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January '03
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5

February '03
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9

March '03
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13

April '03
Week 14
Week 15
Week 16
Week 17

May '03
Week 18
Week 19
Week 20
Week 21
Week 22

June '03
Week 23
Week 24
Week 25
Week 26

July '03
Week 27
Week 28
Week 29
Week 30
Week 31

August '03
Week 32
Week 33
Week 34
Week 35

September '03
Week 36
Week 37
Week 38
Week 39

October '03
Week 40
Week 41
Week 42
Week 43
Week 44

November '03
Week 45
Week 46
Week 47
Week 48

December '03
Week 49
Week 50
Week 51
Week 52

Key Passage: Hebrew 4: 10-11

For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His. Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience.

The story was told of Stephen Merrit, a godly old undertaker in New York who had a very wayward son. He always protected him and paid the police to get him out of trouble. One day, as he was praying, God spoke to him, “How long will you be trying to save your son? Now, when you are through, I will undertake.” Merrit surrendered him to God, and when the police came again with complaints, his response was always, “I have no son”. When he got the news that the boy fell off the bridge, his response was, “I have no son”. The police could not believe it. They dragged the river only to find out that the body was another man’s. Three months after, the boy returned home beautifully dressed and saved. He was never wayward again because God had taken hold of his life.

The problem with many believers is that they are holding unto their problems – sicknesses, habits and difficulties – with such a clutch that God cannot get it out of their hands. They are focusing so much on the problem that they lose sight of the mercy and the power of God. That is a sign that they do not trust Him. God is able to take care of all our needs, cares and fears; and He is able to fight our battles. All we need to do is trust him.

The Lord is telling you today to quit struggling and start trusting: “Casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you” (1 Pet 5:7). Cease from holding unto your problems, release them to God, trust in Him, and let your heart be at rest. He will undertake for you.

Written by – Evangelist Oguazi Onyemobi

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