April 19, 2023
Scriptural Text:
Matthew 25:5 (NKJV)
“Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept.”
More often than not, well thought out plans experience setbacks, resulting in unprecedented delays. A delayed flight, a pending transaction, a postponed event, an overdue response etc., can suddenly throw you into an unplanned waiting period. The good news is that such delays can be utilized to your advantage.
The first step in utilizing delays is preparing for them. You can do this by predetermining what you would do in that instance.
For example, you can position investment resources around you by default, so that you can turn your attention to a book,
or an online learning resource.
Such unexpected free times can also be used to cover up for lost times in the place of fellowship with God.
In contrast, our opening text tells us about the virgins who slumbered and slept while the bridegroom delayed in coming.
This is a wrong response in waiting.
The delays you experience are designed to work in your favour, if only you would take advantage of them. Utilize times of seeming delay to review your plans, pray, study, or finish up pending tasks. This is another important key to maximizing your time and optimizing your productivity.
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🙏 DAILY PRAYER GUIDE
Father in the name of Jesus, give me the wisdom to strategically utilize every delay to my advantage, in the name of Jesus.
🏞️ PRAYER FOR A NATION – NAMIBIA
The Church in Namibia is growing. Partnership between Churches are still a problem, but there are cases where denominations are starting to work together to reach the Northern parts and isolated areas of Namibia. As with many African countries, syncretism is a reality as many people mix their cultural practices with Christianity.
1. Prayer for the nation: Oh Lord, we pray for the missionaries in the nation Namibia, that they will be delivered from wicked and unreasonable men in Jesus name.
2. Prayer for the leaders: Father, we ask that you would put the right people in influential positions in this nation; men and women who will uphold the truth and promote righteousness, in the name of Jesus.Father, we ask that you would put the right people in influential positions in this nation; men and women who will uphold the truth and promote righteousness, in the name of Jesus.
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Father, I ask today that there will be peace in Jerusalem and that your purposes be established in that city. Amen
💒 PRAYER FOR UNITY IN THE CHURCH
Father, we pray that every attempt from hell to cause division in the church will not stand in Jesus name.
☄️ PRAYER FOR SOULS / REVIVAL
Father in the name of Jesus, we ask that you will back our soulwinning effort today with your presence, so that many will experience your power and surrender to your lordship, in Jesus Name.
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Matthew 16,
Psalm 138
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Edwina
GPC Porthacourt
Utilizing delay is a new thing I’ve learnt from today’s devotional. Thank you so much my Prophet. I now have a different perspective to the way I see and think when I feel things are being delayed.
Delay helps me to seek more, push more and gain more experience.
One of the challenges with times of delay is the overwhelming feeling of disappointment. Prophet, how do we overcome this in forging ahead from the delay?
Today’s topic is very insightful. Most times we tend to laze about when we experience delays but I personally I’ve learnt something new today that delay sometimes can be one of Gods ways to help us achieve something else… Dear father help me today to utilize my delays in Jesus mighty name amen.
Lagos Nigeria 🇳🇬
Today’s devotional is a great reminder that delays in life are not necessarily a bad thing, and can be used to our advantage.
It encourage us to prepare for delays and to use the time productively by investing in personal growth or catching up on unfinished tasks. It also highlights the importance of not wasting time during delays, but rather using it wisely.
Overall, it provides practical advice on how to make the most of unexpected waiting periods and encourages a positive attitude towards delays.
I’ve learnt that every delay can also be an opportunity and I must learn to turn this to my advantage… Thank you my prophet for this wonderful message today🙏🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾
Delay is not denial, hmmmm
Thank you Lord🙌🏽🇨🇾
“The delays you experience are designed to work in your favour, if only you would take advantage of them.”
Wow!!!! It’s a personal massage for me. Today, I learned to take advantage of every delays with activities that would benefit me. 🙏 🙏 🙏
Cyprus 🇨🇾 🇨🇾 🇨🇾
Yes. Thank you Lord 🙌🏻🙌🏻
Thank you Lord Jesus for today’s word unexpected free times will be used to cover up for lost times in the place of fellowship with God.
