SEED OF DESTINY DEVOTIONAL
Saturday, 3 September 2016
TOPIC: ARMED WITH THE WORD OF GOD
SCRIPTURE: Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. – James 4:7
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Do not wait for problems to arise before looking for the Word of God.
I once heard a story of what a soldier did during the Nigeria Civil War. In the course of the battle, the enemy threw a hand grenade into the camp of soldiers where this particular soldier was. Instead of allowing the grenade to land, explode and kill everyone, he caught it and threw it back at the enemies. The bomb exploded midway and blasted his hand, but everybody in his camp was saved. What a heart!
God’s Word is a Shield that returns arrows to the sender. Just as the soldier threw the grenade back to the enemy, you can load yourself with Word ammunitions in the form of general purpose machine gun bullets and rocket propelled grenades, so that when the devil throws anything at you, you can throw back ten or more Word bullets at him.
Beloved, do not wait for problems to arise before looking for the Word of God. Instead, be loaded with God’s Word ready to explode against the onslaught of the devil. Be armed with God’s Word all the time.
Remember this: Do not wait for problems to arise before looking for the Word of God.
ASSIGNMENT(S):
1. Do not allow a day to pass without studying the Word of God.
2. Always meditate on the Word of God.
3. Endeavour to listen to messages preached by anointed men of God.
PRAYER: O LORD, equip me with Your Word. Open my eyes to see wondrous things out of Your Word, LORD, in Jesus’ Name.
FOR FURTHER UNDERSTANDING, GET THIS MESSAGE: SECRET OF EFFECTIVE AND IMPACTFUL PRAYER – PT 1
QUOTE: If you are not awake spiritually and mentally, you give room to the devil to plant his seed. Culled from 15 KINGDOM STRATEGIES FOR SURVIVAL by Dr Paul Enenche.
AMAZING FACT: An adult is made up of around 7,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (7 octillion) atoms.
TODAY IN HISTORY – 03/09/1895: The first professional football game was played in Latrobe, PA. (U.S.A). The Latrobe YMCA defeated the Jeannette Athletic Club 12-0.
DAILY READING: Ecclesiastes 4:1 to 6:12, 2 Corinthians 6:14 to 7:7, Psalms 47:1 to 9, Proverbs 22:16.
