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Tuesday, May 9, 2017
THERE IS ALWAYS A LAST CHANCE, MAYBE THIS IS YOURS.
Luke 13:6-9
He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.
Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?
And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:
And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
Jesus used to speak in parable to His followers. This is one of such parables, but this one requires your utmost attention.
A farmer planted a particular tree in his garden, hired a gardener to be working in that garden and had an expectation. What was his expectation? He expected the tree to bear fruits.
After the third year of hard work and investment in the garden, the tree refused to bear fruit. Though it grew to become a big tree full of leaves and life, but it was fruitless. The farmer therefore decided to cut it off.
The farmer was not moved by the size of the tree. He was not as much interested in greenness of the tree. What he wanted was fruit. He didn't plant it only to cover ground and produce leaves. The purpose of the tree was to bear fruit.
My dear friend, have you grown big and flourishing in life? Thank God for that. But are you fulfilling the original purpose why God planted you into the planet earth?
Do you realize God planted you into that office, that business, that ministry, that family, that community, and that place where you are with a specific expectation? Yes, God has expectations over your life. The question now is this:
ARE YOU FULFILLING WHAT GOD CREATED AND BLESSED YOU TO DO?
Thank God for the timely intervention and intercession of the man labouring in the farm.
He pleaded for more application of manure, but also pleaded for the last chance.
When the tree got another manure, it would be happy, but it never knew it was its last grace.
Yes, people are praying and God is keeping, preserving and increasing you. But it may be your last grace if you don't start to fulfill your purpose. God is not happy with a fruitless child. God is not happy with a selfish child. Grace has limit. Patience can be exhausted. Don't wait until you are hit hard before you take the issue of God's expectation over you serious.
Don't wait until you start loosing the grace, the blessings, the favour, and God's provisions before you stand to do that which God has commissioned you to do.
Be blessed.
My prayer for you today:
I pray that God will not remove and replace you in Jesus name Amen.
Scripture meditation for today - Revelation 2:5
Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
-Pastor Olusola Dare
(+2347065611913)
He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.
Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?
And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:
And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
Jesus used to speak in parable to His followers. This is one of such parables, but this one requires your utmost attention.
A farmer planted a particular tree in his garden, hired a gardener to be working in that garden and had an expectation. What was his expectation? He expected the tree to bear fruits.
After the third year of hard work and investment in the garden, the tree refused to bear fruit. Though it grew to become a big tree full of leaves and life, but it was fruitless. The farmer therefore decided to cut it off.
The farmer was not moved by the size of the tree. He was not as much interested in greenness of the tree. What he wanted was fruit. He didn't plant it only to cover ground and produce leaves. The purpose of the tree was to bear fruit.
My dear friend, have you grown big and flourishing in life? Thank God for that. But are you fulfilling the original purpose why God planted you into the planet earth?
Do you realize God planted you into that office, that business, that ministry, that family, that community, and that place where you are with a specific expectation? Yes, God has expectations over your life. The question now is this:
ARE YOU FULFILLING WHAT GOD CREATED AND BLESSED YOU TO DO?
Thank God for the timely intervention and intercession of the man labouring in the farm.
He pleaded for more application of manure, but also pleaded for the last chance.
When the tree got another manure, it would be happy, but it never knew it was its last grace.
Yes, people are praying and God is keeping, preserving and increasing you. But it may be your last grace if you don't start to fulfill your purpose. God is not happy with a fruitless child. God is not happy with a selfish child. Grace has limit. Patience can be exhausted. Don't wait until you are hit hard before you take the issue of God's expectation over you serious.
Don't wait until you start loosing the grace, the blessings, the favour, and God's provisions before you stand to do that which God has commissioned you to do.
Be blessed.
My prayer for you today:
I pray that God will not remove and replace you in Jesus name Amen.
Scripture meditation for today - Revelation 2:5
Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
-Pastor Olusola Dare
(+2347065611913)
WALKING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE LEADERS
Romans 8:14
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
Tourists need guides. Pilgrims need someone to help them in their journey. Students need teacher. Apprentice needs master. Learners need trainer.
If you are traveling by air and you desire to arrive your desired destination alive, you need an experience pilot.
