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 FOR TAKING YOUR TIME TO STUDY THE WORD OF GOD REMAIN BLESSED.  DATE: WEDNESDAY 1st SEPTEMBER  THE GOD OF MERCY IS ALSO THE GOD OF JUDGMENT  TEXT: Exodus 34:6-7  Key verse:  Isaiah 66: 24 And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcasses of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh. When people say “The Lord is good all the time” and “all the time the Lord is good,” they are confessing the abundance of God's grace, His unfathomable mercy, and immeasurable benevolence. The goodness of God is vast and beyond full understanding.  The psalmist says in Psalm 34:8, “O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.” God's goodness is expressed in His patience with sinful mankind and love for His enemies. He does not want anyone to perish but wants all to come to repentance and be saved (1 Timothy 2:4).  In His goodness, “He maketh his sun

FOR TAKING YOUR TIME TO STUDY THE WORD OF GOD REMAIN BLESSED. DATE: TUESDAY 31 AUGUST TOPIC: BE AN INVESTOR IN THE SOULS OF MEN TEXT: Luke 4:18-19   Key verse:  2 Timothy 4:2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. One of the reasons Jesus saved you is that you may be an evangelist for Him for He values souls greatly. As a child of God, you should harvest souls and follow up on them that they may remain in Christ. Where then are your converts? What are you doing to keep your converts? Remember that the main purpose of evangelism is to make the people perfect for heaven. Some church members require the second touch to qualify for heaven. Therefore, get across to them the necessary evangelism materials that will perfect them for heaven. This includes: I. The Bible – cause them to read and buy it. Give the people to read and give them assignment in it. ii. Tracts can do a great deal – share good tracts. i

For taking your time to study remain blessed. MONDAY 30 AUGUST  DON'T GIVE UP ON PRAYER TEXT:  Luke 11:5-10 Key verse: Psalm 40:1 I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and  heard my cry.  Any time you make a request is a good time before God and He is assuring you it is not in vain. He will answer if you can maintain the spirit of prayer.  In today's devotional text, God is saying a man in need went to his neighbour for help. This man was not just his neighbour but a friend. He knocked at his door at midnight and said: I have a problem. I have a visitor and I do not have food to give to the visitor. Can you give me some food so that I can give the visitor? Jesus asked: Can this friend say, 'Do not trouble me, it is night already and my children are in bed'?' I want to give you two reasons why the man would not refuse him: (i) Because he was his friend and he would not want to disappoint his friend. (ii) Because of his persistence in asking (impor

For taking your time to study remain blessed. SUNDAY 29 AUGUST  THERE IS NO FRIEND LIKE JESUS  TEXT: Ephesians 3:17-20   Key verse:  John 15:15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not  what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my  Father I have made known unto you. My love includes all that you could need when you need it, and in the way that you need it. My love means that I wish you to be truly happy in Me. My love means that I simply cannot fail to respond to the request you have made according to My will and prompted by Myself. My child, understand that I lighten up the whole of your life. I am the Light which beckons you forward: do not, therefore, look back with either regret or self-pity. Only I can give you hope when you are very conscious of your weakness. Consolidate all the truths you have learned and make them part of you. Build upon the gains you have made. What lies ahead is rightly veiled from you, but

For taking your time to study the word of God remain blessed. SATURDAY 28 AUGUST WHY GOD DESERVES YOUR  THANKSGIVING AND PRAISES ALWAYS TEXT:  Psalm 30:11-12 Key verse: 1Thessalonians 5:18 In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God  in Christ Jesus concerning you. In everything give thanks and praises to God. This is what God desires from His children. Our thanks and praises should ascend to God in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in everything: good or evil, in pleasure or pain, in the joy of life or the dread of death. God requires this from every believer. It is good for the Christian. However, praise and thanksgiving to God are often forgotten by men in times of peace, prosperity and pleasure. The scripture warns every child of God against this transgression and costly forgetfulness (Deuteronomy 7:6-25). To forget to give God praise and thanks in your good times deprives your soul of humility and fills it with the pride of self-accomplishment. The heart of the one who

