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Philippians 4:6–7

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

When faced with a challenge or crisis, our tendency is to get all anxious about it. But God does not want us to react this way. He does not want us to be anxious about anything. Instead, whatever the problem is, He wants us to go to Him in prayer and supplication, telling Him what we need and thanking Him for the answer. When we do that, His peace, which surpasses all understanding, will guard our hearts and minds from all worries, anxieties and fears.

“Pastor Prince, it is easy for you to say, ‘Be anxious for nothing.’ Try living with my husband for one day. Try disciplining that wayward teenager of mine. Look at the balance in my bank account! How can I not be anxious?”

Hold it! I am not the one who said, “Be anxious for nothing.” The apostle Paul said it. Yet, it was not him—he was prompted by the Holy Spirit. And when Paul wrote that, he was a prisoner under house arrest in Rome. He had been sent to Rome because he had appealed to Caesar regarding his death sentence. The Jews in Jerusalem wanted him to be put to death (see Acts 28:16–20).

Yet, under those trying conditions, he wrote these words: “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.”

My friend, if you are anxious or worried about something, remember those words. Let’s say that you are anxious about a huge debt. Go to the Lord and pray, “Lord Jesus, I no longer want to be anxious about this problem. I hand it over to You and ask for supernatural cancellation of this debt. It is in Your care now. You are in charge. I thank You for taking care of it.”

God is true to His Word. As you pray this prayer and cast your care to Him, you will find His peace setting your heart and mind at rest. So be anxious for nothing—let the One with whom nothing is impossible take care of it for you!

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Music video by Loyiso Bala and Don Moen performing "It Is Well"

During times of discouragement, when it seems like you are at the mercy of your circumstances, know that God always has the final say.

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Have you been seeing 444? :D (Psalm 44:4) The God who commands our victories in Jesus!!
"Beloved. Fear not. 

I am your King who has commanded your victory. Give NO place to the devil. Never forget that the devil is a defeated foe. He can only make you think he has great power over you and your loved ones.

Yes, My Child, I know of the daily barrage of attempted attacks against you. But My Word says that the fiery darts shall not find their mark and NO weapon formed against you shall prosper. The flames of his arrows will NOT kindle upon you, My Mighty Warrior. GREATER is HE who is in you than he who is in the world. The kingdom of God suffers violence, BUT those of VIOLENT faith take it back by force.

The very same Spirit Who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, Dear One. Your weapons are not of this world but they are MIGHTY through God in the pulling down of strongholds. You are FULL of the DUNAMIS power of God, My Child. KEEP praying, KEEP speaking the Word, KEEP up the good fight of faith, Dear One of Mine. KEEP your eyes upon your Savior. Trust in Me with all your heart and lean not to your own understanding. SEE your victory by faith and rejoice. KEEP standing on My Promises.

They are YES and AMEN. I am faithful who has promised. Lift up your shield of faith and strike the enemy with the Sword of the Spirit! Your toil of love will not be in vain. My Right Hand and My Arm and the Light of My Presence shall save you. Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of Hosts.

You are My Favored One, My Mighty Warrior. I am your King and I command victories. Through Me, you will push back your adversaries; Through My Name you will trample down those who rise up against you. Fear not. I have commanded your victory, Beloved. It is finished.

…Psalm 44:3For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory; it was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face; for You delighted in them.4 YOU ARE MY KING, O GOD, WHO COMMANDS VICTORIES FOR YOUR PEOPLE. 5Through You we repel our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies.…

...Matthew 11:12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.

...Psalm 33:9 For God spoke, and it came to be; He commanded, and it stood firm.
...Ezekiel 24:14 I am the LORD. I have spoken; it shall come to pass; I will do it.

...1 Corinthians 15:57 but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord.

...Romans 8:37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
...2 Corinthians 1:20 For all the promises of God in Jesus are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us.

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new (2 Corinthians 5:17).

Every human being that’s born into this world has two destinies, a natural destiny and a divine destiny. Your natural destiny is based on your parentage, nationality, education, peers, environment, and everything that’s natural to this world. All of these can affect you and determine the course of your life. For example, there’re some who are rich, not by virtue of anything that they’ve done, but because of the family in which or to which they’re born. That’s natural destiny at work.

Some people suffer, not because they were responsible for the problem but because they just happened to live in a particular place. There’re certain places that are filled with crime and violence and those who live there are victims of the lawlessness. That’s natural destiny. However, there’s the divine destiny, which is based on God’s choice. Two things affect divine destiny. The first one is the choice that God makes for the sake of other men. For example, the Bible says God delivered Israel from Egypt by a prophet, and by a prophet, Israel was preserved. God chose Moses to deliver other men.

