FROM SERVANTHOOD TO SONSHIP (PART II)

            FROM SERVANTHOOD TO SONSHIP (PART II)

THE ABILITY TO MAINTAIN AND ENJOY FULL SONSHIP RIGHTS

Text: Acts 1:8
8 But you shall receive power (ability, efficiency, and might) when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria and to the ends (the very bounds) of the earth. (AMP)

Memory Verse: Romans 8:16
 The Spirit Himself [thus] testifies together with our own spirit, [assuring us] that we are children of God.(AMP)

Beloved, once you accept Jesus into your life, you are divinely elevated from being a servant to sin to a joint-heir with Christ Jesus.
Now, even as a child of God, you need to perform certain responsibilities to be able maintain your sonship right and even become your father’s favorite.

One problem many people face is the inability to maintain their sonship less to talk of becoming their father’s favorite.
The devil is a tireless worker. Even when you are saved by God from his kingdom, he (devil) works tirelessly just to win you back to his kingdom.

Therefore we need to be conscious of the fact that being saved from the kingdom of darkness does not mean the devil will just sit down and fold his arms and watch you.

The Bible makes it clear in 1 Peter 5:8

 Be well balanced (temperate, sober of mind), be vigilant and cautious at all times; for that enemy of yours, the devil, roams around like a lion roaring [in fierce hunger], seeking someone to seize upon and devour.

Now the ability to maintain and enjoy your sonship comes from God through the indwelling of the HOLY SPIRIT.
A child of God without the indwelling of the holy spirit is as powerless as a toothless dog. That's why Jesus told his disciples  they will receive power when the holy ghost is come upon them.

Acts 1:8a “But you shall receive power (ability, efficiency, and might) when the Holy Spirit has come upon you”

I believe in prayer but without the indwelling of the holy spirit, you will get fed up whilst praying.
When the holy spirit comes, living the Christian life becomes easy because he (holy spirit) empowers, teaches and directs you in your walk with God.

Beloved the holy spirit is a MUST HAVE for everybody who wants to remain a child of God.

PRAYER
Dear Lord, I realize the need for the indwelling of the holy spirit in my life. Spirit divine I thirst and long for you today. Come dwell in me, satisfy my hunger and quench my thirst so that I might live for you and enjoy all the benefits that comes with serving you. Thank you Lord for answered prayer in Jesus Name.
Amen.

QUOTE OF THE DAY.
The Holy Spirit is the grease to the Christian life. He makes,life run smoothly without stress.#g.impact quotes.

SHALOM!!!

Source: G.impact devotional
                                              THE IMPACT VESSEL

FROM SERVANTHOOD TO SONSHIP

FROM SERVANTHOOOD TO SONSHIP (PART I)
Text:  Romans 8: 14-17
“For as many as are led by the spirit of God, they are the sons of God. 15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage to fear, but ye have received the spirit of adoption whereby we, ‘Abba, Father’. 16 the spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God. 17 and if children, then heirs, heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together”

Everybody who accepts Christ as his lord and personal savior is called, cleansed and elevated by God from servanthood to sonship.
As Christians, we have been called by God to be joint-heirs with Christ Jesus to enjoy full sonship rights.
 Most Christians today remain in the servanthood stage till they die. They do not really enjoy the full benefits of being sons or joint-heirs in the kingdom of God.
Once you confess and accept Christ, your level is changed, you no longer exist in the kingdom of darkness but rather the kingdom of God (righteousness). Your godly nature is restored once you accept Christ to be the Lord of your life. Your right to have dominion is restore back to you. Though you still exist in the flesh, you become a new creature.
Every Christian is supposed to have dominion over everything as heirs in the kingdom of God. Christians are supposed to live a life of authority over darkness to draw men to Christ.
Christianity, we should know is not a religion of modest living, but a way of life. Christians are supposed to have full access to all the benefits of a heir in the kingdom of God – thus they are supposed to enjoy the full riches in Christ Jesus. They are not supposed to live a beggarly life but rather a life worth envying by the unbelievers.
The child of God is to be the head everywhere he finds himself, live in good health, a lender and above all exercise full authority over all forces of darkness.
The essence of accepting Christ Jesus is not just living a lowly life and expecting to be in heaven one day. I strongly believe that if going to heaven alone is the reason of salvation, then God would have been killing us just minutes after salvation.
You are a son, a prince and a joint-heir in the kingdom of God so stop living like a servant. Exercise your God-given authority today and see the hand of God at work in your life.
SHALOM!!!

FOOD FOR THOUGHT
The price paid on the cross by Christ for you is too expensive to live a cheap beggarly life.

Source: G. impact devotional
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AFRAID OF MYSELF?

AFRAID OF MYSELF?

