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HARVEST OF MIRACLES AT DAY 1 OF PORTHARCOURT 2017 CRUSADE Men were taken aback as they saw the wonders of God. The Lord promulgated His name among all that graced this great crusade. Myriads of miracles were recorded. God's manifest presence was promulgated by signs and wonders. To be candid, it was rain of miracles. Below are few of the wonders recorded.  1. 3 months paralysis gone. 2.19 years born crippled rolled away after pastor’s prayers.  

THE CHOSEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL… DATE: Tuesday September 26th, 2017. TEXT: John 7:38, Galatians 5:22-23 THEME: TIME TO PROVE YOUR FAITH IN GOD MEMORIZE: "10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.3:11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts. (Malachi 3:10-11) MESSAGE: Serving God is a practical thing and not in words. That is why the gospel is the demonstration of the power of God. Many people choose aspects of God's word to obey and those to discard. Among those they ignore is the area of tithe paying. They see their income as being too small to pay tithes from and when their income is

BEGINNING THE WEEK IN JESUS CHRIST WITH PASTOR LAZARUS MUOKA Week 81: Monday, September 25, 2017 Public Notice: When a Servant of God speaks, God does not look at the situation. No matter where the enemy hid you; no matter your condition, you see you, these rain of blessings must touch you and your testimonies must follow in Jesus name. Arise, shine for thy light is come and the glory of the LORD is risen upon you. # pstlazarusmuoka Psalm 18:44; 2Kings 7:1; Matthew 11: 27; Further Reading: Matthew 19: 26; Isaiah 60; 2Kings 7: 1-17; Job 22: 28. 18: 44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me. 7: 1 Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, tomorrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria. 11: 27 All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; nei

THE CHOSEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL… DATE: Monday September, 25th 2017. TEXT: Matthew 6:33 THEME: GUARD YOUR SALVATION JEALOUSLY MEMORIZE: "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. " (Galatians 6:7) MESSAGE: While we are bent on making God's blessings to manifest in our lives, we must also realize that God's blessing is not the visa to heaven. One can have material blessings and yet miss heaven at last. The blessings of God if not well managed might become like a snare of the fowler. So, we must be careful not to be carried away by physical and material blessings. We must not place greater emphasis on blessings more than we do for eternal life. Getting material blessings should not take our eyes away from the more important of all: eternal life. Material blessings are just things which God gives to His children as icing on the cake. They are not the things that count most. The main thing is the s

THE CHOSEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL... DATE: Sunday September, 24th 2017. TEXT: Isaiah 25:8, THEME: ANY APPOINTMENT BOOKED FOR YOU TO DIE SHALL NOT HOLD MEMORIZE: "Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die. " (Psalm 79:11) MESSAGE:  The alarming rate of deaths happening on a daily basis is an indication that the devil has gone berserk in his quest to put tears in the eyes of the people and sorrow in the hearts. He is leaving no stone unturned as he goes about killing people. People are murdered in cold blood and their heads severed and the bodies mutilated for no just cause. Many go out and never return back home. Some stand at bus stops only to be run over by on-coming vehicles, motorcycles. Many others are of stray bullets from the police, armed robbers and kidnappers. Accidental deaths have become the order of the day today. Therefore, it is not something that s

THE CHOSEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL… DATE: Saturday September, 23rd 2017. TEXT: Psalm 35:19 THEME: DESPISERS OF YOUR BLESSINGS SHALL BE CURSED MEMORIZE: "17 As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him. 18 As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones. " (Psalm 109:17-18) MESSAGE:  It is only natural for people to rejoice when God blesses them. Naturally, it is expected that we rejoice with those that are rejoicing. Meanwhile, it is not everyone that rejoices with those that are rejoicing. There are many who look upon those that rejoice with disdain and envy.  They feel that those rejoicing do not deserve the blessings and favour of God upon their lives. The spirit of the devil has possessed the hearts of many people thereby causing them to have envy and jealousy in their hearts. As a result, whenever people

THE CHOSEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL... DATE: Friday September 22nd, 2017. TEXT: John 16:24, James 4:3 THEME: ARE YOUR HANDS CLEAN? MEMORIZE; "4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. 5 He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation. ". (Psalm 24:4-5) MESSAGE:  The fact that God is determined to bless His people is unquestionable. But He wants to bless them especially when they have His nature of righteousness which enables them to live according to His will and commandment. It is not that God does not bless. Rather, it is because those who claim to desire His blessings are not working according to His will and commandment.  Whoever wants to experience and enjoy God's blessings — sound health, long life, material, financial, marital, academic, career, business, etc, must have clean hands and a pure heart. He must not be a vain person

THE CHOSEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL… DATE: Thursday September 21st, 2017. TEXT: John 16:24, James 4:3 THEME: RIGHT TIME TO PUT GOD TO REMEMBRANCE MEMORIZE: "Who answered, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me south land; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper pings, and the nether springs." (Joshua 15:19) MESSAGE:  Nearly everybody desires God's blessings, but not everyone knows how to go about getting these blessings. Some people desire blessings, but do not know how to ask or are weak and so, cannot ask. Many do not ask by faith and so, are not blessed. The blessing of God is something that is very crucial in the life every believer as it portrays the God we serve in positive light and make others to see reason why they should serve Him. Lack of these blessings in the life of a believer makes mockery of the belief he professes and even discourage people from serving God feeling it is waste of time and energy. Therefore, you must

