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For taking your time to study remain blessed. February Saturday 1st TOPIC: HOLINESS MESSAGE REQUIRES DILIGENT PERSUATION OF SINNERS AND BACKSLIDERS TEXT: Isaiah 30:9-11 KEY VERSE: John 3:19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. My sister, why allow the Spirit of delay to come upon you? Brother, why the delay? Pastor, what are you waiting for? Are you not seeing the mischief that is going on in the households of God? The four lepers said among themselves, “Let’s go and tell the king’s household.” But this required diligent persuasion because when they went they got to the king’s household, the king did not believe them. The king said you people don't know the strategy of battle. It is a strategy that the king of Syria is using. He decided to leave the camp to go and lay ambush, so that when we come and discover an empty Syrian camp and feel confident that we would plunder them, w
For taking your time to study remain blessed. January Friday 31st TOPIC: DO NOT ALLOW YOUR DESPERATION TO GET MARRIED HINDER THE GOSPEL WORK TEXT: Ruth 3:11-12 KEY VERSE:1Corinthians 9:16 For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel! Let not your desperate desire to get married be a hindrance to the gospel work. Woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel! Where would you have power to preach this gospel if you get yourself defiled before marriage. From today’s reading text we see that virtuous Ruth was not among those running after men, laughing, and tolerating their casual touching here and there. That is not Ruth! Don't parade yourself to impress men because you are looking for a husband. Don’t display yourself to men like products displayed on supermarket shelf. It diminishes your stature before God and man. Make yourself cheap and you will have a cheap husband. Make yourself preci
For taking your time to study remain blessed. January Thursday 30th TOPIC: WHICH KIND OF VESSEL ARE YOU IN THE HOUSE OF GOD? TEXT: 2 Timothy 2:19-21 KEY VERSE: 2 Timothy 2:20 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonor. If you go to a house, including your house, you will find different utensils and plates there. Some plates are there to be used in honourable times, while other plates in the house are put into common use. In case you have dogs in your house, there are plates that you use to serve meals to the dogs. You also have some bowls for waste materials. They are being put to use, but dishonourably. They are all useful, but not with great honour. If they get spoilt, you don’t get disturbed losing them. On the other hand, you have plates or dishes that are precious to you. They are kept aside for honourable use. If you have a visitor, a high-profile visitor or a great man vi
For taking your time to study remain blessed. January Wednesday 29th TOPIC: HOLY GHOST BAPTISM IS FOR ALL THAT ARE BORN AGAIN TEXT: John 7:37-39 KEY VERSE: Acts 11:16 Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost. Baptism in the Holy Ghost is for all that are born again and desire more of Him. To be baptized in the Holy Ghost means to be filled with the Holy Ghost or to experience an overflow of the Spirit. A person that is born again is like a container that was once empty but at the point of being born again, some measure of content was poured inside him but not to the full measure. The person is no longer empty of the Holy Spirit, who now lives in him. But baptism in the Holy Ghost is like filling a container until it overflows. John 7:37-39  37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. 38 He that b
For taking your time to study remain blessed. January Tuesday 28th TOPIC: AWAKE! AWAKE!! AWAKE!!! TEXT: Jeremiah 2:1-5 KEY VERSE: Isaiah 52:1 Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean. The Lord is saying you should awake because you may be sleeping, because you may be dosing, because you may be slumbering at the vision. You may be dosing off at the message He commissioned you to carry; you may be sleeping at the commitment. Therefore, wake up from slumber and get started on the vision and the message He gave you. Wake up to your commitment, wake up to God’s commission because there isn’t much time left. In today’s reading text, God recalls how you began with Him. He remembers the kindness of your youth, the love you had for Him when you were newly converted, when you and Him came in contact and established relatio
For taking your time to study remain blessed January Monday 27th TOPIC: FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE OF DAVID IN GENEROUS GIVING TEXT:1 Chronicles 29:1-9 KEY VERSE: 2Corinthians 9:7 Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. In today’s reading text, we see the way people love the Lord. You can see how people with original heart spend their money and use their material resources for God. They seemed to be competing or outdoing one another in giving for the cause of the gospel work. This is fantastic! They were all bringing materials and contributing generously towards the building of God’s house. They were all eager to build a befitting temple for the Lord their God. David was the leader and the man that came with the vision. He must lead by example. Brother, you are the leader, you must lead by example in prayer life, in evangelism life, in your charity, in your giving for the
For taking your time to study remain blessed. January Sunday 26th TOPIC: YOU NEED THE HOLY SPIRIT FOR SPIRITUAL EXPLOITS TEXT: Ephesians 1:12-14 KEY VERSE: Acts 1:8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. The Holy Spirit is the third Person of the Trinity. When you talk about Holy Ghost baptism, the first thing that comes to mind is the power of God. It is through the Holy Spirit the power of the Godhead is packaged and deposited in a believer for effective service in ministry. It is essential that the believer recognizes the importance of the Holy Spirit in God’s purpose for those who are born again; to deliver them from the power of sin and grant them victory over the powers of darkness, to renew and strengthen them spiritually and build them up in their personal relationship with Him. The Holy Spirit is indispensable
