IT’S STILL A SEASON OF LOVE

I didn’t quite look out for a very wintery Christmas.

But my thoughts go out to the fashion, sports and allied industries that had anticipated and produced goods along that line.

Nevertheless, wherever you are, pull out the dishes, carve the nicely stuffed roast turkey, pop the wine and have yourselves a merry Christmas and a prosperous new year!

And while at it, take out time to show some love. After all, the real reason for Christmas is the celebration of a supreme act of divine love and giving; the birth of our Saviour Jesus Christ.

WORD DIARY: SATURDAY DECEMBER 5 2015

Ezekiel 39:25 "Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will now bring Jacob back from captivity and will have compassion on all the people of Israel, and I will be zealous for my holy name.

My God shall hold my captivity, captive! #PastorBasil

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Ezekiel 39:29 I will no longer hide my face from them, for I will pour out my Spirit on the house of Israel, declares the Sovereign Lord."

I receive the spirit of divine revelation! #PastorBasil

Ezekiel 40:2 In visions of God he took me to the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain, on whose south side were some buildings that looked like a city.

The visions of God will take me higher! #PastorBasil

Isaiah 44:24 "This is what the Lord says — your Redeemer, who formed you in the womb: I am the Lord, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who spread out the earth by myself

Let us pray: Any power that wants to share the glory of God in our lives shall die in Jesus name #PastorBasil

WORD DIARY: FRIDAY DECEMBER 4 2015

Ezekiel 37:26 I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and increase their numbers, and I will put my sanctuary among them forever.

The peace of God is incomprehensible! #PastorBasil

 

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Ezekiel 37:27-28 My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people. Then the nations will know that I the Lord make Israel holy, when my sanctuary is among them forever.'"

I am a temple of the living God! #PastorBasil

Ezekiel 38:10-11 'This is what the Sovereign Lord says: On that day thoughts will come into your mind and you will devise an evil scheme. You will say, "I will invade a land of unwalled villages; I will attack a peaceful and unsuspecting people — all of them living without walls and without gates and bars.

The wicked imagination of the enemy shall fail! #PastorBasil

Isaiah 44:23 Sing for joy, O heavens, for the Lord has done this; shout aloud, O earth beneath. Burst into song, you mountains, you forests and all your trees, for the Lord has redeemed Jacob, he displays his glory in Israel.

Let us pray: We exalt the name of the Lord, who causes us to celebrate in Jesus name #PastorBasil

WORD DIARY: WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 2 2015

Ezekiel 37:14 I will put my Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I the Lord have spoken, and I have done it, declares the Lord.'" 

Holy Spirit, incubate me! #PastorBasil

Ezekiel 37:22 I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel. There will be one king over all of them and they will never again be two nations or be divided into two kingdoms.

There is power in U-N-I-T-Y-! #PastorBasil

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Ezekiel 37:23 They will no longer defile themselves with their idols and vile images or with any of their offenses, for I will save them from all their sinful backsliding, and I will cleanse them. They will be my people, and I will be their God.

Oh Lord, save us by your mighty outstretched hands! #PastorBasil

Isaiah 44:22 I have swept away your offenses like a cloud, your sins like the morning mist. Return to me, for I have redeemed you."

Let us pray: Thank you Lord, for the forgiveness of our sins in Jesus name #PastorBasil

WORD DIARY: FRIDAY NOVEMBER 27 2015

Ezekiel 37:9-10 Then he said to me, "Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to it, 'This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe into these slain, that they may live.' So I prophesied as he commanded me, and breath entered them; they came to life and stood up on their feet — a vast army.

I receive the breath of life! #PastorBasil

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Ezekiel 37:11 Then he said to me: "Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They say, 'Our bones are dried up and our hope is gone; we are cut off.'

I serve a living God; there is hope for me! #PastorBasil

Ezekiel 37:12 Therefore prophesy and say to them: 'This is what the Sovereign Lord says: O my people, I am going to open your graves and bring you up from them; I will bring you back to the land of Israel.

My destiny shall not be buried! #PastorBasil

Isaiah 44:15 It is man's fuel for burning; some of it he takes and warms himself, he kindles a fire and bakes bread. But he also fashions a god and worships it; he makes an idol and bows down to it.