Everyone needs a leader or a mentor to be successful in life. The knowledge, experience and expertise of the leader are great assets that will help the follower not to be misguided. The commitment, constancy, and faithfulness of the follower are all essential for him to get to where he is going.
Nobody knows a product more than its designer and manufacturer. Nobody knows you more than your Maker. You don't even know yourself as much as God knows you. He formed you and put you here on earth to fulfill a predetermined purpose.
Now, if you are going to achieve your divine purpose, you must allow God to teach, train and lead you. A lot of people have led themselves into errors. Many have been led into problems by other people. When a blind man becomes a guide for another blind man, both will end up in a ditch.
As a Christian and God's child, you have no right to lead yourself. Your life is not yours. You can't live it as you like. You belong to Christ. He designed you. He formed you. He determined your purpose.
God who owns you and designed your life's purpose is the only One who knows how you will get there.
He is the one who sent His Holy Spirit to help you in your journey of life. He understands the way. He knows the terrain of the road. He has the strength to carry you where it becomes necessary.
When you allow the Spirit of God to lead you, you will never miss your mark.
Listen to this:
Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual -1 Corinthians 2:12-13.
Can you see that the vital information and knowledge you need can only be imparted to you through the teachings of the Holy Spirit? As a child of God, you need to allow the Spirit of God to lead and teach you in order to fulfill your destiny. As you study the bible and build an interpersonal relationship with God through prayer, you will know Him more and start to enjoy His leadings. God bless you.
My prayer for you today: May the Spirit of the Almighty God guide and lead you so that you won't miss your way and mark in life in Jesus name Amen.
Scripture meditation for today: Galatians 5:16, 25
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
-Pastor Olusola Dare
(+2347065611913)
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
Tourists need guides. Pilgrims need someone to help them in their journey. Students need teacher. Apprentice needs master. Learners need trainer.
If you are traveling by air and you desire to arrive your desired destination alive, you need an experience pilot.
Everyone needs a leader or a mentor to be successful in life. The knowledge, experience and expertise of the leader are great assets that will help the follower not to be misguided. The commitment, constancy, and faithfulness of the follower are all essential for him to get to where he is going.
Nobody knows a product more than its designer and manufacturer. Nobody knows you more than your Maker. You don't even know yourself as much as God knows you. He formed you and put you here on earth to fulfill a predetermined purpose.
Now, if you are going to achieve your divine purpose, you must allow God to teach, train and lead you. A lot of people have led themselves into errors. Many have been led into problems by other people. When a blind man becomes a guide for another blind man, both will end up in a ditch.
As a Christian and God's child, you have no right to lead yourself. Your life is not yours. You can't live it as you like. You belong to Christ. He designed you. He formed you. He determined your purpose.
God who owns you and designed your life's purpose is the only One who knows how you will get there.
He is the one who sent His Holy Spirit to help you in your journey of life. He understands the way. He knows the terrain of the road. He has the strength to carry you where it becomes necessary.
When you allow the Spirit of God to lead you, you will never miss your mark.
Listen to this:
Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual -1 Corinthians 2:12-13.
Can you see that the vital information and knowledge you need can only be imparted to you through the teachings of the Holy Spirit? As a child of God, you need to allow the Spirit of God to lead and teach you in order to fulfill your destiny. As you study the bible and build an interpersonal relationship with God through prayer, you will know Him more and start to enjoy His leadings. God bless you.
My prayer for you today: May the Spirit of the Almighty God guide and lead you so that you won't miss your way and mark in life in Jesus name Amen.
Scripture meditation for today: Galatians 5:16, 25
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
-Pastor Olusola Dare
(+2347065611913)
WHEN REALITY LOOKS LIKE A DREAM
Psalms 126:1-3
When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.
Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.
The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.
Have you ever dreamed and met yourself in great places? Have you ever slept and found yourself attaining great achievements in your dreams? Have you ever seen yourself in a honourable position and you were the object of celebration in your dreams?
