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 For taking your time to study remain blessed.  Topic: Divine Revelations Are Indispensable In A Christian Assembly November Sunday 1st Text: 1 John 4:1-3 Key verse: 1 Corinthians 14:29 Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge.  Divine revelations reveal secrets and mysteries. We see the example of Elisha, through the power of the Holy Spirit, revealing the secrets of the king of Syria to the king of Israel. God is a revealer of secrets. The God of the Old Testament is the same God of the New Testament. God used revelation to protect the child Jesus from evil plans of Herod. God is the same yesterday, and today, and forever. God never changes. God will continue to communicate through revelations, dreams, prophecies, visions etc. so we must take caution not to fight against God and His work by rejecting divine revelations. Since true revelation messages will keep on coming from God and also false ones from Satan, there should always be a checking and te...

 For taking your time to study remain blessed.  Topic: GOD WILL NOT SPARE SIN NO MATTER WHO IS INVOLVED       October Saturday 31st Text: 2 Samuel 24:10-17   Key verse: Hebrews 10:31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.  The Lord had told David not to number the people, but pride made him to do so. So God reacted: “You will suffer for that pride and since you are a leader too, sitting over people who refused to pray for you, they too will suffer with you. You are a king, but you did wickedly because of pride. God will humble you. Your nation will suffer for it.” Then David prayed and said, “God, forgive me.” The Lord said, “Saying ‘forgive me,’ ‘forgive me’ is not enough. After I have dealt with you, you will learn your lesson forever. I am going to allow fire to burn you alive so that you will learn your lesson in hard way. Tomorrow when somebody says go and show your pride, you will say get away from me!” (Paraphr...

 For taking your time to study remain blessed.  Topic: DO YOUR RESTITUTION TO ENJOY THE PEACE OF GOD. October Friday 30th Text: James 3:17-18 Key verse: Romans 13:8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.  Confess your sin one to another. Render apology to the offended party for peace sake. Restore the property stolen or falsely claimed to the right owner. Admit the truth you denied and confess the lie you told in time past. Pay back just debts you owe in good estimates. Why do we say just debts? May be you slept with harlots and you are supposed to pay the harlot money, I am not asking you to go and look for the harlot and pay righteous money to her. That is a dirty game. No restitution to harlots. You went to herbalist and collected his charm on credit and you have not finished paying. I am not asking you to go back to the herbalist to pay the balance of his money.  It will bring you back to bondage. The mon...

 For taking your time to study remain blessed.  Topic: Trust God for the Appropriate Marriage Partner October Thursday 29th Text: Psalm 37:4-7 Key verse: Proverbs 19:14 House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.   Pray fervently and persistently with patience for His gift of marriage partner. Have faith. If ye who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask Him. Have confidence, He will give you a marriage partner that will satisfy your heart because the Bible says, if a son shall ask any of you that is a father, give me bread, will he give him a stone? If he shall ask for fish, will he give him a serpent? If ye being evil know how to give the good things that your children ask for, how much more will your heavenly Father give you the exact thing that you ask for? Have confidence in God, He knows even what you need more than you do. Unt...

 For taking your time to study remain blessed.  Topic: Avoid Carnal Desire to Beautify the Flesh October Wednesday 28th Text: Romans 1:18-25 Key verse: Matthew 7: 24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock. Artificial decorations and ornamentation for fleshly beauty was never part of the recommendation of God. It was never used by Eve, the first woman in creation, who was the most beautiful woman. No woman on earth has equalled Eve in beauty because she came out perfectly from God without sin, makeup or earrings. The jewellery women are using now is a pollution. God remains faithful in that no female child that is born comes out with a painted face or punctured ear. All those who come to puncture the ear will have to answer questions for doing so. Can God do something which He calls wonderful creation and you add to it? He said add not to His word because He will find you out as a li...

 For taking your time to study remain blessed Topic: YOU CAN TURN MANY FROM SATAN TO GOD October Tuesday 27th Text: Ezekiel 33:2-9 Key verse: Ezekiel 3:18 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. God has brought you to this truth in Holiness Movement not only for your eternal salvation but also for the eternal salvation of children, youths, women and men around you. The world around you lies in the pool of ignorance. The devil takes advantage of this ignorance to slay human souls in nations, religions, denominations and churches. Ezekiel 3:18 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked manshall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine han...

