TODAY’S DEVOTION (WEDNESDAY 11TH DECEMBER 2024)
“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters.
He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake.” Psalms 23:1-3 NKJV
WELCOME TO THE 346TH DAY OF OUR YEAR OF IMPACT.
Glory be to God for always guiding us in perfect parts. We give Him the glory for another day. This is the day the LORD has made, we shall rejoice and be glad in it.
Let me begin with an update. It is obvious that yesterday’s devotional was incomplete. That was not deliberate, but accidental. The accident was caused by issues I have been having with my Facebook account for three days now.
Sometimes back, to prevent hackers from gaining access to my account, due to their many threats, I registered for an advance protection system and also activated the two-way Facebook account verification mode, which requires an authentication app. Sadly, I did not set up the app after that, but the verification mode went active.
I have never had the reason to use the verification app since the day the verification mode went active, because getting into my account had always been through the saved details in my devices. Then few days back a reason to use the app emerged.
You see, my Facebook account is accessed through multiple ministry devices, for streaming purposes and other reasons. So, due to the eight to nine devices that opens my Facebook account, I was logged out for security reasons, and requested to use the authentication app to log back in.
Sadly, since I did not set it up when the two-way factor verification mode was activated, I can’t generate a code with the authentication app to access my account. That has been the problem.
Presently, I am using the limited access I have through one of my devices to communicate.
This morning, I resolved to make someone the manager of my account, until the issue is resolved, which I do not know how to, so that you will always be getting the devotionals. I did it through a difficult process.
I am also planning to employ a professional social media manager to be in-charge of all ministry social media outreach.
Really sorry for any inconvenience.
TODAY GOD HAS A WORD FOR US, I BELIEVE WE ARE ALL READY FOR IT!
Our Just concluded school of Bible prophecy ignited our hearts and passions so much that we can align with the brethren in the cloud of many witnesses, who lived their days looking for that city which has foundation, whose maker and builder is God, to do the same. The Bible says;
“By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise;
for he waited for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.” Hebrews 11:9-10 NKJV
A School of Bible Prophecy that is apostolic, will help believers achieve what we just read in this scripture. It will help believers make their reason for following the LORD eternal, if they have not done so.
Sadly, so many in Church today do not have that city as their reason for following the LORD. All reason for following the LORD seems to be earthly. The religious darkness in hearts has hindered so much.
The Bible teaches that God is light, that in Him is no darkness at all. That leaves one wondering why we will say we are Christians, and still be walking in such prophetic and spiritual darkness, that prevents us from making the eternal our reason for following the LORD. It means maybe we are not walking with the true God, thereby helping the kingdom of darkness to be hindering something in our lives.
The kingdom of darkness is headed by the evil one, Satan. He is also known as the prince of darkness; or the first ruler in the realm of darkness. He will never have power over us, until we walk in darkness. It is therefore important that we shed some Bible light on darkness.
To start with, understand that in the natural realm, darkness is light out, but in the spiritual realm, darkness is God out. If God is out of anywhere, everything devilish will be in. If you claim to be serving GOD but living in darkness, you are not serving the true GOD.
The worse way to live on earth is to live your earthly live from the spiritual realm of darkness. When you live that way, you may have the best and constant electricity power available to mankind, but you are still be living in darkness.
FOR INSTANCE, AFRICA IS CALLED THE BLACK CONTINENT BECAUSE OF ITS LACK OF ELECTRIC POWER.
But in the spiritual realm, continents that host the western nations and many other nations with perfect electrical power, are the black continents.
When you live in darkness, you will promote the LGBT course. When you live in darkness, you will be woke, immoral, ungodly, hateful, jealous, vengeful, bitter, unforgiving, greedy, and etc.
God did not create us to live in darkness. He created us to live in light, to live in Him. Living in light is living in God. It is living in holiness, righteousness, purity, self-control, peace, joy in the Holy Ghost, walking in the love of the LORD, walking in His ways, and living your days according to His blessed will.
Live is better when we live in Light, and terrible when we live in darkness. 2025 is not a year to live in darkness. We have seen the future, so much will happen and even get worse. But those who live in light will just be watching the events like a movie.