For taking your time to study remain blessed. FRIDAY 27 AUGUST PREPARE YOURSELF FOR THE RETURN OF JESUS TEXT:  ACTS 1:9-11  Key verse:  Revelation 22:12 Behold I come quickly, and My reward is with me,  to give every man according as his work shall be. Jesus promised to return for His people to take them home in rapture. The signs of His return are revealed to us through various happenings and revelations. Heaven is fully prepared for this great spiritual event. When we say Jesus is coming back to the world, the question arises, “Where is He now?” He is in heaven, the abode of the true God, the place of everlasting life. When we say, Jesus is coming to the earth again, the question also arises: “Has He been in the earth before?” Yes, He came physically in the earthly human body. “Who is He?” He is the Lord. What did He come to do in His first coming? He came as: · A Saviour to save us from our sin. · A Lamb of God to sacrifice Himself for our salvation. · A Mediator to reconcile us to

For taking your time to study remain blessed. THURSDAY 26 AUGUST DON'T WASTE GOD'S LOVE ON YOU TEXT: John 3:16-18   Key verse: Ezekiel 18:23 Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord  GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?  Why do you say that the Creator has predestined you for damnation and that is why you were born a witch? Who told you that? Does He want the death of a sinner or that he should repent and be saved? Brother, sister, you can repent. Your Creator loves you. If you go to hell, it is not because He destined you to be there. It is your bad choice. You will go with the love of God on you and you would have lost a lover forever! Maybe the description that would be put on your body when you enter hell would be something like this: “I lost a lover” or “God lost someone He loves.” It will be sad that someone that God loves is lost in hell. Therefore, don't think like the man that would say he is tempted by God or tha

For taking your time to study remain blessed. WEDNESDAY 25th AUGUST COMMITMENT OF A CHRISTIAN WIDOW TO HOLY LIVING AND HEAVEN TEXT: 1 Peter 1:15-16 Key verse: Hebrews 12:14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man  shall see the Lord:  Let the widow or widower be committed to holy living. Holy living means a life of purity, blamelessness, a sanctified life that is without stain, blemish, spots or wrinkles. Holy living involves both INWARD and OUTWARD purity. Some say God does not look at appearance but that is only for service. For holiness or going to heaven, God looks at both inward and outward condition of a man.  2 Corinthians 7: 1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. This scripture talks about “cleansing ourselves from ALL filthiness of the FLESH and SPIRIT, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.” This shows that the purity of a believer i

For taking your time to study remain blessed. TUESDAY 24 AUGUST BE LOVING AND FORGIVING AS I AM TEXT:  Romans 12:17-21 Key verse:  Matthew 5:44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;  Where there is hostility or opposition, My followers must always have the courage to go through with what is right. As they do, I strengthen and protect them. Weakness and expediency only store up future trouble. Remember that you can be firm without being vindictive. You must always pray for those who seem to be against you — and then show patience while I work upon that situation. You can expect to find hostility or coldness in lives not ruled by Me. Whenever you possibly can be loving and forgiving — even if it means that you can be hurt or where there is no response, you know that no person and nothing can harm you! Psalm 34:1-8 I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall

FOR TAKING YOUR TIME TO STUDY THE WORD OF GOD REMAIN BLESSED. DATE: MONDAY 23rd AUGUST TOPIC: TOTAL OBEDIENCE TO LEADERSHIP PROMOTES GOD'S WORK TEXT:  Joshua 1:16-18 Key verse: Hebrews 13:17 Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you. In today's devotional text the people of God said to Joshua, “All that you say, we will do and wherever you send us, we will go.” It is in such submission to our leaders that there can be progress in the church and the vision God has given to the leaders can be actualized. They were assuring Joshua that they will obey without excuse and reservations. The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof, so they were telling Joshua, anywhere you send us, we will go and whatever instruction; whatever assignment you give to us, however small or great, we will do.  They saw it as a

FOR TAKING YOUR TIME TO STUDY THE WORD OF GOD REMAIN BLESSED.  DATE: SUNDAY 22nd AUGUST TOPIC: THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF SIN TEXT:  Psalm 51:1-13 Key verse:  Psalm 130:3 If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?  There are two kinds of sin. There is an actual sin committed which you are responsible for. It is called “committed sin.”  Psalm 51:1 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness, according to unto the multitude of thy tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.  The transgression of David who wrote this psalm was the immoral act he committed with Bathsheba. He also killed her husband, Uriah. These are actual sins and he asked God for forgiveness.  The sinner and the backslider should come to God for forgiveness. But after the sinner has received forgiveness and he becomes a believer, he should take his heart back to God for sanctification.  David goes further to tell us the second kind of sin in Psalm 51:5, “Behold I was sharpened in iniqui

