AFD YEAR & JANUARY 2014 EDITION
Shalom & Kingdom greetings!
In the name of our precious, exalted, saviour & Lord Jesus Christ, I say Welcome to the dawn of ‘YEAR 2014 and JANUARY 2014’. My wife Faith, family and I specially welcome you, all lovers and recipients of Achievers’ FAITH Digest “Monthly TEACHING Newsletter” to year 2014.
I earnestly declare to you this day that ‘There’s An Exalted Purpose For Your Life And Effectual Living Miracle For You Today! Believe It, Receive It, Live It Now!’
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The Year 2014 is themed: Year of EXALTATION!
January 2014 is themed: The Dawn of Purposeful Living”.
AFD NOVEMBER 2013 EDITION
Shalom & Redemption greetings! In the name of our Lord and Saviour-King, Jesus Christ, I gladly welcome all visitors and existing browsers , into this NOVEMBER 2013 EDITION of the AFD which is entitled: Living The GREATER Life! “Achievers Higher Act That Enables Fulfilment In Life”.
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AFD AUGUST 2013 THEME
Psalms 16:11 “Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.”
Proverbs 4:18 “But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day”
John 14:6 “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”
James 4:13-17 “Go to now, ye that say, Today or tomorrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: 14 whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. 15 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that. 16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil. 17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.”
Luke 12:15 (13-21) “. . . And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you? 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. 16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully . . .”
Ecclesiastes 9:9-12 “Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun. 10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. 11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. 12 For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.”
Romans 5:17 ‘’For if by one man’s offense death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)’’
John 10:10 ‘’The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly’’
1 John 5:11-12 ‘’And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son; He that hath the Son hath life: and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life’’
2 Corinthians 4:10-11 ‘’Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. For we which live are always delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh‘’
Doer of The WORD
TOPIC: DOER OF THE WORD
BIBLE TEXT: James 1:22-25; Psalm 19:7-14; 119:9-16; Luke 4:1-13.
INTRODUCTION: The need to be a doer of all what we have been exposed to as in the Bible teachings cannot be over-emphasized, for the Bible says, if we know and do these things, then are we blessed (Jam. 1:25). Faith without work is dead, to be a hearer and not a doer, will leave a Christians – powerless and without purposefulness in life; and God demand above even other thing that we show forth His praises by doing what He commands us, hereby do we show our love for Him and how great a reward awaits us. (Psalm 19:11; John 14:15).
DISCUSSION:
A. The Nature of God’s Word:
- The Word of God is a light to our path, without which we are bound to stumble along life’s road – Psalm 119:105; 130.
- They are spirit and life to the believer. (John 6:63; Psalm 107:20)
- They are immutable (unchangeable) and settled for ever – Hebrews 6:18; Psalm 119:89
- It is quick (life giving) and powerful – Hebrews 4:12; Psalm 119:40, 93.
- It is perfect enough to convert and convince a soul – Psalm 19:7
- It is truth on its own and burden lifter and sanctifies – John 17:17; 1 John 5:3b.
B. The Purpose of The Word:
- To present every believer perfect and approved of God: (Acts 2:22 (Luke 4:1-13); Romans 12:1-2; 2 Tim. 3:14-17; Colossians 1:28; 2 Timothy 2:15.)
- To make us grow into maturity: (1 Peter 2:2; Hebrews 5:13-14.)
- To give us an inheritance; (Acts 20:32.)
- To purge us and cause us to think rightly: ( Philippians 4:8)
- That we might know the truth that sets us free; (John 8:32.)
- To give us life: (Psalm 119:93; John 5:39.)
C. What should be our attitude towards the word:
- We must desire it: (Psalm 119:11, 97, 109, 112; 19:10).
- Esteem it better, more important than our daily food: (Psalm 42:1; Job 23:12; Jeremiah 15:16; Matt. 4:4 Deut. 8:3).
- We need to study and meditate and read it, that it might be apart of us: (1 Timothy 4:13; 2 Tim 2:15; Joshua 1:8; Deuteronomy 11:8-20).
- Above all, we need to put it into practice: (James 1:22-25; Rom. 10:8-13).
D. The results of being a doer of the Word:
- We will have an experiential knowledge of God: (Jeremiah 9:23-24; Hosea 6:3, Romans 10:1-2)
- We will be fruitful: (John 15:5, 7, 10, 16.)
- In obeying the word, we do exploits for God: (Joshua 6:20; Daniel 6:10; 11:32b)
- We are strengthened spiritually and otherwise: (Job. 36:11; James 2:25; Psalm 119:93.)
- We grow unto maturity: (1 Peter 2:2; Hebrews 5:14; 2 Peter 3:18.)
CONCLUSION: God is building and raising a people of power and praise that would move unto perfection (maturity) to show forth his praise and doings. We cannot be entitled to be a part of this end-time vessel (army), if we be only hearers and not doers of His words. His Words are powerful; it works in us both to will and to do of His good pleasures. (Philippians 12-13). Let us therefore, take up the challenge.
MEMORY VERSE: “But be ye DOERS of the WORD, and not HEARERS only, deceiving your own self” James 1:22.
Compiled by Revd Chukie MORSI