Tag: In His Presence

Read: ROMANS 10:5-13

Meditation verse:

“Put Me in remembrance; let us contend together;state your case, that you may  be acquitted” (Isaiah 43:26).

When God says you should remind Him of His promises, it is not because He has  forgotten. He remembers exactly what He has said to you. It is for your benefit.  When you remind God of His word in the place of prayer, you are telling Him  that you are standing on His promises and your faith is built up. Why not put  God in remembrance of His word today. Say lord, You said: 

That “I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus” (2 Corinthians 5:21) That “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me” (Philippians 4:13) That “You will supply all my needs according to Your riches in glory by Christ  Jesus” (Philippians 4:19) 

That “I am healed by the stripes of Jesus” (1 Peter 2:24) 

That “I am created in the image of God” (Genesis 1:26) 

That “I have the mind of Christ” (1 Corinthians 2:16) 

That “You will cause all grace to abound towards me; that I have all sufficiency  always in all things, will abound towards every good work” (2 Corinthians 9:8) That “I am free from condemnation” (Romans 8:1) 

That “I have authority over all the power of the enemy” (Luke 10:19) 

That “You will satisfy me with long life” (Psalm 91:16) 

That “You will preserve my going out and coming in” (Psalm 121:6) That “no evil will befall me, and no plague will come near my dwelling place” (Psalm 91:10) 

“That “You have not given me the spirit of fear, but of power, love and a sound  mind” (2 timothy 1:7) 

That “You are able to do exceedingly abundantly above all I could ask or think or  imagine, according to the power that works in me” (Ephesians 3:20) 

So, Lord as I put you in remembrance of Your word, I will have what I say, “For  all Your promises are Yes, and Amen in Christ” (2 Corinthians 1:20).

 

IN HIS PRESENCE is written by Pst (Mrs) Oke Chinye, Founder of The Rock Teaching Ministry (TRTM).

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Read: MARK 11:12-24

Meditation verse:

“For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be  cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things  he says will be done, he will have whatever he says” (Mark 11:23).

During His time on earth, Jesus was walking with His disciples one day and He  became hungry. Seeing from afar a fig tree having leaves, He went to see if  perhaps He would find something on it. When He came to it, He found nothing  but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. In response Jesus said to it, “Let no  one eat fruit from you ever again.” As they passed by the following day, they saw  the fig tree dried up from the roots. And Peter, remembering, said to Him,  “Rabbi, look! The fig tree which You cursed has withered away.” So, Jesus  answered and said to them, “Have faith in God. For assuredly, I say to you,  whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does  not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will  have whatever he says”. 

You were created in the image of God. You carry the DNA of your heavenly  Father. Through Christ, you have been given all authority and power on earth (Mathew 28:18). Jesus said you will do greater works than He did whilst on earth (John 14:12). Job 22:28 says, “you shall decree a thing and it shall be established  for you. If the bible says you will have what you say, then the words that you  speak matter. What are you saying? Be careful to speak only what you want to  see happen in your life. Remember “death and life are in the power of the  tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit” (Proverbs 18:21).

 

IN HIS PRESENCE is written by Pst (Mrs) Oke Chinye, Founder of The Rock Teaching Ministry (TRTM).

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Read: 1 Kings 18 and 19.

Meditation verse: 

“Then the Lord said to him: “Go, return on your way to the Wilderness of  Damascus; and when you arrive, anoint Hazael as king over Syria” (1 Kings 19:15).

It is interesting to note that Elijah could not do anything about how he felt until  God appeared to him and instructed him on what to do. God told him to leave  the cave where he was hiding and return via Damascus. He was then to anoint  Hazael as King over Syria, anoint Jehu as king over Israel and anoint Elisha as his  successor. In order words, he was instructed to get out of Isolation and continue  to perform his prophetic duties. 

Are you currently struggling with feelings of discouragement? Why not talk to  God about how you feel. Elijah was upfront about his feelings. Though it turned  out he was wrong, he told God how he felt. Why do you feel discouraged? Do  you feel afraid, lonely, tired, or frustrated? Do you feel abandoned by God  because that need has not been met? Talk to God about it. He already knows  your thoughts anyway. 

