Spiritual maturity is a journey.
True maturity starts from the inside (heart, spirit and soul) working itself outwards to be seen in words, actions and character.
Spiritual maturity is not dependent on the many certificates of bible school, titles or positions or how long you have been born-again.
But on how your life has been transformed by life in Christ Jesus, through the study of the word of Elohim and daily application in your life.
Follow my weekdays #WordforToday as we continue the journey to spiritual maturity focusing on our personal life transforming scriptures and prayers.
Apply it today.
#AdeolaAkintoye ©
#WordforToday 18 June 2018
Transformation stages
1) Put off - old man
2) Renew - your mind
3) Put on - new man
“But you have not so learned Christ, if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus: that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.” Ephesians 4:20-24 NKJV
#PrayerforToday 18 June 2018
Almighty Father, grant unto me the grace to put off and keep off my former conduct, the old man with its corrupt and deceitful lust. Help me to be renewed in the spirit of my mind and put on always the new man created according to You in true righteousness and holiness all the days of my life. In the name of Yeshua Jesus I pray. Amen.
#WordforToday 14 June 2018
For the sons of this world are more shrewd in their generation than the sons of light. (Luke 16:8 NKJV)
Oxford dictionary definition of shrewd: Having or showing sharp powers of judgement; Synonym - wisdom
It is possible for sons of light to be stupid/unwise in judgement.
#PrayerforToday 14 June 2018
Almighty Father, I ask for the gift of wisdom. You who give to all liberally and without reproach, give to me wisdom. I ask in faith, with no doubting, in the name of Yeshua Jesus. Amen
(James 1:5-6 NKJV)
#WordforToday 12 June 2018
A tree planted by waters
Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is
For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river,
and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green;
and shall not be careful in the year of drought,
neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
Jeremiah 17:7-8 KJV
#PrayerforToday
Almighty Father, Give me the grace to trust in You with all my heart; and lean not unto my own understanding; Help me LORD to always acknowledge You. Direct my paths; May I never be wise in my own eyes. In the name of Yeshua Jesus. Amen
#WordforToday 7 June 2018
So much In Him
We are blessed with every spiritual blessings:
'Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,
We are chosen:
'Just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love,"
Adopted as sons (gender irrelevant):
"having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved."
We are redeemed and forgiven of sins:
'In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself,".
We have an inheritance:
'In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will,'
In Him we trust not in man;
'In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.
Ephesians 1:3-14 NKJV
#PrayerforToday 7 June 2018
Almighty Father the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to me the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Yeshua, the eyes of my understanding being enlightened; that I may know what is the hope of Your calling, what are the riches of the glory of Your inheritance in me. Amen
Ephesians 1:17-18 NKJV
#WordforToday 5 June 2018
There is always a better option
Blessed is the man
Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, but walk by the Spirit (Gal 5:6)
Nor stands in the path of sinners, rather stand having girded his waist with truth, (Ephesians 6:14)
Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; but sit in heavenly places in Christ
He shall be like a tree Planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper.
Psalms 1:3 NKJV
#PrayerforToday 5 June 2018
Almighty Father, give me grace and more grace not to walk in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stand in the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of the scornful. Help me to thirst for Your word and meditate on it day and night. In the name of Yeshua Jesus. Amen
#WordforToday 4 June 2018
A member of the family.
Nevertheless, the solid foundation of God stands, having this seal:
“The Lord knows those who are His,” and,
“Let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity.”
II Timothy 2:19 NKJV
#PrayerforToday 4 June 2018
Almighty Father Elohim, grant me in abundance, the grace to continuously depart from iniquity. In the name of Yeshua Jesus. Amen
#WordforToday 1 June 2018
This is a faithful saying:
For if we died with Him, We shall also live with Him.
If we endure, we shall also reign with Him.
If we deny Him, He also will deny us.
If we are faithless, He remains faithful; He cannot deny Himself.
II Timothy 2:11-13 NKJV
#PrayerforToday 1 June 2018
Almighty Father give me the grace to die with Yeshua,, to live with Him; to endure in Him; never to deny Him and to always remain faithful. Amen
#WordforToday 31st May 2018
To the pure all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but even their mind and conscience are defiled.
They profess to know God, but in works they deny Him, being abominable, disobedient, and disqualified for every good work.
Titus 1:15-16 NKJV
#PrayerforToday 31st May 2018
Almighty Father May my mind, thoughts and action be purified by your words. May I never deny You by my works and words and actions in the name of my Lord Jesus Christ. Amen
#WordforToday 30 May 2018
Therefore...stir up the gift of God which is in you... For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
II Timothy 1:6-7 NKJV
#PrayerforToday 30 May 2018
Almighty Father, thank You for the redemptive gifts in me. May I stir it up for good works, storing up for myself a good foundation for the time to come, that I may lay hold on eternal life. By Christ Jesus. Amen.
#WordforToday 29 May 2018
Watch out! Deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons
Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith,
giving heed to deceiving spirits - (listening to demonic spirit disguised as the Spirit of the Living God)
and doctrines of demons (expert liars), speaking lies in hypocrisy (word and action differs),
having their own conscience seared with a hot iron (dead conscience, can't distinguish between good and evil),
forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth (mandating justification by law).
I Timothy 4:1-3 NKJV.
