling--even the LORD, who is my refuge--

91:10. then no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent."

SHOWER (Reflection):

Brethren, welcome to last day of the week. God who saw us through the week will cross and see us through the next week in Jesus name, Amen. Fear not as God is our refuge. Keep committed unto His works and righteousness, God will keep shielding and provide for us abundantly. All you lost at the beginning the week, shall be recovered before the close of works today. And we shall get into the week in sound health, sound mind, opportunities and ideas that we will use to rule our world in Jesus name, Amen.

PRAYER/DECLARATIONS

1. By the power in the name of Jesus Christ, this week shall not end us but we shall cross over with celebrations in Jesus name... Amen.

2. By the power in the blood of Jesus Christ, any man or woman searching for fruits of the womb must receive it today in Jesus name...Amen.

3. O God arise, promote me beyond my expectations and expectations of people around me in Jesus name, Amen.

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Arise and Shine

 DAILY SHOWER May 19, 2023 Devotion and Declarations

Prayer before the Word: 

 _ O God, I thank You for yet another day. I magnify Your name because You are my God and all I have. Please, use me according to Your will and prosper me in Jesus name, Amen_ 

TODAY’S TOPIC: Arise and Shine 

Text: Isaiah 60:1-10 (NIV):

"60:1. "Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.

60:2. See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the LORD rises upon you and his glory appears over you.

60:3. Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.

60:4. "Lift up your eyes and look about you: All assemble and come to you; your sons come from afar, and your daughters are carried on the arm.

60:5. Then you will look and be radiant, your heart will throb and swell with joy; the wealth on the seas will be brought to you, to you the riches of the nations will come.

60:6. Herds of camels will cover your land, young camels of Midian and Ephah. And all from Sheba will come, bearing gold and incense and proclaiming the praise of the LORD.

60:7. All Kedar's flocks will be gathered to you, the rams of Nebaioth will serve you; they will be accepted as offerings on my altar, and I will adorn my glorious temple.

60:8. "Who are these that fly along like clouds, like doves to their nests?

60:9. Surely the islands look to me; in the lead are the ships of Tarshish, bringing your sons from afar, with their silver and gold, to the honor of the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he has endowed you with splendor.

60:10. "Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. Though in anger I struck you, in favor I will show you compassion."

SHOWER (Reflection):

As this week draws to end, God will raise you to shine. All that you have lost in the past will be recovered before Monday, in Jesus name, Amen. People will know that you are child of God. Your enemies will wake up to honour you, foreigners and strangers will discover you worth and come to honour you. God Almighty will not abandon you in Jesus name, Amen. Go out and return in praises, in Jesus name, Amen.

PRAYER/DECLARATIONS

1. By the power in the name of Jesus Christ, I will find, recover and prosper in the name of Jesus... Amen.

2. O you spirit of failure knocking at my heart or door, you are wicked. By the power in the blood of Jesus Christ, fall down and die, in Jesus name...Amen.

3. The works of my hands, you must be blessed beyond measure whether the enemies like it or not, in Jesus name, Amen.

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Overcoming the world

 DAILY SHOWER May 18, 2023 Devotion and Declarations

Prayer before the Word: 

 _ O God, I thank You for yet another day. I magnify Your name because You are my God and all I have. Please, use me according to Your will and prosper me in Jesus name, Amen_ 

TODAY’S TOPIC: 

Text: John 16:23-33 (NIV):

"16:23. In that day you will no longer ask me anything. I tell you the truth, my Father will give you whatever you ask in my name.

16:24. Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete.

16:25. "Though I have been speaking figuratively, a time is coming when I will no longer use this kind of language but will tell you plainly about my Father.

16:26. In that day you will ask in my name. I am not saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf.

16:27. No, the Father himself loves you because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.

16:28. I came from the Father and entered the world; now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father."

16:29. Then Jesus' disciples said, "Now you are speaking clearly and without figures of speech.

16:30. Now we can see that you know all things and that you do not even need to have anyone ask you questions. This makes us believe that you came from God."

16:31. "You believe at last!" Jesus answered.

16:32. "But a time is coming, and has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home. You will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me.

16:33. "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."