For taking your time to study remain blessed. January Saturday 25th TOPIC: CONSIDER IT A GREAT PRIVILEGE TO SUFFER FOR JESUS TEXT: Luke 9:23-25 KEY VERSE: Isaiah 53:5  But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.  Jesus suffered in the hands of wicked men and endured it. Why then are you running away from persecution? Is your body more precious than the body of Jesus that you don’t want anybody to touch it? They struck the body of Jesus. Why are you refusing to be struck? They spat upon the face of Jesus. What an insult? Why are you refusing to be slapped or even to be spit on? They picked up stones to throw at Jesus. What have they thrown at you? Jesus has already set an example for us that we should follow in His stead, so why are you now showing bigmanism ? You are afraid your skin will be damaged or your bone broken? How do you see the body of Jesus, wh
For taking your time to study remain blessed. January Friday 24th TOPIC: WHY CHRIST WENT TO HELL AFTER RESURRECTION                                            Text: Matthew 27: 51-53 Key verse: 1 Peter 4:6 for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit. After resurrection, Christ went to paradise, which is located in a place called hell under the earth. Note that hell at that time was not the same as “hell fire.” He went there to lead captivity captive; to liberate the souls of the righteous people that had died right from the time of Adam to the time of His death. These are people whose souls went down to the lower parts of the earth in paradise. Christ went to loose them from there and took them to the presence of God in heaven. From thence, paradise was no more underneath the earth. It was no more the second compartment of hell because it was relocated to heaven after
For taking your time to study remain blessed. January Thursday 23rd TOPIC: YOU CANNOT RENDER REWARDABLE SERVICE WHEN YOU ARE IGNORANT OF TRUTH TEXT: John 3:1-10 KEY VERSE: Matthew 22:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. Nicodemus was a ruler of the Jews and one of the bishops in the Jewish synagogues. When he came to Jesus, Jesus said “except a man be born again he cannot see the Kingdom of God.” Surprised, Nicodemus asked “How? As big as I am now, I should enter into my mother’s womb and be born a second time?” Jesus replied, “Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?” How would they know? How would they know without the revelation of God’s word, the truth of God’s word, and genuine understanding of God’s word? You cannot serve God in ignorance. But this is exactly what is happening to many churches and many Christians today. That is why the Lord is urging the people to anoint their eyes with eyesalv
For taking your time to study remain blessed. January Wednesday 22nd TOPIC: DON’T ALLOW YOUR DRESSING TURN THE MINDS OF PEOPLE AWAY FROM GOD TEXT: 1 Peter 3:3-5 KEY VERSE: Proverbs 31:30 Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised. When you dress provocatively in a way that makes women in the society to idolize you, are you not putting the women in trouble? They can no longer rest at home and they start disturbing their husbands to buy similar attire for them. Some may be saying to their husbands, “Look at the wrapper that woman is wearing, it costs her N100,000. If you love me, I want you to buy one for me too.” With this, have you not become one of the troublers of the church? You are causing women to turn away their minds from God to you. They now use you as role model in worldliness and self-glorification. You have taught them how to feel important and draw attention to themselves. That is not a godly example the Lord want
For taking your time to study remain blessed. January Tuesday 21st TOPIC: FOUNDATIONAL ERROR IN MARITAL RELATIONSHIP CAN AFFECT HEAVENLY RACE TEXT: Galatians 6:7-9 KEY VERSE: Matthew 7:11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him? Some people marry in immorality. The man or lady falls for your trick and you take her home, both of you continue to live in your filth. They negotiate immorality saying, “Give me now, I don’t have to wait; otherwise how do I know you can perform?” Much lies are being told to get married. Some use borrowed apartment, or borrowed car or borrowed garment to impress the other person. The woman is swept off her feet as she sees a great future husband, not knowing she has entered what some people call “one chance” vehicle. We also see subordination to parents as they get married not by God’s will but by parents’ choice. It is the mother or
For taking your time to study remain blessed. January Sunday 19th TOPIC: THERE ARE MANY CHURCH LEADERS WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE OF SCRIPTURES TEXT: John 3:1-10 KEY VERSE: John 3:10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things? We have many of them in Christian ministries who serve as Pastors, Elders, Bishops and General Overseers. Some are trained theologians and some serve as youth leaders, but one common thing about them is that they have no knowledge of the word of God. A pastor was asked to preach in a church and he said that when he takes alcohol, he will be charged enough to preach without being intimidated by the presence of anybody. Can you imagine such a minister on pulpit! A prophet once said he sees visions clearly when under the influence of alcohol. Can anyone understand the power of the message of God under the influence of alcohol? Their understanding is unfruitful! Many who claim to be on the way to heaven are on the broad