Thank you y Prophet😫🙏🏿🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭
Really, we don’t know what to do whenever we experience unprecedented delays but today’s devotional has shed a greater wisdom on what to do in times like this. Indeed Lord, I ask for wisdom to utilize these spare times for my good and development in Jesus name 🙏
O. G
Lagos Nigeria
If only you would take advantage of the delays you encounter, they are intended to be advantageous to you.
I’m really amazed to learn this today. I choose to utilize delays to my advantage from today and not to fall back to complaining or relenting on the process.
Thank you Prophet for this great topic 🙏
LAGOS, NIGERIA 🇳🇬
Wow! More light on how to utilize delay. This topic is so apt. Thank you sir for another refreshing topic. God bless you sir
My God! Just reading the topic for today’s devotional alone spoke a thousand things to me…I’ve learnt something tangible today that one can still achieve a lot when there’s seemingly a “delay”.Thank you Prophet for opening our eyes to this!Lagos Nigeria
Utilize your delay…time you feel things are no moving as fast as you’d expect instead of slumber or regret why no be productive during the waiting time or add knowledge to what you already know
The delays you experience are designed to work in your favour, if only you would take advantage of them. Utilize times of seeming delay to review your plans, pray, study, or finish up pending tasks. This is another important key to maximizing your time and optimizing your productivity.
Today’s devotional is impactful. The delay we experience sometimes are orchestrated for our favour, and all will need to do is to utilise them for our advantage and Advancement.
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Delays can be used to improve oneself
Lagos
Thank you Father for enlightening me with this knowledge. What the enemy meant for shame, you shall surely turn around for my good in Jesus name. Amen. 🙏🏾🇨🇾❤️🔥
“The delays you experience are designed to work in your favour”. Thank you Lord for today’s devotional 🙏🔥
IKEJA, LAGOS
Thank You Lord for Your Word today🇨🇾🇨🇾🙌🙌🙌
Thank you Lord Jesus for today’s word unexpected free times will be used to cover up for lost times in the place of fellowship with God.
Thank you y Prophet
Lagos Nigeria
Help us Lord
Thank you my prophet sir for this great piece
Thank You Lord
Lagos, Nigeria
Good one my prophet, now I understand that delay is a good thing in order to prepare us for what is coming
Lagos, Nigeria
Good one my prophet, now I understand that delay is a good thing in order to prepare us for what is coming
Lagos, Nigeria
Delays are not necessarily bad but when it happens it should be utilised.
Utilise your time rather than spending it feeling bad for yourself
Today devotional teaches us about taking advantage of the delay and pauses in our life Utilize this times of seeming delay to review my plans, pray, study, or finish up pending tasks.
Lord, give me the wisdom to strategically utilize every delay to my advantage
Thank yoy so much prophet sir for teaching me how to take advantage of Utilize delayed times
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Thank you lord for this eye opening word that we have to prepare and plan for delays so that it can be maximized and optimized for productivity.Lagos, Nigeria.
The delays you experience are designed to work in your favour, if only you would take advantage of them. Utilize times of seeming delay to review your plans, pray, study, or finish up pending tasks. This is another important key to maximizing your time and optimizing your productivity.Maximize the delay!Lagos, Nigeria.
Oh wow
Having a book in my bag is me preparing for delay.
Now I choose to design delays I experience to work in my favour, I would take advantage of any delay to work on unfinished task and even add some knowledge.
Thank you so much my Prophet this is a deliverance.
Lagos, NG
Oh wow
Having a book in my bag is me preparing for delay.
Now I choose to design delays I experience to work in my favour, I would take advantage of any delay to work on unfinished task and even add some knowledge.
Thank you so much my Prophet this is a deliverance.
Lagos, NG
Today’s devotional is telling us how to utilize our free time
Most times we can be delayed but never be denied
Thank you my prophet sir
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Thank you Jesus
Ojo Lagos Nigeria
Wow. This is so apt and relevant especially cos we face a lot of delays on a daily basis. Now I know how to make use of setbacks and maximize delays. Don’t cry or complain. Complete another task while you wait. Delay is not denial!!!
