DIVINE ENCOUNTER!... PART 3 – THE MINISTRY OF ANGELS!

 

It’s quite interesting and challenging that we are already in the second half of the year. Interesting that the next six months offer new opportunities, and challenging because of the current state of affairs, not just in our nation, but globally. However, whatever challenges abound in our nation and individual lives, it takes only an encounter with God to turn things around and give us the much-needed victory.

An encounter with God (the Father, Son and Holy Spirit), whether directly, or through His angels, or destiny helpers, is always a transformational experience.  We see this play out many times in the Bible and contemporary life. In Gen. 32:26-30, Jacob’s encounter with God provides him with a new identity and favor to meet with Esau about whom he was afraid would kill him. Moses experienced God, through the burning bush which was not consumed, and received a commission to liberate the Israelites from bondage in Egypt: Ex. 3:10-12 “Now go, for I am sending you to Pharaoh. You must lead my people Israel out of Egypt.” But Moses protested to God, “Who am I to appear before Pharaoh? Who am I to lead the people of Israel out of Egypt?” God answered, “I will be with you. And this is your sign that I am the one who has sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you will worship God at this very mountain.” NLT. For the lame man at the pool of Bethesda, a 38-year affliction was broken and he was healed instantly following an encounter with Jesus: John 5:8-9 “ Jesus told him, “Stand up, pick up your mat, and walk!” Instantly, the man was healed! He rolled up his sleeping mat and began walking! But this miracle happened on the Sabbath” NLT

As we draw faith and strength from these examples, it is pertinent to note that God is able, willing, and ready to give us encounters that will change our lives and destinies. Much as the second half of a football game provides opportunities to win the match, no matter how the first half went, July gives us the privilege of a relationship with and trust in God to turn things around for our good. The areas of turnaround may differ with individuals. For some it could be healing (relationship, physical, material or spiritual), preservation of lives, change of names and identities, birthing of destinies and setting same on the path of manifestation. In whatever area it is, God will give us an encounter this season.

Our five-part series for the month of July, “Divine Encounter”, connects us to the life transforming power of God to change our lives and give us a glorious destiny. This overrides whatever is our current status or situation. Join us this and every Sunday as we explore the theme.

God bless you.

 

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WORD DIARY: SATURDAY JULY 15, 2023

 

#Great esteem!..

Gen 49:7 Cursed be their anger, so fierce, and their fury, so cruel! I will scatter them in Jacob and disperse them in Israel.

#Beware of anger!

Gen 49:8 “Judah, your brothers will praise you; your hand will be on the neck of your enemies; your father’s sons will bow down to you.

#Great esteem!

Gen 49:9 You are a lion’s cub, Judah; you return from the prey, my son. Like a lion he crouches and lies down, like a lioness—who dares to rouse him?

#M.A.N.I.F.E.S.T.!

Gen 49:10 The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he to whom it belongs shall come and the obedience of the nations shall be his.

Let us pray: Father God, we receive the grace for rulership in the name of Jesus

#Life questions and meditation:

1. Are you prone to destructive anger?

2. How can you overcome the spirit of anger?

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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, Instagram, basilchukwuezi and my blog,  http://kingdomstreet.blogspot.com. Email: edensquareassembly@yahoo.com. All scriptures are from the New International Version (NIV). Please kindly like and share to others. God bless you.

 

 

WORD DIARY: FRIDAY JULY 14, 2023

 

#Born to excel!..

Gen 49:1-2 Then Jacob called for his sons and said: “Gather around so I can tell you what will happen to you in days to come. “Assemble and listen, sons of Jacob; listen to your father Israel.

#Pay attention!

Gen 49:3 “Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, the first sign of my strength,    excelling in honor, excelling in power.

#Born to excel!

Gen 49:4 Turbulent as the waters, you will no longer excel, for you went up onto your father’s bed, onto my couch and defiled it.

#Stumbling block!

Gen 49:5-6 “Simeon and Levi are brothers— their swords are weapons of violence. Let me not enter their council, let me not join their assembly, for they have killed men in their anger and hamstrung oxen as they pleased.

Let us pray: Father God, may we not succumb to destructive anger in the name of Jesus

#Life questions and meditation:

1. Do you appreciate the spirit of excellence in you?

2. What is hindering excellence from manifesting in your life?

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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, Instagram, basilchukwuezi and my blog,  http://kingdomstreet.blogspot.com. Email: edensquareassembly@yahoo.com. All scriptures are from the New International Version (NIV). Please kindly like and share to others. God bless you.   

 

 

WORD DIARY: THURSDAY JULY 13, 2023

 

#Change of baton!..

Gen 48:19 But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know. He too will become a people, and he too will become great. Nevertheless, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his descendants will become a group of nations.”

#Whom the Lord has blessed!

Gen 48:20 He blessed them that day and said, “In your name will Israel pronounce this blessing: ‘May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.’” So he put Ephraim ahead of Manasseh.