FOR TAKING YOUR TIME TO STUDY THE WORD OF GOD REMAIN BLESSED.  DATE: SATURDAY 21 AUGUST TOPIC:  INTERPRETATION OF DREAMS BELONGS TO GOD, NOT MAN TEXT:  Genesis 41:15-16 Key verse: Genesis 40:8 And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.  You dreamt a dream and you want to know the meaning? Why ask people? Ask God for the interpretation. Take the matter to God yourself to interpret the dream to you? Do not interpretation of dreams belongs to God? Why do you allow complications in your way?  You allow people to twist your dreams and you are following the wrong way; you are misinterpreting the dreams and taking the wrong actions. You are even moving away from the path of God. Who interpreted that dream to you? You say oh, there is a book. Is that book written by God?  There are many languages in the world. In one language, a word could mean one thing and in an

For taking your time to study remain blessed. FRIDAY 20 AUGUST DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEART AGAINST GOD'S TRUTH TEXT: Hebrews 3:7-19 Key verse:   Proverbs 28:14 Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.   A hardened heart is the heart that hears the truth and refuses to respond to it. He hears the truth and purposely rejects it. It is the heart of the hypocrite. It is the heart of the pretender. It is the heart of zealous liars. They are zealous but liars. They are full of pretences. They pretend they are living a holy life; they pretend they are following Jesus with all joy but there is no testimony in their lives to prove it. Their heart is hardened towards God and towards His commandments. Some of them have risen up the ladder of leadership in the Church but they are not genuine Christians. Now, God is revealing them in our midst gradually.   You will discover that they have never fully responded to God for the s

  FOR TAKING YOUR TIME TO STUDY THE WORD OF GOD REMAIN BLESSED. DATE: WEDNESDAY18th AUGUST TOPIC: A PRAYERLESS MAN IS A SINNER TEXT: Luke 2:36-38 Key verse: 1 Samuel 12:23 Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way: Preachers and believers who are living their lives without prayers cannot possibly live in holiness. The daily grace required to live the righteous life must be requested from God. Therefore, you just have to pray. You have no reason and no excuse not to pray. You are even committing sin when you leave this attribute of God idle. Acts 2:42 And they continued steadfastly in the Apostle's doctrine and fellowship and in the breaking of bread and in prayers. Prayer is an all-time commitment. It is not something you do one day and abandons for the rest of the week, only to come back to it again. It will never work that way. It must be steadfast. If you want to get something co

FOR TAKING YOUR TIME TO STUDY THE WORD OF GOD REMAIN BLESSED.  DATE: TUESDAY 17th AUGUST TOPIC: ALWAYS PUT INTO REMEMBRANCE THE PROMISES AND GOODNESS OF GOD    TEXT:  Psalm 106:8-15 Key verse:  Psalm 78:10, 11 They kept not the covenant of God and refused to walk  in his law; And forgat his works and his wonders that he had showed them.  Forgetfulness! Even Israel did this to their hurt as seen in 1 Samuel 12:9 “And when they forgat the LORD their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.”  Forgetting the promises of God puts you in the hand of the devil. Forgetting what God has said puts you into fear. Forgetting the dreams that God has given you makes you have no hope for the future. These people forgot God. Can you imagine that?  They forgot the One that brought them out of Egypt; the One that did diverse miracles in the wilderness; the One that g

  FOR TAKING YOUR TIME TO STUDY THE WORD OF GOD REMAIN BLESSED.  DATE: MONDAY 16th AUGUST TOPIC: A SPIRITUAL CHURCH IS LED BY A SPIRITUAL PASTOR  TEXT:  Matthew 7:15-20 Key verse:  Jeremiah 3:15 And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.  Which pastors are according to God's heart but spiritual pastors? When these pastors preside over you, you will know. It is said: “every tree bears fruit after its kind.” It is not possible for a carnal man to lead a church and that church will be spiritual.  According to today's devotional text, an evil pastor can never produce a clean person. If the inside of a pipe is dirty, the water coming out from it will also be contaminated. All that are in churches led by carnal pastors are in the flesh, hence they can never produce a righteous church.  Have you thought about examining the life of your pastor? Don't you know that he who cannot save himself, cannot save you? This man

  FOR TAKING YOUR TIME TO STUDY THE WORD OF GOD REMAIN BLESSED. DATE: SUNDAY 15th AUGUST TOPIC: DO NOT DESPISE GOD'S REBUKE TEXT: Job 5:17-18 Key verse: Proverbs 3:11 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction. The word of God is scarce in the world, even among many denominational churches of our day. Yet, this precious thing has come to you so freely and easily in Holiness Revival Movement. Therefore, don't commonize it. Respect the word of prophecy; respect the word of rebuke; respect the word of correction; respect the reproves of the Lord. Despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him (Hebrews 12:5) Don't say you cannot take it. Don't replicate Cain's life, who when asked by God, “Where is Abel your brother,” answered, “Am I my brother's keeper?” Don't do that! Don't say you don't want to hear. Don't say they are disturbing you. Please don't join the people