Then secondly, and more importantly, is the divine destiny that begins when Jesus becomes the Lord of your life. When you declare the Lordship of Jesus over your life, God has a right to alter the circumstances of your life to align with His perfect will. That’s when He becomes your Father and starts leading you. That’s when He sends His Holy Spirit to live in you and to guide you. You’re thus separated and distinguished from the rest of the world.

Being born again, the Lord’s mark is on you; His seal designating you a child of divine destiny; His treasured and favoured possession. You’re not of this world, and therefore can’t and shouldn’t be affected by the natural courses of life; the corruption, evil, and decadence prevalent in this world of darkness. Now your journey in life is one direction only: from glory to glory; upward and forward, as you walk in His Word daily.

PRAYER
Dear Father, thank you for the blessing of your Word, which indeed is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path. Thank you for the enlightenment it has given me. I’m thus better equipped to be all you created me to be, and fulfil my divine destiny in you, for your glory, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

FURTHER STUDY:
2 Corinthians 5:17; Jeremiah 1:5; Ephesians 1:11

1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:
John 1:1-18 & 2 Samuel 15-17

2 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:
Mark 7:14-23 & Numbers 6  

Real life and real living are not related to how rich we are.
—Luke 12:15 (TLB)

There are two ways of being rich—have a lot, or want very little. The latter way is the easier for most of us. Many people make themselves miserable by wanting more than they can ever have.

They suffer from “thing-itis,” the insatiable desire for more, better, and newer things. Jesus was the most satisfied man that ever lived, and He had less than most of us. “The foxes have their holes, and the birds their nests, but the Son of man has no place to lay His head.” He had learned the secret of adjusting His wants to His needs.

E. Stanley Jones tells about a poor man who had an overnight guest, and as he showed him to his humble bedroom in the hayloft, he said, “If there is anything you want, let us know, and we’ll come and show you how to get along without it.” We don’t need to learn how to get more, but how to get along with what we’ve got, and get on with the business of living.

Does the Bible say money is evil? Read Billy Graham’s response.

Prayer for the day
Father, You have given me so much more than I deserve. May I always show a grateful and contented heart.

Monday June 3rd 2019
Memorise: Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. Jeremiah 1:5

Read: Isaiah 6:1-8 (KJV)
1 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
2 Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
4 And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
5 Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.
6 Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:
7 And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.
8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.

Bible in one year: 
Leviticus 21-22,
Jeremiah 48:40-49:7,

Hymn: 
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Message:
A capability is an official prerequisite that makes an individual qualified for a privilege or position.

It can appear as a condition that must be satisfied before an individual is viewed as reasonable for a favored position or a quality or achievement that makes an individual satisfactory for a specific employment or movement. Essentially, a capability is a show of expertise, insight, learning, background, skill, ability and exceptional capacities. These are clearly required in the arrangement of any individual who will take up proficient obligations and assignments in the fields of drug, banking and money, security, law, science and innovation, and so forth. All things considered, I can unquestionably reveal to you that an abnormal state of skill is likewise required for otherworldly arrangements, on the grounds that first Timothy 3:6 says a Godly man ought not be an amateur. Second Timothy 2:15 says further that priests of God must examination to show themselves endorsed unto God as sure specialists in His vineyard, being able to accurately dismember the expression of truth.

Be that as it may, every one of the aptitudes, insight, gifts and unique capacities in this world are horribly deficient to qualify anybody for awesome administration. Humankind is normally excluded from heavenly administration in light of our degenerate human instinct that dissidents against God's instructions (Romans 8:7-8), and furthermore on the grounds that the core of the characteristic man is exceptionally beguiling and urgently mischievous (Jeremiah 17:9). Thus, the capability of any righteous man is a component of God's elegance. This was shown in the life of Paul, who was qualified and made able for awesome administration by heavenly expert, independent of his previous existence (Galatians 1:13-15). He vouched for the beauty of God upon his life in such manner, saying in second Corinthians 3:5-6a:

"Not that we are adequate of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves; yet our adequacy is of God; Who additionally hath made us capable clergymen of the new confirmation;"

This entry discloses to us that we don't qualify or have adequate capacities to justify God's call. Or maybe, our capacity, fitness and adequacy are from God. By His leniency and support, we are picked, qualified and made adequate as priests of the new contract in Jesus Christ. God dependably qualifies His hirelings, not by any composed code but rather by the intensity of the Holy Spirit. First Corinthians 1:26-29 clarifies that God's designated clergymen are normally not thought about shrewd by human principles, and as a general rule, they are typically not compelling, incredible or of honorable birth. God intentionally picks the stupid, frail and immaterial things of this world to bewilder the savvy, solid and persuasive ones, with the goal that nobody can flaunt anything in His essence. There is a typical saying that God does not call the certified, He qualifies the called. This is so valid!

