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BEGINING WITH THE BEGINNER PT27

*FAITH NUGGET* *DAY 27 OF OUR 40 DAYS BEGINNING WITH THE BEGINNER PROGRAM*(*PRAYER AND FASTING PROGRAM*) *BEGINING WITH THE BEGINNER PT27*  *All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made*.  *Jn 1:3*. We have seen that the Lord wants to lead us in the path of righteousness because not just that He wants you and i to look like Him so that it will be easy to tell our source of existence but also for the fach that He does not want you and I to have a better yesterday. *Righteousness exalts a nation, But sin is a reproach to any people*. *Prov 14:34*. So the Lord like we said the other day that the Lord does not want us to have a better yesterday He also wants us to to be exalted. To be exalted simply means that he wants us to be lifted beyond problems and challenges of life. All these can only be achieved only if we acknowledge the presence of God in our lives, only if we give Him a place in our lives and accept Him as our Lord and saviour which will even...

BEGINING WITH THE BEGINNER PT27

*FAITH NUGGET* *DAY 27 OF OUR 40 DAYS BEGINNING WITH THE BEGINNER PROGRAM*(*PRAYER AND FASTING PROGRAM*) *BEGINING WITH THE BEGINNER PT27*  *All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made*.  *Jn 2:3*. The other day we saw that the Lord if we allow Him to be our shepherd will lead us in the ways of righteousness for his name's sake and we said that we need such a leader so that we will not miss our way so as not to miss our opportunities in this 2025. *He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness For His name's sake*. *PS 23:3*. Remember that we said that when he leads us that His life will influence our life and as He is righteous our life will have no option that to be righteous because who you follow determines what follows you. Remember that we are his because we came from Him so giving Him the opportunity to lead us means that we know that He can do it better since He knows us through and through also leading us in the pa...

BEGINING WITH THE BEGINNER PT26

*FAITH NUGGET* *DAY 26 OF OUR 40 DAYS BEGINNING WITH THE BEGINNER PROGRAM*(*PRAYER AND FASTING PROGRAM*) *BEGINING WITH THE BEGINNER PT26*  *All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made*.  *Jn 2:3*. We said yesterday that for us to have a better 2025 that we need to borrow a leaf from king David who told us that when we make the Lord our shepherd that the Lord will lead us to a place of aboundance just to make sure that we don't lack because He has all it takes to make us lack nothing. Today we want to continue to tap from the wisdom of king David because he seems to have had more than enough experience and he seem to have looked at the Lord from all perspectives and have to have a good understanding of how good and how pleasant the Lord is. *Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me*. *Ps 23:4*. Remember that our anchor scripture told us that ...

O LORD SHEPHERD MY LIFE

*LET US PRAY* *(PRAYER FOR THE WEEK)*. *DAY 25 OF OUR 40 DAYS BEGINNING WITH THE BEGINNER PROGRAM*(*PRAYER AND FASTING PROGRAM*) *O LORD SHEPHERD MY LIFE*. *The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters*.  *Ps 23:1-2*. To God be the glory great things He has done so loved He the world that He gave us His son who yielded His an atonement for sin and give Him the glory great things he has done. Thank you Lord for the gift of life, for health and wellness and for the many uncountable things that you alone have done for us not minding our sins but by your mercy. Receive all the glory Lord in the name of Jesus. Beloved i pray for you and with you that the shepherd of shepherds will shepherd you from now so that everything that looks like lack or represents lack or the spirit of lack will continually run far from you and your household by the power in the name of Jesus. May the spirit of aboundance find expression i...

BEGINING WITH THE BEGINNER PT24

*FAITH NUGGET* *DAY 24 OF OUR 40 DAYS BEGINNING WITH THE BEGINNER PROGRAM*(*PRAYER AND FASTING PROGRAM*) *BEGINING WITH THE BEGINNER PT24*  *All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made*.  *Jn 2:3*. I like what king David said "the Lord is my shepherd" that is "i know how this Lord has been taking care of me like a good shepherd", I know my relationship with him, I have no alternative to Him so if it is not about the Lord then forget it because if it is not the Lord it can't ever be like the Lord. And for me to have another Lord is completely ruled out because this particular Lord is more than enough for me. Dearly beloved as we begin and continue our journey in this 2025 it is expected that we look for a leader that will lead us through so that we can be sure that we are on the right track and one of them king David will tell us is the Lord, let us hear him out. *He renews my strength. He guides me along right paths, bringin...

