JUST 5 MINUTES

‘JUST 5 MINUTES’ is today's title for your All-Round Devotional ON THIS MORNING.

So let's start  like this:

This is what we all preach,canvas and admonish all the time. That is,to have Quality  Devotional Time in word and prayer with our maker.

The quality here meaning being able to:
* Spend 'long' fruitful hours in word study and meditation
* And also spend 'lasting' time in prayer based on the word.....

This must be consistent in order to really know & receive deeper revelations, unravel mysteries and know God's plans& purposes for your life&his people.

Now, this is the reality.

It takes someone who has grown&matured in the faith, discipline in 'all' areas among others to be able to do the above.

Therefore, this is what God says I should tell you.

He understands all the following about you...ooh yes he does. They are:

*That you are born-again, new or a baby in the faith

* That you're coming from a serious backsliding experience.

*That you're struggling to have that relationship with him because of your new job and its arduous demands, the humanly repetitive gargantuan sin &generally pressures of life.

Oswald Chambers said
" It's not the thing on which we spend the most time that moulds us, but the thing that exerts the greatest power. FIVE MINUTES with God is worth more than the rest of the day."

Surely, we are never saying that be okay with just 5 minutes or complacent with that when clearly you can do far better. This is exactly what today's message seeks to discourage.

We're rather encouraging the many people  i believe who are weak or new in Christ to start gradually, take those baby step building up to MATURITY& HOLINESS.(which is our ultimate goal as Christians)

Yes, God knows such people, knows their greatest needs,their weaknesses and provides for them.

JUST DON'T COUNT YOURSELF AMONG THOSE WHO MAY REQUIRE A 5-MINUTE START IN THEIR WALK WITH GOD WHEN CLEARLY YOU CAN DO FAR BETTER.

In furtherance of the above points are these scriptures:

2 Peters 3:18
"...but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity."

Ephesians 3:17-19
"....So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God.

1 Peter 2:2
"Like newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow in respect to salvation,..."

Colossians 3:16
"Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God."

1 Timothy 4:15
"Take pains with these things; be absorbed in them, so that your progress will be evident to all."

If you're having trouble establishing or re-establishing your relationship with God; why don’t YOU start with just 5 mins and be committed,consistent, discipline NOT being complacent.

God values your 5 minutes...Just 5 Minutes...yes 5 quality minutes in your initial walk with him.

With that, I know automatically it will lead to 10, 15, 30 mins..then an hour and that will be your offshoot for building that quality personal relationship with your maker.

SO I SAY:
“JUST 5 MINUTES”