Bible Reading:

“But to as many as did receive and welcome Him, He gave the authority (power, privilege, right) to become the children of God, that is, to those who believe in (adhere to, trust in, and rely on) His name–[Isa. 56:5.]” (John 1:12 AMPC)

Introduction:

6- Self-Improvement:

If you are very knowledgeable, have very detailed vision, are well disciplined and time conscious, are blessed with good health, it is important that you work at self-improvement. 

Self-improvement involves improvement of one’s knowledge, skills, status, role, or character, by personal efforts.

It’s the quest by ‘YOU’ to make ‘YOU’ a better person in any and every facet of life.

If you stop learning, you start dying. 

No Believer is disadvantaged:

No Believer should ever play the gender, status, hereditary, racial, poverty or illiteracy card. The Bible says;

“…As many as did receive and welcome Him, He gave the authority (power, privilege, right) to become the children of God,…John 1:12 AMPC”

At the point that you accepted Jesus Christ (born again), you received a new lease on life! 

 We all started out as equals, on a level playing ground, with the same richest Father in the world.  We are the apple of HIS eyes and HE does not play favorites.(See Psalm 50:10-12, Haggard 2:8, Job 34:19, Acts 10:34)

Those who seem to have the advantage over their brethren, are those who maximized their potentials- they self-improved. 

Read about the sons of Issachar we referred to previously.

Although we are all works in progress, maximization of  potential requires effort and dedication. 

#PrayerPoints4Today (2 sessions of 10 mins each)

1- A lot will be expected from everyone who has been given a lot. (Luke 12:48) As a Christian, you have been given a lot!

a)- Like the prodigal son, you need to come to yourself and return to the Father- remorseful and willing to start again. ( Luke 15:11-32)

b)- Identify where and how you missed it, stop blameshifting and accept responsibility for where you are at in life.

2- If you have not maximized your potentials you are like Esau who despised his birthright. (Genesis 25:29-34)

a)- Repent also for despising your birthright, for burying and wasting talents, not utilizing opportunities, and ignoring all the benefits of salvation available to you.

b)- Lay claims to your Godly heritage in Christ and be decisive about the changes you need to make to improve yourself.

3- “…if any person is [ingrafted] in Christ (the Messiah) he is a new creation (a new creature altogether); the old [previous moral and spiritual condition] has passed away. Behold, the fresh and new has come!” (2 Corinthians 5:17 AMPC)

a)- Command to leave you and your circles of influences,  and to go at once to the feet of Jesus Christ, all the evil spirits causing laziness, ignorance, despise, entitlement and poverty mentalities;  fear of failure, ingratitude. incompetence,  low self-image, grieving, resentment, jealousy, ingrained negativity, falsehood, deception, and other related evils that disabled you from the maximizing of your potentials. 

b)- Declare that you have the fruit of the Holy Spirit and thus are manifesting already Christlikeness in worship, Character, and Service. 

d)- Proclaim that you are a burning and shining light in the world. And as a city set on a Hill, your gifts and talents attract productivity and profits, for the Spirit of excellence lives in you

4. Unlike the lazy servant who was full of excuses, (Read Matthew 25:14-30)

a)- Thank God for giving you another chance to excel and to demonstrate the principle of supernatural multiplication. 

b)- Declare that from today, you shall maximize your potential by improving your skills, through well coordinated actions and the enabling grace of the Holy Spirit.

c)-  Declare that you can do all things through the enabling grace of Jesus Christ. Therefore, you’ll work at improving skills to operate well in your roles as lead…, son/daughter, parent,  spouse, role model, guardian,  etc.

d)- Thank God for the enabling grace to set goals and to achieve them, and also for the Godly mindset that is growing in you.

5. Finally!

“So too the [Holy] Spirit comes to our aid and bears us up in our weakness; for we do not know what prayer to offer nor how to offer it worthily as we ought, but the Spirit Himself goes to meet our supplication and pleads in our behalf with unspeakable yearnings and groanings too deep for utterance. 

And He Who searches the hearts of men knows what is in the mind of the [Holy] Spirit [what His intent is], because the Spirit intercedes and pleads [before God] in behalf of the saints according to and in harmony with God’s will. [Ps. 139:1, 2.]

(Romans 8:26‭-‬27 AMPC)

a)-Pray in tongues if you are gifted, so that the Holy Spirit will harmonize your prayers with the perfect will of God.

b) -Worship in 🎵 🎶 🎵  songs.

Remember, these prayer points are to guide you.  Customize them!

If these prayer points have enlightened and blessed you, remember to drop a comment, on whatever platform you are reading this. 

Shalom from Hephzibah Christly, TheSpiritualWarrior,  April 7th, 2023.