Day216: 01 September 2024
Jeremiah 27,28,29,30,31 and 32
Fact: Jeremiah 29: 7 Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the Lord for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper."
Insight: The prosperity of those around us is to our advantage regardless of our circumstances; We therefore have a responsibility to pray for the good of all people around us, political leaders, religious, among others, that they may succeed, because we too will benefit from the answered prayer’
Deed: I commit to, pray for my country regardless of whether I support the political leadership or not. So, Help me God
Day217: 02 September 2024
Jeremiah 33,34,35,36,37 and 38
Fact: Jeremiah 33: 2"This is what the Lord says, he who made the earth, the Lord who formed it and established it-the Lord is his name: 3'Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.'
Insight: The Lord created all things; He knows all things; When we call on God He will show us His plans and show us our place in it. We should be vulnerable with God and declare our lostness and He will guide us
Deed: I commit to, seek God in His word to Know his plan and my place in it.. So, Help me God
Day218: 03 September 2024
Jeremiah 39,40,41,42,43 and 44
Fact: Jeremiah 39: 17-18 But I will rescue you on that day, declares the Lord; you will not be handed over to those you fear. 18 I will save you; you will not fall by the sword but will escape with your life, because you trust in me, declares the Lord.' "
Insight: Those who trust in the Lord should have confidence in Him. That He knows their thoughts even fears and is willing to rescue them from all danger.
Deed: I commit to, trust God in all circumstances, I will not allow fear to cripple my operation for I know the Lord will deliver me from all that, I fear. So, Help me God
Day220: 05 September 2024
Jeremiah 51,52, Lamentation 1,2,3 and 4
Fact: Lamentation 4: 12-13 The kings of the earth did not believe, nor did any of the world's people, that enemies and foes could enter the gates of Jerusalem 13But it happened because of the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, who shed within her the blood of the righteous.
Insight: The Lord hates Sin. The Lord punishes sin. The Lord has mercy on His people but He has no mercy over sin; he destroys the most beautiful of places due to sin.
Deed: I commit to, allow the Lord to live in me that there may be no sin in my heart. So, Help me God
Day221: 06 September 2024
Lamentation 5, Ezekiel 1,2,3,4 and 5
Fact: Ezekiel 2: 7 You must speak my words to them, whether they listen or fail to listen, for they are rebellious.
Insight: When the Lord sends us to share His message to His people, ours should be obedience and not to worry whether they listen or not, that’s God’s. The Lord is the one who handles the people after they listen.
Deed: I commit to, speak / share God’s message to the Lost world and allow the Lord to convict. So, Help me God.
Day222: 07 September 2024;
Ezekiel 6,7,8,9,10 and 11
Fact: Ezekiel 11: 17-19 "Therefore say: 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will gather you from the nations and bring you back from the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you back the land of Israel again.' 18"They will return to it and remove all its vile images and detestable idols. 19 I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh.
Insight: There is hope for those who the Lord chastens. Even in His anger He still has a plan for those He Chastens; to redeem them, to court them back to Himself so that they may worship Him with their hearts full of fidelity.
Deed: I commit to, serve the Lord with fidelity and my heart will always be that of flesh. So, Help me God.
Day223: 08 September 2024
Ezekiel 12,13,14,15,16 and 17
Fact: Ezekiel 13: 6-7 Their visions are false and their divinations a lie. They say, "The LORD declares," when the LORD has not sent them; yet they expect their words to be fulfilled. 7Have you not seen false visions and uttered lying divinations when you say, "The LORD declares," though I have not spoken?
Insight: Not all who say ‘The Lord says’ are true. Discernment will help decipher the voice of God from human heresies.
Deed: I commit to, discern God’s voice through His word when faced with public prophesies. So, Help me God.
Day224: 09 September 2024
Ezekiel 18,19,20,21,22 and 23
Fact: Ezekiel 18: 21 "But if a wicked man turns away from all the sins he has committed and keeps all my decrees and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die.
Insight: The Lord hears the sinner’s prayer and forgives completely and remembers the sin no more.
Deed: I commit to, share God’s word with others that many may escape the death of sin. So, Help me God.
Day225: 10 September 2024
Ezekiel 24,25,26,27,28 and 29
Fact: Ezekiel 28: 4-5 By your wisdom and understanding you have gained wealth for yourself and amassed gold and silver in your treasuries. 5 By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, and because of your wealth your heart has grown proud.