Mr PC
Lagos Nigeria
My God!!
Delays are not necessary bad experience,if only we can flip the other side of the coin,then we will see that as bad as seem to be,it can also be utilized to our advantage
That would then help narrow down how often we experience disappointment and failures in our everyday life ..
So much to learn from this piecerl
Thanks you Man of God🙏
Thank you Lord🙌
Wow! What I really needed to hear. Today’s topic was definitely for me.
Being in the waiting period doesn’t mean that you have failed, but sometimes it is just more time for you to get everything together in anticipation for the right time.
Lauretta
Port Harcourt
Very practicable instructions today about utilising delays and been immensely blessed
A very impactful devotional.
So I can turn my delay, into something productive by focusing on other things that can add personal development, and spiritual advancement in my work with God.
Delay can be weaponized into Productivity…
Lagos, Nigeria 🇳🇬
Father In the name of Jesus help me utilize every delays to my advantage in Jesus name. Amen
Instresting. Many people fail totally in the sense that they fail to make use of their delay. As humans we ought to know that often times things don’t go as planned. So is important to utilize delays when it happens. Dear lord give me the wisdom to be able to utilize my delays in the name of Jesus Amen. Lagos Nigeria.
Thank you my prophet for today devotion, The Bible said all things work together for good , Must times in my life if there is delay in my wife it’s means God is about to do something bigger 🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾
Like a popular saying goes, delay is not denial.
– Emmanuel Ped
Wahoo thank you very much my prophet
since delay is not a denial, I pray God gives me the wisdom to utilize my delays in Jesus name
“The delays you experience are designed to work in your favour, if only you would take advantage of them.”
Thank You Lord for this insight 🙏🏾
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Thank you Lord for the Spirit of wisdom over this house. Many a times we experience break in the flow of events, most often than not, due to external factors such as change of schedule, power outages, failures of others to stick to appointments, an the likes. The skill of utilizing delay ensures that we make progress no matter the situation.
Wow I must prepare for delays and take advantage of them
Lagos Nigeria
When delay comes the only thing we need to do is for us to be alert, watch and pray.because sometimes delay happens for God to know whether we can stay in prayer and also study 🙏🙏🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾
Today’s topic is just so incredibly spot on. It now see delay differently. While some get discouraged and weak because of it, the wise hearted uses it to make up for lost times. This is just amazing. Thank you Prophet
Glory To GOD, Hallelujah🙌🙇🙏
Delay Is Necessarily Not Denial, And Can Be Used To Our Advantage. The Mistake We Often Make, Is To Lay Back Or Be Lax While Waiting. This Is The Wrong Approach, As This Is The Time To Carefully Cast A Glance On The Things We Have Left Undone, And Put In Strides To Make Sure We Are In Full Preparation And Readiness For When That Door/Opportunity Finally Opens, Glory To GOD, Hallelujah🙌🙏🙇
Thank You My Prophet Sir For Wisdom And Insight On What To Do🙏
C.P, Lagos, Nigeria 🇳🇬
Hmmmm having a book in my bag is me preparing for delay.The delays you experience are designed to work in your favour.
I’m definitely holding onto that
Thank you prophet!
Lagos, Nigeria
Thank you so much sir for these words. They are blessing to me.
GPC GLASGOW SCOTLAND
The delays are disguised blessings that I can always use to my advantage.
No season or time is to be wasted. Help me Lord to put it all to good use
I’m learning from Lagos Nigeria
Today’s devotional is timely for me. It is wisdom to utilize supposedly delay in one aspect to enhance profitability in other areas. I covet this now🇬🇭
Thank you Jesus
Lagos Nigeria
This is practical wisdom for everyday living
Thank you sir
Wolverhampton 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧
The Prophet sometime ago taught about BE times – Waiting times. Its a great time to catch up mails. read that article. Follow up on members. Call that family member whom you have reach out to but keep procrastinating. There is never an idle time. There is always something to do.
