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God bless you for taking your time to study. TRUTH IN THE GOSPEL DOES NOT DEPEND ON MAJORITY,  TEXT: MATHEW 7: 13-14  WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 30th  Key verse 2 Timothy 3: 5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. Worldliness in denominational churches these days makes worshippers to think that those carnal moves among them are normal and therefore acceptable to God. Since they see many churches involved in such carnal display, the conclusion among these deceivers and the deceived is that God is in their worship. Instead of looking into the Bible to see what the word of God says, they choose to copy one another as far as such worldly display brings more members and financial gain to them. To them, majority carries the vote, even if God is crying and souls lost. They forget that the word of God says in Exodus 23:2, that you should not follow a multitude to do evil. Truth in the gospel does not depend on majority, but on the sound word of G...

God bless you for taking your time to study. TOPIC: CARE FOR YOUR LIFE  TUESDAY NOVEMBER 29th  TEXT: ACTS 27:33-36 Key verse: Acts 27:34 Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you. Some basic necessities are required for your health and carelessness in taking care or one's health could have consequences in future. For instance, some people may have accident today and fail to go for proper medical check-up, only to begin to experience effects much later in life when they go to the doctor to make complaints. Oh that you were wise at that time. Feed your body with appropriate food for your health. Be careful with fasting. If you persistently subject that body to a bad condition you shall find it so in future. A particular pastor once said, I have finished all my fasting!' I asked, how did you finish your fasting? He explained that he went on marathon fasting as a young preacher, until stomach u...

God bless you for taking your time to study. GOD APPOINTS LEADERS OVER HIS PEOPLE  TEXT: EXODUS 18:25-26 MONDAY NOVEMBER 28th  Key Verse: 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. (Hebrew 13:17) The congregation of God has leaders over them. Moses said God should give him a man that will take over from him so that the people of God will not be a flock without a leader. God manifested Himself to us in three personalities and the Father is the leader as Jesus referred to Him, that God the Father has sent Him. If the work of God must be well done, there must be a leader. God has always appointed a leader over the people, Moses was appointed to lead the people, and Joshua was also appointed a leader over the people after Moses. In the New Testament Jesus was the leader of His people. Also, Peter, James, and Paul led ...

God bless you for taking the time to study. TOPIC: MARY THE HIGHLY FAVOURED MOTHER OF JESUS  TEXT: LUKE 1: 26-38  SUNDAY NOVEMBER 27th  Key Verse: Luke 1: 45. And blessed is she that believeth for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord. Mary was the virgin woman through which the Saviour of the world, Jesus Christ was born to save mankind. God allowed it that way so that he can go through the normal process of delivery as other humans went through. Mary was highly blessed among women to be the one to give birth to Jesus Christ. She took the message from the angel with great humility and said, “Be it unto me according to Thy word”. Mary at that time was already in courtship with Joseph but never defiled herself like the world does these days. She kept her virginity and lived a holy lifestyle that heaven took note of. She nurtured Jesus with care and diligence knowing who He is to the world and was bringing Him to the house of the Lor...

God bless you for taking your time to study. IS THE USE OF THREAD FOR PLAITING HAIR PERMITTED? Part 1 TEXT: 1 TIMOTHY 2:8-10 FRIDAY NOVEMBER 25 Key Verse: 1 Corinthians 10:31. Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.  The recommendation of the scripture is that which is appropriate for feminine dressing- women professing godliness. How much you need is not specified, what is specified is that which is suitable for women professing godliness. There are wrappers that you can buy with seven hundred naira. There are others that range between seven thousand to seventy thousand naira. In the society where you are, how do people look at you with the kind of cloth you put on? We shall consider the Divine injunctions in 1 Timothy 2:8-10  8 I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.  9 In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; n...

God bless you for taking your time to study. *DAILY  ⓂANNA* THURSDAY 24TH NOVEMBER, 2022   *WHERE IS HIS HONOUR?* _It is advisable you read the text first_ 📜TEXT:MALACHI 1:6-14📜 🔑📖```KEY VERSE:``` _*"A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I am a father, where is mine honor? and if I am a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?" (MALACHI 1:6).*_ Most nations and groups around the world have a culture of respect for different categories of people within the society. Rulers, parents, and the elderly are especially accorded so much respect. This show of respect is displayed not only in greetings and the way they are spoken to but also in the way they are treated generally. For instance, if the ruler among the people is to be presented with any gift, the best is usually given no matter the disposition and status of the giver. If mortal men are treated with...

