BEFORE YOU STEP OUT TODAY TUESDAY 27/06/2023

TEXT 2 KINGS 7:1-2

CLASSIC

TOPIC : BIRTHING YOUR NEW SEASON.

[1]Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.

[2]Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.

Elisha declared a new season in Samaria in the middle of a horrible famine.

This famine was so terrible that women had started canibalizing on their own children.

Listen to what transpired between these women and the king in 2 Kings 6:28-30.

"And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow.

So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son.

And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh."

Beloved, I honestly understand why the kings adviser could not believe Elisha.

He could not see any verifiable facts to support what the prophet was prognosticating.

If the prophet had given three months for things to change, it would have made some sense to the King's adviser.

Tomorrow was just a few hours apart.

"For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:

So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it."(Isaiah 55:9-11).

In the name of Jesus Christ, I decree a new season in your life in Jesus mighty name.

God bless you.

With the God I serve, nothing shall be impossible.

Your case is not bigger than God.

May you have a God filled day in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen 

Your Victory is already guaranteed

It is well, do not give up, with God all things  are possible

(Please be a blessing to seven persons by sending to them   devotionals)

For further reading,   

2 Samuel 5,6. 

Pastor  Obi Ejikeme

Senior Pastor

House of faith, Nigeria

BEFORE YOU STEP OUT TODAY MONDAY 26/06/2023

TEXT 1 KINGS 18:44-45

CLASSIC

TOPIC : BIRTHING YOUR NEW SEASON.

[44]And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.

[45]And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.

Beloved, in the preceding chapter, the  heavens over Samaria was shut down by the declarations of prophet Elijah 

"And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word" (1 kings 17:1).

A closed heaven refers to a bad season, a season of famine.

It was one of the worst famines that was recorded in the bible.

But in chapter 18, Elijah sent a message to king  Ahab to hasten up because it was about to rain.

The rain was the sign of a new season.

You may have be suffering as a result of the utterances of a witch or a wizard.

Your pains may have been caused by the political system, the financial system.

It might have been caused by traditional and cultural beliefs.

Even if they are sponsored  by generational wickedness, right now I am decreeing a new season onto your life in Jesus mighty name.

My pronouncements are not predicated on the existing economic indices.

Elisha said to the king, by this time tomorrow, there will abundance in the land.

It looked and sounded impossible to the king.

What he did not know was that God would always use a man to declare a new season to other men in Jesus mighty name.

God bless you.

With the God I serve, nothing shall be impossible.

Your case is not bigger than God.

May you have a God filled day in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen. 

Your Victory is already guaranteed

It is well, do not give up, with God all things  are possible

(Please be a blessing to seven persons by sending to them   devotionals)

For further reading,   

2 Samuel 3,4. 

Pastor  Obi Ejikeme

Senior Pastor

House of faith, Nigeria

BEFORE YOU STEP OUT TODAY SUNDAY 25/06/2023

TEXT ISAIAH 43:16-19

CLASSIC

TOPIC : BIRTHING YOUR NEW SEASON.

[16]Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;

[17]Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow.

[18]Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.

[19]Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

Dearly beloved, the wisest man, king Solomon said in Ecclesiastes 3:1'4 that there is a season for everything.

"(1)To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

(4)A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;"

If you are not sensitive to the spirit of God, you may miss or truncate a season that God is ushering you into.

You can only know that God is getting ready to move you into a new season by sensitivity.

In those quiet moments where grief has isolated you, where Satan's whispering has become a deafening noise, if you can refuse the easier wrong and the cheaper alternatives, you will hear God.

God wants you to know that you have come to the end of this dry season.

Did you not hear him say, I will do a new thing;

Now it shall spring forth.

I will make a way in your wilderness, and rivers in your desert.

Until you hear God, you cannot be fully restored.

You were permitted to be crushed because like grapes, you are coming out as fresh wine that can be preserved for hundreds of years.

