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3 Keypoints From: God′s Best Friends (4)

  • God's best friends are fruit-bearers' that is why He said that: if you bear fruits and those fruits abide, you can ask anything of Him, and He will do it. -John 15:16
  • Once God marks you as someone to bring closer to Himself, He will start pruning you till you are genuinely humble and completely dead to flesh.
  • Nobody can get close to God without going through intense discipline. Once in a while, God tests His best friends to make them perfect, wanting nothing. -James 1:3-4

  • “If God disciplines a person for doing something wrong and the person does not desist from committing that particular sin, He will eventually leave such a persona as He cannot become friends with unrepentant people.”

    Memorise: Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. -John 15:2

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    4 Keypoints From: God′s Best Friends (3)

  • Those who really become God's best friends care more about Him than they care about themselves.
  • If your prayers are always selfish, God will not make you one of His best friends. In face, He won't answer your prayers when they are born out of your lusts. -James 4:3
  • They make a habit of going into His presence with a burden to hear from Him about what He wants done on earth and pray those things into existence.
  • Only those who are willing to share in God's burdens can become one of His best friends.

  • Memorise: Thy kingdom come, thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. -Matthew 6:10

    Prayer Point: Pray for the body of Christ with specific reference to Christians facing persecution across the world.


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    3 Keypoints From: God′s Best Friends (2)

  • Those who will be one of God's best friends will have so much faith that the will be doing things that do not seem to make sense according to human understanding.
  • When you see the word of Gd as more real and potent than anything else, including natural laws, he draws you closer to Himself.
  • To have a closer relationship with God, be more audacious with your faith; hoping against hope and become a fool to others because of what so obsessively believe in God's words.

  • Without faith, it is impossible to please God. -Hebrews 11:6a

    Memorise: But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend. -Isaiah 41:8

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    2 Keypoints From: God′s Best Friends (1)

  • They are so close to God that hey know things about Him (such an experiential knowledge) that no one else knows, and sees sides of Him that others never saw.
  • They heard things from Him that they never told others and made Him change His mind on several occasions. -Genesis:18:24-32, Exodus 32:9-14

  • “How close are you to God?”

    Memorise: And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called Friend of God. -James 2:23

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    3 Keypoints From: The Book Of Remembrance (3)

  • It is needful for men to also open a book of remembrance of God's goodness so that they can give Him praise.
  • Like the psalmist, you can praise God for forgiving your sins, healing you, saving you from descructions, crowning you with loving kindness and tender mercies, satisfying you with good things, renewing your strength like the eagle's. -Psalm 103:1-5
  • Remember to thank God for saving you from the consequences of sin and all sorts of evil in the world today, through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross of calvary.

  • “Praise God throughout today and make this a habit going forward. You would have been consumed if not for His tender mercies. -Lamentations 3:33

    Memorise: Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: -Psalm 103:2

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    3 Keypoints From: The Book Of Remembrance (2)

  • A terrible book of remembrance was opened to all men because of the sinc of the first man and woman. -Genesis 3:19
  • God has provided only one way (Jesus Christ) for escaping the consequences of the terrible book of remembrance for everyone who accepts Him as their Lord and Saviour. -Romans 6:23
  • Beloved, if you have not truly surrendered your life to Jesus, there is no way you can escape the ultimate consequence of this terrible book of remembrance.

  • “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ -Romans 6:23

    Memorise: Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I remember that which Amalek di dto Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt. -1 Samuel 15:2

    Surrender all to Jesus today and commit to living a holy life if you are yet to do so; So you can experience mercy of God!

    “NB: Holy life simply means life of total obedience to God.”

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    3 Keypoints From: The Book Of Remembrance (1)

  • When the bible says "God remembered Noah" in Genesis 8:1, it could only mean that God was now paying attention to Noah's situation (since God can not be forgetful)
  • When God remembers you and intervenes in your situation, even your those that are to be your benefactors wouldn't be able to sleep until they do so. -Esther 6:1-11
  • Another effect of remembrance would be taking a way of reproach; like God making a barren woman to conceive. -Genesis 30:22-23, 1 Samuel 1:1-28

  • Memorise: Remember me, O my God, concerning this and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of My God, and for the offices thereof. -Nehemiah 12:14

    Prayer Point: Father, please open a book of positive remembrance for me this year.

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    3 Keypoints From: It Shall Be Well (7)

  • God indeed desires that you should enjoy all-round wellness, and this includes recovering all that you might have lost to the enemy.
  • The infallible words in the scriptures are an assurance to you that regardless of what you might have experienced in the last year, it shall be well with you in this new year. -Isaiah 45:2, John 16:33
  • Like David, cultivate the habit of seeking divine direction this year as you go about all your lawful endeavours (even when you already have the means). -1 Samuel 30:7-8

  • Memorise: And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you. -Joel 2:25

    Prayer Point: Thank God for His assurance of recovering all, and ask Him to recover all your losses for you, in Jesus' name.

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    2 Keypoints From: It Shall Be Well (6)

  • If you do not genuinely repent of any sin that exists in your life, you are setting yourself up for great torment by the devil. -John 5:14
  • You cannot receive a miracle from God and remain in a sinful state; such a person will surely be destroyed -Luke 5:36-38

  • “Sin exposes someone to the demons of infirmity. Repent and be healed, live holy that you may not lose your healing and miracles.”

    MEMORISE: Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee. -John 5:14

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    3 Keypoints From: It Shall Be Well 5

  • It is God's will that it should be well with you in all areas of your life, and this includes your finances. -Isaiah 3:10
  • Many people still live in porverty because they have not yet surrendered all to God. -Proverbs 10:22, 2 Corintians 8:9
  • God's original intention was for man to partake of and control His immeasurable riches, especially on the earth. -Genesis 1:26-30

  • “If you are not truly born again, surrender your life to Christ now, and He will become your provider; giving you power to get wealth and riches without sorrow. -Deuteronomy 8:18

    Memorise: But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. -Philippians 4:19

    Jesus Christ redeems us from all the consequences of sin, including poverty

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    3 Keypoints From: It Shall Be Well 5

  • Some bible translations have tried to downplay the importance of fasting and praying in Christian life by deliberately omitting Matthew 17:21
  • Fasting does not kill; it can only make you physically and more importantly, spiritually, stronger.
  • Add fasting to righteous living, prayer and praises to the almighty God; and you will experience his abundant goodness.

  • “When you fast, you are bond to be hungry. You need self discipline to overcome the pangs of hunger.”

    Memorise: Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting. -Matthew 17:14-21

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