BEGINING WITH THE BEGINNER PT23

*FAITH NUGGET* *DAY 22 OF OUR 40 DAYS BEGINNING WITH THE BEGINNER PROGRAM*(*PRAYER AND FASTING PROGRAM*) *BEGINING WITH THE BEGINNER PT23*  *All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made*.  *Jn 2:3*. We have been seeing how king David saw God in his life to the point that he called the Lord his shepherd and not just calling the Lord his shepherd but giving us reasons why he called the Lord his shepherd and we said that king David is worth emulating especially as we are beginning the year so that we will not lack both spiritual and physical needs. Today there is an aspect of what king David said that i want us to take a look at for our own benefit and a better 2025. The Lord is my shepherd*. *Ps 23:1*. He started by saying "the Lord" note that he didn't say the lords, he didn't say one of lord's is my shepherd rather he said "the Lord" (specific) one Lord, full of conviction, not confused whether to trust him or not or...

BEGINING WITH THE BEGINNER PT22

*FAITH NUGGET* *DAY 22 OF OUR 40 DAYS BEGINNING WITH THE BEGINNER PROGRAM*(*PRAYER AND FASTING PROGRAM*) *BEGINING WITH THE BEGINNER PT22*  *All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made*.  *Jn 2:3*. We have seen that all things came from the word and we said that if all things came from the word that it follows that you and i also came from the word and if we came from the word the word has a purpose for making us and if He has a purpose of making us we must acknowledge that to be able to enjoy all that He has for us. We saw how king David saw the Lord, to him the Lord is a shepherd to him, he likened the Lord to a shepherd because himself was a shepherd and he knows how a shepherd takes care of his sheep and looking at his life he saw that the Lord has done more than a shepherd to him. He said that the Lord being his shepherd supplies all his needs to the point that he lacked nothing. He went further to say that the Lord does not just lead him to p...

BEGINING WITH THE BEGINNER PT21

*FAITH NUGGET* *DAY 21 OF OUR 40 DAYS BEGINNING WITH THE BEGINNER PROGRAM*(*PRAYER AND FASTING PROGRAM*) *BEGINING WITH THE BEGINNER PT21*  *All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made*. *Jn 2:3*. We concluded the other day that if all things were made by the word that it follows too that we took are also made by the word and that if we are also made by the word that if follows that we will lack nothing because all that we will ever need is in the word and the word is ready to supply us all of that. Today i want us to take a look at how king David saw this and how he reacted to it because we are advised to follow those who through faith and patience inherited the promise and king David is one of them. *The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters. He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness For His name's sake*. *Ps 23:1-2*. David called the Lord his ...

BEGINING WITH THE BEGINNER PT20

*FAITH NUGGET* *DAY 20 OF OUR 40 DAYS BEGINNING WITH THE BEGINNER PROGRAM*(*PRAYER AND FASTING PROGRAM*) *BEGINING WITH THE BEGINNER PT20*  *All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made*. *Jn 2:3*. Here the bible is making us to understand that all things not some things were made by the word of God and if all things were made by the word of God it follows then that if God were to create another world for you today all that He needs to do is to speak His word which is already in existence. Another good news here is that all these things that was made was not made for making sake but for you and i, yes you heard me, "all things were made for you and i" God did not make them to make us look at them and admire them. No sir, they were all made for our use. Another thing that i will like to bring to your notice is that 2025 was also made by this same God for no other purpose but for you to prosper in it, for you to walk in health in it and for y...