Plan for you BE times. Schedule courses. Get books. Review your actions during this times.
You will be more productive and achieve more that you planned for.
Delays can be utilized to my advantage, it’s designed to work in my favour. I can prepare for delays by investing in personal growth, finishing up tasks and praying.
Glory to God.
Lagos, Nigeria
Delays can be utilized to my advantage, it’s designed to work in my favour. I can prepare for delays by investing in personal growth, finishing up tasks and praying.
Glory to God.
Lagos, Nigeria
Wow, This topic is crucial, most time we think delays are denials or Prolly failure, Reading this really changed my mindset and made me understand that there’s reason for everything and God’s time is always the best, Thank you Lord.
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Wow this is so mind-blowing
A big revelation 🔥
This particular devotion I am sure has set me up for success even as a teenager
Waiting is hard..but by this revelation I know that every season can be utilized and maximized..I love the Lord🙌….Thank you my Prophet
P.L
Lagos, Nigeria
At one point in our lives we have all experienced a form of delay. How did we utilize that period?
The first step in utilizing delays is preparing for them. You can do this by predetermining what you would do in that instance.
👆Our Prophet has explained to us on the how👏👏
“review your plans, pray, study, or finish up pending tasks”.
Thank you my Prophet sir,
Thank You Jesus 😍😍😍😍
Lagos, Nigeria.
I remember in one of our prophet’s teaching when he said sometimes he replies messages when he’s in the rest room. This shows that he can maximize any form of time be it delay or the likes every time is very important. The question is what we did with it. May God help us to maximize our time. Lagos Nigeria.
Thank you Lord for today’s devotional🙏
It helps me to know that delay has a positive undertones.
Just as a dictum says ” delay is not denial”
Delays are avenues for both physical and spiritual avenues if we maximise them wisely.
So, ability to anticipate delay helps us to promptly switch to something else at such moments for our productivity rather than of discouragement in life.
Father help me to take advantage of every delay that I encounter on my life path ,in Jesus name 🙏.
Lagos, Nigeria
My Prophet thank you so much for this opportunity to learn from your walk with the LORD. Today’s devotional actually reinforced something the HOLY SPIRIT to me, and it is 100% reflected in today’s devotional. Thank once again my Prophet and Glory to God!
United Kingdom
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My Prophet thank you so much for this opportunity to learn from your walk with the LORD. Today’s devotional actually reinforced something the HOLY SPIRIT told me sometime ago so i am now very sure, and it is 100% reflected in today’s devotional. Thank once again my Prophet and Glory to God!!!
United Kingdom
Thank you Lord for the Spirit of wisdom over this house. Many a times we experience break in the flow of events, most often than not, due to external factors such as change of schedule, power outages, failures of others to stick to appointments, an the likes. The skill of utilizing delay ensures that we make progress no matter the situation.
This is another important key to maximizing your time and optimizing your productivity.
Many use their delay periods to catch up on Social Media skits. Well, I am not judging,, but I am not sure that counts as an investment.
Thank you my prophet🙏 Time of waiting my be term to delay of preparing for what God is about to do depending on me or you.
If i see it as the time of equipping yourself for what is coming, Happy are you.
What God has said about a thing will surely come to pass, the best thing is to rigorously equip my self for the set goal. The loaded i am when that thing God has said comes the higher i go.🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾
Merci beaucoup Prophète pour cette sagesse de la productivité pour le temps. Les temps creux sont pour nous des tremplins pour nous permettre de maximiser notre productivité. Que Dieu par Sa grâce nous accorde la grâce d’utiliser les temps creux. Merci Seigneur
De GPC CALAVI, BENIN REPUBLIC 🇧🇯🇧🇯🇧🇯🇧🇯
God help me to keep my faith in the face of every delay of God’s promise
Utilize unplanned delays to do something planned. Something to Catch up with time.
Everything, including delays are working for me. Amen.
Chris from Lagos
Thank you my prophet Sir for helping me utilize delays David ikechukwu Lagos Nigeria