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For taking your time to study remain blessed. Monday 1st November  GUIDING PRINCIPLES ON CHRISTIAN DRESSING  TEXT:  MATTHEW 5:14-16 Key verse:  “Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of  God.” (1 Corinthians 10:31). The Bible does not list the kind of dresses, fashions and designs a believer should adopt. However, it presents guiding principles for Christian dressing, which include the following: · The dress must cover the body to avoid being a stumbling block to others (1Timothy 2:9). · Avoid worldly fashions and designs aimed at corrupting the society (James 4:4). · A woman must not put on a man's dress; neither should a man put on a  woman dress (Deuteronomy 22:5). Trousers are strictly for men any form of trouser by whatever name it is called is forbidden for women.  · Christian virtues of meekness, gentleness, humility, temperance, goodness and modesty must be seen in the believer's comportment.  Avoid f...

For taking your time to study remain blessed. Saturday 30th October DON'T DIE IN A FAR COUNTRY    TEXT:  LUKE 15: 17-21 Key verse:  Jeremiah 3:12 “Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say,  Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to  fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger forever” A man left his country and went to a far country for business. There in that country, he became sick and died. His relations instructed that he could be buried there. What a pain to his relations and friends! They would see him no more forever. His name soon vanished from their memory. There was nothing to show for him. Anyone can die far away from home and be buried like this. There is great danger if you die being far away from God (1) Angels will not carry you to heaven, because you do not qualify. (2) God will send your soul to hell. (3) Your righteous relations, parents, friends and acq...

For taking your time to study remain blessed. Friday 29th October  DO NOT TURN BACK LIKE ORPAH  TEXT: Ruth 1: 7-15 Key verse: Ruth 1:15 And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her  people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law. The decision to return to Bethlehem with Naomi was a critical one for her daughters-in-law, Orpah and Ruth. At first, they both resisted Naomi's counsel to go back to Moab and its idols. Naomi then explained further, 'You know I am now an old woman, I cannot say you should wait until I give birth, Ok now let's assume that I have a husband today and I become pregnant this night, do you know it will take the child quite some years to come to at hood to marry you? Are you going to wait until the child comes to 18 years to 20 years to marry you? Are you not going to become too old? I am sorry that God allowed my husband and yours to die. God has treated me badly in this respect. Just go back home.'  Orpah appeare...

For taking your time to study remain blessed. Thursday 28th October BELIEVER'S VICTORY IN CHRIST   TEXT: Luke 10:17-20 Key verse: Luke 10:18 And He said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from  heaven. Every believer can enjoy constant victory over the powers of darkness and even minister to others also. Believers' hope is based on the power of the indwelling Christ, power in the blood of Christ, power in the Name of Christ, power of the written word of God, power of the abiding presence of Christ, faith in the promises of God, power of prevailing prayer, putting on the whole armour of God, and depending on the power of the Holy Spirit.        Luke 10:17-20 17 And the seventy returned with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name. 18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. 19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and overall the power of the enemy: and noth...

For taking your time to study remain blessed. Wednesday 27th October BE A THANKFUL BENEFICIARY  TEXT: LUKE 17:11-19 Key verse: “O give thanks unto the LORD; for He is good: because His mercy endureth  forever.” (Psalm 118:1). It is common among men to show ingratitude and un-thankfulness because of their impure hearts and sinful lives but it should not be so with believers. True Christians with the mind of Christ are to be thankful to God for everything and to their fellow men for the kindness they receive in word and deed. We shall consider three cases in scripture where men manifested ingratitude:  Case 1. The Amorites ill-treated David's messengers of love. David had sent men to comfort the new king of Amorites over the death of his father, who had been good to David. This was a great act of love. But the king of the Amorites treated them very badly. What was responsible for this ingratitude? (i) The darkness of heathenism (ii) Absence of true love among them (iii) Imp...

For taking your time to study remain blessed. Tuesday 26th October QUALITIES OF REWARDING SERVICE:  TEXT: 1 PETER 5: 1-6 Key verse: Hebrews 11:6 “But without faith, it is impossible to please him: for him that  cometh to God must believe that he is and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently  seek him.” (I).  Faith: Faith says God calls you and will reward you. Do not allow any situation to distract you.  (ii).  Faithfulness: Do it according to pattern and according to Divine specification.  (iii).  Humility: Be humble so you can perform service unto God. If you see yourself as highly placed, you may be directing works to  younger ministers under you to do while some of these works may actually be for you. Where other people are assigned responsibilities and you are left out, God must have chosen somebody at that time to do it, so be humble and listen.  (iv).  Holiness: Cloth yourself with the garment of holiness – as a minist...