For taking your time to study remain blessed. January Saturday 18th TOPIC: HOW TO ATTAIN BIBLE HOLINESS TEXT: Romans 6:20-23 KEY VERSE: Romans 6:22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. Besides the essential knowledge of the holy life of a Christian, it is good to understand the manner and process of becoming holy before God. Holiness of life is a life that has overcome sin through the saving power of Jesus Christ. Romans 6:22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. It is a life that does not commit sin. 1John 3:9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for His seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. Getting this experience requires four things: 1. Know that apart from holiness, there is no alternative lifestyle for heaven. Hebrews 12:14 Follow peace with all men, and holin
For taking your time to study remain blessed. January Friday 17th TOPIC: PRAY IN FAITH FOR A MARRIAGE PARTNER TEXT: Mark 11:22-24 KEY VERSE: James 1:6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. The only condition God gives is that you must be a child of God and He will give you your own marriage partner. He didn't say you must be rich or that you must be educated or that you must come from a particular tribe or family lineage. May be the problem you have been having is your taste. You have set a standard for yourself and you are not seeing anybody yet fitting into your mould. I can tell you categorically that there is no righteousness in some of your tastes. Even a deformed person is eligible for marriage. A lame man met me and asked me to pray for him for a wife. I noticed his condition and prayed for him. Recently, the man came to the conference with his wife and two children. All God says is
For taking your time to study remain blessed. January Thursday 16th TOPIC: TESTIMONY OF RESTITUTION ON FALSIFIED IMMIGRATION PAPERS – Bro. Felix (Germany) Part 2 TEXT: Psalm 32:3-5 KEY VERSE: Psalm 32:1 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. (Continued from yesterday) They asked, “Are you the owner of this paper? Where is the correct information?” For my peace and happiness, and to make myself clean before the Lord, I had prepared my mind ready for deportation if necessary. So, I never had the thought that they would give me back the papers. My real name was completely different from the name I answered on those documents. There is no match whatsoever. I gave him my passport but it is the one bearing the false name. He asked for the one bearing the real name, which I did not have. So he promised to change my papers to my real name. I did not believe them, but all the same, I asked them to give me a list of all they want me to bring to them, which included
For taking your time to study remain blessed. January Wednesday 15th TOPIC: TESTIMONY OF RESTITUTION ON FALSIFIED IMMIGRATION PAPERS – Bro. Felix (Germany) TEXT: 1 John 1:8-10 KEY VERSE: Isaiah 64:6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. Four years ago, I realized through the messages and teachings in Holiness Revival Movement Worldwide (HOREMOW) that I needed to do restitution for the lies I told when I was applying for visa to travel to Spain in 2007. Every statement I made to the Nigerian and Spanish authorities: Name, Age, Date of Birth, Place of Birth etc. were false. Nothing was real. I never knew these things were evil. I thought I was right in falsifying my documents to get a visa since I saw others doing it. I was a born-again believer in the church; I was a serious worker; I was active in evangelism and doing morning c
For taking your time to study remain blessed. January Tuesday 14th TOPIC: YOU HAVE RESPONSIBILITY TO SAVE SINNERS AROUND YOU TEXT: Acts 26:16-18 KEY VERSE: Acts 22:21 And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles. We who have been saved, who have come to know the Lord, who have come to know His Words and His ways, and now walk in His righteousness and holiness, have the responsibility to make those that are still living in sin in our family, in the church, in the world, to know God and the truth of His word, and to know His mind concerning the evil things they are doing. It is our duty to make known to them the Word of life, so that they too can inherit eternal life. We become responsible and began to live to please the Lord by the very knowledge of the truth and by the very discovery we have made. Paul says, ‘I am a debtor.’ Romans 1:14 I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise. You too are one! Yo
For taking your time to study remain blessed. January Monday 13th TOPIC: DO NOT FALL FOR THE LYING WONDERS OF MEN TEXT: Acts 8:9-13 KEY VERSE: Matthew 24:24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.  In our conferences, God has always promised that He was going to do great things. You might be sitting in a corner and be wondering, “Where is the promise? I have not seen it.” That is because you don’t understand how God moves in the assembly of the righteous. It is you that have not seen, but to God, great things are already happening. To you, things can only be said to be happening when people start falling over themselves and they have to be carried out. To you, the number of those that are “slain in the Spirit” is what determines the power of God in the assembly. But for God and those who understand how He does His things, they bear witness that
For taking your time to study remain blessed. January Sunday 12th TOPIC: THERE IS STRENGTH IN UNITY AND GREAT PROFITING IN GIVING TEXT: 2 Corinthians 9:6-11 KEY VERSE: Genesis 11:6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. Let me share a story I read somewhere to emphasize the fact that unity is indispensable in building and sustaining relationships. The story goes like: “A few years ago, I was walking with a friend in the Muir Woods which is just close to San Francisco in the United States of America. It is a redwood forest. We came upon the tourist guard and he was explaining to some tourists the secret of the forest. He told them that the sequoia and redwood trees are the largest tress on the planet. Some of them are hundreds or even thousands of years old. But interestingly, their roots do not grow deep. A