BEGINNING WITH THE BEGINNER PT19

*FAITH NUGGET* *DAY 19 OF OUR 40 DAYS BEGINNING WITH THE BEGINNER PROGRAM*(*PRAYER AND FASTING PROGRAM*) *BEGINNING WITH THE BEGINNER PT19*  *In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God*.   *Jn 1:1*. We have seen that God create the world by His word and we said that if we are created in the image and likeness of God that we too need our word to create a better world for ourselves. The word of God is encouraging you and i to be mindful of what we speak, stop complaining about everything but start thanking God ina every area of your life. Falling in line with the word of God and seeking what the word of God says concerning any situation in your life. Apart from saying what the word of God says we must also make sure that our words are mixed with faith as it is not just about saying it but believing that what we are saying must come to pass. *For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, ...

GETTING BETTER BY THE DAY

*LET US PRAY* *(PRAYER FOR THE WEEK)*. *DAY 18 OF OUR 40 DAYS BEGINNING WITH THE BEGINNER PROGRAM*(*PRAYER AND FASTING PROGRAM*) *GETTING BETTER BY THE DAY*. *But the path of the just is like the shining sun, That shines ever brighter unto the perfect day*. *Prov 4:18*. All the glory must be to the Lord, for he is worthy of our praise, no man on earth should give the glory to himself, all the glory must be to the Lord. Indeed all glory is the Lord's because of the many uncountable blessings that he continues to give us without minding that we are not qualified. Dearly beloved i pray for you and with you that as you journey through this year that the hands of God will hold you tight to lead you to your expected destination by the power in the name of Jesus. As the sun never seize to shine on daily bases may you in like manner continue to rise on daily bases from glory to glory without fail until you attain your desired height by the power in the name of Jesus As darkness cannot stan...

BEGINNING WITH THE BEGINNER PT17

*FAITH NUGGET* *DAY 17 OF OUR 40 DAYS BEGINNING WITH THE BEGINNER PROGRAM*(*PRAYER AND FASTING PROGRAM*) *BEGINNING WITH THE BEGINNER PT17*  *In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God*.   *Jn 1:1*. Having said so much about beginning with God and planning and finally working out our plans we want to proceed further still looking at beginning with the beginner on how God began the beginning with the word and how God uses His word to create His world. We know that we are created in the image and likeness of God and if we are created in the image and likeness of God and God created the world with His word them our word is needed for us to show that we are like God and as such we need to act like God in creating our own better world with our words. In the bible we were told that in creation that the word "Let there be" occured fifteen times in Genesis chapter one only and as long as God continues to declare that word He was seeing what he was...

BEGINING WITH THE BEGINNER PT16

*FAITH NUGGET* *DAY 16 OF OUR 40 DAYS BEGINNING WITH THE BEGINNER PROGRAM*(*PRAYER AND FASTING PROGRAM*) *BEGINING WITH THE BEGINNER PT16*  *In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God*.   *Jn 1:1*. I know many of you may be bored or irritated on why we are talking about work instead of decreeing about prosperity, favour, wealth,health and all that because religion of our time has taught us about "thou shall not" and nobody says anything about "thou shall" my dear every beginning begins with work so go and work. Don't just plan but work out your plans. *For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat. For we hear that there are some who walk among you in a disorderly manner, not working at all, but are busybodies. Now those who are such we command and exhort through our Lord Jesus Christ that they work in quietness and eat their own bread*. *2Thess 3:10-12* Like we said in o...

BEGINING WITH THE BEGINNER PT15

*FAITH NUGGET* *DAY 15 OF OUR 40 DAYS BEGINNING WITH THE BEGINNER PROGRAM*(*PRAYER AND FASTING PROGRAM*) *BEGINING WITH THE BEGINNER PT15*  *In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God*.   *Jn 1:1*. We said that we should start every year on a note of seriousness amd that we are supposed to start every year on a note of sacrifice and not pleasure. If we are to emulate God our father you will agree with me that God begins every beginning on a note of work. Genesis chapter one verse one; *In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth*. *Gen 1:1*.  God began a begining by beginning to work, in the beginning God started by creating and not even introducing himself for us to know who He is but He started on a note of sacrifice. He didn't even waste time to tell us his plans and how He was about to do it but went ahead and started working immediately. One would have thought that after creating everything and rested that God will continue to res...