When you woke up and discovered you were still on your bed, in your room, in the same condition you were before you went to slept, in the same sickness, in the same poverty, in the same pain, in the same thing you have been experiencing over the years; how did you feel? Oh! You felt bad. You felt not to have woken up from your dream world. You prefer your dream experience to the real occurrences around you.
Think about your imaginations which people call day dreaming. In your imaginations, you have found yourself in a situation you desperately desired. You saw yourself completed your education, started that business you loved, became a millionaire, married to your dreamed spouse and build a great home, raised wonderful children, became a philanthropist, and so on. But when you came back to your consciousness, you became sad. Why? Because your real situation is far from your imagination. Things are so bad that you prefer your imaginary life to the realities around you.
And because you have stayed long in this unpleasant condition, you have lost hope of a better life. You now feel it is your destiny for things to be as they are for you.
This was the experience of the people of God in their days in captivity. They were in slavery for 430 years in Egypt. They had no place to call home except their land of captivity. All hope was gone. Freedom was only possible in their imagination. They only experienced joy in their dreams. They woke up to servitude daily.
What are you presently going through? You desperately desire a change but it is not forthcoming. Their experience is a perfect description of what you are going through. Don't worry. God did something for His people and He will do the same thing for you.
God turned their captivity. God delivered them. God took them on a journey. God brought them to the land of plenty and freedom. God gave them peace.
When they got the miracles, the blessings, the peace, the promotion and God's presence, they thought they were still dreaming. They never knew it was a reality.
So when God turned their captivity, they felt it was a dream until unbelievers began to notice what had happened to them. Then they knew it was real.
God will do great and notable things in your life too.
But you need to notice the word 'Zion' in the above scripture. The Lord didn't turn the captivity of every individual. It was the captivity of Zion He turned. Israel was referred to as Zion because they were Zionists.
Note these about Zion:
Obadiah 1:17
But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.
There are three things to experience in Zion and they are in sequence. One must come before the other.
1. You come to Zion for deliverance.
To experience the blessings of Zion, you must first and foremost be deceived from sin. A sinner can't enjoy God's special blessing. You need to be freed from sin and Satan. This is where salvation becomes paramount. Don't expect a change if you are not born again.
2. You become holy and practice holiness in Zion.
Holiness is God's nature, character and way. Without holiness, no man shall see the Lord. When you become born again, this nature of God is imparted into you in potential. You need to practice it, live by it until holiness becomes your character and way of life. Holiness is a way God prepares His people to qualify them for redemption heritage.
3. Zion is a place of possessing your possessions.
The ultimate plan of God for you is to possess what He has for you in this world and in paradise. He wants to bless you here, help you to fulfill your dreams, and to give you an eternal place in His Kingdom.
Go to God. Go to Zion. Live by the kingdom principles. Join a bible believing church. Be a committed member of the body of Christ. Be reachable. Be prayerful. Serve God with everything in you.
The blessings of Zion will surely be at your disposal.
My prayer for you today: I pray that God will turn situations around for you and make your godly dreams come to fulfilment in Jesus name Amen.
The mighty hand of God will deliver you, transform you and bless you.
Scripture meditation for today - Psalms 14:7 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.
God bless your heart.
-Pastor Olusola Dare
(+2347065611913)
When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.
Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.
The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.
Have you ever dreamed and met yourself in great places? Have you ever slept and found yourself attaining great achievements in your dreams? Have you ever seen yourself in a honourable position and you were the object of celebration in your dreams?
When you woke up and discovered you were still on your bed, in your room, in the same condition you were before you went to slept, in the same sickness, in the same poverty, in the same pain, in the same thing you have been experiencing over the years; how did you feel? Oh! You felt bad. You felt not to have woken up from your dream world. You prefer your dream experience to the real occurrences around you.
Think about your imaginations which people call day dreaming. In your imaginations, you have found yourself in a situation you desperately desired. You saw yourself completed your education, started that business you loved, became a millionaire, married to your dreamed spouse and build a great home, raised wonderful children, became a philanthropist, and so on. But when you came back to your consciousness, you became sad. Why? Because your real situation is far from your imagination. Things are so bad that you prefer your imaginary life to the realities around you.
And because you have stayed long in this unpleasant condition, you have lost hope of a better life. You now feel it is your destiny for things to be as they are for you.
