Genesis 2:7 NIV
“Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.”
INSIGHT
-God in His Tripartite nature made man out of His image and likeness, and thus created us to become either male or female (Genesis 1:26-27). The illusion and disillusion of LGBTQ+ is a perversion that has no scriptural backing thus goes against the will of God our Maker. Job acknowledges in Job 33:6 that we were formed out of soil, and out of dust we will return (Job 10:9). We are reminded that the Lord is the Potter of the clay and the work of His hands (Jeremiah 18:6). He fashions us as His vessels from clay and He is the Steward over us His creation.
PRAYER
We extol You our God and King and bless Your name forever and ever. Every day we will bless You and praise Your name forever and ever. Great are You Lord and greatly to be praised. Your greatness is unsearchable. One generation shall praise Your works to another and declare Your mighty acts. We meditate on the glorious splendor of Your majesty and on Your wondrous works. We thank You for Your goodness and love upon us. How excellent is Your name in all the earth. We count our blessings and name them one by one. We bless Your name Lord and forget not all Your benefits. We worship You Lord for this far that You brought us as a nation and a people and the far that You taking us. May You do an new thing in our nation. May You save us and deliver us from every form of suffering and pain. May You grant our leaders wisdom and grace to run this nation according to Your will and purpose. We pray for open double doors and breakthroughs in every aspect of our lives. We pray for our children who are will be undertaking their final exams, that You will grant them good success. Those who have closed school and will be going back home and different destinations, may You protect them merciful Savior. May You grant all those who are traveling journey mercies during this season dear Jesus. May Your blessings and favor continue to abide in us, our homes, families, churches and nation dear Lord Jesus. Oh God of all creation may You bless this our land and nation, may justice be our shield and defender, may You grant us unity, peace and liberty, and may plenty be found within our borders. Amen
Further reading: Isaiah 45:9-13, Psalms 8:5-8
Deuteronomy 11:24-25 NKJV
“Every place on which the sole of your foot treads shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the River Euphrates, even to the Western Sea, shall be your territory. No man shall be able to stand against you; the Lord your God will put the dread of you and the fear of you upon all the land where you tread, just as He has said to you.”
INSIGHT
–God promises that Israel will possess the land, with boundaries described from the wilderness probably the Negev desert, to Lebanon in the north, from the Euphrates River in the east, and to the Mediterranean Sea in the west. This description is an idealized vision of the Promised Land, which Israel would inherit. The promise was conditional and relied on their obedience to the law of the Lord. The same promise is repeated in Joshua 1:3, that God will give Israel every place and soil where we set our feet upon as their possession. God later promised the Israelites victory over their enemies, that God would go ahead of them and instill fear against their opponents. We are reminded that God is the source of victory and inheritance when we rely upon Him and do His will. Further, God is Sovereign through His authority over all the land and nations.
PRAYER
How awesome is Your name in all the heavens and the earth Lord. How powerful is Your name in all the heavens and the earth. How glorious is Your name among all the peoples and nations. We thank You dear Lord Jesus for this beautiful day that You have made, we rejoice and are glad in it. Your Sovereignty is supreme, and Your Majesty is above every imagination. You are Holy and Powerful dear Lord Jesus. You are wonderful and excellent in all Your ways. Dear Lord Jesus, we exult You over all the heavens and all the earth. May You take all the honor and glory. We raise Your banner in all the earth, let all creation praise You. We raise Your banner over all the heavens, let all the heavens give You glory and strength. We ask for Your guidance in our walk of faith and obedience to Your divine will and purpose. May You fill us with the fear of the Lord which is the beginning of all wisdom. May You go ahead of us and fight for us every battle dear Jesus for the battle belongs to You. May You grant us victory against those who oppose us and cause us pain that we may soar up with wings like eagles, we may run and not grow weary, we may walk and not be faint for our hope and trust is in You. May You give us new territories as our inheritance in land, business, work, expansion, diversification for our hope and trust is in You. May You expand our boundaries and territories in every sphere of our lives dear Lord Jesus for the glory and honor of You name. Amen
Further reading: Genesis 13:14-18, 1 Chronicles 4:9-10
Isaiah 61:11 NIV
“For as the soil makes the sprout come up and a garden causes seeds to grow, so the Sovereign Lord will make righteousness and praise spring up before all nations.”
INSIGHT
–Prophet Isaiah uses the analogy of nature to describe the work of God in bringing about righteousness and praise. Just as seeds grow in fertile soil, so too will God’s plans for salvation and restoration come to fruition in due time. The imagery of the soil and seeds growing represents the natural, inevitable work of God in bringing righteousness and justice to the world. Righteousness refers to the moral and spiritual renewal that God will bring to His people and to the world. The restoration of Israel is not just about physical return but about a deep transformation where people live according to God’s ways. Praise on the other hand signifies the joyful response to this renewal. As God works to restore His people, the nations will witness it and offer praise to God. Together, righteousness and praise form a picture of spiritual flourishing, where lives are aligned with God’s justice and hearts overflow with worship.
