MARCH 2023
Hallelujah! March 2023 is here; despite all odds, we are glad that we made it into another month in the new year. We are people of purpose and power: a generation of Son’s and daughter’s of God who will manifest the Glory of God in all ramifications of life and destiny. Welcome to the third month! for the devotional this month, I will be sharing with us four things that I consider as the most important before anyone can rise to a certain level of honour and glory . I called this month “Take heed series” To take heed means pay attention, observe keenly , don’t overlook no matter how little they are or seems to you. This is a universal law of life. Join me as we explore and look at the 31 things we must take heed to if we desire to excel in life and ministry. They are not “laws ” per say but they can help you scale through hurdles and pitfalls in life. Welcome to your month of becoming a ” A Royal Vessel” in the hand of God and in destiny.
TOPIC: TAKE HEED UNTO YOUR WORDS
TEXT : 2 Peter 2:18
For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
Memory Verse : James 3:8
But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
FOCUS
In this series we are going to be looking at how to take heed to our life by exercising discipline on what we speak . Words are spirits and as we know spirit doesn’t die , exercising caution in our utterances will help us to avoid so many pitfall in life .
There are so many pollution in the world, people are loosing value very fast. So, this month our theme is “Am a Royal Vessel” if you are going to be a Royal Vessel, there are two things you must take note; What you do and what goes on inside of you which I call take heed series.
What does our opening scripture mean? They are generation of people who brag about themselves with emptiness, foolish boosting, they have nothing to offer, all they do is to brag about who they are and when you brag too much, it makes you go into lying, it makes you exaggerate. Don’t forget that words are Spirits and they don’t die.
If you are going to become a Royal Vessel in the hands of God just like the way the Bible says, in a great house are many vessels, some to honey, some to dishonour. So, if you are going to be a vessel of honour, the first thing you must take note of, is what you say. You can’t say what you have not thought about. When you see people that are proud, arrogant, who don’t mind another person, who are given to lies, hypocrisy, deception, they are people that have consciously frame their mind towards these spirits. They cannot tell the truth; the power to tell the truth is not in them, they are not sincere people, they are people that are wise in their own mind but very wicked before the Lord.
LESSON
Luke 11:35 Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
You can trigger darkness by what you say. If you are always speaking boastfully, always talking about you, yourself and you alone, no repentance in your utterances. I have heard christians say it’s over between me and this person, I will never have anything to do with him or her again and yet this same people claim to know God. Its a great swelling of the words.
God has called all men to repentance, if you continue in that walk, you will become a vessel into dishonour. If Christ could die for the ungodly, even when we were sinners, he died for us. So, what will somebody have done that will have made a human being that will return to dust one day, to say you have shut your heart against that person. To me, it’s speaking boastfully, there’s no need for it. God is merciful and we ought to be merciful on one another. God is a kind hearted God that even while we were yet sinners, he died for us. The lent is on, take advantage of this period to repent of your boastful words. Words are spirits and they don’t die. When you genuinely repent, you will see the salvation of the Lord. Don’t assume you are in light, when you have put off your light by your words. God wants you to be a child of God indeed and God doesn’t want you to live a life if shame and reproach but has commanded you to mind what you say to yourself, to people and even about your Nation. Don’t speak evil of authorities that’s what the word of the Lord says. It’s not me that said it, it’s the scripture. Mind what you say, so that your light be not put off and turned into darkness.
PERSONAL CONFESSION
I receive grace to take heed to my utterances in Jesus Mighty Name.
PRAYER FOCUS
Father deliver me from speaking guile in Jesus Mighty Name
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
The fewer your words, the fewer your errors.
A man can only be ensnared by the words of his mouth.
HAPPY NEW MONTH!