NOTHING ACCURSED- Daily devotional by Pastor E.A Adeboye

BIBLE IN A YEAR: Eph 4-6
NOTHING ACCURSED Tuesday, March 30, 2010
MEMORIZE: “But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit” (1 Cor. 6:17) READ: Joshua 7:10-13 Individuals, families, communities, states and even nations go through famines. Famine could take a financial, material, spiritual or intellectual form. Famines are triggered: They can also be prevented. If you acquaint yourself with God, hear and obey His instructions and return to Him, you can prevent or come out of a famine. Another way out of famine is through restituting your ways. Keep a great distance from sin. This is why I emphasize holiness as if it is a song. That is the secret of securing and sustaining breakthroughs. In Genesis 17:1, God asked Abraham to walk uprightly before Him after several years of living below standards. As long as you remain holy, your ascent is guaranteed. Terminate every wrong thing you have been doing now. In Joshua 7:10-13, God refused to go with Israel as they faced Ai in battle because of the accursed thing in their midst. They could not access the strategy to defeat their enemies because of an accursed object in their midst. Just one sin is enough to rob you of sweet victory. Some believers cannot access the secret to breaking through in a particular area because of the presence of sin. Is there any accursed thing in your life? Give it up today! In any case, whenever God tells you He is not going with you, stay where you are: You have no business moving any where else! True progress is the one that God leads you into. Check your heart for any accursed thing. Is there bitterness, resentment, hatred, unforgiveness in your heart? Flush out that accursed thing! Keep your heart pure. Besides, in Deuteronomy 7:26, the Lord asked the Israelites to remove every accursed thing in their camp. Not only should your heart and thought life be pure, your environment must be God-glorifying. Ransack your apartment and fish out the presence of any accursed thing pornography, charms, occultic rings and amulets; magical books like six and seven books of Moses, etc. Each of such accursed object attracts demons and as a result repels the presence of God. You cannot keep them and expect God’s presence to linger on. All those evil things you had kept in your home before you became born again must find their way out of your apartment. Keep the camp clean. ACTION POINT: Examine your heart and home and deliberately fish out and destroy anything that can attract God’s judgment upon you.