Take a step of faith and arise from the place of despondency. Get up and go  about your daily affairs. God instructed Elijah to get out of the cave. Elijah got  out and went about his duties as a prophet. What is in front of you to do? Do  what you must and watch God show up mightily. He may not appear to and  speak to you as He did with Elijah, but you have His word to instruct you. You 

have the Holy Spirit in you. So, meditate on His word. Let His promises soothe  you. He says, I will never leave you, I will never forsake you, I will help you.  

Lastly, be in a company or community of people and help someone. Times of  discouragement are the best times to do kind deeds. One sure way of feeling  good about yourself is by helping people feel good about themselves. This is the law of sowing and reaping.

 

IN HIS PRESENCE is written by Pst (Mrs) Oke Chinye, Founder of The Rock Teaching Ministry (TRTM).

For Prayers and Counseling email rockteachingministry@gmail.com

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Read: 1 Kings 18 and 19. 

Meditation verse: 

“But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat  down under a broom tree. And he prayed that he might die, and said, “It is  enough! Now, Lord, take my life, for I am no better than my fathers!” (1 Kings  19:4) 

Elijah had just experienced victory over the prophets of Baal at mount Carmel. He asked them to call on their gods to consume the sacrifice. They did so from  morning till night, but nothing happened. Then he prepared his altar, poured  water on the sacrifice, and called on God. Fire came down and consumed the  entire offering. Then He seized all the prophets of Baal and executed them. After  King Ahab told Jezebel what happened, she threatened to kill Elijah and he ran into a cave, in fear and discouragement. When God asked him what he was  doing in a cave, he said “I have been very zealous for the Lord God of hosts, the  children of Israel have forsaken Your covenants, burnt down the altars and killed  all the prophets, and I am the only one left and they seek my life”. 

Discouragement is a loss of confidence or enthusiasm, it is a feeling of  hopelessness, despondency, or despair. It can be a response to unmet or  delayed expectations, fatigue, fear, loneliness, failure, lack, fruitless efforts,  never ending trials and challenges of life, or our perception of an event whether  real or false. It could also arise from something someone did to us or failed to  do. Whatever the reason behind it, discouragement is not God’s will for you.  Satan is the instigator of discouragement and doubt. He loves to keep you  focused on all the negative things around you. Usually it begins with a thought,  then the thought becomes a belief and if you dwell on it long enough, it becomes  a stronghold of discouragement.  

Elijah feeling of discouragement was because of fear, loneliness, fatigue, and a  wrong assumption. He told God that he was the only prophet left. God corrected  him, that there were 7,000 others left in Israel, who had not bowed to Baal.

 

IN HIS PRESENCE is written by Pst (Mrs) Oke Chinye, Founder of The Rock Teaching Ministry (TRTM).

For Prayers and Counseling email rockteachingministry@gmail.com

or call +2348155525555

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Read: EXODUS 14:10-18

Meditation verse:

“And the Lord said to Moses, “Why do you cry to Me? Tell the children of Israel  to go forward” (Exodus 14:15).

An automatic door does not open on its own, even though it is clearly marked  ‘automatic’. You must get within the sensor range, before it will open.  Irrespective of how desperate you are to enter a building, if you are thirty yards  away from the sensor range of its automatic door, it will remain shut.  

Similarly, we all have big dreams and huge expectations in life. There are certain  opportunities that we have been asking God to bring our way, but nothing seems  to be happening. Is it possible that God is expecting you to move towards the  sensor range? When the children of Israel found themselves in a difficult  situation, with the red sea in front, and the Egyptians behind them, they cried  out to Moses. God’s response to them was “why stand there and cry, move  forward”. In order words, get within the sensor range and you will see the path  that I have made for you.  

Too many of us expect doors of opportunities to swing open whilst we are over  a hundred yards away from the doors. We wait for miracles to fall from the sky  or for someone to come rescue us. Getting within sensor range could be as  simple as picking up the phone to call on prospective clients daily or writing  proposals and sending them off. It may also entail going back to school to get  that degree, working extra hard to get that promotion or acquiring the skills  required to start that business.  

