Christly Living

 

  Mon Apr 20, 2026  

REVERSING HOPELESSNESS

Memorise:
But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head .. Psalm 3:3

Read:
John 5:2-9

Message

In today's Bible reading, a certain man, who had suffered from an infirmity for 38 years, had an encounter with Jesus. From his response to Jesus Christ's question, it was clear that he had lost all hope, but Jesus reversed his hopelessness when He commanded him to take up his bed and walk. In an instant, the 38-year infirmity disappeared, and his hopelessness vanished. I pray for you today that the Almighty God, who can reverse hopeless situations, will visit you today, and you shall receive a miracle, in Jesus' name.

When God wants to turn a fellow whom the world seems to have forsaken into a living testimony, He will arrange a divine encounter for the fellow. He will work it out in such a way that everyone around him or her will know that He is definitely at work.

Several years ago, I was travelling to Ilesha, a town in South-West Nigeria. Along the way, I saw a car that seemed to have broken down. As I approached it, I saw that it had an RCCG sticker on it. On taking a closer look, I saw that the person standing beside the car was a church member whom I knew. I also saw that she was pregnant. I asked her, "What's wrong with your car?" Immediately she saw me, she exclaimed, "Daddy! Is it really you I'm seeing? Oh God!" I asked her again, "Is there a problem with your car?" She replied, "Sir, don't worry about the car. I have a bigger problem." She then went on to tell me that the baby in her womb had not moved for the past six days, and the doctors had told her that they were going to evacuate the baby. After listening to her, I said, "In that case, I decree, baby, come back to life, in Jesus' name." Immediately, the baby started moving again. A few years ago, I visited one of our parishes in Europe, and that same baby whom the doctors wanted to evacuate from the woman's womb was the one playing the drums.

Beloved, I want you to know that nothing is impossible with God (Luke 1:37). If you are currently in the midst of a situation that seems hopeless, I want you to put your trust in the One who makes rivers in the desert (Isaiah 43:19). He will bring you out of that hopeless situation and give you victory where defeat seemed certain, in Jesus' name.

Bible In One Year:
2 Kings 6-8

Hymn:
My Hope Is Built On Nothing Less

Prayer Point:
Father, please turn every hopeless situation in my life around for good, in Jesus' name.

King James Version

John 5:2-9

RCCG Hymn

My hope is built on nothing less

  1. My hope is built on nothing less
    Than Jesus' blood and righteousness;
    I dare not trust the sweetest frame.
    But wholly lean on Jesus name.

  2. On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
    All other ground is sinking sand.
    All other ground is sinking sand.


  3. When darkness seems to veil His face,
    I rest on His unchanging grace;
    In every high and stormy gale.
    My anchor holds within the veil.
  4. His oath. His covenant, and blood.
    Support me in the whelming flood;
    When all around my soul gives way,
    He then is all my hope and stay
  5. When He shall come with trumpet sound,
    s Oh, may I then in Him be found;
    Dressed in His righteousness alone.
    Faultless to stand before the throne.

 

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