#PrayerforToday 29 May 2018
Almighty Father in the name of Yeshua our Lord and saviour uproot every deceiving spirits operating within Your church. Expose every doctrine of demons being taught to innocent souls. Grant me the gift of discerning of spirit and divine wisdom in the application of Your words. May I never fall away from the faith. Amen.
#WordforToday 24 May 2018
Keep focused
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
But you, O man of God, flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness.
Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
I Timothy 6:10-12 NKJV
#PrayerforToday 24 May 2018
Almighty Father, give me the grace to fight the good fight of faith. To pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness. In the name of Yeshua Christ Jesus. Amen.
#WordforToday 23 May 2018
A special people
For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men.
Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age.
Looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works.
Titus 2:11-14 NKJV
#PrayerforToday 23 May 2018
Almighty Father, in the name of Yeshua Jesus. Keep me to the end in faith as I look forward to the blessed hope and glorious appearing of my great God and Saviour Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for me, that He might redeem me from every lawless deed. Purify Your Church and give Your special people grace to be zealous for good works. Amen.
#WordforToday 22 May 2018
Characteristics of a stiff-necked people
Hearing they will hear, and shall not understand;
Seeing they will see, and not perceive;
Their hearts have grown dull with no understanding;
Their ears are hard of hearing;
Their eyes have closed and un-seeing.
Acts 28:26-27 NKJV
#PrayerforToday 22 May 2018
Almighty Father, in the name of Yeshua Jesus, may I not be stiff-necked concerning things of Your Kingdom. Hearing I will hear, and shall understand; And seeing I will see, and perceive; My heart will never grow dull. My ears will never become hard of hearing, And my eyes will never be closed;
I shall see with my eyes and hear with my ears, I shall understand with my heart and turn, so that healing will be mine. Amen
#WordforToday 21 May 2018.
And many would have declared fasting and prayer to prevent the will of Elohim to be done.
And finding disciples, we stayed there seven days. They told Paul through the Spirit not to go up to Jerusalem.
And as we stayed many days, a certain prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.
When he had come to us, he took Paul’s belt, bound his own hands and feet, and said, “Thus says the Holy Spirit,
‘So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man who owns this belt, and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.’
Now when we heard these things, both we and those from that place pleaded with him not to go up to Jerusalem.
Then Paul answered, “What do you mean by weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
So when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, “The will of the Lord be done.”
Acts 21:4, 10-14 NKJV
#PrayerforToday 21 May 2018
Almighty Father let Thy will be done on earth and in heaven. Amen.
#WordforToday 18 May 2018
A minister of the gospel like no other.
From Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called for the elders of the church.
And when they had come to him, he said to them: “You know, from the first day that I came to Asia, in what manner I always lived among you, serving the Lord with all humility, with many tears and trials which happened to me by the plotting of the Jews; how I kept back nothing that was helpful, but proclaimed it to you, and taught you publicly and from house to house, testifying to Jews, and also to Greeks, repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
And see, now I go bound in the spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that will happen to me there, except that the Holy Spirit testifies in every city, saying that chains and tribulations await me.
But none of these things move me; nor do I count my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.
Acts 20:17-24 NKJV
#PrayerforToday 18 May 2018
Almighty Father, I pray for the Church of Yeshua. That trials, tribulation, persecution for the sake of the gospel of Christ will not move us; no would we count our life dear to ourselves, so that we may finish our race with joy, and the ministry which we have received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God. In name of Yeshua Jesus we pray. Amen.
#WordforToday 17 May 2018
The lord god of your pastor or your Lord God?
Now God worked unusual miracles by the hands of Paul, so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were brought from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them.
Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists took it upon themselves to call the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying,
“We exorcise you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches.”
Also there were seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did so.
And the evil spirit answered and said, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?”
Then the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
Acts 19:11-16 NKJV
#PrayerforToday 17 May 2018
Almighty Father, may I know You as MY GOD, Yeshua as my Lord and Saviour. May I never depend on another person’s god in the name of Yeshua Jesus. Amen.
WordforToday 16 May 2018
Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked,
But now commands all men everywhere to repent,
Because He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained.
He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead.
Acts 17:30-31 NKJV
#PrayerforToday 16 May 2018
Almighty God, who made the world and everything in it, since You are Lord of heaven and earth, and do not dwell in temples made with hands. Nor are You worshiped with men’s hand. You give to all life, breath, and all things. so that we should seek You. I pray that we might grope for You and find You, though You are not far from each one of us; May Your will be done on earth as in Heaven. In the name of Jesus. Amen.
#WordforToday 15 May 2018
That body is not yours
Foods for the stomach and the stomach for foods, but God will destroy both it and them.
Now the body is not for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
And God both raised up the Lord and will also raise us up by His power.
Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a harlot? Certainly not!
Or do you not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body with her? For “the two,” He says, “shall become one flesh.”
But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him.
Flee sexual immorality.
Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.
Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?
For you were bought at a price; therefore, glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.
I Corinthians 6:13-20 NKJV
#PrayerforToday
Almighty Father, in the name of Yeshua Jesus, help me to glorify You in my body and in my spirit, which are Yours. Amen
#WordforToday 14 May 2018
The word of God says it all.
I am washed,
I am sanctified,
I am justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of my God.
I Corinthians 6:11 NKJV
Praise Jehovah
Adeola Akintoye (c)