Let us pray: O Lord, make us to understand the futility of idol worship in Jesus name #PastorBasil

WORD DIARY: THURSDAY NOVEMBER 26 2015

Ezekiel 37:1 The hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord and set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones.

Those who are led by the spirit of God are sons of God (Romans 8:14) #PastorBasil

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Ezekiel 37:2-3 He led me back and forth among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that were very dry. He asked me, "Son of man, can these bones live?" I said, "O Sovereign Lord, you alone know."

We serve an omniscient God! #PastorBasil

Ezekiel 37:4-5 Then he said to me, "Prophesy to these bones and say to them, 'Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord! This is what the Sovereign Lord says to these bones: I will make breath enter you, and you will come to life.

I receive resurrection power over every good area of my life! #PastorBasil

Isaiah 44:10-11 Who shapes a god and casts an idol, which can profit him nothing? He and his kind will be put to shame; craftsmen are nothing but men. Let them all come together and take their stand; they will be brought down to terror and infamy.

Let us pray: O Lord, by your grace, we reject every form of idolatry in Jesus name #PastorBasil

WORD DIARY: TUESDAY NOVEMBER 24 2015

Ezekiel 36:35 They will say, "This land that was laid waste has become like the garden of Eden; the cities that were lying in ruins, desolate and destroyed, are now fortified and inhabited."

I am a fruitful garden! #PastorBasil

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Ezekiel 36:36 Then the nations around you that remain will know that I the Lord have rebuilt what was destroyed and have replanted what was desolate. I the Lord have spoken, and I will do it.

The glory of the Lord shall be seen upon me! #PastorBasil

Ezekiel 36:37-38 "This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Once again I will yield to the plea of the house of Israel and do this for them: I will make their people as numerous as sheep, as numerous as the flocks for offerings at Jerusalem during her appointed feasts. So will the ruined cities be filled with flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the Lord."

Divine multiplication is my portion! #PastorBasil

Isaiah 44:9 All who make idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Those who would speak up for them are blind; they are ignorant, to their own shame.

Let us pray: O Lord, you are the only true God; receive our worship in Jesus name #PastorBasil

WORD DIARY: MONDAY NOVEMBER 23 2015

Ezekiel 36:26-27 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.  And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.

Create in me a new heart, O Lord #PastorBasil

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Ezekiel 36:28-29 You will live in the land I gave your forefathers; you will be my people, and I will be your God. I will save you from all your uncleanness. I will call for the grain and make it plentiful and will not bring famine upon you.

Divine restoration! #PastorBasil

Ezekiel 36:33-34 'This is what the Sovereign Lord says: On the day I cleanse you from all your sins, I will resettle your towns, and the ruins will be rebuilt. The desolate land will be cultivated instead of lying desolate in the sight of all who pass through it.

O Lord, settle me! #PastorBasil

Isaiah 44:9 All who make idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Those who would speak up for them are blind; they are ignorant, to their own shame.

Let us pray: O Lord, make us worthy ambassadors of your kingdom in Jesus name #PastorBasil

WORD DIARY: SUNDAY NOVEMBER 22 2015

Ezekiel 36:15 No longer will I make you hear the taunts of the nations, and no longer will you suffer the scorn of the peoples or cause your nation to fall, declares the Sovereign Lord.'"

Shame is not my portion! #PastorBasil

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Ezekiel 36:22 "Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'This is what the Sovereign Lord says: It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am going to do these things, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you have gone.

O Lord, let your glory manifest over my life! #PastorBasil

Ezekiel 36:24-25 'For I will take you out of the nations; I will gather you from all the countries and bring you back into your own land. I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols.

The Lord shall deliver me from every bondage! #PastorBasil

Isaiah 44:8 Do not tremble, do not be afraid. Did I not proclaim this and foretell it long ago? You are my witnesses. Is there any God besides me? No, there is no other Rock; I know not one."