God bless you for taking your time to study. TOPIC: THE JOY IN SOUL WINNING MONDAY  NOVEMBER 21st TEXT: LUKE 15:3 – 10   Key verse: Psalm 126:5.  They that sow in tears shall reap in joy When a sinner or a backslider is brought to the salvation of Christ, what a joy to the passionate soul winner! When someone has been redeemed; angels clap their hands, praise the Lord and make a joyful noise in heaven. “Yes! A soul has been won for Jesus! A soul has been bathed in the blood of Christ and redeemed from eternal hell!” That is the joy of the passionate soul winner! Acts 8:5-8 5 Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them. 6 And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did. 7 For unclean spirits, crying with a loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed. 8 And there was great joy in that ci...

God bless you for taking your time to study. A UNITED CHURCH WITH NEW CHRISTIANITY TEXT: ACTS 2:41-47    FRIDAY NOVEMBER 18th Key Verse: Acts 2:46-And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, The early church was united because something divine from heaven worked among them. The Lord is raising people from various churches to build His church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. A united church; One body, one Spirit, one hope, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and one God, the Father of all. As for churches, there is no way to make them one. That will be political oneness; with unbelievers as presidents, having enemies of God ruling them, directing them. They struggle for power and kill to have power. That is ecumenism but that is not the church. The church Jesus is building is made up of people that have recognized Him as the Lord; people from churches...

God bless you for taking your time to study. IS YOUR CHURCH PRACTICING CHRIST’S DOCTRINES?  TEXT: 1 TIMOTHY 4:13-16        THURSDAY NOVEMBER 17th Key verse: 1 Timothy 4:16 “Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them; for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee” Doctrines are teachings that are given to men in the church to guide their activities. In the case of a country, this is called a decree or constitution. The church is guided by doctrines that can bring out righteousness in men and make them qualify for heaven. The unity of the church is possible if the doctrines of Jesus Christ are stressed in all denominations. Where the people are told to come together but to put away the doctrines cannot be for Christ: Strange spirit will be in operation in such meeting. Some will come to that meeting bare-footed, half-naked, some men wearing caps, women in trousers and uncovered heads. People with two wives, jewelry, c...

God bless you for taking your time to study. TOPIC: HOREMOW IS A TRAIN MOVING THROUGH THE WORLD TEXT: NEHEMIAH 2:15-18  WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 16th KEY VERSE: Romans 12:11 Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; Continuation of the testimony of Mummy Mallum The Lord continued, “When Nehemiah called the elders and shared the vision with them, they rose at once to build the walls of Jerusalem. See how people responded to Me in the scriptures. Even in the time of Abraham, he made haste and obeyed. What is wrong with a man in this generation? Why are they like this? I had expected that some of you would have risen to dedicate yourselves, strength, and possessions to this work because this ministry is a global one. I expect you to consecrate yourself to Me and tell My son that you will support the work financially or you volunteer to go as a missionary with this message.”  The Lord asked, “Why are they not submitting? Why don't they fear Me? Don't they know that ...

God bless you for taking your time to study. PATIENCE IS REQUIRED IN PRAYER TEXT: 1 KINGS 18: 41- 46            TUESDAY NOVEMBER 15th   Key verse: Hebrews 10:36-37 36 For ye have to need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. 37 For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry. Patience is important in prayer. We need to wait for God’s divine intervention and responses to our prayers. We should try not to take any action until we are clear in our understanding of the will of God for our lives. We must have faith to believe that God hears our prayers and will respond at the precise time. Many times, believers do not understand the next move but have become hasty to make decisions. As we see in 1 Kings 18, Elijah instructed his servant, but the servant did not quite catch the vision until seven times later. It is a great lesson to us, that Elijah was not hasty to make rash decision...

God bless you for taking your time to study. TOPIC: ACTIONS OF PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING TO GOD  TEXT: PSALM 35:27-28    MONDAY NOVEMBER 14th Key verse: Hebrew 13:15...By him, therefore, let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name. Praise and thanksgiving to God come from the heart in bubbles of joy that manifest in various ways. The joy of praise and thanksgiving flows from our hearts to our mouths, gets formed into articulate words and sounds by our tongues, and comes out through our lips to God and the hearing ears. The psalmist puts it this way: I will praise the name of God with a song and will magnify Him with thanksgiving. New Testament puts it this way: By Him, therefore, let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks unto His name (Hebrews 13:15) We can praise God through the following: (i) Words of praise and thanksgiving (ii) Songs of prais...

God bless you for taking your time to study. A CARELESS CHRISTIAN WILL MISS THE RAPTURE TEXT: MATTHEW 27:3-10  SATURDAY NOVEMBER 12th Key verse: Acts. 1:20 “For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishopric let another take”. Being born again is a thing of joy, but the best is yet to come. You can be born again and still miss the rapture. Unbelievers will not miss the rapture because they are not meant to be raptured anyway. It is the careless Christians that can miss the rapture because they are expected to go with Christ, not the unbelievers because you don’t miss a flight you did not book the ticket.  If you did not buy the ticket, you were not supposed to be on the flight because your name is not in the manifest. Those whose names are in the manifest and either by the reason of delay or frivolity, they did not come on time; went out of the city for sightseeing and they could not return in good time befo...