This was the experience of the people of God in their days in captivity. They were in slavery for 430 years in Egypt. They had no place to call home except their land of captivity. All hope was gone. Freedom was only possible in their imagination. They only experienced joy in their dreams. They woke up to servitude daily.
What are you presently going through? You desperately desire a change but it is not forthcoming. Their experience is a perfect description of what you are going through. Don't worry. God did something for His people and He will do the same thing for you.
God turned their captivity. God delivered them. God took them on a journey. God brought them to the land of plenty and freedom. God gave them peace.
When they got the miracles, the blessings, the peace, the promotion and God's presence, they thought they were still dreaming. They never knew it was a reality.
So when God turned their captivity, they felt it was a dream until unbelievers began to notice what had happened to them. Then they knew it was real.
God will do great and notable things in your life too.
But you need to notice the word 'Zion' in the above scripture. The Lord didn't turn the captivity of every individual. It was the captivity of Zion He turned. Israel was referred to as Zion because they were Zionists.
Note these about Zion:
Obadiah 1:17
But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.
There are three things to experience in Zion and they are in sequence. One must come before the other.
1. You come to Zion for deliverance.
To experience the blessings of Zion, you must first and foremost be deceived from sin. A sinner can't enjoy God's special blessing. You need to be freed from sin and Satan. This is where salvation becomes paramount. Don't expect a change if you are not born again.
2. You become holy and practice holiness in Zion.
Holiness is God's nature, character and way. Without holiness, no man shall see the Lord. When you become born again, this nature of God is imparted into you in potential. You need to practice it, live by it until holiness becomes your character and way of life. Holiness is a way God prepares His people to qualify them for redemption heritage.
3. Zion is a place of possessing your possessions.
The ultimate plan of God for you is to possess what He has for you in this world and in paradise. He wants to bless you here, help you to fulfill your dreams, and to give you an eternal place in His Kingdom.
Go to God. Go to Zion. Live by the kingdom principles. Join a bible believing church. Be a committed member of the body of Christ. Be reachable. Be prayerful. Serve God with everything in you.
The blessings of Zion will surely be at your disposal.
My prayer for you today: I pray that God will turn situations around for you and make your godly dreams come to fulfilment in Jesus name Amen.
The mighty hand of God will deliver you, transform you and bless you.
Scripture meditation for today - Psalms 14:7 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.
God bless your heart.
-Pastor Olusola Dare
(+2347065611913)
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Text: Matthew 18:18-19
Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
We all understand the sovereignty of God. We know He rules over the universe. He is omnipotent. He is not limited in power. He dwells in the heaven of heavens. But it may surprise you to hear that the earth controls His operations. I'm not saying the earth controls Him, but it controls His activities.
A close look at the above bible reference reveals that the earth controls the heaven. What you bind on earth is what heaven will bind. What you loose on earth is what heaven will loose. What two of you agree on and ask is what heaven will do. Can you see how the earth determines what heaven does?
Yes, God has His wills and desires but His desires will not be accomplished until man give Him permission to do it. This is what we call prayer.
Jesus went to his home town to minister to them, but he couldn't do great things there. He wanted to do great miracles in his home town just as he was doing in other communities, but he couldn't. Did he loose his anointing? No. Then why couldn't he do great miracles there?
Mark 6:5-6
And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.
And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching.
Though Jesus had power to perform great wonders, but the people determined the extent to which Jesus worked. Their faith level determined the power released from Jesus. See how James put it.
James 4:2 ........yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
It is not that God doesn't want you to have. In fact, He has provisions for you. But the reason why God is not releasing His provisions is because you are the one to determine it; and as long as you do not ask him to do it, God will do nothing.
Can you now see that the earth controls the heaven?
As a believer, you have the key to unlock the kingdom of God and to move heaven to performance. Heaven will release what the earth ask her to release. You have a responsibility to believe God for what He had already planned to do and to ask Him to do it.
If you do not command the heaven, heaven will not release what she has for you.
This is what prayer is all about. You need to understand this divine principle. God of heaven wants to work, but He won't work unless His people in the earth ask Him to work.