People who have been walking in darkness will be consumed by the creatures that live in spiritual darkness. The Bible calls the creatures destruction. The look like snakes, roaring lions, and etc. in the dream world, and in visionary states.
You must make up your mind not to walk in darkness in the coming year, else you might not make it through the year happily because of the spiritual creatures that will be interfering with your life.
You must make up your mind not to live in hate, bitterness, sexual immorality, deception, craftiness, lies, unforgiveness, rage or anger out of control.
If you don’t, the evil one will be swaying you terribly and sending the creatures into your life to destroy your joy, economy, marriage and etc.
2025 will not be an ordinary year. You must decide not to live your days any longer in the ignorance of God, a Christianity influenced by the demon of religion, and all that does not manifest or come from the true God.
You must walk away from Churches that lead people to take the dark version of the holy communion that the Bible teaches as the communion of devils, the unholy holy communion taken in the communion services of many churches today.
You must be careful of oil using, sand using, clothes and padlocks in prayer using churches and people in 2025.
2025 WILL BE A YEAR OF VICTORY ONLY FOR THOSE WHO WILL WALK IN LIGHT.
For those who are walking in darkness, be it prophetic darkness, moral darkness, religious darkness, or any kind of darkness, it will be a year of judgment and retribution. The creatures in the darkness they have been walking or living in will begin to eat them up.
The Bible says whoever will not bring the doctrine of Christ to us, we should not even greet, or allow them into our lives. That is the standard to bear in 2025. We must all be careful of these things, because the year will be different.
It is a year of appointed times. I will share more about that during the cross over night coming up in 20 days.
Child of God, I perceive that so many who are under dark religion, and who worship under preachers who use deliverance inventions to minister to people, will not go through 2025 successfully. A lot will be eaten by the demon of deliverance, because it will be their appointed time.
There are also those who worship in true Churches but are living deceitful and hypocritical lives. They will be consumed by the creatures living in their deceit and hypocrisy. 2025 will be the time for the creatures in the darkness people have been walking in to eat them up.
Now, living in darkness is very bad, but dying in darkness is the worst.
When I look at people who have not made peace with Christ, precious lives pursuing man-made religion and ascribing deity to mortal men, carved idols and certain religious leaders, it breaks my heart.
When I watch them do terrible atrocities and abominations in the name of a loving and Holy God, I wonder what humanity has turned into.
Indeed, it’s terrible to live in darkness, but more terrible to die in darkness, because your soul will be banished forever in hell. Do not die in any darkness, even if it is the darkness of religion.
If you die in the darkness of religion, you will be sorry in the next life. If you die in the darkness of deception – especially spiritual deception – you will wake up in the underworld reserved for those who will be casted into the lake of fire in the next life.
Any religion that does not present Jesus as the Son of GOD, the way of salvation and the Light of the world, will take any soul to eternal damnation. Any religion that does not get people filled with the Holy Spirit of GOD, is a darkness that you should never live or die in.
ANY SPIRITUAL FREEDOM THAT FREES A MAN TO SIN (INSTEAD OF FROM SIN) IS CAPTIVITY REDEFINED. IT IS A LIFE FULL OF DARKNESS.
Authentic freedom comes by an encounter with Christ as the way the truth and the Life; where He becomes the Shepherd of our souls. Our devotional text this morning says;
“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters. He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake”
If the LORD is your Shepherd, if the LORD is the one leading you in life, you will never lack. You will never lack light, thereby keeping darkness out of your space. You will never lack holiness, purity, righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Ghost, because He will be impacting your life not to lack any of that.
That alone tells us why some Christians are full of darkness, especially those who claim to be hearing from God.
They claim the LORD is their Shepherd but you cannot find the evidence in their lives. The LORD cannot be your Shepherd and you are hateful, vengeful, bitter, greedy, jealous, immoral and etc.
If the LORD is your shepherd, He will never allow you to walk in any form of darkness.
I urge us all to make Him our shepherd in 2025, and beyond if we have not done that yet. If we do, we will not lack Light. Our cup will be running over with His blessings, and we will be finding divine shelter even in the valley of the shadows of death. Amen and amen!!
MAKE THIS SCRIPTURE AN ADDITIONAL MEDITATION;
“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.”
“You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup runs over.” Psalm 23:4-5 NKJV