FOR TAKING YOUR TIME TO STUDY THE WORD OF GOD REMAIN BLESSED.  DATE: SATURDAY 14th AUGUST TOPIC: PROMOTING LOVE AND HOLINESS IN THE BODY OF CHRIST TEXT: 1 Corinthians12:12-14 Key verse:  Ephesians 4:3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.  The body of Christ here talks about different people who believe in one Person (Christ), one faith (Christian Religion), different functionality gearing toward one goal (Heaven), defending one course (the Gospel), dead into one purpose (Baptism), regenerated into an experience (Salvation), which is the Born Again experience, forgiveness of sins, and newness of life that is achieved through the (Holy Spirit) by our Lord Jesus Christ.   If this is clearly understood, then love and holiness needs to be promoted among the members of the body of Christ so as to foster unity in Christendom.  Today, the division, segregation, hatred, sectionalism, and denominationalism are so alarming that even the heathen don't have such am

FOR TAKING YOUR TIME TO STUDY THE WORD OF GOD REMAIN BLESSED.  DATE: FRIDAY 13th AUGUST TOPIC: BE PATIENT WITH GOD AND YOUR FELLOW MEN TEXT:   Romans 5:1-5   Key verse: Proverbs 14:29. He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but  he that is hasty of spirit exalted folly. One of the attributes of God is patience (longsuffering). He is tolerant and very patient with sinners. He is neither quick to anger nor quick to judge. His patience flows from the abundance of His mercy.  Lamentations 3:22-23 It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is Thy faithfulness.”  God wants his children to also share of His patience. It is one of the fruit of the Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:22). Unfortunately, human beings by nature are hardly patient with God or with themselves. Any time we desire something, we want it quick and fast.  But God cannot be rushed into doing our will. He knows the best time to act and kn

 FOR TAKING YOUR TIME TO STUDY THE WORD OF GOD REMAIN BLESSED.  DATE: THURSDAY 12th AUGUST TOPIC: GOD IS LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT MAN TEXT:  Psalm 106:21-23 Key verse: Ezekiel 22:30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none. Today's key verse signifies the yearnings in the heart of God. He is looking for the right man, the right woman to use to serve his purpose in every dispensation on earth. He is looking for the right person that will produce good results for him in His mission on earth.  From multiple races, tribes, and classes among the billions of people on earth, God is looking for just a man or woman that will serve His purpose. God is looking for the right man. The land needs a man! America needs a man. Nigeria needs a man. China needs a man.  Get the right man and it shall be done. You will see things change.  You will see the spiritual transformation. This is

FOR TAKING YOUR TIME TO STUDY THE WORD OF GOD REMAIN BLESSED.  DATE: WEDNESDAY 11th AUGUST TOPIC: LOVE IS KIND AND GENEROUS TEXT: 2 Corinthians 8:1-15 Key verse:  Luke 6:38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.  Love is a generous giver, so learn to give. When you give it is a sign that you have love. Love does good works for others. We can see that in Christ.  In John 3:16 Bible says “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”  Look at that verse again, “For God so loved the world that He gave...” Love gives. A very good property of love is giving. God demonstrated that by giving His Son. Jesus also demonstrated His love by giving His life:  Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for

 FOR TAKING YOUR TIME TO STUDY THE WORD OF GOD REMAIN BLESSED. TUESDAY 10th AUGUST FREEDOM FROM WITCHCRAFT  TEXT:  Acts 19:18-20 Key verse:  Colossians 1:13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and  hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son.   You have been in the power of sin, you are a witch, a wizard; you are in occultism; you are of the mammy water spirit. You know you have done all these things. Now you have accepted Jesus, I want to tell you what you will do to obtain freedom from sin and Satan. In today's reading text, the people confessed their evil deeds and brought out their charms, anointed handkerchief, anointed sand, anointing oil, water from river Jordan that the herbalist gave them, their properties of witchcraft and occultism, and came and burnt them to show how angry they were with Satan. You have not confessed Satanic power in your life, you have not confessed how you killed your wife or husband or children.  You have not confessed the abo