PRAYER
Lord You are Good and Your mercies endures forever. Lord You are Holy and Mighty, You are awesome in wonder. Your Righteousness is everlasting. We worship You and give You praise. Father You made Him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become Your righteousness God. Dear God You say in Your word that the righteous have many troubles, but You Lord deliver him from them all. May You deliver us dear Lord Jesus from all our troubles for Your name’s sake. May You forgive us all our sins and trespasses, and wash us with Your precious blood merciful Savior. May You search us Oh Lord and know our hearts, test us and know our anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in us and lead us in the way everlasting. May You teach us and help us to seek first Your kingdom and righteousness, and all things You will add unto us. May You grant success and victory to all those who are undertaking their final exam dear Lord Jesus. May You heal and restore all those who are sick and suffering among us. May You guide our leaders, all people and our nation in righteousness that we may fear You and always do Your will. May You grant the gift of salvation to all our children and generations dear Jesus. May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with us now and forever more. Amen
Further reading: 2 Corinthians 5:21, Matthew 6:33
Matthew 13:3-8 NKJV
“Then He spoke many things to them in parables, saying: “Behold, a sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seed fell by the wayside; and the birds came and devoured them. Some fell on stony places, where they did not have much earth; and they immediately sprang up because they had no depth of earth. But when the sun was up they were scorched, and because they had no root they withered away. And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked them. But others fell on good ground and yielded a crop: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.”
INSIGHT
-The parable of the sower constitutes one of the eight major parables of the kingdom of God. The word parable comes from the Greek word parabole which means a placing beside, thus indicates a comparison or illustration. The parable center’s it’s message on the gospel of the kingdom which meets with varying levels of success in the human heart. This parable outlines that the condition of our hearts is different and leads to diversity in the blessings that the Lord bestows upon us. The soil is the personified to represent our hearts and our response to the gospel of truth. The good soil represents a heart that is both receptive to and nourishes the gospel, leading to spiritual growth. The varying yields indicate that not all believers produce the same amount of fruit, but all are considered fruitful. The productivity is tied to one’s depth of commitment, understanding, and response to God’s Word. From Jesus’ interpretation, we learn that the kingdom is currently present though not consummated, that self sufficiency opposes the gospel and a measurably great response can be expected by many so as to achieve results. We are thus encouraged to cultivate hearts that are fertile ground for spiritual truth, with the promise of divine reward based on our response.
PRAYER
You Oh Lord are my God, earnestly I seek You. I thirst for You, my whole being longs for You. In a dry and parched land where there is no water. I have seen You in the sanctuary and beheld Your power and glory. Because Your love is better than life, my lips will glorify You. I will praise You as long as I live, and in Your name I will lift up my hands. May You make our hearts receptive and humble enough to hear and retain Your gospel message of truth. May You plant our hearts in Your streams of many waters, that we may bring forth branches, bear much fruit and become a majestic for Your kingdom work. May You dear Lord protect us and our children even as they commence their holidays. May You make a way for all the street families and those who are suffering. May You fight for us and all those who are oppressed. May You heal our nation and grant us peace and prosperity. We honor You Lord and give You praise, and it is in Jesus mighty name we pray. Amen
Further reading: Psalms 63:1-4, Ezekiel 17:8
Job 42:5-6 NKJV
“I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear, But now my eye sees You. Therefore I abhor myself, And repent in dust and ashes.”
INSIGHT
-Dust and ashes are often times a sign of humility and repentance. Job had only only heard of the Lord but now he had seen Him with the eyes of faith and spiritual understanding. Though Job’s experience we learn to accept God’s ways in Him, which may include suffering and restoration.
SUMMARY
Soil in Greek is written as édafos terrain, territory, ground, glebe and chó̱ma earth, dirt, ground. God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being (Genesis 2:7). God formed us out of the soil of the ground and to dust we will return upon our death (Genesis 3:19). Noah was a man of the soil and planted a vineyard (Genesis 9:20). Cain was also a farmer and brought forth fruit of the soil and gave an offering to the Lord (Genesis 4:3). As per God’s regulations in Leviticus 27:30, we are called to give a tithe of everything from the land, for the grain of the soil and fruit from the trees, which belong to the Lord. An analogy is revealed on the process that catalyzes the soil to sprout seed and garden makes the seed to grow, so the Sovereign Lord makes righteousness and praise spring up before all nations (Isaiah 61:11). God promised the Israelites an inheritance in possession of land conditionally if they follow His decrees and laws (Deuteronomy 12:1). God calls us to follow His decrees and do His will and we will obtain an eternal inheritance by His grace. Through the parable of the sower, the Lord reminds us that we should focus fully on Him and we will bear much fruit in His kingdom (Matthew 13:3-8).
PRAYER
Father, we bless Your holy and Mighty Name. We lift You high above all in the earth and in our lives. You are great and greatly to be praised. Lord we thank You for all You have done for us. You have done great and mighty things which we cannot explain. You have been our Faithful Father and we exalt You and magnify You. Father we repent for the many sins we have done said and thought. May You cleanse and sanctify us by Your precious blood. We surrender ourselves as vessels of honor that You may purify us and use us for Your kingdom. We wear ash and dust in humble adoration asking You to forgive us all our sins and iniquities and wash us with Your precious blood. May You dear Lord Jesus bless us, bless the crops of our land and young of our livestock, the calves of our herds, lamb of our flock and fruit of our womb. May You crown the year with bounty and may our carts overflow with abundance. May You bless us abundantly so that in all things at all times having all that we need, we may abound in every good work. May You bless us and keep us dear Jesus. May You shine Your face towards us and be gracious unto us. May You show Your countenance unto us and give us peace. May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with us now and forevermore. Amen.
Further reading: Psalms 65:11, Deuteronomy 28:4