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THE LIVING WATER {Jan ~ June, 2020} Monday, May 25, 2020 - African Liberation Day TOPIC: EXILED, BUT NOT IN BONDAGE Read Job 32:1-5 MEMORISE: Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him. Even so, I will defend my own ways before Him (Job 13:15) EXPOSITION Many believers who go the wrong way today, have attributed their waywardness and inconsistencies to the environment they found themselves. While this may be a factor to misbehave, we have an inbuilt (God-deposited) capacity to resist all efforts to yield to temptations. The three Hebrew friends were part of the exiles taken from Jerusalem to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar. Though they found themselves in a strange land with strange gods and ways of life, they refused to behave strangely, from the point of view of God's Word (instructions) that they had obviously learnt from childhood. They refused to jettison the ancient landmark set by their parents, back at home. They were not in bondage under the guise of any vain religion, and so refus...

MONDAY, MAY 25, 2020 TOPIC: VICTORY IS SURE  TEXT: Nehemiah 2:9-11 KEY VERSE: “When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.” -(Nehemiah 2:10) Selwyn Hughes rightly observed, “one thing becomes apparent from the study of Christian history that whenever anyone says, ‘let us arise and build’ Satan and his forces will respond, ‘let us arise and stop him.’” He further posited that no battle can commence anywhere in the spiritual sense until someone decides to stand up and challenge existing evil norms. Today’s passage reveals that when Nehemiah arrived Judah to rebuild the broken walls of Jerusalem, opposition greeted him. Sanballat, governor of Samaria, and Tobiah, his associate, were men of influence and power who opposed and tried to outwit Nehemiah in everything that he did. They knew perfectly what the restoration of the holy city meant. Eventually...

DATE: MONDAY, 25TH MAY, 2020 TOPIC: IS IN YOU ANCHOR SCRIPTURES: Jeremiah 1:4-5   Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. Judges 11:1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah. Judges 11:2 And Gilead's wife bare him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house; for thou art the son of a strange woman. Judges 11:6 And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon. Ephesians 1:11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: God's grace and power is in you, you are created to show forth His praise ...

 *Topic* *Law* *Of* *Greatness*   *Text* Galatians 5:13, John 12:26, Luke 10:33-35 Matthew  25:34-36, Ephesians 6:6,  We have looked at law of *Magnetism* , *Progression* *Power* , *Sowing* and *Reaping* . We are to explore law of greatness tonight.  *Greatness* means a lot of things to *different* *people* . What You considered Greatness might not  be what Others considered greatness. We all *desire* to be important and prominent. There are some things we are to put into consideration. To be Great, it requires following a *Principle* assiduously. The *Principles* are as Follow: • *SERVICE*  How much can you Serve. Do you have a *Servant* *heart* ? It is easier to serve someone you *perceive* to be *greater* than you. But how about someone considered to be of less important *Personality* . We need to have a *Servant* *heart* . To build God's kingdom, We must be ready to serve the *Least* , *Lost* and *Last* . Do you really Serve *Joyfully* and *Fa...

Topic: 7 Ways To Deal With A Mountain  Text: Exodus 14:13-18 Ministering: Pastor E.A. Adeboye  A mountain is an obstacle blocking your way; an unexpected problem or unfamiliar crisis. Ways to Deal with a Mountain: 1. Turn back. Numbers 14:1-4. The Israelites wanted to appoint a captain so they could go back to Egypt. 2. To go round it; to look for a way around it. The problem with going round a mountain is that you don't know how far it stretches. Numbers 32:13.  3. Climbing the mountain. Exodus 17:8-13. 4. Bore a hole/tunnel through the mountain. Exodus 14:21-28. The Red Sea parted and the children of Israel passed through. 5. Dynamite the mountain. Get some huge explosives and blow the mountain. Joshua 6:1-20. 6. You can turn the mountain to a habitation; you can sit on the mountain or build a house on it. 2 Kings 4:18-37 7. Fly over the mountain. Isaiah 40:31. This is the greatest option of all. The mountain will be there but you'll be flying above it. There are certai...

DATE: SUNDAY, 24TH MAY, 2020 TOPIC:  ABSOLUTE FUTILITY ANCHOR SCRIPTURES: Ecclesiastes 1:4  One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever. Ecclesiastes 1:8-10, 13-14  All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us. And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith. I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. Ecclesiastes 2:1  I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy...