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HOLINESS REVIVAL MOVEMENT WORLDWIDE HOREMOW Daily Devotional by Pastor Paul Rika International Director DATE: TUESDAY 29TH MARCH TOPIC: APOSTOLIC AUTHORITY IN MINISTRY TEXT: Exodus 18: 21 – 26 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." The congregation of God has those who have authority and rule over them. Moses told God to give him a successor since he was going to die so that God's people will not be without a shepherd. Some people say that the congregation should not have a leader and argue that leadership should be left to the Holy Spirit to determine who does what each time. Such people are in darkness because God manifested Himself in three different personalities and God the Father plays the leading role over the others. You can understand from this that God insti

REMAIN BLESSED AS YOU TAKE YOUR TIME TO STUDY THE WORD OF GOD AMEN. MONDAY 28TH MARCH BEWARE OF MIXED MULTITUDE IN THE CHURCH           TEXT: Numbers 11: 4 – 6   Key verse:  Exodus 12: 38; "And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle."  The children of God were coming out of Egypt by the commandment of God. Their release from Egypt was by the demonstration of the power of God. But were there people among them who were judging things after the flesh? Yes, they were the mixed multitudes. They did many things to deter many from reaching the Promised Land. They did a lot of damage to the children of Israel. They influenced those who have the right to speak. They rejected and despised the manna and started demanding the food of the flesh; they murmured against God and influenced the children of Israel to join them in their protest. The mixed multitudes were termed among the animals; they were not Israelites. They were not called; God

REMAIN BLESSED AS YOU TAKE YOUR TIME TO STUDY THE WORD OF GOD AMEN. SUNDAY 27 MARCH COMPLETE OBEDIENCE AND SUBMISSION TO GOD'S WORD TEXT: Psalms 19: 7-11  Key verse: Matthew 4: 4 "But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God." Our text today presents the word of God as perfect, pure, righteous, pure and clean. Our obedience to it must be complete and total. Keep to the word exactly. You must not show over righteousness on it. It awakens one to total obedience and complete loyalty to God in our daily life and service to Him. Many have left the ancient path and have taken to modern Christianity. You cannot criticize God nor His word. His word remains the same across generations. It is Yea and Amen!  We are going to consider three points in this message. 1) God demands complete obedience to His word. The revealed word of God is given to us to obey. Jesus died to bring complete obedience

REMAIN BLESSED AS YOU TAKE YOUR TIME TO STUDY THE WORD OF GOD AMEN. SATURDAY 26TH MARCH BE A LEADER YOUR FOLLOWERS WILL FOLLOW TEXT 1 KING 12:1-6  Key verse: 1Chronicles 29: 9 "Then the people rejoiced, for that, they offered willingly because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the Lord: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy."  In every aspect, you are both a leader and a follower. That you are a leader means you have followers. As a result, you need to win the hearts of your followers. Our scriptural text presents the appeal of Jeroboam the son of Nebat and his people to king Rehoboam to lighten the yoke Solomon his father placed on their necks. They had suffered under Solomon’s reign and wanted the new administration to grant them relief.  Rehoboam was advised by the elders not to follow the leadership pattern of his father who was a backslider in his later reign. As for you, only seek to follow the leadership pattern approved by the word of God and lead

REMAIN BLESSED AS YOU TAKE YOUR TIME TO STUDY THE WORD OF GOD AMEN. FRIDAY 25TH MARCH CHRISTIAN ADMINISTRATION IN HOLINESS  TEXT: 2 Samuel 23:1 – 3 Key verse: Deuteronomy 1: 16: Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgement is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it. David served his generation well. He walked in the principles of God. He said God put these principles in his mouth to tell them. He that ruleth over men must be just; ruling in the fear of God. Paul also presented this principle. The royal law says, “Do to others what you want them to do to you (Matthew 7:12). Masters and employers of labour should deal with their subordinates and employees according to justice and equity knowing that ye have a master in heaven that will mark your record. The emphasis here is truth and justice.  Ephesians 6: 9; "And, ye masters, do

REMAIN BLESSED AS YOU TAKE YOUR TIME TO STUDY THE WORD OF GOD AMEN. TUESDAY 22ND   MARCH GRACE AND TRUTH FOR SALVATION AND ETERNAL LIFE TEXT: Ephesians 2:8-9  Key verse: John 1:14 "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. Our God is a God of balanced understanding. His ways are perfect. To give wholeness to man, He gave him two eyes, two ears, two hands and two legs for balanced positioning. He made His human creature male and female for perfect blending and procreation. He also made animals male and female. The occupants of Noah’s ark were in twos; male and female for replenishment.  Ephesians 2:8-9  8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:  9 Not of works, lest any man should boast. In Christianity, there is a pair of Grace and Truth that God gave for balanced Christianity. The church in our days majors only on grace an