God wanted the people of Israel to win the battle. It was God Himself fighting for them. But their victory was determined by the position of Moses hand. When Moses hand was up, God's people would win. When Moses hand came down, the enemy won. God did the fighting, Moses determined where the victory went.
My prayer for you today:
May God open your eyes to understand your responsibility in bringing heaven to action in the earth so that God's desire for His people might come to pass in Jesus name Amen.
Scripture meditation for today -John 16:24
Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
Stay blessed.
-Pastor Olusola Dare.
pastordareonline.wordpress.com
Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
We all understand the sovereignty of God. We know He rules over the universe. He is omnipotent. He is not limited in power. He dwells in the heaven of heavens. But it may surprise you to hear that the earth controls His operations. I'm not saying the earth controls Him, but it controls His activities.
A close look at the above bible reference reveals that the earth controls the heaven. What you bind on earth is what heaven will bind. What you loose on earth is what heaven will loose. What two of you agree on and ask is what heaven will do. Can you see how the earth determines what heaven does?
Yes, God has His wills and desires but His desires will not be accomplished until man give Him permission to do it. This is what we call prayer.
Jesus went to his home town to minister to them, but he couldn't do great things there. He wanted to do great miracles in his home town just as he was doing in other communities, but he couldn't. Did he loose his anointing? No. Then why couldn't he do great miracles there?
Mark 6:5-6
And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.
And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching.
Though Jesus had power to perform great wonders, but the people determined the extent to which Jesus worked. Their faith level determined the power released from Jesus. See how James put it.
James 4:2 ........yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
It is not that God doesn't want you to have. In fact, He has provisions for you. But the reason why God is not releasing His provisions is because you are the one to determine it; and as long as you do not ask him to do it, God will do nothing.
Can you now see that the earth controls the heaven?
As a believer, you have the key to unlock the kingdom of God and to move heaven to performance. Heaven will release what the earth ask her to release. You have a responsibility to believe God for what He had already planned to do and to ask Him to do it.
If you do not command the heaven, heaven will not release what she has for you.
This is what prayer is all about. You need to understand this divine principle. God of heaven wants to work, but He won't work unless His people in the earth ask Him to work.
God wanted the people of Israel to win the battle. It was God Himself fighting for them. But their victory was determined by the position of Moses hand. When Moses hand was up, God's people would win. When Moses hand came down, the enemy won. God did the fighting, Moses determined where the victory went.
My prayer for you today:
May God open your eyes to understand your responsibility in bringing heaven to action in the earth so that God's desire for His people might come to pass in Jesus name Amen.
Scripture meditation for today -John 16:24
Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
Stay blessed.
-Pastor Olusola Dare.
pastordareonline.wordpress.com
Sunday, March 12, 2017
CONSPIRACY OF VISION TERMINATORS
Genesis 37:18-20
And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.
Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
The above statement was made by Joseph's brothers against him. Look at what they said:
1. Behold, this dreamer cometh.
When he wasn't a dreamer, his life didn't attract criticism. For daring to dream, he was hated and conspired against. The reason why they nicknamed him a dreamer was because he had visions of what he would become.
Do you have visions for your life? Have you a dream to pursue? Is there anything meaningful and valuable you wish to become? If you answer in affirmation, then prepare for criticism. Critics will never see anything good coming out of you. They don't see possibility of achieving your destiny. The reason why they are criticizing you is because they are jealous of your dreams and because they don't have anything meaningful to pursue in their own lives. criticism is a sign that your dream is enviable. Don't allow critics to stop you with their mockery. Keep pushing in the direction of your life vision.
2. Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit.
They said, let's kill and bury him. They conspired to kill him and buried him. It wasn't because of him but because of his dreams. The reason for enemies conspiracy against your life is not about you, but about your aspirations, about your visions and about your dreams. You can't avoid it. Running away from it is running away from the path of fulfilment. They will try to talk you out of it. They will persuade you to drop it. They will belittle you and show you millions of reasons why they think it can't work.
God allows them in your life to test your beliefs in your dreams, your commitment to your vision and your consistency in your pursuit. Their presence in your life should drive you to God in prayer for the fulfilment of your dreams.
