Welcome to the month of July 2020: Our Month of Divine Favour

And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,

Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved. Acts 2:46-47

As we begin the second half of this year of Divine Appointment, I want to first thank the Lord for faithfully keeping us through the first half of the year in spite of the plague that has brought sorrow to the world through disease and deaths. We are not here today because of our righteousness but because of the mercy of God.

On this note, I welcome you to the month of July 2020 which the Lord has graciously labelled for us our month of divine favour. In our text scripture above, we learn that the early Church continued daily with one accord in the temple and breaking bread from house to house living in the joy of the Holy Spirit and having favour with all the people. God thus increased them by adding to the Church daily such as should be saved. In Romans 8:28, we learn that all things work together for good to them who love God and are called according to His purpose. It cannot be denied that the early Church fathers loved God and were called according to His purpose. Their love was demonstrated in their passionate desire to always spend time together with Him. At first they moved together and had all things in common. But later due to the persecution of man, they were scattered abroad where they continued to let their light shine so that men like Phillip took the gospel to Samaria and brought salvation to the Samaritans so much so that it went on record that this resulted in great joy among the people. To solidify their joy, they sent for Peter and John who ministered the Holy Spirit to them for the continuity of the work. This was how the gospel continued to spread until the Holy Spirit called more people like Paul and Barnabas and used them to spread the gospel in supernatural and spectacular ways that beat the natural understanding of men. On some occasions people called them gods in the likeness of men. In another development, they preached the gospel diligently in Asia Minor that in the space of 24 months, the entire Asia Minor heard the gospel. This was all due to the favour of God that granted them access into the hearts of men and transformed men’s hearts from darkness to light. See Matthew 5:14-16; Acts 8:3-8, 14; Acts 13:1-12; Acts 14:8-18; Acts 26:14-18 and Acts 19:8-10.

From the foregoing, I believe that whereas this period of lockdown [a persecution of sickness] may have brought about a time of confusion and lack for many who do not know the Lord, it should be seen as a period of opportunity for those who were prepared ahead because of the favour of God to reach out in love to the lost and needy around them and share the love of God. This can be done through sharing your food with those who lack because of the inability to sustain their families because they could not go out to work daily as a result of the pandemic situation. More importantly, it is an opportunity for people at home together to pray together making requests before God for mercy and the manifestation of His perfect will of birthing more souls into His Kingdom.

As we do this, God will answer our prayers and raise more labourers as He did Barnabas and Paul. We would see the unprecedented move of God that would birth the end time harvest of souls like we have believed for in decades. The earth would be filled with the glory of God like the waters cover the sea. See Acts 4:23-31; Acts 4:34; Isa.11:9; Hab.2:14 and Isa.2:1-3.

In light of the above, this month we shall be learning how to attract God’s favour by looking at thee series: Attracting Divine Favour. Meanwhile, I want you to understand that the access to divine favour is the new birth experience. When you hear and believe and obey the gospel by getting born again, you are born into God’s family because the bible teaches that as many as receive Jesus Christ, God gives the power to become the children of God. See John 1:12. If you want to receive Him today, you can do so by saying the following prayer in faith and the Holy Spirit will birth you into God’s family and you can begin to attract and keep God’s favour:

Heavenly Father,

Have mercy on me a sinner. Today, I believe that Jesus died for me and you raised Him from the dead for my Justification. I therefore declare that Jesus Christ is my Saviour and Lord and from today, I renounce the fatherhood of Satan and embrace Jesus Christ as my Saviour and Lord. Thank you for this father in Jesus’ name! Amen.

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