Yes, you are afraid of yourself.
The real self is the person within not the person without. The real self is who you were created to be. The real self is the dream and vision that you keep having always even though you try to avoid them.
 Most of us are fail to become who we were created by God to be because of:
  Unbelief
Many of us don’t believe we are qualified to do what we were created for. We look at our body sizes, shape, height and condemn ourselves.
We don’t believe God can help us to accomplish what he has created us for. We rather believe people’s comments about us. We believe people when they say “that dream is too big for a boy or girl like you to achieve, your parents are too poor to help you achieve your dreams or you are useless”.
We look at our present conditions to determine our future.
Whenever you chose to believe people’s comments rather than God, you prevent him from working in your life.
It takes faith to keep God active in your life for the accomplishment of purpose.
It took faith in God on the part of Abraham to become the father of nations.
It took faith in God for Moses to be able to lead the Israelites out of Egypt.
Whatever you are created for needs God to come to come to accomplishment. Take a break from believing people’s comments about you and start believing God.
You are too great to fail.

  Fear
Fear of failure is another great factor that prevents us from becoming who were created to become.
Because people who missed purpose, because people who left God out of their lives failed, we also fear we will fail in our mission.
We fear people might kill us if we try to rise higher above them.
Fear is the path to death and fear of failure is the beginning of rottenness.
Fear prevents you from reaching your God destined height in life.
Fear of failure lets you become stagnant even though you were not created to be stagnant.
Due to fear, you refused to be interviewed for the position of the Managing Director of your company, you refused to travel overseas, you refuse to pursue higher education, you refuse to bring out the invention inside you.

The Bible makes it clear in Romans 8:37 “Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us”.
You are more than a conqueror once you have Christ in your life, so no need to fear man or failure.
Challenges will come but just like the eagle, you will use them to soar effortlessly even higher.
Kick fear out of your life today!!!

QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous. Actually, who are you not to be? Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people the permission to do same”.

#G. Impact devotional
THE IMPACT VESSEL

AFRAID OF MYSELF

AFRAID OF MYSELF
Text: Genesis 1: 26-27
And God said, let us make man in our image, after our likeness and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him, male and female created he them. (KJV)
It is so sad that many of us today especially in the church are doing nothing or very little of what we have been created by God to do. Most of us fail to do what we’ve been created by God to do because we feel inadequate.
Let’s take a closer look at the meaning of some key words.
  Man (‘âdâm’) – human being.
  Image (tselem) – resemblance
  Likeness (demûth) -  resemblance
  Dominion (râdâh) – to prevail against, to reign, to rule
  Created (bârâ’) – to make

Man is an intricate product of God’s creation. God in his wisdom has deposited so much into man. After creating man, God breathed his own breath into him (thus his life) and gave him the authority to be the head of all of God’s creation.
God also deposited into man, the creative ability – the ability to create the rest of the things that can make life comfortable to him or her.

“And God said, let us make man in our image, after our likeness”. This statement changed my way of thinking. The Bible didn’t categorically state the skin colour of God but what it made clear was that man was created in the image of God. This means the both the black and the white man are all carrying the image of God.
There is a saying “ as a man thinketh so is he”. This statement is very true.
I discovered that our physical appearance is not really the image of God. God is the creator of everything, so if we are created in the image of God, then it means God has deposited into the creative ability to make life comfortable for us.
None of us existing on planet earth is empty or useless. Even the uneducated person has something to offer to the world.
Basically, we are created to give life to the planet earth. This means we all have something deposited within us that is very important to make life comfortable to the inhabitants of the earth. You were born to make an impact on the generations to come – thus to leave an indelible footprint on the shores of the earth for which generations will look at and thank God that you once existed.
Today, we are all grateful to God that a man such as Thomas Edison once existed. Thomas Edisson the inventor light bulb will never be forgotten because he despised all odds and made a positive impact on all generations.
Beloved, you are not an empty tin or vessel on earth. God never made any useless thing. Everything God created has something great to offer, even the weeds and flowers.
Many of us don’t do what we are created to do because we feel we are not qualified. The good news about God is that he doesn’t take into consideration the circumstances surrounding your birth. Whether you were born outside wedlock, beside wedlock, in wedlock or even behind wedlock. You still have something to offer the world.
Nobody on planet Earth has the same thing you have to offer the world. It might look the same but it is different. The sun and the moon were created to give lights but at different points in time.
Your parents don’t determine what you were created to be. The bible says in Jeremiah 1:5 “ before I formed thee in the belly, I knew thee and before thou camest out of the womb, I sanctified thee, I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations”.
God knew what we should become before we were conceived by our parents. He already finished us before our parents even met. God never starts anything before he finishes it.

I used “ should become” because only very few us would actually become what we were designed for.

SHALOM
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