IT'S THAT EASY

Spirit & Life Devotional
Monday, December 22
Chinaemerem Joshua Ibezim

IT'S THAT EASY

Matthew 9:5 NKJV "For which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Arise and walk’?"

Brothers and sisters, it's that easy for God to do whatever you desire Him to do for you! Just a word from Him is sufficient to change your life forever! Things can change "suddenly"! Hallelujah!

Hear the word of the Lord, “Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for Me?" Your answer today is the key to the transformation of your life and your situation.

Jeremiah 32:17 says, "‘Ah, Lord God! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for You." There is nothing too hard for the Lord! It doesn't matter that there are only a few days remaining in the year, God can do it for you! With God there are no hopeless situations! With God death is not final! With God it doesn't matter if something is missing or removed He can replace it with a brand new one! You can still have that job you've been believing for! Yes, it's that easy for God to do! Hallelujah!!!

CHOOSE TO SHINE

Spirit & Life Devotional
Sunday, December 21
Chinaemerem Joshua Ibezim

CHOOSE TO SHINE

Isaiah 60:1 NKJV "Arise, shine; For your light has come! And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you."

We've been talking about the glory of God since Monday. Part of what I shared from the word of God is that the glory of God is in you now, if you're born again. Hallelujah. But having it isn't enough, it has to be manifested.

Isaiah 60:1 says to arise and to shine. That's what we've got to do, we've got to shine! Jesus said we should let our lights so shine; don't prevent yourself from shining for any reason, choose today to shine for the glory of God. And note that it is not God's responsibility to shine for you, He has given us His glory, it's up to us now.

There are awesome things within you that need to be expressed. There are creations within you, inventions, ideas, and much more that need to come forth from within you! Jesus went about doing good; in other words, manifesting His glory. From today choose to touch lives, choose to do good, choose to bring forth every good thing that God deposited within you, choose to shine!

THAT THE EARTH BE FILLED WITH HIS GLORY

Spirit & Life Devotional
Saturday, December 20
Chinaemerem Joshua Ibezim

THAT THE EARTH BE FILLED WITH HIS GLORY

Numbers 14:21 NKJV "But truly, as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord."

It's God's desire that the whole earth be filled with His glory. For me, that means more salvation of souls and more manifestations of His power, His goodness and His grace. It also means more and powerful interventions of God on earth.

I'd like us to pray today. That the earth be filled with the glory of God. Psalms 72:18-19 says, "Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, Who only does wondrous things! And blessed be His glorious name forever! And let the whole earth be filled with His glory. Amen and Amen." That's the prayer of the Spirit right now! Pray for your community, your state, for your country and for the world at large.

We will keep praying until it comes to pass! We will keep praying until like Isaiah, we see visions of heavenly beings crying one to another and saying: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; The whole earth is full of His glory!” Hallelujah! Oh! I can sense in my spirit that 2015 will be a glorious year for us who believe! Hallelujah!! Glory to God!!!

7 THINGS THE GLORY OF GOD CAN DO FOR YOU

Spirit & Life Devotional
Friday, December 19
Chinaemerem Joshua Ibezim

7 THINGS THE GLORY OF GOD CAN DO FOR YOU

We started talking about the glory of God on Monday and I have been sharing with you my message preached at The GloryLand 2014. We learned that God made us in His image, and that the image of God refers to His glory; we learned that sin robbed man of the image of God, and that Jesus came to restore the image of God in us. Today, God expects us to manifest the glory in us just as Jesus manifested His glory while on earth.

We dwell in the glory of God today! 1 Peter 2:9 says that we were called out of darkness into His marvellous light. Hallelujah! As we continue to have fellowship with the Lord, we will enjoy more and more of His glory.