THE CHOSEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL… DATE: Wednesday September 20th, 2017. TEXT: Deuteronomy 28:13, Ezekiel 34:26 THEME: GOD HAS SWORN TO BLESS YOU Memorize: "13 For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, 14 Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. 15 And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. " (Hebrews 6:14) MESSAGE:   There cannot be a better assurance of blessing than the fact that God has sworn to bless us. This was the step He took in trying to ratify His blessings upon Abraham and today, by the promise of God, we have become the children of Abraham by faith and therefore, partakers of God's blessings through Abraham. God loves us and is ever ready to demonstrate this love by blessing us. This explanation has become necessary in order to boost the morale and confidence of believers in Christ who look up to God for blessing. It is the

THE CHOSEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL… DATE: Tuesday September, 19th 2017. TEXT: Luke 6:38, Galatians 4:17 THEME: GIVING IS A DIVINE PRINCIPLE THAT MUST BE OBEYED MEMORIZE: "Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee. " (Deuteronomy 16:17) MESSAGE: Giving implies extending something to another person. It is an act of love, which God has commanded believers to practice. God demonstrated His love in practical terms to humanity when He gave His only begotten Son Jesus Christ to die for the sin of the whole world. (John 3:16) So, He enjoins us to give. If He could give us His Son as atonement, it means that we must give without restriction. No matter what you give, you can never give above God. Giving attracts God's blessings. Nobody becomes poor because of giving. Rather, it paves the way for prosperity. It is a spiritual thing. While clamouring for God's blessings, you must not forget His

Week 80: Monday, September 18, 2017 Public Notice : God does not give half bread. That which you could not do before today, the capacity that you did not possess, as you call upon the Almighty God, He will give it to you. You shall begin to operate on a higher level in Jesus name. You see you, there shall be a connection. 1 Samuel 10: 6; Acts 1 : 8; 1 Kings 7: 13; Further Reading : Joel 2: 23-29; Jeremiah 29: 11-13; Jeremiah 33:3; Jeremiah 32: 27. 10: 6 And the Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shall be turned into another man. 1: 8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and you shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. 7: 13 And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre. Further to the above scriptural references, the good LORD, does not operate in half measures. There is this colloquial saying,

THE CHOSEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL… DATE: Monday September 18th, 2017. TEXT: Genesis 27:35 Theme: YOU ARE LIFTED ABOVE THE POWER OF CURSES MEMORIZE: "Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee. " (Deuteronomy 23:5) MESSAGE: Balaam is the prophet hired to curse the people of God, but whom God never hearkened unto but instead turned the curse into a blessing. Why was Balak so keen on having the children of Israel cursed for him? He was envious of the future that laid ahead of them and wanted to nip it in the bud. However, God did not permit it because He had blessed Israel. What does that teach us? It means that whosoever God has blessed cannot be cursed. As God blessed Israel, no one reserved the right to curse them. Many people today are groaning under the weight of curses pronounced upon them by wicked prophets, witches and wizards, marin

THE CHOSEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL... DATE: Sunday September, 17th 2017. TEXT: Genesis 27:35, Genesis 49:28 THEME: YOU WILL NEVER MISS YOUR BLESSING MEMORIZE: "And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting. "(Genesis 27:30) MESSAGE: Esau missed his blessing as Isaac's first child and it had a devastating effect on his destiny. He came a bit too late. Jacob who collected the blessing had scarcely gone out of his father's presence when Esau emerged and it became a real problem getting any kind of blessing for him. He even asked his father saying, "Have you not reserved any blessing for me?" (Genesis 27:36) Then, the blessing had gone the way of Jacob. As Esau lost his blessing, his life never remained the same again. He became frustrated and compromised the family legacy as he went into all sort

THE CHOSEN DEVOTIONAL ... DATE: Saturday September 16th, 2017. TEXT: Exodus 10:13, Job 27:21 THEME: YOUR UNBELIEF MIGHT PROVOKE GOD MEMORIZE: “And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?” (Numbers 14:11) MESSAGE One of the major factors militating against the miracles and blessings of professed believers in Christ is their inability to believe. No matter what happens in their lives, they find it difficult to comprehend how it has to do with God. Meanwhile, the bible insists that to them that receive Him, He gave them power to become the sons of God, even those that believe on His name. (John 1:12) It is really surprising how one professes to serve God without believing in Him. The simple truth is that God is a Spirit and therefore, they that serve Him must also do that in spirit and in truth. God is not happy when professed believers fail

THE CHOSEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL… DATE: Friday September 15th, 2017. TEXT: Exodus 10: 13, Job 27:21 THEME: GOD WILL DISPERSE EVERY EVIL WIND AGAINST YOU MEMORIZE: "He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind. " (Psalm 78:26) MESSAGE:   God has many weapons of warfare which he uses to silence the oppositions of the devil. The strong east wind of God is among them. Any time it is released, it never fails to hit target. When Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, the east wind showed up and had devastating effects on the land by bringing the locusts. The locusts filled everywhere until they became a menace and King Pharaoh had to beg Moses to command them to go away. (Exodus 10:13-14) On another occasion, God caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind thereby causing the children of Israel go past the sea on dry ground. (Exodus 14:21-22) There are many other instances during which the eas

THE CHOSEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL... DATE: Thursday September 14th, 2017. TEXT: 2 Samuel 22:14-25, 2 Kings 9:24 THEME: THE ARROW MUST GO BACK TO THE SENDER MEMORIZE: "3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words: 4 That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not. 5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?" (Psalm 64:3-5) MESSAGE:  An arrow is a deadly weapon of warfare. The effects of arrows are usually very devastating. The enemy derives pleasure in shooting down the people of God by their arrows. Many people have died days, weeks and few months before their testimonies because of the spiritual arrows fired into their lives. As far as the enemy is concerned, there can be no better time to fire arrows than during the time of overwhelming blessings of God coming down like rain showers. N