For taking your time to study remain blessed. Monday 25th October  PROPHECIES FROM THE AZUSA STREET REVIVAL TEXT: ACTS 15: 14-18 Key verse: Acts 15: 18 Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the  world. Among those attracted to the revival were not only members of the Holiness Movement, but also Baptists, Presbyterians and others, with reports of the blind having their sight restored, diseases cured instantly, and immigrants speaking in German, Yiddish, and Spanish all being spoken to in their native language by uneducated black members, who translated the languages into English by "supernatural ability". There were spontaneous preaching and altar calls for salvation, sanctification and baptism of the Holy Spirit. The members of the mission never took an offering, but there was a receptacle near the door for anyone who wanted to support the revival. The core membership of the Azusa Street Mission was never more than 50–60 individuals, with hundreds if not tho...

For taking your time to study remain Monday 11th October  LET THE FIRE OF REVIVAL KEEP BURNING AND NOT DIE      TEXT:  JOEL 2: 28-30 Key verse: Joel 2:29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit. It was a historic revival in Los Angeles, California, led by William Seymour. The revival began in April 1906 and continued until 1915. On the night of April 9, 1906, Seymour and seven men were waiting on God, "when suddenly, as though hit by lightning, they were knocked from their chairs to the floor," and the other seven men began to speak in tongues and shout loud praises to God.  The news quickly spread; the city was stirred; crowds gathered; and a few days later, Seymour himself received the Holy Spirit; services were moved outside to accommodate the crowds who came from all around; people fell down under the power of God as they approached; people were baptized in the Holy Spirit and the sick were healed and si...

For taking your time to study remain blessed. DATE: THURSDAY 14th  OCTOBER TOPIC: KILL FORNICATION COMPLETELY IN YOUR LIFE  TEXT: Matthew 5: 27-30   Key verse: 1 Thessalonians 4:3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification,  that ye should abstain from fornication: Let no part of your body move to fornication. Kill it! Put uncleanness to death. Cancel it in your life. No corrupt character, no way in your life, no way are you going to be unclean. Destroy inordinate, unnatural affection and lustful eyes.  You see a sister, you will look at her. Oh this sister, she is beautiful, I just like seeing her. You are attracted to her. It is unnatural. You want always to see her, to come closer. You are preparing for immorality. You have already committed it in the heart. Therefore, keep off from such unnatural love, getting easily infatuated with people, getting easily fascinated with people. Avoid inordinate affection and unnatural affection and lustful e...

For taking your time to study remain blessed. Monday 18th October JESUS WANTS TO PURGE AND SANCTIFY HIS CHURCH TEXT: John 3: 25-30 Key verse: John 3: 27 John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. Jesus did not want His gospel to be abused, that is why He said, “Father sanctify them. I am not physically with them in the world. If I were in the world, some of them will look at Me and hide, but I am not there for righteousness to flow freely.” That is what we desire of you brethren, among the Coordinators, Chapter leaders, Pastors and Teachers, Choir, Ushers, that you will be sanctified.  If you are removed from the work, you will not have grudges against people. Your mind will be peaceful. Believe that God removed you for a reason, maybe God even showed the reason, you have no problem. This sinful nature is abusing the commission of holiness that God has given to us, to live in and preach. Our profession of holiness must be accompanied by ...

For taking your time to study remain blessed. Wednesday 20th, October  FEAR NOT! TEXT: ISAIAH 43:1-3 Key verse: “Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right  hand of my righteousness.”(Isaiah 41:10).       Today's devotional is a message of comfort and assurance from the Lord. My child, understand that I will never be swayed from My purposes by the fortunes of life. Do not fear that even your shortcomings and mistakes will affect those things which are the subject of My promises to you. You know that I Am faithful and not capricious. The ground which you tread with Me is not always easy. But it is safe ground.  It is the way forward, planned by Me, according to your individual needs. When discouraged, My children will always turn back to Me showing their realization deep within that there is nowhere else to go but to Myself. My promise is tha...

For taking your time to study remain blessed. Friday 22nd October  THE GOD WE SERVE ANSWERS PRAYERS  TEXT:  LUKE 1: 5-17 Key verse: Jeremiah 33: 3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew  thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. Zechariah was a faithful priest of God, a favored man of God because the lot fell on him to enter the holy place in the temple to sacrifice unto the Lord. He was a holy man. Elizabeth and her husband Zechariah had no child because Elizabeth was barren. The Lord allowed this condition in His divine plan. They were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blamelessly. Their childlessness was not as a result of sinful life but was an act of God designed for His glory. The reason for childlessness was due to the wife's barrenness, but in some other cases it could be from the man or from both. Sometimes there is no medically known cause.  There are lessons to learn from the live...

