ROMANS 13.11-14
1 THESSALONIANS 5.1-3
NIGHT:-
The time after sunset and before
sunrise while it is dark outside
The period spent sleeping
A period of ignorance or
backwardness or gloom
The period after the close of life;
death
MORNING:-
The first or early part of the day lasting from midnight to
noon or from sunrise to noon or from sunrise to sunset
The first or early part; the
beginning
AWAKE:-
To wake up; rouse from sleep
To become active
To come or bring to an awareness; become
cognizant
Night is the
time most of us cry
We do so in
the belief nobody is seeing us or knows what we are going through.
It is time
to sleep
It is a time
of un-predictability night is a time or period of fear.
Most nights
are times of darkness
At night
vision is blurred and the spirit of wickedness reigns.
Beloved of
God, what is it that is your night?
Indicators of night in our lives:-
1. Casual walk in the Christian journey
2. An un-condemning conscience
3. Term -oil and challenges
4. Cold approach to prayer
5. Lack of interest in the word of God
or fellowship
6. Complacency and a feeling “hii siwezi
hadi nisaidiwe”
7. Hopelessness, Mark 5.32
The bible
declares that now is the time to awake from sleep for the night is far spent
and the day is almost here.
But it is
important to pay attention to the word NOW
The word has
been used strategically
It has been
used in full realization of Jesus’ second coming
Hebrews 9.23
The bible
declares now is the time to wake up from slumber
Now
denotes:-
•No wastage
of time
•No delay
•Immediately
•Jump out of
bed
•Throw away
the blanket
People wake
up in the morning.
Right
thinking men have no fun sleeping over in the morning
Morning is
an indicator of life and productivity.
Morning
denotes vitality
It is important
that as Christians we walk up from the ways of darkness
Galatians
3.27 “For as many as have been baptized into Christ, put on Christ.
It is
important that when you wake up you keep your self busy and look for some
activity to do.
Put off the works of darkness and put
on Christ
And it does
not end there the moment you put on Christ something else has to follow.
Put on the armor of light
Colossians
3.1-10
As if that
is all there still exists another requirement
Walk properly as in the day
In the day
you walk carefully with full knowledge of where your feet are stepping on.
In the night
you just groping
Your
visibility has many challenges
But in the
day you walk comfortably without fear or any worry.
When walking
in the day it is necessary to avoid the following:
i)
Revelry
ii)
Drunkenness
iii)
Lust
iv)
Strife
v)
envy
And as you
shed off all things child of the most high remember not to leave the house
empty
The next
thing that needs to follow is to
Put on Jesus and make no provision
for the flesh
Never allow
room for temptation
Remember the
morning is come
Wake up and
do something
There is no
license to wake up and just sit up the whole day
We are to walk honestly as in the day
Mornings
normally usher in the consummation of the second coming of Jesus the Christ
Romans 12.12
“Rejoicing in hope; patient in
tribulation; continuing instant prayer”
The morning
brightness offers us hope
Colossians 1.27
“To whom God would make known what is
the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in
you the hope of glory:”
Psalm 126.5
“They that sow in tears shall reap in joy”
And allow me
to remind you that the night of trouble is all gone
It does not
matter how long and troublesome the night could have been.
Beloved
listen to this!
Psalm 30.5
“For His anger endures for a night;
in His favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the
morning”
You know
what when you wake up you have to undress the night clothes.
These are
not clothes for most of us to parade ourselves in them
By the way
some of our night gears can easily scare away a cat in the night let alone of
“sweet hearts”
The morning
of my father brings with it fresh ideas and special grace
So after
undressing the night gears a cool/ warm birth and change of clothes is very
necessary and also important if not but a
must.
You shed off
darkness and put on the light of God
You become a
reflecting of the glory and righteousness of Jehovah
Remember
that light never negotiates with darkness of who should leave
Immediately
you put on the lights darkness has to take cover, al right!
That why I
am here to announce that your darkness is over!
Whatever was
addressing you as your night I want you to declare the following:-
Darkness I do
un-friend you
I undress
all the night dresses that I have worn all these years
I arise and
put on Christ Jesus
Now I walk
in honesty in Christ Jesus’ name
I now put on
Jesus as lord and ruler of my life for he is the one anointed and appointed by
the father to be the Ruler and savior of my life
I am now
free in Jesus’ name
Halleluyah
to the Lamb of God
Now give out
a shout of victory to the king who reigns both now and forever more
Amen!!
And
now may god bequeath his own Calvary blessings to all His children
Amen!
Pastor Geoffrey Douglas Otuko
Friday 19th July 19, 2013
18.55 hrs
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