OUR YEAR OF DIVINE PRESERVATION
MONTH OF RESTORATION
THURSDAY 18TH APRIL 2024
REV APOSTLE PATRICIA TIM-OKAKA
TOPIC
YOU CAN RISE AGAIN!
BIBLE TEXT
MICAH 7:8-13
MEMORY VERSE
(MICAH 7:8)
“Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me”
MESSAGE
Dearly Beloved, Micah’s prophecy centered on Israel’s captivity and affliction as caused by their sin.
They realized that their disobedience to God attracted the calamities that befell them. They were willing to patiently bear God’s chastisement and to break off from the works of darkness that brought it upon them.
However, beyond their fall, they hoped to rise again.
Though wrapped in the darkness of sin, they hoped to bask in God’s light again. Therefore, they charged their enemies not to rejoice against them.
Nothing gives delight to the enemies of the Church of God than to see believers in a fallen state.
Satan, the accuser of the brethren, celebrates the downfall of a child of God and will do everything possible to keep him in that state.
Have you fallen? You can rise again. Are you suffering today because of your backsliding or indiscretion in sinning against God?
Have you lost sweet fellowship with the Lord and joy or peace because of a particular act of disobedience?
Child of God, There is hope of complete restoration for the fallen and wounded who sincerely and penitently return to the Lord.
*LET US PRAY*
My Father my God, I penitently and sincerely return to You, Grant me complete restoration, in Jesus’ name
My Father my God, help me to break off from the works of darkness in the name of Jesus
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JUDGES 1-3
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