It is often said that success happens when opportunity meets preparedness. In  this new month, ask God to show you what you need to do concerning the  opportunities you desire in life. And when He does, act with intent. Move  forward and do all you need to get close to the doors. When you are within  sensor range, the doors will swing open.

 

IN HIS PRESENCE is written by Pst (Mrs) Oke Chinye, Founder of The Rock Teaching Ministry (TRTM).

For Prayers and Counseling email rockteachingministry@gmail.com

or call +2348155525555

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Read: Mathew 4:18-22

Meditation verse:

“And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon called Peter,  and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen”  (Mathew 4:18).

When God needs a special task or assignment done, He looks for people who  are already busy. Search the scriptures; Simon Peter and his brother Andrew  were busy fishing when Jesus called them to be His apostles. James and John  were in the boat with their father Zebedee mending their nets and preparing for  the next catch, when Jesus called them to join His team. Mathew was at the Tax  office. David was busy caring for the flock in the bush when he was sent for by  the prophet Samuel, to be anointed king. Gideon was threshing wheat in a  winepress, when the angel announced that he had been given the assignment  of delivering God’s people from oppression by the Midianites. They were all  doing some form of service. 

Hardly will God look for an idle person. The one who is already busy has  experience for the management of people and resources. David had gained  good experienced as a shepherd boy. So, when God needed an experienced  hand to care for His people, He knew where to look. Also, the tests of our fitness  or productivity levels are evident or visible as we get busy doing stuff. But if you  are idle, you have nothing to show. Lastly, the one who is already busy will know  how to prioritize to complete the task. He or she is more likely to be focused,  goal oriented and purposeful. “Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall  stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men” (Proverbs 22:29, KJV).  

God has prepared you for what you are doing before this day and what you are  doing today matters. Do it with all the seriousness it deserves. If you are  currently idle, get busy with doing whatever is in front of you, no matter how  insignificant it might seem. Stay faithful, it just might be the preparation ground  for a higher assignment. “Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might” (Ecclesiastes 9:10). HAPPY NEW MONTH!

 

IN HIS PRESENCE is written by Pst (Mrs) Oke Chinye, Founder of The Rock Teaching Ministry (TRTM).

For Prayers and Counseling email rockteachingministry@gmail.com

or call +2348155525555

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Read: Luke 24:1-7

Meditation verse:

“Then, as they were afraid and bowed their faces to the earth, they said to  them, “why do you seek the living among the dead? (Luke 24:5).

Whilst on earth, Jesus told His disciples about the death He would suffer and  how He would rise after three days. He told them several times to prepare their  minds. Yet, on resurrection morning, certain women amongst those who had  followed Him closely, went to look for His body in the grave. They did not  remember the words that Jesus had spoken to them until two men stood by  them in shinning garments and said “why do you seek the living among the  dead? He is not here but is risen. Remember how He spoke to you when He was  still in Galilee…” (Luke 24:5-6). Then they remembered His words.  

Why did they forget what Jesus told them about His death and resurrection? Or  was it that they simply did not believe Him? Whilst we may marvel at their  unbelief, are we not also guilty of ignorantly seeking the living among the dead  in our everyday experience as Christians? Do we not forget all of God’s promises  to us in His word? Promises such as: “I will never leave you nor forsake you”  (Hebrews 13:5), “fear not, for I am your God, I will strengthen you, yes I will help  you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand” (Isaiah 41:10)? Yes, we  forget, and we fret, get depressed or run helter-skelter when we face challenges. 

When your lived experiences or circumstances cause you to doubt the life  transforming power of God’s word such that you seek solutions in places you  ought not to or when delayed promises cause you to give up on God and bow  down to the gods of this world, you are seeking for the living among the dead.  When you fail to hold God to His word like your life depends on it or when you  live just as the world lives, a foreigner to the covenant of God’s promises, devoid  of hope, you are seeking for the living among the dead.  