For taking your time to study remain blessed. Friday 15th October  VICTORY OVER THE FLESH  TEXT: ESTHER 2:16-19  Key verse: 1 John 5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the  victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. Queen Esther was a victorious, godly woman amid her peers, who were generally unbelievers and pagans from heathen nations. Circumstances brought her into a contest with all these ladies and she won a resounding international victory to be crowned queen of the empire. May the Lord always remember you and make you victorious in all righteous endeavours. May you emerge victorious when you are examined alongside other people as was the case with Esther, and also with Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. Esther was victorious over the flesh in many areas: She conquered her flesh. She overcame the fear of King Ahasuerus, the monarch of the kingdom. She contended with the fear of death and overcame it. Circumstances brou...

 For taking your time to study remain blessed. Sunday 10th October HOREMOW IS SET TO DEFEND THE  GOSPEL TEXT: Philippians 1: 15-16 Key verse: Philippians 1: 17 But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defense  of the gospel. The Lord sent three angels to visit the International Director and Mummy Linda and she also heard the voice of the Lord. On the 5th February 2021, three persons appeared in our bedroom and gave us a beautiful smile, and introduced themselves as angels of God sent to deliver the Lord's message to me, Pastor Paul Rika. I had not even slept, and my wife was just dozing off but suddenly woke up and with her eyes wide open, she said, “Daddy, angels are here!” She then began to narrate their message as they spoke. “Be peaceful and do not trouble yourselves. We are with you everywhere you go.”  It is the Lord that is in this matter. These people are fighting to pull down the name of Jesus, because, where in the world is the voice of holiness...

 For taking your time to study remain blessed. Saturday 9th October  LET NOT YOUR GIVING BE  DAMNABLE, BUT REWARDABLE TEXT:  MATTHEW 6:1-4  Key verse: “Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory, but in lowliness of mind  let each esteem other better than themselves.” Philippians 2:3. There are things to guard against in the ministry of giving for the work of God and for the welfare of the brethren. To maintain your righteousness and enjoy the rewards of Christian giving, the following should be observed: · Guard against pride and high-mindedness in your life due to praise and  honour of men  · Guard against rough and arrogant utterances due to pride. · Guard against men giving you worship and undue praise due to the kindness they enjoy from you. · Do not over-enrich a church or a man of God till they lose focus on God and begin to serve money. · If you have much to give, remember other true churches and men of God. God wants them to enjoy Hi...

For taking your time to study remain blessed. Friday 8th October  BE TRIUMPHANT, VICTORIOUS, AND UNDEFILED IN YOUR CHRISTIAN WALK TEXT: RUTH 2:10-13   Key verse: Ruth 2:12 The Lord recompense thy work, and a full reward be given  thee of the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust. Strive to be victorious over sin as a believer. You may have memories of your former life in form of dreams or it may be this spirit husband business or demonic oppression and manipulation. You might discover acts of sexual performance in your dreams but be informed that it is not counted as a sin against you because your will was not involved. You may say, “Ah! I dreamt of myself in immorality!” That doesn't make you spiritually dirty because you didn't do it of your will. You rose up from that dream and said, 'God will deliver me from your hand, Satan. I destroy your power. The Lord shall rebuke you Satan.' That is not a sin, except you consciously go into lust or im...

 For taking your time to study remain blessed. Thursday 7th October  NEED FOR WATER BAPTISM AND HOLY GHOST BAPTISM TEXT: ACTS 19:1-7  Key verse: And I knew Him not: but He that sent me to baptize with water, the  same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining  on Him, the same is He which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.” (John 1:33). Having given your life to Jesus Christ, you will need to submit yourself to water baptism. Water baptism follows repentance and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. The scriptural water baptism is one immersion into water in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.” (Matthew 28:19). Water baptism is not for ignorant and unconverted children, nor for unrepentant adults. Those who were baptized when they were still sinners must be baptized after they have truly repen...

