Date: Tuesday, 1st July, 2025
Text: Genesis 17:1-27
Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan
Exhortation:
Happy new month folks! Welcome to the seventh month and the beginning of the second half of the year. The word of God says, “The glory of the latter house shall surpass the former.”- Haggai 2:9. We are also assured that better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof- Ecclesiastes 7:8. On the authority and strength of these scriptures, I decree that the second half of this year shall be more glorious than the first half in Jesus name. Again I decree that the second half of this year shall be better than the first in every ramification in Jesus name.
When it was time for God to fulfill his 25-year old promise to Abram, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.” Genesis 17:1. It was a divine requirement for the Lord to perfect all that concerned Abram. In Romans 6:1, the Holy Spirit through Apostle Paul asked, “Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?” The answer came in the second verse saying, “God forbid!”
Abram cooperated with God by obeying him. He rededicated his life to God by going through the painful process of circumcising himself and every male member of his household- Genesis 17:9-27.
There was a paradigm shift in the life of Abram- his name and that of his wife were changed. Not long after these experiences, their long awaited child of promise was born; God perfected all that concerned them and their reproach was taken away- Genesis 21:1-7.
There is someone reading this devotional, God is about to perfect all that concerns you but he is asking you to walk before him and be perfect. Rededicate your life to Christ in obedience. Separate yourself unto him in holiness. Turn your back completely to the world and its sinful pleasures and focus your attention unto Christ alone who is the Author and Finisher of our faith.
God will finish what he has started in your life and perfect all that concerns you in Jesus name.
Let us pray!
Prayer Nuggets:
- Thank you father for your mercy and grace in the first half of this year.
- Father, thank you for bringing me into this new half.
- By the blood of Jesus I break away from everything tying me down in worldliness.
- Father, by the strength of your Holy Spirit I will walk before you and be perfect in Jesus name.
- Father, please perfect all that concerns me in this new month in Jesus name.
- Father, please, let the second half of this year be better and more glorious than the first in Jesus name.
- Add your own prayer requests.
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