Insight: It is the Lord who gives us the wisdom and Knowledge to make wealth; Wealth should not cause us to be proud and anger God, He can take it away.
Deed: I commit to, ascribing glory to God for every blessing I gain, because, it is Him who allows all things to happen in my life. So, Help me, God.
Day227: 12 September 2024
Ezekiel 36,37,38,39,40 and 41
Fact: Ezekiel 36: 24 -26" 'For I will take you out of the nations; I will gather you from all the countries and bring you back into your own land. 25 I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols. 26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
Insight: The Lord has compassion on His people, and His goal of chastisement is obedience – a new heart, and restoration - holiness/ removal of impurities.
Deed: I commit to, live a transformed life, of obedience and submission to God and His guidance through His word. So, Help me God.
Day228: 13 September 2024
Ezekiel 42,43,44,45,46 and 47
Fact: Ezekiel 46: 18 The prince must not take any of the inheritance of the people, driving them off their property. He is to give his sons their inheritance out of his own property, so that none of my people will be separated from his property.
Insight: A new order is created by God when all things are perfect, the rulers will not take properties from their subjects but protect them.
Deed: I commit to, protect the vulnerable people around me, and to protect their rights. So, Help me God.
Day229: 14 September 2024
Ezekiel 48, Daniel 1,2,3,4 and 5
Fact: Daniel 5: 12 and 14 This man Daniel, whom the king called Belteshazzar, was found to have a keen mind and knowledge and understanding, and also the ability to interpret dreams, explain riddles and solve difficult problems. Call for Daniel, and he will tell you what the writing means." 14 I have heard that the spirit of the gods is in you and that you have insight, intelligence and outstanding wisdom.
Insight: When the Spirit of the Lord lives in you, He guides you to do insightful things and solve difficult problems that are humanly impossible.
Deed: I commit to, Live a life of obedience and the fear of God, like Daniel. So, Help me God
Day230: 15 September 2024
Daniel 6,7,8,9,10 and 11
Fact: Daniel 6: 3-5 Now Daniel so distinguished himself among the administrators and the satraps by his exceptional qualities that the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom. 4 At this, the administrators and the satraps tried to find grounds for charges against Daniel in his conduct of government affairs, but they were unable to do so. They could find no corruption in him, because he was trustworthy and neither corrupt nor negligent. 5 Finally these men said, "We will never find any basis for charges against this man Daniel unless it has something to do with the law of his God.
Insight: Obedience to the Lord and loyalty to His word will brood exceptional character in us, a lifestyle without blemish, that the only accusation against us is the obedience to the Lord, in which The Lord defends Himself.
Deed: I commit to, Live a life of obedience and loyalty to Gods word, like Daniel. So, Help me God
Day232: 17 September 2024
Hosea 6,7,8,9,10 and 11
Fact: Hosea: 6: 6 For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings.
Insight: The Lord delights in people who rely on Him and consult Him daily. He does not delight in sacrifices, especially from people whose hearts are away from Him.
Deed: I commit to, acknowledge the Lord in all my ways and consult with Him in all my decisions, So, Help me, God
Day233: 18 September 2024
Hosea 12,13,14 and Joel 1,2 and 3
Fact: Joel: 2:13 Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity.
Insight: The Lord looks at the conviction of the heart and not external expression of repentance. When we yield fully to Him, he responds with compassion for that is His nature, He does not rejoice in the calamities sent to His people.
Deed: I commit to, intentional and genuine worship and communion with God, So, Help me God
Day234: 19 September 2024;
Amos 1-6
Fact: Amos: 5:24-25But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream! 25 "Did you bring me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the desert, O house of Israel?
Insight: The Lord is more concerned about the loyalty of his people to Him. He is concerned about justice in the land and righteousness, he does not delight in sacrifices from unholy people! He actually does not need our sacrifices!
Deed: I commit to, be loyal to God, and advocate for justice and righteousness where He has placed me, So, Help me God
Day235: 20 September 2024
Amos 7-9, Obadiah 1, Jonah1-2
Fact: Jonah: 2: 9 But I, with a song of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to you. What I have vowed I will make good. Salvation comes from the Lord."
Insight: The Lord delights in the fulfilment of our vows, and even more in our obedience to His instructions.