BEGINING WITH THE BEGINNER PT14

*FAITH NUGGET* *DAY 14 OF OUR 40 DAYS BEGINNING WITH THE BEGINNER PROGRAM*(*PRAYER AND FASTING PROGRAM*) *BEGINING WITH THE BEGINNER PT14*  *In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God*.   *Jn 1:1*. The other day we saw how the prophet Habakkuk asked God for a plan and the Lord gave him not just a plan but how to go about it because God hates to see his children fail or become failures because Himself is not a failure so He gave the prophet not just a plan but how to go about it so that he will end up a success *Then the Lord answered me and said: "Write the vision And make it plain on tablets, That he may run who reads it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time; But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; Because it will surely come, It will not tarry. Hakk* *2:2-3*.  Apart from writing it down and making it plain there were other instructions that was given to the prophet by God which we are going to ...

BEGINING WITH THE BEGINNER PT13

*FAITH NUGGET* *DAY 13 OF OUR 40 DAYS BEGINNING WITH THE BEGINNER PROGRAM*(*PRAYER AND FASTING PROGRAM*) *BEGINING WITH THE BEGINNER PT13*  *In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God*.   *Jn 1:1*. One of the benefits of begining with the word is that in the word you have all you need to give your world your desired shape, the word is a perfect guide to a brighter tomorrow and in the word you have the secret of good success. So today we will be asking prophet Habakkuk how to make a good plan for us to see what he has to say concerning it. *Then the Lord answered me and said: "Write the vision And make it plain on tablets, That he may run who reads it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time; But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; Because it will surely come, It will not tarry*. *Hak 2:2-3*. The prophet started by saying "He answered me" what do you make of that? He involved the Lord, he i...

BEGINING WITH THE BEGINNER PT12

*FAITH NUGGET* *DAY 12 OF OUR 40 DAYS BEGINNING WITH THE BEGINNER PROGRAM*(*PRAYER AND FASTING PROGRAM*) *BEGINING WITH THE BEGINNER PT12*  *In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God*.   *Jn 1:1*. We have been talking about planning and bringing God into our plans so that we can succeed in our plans but unfortunately many of us including the writer of this nugget starts the year on a note of enjoyment, many too put their trust in their already existing plan while many resort to planning of other things that has nothing to do with progress and the worse group are those that refuse to plan. It is now that am beginning to realise that every year has to start with sacrifice. Please wait, am not asking you to sow seed just hear me out first before you stop reading. Am talking about making the sacrifices of your time in planning, sacrifice of somethings that are not worth spending on without minding what people will say and ultimately making the sacrifice...

LORD SET ME FREE FROM STAGNATION

*LET US PRAY* *(PRAYER FOR THE WEEK)*. *DAY 11 OF OUR 40 DAYS BEGINNING WITH THE BEGINNER PROGRAM* (*PRAYER AND FASTING PROGRAM*) *LORD SET ME FREE FROM STAGNATION*. *Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, "Do you want to be made well*?" *Jn 5:5-6*. What shall we say into the Lord all we have to say is thank you Lord(2×), thank you Lord, thank you Lord all we have to say is thank you Lord. What else can we say other than thank you Lord because even if we were to give you an offering in accordance with your love and care for us the whole world will be an offering too small to thank you. Dearly beloved i don't know what plagued you before now or what has kept you in one place before now and has made you stagnant for this long by the power that raised Jesus from the dead you are leaving that stagnant position right now by the power i...