SHOWER (Reflection):

Indeed, Christ Jesus has overcome the world through His death on the cross to set us free. In overcoming the world, the death was defeated so that we may also defeat same. Bible says that God gave us power to march on scorpions and snakes, assuring that nothing will happen to us. When one believes in this, there won't be difficulty in thrashing out issues of lives. You dared not worry about food or sickness troubling you because He holds the key to all and will determine usage of all things accordingly. Trust Him and see yourself rising above sicknesses, pains, agony, poverty and deaths in Jesus name, Amen.

PRAYER/DECLARATIONS

1. O God arise and reposition me to that exalted position You destined for me, in Jesus name... Amen.

2. By the power in the blood of Jesus Christ, I shall not die for others to enjoy the fruits of my labour, but God has blessed the works of my hands in Jesus name...Amen.

3. My father, my father, my father, force my evil foundation power to park out of my house, in  Jesus name... Amen.

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How much love do you have?

 DAILY SHOWER May 17, 2023 Devotion and Declarations

Prayer before the Word: 

 _ O God, I thank You for yet another day. I magnify Your name because You are my God and all I have. Please, use me according to Your will and prosper me in Jesus name, Amen_ 

TODAY’S TOPIC: How much love do you have?

Text: Colossians 2 :1-10 (NIV):

"2:1. I want you to know how much I am struggling for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not met me personally.

2:2. My purpose is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ,

2:3. in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

2:4. I tell you this so that no one may deceive you by fine-sounding arguments.

2:5. For though I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit and delight to see how orderly you are and how firm your faith in Christ is.

2:6. So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him,

2:7. rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

2:8. See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ.

2:9. For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form,

2:10. and you have been given fullness in Christ, who is the head over every power and authority."

SHOWER (Reflection):

Apostle Paul wrote to assure his colleagues how much he loved them, how much he cared about them and wished them to sustain the gospel and tempo of good work. How many times did you devote time in reaching out to other brethren? How many times do you pray for others? Or are you among those who complain, criticize only or revolt against other brethren? Let this letter guide us on good relationship with others, good apostleship of Jesus Christ, good lover and prince of Christ. 

PRAYER/DECLARATIONS

1. O God my father, I am sorry for going opposition to Your word. I surrender to You today that You may abide in me and me in You, to receive power to preach the gospel for all times  in Jesus name... Amen.

2. O God arise, kill the spirit of division and envy that is affecting the works of Your kingdom on earth, in Jesus name...Amen.

3. By the power in the blood of Jesus Christ, my enemy must submit and be buried, while I march on to celebration this week, in Jesus Christ... Amen.

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Uplift one another with prayers and friendship

 DAILY SHOWER May 16, 2023 Devotion and Declarations

Prayer before the Word: 

 _ O God, I thank You for yet another day. I magnify Your name because You are my God and all I have. Please, use me according to Your will and prosper me in Jesus name, Amen_ 

TODAY’S TOPIC: Uplift one another with prayers and friendship  

Text: James 5:11-20 (NIV):

"5:11. As you know, we consider blessed those who have persevered. You have heard of Job's perseverance and have seen what the Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

5:12. Above all, my brothers, do not swear--not by heaven or by earth or by anything else. Let your "Yes" be yes, and your "No," no, or you will be condemned.

5:13. Is any one of you in trouble? He should pray. Is anyone happy? Let him sing songs of praise.

5:14. Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.

5:15. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.

5:16. Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.

5:17. Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.

5:18. Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops.

5:19. My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back,

5:20. remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save him from death and cover over a multitude of sins."

SHOWER (Reflection):

Do not think you are free since things seemed to be moving for you. You need to assist others around you and within to live up to their expectations and worship God well. Today's teaching is talking about importance of prayers, togetherness, preaching, giving and above all, honesty. Let your yes always be your yes, and your no, always no. Do not conform to the world for anything. 

PRAYER/DECLARATIONS

1. My father, my father, show me Your mercy and grace for the world to know that You are still God of yesterday, today and forever, in Jesus name... Amen.

2. As I walk out of my house to work today, I shall encounter my destiny helpers and  return with good news in Jesus name...Amen.

3. By the power in the blood of Jesus Christ, I level every mountain of unproductiveness in my family, in the name of Jesus Christ... Amen.