3. and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him:
Satan is not afraid of you telling the whole world his deeds and doings. He is the devouring beast. He moves around seeking whom he may devour. He always raise people against men and women of great potentials to devour them. Your critics are not your major enemies, Satan is. You know satan is a deceiver. He will want you to leave him and think that your brother is the real enemy. He is trying to stop you because of what lays ahead of you in future.
Don't be disturbed by what he is doing. Just keep praying to God. God is supervising every event that has to do with all His genuine children.
4. ...and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
The expectation of Joseph's brothers was to see his dreams dead. They were not interested about what will become of Joseph. Their major concern was his dreams. They wanted to terminate his visions.
For his dreams, they sold him to unknown strangers. Why did they choose unknown strangers? So that they won't know where to trace him in case anyone among them had a change of mind. The unknown strangers also sold him to a strange land. There, he became a slave. There he became an accused criminal for failing to do evil. There he became a prisoner. There, he was left, abandoned and forgotten in prison. All alone with his dreams and with his God.
Also in that strange land and in his strange conditions, strange things began to happen.
The king's dreams and the magician inability to interpret the dreams.
Joseph was remembered, invited, promoted and at the end, all his family came to him and bowed before him.
Glory to God! Joseph's dreams came to pass.
No one to be blamed.
Thank God for his brothers - the conspirators. Thank God for Portipher and his wife. Thank God for everyone who tried to terminate his dream. They were all helping in pushing him to where the fulfilment was awaiting him. Thank God for Joseph for staying with God and standing strong in his trying moments. Thank God for the Ultimate Supervisor - The Almighty God.
Beloved, learn from Joseph's life. Don't be discouraged. Don't be defeated. Don't yield to pressure. Your critics are your helpers. Let them do their job. Let their criticism fire you on. Let their discouraging comments about you propel you to move forward. Let their unbelief and faithlessness in you drive you to keep your trust and confidence in God.
Keep praying. Keep believing. Keep yourself pure. Keep holding on to Christ. Blame no one. You will get there.
My prayer for you today:
May God turn the conspiracy of your enemies to work in your favour in Jesus name Amen.
Scripture meditation for today -Genesis 50:20
But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
God be with you.
-Pastor Olusola Dare
(+2347065611913)
pastordareonline.wordpress.com
And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.
Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
The above statement was made by Joseph's brothers against him. Look at what they said:
1. Behold, this dreamer cometh.
When he wasn't a dreamer, his life didn't attract criticism. For daring to dream, he was hated and conspired against. The reason why they nicknamed him a dreamer was because he had visions of what he would become.
Do you have visions for your life? Have you a dream to pursue? Is there anything meaningful and valuable you wish to become? If you answer in affirmation, then prepare for criticism. Critics will never see anything good coming out of you. They don't see possibility of achieving your destiny. The reason why they are criticizing you is because they are jealous of your dreams and because they don't have anything meaningful to pursue in their own lives. criticism is a sign that your dream is enviable. Don't allow critics to stop you with their mockery. Keep pushing in the direction of your life vision.
2. Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit.
They said, let's kill and bury him. They conspired to kill him and buried him. It wasn't because of him but because of his dreams. The reason for enemies conspiracy against your life is not about you, but about your aspirations, about your visions and about your dreams. You can't avoid it. Running away from it is running away from the path of fulfilment. They will try to talk you out of it. They will persuade you to drop it. They will belittle you and show you millions of reasons why they think it can't work.
God allows them in your life to test your beliefs in your dreams, your commitment to your vision and your consistency in your pursuit. Their presence in your life should drive you to God in prayer for the fulfilment of your dreams.
3. and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him:
Satan is not afraid of you telling the whole world his deeds and doings. He is the devouring beast. He moves around seeking whom he may devour. He always raise people against men and women of great potentials to devour them. Your critics are not your major enemies, Satan is. You know satan is a deceiver. He will want you to leave him and think that your brother is the real enemy. He is trying to stop you because of what lays ahead of you in future.
Don't be disturbed by what he is doing. Just keep praying to God. God is supervising every event that has to do with all His genuine children.