"[25]And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.

[26]And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed."(Joel 2:25-26).

There are things that only God can restore.

No man can restore time, broken heart and  bruised spirit, but God can and He is saying He will.

He has given triplets to many women who devil turned into waiters in their marriages.

He restored to Jacob three children while he waited and thought that Joseph was gone forever.

He will surely restore to you all that devil thought that he had stolen from you life, it's a new season for you in Jesus mighty name.

God bless you.

With the God I serve, nothing shall be impossible.

Your case is not bigger than God.

May you have a God filled day in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Your Victory is already guaranteed

It is well, do not give up, with God all things  are possible

(Please be a blessing to seven persons by sending to them   devotionals)

For further reading,   

2 Samuel 1,2. 

Pastor  Obi Ejikeme

Senior Pastor

House of faith, Nigeria

BEFORE YOU STEP OUT TODAY SATURDAY 24/06/2023

TEXT DEUTERONOMY 2:2-3

CLASSIC

TOPIC : BIRTHING YOUR NEW SEASON.

[2]And the LORD spake unto me, saying,

[3]Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.

Dearly beloved, the words above were God's words to Moses.

Grief, when protracted has a way of isolating the victims and creates vulnerability.

One of the greatest weapons of the enemy is isolation.

Have you ever watched the lion chasing after a pack of weaker animals?

He first scatters them, then isolates one and goes after that one.

This strategy hardly fails.

The enemy will first isolate it's prey, then begin to feed them lies.

Satan will try to convince you that God is not faithful, that God is the cause of your pains and that God whose other name is love does not love them.

Birthing a new season begins from when a victim's vision changes from his state to his estate.

The prodigal son was able to birth a new season when he saw his heritage.

When you see from God's word the possibilities available to anyone who is a child of God, you will marvel.

John the Baptist was destroyed and couldn't  enter into a new season because he missed the word.

Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see:

The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me."(Matthew 11:4-6).

You cannot enter a new season with the mindset of one in a storm.

You must see and declare what God's word is saying about your future.

As you begin to do this, you will  see once again the faithfulness of God that has always been there.

God bless you.

With the God I serve, nothing shall be impossible.

Your case is not bigger than God.

May you have a God filled day in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Your Victory is already guaranteed

It is well, do not give up, with God all things  are possible

(Please be a blessing to seven persons by sending to them   devotionals)

For further reading,   

1 Samuel 30,31. 

Pastor  Obi Ejikeme

Senior Pastor

House of faith, Nigeria

BEFORE YOU STEP OUT TODAY FRIDAY 23/06/2023

TEXT 1 SAMUEL 16:1-2

CLASSIC

TOPIC : BIRTHING YOUR NEW SEASON.

[1]And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.

[2]And Samuel said, How can I go?

Dearly beloved, prophet Samuel was the judge over Israel when Saul was rejected by the Lord.

Samuel was so devastated that he just kept grieving.

Many of us are like that and it's natural to grieve.

Losses are devastating, especially the loss of a loved one.

The enemy bring these blows to us because he knows that we are usually vulnerable after experiencing losses.

Losses often bring many to question the omnipotence of our God.

Beloved, during losses the Holy spirit would want to remind us that God still loves us and often, He is opening for us a new season.

Listen to the psalmist in Psalms 126:1, "When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream."

Psalms 30:5 says that,

"weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning."

Are you sensitive enough to know when God is birthing a new season in your life?

When the Lord visited and turned the captivity of the captives in Zion, they were like them that dream. 

Beloved, God wants you to be sensitive to the wind of the Holy spirit.

I can hear clearly that it's time to wipe your tears because God has closed the last chapter of that book, He has also opened a new chapter.

Shout with good understanding "It's a new season".

God bless you.

With the God I serve, nothing shall be impossible.

Your case is not bigger than God.

