Nightingale's Lesson

 

May 6

NIGHTINGALE’S LESSON - Cage a nightingale, and he will sing his sweetest melodies yet. May your sweetest and best life-refrains, come when the troubles and trials of life become greater and more aggressive. Sing more sweetly; pray more consistently; forgive more readily; praise more sincerely and look to God more earnestly. God will hear and deliver you. He will fight for you, as no enemy can stand up against His Almighty power.

 

Holy Spirit, Divine help and strength, in the midst of my imprisonment, whatever it may be, teach me to sing Your songs please. Amen!

 

Read Acts 16: 22 - 26

 

 

Be An Overcomer

 

May 5

BE AN OVERCOMER - There are times, when it seems as though enemy attacks are particularly vicious, vindictive and violent upon you. You can see what is happening around you and to you, and become so weary, you simply feel to give up every fight in you. Please don’t! You are not alone! It may seem as though even God is against you, but that is a lie. The Lord is with you to ensure that you, His child, are an overcomer, in His Name. Trials and problems will come and with them, will come the help of God. His help to overcome must come, because He has ordained it.

 

Remind me Father, in times of overwhelming trials, that You are here with me, making me Your overcomer. Amen!  

Read 1 John 5: 1 - 5

 

Be Like God

 

May 4

BE LIKE GOD – As soon as we see or hear these words, straightway, we either laugh them to scorn or we shrug them off as impossible for humans. We ask, how can a mere mortal be like the Immortal One? However, this is what the Immortal, Invisible God desires, for He has provided us with everything we need to be as He is in Jesus, His conquering Son. God is not some human lunatic, to expect of us, sinful, frail human vessels, the most highly impossible, without working it out in us. Surrender to Him and be like Him.

 

My sinful, mortal life, I give to You Lord. Make me as You will have me. Amen! 

 

Read 2 Peter 1: 1 - 4

 

Rise Up

Rise up and bless the Lord,

His Word is still your sword,

He makes His purpose known,

Where’re His seed is sown.

 

Rise up and bless the Lord,

He is your great reward,

He lives, and His Being,

Is His Spirit’s working.

 

Rise up and bless the Lord,

What can He not afford?

His Word can never fail,

His truth will still prevail.

 

Rise up and bless the Lord,

His Word is still your sword,

He makes His purpose known,

Wait now on Him alone.

Amen!

 

Faith Beyond

 

May 3

FAITH BEYOND – What is your faith like? Make sure that your faith exceeds the faith of the enemies of God. Demons, evil spirits, are enemies of God, but they do have open and bold faith in Jesus. Their faith allows them to tremble and fall down in His presence. They have faith to recognize Jesus and confess who He is, but they are not of Him. Make sure that your faith goes beyond, bowing down to Jesus, calling out His Name and confessing Him as of God. Seek the faith that makes you one with Jesus and in Jesus. 

 

Lord Jesus, may my faith go beyond the faith of evil spirits. May I bear Your fruit alone. Amen!

 

Read Mark 3: 11 - 12

 

Aggressive Treatment

 

May 2

AGGRESSIVE TREATMENT - The never ending troubles and deepening trials of this world come, and will mercilessly choke your faith and trust in God. They come with bullying powers to pull your courage and confidence from you, seducing you into having a self-pity party of despair and hopelessness. You must be prepared to deal with these enemies aggressively. Take the offensive position. Use the sword of the Spirit, the Word of God to defeat all these attackers. The Word of God never fails to deliver.

 

Spirit Divine, please teach me divine skill in using Your weapon, the Word of God. Amen!

 

Read Ephesians 6: 17 - 18

 

Go To God

 

May 1

GO TO GOD – Never be afraid to approach God with your problems, fears and even your doubts. Speak to God as a child speaks to his or her loving, understanding father. God is your Heavenly Father and His love for you is greater than any human father’s. Whenever you go to God, know that you are going to One who is gracious, compassionate, slow to get angry and abounding in mercy.  Go to Him! He will help you.

 

Father, I come to You as You have told me to. Please look upon me in my distress and save me from all that will make me not trust You. Amen!

 

Read Jonah 4: 2

 

 

Compassionate God

 

April 30

COMPASSIONATE GOD – God, Invisible, Only Wise God, is full of compassion. Scripture tells us that His love never ceases and His mercies never come to an end. How compassionate is Sovereign, Creator God? David, the psalmist, who speaks of the goodness and tenderness of God as a Good Shepherd, also speaks of God’s compassion, in terms of an earthly father. He assures us that just as an earthly father has compassion on his children, so too with God. God has compassion on all those who fear him. 

 

Holy, Compassionate God, teach us how to fear You. Amen!

 

Read Psalm 103: 13

 

The Stone Of Assurance

 

April 29

THE STONE OF ASSURANCE – Jesus is our Capstone, our Foundation Stone, and God has assured us of some fantastic, powerful truths about our Capstone. We can believe with all surety that the Stone is a tried Stone, a precious Stone, and One that has never been shaken nor removed. This is the firm assurance we have in our Foundation Stone. It is assurance that allows us to know beyond the shadow of any doubt, that right here in this world of evil, if we put and keep our faith and trust in this Stone, we will never be dismayed. 

 

You alone, O Lord, are our Cornerstone. Amen!

 

Read Isaiah 28: 16

 

Take God At His Word

 

April 28

TAKE GOD AT HIS WORD – When you take God at His Word, you’ll soon realize that you’re becoming more and more acquainted with His Voice, and His Word is not a stranger to you. You become His living testimony and witness to know and appropriate all that He has offered you and placed within you. To take God at His Word is to test God at His Word.  It is to accommodate all that He gives and offers, ensuring that there is adequate room in your life for them. It is to know the power and privilege given to you, to be the true test of His Word in human flesh. Just take God at His Word!

Your Word, O Holy God is faultless. You never make mistakes. Teach us how to trust You implicitly. We look only to You. Amen! 

Read Numbers 23: 18 - 20

 

Trust God

 

April 27

TRUST GOD - To Trust God is to take God at His Word. It is to activate that Word in you. When you trust God, your motivation is His Holy Spirit. It is He who enables you to be open and bold, unafraid to step out in faith in Him.  It is to be bold to speak and act in His Powerful Name, knowing that His Words are flawless and His works are fruitful. Put and keep your trust in God; He will never disappoint you.

 

Father God, I confess that I know what trust can be, for I trust so many people and things around me, for my daily living. Yet Father, I find myself not trusting You for those things which are beyond human effort. Forgive me and help me to trust You for all things, for You never ever deceive those whose trust is in You. Amen!

Read Psalm 37: 4 - 6