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BUILDERS DEVOTIONAL DATE: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2021 TOPIC: EXPRESSING THE KINGDOM SEED TEXT: Est 2:4 _Then let the girl who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti_ LESSON The greatest of the values one should treasure is that of pleasing the king. This was the criterion that brought Esther into limelight. Whenever a man makes pleasing God his priority, it leads to a cascade of events and actions that lead to the manifestation of the hidden glory. However, It is beyond the scope of this article to have an exhaustive study but we shall see some of such cascade of events that follow. 1.Purity: God is Holy and anyone who seeks to please him keeps himself. The women sought were all virgins (kept life, preserved substance not wasted life that the king sought.) Even if you got born with a bad past, you still need to be filled again! You must understand and walk in the kingdom principle for restoration else you will not manifest the due glory. Only men with preserved substance manifest the

 BUILDERS DEVOTIONAL DATE: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2021 TOPIC: KINGDOM SEED AND KINGDOM GLORY TEXT: Est 6:12-14(NIV)  _Afterward Mordecai returned to the king's gate. But Haman rushed home, with his head covered in grief,  and told Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, "Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has started, is of Jewish origin, you cannot stand against him — you will surely come to ruin!"_ LESSONS The seed of the kingdom in us has the power to uproot, unseat, destroy the seed of corruption, shame, death or poverty. The mystery of the kingdom power is in the seed !   Gen 3:15(TLB)  _“From now on you and the woman will be enemies, as will your offspring and hers. You will strike his heel, but he will crush your head."_  The seed was in the grave for three days but finally he conquered death ( Psalm 16:10) The verdict of Haman was spoken by an unbelieving wife and counselors.

BUILDERS DEVOTIONAL DATE: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2021 TOPIC: REVELATION OF HIS GLORY (3) TEXT: 1 Peter 1:23 _For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God._ LESSON We have a spiritual seed in us that grows till it produces fruits of glory. The kingdom of God in us is likened to a seed that when it fully grows it produces place for birds of the earth to nest in. Lack of the understanding and recognition of that seed leads to men being stranded in the journey of life. Matt 13:31-32 _He told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. 32 Though it is the smallest of all your seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and perch in its branches."_ From the above text, glory is a product of growth which leads to the expression of kingdom potentials you are loaded with. Growth

BUILDERS DEVOTIONAL DATE: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14,2021 TOPIC: REIGNING WITH CHRIST Text: 1 Cor 14:1 _Follow the way of love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy_ LESSON There are  major equipments bequeathed the saints for reigning in this earth realm.  A Christian that is not equipped this way will be unproductive in service and representing the Kingdom. He will operate more naturally than spiritually. Since all the treasures are in the spiritual realm, we should know that the tools of the gifts of the Spirits are part of the conversion mechanism.  Joseph was ahead in his days by fanning the gifts of interpreting dreams which was the deposit of God in him, Gen 41:12” We told the dreams to a young Hebrew fellow there who was a slave of the captain of the guard, and he told us what our dreams meant” TLB. Likewise  Daniel and many more others. While the world celebrates talents, the Kingdom citizens display God through their giftings. The later is superior to

BUILDERS DEVOTIONAL DATE: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12,2021 TOPIC: REVELATION 0F HIS GLORY( 1) TEXT: John 17:22-23 (NIV) _I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one_ LESSONS The most important thing to note in our theme text is that Christ gave us the same glory that was given to him by the father. So, if we want to partake of the glory of the son, we have to study his glory. Knowing him is knowing ourselves in him. Who he is is who we are on this earth. If  someone says: I will give you my car, it is different from: I will give you a car. You can see the picture of the car he is using and say, this is the car that I will soon be driving. But if he says  ‘’a car”, you don’t know which car yet. We need to know the glory he walked in as a son, that is the same glory that he has predestined us into. John 17:22(TLB) _"I have given them the glory you gave me-the glorious unity of being one, as we are"_ The secret of partaking of this glory is to know t