4. ...and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
The expectation of Joseph's brothers was to see his dreams dead. They were not interested about what will become of Joseph. Their major concern was his dreams. They wanted to terminate his visions.
For his dreams, they sold him to unknown strangers. Why did they choose unknown strangers? So that they won't know where to trace him in case anyone among them had a change of mind. The unknown strangers also sold him to a strange land. There, he became a slave. There he became an accused criminal for failing to do evil. There he became a prisoner. There, he was left, abandoned and forgotten in prison. All alone with his dreams and with his God.
Also in that strange land and in his strange conditions, strange things began to happen.
The king's dreams and the magician inability to interpret the dreams.
Joseph was remembered, invited, promoted and at the end, all his family came to him and bowed before him.
Glory to God! Joseph's dreams came to pass.
No one to be blamed.
Thank God for his brothers - the conspirators. Thank God for Portipher and his wife. Thank God for everyone who tried to terminate his dream. They were all helping in pushing him to where the fulfilment was awaiting him. Thank God for Joseph for staying with God and standing strong in his trying moments. Thank God for the Ultimate Supervisor - The Almighty God.
Beloved, learn from Joseph's life. Don't be discouraged. Don't be defeated. Don't yield to pressure. Your critics are your helpers. Let them do their job. Let their criticism fire you on. Let their discouraging comments about you propel you to move forward. Let their unbelief and faithlessness in you drive you to keep your trust and confidence in God.
Keep praying. Keep believing. Keep yourself pure. Keep holding on to Christ. Blame no one. You will get there.
My prayer for you today:
May God turn the conspiracy of your enemies to work in your favour in Jesus name Amen.
Scripture meditation for today -Genesis 50:20
But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
God be with you.
-Pastor Olusola Dare
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pastordareonline.wordpress.com
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
A CONTACT WITH THE ANCIENT ALTAR.
Text: Genesis 28:10-14
And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Jacob was running away from home when his brother, Esau vowed to kill him after subtly taking his blessing. Isaac wanted to bless Esau, but Jacob deceived him to receive the blessings.
While running away, night fell and he needed to sleep on the road. He saw some stones, used them as pillow, he slept and had a great dream as described in the bible verses above.
Now what is the correlation between the stone and the dream? The stones Jacob used as pillow were the stones Abraham, his grand father, used to set up an altar unto God more than 120 years before that time.
And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him -Genesis 12:7 .
The altar Abraham built served as the registry or library of the generational covenant God entered with Him. The day Jacob had a contact with the ancient altar of his father's house, the covenant of the generation started to affect him.
How many times have you contacted the materials of the ancient altars of your generation? What kind of altars are they? What type of covenants were the altars raised to uphold? Were they built to God or to idols?
What about those sacred places in your community? Think about the shrines in your family yard. Don't forget the covens, grooves, and the ancient sacred places around you.
A contact with any of them is a contact with the dirties and the covenants they represent.
A contact with God's altar will release the blessings of the altar into your life. A contact with idol altar also releases curses.
You may need to pray seriously to free yourself from evil you might have inherited through your contact with evil altars.
My prayer for you today:
I pray that God will open your eyes to know the area where you need divine intervention to be freed from the influence of satanic altar, and also to set you free in Jesus name.
scripture meditation for today - Judges 6:25-26 And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that is by it:
And build an altar unto the LORD thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down.
Stay blessed.
-Pastor Olusola Dare
CegloM Ministries
(+2347065611913)
pastordareonline.wordpress.com.
And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Jacob was running away from home when his brother, Esau vowed to kill him after subtly taking his blessing. Isaac wanted to bless Esau, but Jacob deceived him to receive the blessings.
While running away, night fell and he needed to sleep on the road. He saw some stones, used them as pillow, he slept and had a great dream as described in the bible verses above.
Now what is the correlation between the stone and the dream? The stones Jacob used as pillow were the stones Abraham, his grand father, used to set up an altar unto God more than 120 years before that time.
And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him -Genesis 12:7 .
The altar Abraham built served as the registry or library of the generational covenant God entered with Him. The day Jacob had a contact with the ancient altar of his father's house, the covenant of the generation started to affect him.
