RESTORATION TODAY
WEDNESDAY 17TH MAY 2017
BY PASTOR DR. G.O. OLUTOLA JP.
THEME: REFUSE UNJUST TRADITION [3].
You do not have because you do not ask. James 4: 2.
Besides having courage and knowing exactly what one wants, in order to refuse unjust traditions you need to ASK.
Before anything else, ask God. Make sure you're in line with the heart of God. Don't step out to challenge tradition if you're not in line with the heart of God. Some traditions can be helpful ways of passing on what God wants to the next generation and some can be progress hindering human philosophies. So you have to know which one of those you're challenging, and the best way to know is to ask God, and check with His words in the Bible.
When you ask God for His heart for the situation, it also means that you'll be carrying His character into conversations. You'll discuss change with the aim to find solutions, not provoke. You'll be able to lay out your case, without anger and you'll be sensitive to His timing. The daughters of Zelophehad were known as wise because they spoke in the exact moment that they needed to, not too early, or leaving it too late.
So, today, if you're out to fight for justice, you'll have a whole range of other people telling you the best way to campaign or mobilize or protest. God cares about it through, and He'll guide you if you ask.
ACTION POINTS
Take what's on your heart to Jesus. Ask for His way, not the world's way, of bringing about change.
SCRIPTURES:
Matthew 7: 7
James 4: 2.
PRAYER POINTS:
1. Father, order my steps in Your will today in the name of Jesus.
2. O Lord, help me to follow the leading of Your Spirit today in the name of Jesus.
3. Father, give me the grace to seek You in all I do in the name of Jesus.
DAILY BIBLE READING:
Number 29
Proverb 25: 1 | 26: 12
Luke 2: 22 - 52.
WEDNESDAY 17TH MAY 2017
BY PASTOR DR. G.O. OLUTOLA JP.
THEME: REFUSE UNJUST TRADITION [3].
You do not have because you do not ask. James 4: 2.
Besides having courage and knowing exactly what one wants, in order to refuse unjust traditions you need to ASK.
Before anything else, ask God. Make sure you're in line with the heart of God. Don't step out to challenge tradition if you're not in line with the heart of God. Some traditions can be helpful ways of passing on what God wants to the next generation and some can be progress hindering human philosophies. So you have to know which one of those you're challenging, and the best way to know is to ask God, and check with His words in the Bible.
When you ask God for His heart for the situation, it also means that you'll be carrying His character into conversations. You'll discuss change with the aim to find solutions, not provoke. You'll be able to lay out your case, without anger and you'll be sensitive to His timing. The daughters of Zelophehad were known as wise because they spoke in the exact moment that they needed to, not too early, or leaving it too late.
So, today, if you're out to fight for justice, you'll have a whole range of other people telling you the best way to campaign or mobilize or protest. God cares about it through, and He'll guide you if you ask.
ACTION POINTS
Take what's on your heart to Jesus. Ask for His way, not the world's way, of bringing about change.
SCRIPTURES:
Matthew 7: 7
James 4: 2.
PRAYER POINTS:
1. Father, order my steps in Your will today in the name of Jesus.
2. O Lord, help me to follow the leading of Your Spirit today in the name of Jesus.
3. Father, give me the grace to seek You in all I do in the name of Jesus.
DAILY BIBLE READING:
Number 29
Proverb 25: 1 | 26: 12
Luke 2: 22 - 52.
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