 For taking your time to study remain blessed.  Topic: Shun Carnality October Monday 26th Text: 1 Corinthians 3:1-3 Key verse: 1 Corinthians 3:3 For ye are yet carnal, for whereas (there is) among you envying and strife and division, are ye not carnal and walk as men? James and John went to Jesus and said, we want you to let us seat on your left and right hand side in your kingdom.  What about the other people? You are looking for gain. What is prompting this game even though you are a child of God? This spirit of gain is from the Adamic nature. The sinful nature has to be dealt with. Jesus was to pass through a town in Samaria but the people refused. James and John wanted to command fire from heaven to destroy them. Such reaction is unexpected and unreasonable for a believer. Jesus rebuked them: You do not know what Spirit you are of. That is why He prayed that God should sanctify them that these infirmities would not be among them, otherwise, when people see them strugg...

 For taking your time to study remain blessed.  Topic: Pleasant Sights in Paradise. October Sunday 25th Text: Revelation 22:1-5 Key verse: Revelation 22:1 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. (From Sister Linda’s Testimony) Mary Caring for Children in Paradise: “As I continued walking with the Lord in heaven, I saw many children. They were surrounding one woman. And Jesus said, ‘Do you know this woman and these children?’ I said, ‘No.’ He said, ‘These are the children being aborted by people on earth.’ There were countless number of them! He said, ‘I want you people that are aborting children to see the children.’ He said, ‘And do you know this woman that is taking care of them?’ I said, ‘No.’ He said, ‘This is Mary. Now people that are worshipping her on earth, should know that Mary is not to be worshipped. Mary is not interceding for anybody here in heaven. I will send you to Roman Catholic chu...

 For taking your time to study remain blessed.  Topic: The Repercussions of Sin                             October Saturday 24th Text: 2 Samuel 12: 9-11 Key verse:  Galatians 6:8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.  The repercussions of sin are terrible. Even the society sometimes suffers because of the sin of one man. Today’s devotional text talks about the punishment that followed the sins of David. God was the one that built a hedge around him as Satan revealed concerning Job. But when it came to doing this wickedness of collecting another man’s wife and sleeping with her, and subsequently killing the husband, the Lord punished him. Although David repented later he still had to suffer the consequences of his actions. The repercussion was that his neighbour shall sleep with his wives ...

 For taking your time to study remain blessed.  Topic: MEND YOUR EVIL Ways.  October Friday 23rd Text: Isaiah 55:6-7 Key verse: Job 22:23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.  In case you made a false claim which is on record against you, you need to go now and disclaim it. That land in your village you laid claim to is a lie. You did so because you were a sinner. But now that you have come to know Jesus, go and speak the truth. Go and disclaim that land so that it can revert to its rightful owner. God gave it to your brother, why covet it? God told Abimelech, “The woman you married is a man’s wife and that man is a prophet, whom I selected with his wife for a future plan, which is yet unknown to the world. Do you want to disrupt my plan? Return the woman back to the husband because I gave her to him.” (Paraphrased). If you too have married another man’s wife, you must return her to her rightfu...

 For taking your time to study remain blessed.  Topic: WALK BY FAITH AND NOT BY SIGHT October 22 Text: Hebrews 11:4-13 Key verse: 2 Corinthians 5: 7 For we walk by faith, not by sight:  The Lord Jesus told the twelve disciples with Him, “Have I not chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?” Know that as you love God, there are people that love Satan. They will defend Satan before God saying, “What did Satan do after all that God is treating him like this?” They are workers of iniquity who have given themselves to Satan to overthrow righteousness. They are very present in the gathering of children of God, but their identity is hidden. Earrings are not in their ears. They will teach you how to tie holiness head tie. They are not using powder. Their face and hair are natural. They don’t wear indecent dresses which some that profess to be holy put on. Their skirts go down well and no sensitive part of their body is being exposed.  These agents appear original as far ...

 For taking your time to study remain blessed.  Topic: The Peril of Ignorance.  October Wednesday 21st  Text: Genesis 20:1-18 Key verse: Proverbs 19:2 Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.  An ignorant man is like a man moving forward with his eyes closed. Do you know that being ignorant of the law does not exempt you from punishment when you break it? The saying, “Ignorance is no excuse of the law” is clearly seen in the story of king Abimelech, who despite his claim of innocence and pureness of heart, was still subject to the judgment of God. King Abimelech took Abraham's wife and when confronted by God, he pleaded innocence due to his ignorance of the truth of the matter. But God’s verdict was that he had committed sin by taking another man's wife and was guilty of death according to God's word. The king argued his case with God, thinking he would be justified. Many people also do so today thinkin...