BEGINING WITH THE BEGINNER PT10

*FAITH NUGGET* *DAY 10 OF OUR 40 DAYS BEGINNING WITH THE BEGINNER PROGRAM*(*PRAYER AND FASTING PROGRAM*) *BEGINING WITH THE BEGINNER PT10*  *In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God*.   *Jn 1:1*. The book of Proverbs has helped us to explain in detail what we mean by planning with God when we were told to acknowledge God in all our our ways so that God will direct our path(Prov 3:6) the emphasis here is "in all" not in some or when it is convenient but in all so that He can direct us in all. Putting God first in all things may look impossible to some people but this what it really entails. Making sure that God is glorified in your plans, your plans must be geared towards the love of God and neighbours, our plans must carry empathy and deep sense of truth, our plans must be such that anyone that comes across it will glorify God because of how he or she has been or is been affected by our plans. Our plans must be centered around the word o...

BEGINING WITH THE BEGINNER PT9

*FAITH NUGGET* *DAY 9 OF OUR 40 DAYS BEGINNING WITH THE BEGINNER PROGRAM*(*PRAYER AND FASTING PROGRAM*) *BEGINING WITH THE BEGINNER PT9*  *In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God*.   *Jn 1:1*. We have said so much about the word of God and God Himself and we said that both are inseparable and that both of them are together and today we want to continue to explain what we mean by planning with God and the word of God our best partner in all that we do. As a matter of fact when we talk about planning with God what we are saying in essence is to make God the all in all that we do or that we are doing knowing full well that any stream that ever disconnects from its source will always turn to a footpath. God is our source so the earlier we realised that and fall in line with that the better for us otherwise we will lack resources. We cannot plan and put it in God's hand rather we key in into what God has already planned for us because God is always...

BEGINING WITH THE BEGINNER PT8

*FAITH NUGGET* *DAY 8 OF OUR 40 DAYS BEGINNING WITH THE BEGINNER PROGRAM*(*PRAYER AND FASTING PROGRAM*) *BEGINING WITH THE BEGINNER PT8*  *In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God*.   *Jn 1:1*. We have seen the beauty of planning with God and we saw that we don't plan with God but that by planning we key in into the plans that God has for us and we saw that the plans that God has for us is for good and not of evil and that in His plans are the beginning and the end. He always plans the end from the beginning. Having talked about partnering with God and the plans of God for our lives we want to advance forward today by looking or taking a look at one of the many reasons why we will partner with the word of God but first and foremost don't forget that we have said that the word always goes with God and that both of them are inseparable. One of the major reason why we need the world of God is that the world carries a creative power. Is there a...

BEGINING WITH THE BEGINNER PT7

*FAITH NUGGET* *DAY 7 OF OUR 40 DAYS BEGINNING WITH THE BEGINNER PROGRAM*(*PRAYER AND FASTING PROGRAM*) *BEGINING WITH THE BEGINNER PT7*  *In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God*.   *Jn 1:1*. We have said that we need God in our planning since He is the beginner of every beginning since we know that involving God will make us not to fail in our plans and we went ahead to say that even when we involve God that we will still play our part well as God cannot and will never do for us what He has givinus the ability and the capacity to do. Do you know that God is interested in our planning and not just in our planning but that God wants us to succeed and succeed well and that he desires us to plan well so that He can have a place to express his own plans for us through our plans Infact involving God in our plans is not to make God part of our planning but for us to partake in God's plan for us or let me say keying into the plans of God for us *For...

BEGINING WITH THE BEGINNER PT6

*FAITH NUGGET* *DAY 6 OF OUR 40 DAYS BEGINNING WITH THE BEGINNER PROGRAM*(*PRAYER AND FASTING PROGRAM*) *BEGINING WITH THE BEGINNER PT6*  *In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God*.   *Jn 1:1*. You will agree with me that partnering with God is the best thing that can ever happen to anybody,because apart from the fact that one with God is majority only God is more than enough in whatever we are doing with Him. When you have God you don't need anything extra. In life all of us are searching for God consciously or unconsciously so don't ever take the privilege of knowing or having Him for granted. We saw that we don't need to know what tomorrow holds in as much as we know who holds tomorrow and one of the things that He has done for us by giving us today is to help us to use today to plan and prepare for a better tomorrow. We must know that the life we have or are living today is a product of our plan of yesterday. One of the beauties of ...