REMAIN BLESSED AS YOU TAKE YOUR TIME TO STUDY THE WORD OF GOD AMEN. SATURDAY 19TH MARCH YOU ARE CREATED FOR SERVICE  TEXT: Luke 10: 30 – 37 Key verse: John 6: 9 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto him, There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many? Man is created for God's service and to worship Him. He created Eve to serve Adam and Adam to serve Him. In Christ, we are recreated for His service. 2 Corinthians 5:17; "Therefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things have become new."  In Christ, you are a new creature. You need to serve in the new things now. You are here for service; to serve God and man.  The call to Christian service is a call to serve God and men. Jesus said, I do the will of my Father which is in heaven (John 8: 29), which is service to God. All that thou has given to me I have kept except the son of perditi

REMAIN BLESSED AS YOU TAKE YOUR TIME TO STUDY THE WORD OF GOD AMEN. Friday 18TH MARCH EVANGELISM IS GOD’S UNBIASED WAY OF SALVATION. TEXT: 2 TIMOTHY 4: 2, 3  Key verse: John 12: 32 "And I, if I am lifted from the earth, will draw all men unto me."  Most of the gospel activities going on in our days are not Christianity. If what is going on in Pentecostal and Orthodox denominations in Christianity, then the Catholic's Hail Mary is Christianity too. This knowledge that Christianity is lost is what gives me focus on evangelism work in churches and the global world. It is the responsibility of every believer to lift Jesus everywhere as reflected in our key verse today.  Jesus is happy that you have resolved to lift Him so He can draw all men to Himself.  Have in mind as a believer that the paramount Person you are bringing the souls to Christ and not your denominational church. Many are in denominational churches that are not in Christ. We need to possess the following qualit

REMAIN BLESSED AS YOU TAKE YOUR TIME TO STUDY THE WORD OF GOD AMEN. TUESDAY 15TH MARCH GOD HAS CALLED YOU TO A COVENANT RELATIONSHIP TEXT: Genesis 6: 9 – 18                                                              Key verse: Genesis 9: 9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;" Our God is a God of the covenant. He calls people into a covenant relationship with Himself. Keep your part of the promise and God will keep His part of the covenant. As far as ministry is concerned, God is interested to enter into a covenant relationship with His holy ministers. God entered into a covenant relationship with Noah for the new world that would be formed. God saw righteousness in him. Noah was just, perfect and walked with God. The old world has collapsed by iniquity; a new world was to be formed after the flood. Genesis 17: 1 – 8; Human beings frequently get corrupted. God got another man after the flood. He was looking for a man and found hi

  REMAIN BLESSED AS YOU TAKE YOUR TIME TO STUDY THE WORD OF GOD AMEN. MONDAY 14TH MARCH FREEDOM FROM WITCHCRAFT AND OCCULTISM TEXT: Deuteronomy 18: 9-14                                             Key verse: Leviticus 19: 31 Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God. Nature abhors a vacuum. When king Saul backslid, the vacuum in his life was filled by the witch of Endor. Simon the sorcerer showed himself as a great man in Samaria because the presence of God was lacking there. Simon used the power of Satan to bewitch and capture the whole city. The Lord warned His people against the activities of witchcraft. Let none of God's people go after witches and wizards in the land. It is these evil practices that made the land spew the heathen nations out of it. God in today’s text warned us against using sorcerers or witches for divination. God created you for Himself and not for Satan. Let not Satan be the m

    REMAIN BLESSED AS YOU TAKE YOUR TIME TO STUDY THE WORD OF GOD AMEN. SUNDAY 13TH MARCH QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR YOUR CLARIFICATION TEXT: Matthew 24: 3, 4                                                                      Key verse: 1 Peter 3: 15; But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear: QUESTION 1: Should a Christian barb any type of hairstyles such as ‘J5’ or ‘Punk?’ That is worldliness. You shall know them by their fruits. Some draw things on their heads for a show and barb their hair for fashion. Some pastors and bishops also imitate these styles. Some brethren wear nickers to conform to these worldly styles. They cannot enter heaven. It is defilement in their garments of righteousness. Be responsible even in your barbing. You can see the world is gradually returning to bushy hairstyles and the growing of bears. A Christian should avoid that

    REMAIN BLESSED AS YOU TAKE YOUR TIME TO STUDY THE WORD OF GOD AMEN. SATURDAY 12 MARCH PROMOTING LOVE AND HOLINESS IN CHRISTIANITY TEXT:  Ephesians 4: 3 – 7;                                                                  Key verse: 1 Peter 1: 22 “Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:” If we don't promote love, our holiness is vain. If we lack love, our faith is vain. Satan will like to put hatred in your heart against each other. The women caused hatred between David and Saul by their song. That brought lasting enmity between David and Saul. The mismanagement of this information led King Saul to hell. When the disciples reported to Jesus the man they saw casting out demons in His name to provoke jealousy in Him, rather He rebuked them. Joshua suggested Moses should stop the two people among the seventy prophesying in the camp, Moses instea