BUILDERS DEVOTIONAL DATE: MONDAY, OCTOBER 11,2021 TOPIC: ATTAINING AUTHORITY IN KINGDOM PRAYERS TEXT: 1Cor 13:11 _When I was a child, I made use of a child´s language, I had a child´s feelings and a child´s thoughts now that I am a man, I have put away the things of a child._ LESSON We were redeemed from slavery to sonship in Christ. However, it is only by growth that we can lay claim of the inheritance of sons(Gal 4:1-4). Any believer who refuses to grow will groan. A Christian who refuses to grow will surely pay for his negligence. A baby Christian will be carried for a while, however, the day he needs more than milk, that carriage expires! When your need is beyond your stage, you are due for another stage else you beg! This is why many beg. They overstayed at an expired stage! A child is dependent and does not drive cars. He must be driven by someone. You cannot be in charge as a baby but you must be under. The mandate in the kingdom makes a demand for growth. God cannot put a baby

BUILDERS DEVOTIONAL DATE: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2021 TOPIC: KINGDOM PURPOSE AND  PRAYERS TEXT: Act 4:31 _And when their prayer was ended, the place where they were was violently moved, and they all became full of the Holy Spirit, preaching the word of God without fear_ LESSON They prayed for one purpose which was the only one Christ came for and the power of God came down. The burden of Christ was the central point of their prayers. Miracles were needed to advance that mandate of Christ and when it was asked in alignment of purpose, God granted it. Principle of purpose is key in praying in this Kingdom. What is good may be bad when out of purpose.The purpose of God is to make us witnesses. The motive behind all you need and pray for should be to make you an effective witness at the end.The cars God wants to give you is to make you a sample of His glory. The beautiful family you need is to reproduce God's counsel generationally.  That wealth is also to spread the gospel. Anything not

BUILDERS DEVOTIONAL DATE: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2021 TOPIC: KINGDOM PRAYERS ( 2) TEXT: Matt 26:42 _He went away a second time and prayed, "My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done._ LESSON The basis of kingdom prayers is that you are standing on the conclusion given by the kingdom over a matter. That is the will and the mandate of the kingdom and you are commanding results through its forces!   The kingdom has an agenda for your life, which is what you stand on.The kingdom has an agenda for this nation, which is part of the basis of your intercession.The kingdom has an agenda for your home which is to lay hold of it!  As you study the word, you are equipped with kingdom agenda that need to be enforced!  Whenever you pray such prayers,fire comes down! That is why the greatest role of the Spirit is to reveal the kingdom counsels so that you can pray kingdom prayers always! In the above text, Jesus yielded to the will of t

BUILDERS DEVOTIONAL DATE: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2021 TOPIC: KINGDOM PRAYERS(1) TEXT: 2 Kings 1:10 _Elijah answered the captain, "If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men!" Then fire fell from heaven and consumed the captain and his men._  LESSON Kingdom prayer is an art of praying as a representative of a kingdom using the authority of the king.  It is an art voicing out the conclusion of the nation being represented and enforcing the authority of the kingdom you are representing by its forces. In the above text, Elijah redefined his base of operation by saying, if I am a man standing for the kingdom, then I am in command of kingdom forces.That is kingdom prayers. He then knew the extent of kingdom Forces available and he made use of it .He knew the power available in the kingdom that he represented! So ,standing for the will of kingdom absolutely in any matter, knowing the result is same as kingdom result ,then you can make kingdom

BUILDERS DEVOTIONAL DATE: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2021 TOPIC:INCUBATING THE FIRE(4) TEXT: ACT 2:1 "And when the day of Pentecost was come, they were all together in one place" LESSON We must know the prayer that brings fire down if we will ignite the fire. First is to have a burden of the things that God wants to do, the extent of it and be fully persuaded of them. We shall then carry this burden to the place of prayer. We need to learn "kingdom prayer" which is a prayer that lays hold of the authority of the kingdom to get things done in His domain. That is why Jesus said "In his name" Mark 16:17 _And these signs will be with those who have faith in my name they will send out evil spirits; and they will make use of new languages_ What does it mean to have faith in His name? Imagine the president gives you a signed order to get certain things in the nation where he rules, will you be doubting if it will be granted? Using his name is the order to get things wh

BUILDERS DEVOTIONAL DATE: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2021 TOPIC: INCUBATING THE FIRE(2) TEXT: Ps 91:1 _He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty_ LESSON It is difficult for God to commit major divine resources to a man that He doesn't know.  God can never use a stone He has never tried. Why I said major divine resources was that there are some resources that are going to be easily available and accessible to even a baby Christian. But as time goes on, the believer will need to leave the point of  sharing testimonies like: _"I don't know o, it's like I am the only one God loves. Anytime I pray small like this, He answers me. I am the apple of His eyes"._  But if He doesn't answer your 5mins prayer, what are you going to do? Are u going to respond to the deeper call in the secret place?  You know testifiers like that will come up and begin to run down the  belief system that: _I really don't believe in long p