 For taking your time to study remain blessed.  Topic: BEWARE OF THE TRADITIONS OF MEN  October Monday 19th Text:  1 Corinthians 3:18-21 Key verse: Matthew 15:9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.  Beware of some of the doctrines and traditions imposed on you by some so-called men of God demanding your unquestionable obedience. The Lord Jesus is saying those traditions will not take you to heaven. Some of these pastors already know that they are not going to heaven and they also know that by imposing their traditions on you, you will not enter heaven either. This is because you are doing the will of men and not the will of our heavenly Father. These pastors compel you to submit to traditions and rules that are clearly in conflict with the scriptures. They force you to live your life in total disobedience to the word of God. Even though such church leaders know that they are not going to heaven, they are just satisfied ...

 For taking your time to study remain blessed. TOPIC: EXPLORING HEAVEN (REVELATION MESSAGE) October Sunday 18th Text: John 14: 1-7 Key verse: John 14: 2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. (Excerpts from Sister Linda’s Testimony) “As we walked together, I looked behind Jesus and saw the mighty angels behind Him. When I walked down the street of heaven, it was bright, glorious, wonderful and laid richly with gold. Then, we arrived at different sections of houses. It contained numerous houses of different kinds. I saw mansions! The place was so full of peace and joy! I saw great streets and flowers. None of them was growing taller than the other. Even the flowers in heaven have order. The clear water of the river of life flows all through heaven. There is wonderful breeze to enjoy. The air in heaven is neither cold nor hot. There are all kinds of beautiful buildings in heaven.  As we walked through ...

 For taking your time to study remain blessed.  Topic: CARE FOR YOUR BODY October Saturday 17th Text: 3 John 1:1-2 Key verse: Ephesians 5: 29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church.   It is the will of God that your body is preserved. Unfortunately, many people die before their time because they never cared for their bodies. They never gave attention to their body. God wants your body to be preserved blameless and not inhibited by sickness or adverse conditions that could adversely affect your Christian life and service. Don’t hate your body. Don’t do any evil to that body. Nourish that body and feed it well. As much as God gives you the grace, feed your body with good food and provide it everything needed to make it healthy and sound, in order to remove pain and sickness from it. Don’t expose that body to danger or damage. Keep it well and healthy because God wants it so. Although the spirit is the one that ...

 For taking your time to study remain blessed. Topic: IF YOU DON’T SETTLE THE PAST IT MAY HUNT YOUR FUTURE October Friday 16th Text: Acts 23:1-4 Key verse: Acts 23:1 And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day. It is very important to do restitution. If a wrong foundation was laid in the past and it is being built upon now, there is need to uproot it so that error will not continue in your life. Suppose somebody came to you and complained of persistent stomach problem but because you were a wicked man, you advised him to mix sand with charcoal in water to drink and the man believed you. What would be the result when the man started drinking it? He would have suffered all kinds of unimaginable sicknesses for which you were responsible. Now that you are born again, you have to go back to him and say, “I was a wicked man when I did that. I was even angry that you asked me for help, so I just felt like...

 For taking your time to study remain blessed.  Topic: DON’T  TAKE AN UNBELIEVER FOR A WIFE OR HUSBAND October Thursday 15th Text: 2 Corinthians 6:14-18  Key verse: 2 Corinthians 6: 14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? Today’s devotional reading is a clear warning the Lord is giving you as a believer. Don’t go and marry an unbeliever whatever the greatness or beauty or renown or quality that person may possess. Even if the person meets the quality you desire in your future partner or others recommended the person to you based on some qualities, you must not be swayed into marriage with him or her. You might have even dreamt about the person, yet you must not go that way.  As long as that person is a sinner/ unbeliever, there is clear warning to you .... DON’T GO INTO MARRIAGE WITH AN UNBELIEVER! It makes no difference if the person was rec...