  REMAIN BLESSED AS YOU TAKE YOUR TIME TO STUDY THE WORD OF GOD AMEN. PRAY CONSTANTLY                                                                      FRIDAY 11 MARCH TEXT: Luke 18: 1-7 Key verse: 1 Thessalonians 5:17; Pray without ceasing. I wish My children, whilst upon earth, to live more and more with Me in “the heavenly places”. Here, there is no fear or hurry or fret of spirit. I am gratified when you wait upon Me –which waiting I always honour. My thoughts, as you wait upon Me, are impressed upon you: all that I am must be increasingly absorbed by you. It is as you wait upon Me that I give to you that sense of calm assurance which you must carry about with you always. It comes from knowing that everything you have committed to Me is being surely worked out. Yes, immerse yourself in Me –and do not look anxiously within yourself to see what you are becoming! My child, wait for much upon Me. “Commit your way to the Lord; trust in Him and He will act”; Psalm 37:5 My ch

REMAIN BLESSED AS YOU TAKE YOUR TIME TO STUDY THE WORD OF GOD AMEN. THURSDAY 10TH MARCH LOVE IN THE BODY OF CHRIST                                                         TEXT: 1 Corinthians 12: 12-14 Key verse: John 13: 34 "A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. The body of Christ tells of people baptized by the Holy Spirit; by regenerative experience: born-again; living in newness of life achieved by the Holy Spirit through Jesus Christ. Except a man is born of water (the word) and the Spirit (the principal agent of change, he cannot enter the kingdom of God). As the body is one, it means all believers are one. They are brought together by one Spirit. It is a spiritual experience: for by one Spirit, we have been joined into one body. The body is not one member but many. The body has different components that made it up. Some members are internal and invisible while some are external and visible; 1 Cori

 REMAIN BLESSED AS YOU TAKE YOUR TIME TO STUDY THE WORD OF GOD AMEN. WEDNESDAY 9TH MARCH DECEIVERS OPERATE WITH SATANIC SPELLS IN THEIR TONGUES TEXT: ROMANS 3:13-18   Key Verse: Romans 3:13 Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues, they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: The man that says he is going for ministry has no fear of God in his life. But, why do these people succeed? There is satanic poison, a satanic spell that is under their tongue. As he is talking to you, this spell is penetrating into your heart, turning your heart to believe him. That is why the Bible says, Get away from the presence of the foolish man when you do not perceive in him the lips of knowledge (Proverbs 14:7). Do not pay attention or listen to him when he wants to give you an explanation. Why are you listening to an explanation from a liar? Do you not know his sin? Don't you know his lies? By the time he speaks one, two or three words, you did not detect the devi

REMAIN BLESSED AS YOU TAKE YOUR TIME TO STUDY THE WORD OF GOD AMEN. MARCH 8TH TUESDAY   LIVING A LIFE OF DAILY FORGIVENESS TEXT: Matthew 18: 25 - 35 Key verse: Mark 11: 26 But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses." Jesus' teaching on forgiveness is that those who have obtained forgiveness from God should also offer forgiveness to men. You require forgiveness from the men you offended and the men that offended you require your forgiveness also. Ask for forgiveness from men and be ready to forgive also. Obtain forgiveness from both God and men. Learn to forgive people their offences against you. If you claim forgiveness from God and cannot give man the same, your forgiveness from God stands cancelled because God's forgiveness is conditional. The master of that servant in our text forgave him much but he could not forgive his fellow servantless. He was punished for his refusal to forgive. To have our sins removed an

REMAIN BLESSED AS YOU TAKE YOUR TIME TO STUDY THE WORD OF GOD AMEN. MONDAY 7TH MARCH EFFECTIVE METHODS OF SOUL-WINNING TEXT: ISAIAH 48:17-19                                                                    Key Verse: Romans 8:14-For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. 6. Dialogue Evangelism: This is having a prolonged time of reasoning with a religious sinner using the scriptures. Some of these ones are already Church-goers and are interested in knowing the truth. Some might even be of another religion. Take enough time, sit down and reason with him or her by opening scriptures and explaining. Paul did so and got people converted to Jesus. As you do so time after time, you will get that religious man born again. Acts 17:10,12 10 And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. 12 Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and o

  REMAIN BLESSED AS YOU TAKE YOUR TIME TO STUDY THE WORD OF GOD AMEN. KEEPING THE FAITH IN THE HEAVENLY RACE                     SUNDAY 6 TH MARCH TEXT: Luke 14: 28-30 Key verse: John 19: 30 "When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost." Paul was mindful of the Christian race and finished his course. He ran till he arrived at the conclusion. What mattered most to him was his keeping the faith. It is keeping the faith that actually brought him reward. Many went into the course but never finished the race. Many finished the race but never kept the faith nor observed the rule of the race. They may run, finish but never observe the principles governing the race. Do not only run the race but finish by keeping the faith lest you run in vain. Do you know the principle in the race and how to run it to the end? The angel told Elijah to rise and eat more. This he did and gained extra energy to cover the dist