#Divine dimension!

Gen 48:21 Then Israel said to Joseph, “I am about to die, but God will be with you and take you back to the land of your fathers.

#Change of baton!

Gen 48:22 And to you I give one more ridge of land than to your brothers, the ridge I took from the Amorites with my sword and my bow.”

Let us pray: O Lord arise and increase us in the name of Jesus

#Life questions and meditation:

1. What has God done for you?

2. Do you recognize the divine dimension in your life?

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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, Instagram, basilchukwuezi and my blog,  http://kingdomstreet.blogspot.com. Email: edensquareassembly@yahoo.com. All scriptures are from the New International Version (NIV). Please kindly like and share to others. God bless you. 

WORD DIARY: WEDNESDAY JULY 12, 2023

 

#The father's blessings!..

Gen 48:12-13

Then Joseph removed them from Israel’s knees and bowed down with his face to the ground. And Joseph took both of them, Ephraim on his right toward Israel’s left hand and Manasseh on his left toward Israel’s right hand, and brought them close to him.

#Physical positioning!

Gen 48:14

But Israel reached out his right hand and put it on Ephraim’s head, though he was the younger, and crossing his arms, he put his left hand on Manasseh’s head, even though Manasseh was the firstborn.

#Spiritual positioning!

Gen 48:15-16

Then he blessed Joseph and said,

“May the God before whom my fathers

Abraham and Isaac walked faithfully,

the God who has been my shepherd

all my life to this day,

the Angel who has delivered me from all harm

—may he bless these boys.

May they be called by my name

and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac,

and may they increase greatly

on the earth.”

#The father's blessings!

Gen 48:17-18

When Joseph saw his father placing his right hand on Ephraim’s head he was displeased; so he took hold of his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head. Joseph said to him, “No, my father, this one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.”

Let us pray: Father God, let your will be done in the name of Jesus

#Life questions and meditation:

1. Do you value physical or spiritual positioning?

2. Do you value the father's blessings?

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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, Instagram, basilchukwuezi and my blog,  http://kingdomstreet.blogspot.com. Email: edensquareassembly@yahoo.com. All scriptures are from the New International Version (NIV). Please kindly like and share to others. God bless you.

WORD DIARY: TUESDAY JULY 11, 2023

 

#Spiritual insights!..

Gen 48:7

As I was returning from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died in the land of Canaan while we were still on the way, a little distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath” (that is, Bethlehem).

#No more sorrow!

Gen 48:8-9

When Israel saw the sons of Joseph, he asked, “Who are these?"

“They are the sons God has given me here,” Joseph said to his father.

Then Israel said, “Bring them to me so I may bless them.”

#Divine blessings!

Gen 48:10

Now Israel’s eyes were failing because of old age, and he could hardly see. So Joseph brought his sons close to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.

#Spiritual insights!

Gen 48:11

Israel said to Joseph, “I never expected to see your face again, and now God has allowed me to see your children too.”

Let us pray: Father God, we thank you for the privileges of life in the name of Jesus

#Life questions and meditation:

1. Are you going through a sorrowful experience?

2. Do you trust God to see you through the sorrowful experience?

#WordDiary#TheWordtoLiveBy#StartWithGod#TakeTheWordChallenge #EdenSquareChristianAssembly#Edensquaretv#BasilChukwuezi

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, Instagram, basilchukwuezi and my blog,  http://kingdomstreet.blogspot.com. Email: edensquareassembly@yahoo.com. All scriptures are from the New International Version (NIV). Please kindly like and share to others. God bless you.

WORD DIARY: MONDAY JULY 10, 2023

 

#Divine promises!..

Gen 48:1 Some time later Joseph was told, “Your father is ill.” So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim along with him.

#Do the needful!

Gen 48:2 When Jacob was told, “Your son Joseph has come to you,” Israel rallied his strength and sat up on the bed.

#Inner strength!

Gen 48:3-4 Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there he blessed me and said to me, ‘I am going to make you fruitful and increase your numbers. I will make you a community of peoples, and I will give this land as an everlasting possession to your descendants after you.’

#Divine promises!

Gen 48:5-6 “Now then, your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here will be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine. Any children born to you after them will be yours; in the territory they inherit they will be reckoned under the names of their brothers.

Let us pray: Father God, may we never lose our inheritance in the name of Jesus

#Life questions and meditation:

1. What are the promises of God to you?

2. Do you believe the promises of God to you will come to pass?

#WordDiary#TheWordtoLiveBy#StartWithGod#TakeTheWordChallenge #EdenSquareChristianAssembly#Edensquaretv#BasilChukwuezi

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, Instagram, basilchukwuezi and my blog,  http://kingdomstreet.blogspot.com. Email: edensquareassembly@yahoo.com. All scriptures are from the Newu International Version (NIV). Please kindly like and share to others. God bless you.