APRIL 2018 – MY MONTH OF DIVINE GRACE

…Divine Grace

It is with a grateful heart I welcome you all to April,2018 – our month of ‘divine grace’ – II Corinthians 12:9 –⁹But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore, I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.

 

The word ‘grace’ as commonly known (in Christian belief) is the free and unmerited favor of God, as manifested in the salvation of sinners and the bestowal of blessings.  It is the grace of God that takes you from the ‘ordinary level’ to the ‘extraordinary level’.   Thus, it is the ‘extravagant grace’ of God bestowed on us as exemplified in the life of Lazarus that separates us from the ordinary, Lazarus was dead but the divine grace upon his life brought him back to life.  I prophesize that everything dead in your life, be resurrected now as we are in the season of resurrection in Jesus name – Amen!

 

Apostle Paul in his letter to the Corinthians as recorded in 1 Corinthians 15:10 – ¹⁰But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.  The grace of God upon our lives as believers cannot be quantified and it is immeasurable.

 

Life may have dealt with us in different measures, it is a stormy life indeed, but I want to assure you that the divine grace of God is ever sufficient for you.  No matter the areas of life you are believing God for; be it martially, financially, academically, fruitfulness or otherwise, his ‘DIVINE GRACE’ is ever present for you.  Our fathers of faith – Paul, Enoch, David, Moses, Joseph, Samuel, Elijah, Elizabeth, to Peter all experienced the grace of God upon their lives in different areas.

 

HINDRACES FROM DIVINE FAVOUR

1. Sin – Romans 6:1-2, Mathew 5:29
2. Untruthfulness – Proverbs 12:22, Psalm 15:1-5
3. Un-forgiving heart/Bitterness – Mathew 18:21-22, Leviticus 19: 17- 18, Mark 11:25
4. Fornication/Adultery – Mathew 5:27-28, I Corinthians 6:9-10
5. Disobedient to Holy Spirit – Psalm 51:10-17
6. Unfaithfulness – Ezekiel 15:8, Nehemiah 1:8-9

 

 

 

HOW DO I MAINTAIN GOD’S GRACE?

1. Continually ask for God’s presence – Psalm 114:7
2. Live a holy life. – Holiness is next to Godliness – Psalm 89:35, Isaiah 35:8, Romans 6:19.
3. Know God’s word- regularly study God’s word – Psalm 119: 15-16, Hebrews 4:12, Joshua 1:8, Ephesians

6:17.

4. Be prayerful – Mathew 6:5-8, I John 5:14-16, 2 Chronicles 7:14

5.Keep the fire of God burning in your life – Romans 12:1-2, 11, I Thessalonians 5:17

 

Hence, it is essential to note that as we are in the month of divine grace, we should continually strive to live a holy life so that God’s spirit and indwelling will not depart from us.   It is my prayer that we shall forever be connected to God’s extravagant grace in Jesus name – Amen!

 

Shallom!

Pastor Olusogo Joe daramola