MIND WHAT YOU EAT
MEMORIZE:
Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: For the drunkard and glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. Proverbs 23:20
BIBLE READING PROVERBS 23:1-3, 1 CORINTHIANS 10:31
PROVERBS 23:1-3
1. When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee;
2. And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
3. Be not desirous of his dainties; for they are deceitful meat.
1 CORINTHIANS 10:31
31. Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
MESSAGE
I have often heard people say that you are what you eat.
This is a wise saying because what you eat can affect who you are – both physically and spiritually.
If you eat food that makes your body weak such that you are always lethargic and cannot pray or study your Bible for long hours, your spiritual strength will be low.
If on the other hand, you eat organic and healthy food, not only will your body be strong, you will also soar spiritually because you can spend long hours praying and studying your Bible.
It may interest you to know that the devil also uses food to recruit people into secret societies.
That is why it is not expedient to eat at every occasion you attend.
Before you eat anything that is offered to you, whether in public or in private, make sure you pray on it first and ask God for permission. John 6:11 says:
“And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.”
One day while I was preaching, I saw a woman dash out of the hall and some ushers ran after her.
She then was brought to me after the service. She said while I was preaching, her clothes caught fire so she had to run out.
Many years before that incident, she had gone to see a white-garment prophet because she had been losing all her children.
Eventually, she met the prophet’s wife who, upon hearing the woman’s problems, gave her a kolanut to eat.
From that night, she started finding herself in meetings whenever she slept at night, eating human meat with some other people.
Eventually, it was her turn to provide the meat and she was asked to submit her children – the same ones whose lives she was trying to protect in the first place.
We prayed a simple prayer that day and when she got home, she excreted a dead snake.
Thus, God rescued her from the deadly kolanut.Mind what you eat and drink.
KEY POINT
Pray before you eat, drink or even take a snack. Mind what you eat.
BIBLE READING IN ONE YEAR: ACTS 1:1-26, ACTS 2:1-47, ACTS 3:1-26
HYMN: NEARER MY GOD TO THEE
1. Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee;
E’ en though it be a cross
That raiseth me,
Still all my song shall be
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee.
2. Though, like a wanderer
The sun gone down,
Darkness comes over me,
My rest a stone;
Yet in my dreams I’d be
Nearer, my God, to Thee
Nearer, my God, to Thee
Nearer to Thee.
3. There let me see the sight,
An open heaven;
All that thou sendest me,
In mercy given;
Angles to beckon me
Nearer, my God, to Thee
Nearer, my God, to Thee
Nearer to Thee
4. Then, with my walking thoughts
Bright with Thy praise,
Out of my stony griefs
Bethel I’ll raise,
So by my woes to be
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee
5. Or if on joyful wing
Cleaving the sky
Sun, moon, and stars forgot,
Upwards I fly,
Still all my song shall be,
Nearer my God to Thee,
Nearer my God to Thee,
Nearer to Thee!
