23 February “Pray in the power of the Holy Spirit.” (Jude 1:20) Praying without the presence and power of the Holy Spirit is like a flat-keyed recital, or setting out to drive to a destination by just turning on the car’s ignition of the car and doing nothing else. Prayer...
22 February “Run up and down every street in Jerusalem,” says the LORD. “Look high and low; search throughout the city! If you can find even one just and honest person, I will not destroy the city.” (Jeremiah 5:1 NLT) Just one person? Yes, one person who is just and...
21 February “Then Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there called on the name of the LORD, the Everlasting or eternal) God.” (Genesis 21:33) God has no beginning and no end. In fact, He is the beginning and the end, the Alpha and Omega, the God who was,...
20 February ”From now on the name of the city will be YAHWEH-SHAMMAH: ‘GOD-IS-THERE.’” (Ezekiel 48:35 MSG) Whenever Israel turned away from God’s holy standards, God’s presence departed from the people, the temple and the city. So it is in our present day, that when we take our eyes off...
19 FebruaryA PRAYER FOR WEEK 8 “Jesus asked, what is the Kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it with? It is like a mustard seed which a man took and put in his garden; and it grew and became a large tree, and the birds of the air...
18 February “In his lifetime, Judah will be saved, and Israel will live in safety. This is the name that he will be given: Yahweh Tsidkenu – Our Righteousness.” (.Jeremiah 23:6 NOG) Just like we have had corrupt and inept leaders in Nigeria for some years now, Israel had corrupt...
17 February “The LORD is my shepherd (Yahweh Raah); I have everything I need.” (Psalm 23:1) The Lord is our good Shepherd who guides, provides and protects us His sheep up to the extent of giving His life for us, so that the roaring lion will not devour us in...
16 February “Moses built an altar there and named it Yahweh-Nissi (which means ‘the LORD is my banner’”. (Exodus 17:15) The hostile Amalekites had just attacked Israel. They were a fierce nomadic tribe descended from Esau, who made their livelihood through raids on others, carrying off plundered goods and killing...
15 February “He said, ‘If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God and do what is right in his sight, obeying his commands and keeping all his decrees, then I will not make you suffer any of the diseases I sent on the Egyptians; for...
14 February “When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, ‘I am El-Shaddai—‘God Almighty.’ Serve me faithfully and live a blameless life.’” (Genesis 17:1) El Shaddai is making this same request of us: Serve me faithfully and live a blameless life. Why does it seem...