For taking your time to study remain blessed.
MOVE ON TO PERFECTION THURSDAY APRIL 27
TEXT: 2 CHRONICLES 16:9
Key verse: “the Lord will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O Lord endureth forever; forsake not the work of thine own hands psalms 137: 8
Beloved, people believe that nobody can be perfect, only God is perfect. God is perfect but He also commanded us to live a perfect life. Now the question is, can God ask you to do something that He knows is not possible in you? The Lord Jesus Christ while on earth being a man, He lIved a perfect life and He said be ye perfect just as your heavenly Father is perfect, Matthew 5:48. Though he was a son, yet learned obedience by the things which he suffered: and being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation into them that obey him, Hebrews 5:9-10. Some will say, it is because Jesus is God that is why He was perfect as a man. But Noah was perfect in his generation before the flood. Job was a perfect, a just man, a man that feared God and eschewed evil, even God himself commended Job, What then is perfection? Perfection is defined as a state of completeness, wholesome, without fault/blame Lev 22:21. Perfection is not absolute, it is not Infallable, it is not perfect knowledge or understanding. It is being perfect in the sight of God as He described of Job. He who is perfect would not say he is perfect, for it is only God who can declare someone perfect.
Christians are called to commitment and perfection. However, many things hinder perfection in the life of believers. To be perfect, we must surrender all that we have and follow Jesus. The rich young ruler could not surrender his riches, therefore he failed to attain unto perfection. The cares of this life, the pleasures and deceitfulfulness of riches hinder many believers from striving for perfection. To be perfect we must bridle our tongue, for he that can bridle his tongue, such is a perfect man. James 3:28. We must study and meditate on the word of God, 2 Timothy 3:16. We must be in oneness with other brethren John 17:23. We must evangelize and intercede for one another.
Thought for the Day: Believe that perfection is possible and pray for it
Song for the day: Make me perfect (2x)
Bible reading for the day:
2 Samuel 17-18; Luke 21:1-19
HOLINESS REVIVAL MOVEMENT WORLDWIDE Daily Devotional EVERY WORD OF GOD FOR DAILY LIVING _BY_ *PASTOR PAUL RIKA* Int'l Director (Holiness Revival Movement Worldwide) THURSDAY NOVEMBER 1 , 2018 _TOPIC:_ *YOU WILL SUCCEED AS CHRIST DID BY PRAYER* TEXT: John 16: 23-24. KEY VERSE: It came to pass, as He was praying in a certain place, when He ceased, one of His disciples said, Lord, teach us how to pray as John taught his disciples. Luke 11: 1. When Jesus Christ came to us in the flesh, He went into the business of prayer because He was promoting the attribute of God as a prayer-answering God. He would not render that attribute idle or redundant. Nobody knew how John did it, but Jesus reveals here that the success you saw in the ministry of John the Baptist, the victory you saw in his ministry, is because he was a prayer man. John so much valued prayer. He saw the essentials of pr...
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