How many times have you contacted the materials of the ancient altars of your generation? What kind of altars are they? What type of covenants were the altars raised to uphold? Were they built to God or to idols?
What about those sacred places in your community? Think about the shrines in your family yard. Don't forget the covens, grooves, and the ancient sacred places around you.
A contact with any of them is a contact with the dirties and the covenants they represent.
A contact with God's altar will release the blessings of the altar into your life. A contact with idol altar also releases curses.
You may need to pray seriously to free yourself from evil you might have inherited through your contact with evil altars.
My prayer for you today:
I pray that God will open your eyes to know the area where you need divine intervention to be freed from the influence of satanic altar, and also to set you free in Jesus name.
scripture meditation for today - Judges 6:25-26 And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that is by it:
And build an altar unto the LORD thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down.
Stay blessed.
-Pastor Olusola Dare
CegloM Ministries
(+2347065611913)
pastordareonline.wordpress.com.
Monday, March 6, 2017
GOD WILL BE TO YOU WHAT YOU ARE TO OTHERS.
Text: Psalms 18:24-26
Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;
With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
When you look closely at the above scriptural passage, you will discover that each individual is the determinant of how God will relate with him.
People pray asking God for mercy when them live a cruel life. Such people can not experience God as a merciful God.
It is like someone sowing seeds of mango and think he is going to reap orange there. It doesn't work that way. What you give is what you are going to get. If you bless people, God will bless you. If you are wicked, you will reap reward of wickedness. If you are stingy, then you can't receive from God. If you love, you will get love in return. If you make yourself a stumbling block on the way to success of someone, you will later meet someone at a crucial stage of your progress who will hinder you.
If you lift people up, you will find someone in life to lift you.
You can't be something to people and expect a different reward.
What you are to others is what the Lord will be to you.
The bible says in Galatians 6:7 'Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap'.
What kind of seed are you sowing? Please sow what you expect to reap. You determine what you will accomplish by what you do.
If you have been walking on the wrong path, you can still amend your way. Let people be blessed knowing you. Let people rejoice for meeting you. Let people be happy for having contact with you.
The irony of it is that you get more than what you offer. The rewards come in large volume. It is just a matter of time, it will surely come. Be wise and be blessed.
My prayer for you today:
I pray that God will give you the heart to do good so that people can appreciate God for knowing you. May God reward you in Jesus name Amen. As you go out today, you will experience God in a big way in Jesus name.
Scripture meditation today: Matthew 10:42
And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
You are blessed.
-Pastor Olusola Dare
CegloM Ministries
(+2347065611913)
Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;
With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
When you look closely at the above scriptural passage, you will discover that each individual is the determinant of how God will relate with him.
People pray asking God for mercy when them live a cruel life. Such people can not experience God as a merciful God.
It is like someone sowing seeds of mango and think he is going to reap orange there. It doesn't work that way. What you give is what you are going to get. If you bless people, God will bless you. If you are wicked, you will reap reward of wickedness. If you are stingy, then you can't receive from God. If you love, you will get love in return. If you make yourself a stumbling block on the way to success of someone, you will later meet someone at a crucial stage of your progress who will hinder you.
If you lift people up, you will find someone in life to lift you.
You can't be something to people and expect a different reward.
What you are to others is what the Lord will be to you.
The bible says in Galatians 6:7 'Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap'.
What kind of seed are you sowing? Please sow what you expect to reap. You determine what you will accomplish by what you do.
If you have been walking on the wrong path, you can still amend your way. Let people be blessed knowing you. Let people rejoice for meeting you. Let people be happy for having contact with you.
The irony of it is that you get more than what you offer. The rewards come in large volume. It is just a matter of time, it will surely come. Be wise and be blessed.
My prayer for you today:
I pray that God will give you the heart to do good so that people can appreciate God for knowing you. May God reward you in Jesus name Amen. As you go out today, you will experience God in a big way in Jesus name.
Scripture meditation today: Matthew 10:42
And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
You are blessed.
-Pastor Olusola Dare
CegloM Ministries
(+2347065611913)