We are living in an unfriendly and wicked world. Each day we are in need of God’s guidance and protection, and that is why it is so important to begin the day in prayer and fellowship with God. We need to seek his direction and his guidance, so that, we do not get caught up in the ways of the world and start behaving like unbelievers do. We have to seek God’s covering for whatever will come our way and trust him to see us through and at the end of the day, give him thanks and praise.

God chooses the weak things of this world to shame the strong, God chooses the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are, so that, no one may boast in His presence. I am convinced that, the more lowly, despised, weak, shameful and foolish we are, the more use God has for us and his timing is always on point. Praise the Lord!

Oh, we could run, but we cannot hide. I have always been a church-girl. I was christened, confirmed and saved in the Anglican church, but for many years before I was saved, I was still walking in my own willful way, so when God called me into his service, this was my thinking, “Why me, what could God want from me who was broken, battered and bruised?” My brothers and sisters in Christ, God did not save me first then call me into his service, he started to use me then saved me. My first assignment from God that I was truly knowledgeable about was in a dream that kept recurring night after night, to begin a prayer and healing group. I remember talking to my mother about this and I told her that I could not understand why God was asking me to begin a prayer group when I was not even saved and moreover, I could not even pray. But my mother said to me, “If God is calling you to do something, don’t you think he will equipped you? Who are you to say no? Step out in faith!” And I did, and the more I prayed the more I realized that I truly had a gift from God that I could no longer hide away or run away from, and the words of my grandmother kept ringing in my ears, “ You on a long rope, but when God ready for you he will jolt you back.” And she was correct! My brothers and sisters in Christ, I cannot tell you enough, that, “Prayer changes everything, that prayer has changed everything in my life.”  Many times when I read a prayer from my book, “Prayers for Everyday Living” I am still amazed, that, at that early period of walking with God and getting to know God intimately, those prayers were created. Every one of the prayers in that book was the result of a real life event, those were the same prayers that helped me through difficult and sometimes happy times and I am now convinced, that God’s gifts and his calls are irrevocable and that God always works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose. Thank you Lord! Use me Lord in your service! I am ready and I know you will make me able to use the gifts you have given me.

My brothers and sisters in Christ, anything that brings us to our knees in prayer and to call out to God is good for us. Lord, continue to provide situations before us that would keep us on our knees. Because, we have heard it said before, that, he who kneels in prayer could stand up to anything. Amen! It may seem like you have been crying out to God and that he has turned a deaf ear to your cries; but, know that the God you serve, neither slumbers nor sleeps, that, when you put on your pajamas at night, God puts on his running shoes, because he has to stay ahead of you and everything that you and I will face. My brothers and sisters in Christ, hold on! Because, the hotter the battle the sweeter the victory will be, but you will never taste the victory if you give up and give in, you will never see the blessing of the Lord, if you doubt him, just know that your situation may seem to have been going on for a long time, but also know that a thousand years in your sight, is like a day to our God when it’s past. Your situation did not come to stay, it came to pass! Praise the Lord!

I am sure that the majority of us would have asked God for wealth, possessions of honor, or the death of our enemies; but, Solomon asked for wisdom and God bestowed on him much more than he had asked, because Solomon wanted to please God and he asked for wisdom to govern his people. Lord, help us to ask of you gifts that will be used to bring you honor and great glory.

Come out from among them! Put away from you all evil deeds! You have been blinded by sin and the evil way for too long. My friends, Jesus is the light of the world and if you believe in Him, if you trust Him, accept His as the Light and He will be the light in your life that will never grow dim. Praise the Lord!

The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going, but, glory be to God, you were one of those people that walked in darkness and have now seen a great light. For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light. Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you!

My brothers and sisters in Christ, the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. To fear the Lord is to worship Him, adore Him and to reverence Him. When we begin to serve the Lord without fear, he opens our eyes, he leads us in the paths that we should go, He encourages us to speak His word without fear or shame, He promised that he will protect us from the hands of the enemy and from the hands of all who hate us, but, we must serve Him in faithfully and fearfully in spirit and in truth.

My brothers and sisters in Christ, if your knees are feeble this morning, trust in the Lord, believe on His word that He is able to strengthen feeble knees and let them stand. Every morning we awake, the world, the flesh and the Devil are before us, determined to cause us to lose our way, but know this morning, that, if you trust in the Lord, and believe on His word, that He will strengthen your feeble knees, so that you are able to stand. Amen!

If you claim to love God, show love to your brothers and sisters. “By this we know that Christ loved us because he laid down his life for us, and we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. Whoever has this world’s goods and sees his brother in need and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him? Let us not love in word or tongue but in deed and in truth.”