May you have a God filled day in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Your Victory is already guaranteed

It is well, do not give up, with God all things  are possible

(Please be a blessing to seven persons by sending to them   devotionals)

For further reading,   

1 Samuel 28,29. 

Pastor  Obi Ejikeme

Senior Pastor

House of faith, Nigeria

BEFORE YOU STEP OUT TODAY THURSDAY 22/06/2023

 

TEXT JOHN 9:1-3

CLASSIC

TOPIC : OVERCOMING ADVERSITIES.

[1]And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.

[2]And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?

[3]Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.

One of the most painful aspect of adversity is that it creates opportunity for mockery and judgement.

Beloved, human beings assume that there must be an answer for everything that happen to them or to people around them.

When they seem not to get one, they manufacture the answer.

The disciples asked Jesus in our anchor scripture for today concerning the blind man, who sinned?

An elderly woman who I had known for decades rushed to my house one evening, looking emaciated and at the point of mental derailment.

She had three children, all married but none had a child.

A prophet had told them that she was responsible for their painful conditions.

I watched her raise them, she put them in the best schools and finally sent all of them abroad.

She said to me pastor, they say that I am a witch.

Beloved if you have ever been put in the waiting mode of life, you will understand me very clearly.

Others start this business and it works, you start your own and nothing seems to be working.

Others marry and it works, you get married and your life is put in a pause mode.

Others start their ministry and in two years, every where is jammed even with overflow, you start your own and it's as if God didn't call you.

It is at this point that people begin to ask you where is your God?

 beloved, don't answer for God. Let God answer for Himself. If God has always taken the glory in your life, then it's not your place to answer for God.

In Proverbs 13:12 the bible said that,

"Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life."

What should you do when adversity seem to have overtaken you.

Remember the comfort of scripture (Romans 15v4).

Psalm 119 v 28

My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.

May God's word see you through this season in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

God bless you.

With the God I serve, nothing shall be impossible.

Your case is not bigger than God.

May you have a God filled day in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Your Victory is already guaranteed

It is well, do not give up, with God all things  are possible

(Please be a blessing to seven persons by sending to them   devotionals)

For further reading,   

1 Samuel 26,27. 

Pastor  Obi Ejikeme

Senior Pastor

House of faith, Nigeria

BEFORE YOU STEP OUT TODAY WEDNESDAY 22/06/2023

 

TEXT LUKE 8:22-25

CLASSIC

TOPIC : STORMS ONLY COME TO PASS.

[22]Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with his disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other side of the lake. And they launched forth.

[23]But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy.

[24]And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was a calm.

[25]And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is this! for he commandeth even the winds and water, and they obey him.

  

The scripture is filled with "and it came to pass".

It occurred 120 times in the king James version of the bible, starting with Genesis chapter 4 verse 14.

There are so many types of storms the occur in life, but they all come to pass.

There is no storm that can remain permanent, no matter how strong and stubborn the storm may be.

What to do in the middle of the storm.

When a boat runs into a storm, the captain does everything possible to be the passengers calm.

If many people panic and move to one side, the boat will start sinking from that side.

So resist the temptation to panic.

While in a storm, focus on survival instead of stopping the storm.

Some storms can not be stopped, they must go through their circles.

If you focus on stopping them, you will be distracted, exhausted and finally drowned.

Only focus on survival.

Peter was used to Jesus's performance that he forgot that He was present in the storm.

So many believers  forget our Lord's abiding presence and His covenant of protection once in a storm, 

The bible said in Deuteronomy 31:8,

"And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed."

I pray that you will come out of this present storm in Jesus name.

God bless you.

With the God I serve, nothing shall be impossible.

Your case is not bigger than God.

May you have a God filled day in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen

Your Victory is already guaranteed

It is well, do not give up, with God all things  are possible

(Please be a blessing to seven persons by sending to them   devotionals)

For further reading,   

1 Samuel 24,25. 

Pastor  Obi Ejikeme

Senior Pastor

House of faith, Nigeria