Here are some things that the glory can accomplish in our lives:
1) The glory quickens our physical bodies (Deuteronomy 34:7).
2) The glory protects (Job 1:10, Isaiah 58:8).
3) The glory prospers (Isaiah 60:1-11).
4) The glory empowers for exploits (John 2:11).
5) The glory beautifies (Isaiah 60:15).
6) The glory will make you shine (Isaiah 60:1).
7) The glory will make you walk in dominion (Genesis 1:26-28).

Isaiah 60:1-2 says, "Arise, shine; For your light has come! And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you. For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, And deep darkness the people; But the Lord will arise over you, And His glory will be seen upon you." I pray that from today, the glory of God will be seen upon you, in Jesus name.

A GREATER GLORY

Spirit & Life Devotional
Thursday, December 18
Chinaemerem Joshua Ibezim

A GREATER GLORY

II Corinthians 3:7-8 NKJV "But if the ministry of death, written and engraved on stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of the glory of his countenance, which glory was passing away, how will the ministry of the Spirit not be more glorious?"

There are levels of glory. It's easy to think that because the face of Moses shined, that he had a great glory upon him, but that's not true! Our faces may not be shining "physically" but our spirits are! There's glory in us! Jesus had great glory in Him but they didn't know until He was transfigured before Peter, James and John. When the devil looks at us, he sees the glory! Hallelujah!

Look at how the glory upon Moses was described, "a glory that was passing away". It was a glory from the ministry of condemnation; but today, we are able ministers of the New Testament, a ministry of life! What was upon Moses was nothing at all compared to what's in us! Hallelujah!

II Corinthians 3:9-11 says, "For if the ministry of condemnation had glory, the ministry of righteousness exceeds much more in glory. For even what was made glorious had no glory in this respect, because of the glory that excels. For if what is passing away was glorious, what remains is much more glorious."

MANIFESTING THE GLORY WITHIN YOU

Spirit & Life Devotional
Wednesday, December 17
Chinaemerem Joshua Ibezim

MANIFESTING THE GLORY WITHIN YOU

II Corinthians 4:3-4, 6 NKJV "But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them. For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ."

John 2:11 says, "This beginning of signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and manifested His glory; and His disciples believed in Him." In the past two days I've shown you from the Scriptures that having been born again, the image of God (that is, the glory of God) is within you. 2 Corinthians 4:3-6 shows us that the glory came by the word when we believed it. Hallelujah

The glory is meant to be manifested. It's the divine nature of God in us that overcomes every form of darkness in the world. The world eagerly awaits our manifestation, and we've got to manifest as Jesus did if we are serious about having them saved.

We are the light of the world! Isaiah 60:1 says to arise, and shine, because the light has come and the glory of God has risen upon us. 2 Corinthians 4:6 says that God has shone in us! Wow! That's mind-blowing! When you arise and begin to shine, it says that kings shall come to the brightness of your rising! The more of the glory in you, the more you shine. 2 Corinthians 3:18 says that as we continue to behold Him, we are changed into the same image, from glory to glory! Glory to God!

CONFORMED TO HIS IMAGE (GLORY)

Spirit & Life Devotional
Tuesday, December 16
Chinaemerem Joshua Ibezim

CONFORMED TO HIS IMAGE (GLORY)

Romans 3:23 NKJV "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."

I began yesterday to share with you the message I preached at THE GLORYLAND 2014. We saw that man was made in the image of God, and I showed you from the word that the image of God refers to His glory. I also said that Adam lost the glory of God when he sinned. From Romans 3:23, we see that sin robs a man of the glory of God. After Adam sinned, for the first time, God referred to him as dust.

When Adam lost the glory, he immediately began to hid from God. Genesis 3:8 "And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden." Also, he began to give birth after his own image (the glory of dust). Genesis 5:3 says, "And Adam lived one hundred and thirty years, and begot a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth."

But thank God, Jesus came to restore the glory of God to man! Hallelujah! I Corinthians 15:49 says "And as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man." Romans 8:29 says, "For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren." Hallelujah! If you have been born again, you have the image of God in you now! Glory to God!

To be continued tomorrow...