Daily insight with God

 DAILY INSIGHT WITH GOD WEDNESDAY 30TH SEPTEMBER, 2020 TEXT: LUKE 12 :15-21 TOPIC: CONTENTMENT (3) KEY VERSE: Luke 12:15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.             Contentment is a choice to be happy with what you have gotten without desire to have more than what God has divinely allocated for you.                Someone from the crowd approached Jesus to divide his father's estate with him. The law stipulated that the elder brother gets double portion of the estate. This means if there are three hundred houses to be shared among the two. The three hundred houses will be divided into 3 portions.  The elder brother will get 2 portions of the estate which is 200 houses  and the younger brother will get one portion which is 100 houses. The elder brother was greedy, he wanted all for himself wi...

 DAILY INSIGHT WITH GOD TUESDAY 29TH SEPTEMBER, 2020 TEXT: 2 KINGS 5: 20-27 TOPIC: CONTENTMENT (2) KEY VERSE: 2 Kings 5:27 The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.         Contentment is not base on the amount of wealth we have. When we put riches at the zenith of our value system, we let power, pleasure and financial security overshadow the eternal value of our relationship with God.             Gehaz was a personal assistant to Elisha. He served him faithfully, position in a way to succeed his master, he witnessed great dealings of God through Elisha, he enjoyed his influence until he became dissatisfied with the simplicity of his master and used his influence to amass wealth from General Naaman who had sought healing from the God of Israel. This did not go well with his master and he placed him together with his descendants...

 DAILY INSIGHT WITH GOD MONDAY 28TH SEPTEMBER, 2020 TEXT: MATTHEW 20:13-16 TOPIC: CONTENTMENT (1) KEY VERSE: Take your pay and go. Matt 20:14a              Contentment is to be satisfied and happy with what you have without envying or resenting what others have.              In the text, the servant was not happy about his pay check. He felt there was no fair remuneration . "If he had been working since early hours of the day, how come will he collect the same pay with someone that joined at five pm". The owner of the Estate did not go into unnecessary explanation about his actions because he is the owner of the Estate and have the power and right to do what he wants with his money. He only told the servant you agreed to work for a denarius per day, take your paycheck and go.                   The disgruntled workers had been happy and satisfied until they started poke...

 DAILY INSIGHT WITH GOD SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 27TH,2020 TEXT: 1 KINGS 19:8-15  TOPIC: HANDLING DEPRESSION (7) KEY VERSE: 1Ki 19:18  Yet I reserve seven thousand in Israel--all whose knees have not bowed down to Baal and all whose mouths have not kissed him."          Depression have a way of making you think that you are the only one passing through that problem.it makes one feel lonely, abandoned , distressed, and feel sorry for oneself.         Elijah was in this state, God was surprised to see him and the first question he asked him was  "what are you doing here Elijah? " Elijah was expecting God to pity his condition. God was not moved by his story. He told him to stand before the mountain and right there he saw different revelations of God. Again he asked him "what are you doing here"? He repeated the same story and God told him to get back to work. God made Elijah realized that he was not the only one doing it right ...

 DAILY INSIGHT WITH GOD FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 25TH,2020 TEXT: 1 KINGS 19:1-7 TOPIC: HANDLING DEPRESSION (6) KEY VERSE: 1 KINGS 19:7 DAILY INSIGHT WITH GOD SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 26TH,2020 TEXT: 1 KINGS 19:1-7  TOPIC: HANDLING DEPRESSION (6) KEY VERSE: 1 KINGS 19:7 And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.               Discouragement often set in after great spiritual exploits. Such discouragmment usually associate with depression and fatigue which only God can heal if you dwell on his word which is strength and fire that quicken dead bones.                 Elijah probably wanted to sleep off finally but the angel touched him the second time and told him to eat more because the journey ahead of him was great. What an amazing God! When he thought it was all over, God said "I am just starting with you". With the f...

DAILY INSIGHT WITH GOD FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 25TH,2020 TEXT: 1 KINGS 19:1-5 TOPIC: HANDLING DEPRESSION (5) KEY VERSE: 1 KINGS 19:5 And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.                  Depression eat up a man's strength. It sap strength and kill the inner drive and motivation. It takes an angel to strengthen Elijah because no one could have help him rise again except God.                The angel did not just tell him to rise because he knew that rising without strength from within will result to nothing. Rising from depression is not enough. You have to eat. What to eat is the word of God. The word of God gives life, strength and hope. Whatever the depression, God have a word for you, hold on to the word, confess it, memorize it, ponder on it every moment and gradually you are moving out of that depression. Prayer: Father give me ...

 DAILY INSIGHT WITH GOD THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 24TH,2020 TEXT: 1 KINGS 19:1-5 TOPIC: HANDLING DEPRESSION (4) KEY VERSE: 1 KINGS 19:5 And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.             Depression keeps someone down. It stagnates and put everything on hold. Elijah fled and abandoned his ministry in the city to a desert with the hope of ending it all there. He had prayed to his God, he had slept about the issue but in his sleep the angel touched him to "arise and eat"             God is telling you too today to rise from every form of depression that want to press you down. Make up your mind and tell yourself this situation will not hold me down, I am moving on. Until you decide to rise you may still find yourself in abyss of doubts, fear, pain, regret, shame and failure associated with depression.  Prayer: I receive uncommon grace to rise from any f...