1ST SEPTEMBER 2024 SEED OF DESTINY WRITTEN BY THE SENIOR PASTOR, DR PAUL ENENCHE

SEED OF DESTINY WRITTEN BY THE SENIOR PASTOR OF DUNAMIS INTERNATIONAL GOSPEL CENTRE, DR PAUL ENENCHE.

Sunday 1ST September 2024.

TOPIC: WHY DO YOU GO TO CHURCH?

SCRIPTURE: Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ:
Ephesians 4 verse 13. Hallelujah!

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Many people come to church, but their character remains unchanged.

You are welcome to the ninth month in the year, 2024.

In this month, I decree that you shall exist in the realm of distinction and authority, in Jesus’ Name.

The Scripture makes it clear that a major work of a Christian ministry is the development of Godly character in the lives of people. The work of a Christian ministry and leadership is the development of Godly character.

Ephesians 4 verse 11 to 14 says,
And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ: That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive,

From this Scripture, we can clearly see that the work of a pastor, apostle, prophet, evangelist or teacher of the Word of God is the development of Godly character in the lives of the people.

The major work of a pastor is not the performance of miracles or giving of prophecies, but the development of Godly character.

The pastor exists for the development of the character of God’s people. This is because God’s purpose for the establishment of the church is the transformation of the lives and destinies of His people.

However, many people come to church today, but their character remains unchanged. That is a waste of church attendance because the major reason why you go to church is for your character to be changed, and your life to be transformed. God positions the pastor in church to feed you with the word that is meant to effect a positive change and transformation in your character. These Words are meant to make your life reflect the Image of Your Maker.

And as you keep attending church and your character is being transformed, you would come to a point where your parents, spouse, children, workers, etc, can testify that you are a true child of God.

Beloved, make the positive transformation of your life your major focus for attending church. Let church service be a fertile ground for your character reformation.

Remember this: Many people go to church, but their character remains unchanged.

Take this ASSIGNMENT with you:
#1. Make up your mind never to neglect the assembly of God’s people in church services.

#2. Allow God’s Word to change your life and develop in you a godly character as you attend church services from time to time. Yes sir!

Our PRAYER today: Father, I receive the grace never to miss out in the assembly of the saints in church services. I ask that You change me from within; transform my life, Lord, in Jesus Name. Amen!

FOR Further UNDERSTANDING, GET THIS MESSAGE: CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT (PT 1)

QUOTE: Authentic Christianity is about positive change of life and lifestyle. That is to say, anyone who has become a Christian or genuinely born again will experience a transformation of character and conduct by God.

Culled from the book, “The Essence of Christianity” by Dr Paul Enenche.

Today's DAILY READING: from the book of Ezekiel chapter 22 to 24.

We start with Ezekiel chapter 22, “And you, son of man, take a sharp sword, take it as a barber’s razor, and pass it over your head and your beard; then take scales to weigh and divide the hair. You shall burn with fire one-third in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are finished; then you shall take one-third and strike around it with the sword, and one-third you shall scatter in the wind: I will draw out a sword after them. Then take some of them again and throw them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire. From there a fire will go out into all the house of Israel. You shall also take a small number of them and bind them in the edge of your garment. “Thus says the Lord God: ‘This is Jerusalem; I have set her in the midst of the nations and the countries all around her. She has rebelled against My judgments by doing wickedness more than the nations, and against My statutes more than the countries that are all around her; for they have refused My judgments, and they have not walked in My statutes.’ Therefore thus says the Lord God: ‘Because you have multiplied disobedience more than the nations that are all around you, have not walked in My statutes nor kept My judgments, nor even done according to the judgments of the nations that are all around you’, therefore thus says the Lord God: ‘Indeed I, even I, am against you and will execute judgments in your midst in the sight of the nations. And I will do among you what I have never done, and the like of which I will never do again, because of all your abominations. Therefore fathers shall eat their sons in your midst, and sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments among you, and all of you who remain I will scatter to all the winds. ‘Therefore, as I live,’ says the Lord God, ‘surely, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable things and with all your abominations, therefore I will also diminish you; My eye will not spare, nor will I have any pity. One-third of you shall die of the pestilence, and be consumed with famine in your midst; and one-third shall fall by the sword all around you; and I will scatter another third to all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them. ‘Thus shall My anger be spent, and I will cause My fury to rest upon them, and I will be avenged; and they shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken it in My zeal, when I have spent My fury upon them. Moreover I will make you a waste and a reproach among the nations that are all around you, in the sight of all who pass by. ‘So it shall be a reproach, a taunt, a lesson, and an astonishment to the nations that are all around you, when I execute judgments among you in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I, the Lord, have spoken. When I send against them the terrible arrows of famine which shall be for destruction, which I will send to destroy you, I will increase the famine upon you and cut off your supply of bread. So I will send against you famine and wild beasts, and they will bereave you. Pestilence and blood shall pass through you, and I will bring the sword against you. I, the Lord, have spoken.’ hallelujah!

