Memorise:
And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so
that all that hear will laugh with me.
Genesis 21:6
Read: Genesis 21:1-6
1 And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said,
and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken.
2 For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son
in his old age, at the set time of which God had
spoken to him.
3 And Abraham called the name of his son that
was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him,
Isaac.
4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being
eight days old, as God had commanded him.
5 And Abraham was an hundred years old, when
his son Isaac was born unto him.
6 And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so
that all that hear will laugh with me.
Message
We serve a God that fills the mouth of his chosen
with laughter. Some chosen of the Lord testified
of this in Psalms 126:2 saying:
"Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our
tongue with singing: then said they among the
heathen, The LORD hath done great things for
them."
In Genesis 18:1-14, when the Lord visited
Abraham and Sarah and ate in their tent, He
promised them that they would have a son in
nine months' time; but Sarah laughed because
her husband was over 99 years old and she
herself was 90 years old. She thought that this
promise was a joke borne out of how much the
three august visitors enjoyed the meal that she
and Abraham had prepared. God asked why she
laughed, but she denied that she laughed. Nine
months later, she gave birth to laughter, and she
laughed for the rest of her life (Genesis 21:6).
Today, God still makes people laugh.
When God makes you laugh, your laughter will be
sustained. But how can God make you laugh
today? God makes you laugh when you receive an
unexpected divine visitation. It is one thing for
you to pay God a visit, like when you attend a
church programme or a special programme like
the Holy Ghost Service; but it is another thing for
God to visit you. It is a beautiful experience when
God visits a congregation or group of people, but
it is even lovelier when God picks out an
individual in a large congregation for divine
visitation. The Lord will single you out for a divine
visitation this season in Jesus' Name.
In John 5:2-9, there was a multitude of sick folks
at the pool called Bethesda, but when Jesus
visited there, He went straight for the man who
had been sick for 38 years, healed him and left
the place. In like manner, in Mark 10:46-52,
Jesus entered Jericho and passed through it
looking for whom to visit. He saw none in Jericho,
but as He was leaving, in the midst of a crowd,
he saw a blind beggar outside the city gate,
healed him and continued with His journey. As
Jesus healed these people, He introduced laughter
into their lives.
There was no record that either of them was ever
sick again. Whatever criteria He uses to determine
candidates for His visitation shall work in your
favour today. Out of the crowd of those who need
children, the Lord will visit you with yours. Out of
the crowd of those who need promotion, the Lord
will promote you. Out of the crowd of those who
need special anointing, the Lord will visit you
specially today. However, flee from sin, and do
only what pleases Him. Be faithful in your tithes
and offerings, and worship Him.
that all that hear will laugh with me.
Genesis 21:6
Read: Genesis 21:1-6
1 And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said,
and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken.
2 For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son
in his old age, at the set time of which God had
spoken to him.
3 And Abraham called the name of his son that
was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him,
Isaac.
4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being
eight days old, as God had commanded him.
5 And Abraham was an hundred years old, when
his son Isaac was born unto him.
6 And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so
that all that hear will laugh with me.
Message
We serve a God that fills the mouth of his chosen
with laughter. Some chosen of the Lord testified
of this in Psalms 126:2 saying:
"Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our
tongue with singing: then said they among the
heathen, The LORD hath done great things for
them."
In Genesis 18:1-14, when the Lord visited
Abraham and Sarah and ate in their tent, He
promised them that they would have a son in
nine months' time; but Sarah laughed because
her husband was over 99 years old and she
herself was 90 years old. She thought that this
promise was a joke borne out of how much the
three august visitors enjoyed the meal that she
and Abraham had prepared. God asked why she
laughed, but she denied that she laughed. Nine
months later, she gave birth to laughter, and she
laughed for the rest of her life (Genesis 21:6).
Today, God still makes people laugh.
When God makes you laugh, your laughter will be
sustained. But how can God make you laugh
today? God makes you laugh when you receive an
unexpected divine visitation. It is one thing for
you to pay God a visit, like when you attend a
church programme or a special programme like
the Holy Ghost Service; but it is another thing for
God to visit you. It is a beautiful experience when
God visits a congregation or group of people, but
it is even lovelier when God picks out an
individual in a large congregation for divine
visitation. The Lord will single you out for a divine
visitation this season in Jesus' Name.
In John 5:2-9, there was a multitude of sick folks
at the pool called Bethesda, but when Jesus
visited there, He went straight for the man who
had been sick for 38 years, healed him and left
the place. In like manner, in Mark 10:46-52,
Jesus entered Jericho and passed through it
looking for whom to visit. He saw none in Jericho,
but as He was leaving, in the midst of a crowd,
he saw a blind beggar outside the city gate,
healed him and continued with His journey. As
Jesus healed these people, He introduced laughter
into their lives.
There was no record that either of them was ever
sick again. Whatever criteria He uses to determine
candidates for His visitation shall work in your
favour today. Out of the crowd of those who need
children, the Lord will visit you with yours. Out of
the crowd of those who need promotion, the Lord
will promote you. Out of the crowd of those who
need special anointing, the Lord will visit you
specially today. However, flee from sin, and do
only what pleases Him. Be faithful in your tithes
and offerings, and worship Him.
Prayer Point:
Father, I have wept for too long; from now on,
introduce laughter into my life and make me laugh
forever.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR : DEUTERONOMY 12-13 and EPHESIANS 5
Father, I have wept for too long; from now on,
introduce laughter into my life and make me laugh
forever.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR : DEUTERONOMY 12-13 and EPHESIANS 5
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