 For taking your time to study remain blessed.  Topic: SCRIPTURAL PATTERN OF WATER BAPTISM October Wednesday 14th Text: Matthew 28:18-20 Key verse: Matthew 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: The Lord Jesus gave the formula for water baptism of converts as single immersion into a body of water, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. It is one immersion in water because the three Persons are one. There are many wrong practices that have crept in which must be avoided. These include infant baptism, baptism by pouring or sprinkling water or making sign of the cross on the forehead, baptism by three immersions, baptism in the name of Jesus alone, baptism of unconverted people, and baptism of already baptized believers. Infants are babies and they are not to undergo water baptism because they have not reached the age of accountability and cannot exerc...

 For taking your time to study remain blessed.  Topic: The Qualities of Rewardable Service October Tuesday 13th Text: Philippians 2:14-18 Key verse: 1 Corinthians 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. God only rewards services rendered to Him in holiness and righteousness. Therefore, ensure there is no deviation from the heavenly vision and command. Here are some of the ingredients of rewardable service: • Faith: Serve God in total trust. Do not allow anything distract you. • Faithfulness: Do it according to pattern and divine specification. • Humility: Humble yourself in service. Where responsibilities are assigned to others and you are left out, God must have chosen somebody at that time to do it so humble yourself and listen. Don’t always say, “It must be me.” That will be carnality. Holy men wrote as the Spirit moved them. There is collect...

 Topic: DISCRIMINATION IN THE BODY OF CHRIST UNDERMINES THE UNITY OF FAITH October Monday 12th Text: 1 Corinthians 1:10-13 Key verse: 1 Corinthians 1:10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. There is a sad and alarming trend in Christianity today as seen in most denominational churches. It is a trend that we must resist and put a stop to. Preachers in their bid to maintain control over people have formed religious groups. These groups exist and are identified as ‘denominations’. These denominations operate under a common name and have a common identity. You can identify them by their beliefs, traditions, practices and the sins they condone. You can tell them by the distinctive and often misleading interpretation of the Scriptures that they share among themselves. The trend today is that most chur...

 For taking your time to study remain blessed.  Topic: THE GLORY OF JESUS October Sunday 11th Text: Revelation 1: 1-3 Key verse: Revelation 1:10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet. (Excerpts from Sister Linda’s revelation of heaven) “When I saw this gate, I forgot about the pain in hell. I started to say, ‘Ha! Which kind of gate is this? Which kind of beautiful gate is this?’ Ah! Oh! My whole body got cold. I forgot about the pain in hell. I was just wondering. I saw some beings coming. They were not walking. When they got close, I saw big feathers – they were angels. They did not say anything. They started to touch my body. Immediately they gave me a body that looked like glass – glorious body. I thought, ‘What kind of body is this?’ I started to admire the body, and I forgot about the angel. Immediately the gate opened wide. When I tried to focus my eyes, the light came in a flash. It was so bright! I fell down on my kne...

 For taking your time to study remain blessed.  Topic: My Son Give Me Your Heart October Saturday 10th Text: Matthew 12: 33-35 Key verse: Proverbs 23: 26 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.  Sanctification has to do with the heart. The Bible says “make the heart clean, the mouth will also be clean.” The heart is the seat of thoughts and the seat of life. Good and evil thoughts proceed from the heart. The heart controls you. The mouth does not speak of itself but what the heart supplies. The members of the body do not work by themselves but are directed by the heart. If you want the whole body to be controlled and directed properly, give your heart to the Lord. This is why God says “My Son, give me your heart.”  God demands the heart of a sinner. He is telling the sinner, “Give Me your heart because I want to save it from sin. If you give me your hand; your hand does not control the whole body; it cannot touch some parts of the body. If I ...

 For taking your time to study remain blessed.  Topic: THE CHURCH IS ONE BODY WITH MANY MEMBERS  October Friday 9th Text:  Colossians 1:28, 29  Key verse: Ephesians 4:7 But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.  The Church of God is one with diverse gifts of the Holy Spirit for individual members of the body, for the edification and profiting of the entire body of Christ. The mineral resources which the Lord has deposited all over the earth, no matter which part of the earth they are discovered are for the use of the whole world and not for that particular country or region alone. In the same manner, the Lord has deposited various gifts in the church and whatever the gift, it is for the edification and perfection of ONE church. Jesus is not coming at different times for different church denominations. He is coming once for this one church called the body of Christ. This oneness of the church should open the eyes...