Ezekiel chapter 23, “Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them, Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying: and say, ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God! Thus says the Lord God to the mountains, to the hills, to the ravines, and to the valleys: “Indeed I, even I, will bring a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places. Then your altars shall be desolate, your incense altars shall be broken, and I will cast down your slain men before your idols. And I will lay the corpses of the children of Israel before their idols, and I will scatter your bones all around your altars. In all your dwelling places the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate, so that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, your idols may be broken and made to cease, your incense altars may be cut down, and your works may be abolished. The slain shall fall in your midst, and you shall know that I am the Lord. “Yet I will leave a remnant, so that you may have some who escape the sword among the nations, when you are scattered through the countries. Then those of you who escape will remember Me among the nations where they are carried captive, because I was crushed by their adulterous heart which has departed from Me, and by their eyes which play the harlot after their idols; they will loathe themselves for the evils which they committed in all their abominations. And they shall know that I am the Lord; I have not said in vain that I would bring this calamity upon them.” ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Pound your fists and stamp your feet, and say, ‘Alas, for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! For they shall fall by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence. He who is far off shall die by the pestilence, he who is near shall fall by the sword, and he who remains and is besieged shall die by the famine. Thus will I spend My fury upon them. Then you shall know that I am the Lord, when their slain are among their idols all around their altars, on every high hill, on all the mountaintops, under every green tree, and under every thick oak, wherever they offered sweet incense to all their idols. So I will stretch out My hand against them and make the land desolate, yes, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblah, in all their dwelling places. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.’ hallelujah!

Ezekiel chapter 24, Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “And you, son of man, thus says the Lord God to the land of Israel:‘An end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land. Now the end has come upon you,And I will send My anger against you;I will judge you according to your ways,And I will repay you for all your abominations. My eye will not spare you,Nor will I have pity;But I will repay your ways,And your abominations will be in your midst;Then you shall know that I am the Lord!’ “Thus says the Lord God:‘A disaster, a singular disaster;Behold, it has come! An end has come,The end has come;It has dawned for you;Behold, it has come! Doom has come to you, you who dwell in the land;The time has come,A day of trouble is near,And not of rejoicing in the mountains. Now upon you I will soon pour out My fury,And spend My anger upon you;I will judge you according to your ways,And I will repay you for all your abominations. ‘My eye will not spare,Nor will I have pity;I will repay you according to your ways,And your abominations will be in your midst.Then you shall know that I am the Lord who strikes. ‘Behold, the day!Behold, it has come!Doom has gone out;The rod has blossomed,Pride has budded. Violence has risen up into a rod of wickedness;None of them shall remain,None of their multitude,None of them;Nor shall there be wailing for them. The time has come,The day draws near.‘Let not the buyer rejoice,Nor the seller mourn,For wrath is on their whole multitude. For the seller shall not return to what has been sold,Though he may still be alive;For the vision concerns the whole multitude,And it shall not turn back; No one will strengthen Himself who lives in iniquity. ‘They have blown the trumpet and made everyone ready,But no one goes to battle;For My wrath is on all their multitude. The sword is outside,And the pestilence and famine within.Whoever is in the Field will die by the sword;And whoever is in the city,Famine and pestilence will devour him. ‘Those who survive will escape and be on the Mountains like doves of the valleys,All of them mourning,Each for his iniquity. Every hand will be feeble,And every knee will be as weak as water. They will also be girded with sackcloth;Horror will cover them;Shame will be on every face,Baldness on all their heads. ‘They will throw their silver into the streets,And their gold will be like refuse;Their silver and their gold will not be able to deliver Them in the day of the wrath of the Lord;They will not satisfy their souls,Nor fill their stomachs,Because it became their stumbling block of iniquity. ‘As for the beauty of his ornaments,He set it in majesty;But they made from It the images of their abominations—Their detestable things;Therefore I have made It like refuse to them. I will give it as Plunder into the hands of strangers,And to the wicked of the earth as spoil;And they shall defile it. I will turn My face from them,And they will defile My secret place;For robbers shall enter it and defile it. ‘Make a chain,For the land is filled with crimes of blood,And the city is full of violence. Therefore I will bring the worst of the Gentiles,And they will possess their houses;I will cause the pomp of the strong to cease,And their holy places shall be defiled. Destruction comes;They will seek peace, but there shall be none. Disaster will come upon disaster,And rumor will be upon rumor.Then they will seek a vision from a prophet;But the law will perish from the priest,And counsel from the elders. ‘The king will mourn,The prince will be clothed with desolation, And the hands of the common people will tremble.I will do to them according to their way,And according to what they deserve I will judge them;Then they shall know that I am the Lord!’ hallelujah!

AMAZING FACT: A shrimp’s heart is in its head.

Today's PROPHETIC WORD (and DECLARATION):
Receive victory over every trace of negative character in Jesus Name. Amen!