[With] Reckless Abandon

Memory Verse: "David, ceremoniously dressed in priest's linen, danced with great abandon before GOD. (2 Sam.6:14, MSG)

Scripture Reading: 2 Sam.6:1-23 (PS.: Please, read these couple of verses using the MSG translation, alongside the KJV).

The ark (Chest of God) had been gone too long. 

Giving God Your Best.

Memory Verse: "The king said to Araunah, 'No, but I will surely buy it from you for a price, for I will not offer burnt offerings to the Lord my God which cost me nothing.'" (2 Sam.24:24,NASB)

Powered Lips: May 2016

DAY 1

Charge:

Thanksgiving is not a 'day,' it is a way of life because our heart-felt thanksgiving pleases God. It brings utmost pleasure to His heart and God is looking for believers who live in the realm of praise, worship and thanksgiving where the enemy no longer has an ability to hold or manipulate them.

[Be] Determined and Resolute

Our greatest ally in life is our resilience and determination.

Memory Verse: "After him was Eleazar...one of the three mighty men with David...He arose and struck the Philistines until his hand was weary and clung to the sword, and the Lord brought about a great victory that day." (2 Sam.23:9-10, NASB)

[Spiritual] Environmental Sanitation.

Memory Verse: "Let the word [spoken by] Christ (the Messiah) have its home [in your hearts and minds] and dwell in you in [all its] richness, as you teach and admonish and train one another in all insight and intelligence and wisdom [in spiritual things, and as you sing] psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, making melody to God with [His] grace in your hearts." (Col.3:16, AMP)

Your Rock, Fortress and Deliverer.

Memory Verse: "The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer...my shield and the horn of my salvation. He is my stronghold, my refuge and my savior...I call to the Lord, who is worthy of praise, and I am saved from my enemies...He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes, who were too strong for me." (2 Sam.22:2-18,NIV)

Lessons From A Wise Woman

Memory Verse: "Then a wise woman called from the city, '...Please tell Joab, "Come here that I may speak with you."...I am of those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel. You are seeking to destroy a city, even a mother in Israel. Why would you swallow up the inheritance of the Lord?'" (2 Sam.20:16-19,NASB)

Are You Able?

Memory Verse: "Jesus said to them, 'You do not know what you ask. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?'" (Mk.10:38,NKJV)

Clear Vision

Memory Verse: "Then Elisha prayed and said, 'O Lord, I pray, open his eyes that he may see.' And the Lord opened the servant's eyes and he saw; and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha." (2 Kgs.6:17,NASB)

Miraculous Deliverance

Memory Verse: "When Israel went forth from Egypt...The sea looked and fled; the Jordan turned back. The mountains skipped like rams, the hills, like lambs...Tremble, O earth, before the Lord, before the God of Jacob, Who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a fountain of water." (Ps.114:1-7, NASB)

The Power Of The Amen

Memory Verse: "And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord." (Lk.1:45,KJV)

Character: A Lesson From Barzillai

Memory Verse: "Barzillai was very old, being eighty years old; and he had sustained the king while he stayed at Mahanaim, for he was a very great man." (2 Sam.19:32,NASB)

The Power of A Focused Life.

Memory Verse: "My son, stay focused; listen to the wisdom I have gained; give attention to what I have learned about life so you may be able to make sensible judgments and speak with knowledge." (Prov.5:1-2, VOICE)

Overcoming Problems

Image from the movie, War Room.

Memory Verse: "The advice of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if one inquired of the word of God; so was all the advice of Ahithophel regarded by both David and Absalom." (2 Sam.16:23, NASB)

When He Makes You Wait

Memory Verse: "Wait for the LORD. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for the LORD." (Ps.27:14, NHEB)

Be Still

Memory Verse: "Be at peace in the knowledge that I am God..." (Ps.46:10, BBE)

Scripture Reading: Mk.4:35-41.

Sometime ago, I was en route Uyo (Akwa Ibom State's capital in Nigeria) from Calabar, Cross River State. On my arrival at the park,

A Personal Pentecost

Reclaim your passion for God and prepare your heart for Revival

Memory Verse: "It happened that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul...came to Ephesus, and found some disciples. He said to them, 'Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?' And they said to him, 'No, we have not even heard whether there is a Holy Spirit.'" (Acts 19:1-2, NASB)

The Purity Of God's Word

Memory Verse: "Saul said to him, '...I have performed the commandment of the Lord...I have obeyed the voice of the Lord, and gone on the mission on which the Lord sent me, and brought back Agag king of Amalek; I have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.'" (1 Sam.15:13,20, NKJV)

To Whom Do You Listen?

Memory Verse: "Meanwhile, Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, who was the son of David’s brother Shimeah. Now Jonadab was a very shrewd man." (2 Sam.13:3, ISV)

Despising God?

Memory Verse: "...I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul. I gave you your master's house, and your master's wives into your bosom, and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that would have been too little, I would have added to you many more such things. Why have you despised the word of the LORD, to do that which is evil in his sight?..." (2 Sam.12:7-8, NHEB)

Living As A Blessing

Memory Verse: "...Is there still anyone who is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?...Is there not still someone of the house of Saul to whom I may show the [unfailing, unsought, unlimited] mercy and kindness of God?" (2 Sam.9:1-3, NKJV)

Facing Impossibilities?

Memory Verse: "And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the people of the land: and they said to David, You will not come in here, but the blind and the feeble-footed will keep you out; for they said, David will not be able to come in here. But David took the strong place of Zion..." (2 Sam.5:6-7, BBE)

Divine Direction || Assumption?

Memory Verse: "David inquired of the Lord...‘You shall not go up; circle around behind them, and come upon them in front of the mulberry trees...when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, then you shall advance quickly. For then the Lord will go out before you...’ David did so...and he drove back the Philistines." (2 Sam.5:23-25, NKJV)

In Order || Out of Order

Memory Verse: "David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the Lord...when they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out toward the ark of God and took hold of it...The anger of the Lord burned against Uzzah, and God struck him down there for his irreverence; and he died there." (2 Sam.6: 5-7, NASB)

Apostasy: The Most Abhorrent Sin

Memory Verse: "...art thou also become like unto us?" (Is.41:10, KJV)

The Believer's Greatest Asset

The Presence of the Lord.

Memory Verse: "Moses said, "if your presence doesn't take the lead here, call this trip off right now."" (Ex.33:15, MSG)

[Beware of] Traps and Headaches

Memory Verse: "Be on guard, so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life, and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap." (Lk.21:34, NASB)

Priorities

As a believer, God should be your priority.

Memory Verse: "Why do you...honor your sons more than me, to make yourselves fat with the best of all the offerings of Israel my people...now the Lord says:  'Far be it from Me; for those who honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me shall be lightly esteemed.'" (1 Sam.2:29-30, NKJV)

Making Excuses For [Your] Sins?

Memory Verse: "'I have sinned. I violated the Lord's command and your instructions. I was afraid of the people and so I gave in to them...forgive my sin...But please honor me before the elders of my people and before Israel; come back with me, so that I may worship the Lord your God.'" (1 Sam.15:24-25,30 NIV)

The Greatest Legacy For Your Children

Memory Verse: "God-loyal people, living honest lives, make it much easier for their children." (Prov.20:7)

Secrets of A Successful Vision

Hurray!!! Liberation Mandate is 35!

Good Works: The Trade Mark of A [True] Believer.

Blessed Mother Teresa: What comes to your mind when you see her?