6TH OCTOBER 2024 SEED OF DESTINY WRITTEN BY THE SENIOR PASTOR OF DUNAMIS, DR PAUL ENENCHE

SEED OF DESTINY WRITTEN BY THE SENIOR PASTOR OF DUNAMIS INTERNATIONAL GOSPEL CENTRE, DR PAUL ENENCHE.

SUNDAY 6TH OCTOBER 2024.

Our TOPIC of the day: THE WORD AND YOUR CHARACTER.

Today's SCRIPTURE: For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. JAMES chapter 1 verse 23 to 25. Hallelujah!

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: When people are far from the word, they become terrible in character.

It has been established that character is key to destiny fulfilment. Godly character is a foundation or bedrock of destiny.

Our anchor Scripture reveals that the Word of God is likened to a mirror. Just as a mirror makes a person to adjust his face and appearance, the Word of God makes a person to adjust his character. When you stand before a mirror, it can show you blemishes or patches on your face or the cloth you wear that needs adjustment.
When your hair is not in order, the mirror can show you.
So, when you want to know how you look, you stand before a mirror. This is what the Word of God does to a person. If you study the Word, and you don’t do anything to adjust your life, it is like looking at the mirror and walking away without adjusting yourself.

The Word of God is the mirror for life. It shows you if you are not praying enough; it shows you if you are talking too much; it shows you if you are telling lies and exaggerating things; it shows you if you are taking things that are not yours; it shows you when you are far from God; it shows you if you are being unequally yoked with unbelievers.

And when the Word of God reveals the present state of your life, what you do is to adjust your life.
When people are far from the word, they become terrible in character.

Beloved, make up your mind to read and obey the Word for your life and character transformation.
Remember this: When people are far from the word, they become terrible in character.

Take this ASSIGNMENT with you:
#1. Bring yourself under the mirror of God’s Word.
#2. Make up your mind to adjust your life when the Word reveals what to adjust. Yes sir!

Our PRAYER today: Lord, I bring myself under the mirror of Your Word. I ask that You help me to see myself from the Mirror of Your Word so I can adjust my life, Lord, in Jesus Name. Amen!

FOR Further UNDERSTANDING, GET THIS MESSAGE: CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT (Part 1).

QUOTE: Many are under time pressure because they have deliberately refused to give direction to time. They cannot specifically say, “I must spend one, two, and maybe, three hours daily, studying God's Word. Nothing can stop it. I must take one, two, or more chapters of the Word of God daily.” Nothing can stop such men. Laziness is not found with such men and failure is not a part of their achievements. Culled from the book, “21 Foolish Things People Do” by Dr Paul Enenche.

Today's DAILY READING: from the book of Malachi chapter 4 to Matthew chapter 2.

We start with Malachi chapter 4, “For behold, the day is coming,Burning like an oven,And all the proud, yes, all who do wickedly will be stubble.And the day which is coming shall burn them up,”Says the Lord of hosts,“That will leave them neither root nor branch. But to you who fear My name The Sun of Righteousness shall arise With healing in His wings;And you shall go out And grow fat like stall-fed calves. You shall trample the wicked,For they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet On the day that I do this,”Says the Lord of hosts. “Remember the Law of Moses, My servant,Which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel,With the statutes and judgments. Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet Before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord. And he will turn The hearts of the fathers to the children,And the hearts of the children to their fathers,Lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.” hallelujah!

Matthew chapter 1, The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham: Judah begot Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez begot Hezron, and Hezron begot Ram. Abraham begot Isaac, Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot Judah and his brothers. Salmon begot Boaz by Rahab, Boaz begot Obed by Ruth, Obed begot Jesse, Ram begot Amminadab, Amminadab begot Nahshon, and Nahshon begot Salmon. and Jesse begot David the king.David the king begot Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah. Solomon begot Rehoboam, Rehoboam begot Abijah, and Abijah begot Asa. Uzziah begot Jotham, Jotham begot Ahaz, and Ahaz begot Hezekiah. Asa begot Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat begot Joram, and Joram begot Uzziah. Hezekiah begot Manasseh, Manasseh begot Amon, and Amon begot Josiah. Josiah begot Jeconiah and his brothers about the time they were carried away to Babylon. And after they were brought to Babylon, Jeconiah begot Shealtiel, and Shealtiel begot Zerubbabel. Zerubbabel begot Abiud, Abiud begot Eliakim, and Eliakim begot Azor. Azor begot Zadok, Zadok begot Achim, and Achim begot Eliud. Eliud begot Eleazar, Eleazar begot Matthan, and Matthan begot Jacob. And Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus who is called Christ. So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations, from David until the captivity in Babylon are fourteen generations, and from the captivity in Babylon until the Christ are fourteen generations. Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit. Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not wanting to make her a public example, was minded to put her away secretly. But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.” So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying: “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which is translated, “God with us.” Then Joseph, being aroused from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord commanded him and took to him his wife, and did not know her till she had brought forth her firstborn Son. And he called His name Jesus. Hallelujah!

Matthew chapter 2, Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have come to worship Him.” And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. So they said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it is written by the prophet: Then Herod, when he had secretly called the wise men, determined from them what time the star appeared. ‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,Are not the least among the rulers of Judah;For out of you shall come a Ruler Who will shepherd My people Israel.’ ” And he sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the young Child, and when you have found Him, bring back word to me, that I may come and worship Him also.” When they heard the king, they departed; and behold, the star which they had seen in the East went before them, till it came and stood over where the young Child was. And when they had come into the house, they saw the young Child with Mary His mother, and fell down and worshiped Him. And when they had opened their treasures, they presented gifts to Him: gold, frankincense, and myrrh. When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy. Then, being divinely warned in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed for their own country another way. Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Arise, take the young Child and His mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I bring you word; for Herod will seek the young Child to destroy Him.” When he arose, he took the young Child and His mother by night and departed for Egypt, and was there until the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, “Out of Egypt I called My Son.” Then Herod, when he saw that he was deceived by the wise men, was exceedingly angry; and he sent forth and put to death all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all its districts, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined from the wise men. A voice was heard in Ramah,
Lamentation, weeping, and great mourning,
Rachel weeping for her children,
Refusing to be comforted,
Because they are no more.” Now when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, “Arise, take the young Child and His mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the young Child’s life are dead.” Then he arose, took the young Child and His mother, and came into the land of Israel. But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea instead of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And being warned by God in a dream, he turned aside into the region of Galilee. And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, “He shall be called a Nazarene.” Then was fulfilled what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying: hallelujah!

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Today's PROPHETIC WORD (and DECLARATION): Father, open my eyes to see what I need to adjust in my life by the light of Your Word, O LORD, in Jesus Name. Amen!