Let us pray: The Rock of Ages is our everlasting refuge in Jesus name #PastorBasil

WORD DIARY: SATURDAY NOVEMBER 21 2015

Ezekiel 36:11 I will increase the number of men and animals upon you, and they will be fruitful and become numerous. I will settle people on you as in the past and will make you prosper more than before. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Divine increase on every side! #PastorBasil

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Ezekiel 36:12 I will cause people, my people Israel, to walk upon you. They will possess you, and you will be their inheritance; you will never again deprive them of their children.

I receive grace to possess my possessions! #PastorBasil

Ezekiel 36:13-14 'This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because people say to you, "You devour men and deprive your nation of its children," therefore you will no longer devour men or make your nation childless, declares the Sovereign Lord.

Powers wasting our resources, your time is up! #PastorBasil

Isaiah 44:6 "This is what the Lord says — Israel's King and Redeemer, the Lord Almighty: I am the first and I am the last; apart from me there is no God.

Let us pray: O Lord, we worship you for your redeeming love over us in Jesus name #PastorBasil

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MIRACLE OF DAMAN!

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The eleventh hour miracle deletes past trials and inserts success and breakthrough in all your endeavors.

May that be your portion in this month of November and beyond.

WORD DIARY: SATURDAY OCTOBER 31 2015

Ezekiel 35:12 Then you will know that I the Lord have heard all the contemptible things you have said against the mountains of Israel. You said, "They have been laid waste and have been given over to us to devour."

The Lord knows all my issues! #PastorBasil

 

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Ezekiel 35:13-15 You boasted against me and spoke against me without restraint, and I heard it. This is what the Sovereign Lord says: While the whole earth rejoices, I will make you desolate. Because you rejoiced when the inheritance of the house of Israel became desolate, that is how I will treat you. You will be desolate, O Mount Seir, you and all of Edom. Then they will know that I am the Lord.

The Lord shall avenge for me! #PastorBasil

Ezekiel 36:8-10 'But you, O mountains of Israel, will produce branches and fruit for my people Israel, for they will soon come home. I am concerned for you and will look on you with favor; you will be plowed and sown, and I will multiply the number of people upon you, even the whole house of Israel. The towns will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt.

I see the abundance of the rain of restoration! #PastorBasil

Isaiah 44:4-5 They will spring up like grass in a meadow, like poplar trees by flowing streams. One will say, 'I belong to the Lord'; another will call himself by the name of Jacob; still another will write on his hand, 'The Lord's,' and will take the name Israel.

Let us pray: O Lord, we belong to thee, make us to flourish in your courts in Jesus name #PastorBasil

Postscript

Ecclesiastes 7:29 This only have I found: God made mankind upright, but men have gone in search of many schemes.

God, more than earthly manufacturers, created a perfect mankind; and like every manufacturer, He gave the Bible as the manual. As we brush our teeth and eat every day, so much do we need to look into that manual for daily living and thereby prevent a malfunction inherent in seeking our many devices.

These verses and the accompanying nuggets are meant to start you out every day. But you need a personal relationship with God and the Lord Jesus Christ. It will help to contact a bible believing church   near you. 

For comments, questions and general counsel follow me at basil.chukwuezi on Facebook,  @BasilChukwuezi on Twitter and  my blog,  http://kingdomstreet.blogspot.com. All scriptures are from the New International Version (NIV). God bless you.

 

WORD DIARY: THURSDAY OCTOBER 29 2015

Ezekiel 35:6 Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, I will give you over to bloodshed and it will pursue you. Since you did not hate bloodshed, bloodshed will pursue you.

Mind what you allow; like attracts like! #PastorBasil

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Ezekiel 35:7 I will make Mount Seir a desolate waste and cut off from it all who come and go.

The Lord will fight for me! #PastorBasil

Ezekiel 35:10-11 'Because you have said, "These two nations and countries will be ours and we will take possession of them," even though I the Lord was there, therefore as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, I will treat you in accordance with the anger and jealousy you showed in your hatred of them and I will make myself known among them when I judge you.

One with God is a majority! #PastorBasil

Isaiah 44:3 For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out my Spirit on your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants.

Let us pray: O Lord, hasten to perform your promises over us in Jesus name #PastorBasil

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