BUILDERS DEVOTIONAL DATE: MONDAY, OCTOBER 4,2021 TOPIC: INCUBATING THE FIRE(1) TEXT: Rom 8:38-39 _"For I am certain that not death, or life, or angels, or rulers, or things present, or things to come, or powers,Or things on high, or things under the earth, or anything which is made, will be able to"_ LESSON Fire comes from having an uncommon persuasion of the gospel,  the great commission, the field to be burnt, your assignment, the move of God, the mandate that must be accomplished, your part in the kingdom, the grace of Christ, the power of the communion of the Holy ghost etc. It is your persuasion in Christ that will determine the level of this fire. He is the way and the revelation of Christ as the only way to all we need. So, seeking him is a function of knowing that in him is all the answers and no solution anywhere else. He is the embodiment of truth and no other truth elsewhere. These will cause us to seek him early. He is the way. Jesus was only sought for at the fea

BUILDERS DEVOTIONAL DATE: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6,2021 TOPIC: INCUBATING THE FIRE(3) TEXT: Judges 15:5 _Then firing the sticks, he let the foxes loose among the uncut grain of the Philistines, and all the corded stems as well as the living grain and the vine-gardens and the olives went up in flames._ LESSON Samson had a focus of what to do with the foxes as well as the extent of the fields to be burnt. This determined the number of the foxes he gathered! Even God had given Adam a job before giving him a help meet! This is vision. Samson also knew that a single fox will not get what needed to be done accomplished therefore he gathered a team of foxes. In a nutshell, no haphazard burning. It is the vision that determines  the provision, the fields you have in view create passion and fire then will fall! You cannot pray beyond the burden you have. You cannot be anointed beyond the vision you have. You only need men in your life to fulfil his vision. Yield to the vision, live for a course, th

BUILDERS DEVOTIONAL DATE: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3,2021 TOPIC: FRESH FIRE (7) TEXT: Gen 14:22-23 _But Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have raised my hand to the Lord, God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth, and have taken an oath 23 that I will accept nothing belonging to you, not even a thread or the thong of a sandal, so that you will never be able to say, 'I made Abram rich.'_ LESSON Men on fire are men that know the sure promises of God. It takes such understanding to be firmly committed to the course of Christ. Gen 12:1 _The Lord had said to Abram, "Leave your country, your people and your father's household and go to the land I will show you_ Gen 18:18-19 _Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all nations on earth will be blessed through him. For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just, so that the Lord will bring about for Abraham wh

BUILDERS DEVOTIONAL DATE: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2,2021 TOPIC: FRESH FIRE (6) TEXT: Gen 2:19-20 (NIV)  _Now the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the beasts of the field and all the birds of the air. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name._  LESSON Accuracy and precision are marks of a man on fire. It is such a man that can achieve the intention of God for the family God wants to raise through him. The basic unit of this earth is the family.  So, God was testing the man for the greatest assignment of family Government.The man was accurate in discerning the mind of God for each of the creatures without making mistake. That was a man on fire! His flesh did not cloud his vision. Ability to abate the other voices and make His voice clear and stand out per time is the process of being on fire. As other voices are quietened ,His  becomes clearer. His voice is power within you. It is the Holy Ghost in y

BUILDERS DEVOTIONAL DATE: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2021 TOPIC: FRESH FIRE (5) TEXT: Gen 12:1 (NIV) _The Lord had said to Abram, "Leave your country, your people and your father's household and go to the land I will show you_ LESSON Men on fire are men that are ready for any type of instruction from the Lord. I have prepared my heart for …,  the preparation of the heart belongs to man but the answer of the tongue belongs to God ( Prov 16:1). It seems that when a man’s heart is ready to hear God, he speaks more. Men on fire have prepared their heart for the best and worst situation in doing the will of God. They are apt to move at his beckon. This makes them the friend of God! It must be a deliberate act. He prepared his heart for this one task. We must be set to do the will of God. So, every one is ready to do what hesecret because to live is for Christ to die is gain ( Phil 1:21). Abraham did not have difficulty in obeying that instruction because he was prepared to follow from the

