OUR MESSAGE FOR TODAY’S SUNDAY SERVICE ON AUGUST 9, 2015 IS ISAIAH 48:1-18 STUBBORNNESS IS THE GREATEST HINDRANCE TO OUR PEACE AT HOME AND IN OUR SOCIETY:

STUBBORNNESS IS THE GREATEST HINDRANCE TO OUR PEACE AT HOME AND IN OUR SOCIETY : 1. I have taking time for over one week to highlight the source and keys that opens doors for peace, so that the Lord of Peace will come into your life and your home. But in this message today, I will be looking at the hindrances and enemies of peace. How do I identify the obstacles or enemies of peace in my life? Here are some of the manifestations: a) Taking oath in the name of God when you are doing what is wrong b) Walking in unrighteousness instead of righteousness & take joy in it c) Claiming to know God with your words but not with your hearts d) Walking in stubbornness, stiff-necked, incorrigible, faithless etc. e) Professing to serve God but worshiping wooden idols/foreign gods f) Failing to admit your faults, inabilities but claiming what you are not g) Treacherous in nature and rebelliousness in behavior. Enough is enough turn around today and get your peace back. See verses 1-8. 2. It might interest you to know that the God we serve is merciful, who is always ready at anytime to take us back as we are and cleans us from all uncleanness and restore us to health and grant us peace. Are you ready for that peace that comes from God? If yes, take note of the followings: a) God delays his wrath upon you because of his name Jehovah b) He holds back and stops completely anything that will destroy you because of his praise. Do you Praise him? c) God refines us through afflictions, have you been tested? Peace d) God sacrificed everything for our peace and his glory, what of you? See verses 9-11. 3. Listen my brethren, God is reaching out to you now and calling you out of whatever mess you found yourself in to turn back to him, He is the first and the last, the beginning and the end, the one who see the end from the beginning return to him and embrace the Lord of Peace to fulfill your purpose on earth, please reject and renounce every form of idol of the Babylonians so that your peace will not be hindered but put your trust in God at all times. See verses 12-15 4. Finally God is calling on you today to listen to him, when you walk in the Spirit of God you will hear when he speaks and when you hear from him, your life will be transformed and when your life is transformed you will have intimate relationship with him and when you have intimate relationship “The Lord of Peace” will live with you all the days of your life. And these blessings will follow you: a) The sovereign God is speaking to you now and not in secrete listen b) He has endowed you with the Holy Spirit to do all things in peace c) He is the Lord that teaches you how to make profits. Receive it now. d) He is the Lord that leads and directs you the way you should go e) If you pay attention to him, your peace will be like a river Amen. See verses 16-18. 5. My prayer for you today is to receive the Anointing power of God to reject stubbornness, hindrances, carelessness that will hinder your peace and walk in righteousness and holiness that will grant you lasting peace from God in Jesus name Amen. Read below:Isaiah 48:1-18 New International Version (NIV) Stubborn Israel 48 “Listen to this, you descendants of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel and come from the line of Judah, you who take oaths in the name of the LORD and invoke the God of Israel— but not in truth or righteousness— 2 you who call yourselves citizens of the holy city and claim to rely on the God of Israel— the LORD Almighty is his name: 3 I foretold the former things long ago, my mouth announced them and I made them known; then suddenly I acted, and they came to pass. 4 For I knew how stubborn you were; your neck muscles were iron, your forehead was bronze. 5 Therefore I told you these things long ago; before they happened I announced them to you so that you could not say, ‘My images brought them about; my wooden image and metal god ordained them.’ 6 You have heard these things; look at them all. Will you not admit them? “From now on I will tell you of new things, of hidden things unknown to you. 7 They are created now, and not long ago; you have not heard of them before today.So you cannot say, ‘Yes, I knew of them.’ 8 You have neither heard nor understood; from of old your ears have not been open. Well do I know how treacherous you are; you were called a rebel from birth. 9 For my own name’s sake I delay my wrath; for the sake of my praise I hold it back from you, so as not to destroy you completely. 10 See, I have refined you, though not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction. 11 For my own sake, for my own sake, I do this. How can I let myself be defamed? I will not yield my glory to another. Israel Freed 12 “Listen to me, Jacob, Israel, whom I have called: I am he; I am the first and I am the last. 13 My own hand laid the foundations of the earth, and my right hand spread out the heavens; when I summon them, they all stand up together. 14 “Come together, all of you, and listen: Which of the idols has foretold these things. The LORD’s chosen ally will carry out his purpose against Babylon; his arm will be against the Babylonians.[a] 15 I, even I, have spoken; yes, I have called him. I will bring him, and he will succeed in his mission. 16 “Come near me and listen to this: “From the first announcement I have not spoken in secret; at the time it happens, I am there.” And now the Sovereign LORD has sent me, endowed with his Spirit. 17 This is what the LORD says—your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go. 18 If only you had paid attention to my commands, your peace would have been like a river, your well-being like the waves of the sea. Watch out for our AUGUST 2015 daily words of Exhortations on “EMPOWERMENT FROM THE LORD OF PEACE WITH US" TOMORROW AUGUST 10, 2015. Be blessed as you receive THE EMPOWERMENT FOR THE MONTH OF THE LORD OF PEACE WITH YOU ALL THE DAYS OF YOUR LIFE. For updates join our conversation on tweeter @lwfmpower and like us on Facebook at Living Water Foundation Ministries (LWFM), you can also contact us at info@lwfm.us or www.lwfw.org