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God is our greatest provider

 DAILY SHOWER May 15, 2023 Devotion and Declarations

Prayer before the Word: 

 _ O God, I thank You for yet another day. I magnify Your name because You are my God and all I have. Please, use me according to Your will and prosper me in Jesus name, Amen_ 

TODAY’S TOPIC: God is our greatest provider 

Text: Matthew 6:25-34 (NIV):

"6:25. Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes?

6:26. Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?

6:27. Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

6:28. "And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin.

6:29. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.

6:30. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

6:31. So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'

6:32. For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.

6:33. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

6:34. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."

SHOWER (Reflection):

God is the greatest provider. When you diligently seek Him, serve Him and depend on Him, He will amaze you with provisions. This particular passage we are reading today is one of the greatest message we all should study, meditate and abide by always. As children of God, who admitted that we were created in His own image, there is nothing to worry about life. Animals of all kinds are been provided for daily. So also He provides to us. Do you think your working hard or hardworking matters most in your income? It is God who makes it work. A young researcher told a testimony of how he spent five days in a trip to Lagos for a research. He said that while returning to his base in Awka, he got information from his supposed respondents to also come to Abuja in four days time. He accepted their requests to come but there was no money because he was the person sponsoring the trip and research. He trusted God and moved on to offer thanksgiving for a successful journey in his church same day. According to him, before the day closed, he got two small  contracts online that have him ₦15,000. More came the following day and he had enough to travel with. That's what this passage we read today is trying to explain to us. It is not saying that you shouldn't work. No! It is telling us to trust in God always and never use excuse to run away from God's work as He will always bless you when you need Him most. Worry not but trust in God!!! 

PRAYER/DECLARATIONS

1. Anything in me, around me or within me trying to deprive me of God's favour, perish now in the name of Jesus... Amen.

2. O you wicked foundation that swore over your dead body to see me rise above the standard you set for my parents, I overpower you today, die and burn to ashes in the name of Jesus Christ...Amen.

3. By the power in the blood of Jesus Christ, this week shall be my week of promotions and testimonies, in the name of Jesus Christ... Amen.

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Succeeding without the success

 DAILY SHOWER May 14, 2023 Devotion and Declarations

Prayer before the Word: 

 _ O God, I thank You for yet another day. I magnify Your name because You are my God and all I have. Please, use me according to Your will and prosper me in Jesus name, Amen_ 

TODAY’S TOPIC: Succeeding without the success 

Text: Deuteronomy 34:1-7 (NIV):

34:1. Then Moses climbed Mount Nebo from the plains of Moab to the top of Pisgah, across from Jericho. There the LORD showed him the whole land--from Gilead to Dan,

34:2. all of Naphtali, the territory of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the western sea,

34:3. the Negev and the whole region from the Valley of Jericho, the City of Palms, as far as Zoar.

34:4.. Then the LORD said to him, "This is the land I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob when I said, 'I will give it to your descendants.' I have let you see it with your eyes, but you will not cross over into it."

34:5. And Moses the servant of the LORD died there in Moab, as the LORD had said.

34:6. He buried him in Moab, in the valley opposite Beth Peor, but to this day no one knows where his grave is.

34:7. Noses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak nor his strength gone.

SHOWER (Reflection):

There is need for you to pray and work against any spirit of near success syndrome or achieving success you cannot join in celebrating. It is just dying a day one is to collect an award or certificate or collecting appointment letter and salary only to die before reaching home. Moses like we all know, was used by God to librate the Israelites from the hands of Pharaoh and Egyptians. Unfortunately, God told him and Aaron that they won't enter the promised land. This was due to how they displayed act of unfaithfulness in the book of Numbers 20:23-29. He was instructed by God to speak to the rock and it will gush out water. But he went and hit the rock two times. This kind disobedience has caused many lives. You know the worst is that it makes them to labour for others to eat. May God not allow us to see same situation in Jesus name, Amen. The only way is to pay attentiveness to God's words and follow it diligently without fear or favour. 

PRAYER/DECLARATIONS

1. O God my father, humble my ears and eyes to be attentive and diligently follow Your word without mistake in Jesus name, Amen.

2. The anointing that cannot be insulted , fall upon my life today so that my story can change, in Jesus name, Amen.

3. By the power in the blood of Jesus Christ, I am stepping into a new home, favour and job this week in Jesus name, Amen.

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