Deed: I commit to, obey God’s word and to fulfill my vows to Him and the people I vow to, So, Help me God
Day236: 21 September 2024
Jonah3-4, Micah1-4
Fact: Jonah: 4: 10 -11 But the Lord said, "You have been concerned about this vine, though you did not tend it or make it grow. It sprang up overnight and died overnight. 11But Nineveh has more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and many cattle as well. Should I not be concerned about that great city
Insight: God loves and is concerned about all people. He desires all people to turn from their wicked ways and obey Him. God’s purposes will always be fulfilled despite what people may plan.
Deed: I commit to, have the mind of God, to think and pursue passions that are in line with His purpose and plans, So, Help me, God
Day237: 22 September 2024
Micah 5-7, Nahum1-3
Fact: Nahum 2: 2 The Lord will restore the splendor of Jacob like the splendor of Israel, though destroyers have laid them waste and have ruined their vines.
Insight: The Lord is the creator of all things, He therefore can restore any destruction in our lives, and the creator of all things can fix anything the enemy had destroyed.
Deed: I commit to, experience restoration of purpose in my life, so that I may experience life according to God’s plan and purpose, So, Help me, God
Day238: 23 September 2024; MPEG03
Habakkuk 1-3, Zephaniah 1-3
Fact: Habakkuk 3: 2 Lord, I have heard of your fame; I stand in awe of your deeds, O Lord. Renew them in our day, in our time make them known; in wrath remember mercy.
Insight: The Lord is the same today as He was in the Days of Habakkuk and even before, we need to develop the passion and the faith to experience that same power in our days.
Deed: I commit to, experience God in my days, His Power, deeds, and koinonia, So, Help me, God
Day239: 24 September 2024
Haggai 1-2, Zechariah1-4
Fact: Haggai 1: 5 Now this is what the Lord Almighty says: "Give careful thought to your ways. Insight: The Lord requires us to examine ourselves and consider why things happen the way they do. That it is not my chance, it is not accidental, He causes all things to happen.
Deed: I commit to, consider my ways and see where God is working and join Him there and leave any ways that are not in line with His ways, So, Help me God
Day240: 24 September 2024
Zechariah 5-10
Fact: Zechariah 7: 9-10 "This is what the Lord Almighty says: 'Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another. 10 Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the alien or the poor. In your hearts do not think evil of each other.'
Insight: The Lord is concerned about our day-to-day life, heart, attitudes, character, and how we treat others especially the less fortunate and vulnerable. When we align with Him in this we are on His side.
Deed: I commit to, be conscious of my attitude and character daily toward those in my environment, So, Help me, God
Day241: 26 September 2024
Zechariah 11-14, Malachi 1-2
Fact: Malachi 2: 15-16 Has not the Lord made them one? In flesh and spirit, they are his. And why one? Because he was seeking godly offspring. So, guard yourself in your spirit, and do not break faith with the wife of your youth. 16 "I hate divorce," says the Lord God of Israel, "and I hate a man's covering himself with violence as well as with his garment," says the Lord Almighty. So, guard yourself in your spirit, and do not break faith.
Insight: The Lord expresses His plan about marriage to bring forth a continuum of faith and godliness in all generations. For this to happen we are to take care of our faith and protect our spouses so that we remain one and do not even near separation because God hates divorce.
Deed: I commit to, be steadfast in my marriage to guard my heart and faith, to love and protect the wife of my youth always, So, Help me, God
Day241: 27 September 2024
Malachi 3-4, Mathew 1-4
Fact: Mathew 4: 4 Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.' "
Insight: The word of God has life in it just as food, we need it to be alive in the Kingdom. Our life in the Kingdom of God depends on God’s word.
Deed: I commit to, expose myself to the Word of God daily, so that I may be alive perpetually in the Kingdom of God, So, Help me, God
Day242: 28 September 2024
Mathew 5-10
Fact: Mathew 7: 12 So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.
Insight: In our daily dealings we should love others as we love ourselves, so there will be no need for law and order.
Deed: I commit to deal with others as I would like them to deal with me, So, Help me, God
Day243: 29 September 2024
Mathew 11-16
Fact: Mathew 13: 23 But the one who received the seed that fell on good soil is the man who hears the word and understands it. He produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown."
Insight: The word of God when applied, produces fruit/ results. Obedience to the word of God will produce profitable results.
Deed: I commit to obey God’s word and to allow the word to influence my way of life daily, So, Help me, God
Day244: 30 September 2024
Mathew 17-23
Fact: Mathew 19: 29 And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.
Insight: Sacrifices for the sake of the Kingdom of God are not in vain, The Lord will reward each one.
Deed: I commit to, serve, and pursue my purpose in the Kingdom of God, So, Help me, God