Remember who you are in Christ and remember His promises upon your life.  God has given you everything pertaining to life and godliness, according to His  divine power (2 Peter 1:3). Because of the finished work on the cross of calvary,  you are meant to live a life of victory, not of defeat. Christ is risen. He is risen indeed. Easter Blessings!

 

IN HIS PRESENCE is written by Pst (Mrs) Oke Chinye, Founder of The Rock Teaching Ministry (TRTM).

For Prayers and Counseling email rockteachingministry@gmail.com

or call +2348155525555

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Read: John 19: 1-42

Meditation verse:

“So, when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, ‘it is finished’. And bowing  His head, He gave up His spirit” (John 19:30).

It was a very sad and hopeless day in Jerusalem on this day over 2000 years ago.  The One whom the Jews believed had come to deliver them from Roman  oppression had just been crucified on a cross between two criminals. The  disciples were in panic mode. Some of them had fled and gone into hiding. Peter  was probably still reeling from guilt as he recalled denying his master three times  and now his master was dead. Mary had just witnessed her beloved son die a  shameful death. One can only imagine the confusion, gloom and dejection that  hung in the air. Darkness seemed to be winning. 

But the One who hung on the cross knew it was in fulfillment of God’s plan for  the salvation of mankind and that in three days, He would rise again. The entire  human race and not just the Jews were under a much more severe bondage than  the Roman oppression. We were all under the bondage of sin because of the fall  of the first Adam and the price for our freedom was the death of Jesus Christ on  the cross. So, amid the hopelessness of the day, scripture was being fulfilled. The  price for our freedom had just been paid. That’s why the last words of Jesus as  He hung on that old, rugged cross were “it is finished”. What did He mean? He  meant that He had paid it all, there was no more sacrifice left. We were now  free, free from sin, separation from God, sickness, demonic oppression, poverty,  and death. The portal for reconciliation back to God had just been opened. 

John 3:16-19 says “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten  Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For  God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world  through Him might be saved. He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he  who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the  name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that the  light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because  their deeds were evil. 

Have you accepted this light? Have you asked Jesus to come into your heart?  Today is a good day to do so. It is finished, refuse to remain under the bondage  of sin.

 

IN HIS PRESENCE is written by Pst (Mrs) Oke Chinye, Founder of The Rock Teaching Ministry (TRTM).

For Prayers and Counseling email rockteachingministry@gmail.com

or call +2348155525555

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Read: Titus 2:11-14

Meditation verse:

“And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having  all sufficiency, in all things, may have an abundance for every good work” (2  Corinthians 9:8).

God’s grace upon your life can be increased. You can position yourself to enjoy  more grace by: 

FAITH: Faith gives you access to grace. Romans 5:2 says, “through whom also we  have access by faith into this grace in which we stand and rejoice in hope of the  glory of God”. Faith receives what grace has already provided. To receive more  of what grace has provided, increase your faith. And “faith comes by hearing,  and hearing by the word of God” (Romans 10:17). So, meditate on the word. 

HUMILITY: 1 Peter 5:5-6 says “…God resists the proud but gives grace to the  humble. Therefore, humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He  may exalt you in due time”. So be humble. And guess what? You are responsible  for humbling yourself, not God or anyone else.  

BOLDNESS: Hebrews 4:16 says “let us therefore come boldly to the throne of  grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need”. When  you understand that God is ever willing to meet your need, you will approach  Him boldly. Boldness does not mean arrogance. It is having confidence and  assurance in the goodness and faithfulness of a gracious God. 

SINCERITY: This means genuineness in your walk with God. Loving Him not  because of what He does or will do, but because He first loved you. The more  genuine you are in your relationship with Him, the more of Himself, He reveals  to you and the more grace, He imparts in your life, and the more useful you will  be in His kingdom. 

Lastly, to enjoy more of God’s grace, keep serving Him with your gifts. Keep  going. Do not let the grace of God upon your life be in vain (2 Corinthians 6:1).

 

IN HIS PRESENCE is written by Pst (Mrs) Oke Chinye, Founder of The Rock Teaching Ministry (TRTM).

For Prayers and Counseling email rockteachingministry@gmail.com

or call +2348155525555

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