Prayer Point
Father, thanks for qualifying me for the task for which You have called me, in Jesus’ Name.

Open Heavens Daily Devotional Lessons was written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, one of the largest evangelical Churches in the world and also the President of Christ the Redeemer's Ministries.

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

2 Timothy 1:7

What would you think if I told you that you could live without fear? Would you believe me if I said that despite what you saw on the news tonight, you could be perfectly at peace? Impossible? Unrealistic? No!

You see, fear isn’t just a reaction to external circumstances. It’s a spiritual force. It begins inside of you. And it is totally destructive. In fact, fear is Satan’s primary weapon. He moves in response to fear, the way God moves in response to faith. He challenges the promises of God with it.

An excellent example of this is found in Matthew 14 when Jesus invited Peter to come to Him on the water. “But when he [Peter] saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me” (verse 30).

What enabled Peter to walk on the water? His faith in the Word of Jesus. What caused Peter to sink? He saw the wind boisterous and he was afraid. It wasn’t the wind that defeated him, it was his fear of it! He looked at his circumstances, gave in to the fear, and the result was defeat. If Peter had kept his focus on Jesus, his faith would never have wavered. All the blustering and blowing in the world couldn’t have drawn him off course.

Faith is developed by meditating on God’s Word. Fear is developed by meditating on Satan’s lies. Such fearful meditation is called “worrying.” Don’t do it!

The Word of God is the sword of the Spirit. Use it to fight Satan every time he comes against you. Hold up your shield of faith and quench all of his fiery darts. Speak words of faith and fear will depart.

Scripture Reading:
Psalm 27

“Can any of you live a bit longer by worrying about it?” (Matthew 6:27 GNT).

It’s no secret we worry a lot today. We worry about money. We worry about relationships. We worry about our children, our house, and our pets.

We worry about almost everything.

But worry isn’t new. Jesus thought worry was such an important topic that he spent a major section of his most famous sermon, the Sermon on the Mount, talking about worry.

In fact, in that Sermon on the Mount, Jesus gives us the four reasons we should never worry about anything.

First, worry is unreasonable.

Worry doesn’t make sense. In Matthew 6:25, Jesus says this: “Do not be worried about the food and drink you need in order to stay alive, or about clothes for your body. After all, isn’t life worth more than food? And isn’t the body worth more than clothes?” (GNT).

Worry exaggerates the problem. Problems don’t shrink when you think about them. They grow.

Second, worry is unnatural.

We’re the only creation in the entire universe that worries. Cows don’t worry. Cats don’t worry. Dogs don’t worry. Just humans do. We weren’t born worriers. We learned how to do it.

Jesus says in Matthew 6:26, “Look at the birds: they do not plant seeds, gather a harvest and put it in barns; yet your Father in heaven takes care of them! Aren’t you worth much more than birds?” (GNT).
Birds don’t do anything except “birdy” things. They tweet. They fly around. But they don’t sow or reap. Yet God still feeds them.

If God feeds the birds, he’ll feed you. Why worry?

Third, worry is unhelpful.

Jesus says, “Can any of you live a bit longer by worrying about it?” (Matthew 6:27 GNT).

Worry can’t make you one inch taller. Worry can’t make you one inch shorter. Worry can’t take 10 inches off my waste. Worry can’t lengthen your life (though it can shorten it). Worry cannot change the past, and worry cannot control the future. It’ll just mess up today.

The only thing that worry changes is you. It makes you miserable.

Fourth, worry is unnecessary.

Jesus says, “It is God who clothes the wild grass—grass that is here today and gone tomorrow, burned up in the oven. Won’t he be all the more sure to clothe you? What little faith you have!” (Matthew 6:30 GNT).

God will meet your needs. He created you. He saved you. He put his Spirit in you when you placed your trust in Jesus. You don’t need to worry.

PLAY today’s audio teaching from Pastor Rick
Talk It Over

Which of the four reasons Jesus says not to worry resonates the most with you? Why?
If worry is so unreasonable, unnatural, unhelpful, and unnecessary, why do we worry so much?
What’s one change you can make in your life this week to cut down on worry?

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