 For taking your time to study remain blessed.  Topic: GOD KNOWS THE BEST PARTNER SUITABLE FOR YOU  October Thursday 8th Text: Matthew 7: 6-11 Key verse: Matthew 7: 6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. Don’t give holy things to dogs. Beware of dogs. Who are dogs? Those who don’t know the Lord. The sinners are dogs because they bark at God. They fight the ways of God and are not interested in God. Therefore, don’t give holy things to dogs. If you are not a Christian or born again, how can God take His child and give you as wife or husband? Will God give His child to someone that will remove him or her from His presence or torment him or her all through the marriage? If then you are not born again, why is marriage your first issue of contention with God? You are not a child of God, why is marriage the thing that you put first before God? Why are you tellin...

 For taking your time to study remain blessed.  Topic: Rooted in the Truth and Established in the Faith October Wednesday 7th Text: Colossians 2:6-8  Key verse: Colossians 2:6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him.   The believers that remain steadfast and make it to heaven will be so greatly rewarded because the Christian life is a fierce battle that only those who mean business can overcome. When a sinner repents and receives Jesus, there are battles to fight and overcome in order to grow in Him and remain in the faith to the end because many things come as obstacles on the way of the convert. There are pressures to cease from the decision you have made and to stop the practice of the Christian life. Indeed, many things come to persuade or force you out of the way of Christ, but the Lord desires that you will be rooted in the truth and established in the faith. The grace of God and the help of God over my life has made it that this ...

 For taking your time to study remain blessed.  TOPIC: THE CALLING OF GOD IS FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE October Tuesday 6th Text: Romans 8:28-30 Key verse: John 15:16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.  It is God that calls you into service. It may appear as if you made the choice but He did and ordered your steps towards it. He said I chose you even when you were in your mother’s womb. The ministries God gives His children are in stages. As you show faithfulness in one, he takes you to the next stage. You should know that it is not by your power but the will of God. Therefore, do not seek greatness after the flesh which promotes covetousness and jealousy for other’s promotion.  Do not despise the calling of others. It is God that calls each person into different ministries, so do not disdain you...

 For taking your time to study remain blessed.  Topic: What is Sanctification? October Monday 5th Text: John 17: 14-21 Key verse: John 17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. Sanctification is a word that has two meanings. The Jesus kind of sanctification and the sanctification He prayed for all the believers in Him. Jesus said, for their sakes, I sanctified Myself. That means I consecrated Myself and I dedicated Myself to God for the purpose of making humanity sanctified. Definitely, the sanctification here that Jesus was praying for the brethren is not dedication, because they were already dedicated. They were already dedicated in the sense that they had left their houses and were following Him. In one sense, sanctification means dedication to godly use. It is dedication to God or consecration to God for God’s use and for God’s honour. In that case, therefore, both Jesus and all that believe in Christ Jesus are consecrated, dedicated and sanctified. They ar...

 For taking your time to study remain blessed.  Topic: THE MOVE OF JESUS THESE LAST DAYS TO SAVE THE WORLD   October Sunday 4th Text: Revelation 1: 9-20 Key verse: Colossians 1:29 Whereunto I also labour, striving according to His working which worketh in me mightily  The appearances of Jesus and His prophetic revelations are for every man and woman in the world. The revelations shared in Holiness Revival Movement are for every man and every woman because they came from the Master Jesus and His Lordship is incontestable. These revelations are manifestations of His wisdom for the salvation of EVERY MAN in the world, and so should reach everyone, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.  Much labour has to be done to present every man perfect in Christ Jesus. Every method and approach is being employed by the Lord Jesus for the perfection of every man before His coming, since without holiness, no man shall see the Lord. Be ye perfect, even as yo...

 For taking your time to study remain blessed.  Topic: Restitution Is One Of The Proofs Of Genuine Conversion        October Friday 2nd Text: Luke 19:1-10 Key verse: Luke 19:9 And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham. Although our sins are forgiven when we repent and confess them to God through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, God still wants us to do necessary restitution because in most instances, we sinned not only against God but also against fellow human beings. What then is restitution? It involves correcting some of the wrongs we did when we were sinners in order to make peace with fellow men. Suppose you had hurt someone in the past by your wrong actions, this was a practical evil you did which will still be standing against you because you have not apologised to the person you wronged and the person is still not happy with you. May be you quarrelled with your neighbour and in the pro...