SEE YOURSELF IN A POSITIVE LIGHT.

MEMORISE : For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee. Proverbs 23 : 7.

READ : JUDGES 6 : 11 - 16.
11 And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.
12 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.

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COMMANDED TO SHINE.

MEMORISE : Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. Matthew 5 : 16.

READ : EPHESIANS 5 : 8 - 14.

8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)

10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.

11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.

13 But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.

14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR : NUMBERS 7 : 84 - 10 : 10 & PSALM 140.

Light and darkness are antithetical. While light is welcome by everyone, darkness is shunned and rejected.

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DIVINE COMPENSATION.

MEMORISE : But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. 1 Peter 5 : 10.
READ : Genesis 41:37-45
37 And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
38 And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?
39 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath
shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:
40 Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
41 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.
42 And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;
43 And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.
44 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.
45 And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of

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DIVINE SPECIFICATIONS FOR GOOD SUCCESS.

MEMORISE : Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. Luke 6 : 38.
READ : 1 CHRONICLES 4 : 9 - 10.
9 And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.
10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR : NUMBERS 5 - 6 & PSALM 139 : 1 - 16.
Virtually everything on earth is guided by principles, rules and regulations. There are divine specifications (Biblical principles and rules) for whoever wishes to be successful in any area of life. It has been rightly pointed out by those who claim to be experts that one in every three

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OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL.THEME : FELLOWSHIP OF BELIEVERS.

 

MEMORISE : Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? 2 Corinthians 6 : 14. READ : ACTS 2 : 46 - 47.
46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did

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PARENTING.

The focus of our lesson today is the responsibilities as expected of  responsible Parent according to God's standard.

 

Our MEMORY Verse : When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt:
Matthew 2 : 14.

READ : 1 SAMUEL 1 : 22 - 23.

22 But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned, and

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PROVOKING POSITIVE CHANGE.

 

MEMORISE : Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, Ephesians 3 : 20. READ : MATTHEW 15 : 21 - 28.
21 Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
22 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have

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REFLECTING GOD’S IMAGE.

MEMORISE : So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. Genesis 1 : 27.
READ : PSALM 8 : 3 - 6.
3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

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EXCEPTIONAL APPRENTICE.

MEMORISE : Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. John 5 : 19.

READ : JOHN 5 : 5 - 9.

5 And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.

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A STEP FURTHER.

MEMORISE : But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, Hebrews 12 : 22.
READ : EPHESIANS 1 : 15 - 19.
15 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,

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CONTROVERSIAL BLESSING.

MEMORISE : When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.
Psalm 126 : 1.

READ : JOHN 9 : 8 - 16.

8 The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?

9 Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he.

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FIGHTER’S QUALIFICATION.

MEMORISE : And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Luke 3 : 9.

READ : JOHN 15 : 1 - 6.
1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he

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WHY EXPECTATIONS FAIL.

MEMORISE : The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him. Nahum 1 : 7.

READ : JEREMIAH 29 : 1 - 13.
1 Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon;
2 (After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem,

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