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2019: It’s A New Day! PASTOR NKECHI ENE (MRS.)
God told us by prophecy that it’s a new day for us in 2019.
picked up some things from Noah and the successive periods of
Sometime last year, He told us that there has been a shift, and this
time continued. Joshua and the Promised Land is another season.
was not for 2018 alone, it will keep rolling into better, clearer and
Then, there was the day of judges and the day of the kings and the
even stronger things that God has in store for us.
prophets and it continued all through the Scriptures. Then came the cruciUixion of Jesus and that was a brand new day, but it did not
In this article, we will look at some truths about a new day.
even stop there. It has stopped in one realm but for us, it still continued. This was how God related with the church globally.
GOD OPERATES WITH MAN IN DAYS AND SEASONS Now, even in individual dealings that God has with the believer, He 1 God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time
deals with you also in seasons, days and ages. Bad things could
past to the fathers by the prophets,
happen to you but that is not part of God’s deal because God is good
2 Has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has
and His mercies endure forever. So, with this in mind, you can guess
appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds.
what the season can do for you. It can restore you, heal you,
Hebrews 1: 1 - 2
The words: “various times,” “last days” and “time past” in the Scripture above show seasons. It means that there is a time before, there is a time now, and there is another time until we get to the last time of all, which is the last season. These times are progressive and God has used them to speak to us. Therefore, we can say that God operates in days and seasons with man.
comfort you and get you out of that period that you were in. God will always have good days, good ages and good seasons for His children and I am sure that you can testify that you have gone through seasons, ages and days in your life, not just in how you got promoted Uinancially but also in the revelations you had of what God has called you to do. Why does God do it this way? The Bible says in Hebrews 1:2 that, “…
2 Has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds. Hebrews 1:2
through Him, through the Son He made all the world.” So, God already knows these days lined up for you yet He deals with us that way. Why doesn't He just lay out out all His plans for you when you got born again? Why does He move with you in days and seasons? Why is the new day new to you and never new to God? I will tell
That word ‘worlds’ is the Greek word “aion" which means ages; a
you.
period of time, or successive periods that eventually get to the end of the age or the last days. If you look through the Scriptures, you will
Firstly, God Knows That You Cannot Take All He Has For
see that God always operated with man in ages, seasons or days and
You In One Fell Swoop.
these seasons, ages or days are done to take man all the way to the
Using myself as an example, if God called me the day I got born
very end of the age. Let us look through the Scriptures beginning
again, and said to me, “Nkechi my daughter, you will go to
with Adam. It was a new season when Adam was created. After
engineering school and graduate with a Uirst class. Then you will
Adam, the next major new season or day that was created was with
dump your certiUicate and go to another school, The ‘Charles
Noah. What was interesting about the season of Noah was the
Omofomah’s Academy,’ however, that one will not give you a
promise God made in Noah’s age. Then, it was Abraham. Abraham
certiUicate. Then when you have Uinished in ‘Charles Omofomah
caught a covenant with God. Moses and the exodus followed. My
Academy,’ something will happen, don’t ask me what will happen,
point is that, these seasons were successive, in that, by the time of
but having been his associate pastor, you’re going to be the
Moses, he had picked up some things from Abraham, and Abraham
presiding pastor of the church.” I will say Uirst of all, why should I
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bother going to engineering school to suffer for Uive years. I would
There are things that the years gone by could not give birth to.
have said to Him, “Lord, why are you doing this?” I would just check
They pushed but could not give birth to it. God knew those things
out and save myself the stress. No! I had to go from one age to
would happen, but there has been no year pregnant enough to push
another, one day to another to be able to contain and express the
out some of the things that your new day is set to bring forth for
grace that God knew was in me, but I could not have experienced
you. A woman who is not due and tries to give birth will kill her
this in one fell swoop.
baby. Make up your mind to get all the things that God has in store for you and your family this year; and in the years to come, God
The Word of God created the ages. So, God knows all these ages,
calls these years something else, you will still see God’s signature of
God knows all these days, God
progression as it will keep getting
knows them all. Even when satan
better and better for you.
tries to pull a fast one on you, God already has the answer and the
The heavens are not closing because
solution to get you out of it. Don’t go
you know now how to keep your
and say, “O God, You did this…” or, “O
heavens open and with your open
God, You allowed that…” No! God
heavens, you know how to pull out
does not allow evil. He is only in the
the promises and the things God has
business of allowing good things.
in store for you in the new day.
You allow or disallow things either by your fear, ignorance or neglect.
The new day begins in your mind.
Nobody is blaming you but the good
Stepping into a new day is not just
thing is that we have a Father in God Who can take our hands and
about you, because for God to use you in ways that are brand new
lead us into a new day.
or ways that you have never experienced before; you will be ready to reach out to mankind, which is the heartbeat of God. At the end
Secondly, Everyday Or Season Is Pregnant With
of the day, this is where it all boils down to. The negative
Something Only That Day Can Give Birth To.
experiences you have had are not for you to sorrow over. At the
Another reason why God deals with us in days and seasons is
right time, use some of those experiences and how you got out of
because everyday or season is pregnant with something that only
them to get someone else to the knowledge of Christ. Eyes have not
that day can give birth to. Moses could not give birth to the
seen, ears have not heard, neither has it entered into the hearts of
covenant, Abraham had to. Abraham did not even make it out of the
men what God has in store for us this year. It is far beyond our
wilderness, Joshua’s day had to. There is no day that is not
expectations. You have had testimonies but they are nothing
pregnant with something and if you are going to discover and Uind
compared to what God has in store for you.
out those things which a day is pregnant with, you have to enter the day. To enter the day, you have to believe that God is the one
A new day means new things, new realms and new possibilities;
opening that day for you. Again, you are entering a new day which
things that you have never done before. “Break out of the box,” says
you do not know what to expect, so it becomes one of the greatest
God. Break out of the mould. Break out of what you are used to.
steps of faith you take as a believer. Why did I say that entering a
Don’t decide that you are too old a Christian or you are too old a
new day is the greatest step of faith you can take as a believer? This
person. How old was Abraham when he stepped into his new day?
is because it is easier and more comfortable to stay in the old day:
There is something that has never happened before that God is
but when God announces and declares that He has opened up a
going to put in place in your life. If you have never laid hands on the
new day for you, you have to pick up your heels and start running
sick and they were healed before or you have never come out to
by faith into your new day.
say, “God said this...” You may also have never given the way you are about to start giving. You probably have never prayed the way you
EVEN IN THE NATURAL, NEW DAYS ARE ANNOUNCED
will Uind yourself praying. God will wake you up in the middle of the
If you are sleeping and you hear the cock crow, and somebody tells
night and ask you to pray for people and you will get up and pray
you that the time is 11:00 p.m. would you believe the person? No,
for them. You will not back off and go back to sleep and hear later
because it is a new day and that is why there is an announcement.
that something terrible happened to them because God trusted you
Dawn announces the new day, dew announces the new day. God
to be the intercessor.
does not creep and sneak a new day on you, He announced it. The question is, are you hearing His announcement? Are you believing
These are the kind of new things and new realms you are going to
or are you still stuck in the old ways and in the old methods? Are
walk into in 2019. This realm is for a mature church. “Welcome to
you stuck in the safe zone? Is that where you are? If the cock can
2019: It’s a new day!”
announce the new day, the prophet of God can.
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