BUILDERS DEVOTIONAL DATE: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30,2021 TOPIC: FRESH FIRE (4) TEXT: 2 Cor 4:8-12 _We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that his life may be revealed in our mortal body. So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you._ LESSONS Men of fresh fire are men with convictions that withstood challenges. Sometimes, it is not by exploits that we know men-on-fire but by their ability to withstand challenges. A man without such persuasion is burning for nothing. When something is more than life to you, then you are on fire for that thing. Until you see life in the view of eternity, you cannot be on fire for God.It is time to wake up and rise from the lying position to sta

 BUILDERS DEVOTIONAL DATE: WEDNESDAY, SEPT 29, 2021 TOPIC: FRESH FIRE (3) TEXT: Matt 11:2-6 (NIV) _When John heard in prison what Christ was doing, he sent his disciples  to ask him, "Are you the one who was to come, or should we expect someone else?" Jesus replied, "Go back and report to John what you hear and see: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor. Blessed is the man who does not fall away on account of me."_ LESSON A man on fire is a man with divine result. Results are proofs of stepping into the promised land. It is the foretaste of heaven on earth. While there are carnal results, there are divine proofs of the kingdom reigning on the earth. A man on fire does not get offended when questioned, he only continue to burn until the light shines so much that even the blind could feel the heat of the brightness. Even if someone is blind, he will feel t

BUILDERS DEVOTIONAL DATE: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2021 TOPIC: BURNT BUT NOT BURNING TEXT: Luke 10:41-42 _"Martha, Martha," the Lord answered, "you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her."_ NIV LESSON A man that will burn for God must not be burnt with lust of the flesh because the fire of the passion of the flesh is a strange fire that kills.  He must not be burnt with the worries and cares of this world or else the seed be choked up like the seed that fell among the thorns (Matt 13).  He must be deeply rooted and hooked in the kingdom matters till he is totally taken over! Luke 10:41-42 _41 "Martha, Martha," the Lord answered, "you are worried and upset about many things, 42 but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her." NIV_ Matt 6:33-34  _Steep your life in God-reality, God-initiative, Go

BUILDERS DEVOTIONAL DATE: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2021 TOPIC: BURNING BUT NOT BURNT TEXT: Ex 3:3(NIV) _So Moses thought, "I will go over and see this strange sight — why the bush does not burn up."_ LESSONS These are the kind of men that God will work with and work through.  If the bush was consumed, then you have seen a fire that will not last! Three things are responsible for the sustenance of a fire. The oxygen, the fuel and the ignition. If one of it is lacking, the fire will disappear! In this story, the fuel was the grass so if it has been consumed, then the fire will go off. The other components which include the oxygen and the ignition are the Spirit and the word. A man that is burning but not consumed is never satisfied with the manifestation of God but craves for more. He is climbing higher as he attains the greater heights. The bush must not be consumed. John the Baptist was a man that was at a time burning but ultimately got burnt by the opposition that confronted h

 BUILDERS DEVOTIONAL DATE: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26,2021 TOPIC: FRESH FIRE(2) TEXT: Phil 3:8-9 _What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ_  LESSON To be on fire requires us to see other things as nothing relative to knowing and doing the will of God. The higher you climb, the smaller the things on the earth become to you. If you are in a plane, the higher you fly, the smaller the things on the earth appear until they finally disappear into nothing. This is what it means to be on fire. It is a life of total consecration unto God. It is a life filled with faith and love for God. It is a life totally yielded to God. It is a life that cannot be consumed by the demands of life but which rather takes all to calvary and leave them there for the cross to deal with .It is a life that always counts the cost of following Jesus and has made his m

 BUILDERS DEVOTIONAL DATE: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2021 TOPIC: FRESH FIRE (1) TEXT: 1 Cor 9:24-25  _Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize._.  LESSONS Fire is a symbol of active operation. When the Holy Ghost came upon the disciples( Act 2:1-5), it was in form of fire. Whenever we say the move of the Spirit.It means the Spirit is working! The kinetic energy of the Spirit in a man is the anointing ! This is called _Dunamis_ in greek. It is from the word  _Dynamic_. The Holy Ghost is actively operating and his operating centre is the heart of men which is also the throne of God ! God is in heaven but operates through the hearts of men that are on fire for him. Whenever we also say that a man is on fire, it means he is one of the actively functioning Holy Ghost centres on the earth ! ( 1Cor 9:16).This is the fire of God that brings active manifestation of his presence in Power, Grace and Glory.This is the mark