 For taking your time to study remain blessed. Wednesday 6th October  HOW JESUS MINISTERS ON PULPIT THROUGH  PASTOR PAUL  RIKA Part 1           TEXT: 2 PETER 1:17-21 Key verse: Psalm 81:10 I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of  the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. As testified by Mummy Linda Paul Rika.  During the program in Akwa Ibom State in March 2021, the Lord revealed that He is the source of the messages preached by Pastor Paul Rika. The Lord had given similar revelations at Akure, Ibadan, and the Campground in Abuja during a meeting of Coordinators with the Pastor in February 2021. Two angels appear suddenly and operate very fast, either loading packs of messages in Pastor Paul Rika's body or connecting tubes and antennae on him to heaven.  While praying in the hotel room with Daddy Rika during the program at Akure, these two angels suddenly entered the room through the walls carryi...

 For taking your time to study remain blessed.  Tuesday 5th October GOD HAS MADE MARRIAGE HONOURABLE TEXT: Matthew 19: 4-6 Key verse:  Hebrews 13:4 Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.  Marriage was the first institution made by God after the creation of Adam and Eve. God made the woman for the man and joined them together. It was God that joined them together and united them together and said that union should not be tampered with. Let no man put asunder that which God has united. Marriage is honourable before God. The time and place where their marriage occurred to show how honourable it was. It took place to befall the fall. Before sin came into their lives, there was marriage. What an honourable thing! Before Satan came to pollute the world, there was marriage and family life. So, it is a thing so great that God will want all of us to honour. The marriage of Adam and Eve was holy before the fall o...

For taking your time to study remain blessed.  Tuesday 5th October GOD HAS MADE MARRIAGE HONOURABLE TEXT: Matthew 19: 4-6 Key verse:  Hebrews 13:4 Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.  Marriage was the first institution made by God after the creation of Adam and Eve. God made the woman for the man and joined them together. It was God that joined them together and united them together and said that union should not be tampered with. Let no man put asunder that which God has united. Marriage is honourable before God. The time and place where their marriage occurred show how honourable it was. It took place to befall the fall. Before sin came into their lives, there was marriage. What an honourable thing! Before Satan came to pollute the world, there was marriage and family life. So, it is a thing so great that God will want all of us to honour. The marriage of Adam and Eve was holy before the fall of man....

For taking your time to study remain blessed. MONDAY 4 OCTOBER  SANCTIFICATION COMES AFTER SALVATION     TEXT: PSALM 51: 1-3 Key verse: Psalm 51: 6 “Behold thou desirest truth in the inward parts; and the  hidden part thou shall make me know wisdom” Note that there are two types of sins: The actual sins which you are responsible for and the nature of sin that is inherited from Adam. These can be seen clearly from the prayer of David for forgiveness, restoration and inward cleansing. Psalm 51: 1 “Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness, according to to to unto the multitude of thy tender mercies, blot out my transgressions”. This means the transgressions are many. One of the transgressions was the immoral act David committed. Another one was that he was sent to kill Uriah. These are actual sins and he is asking God for forgiveness, not sanctification. The sinner and the backslider come to God for forgiveness. Sanctification comes after you have...

For taking your time to study remain blessed. SUNDAY 3rd OCTOBER  REVIVING PERSONAL EVANGELISM  TEXT: JOHN 4:5-29 Key verse: “Wist ye not that I must be about My Father's business?” Luke 2:49 Personal evangelism is the person-to-person sharing of the gospel of Christ with sinners to lead them to salvation. The primary purpose of Christ's coming into the world was to die for the salvation of man. He came to seek and to save the lost. He could not allow anything to becloud His vision of saving the lost. Christ preached to great multitudes from many regions. He used the personal evangelism strategy to reach individuals and families. He used different approaches to reach different people and all were very effective.  With Nicodemus, Christ used a direct approach: “Ye must be born again.”With the Samaritan woman, He used an indirect approach: “Give me to drink.” With the woman caught in adultery by the scribes and Pharisees; He used a situational approach and concluded “go and...

For taking your time to study remain blessed. Saturday 2nd October  HOW I GOT CONVICTED BY MUMMY LINDA’S REVELATION MESSAGE  TEXT: Psalm 23: 1-6   Key verse: Psalm 23:1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. My name is Brother Ezi Monday. I am from the Benin Republic. I came to Nigeria in 2008 with my father to learn work. As I came, the person that carried me to Abuja is one of the people my father used to do charm for. My father is a native doctor and I was serving idols with him before I got converted through Mummy Linda's testimony. A sister gave me a CD message from Sister Linda and asked me to go and listen to it. I watched the CD that night. After watching the message, I started crying the way I have never cried since I was born. I cried until sleep took the cry from me that night, and early in the morning as my eyes opened, I started the cry again.  I cried much because I thought that I and my father were doomed already without any hope. My father is...