God bless you for taking your time to study. TOPIC: ADOPTION OF CHILDREN THURSDAY NOVEMBER 10th TEXT: Romans 8:15-17; Ephesians 1:5  Key verse: But as many as receive Him, to them gave He power to become sons of God, even to them that believe in his name. John 1:12 Adoption means to accept or claim ownership or parenthood of a child that is not directly one’s biological child. This makes the child enjoy the benefit of parenthood throughout his/her life. He/she is your child and heir as any of your children. Adoption is good and acceptable in the sight of God. We were not children of God, but He made us become part of His family not through the natural process of human conception, but through adoption. Bringing a person into a family using adoption is done by choice and out of love. Our Lord Jesus was adopted by Joseph, His mother’s husband, who took Him as his child. God chose that His Son should be adopted. If adoption was good enough for the Son of God, then it is a blessing for ...

God bless you for taking your time to study. APPRECIATE THE MENTORSHIP OF PASTOR PAUL RIKA  TEXT: TITUS 1: 1 – 3   WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 9th Key verse: Matthew 10:40 He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.  The Lord raised Pastor Paul Rika for the end-time revival of the church worldwide. He gave him knowledge, wisdom, and understanding of the Holy Scriptures. Many who had encounters with the Lord were led to Pastor Paul Rika for mentorship. Some of them are completely ignorant of scripture and may not share their testimonies appropriately except with scriptural guidance and proper mentorship.  The following are some testimonies:   Michael Sambo – In his encounter, he asked the Lord, “You have shown me that Holiness Revival Movement Worldwide is a ministry given to Pastor Paul Rika, what about me?  What do you have for me? The Lord replied “I have brought you to a mentor, follow him. He has a ministry and ...

God bless you for taking your time to study. TOPIC: JOSIAH THE YOUTH WITH ZEAL FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS TEXT: 2 CHRONICLES 34: 1-7        TUESDAY NOVEMBER 8th Key verse: Matthew 6: 33. But seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you, Idol worship has been one of the strong traditions parents pass over to their children for continuity. By this singular act of satanic worship, altars are erected in many places to serve this purpose and to renew the covenant from time to time. Idolatry was practiced among the children of God in Judah and Jerusalem. Josiah rose as a youth to do a great reform that reconciled his people back to God. Josiah was a youth that reigned over Judah and Jerusalem at the age of eight and did what was pleasing unto God. He walked in the ways of his father David by refusing to join them in this idol worshipping.  By the time he was twelve years old, he started destroying all those altars, carved ...

God bless you for taking your time to study. TAKE A STAND FOR THE LORD MONDAY NOVEMBER 7th TEXT: ROMANS 12:1-3 Key verse: Hebrews 12: 1 “Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,” Beloved, we need to take a firm stand and make a concrete decision to serve the Lord. Sometimes, it is not easy when we have decided to stand for the Lord. All hell will break to stop or discourage us from our decisions. But that is nothing compared to the crown of victory awaiting us. Do not listen to what the crowd is saying because they do not have good testimony about Christ. To be outstanding with Jesus we must be prepared to stand out alone from the crowd. 2 Corinthians 4:17-18 “For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; While we look not at the things which a...

God bless you for taking your time to study. THE BOOK OF LIFE    SUNDAY NOVEMBER 6th TEXT: REVELATION 20:11-12 Key Verse: Philippians 4:3 And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellow labourers, whose names are in the book of life.   There is a book of life and there are books of death. These books have names of people from various continents of the world written in them. The books of death have a greater number of names of human beings who have chosen to end their lives in damnation of hell because of pleasures of sin. The book of life is a divine record book where names of various people all over the world who are in the Lord are written with accuracy and precision. The book also contains the record of each believer’s works while on the earth. In the key verse, Apostle Paul mentioned his fellow labourers whose names were in the book of life because they were in the Lord....

God bless you for taking your time to study. TOPIC: HOLINESS PREACHERS ARE FEW IN THE WORLD TEXT: Hebrews 12:5-11          SATURDAY NOVEMBER 5th KEY VERSE: 1 Peter 4:17 For the time comes that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begins at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?   In a revelation to Sister Linda Paul Rika in May 2021, Jesus held a meeting with holiness preachers to check on them for the following: 1. To know whether they are still standing in holiness. 2. To see faults they have developed in their lives, preaching, and ministry. 3. To know which new holiness preachers have come up to join the list. 4. To see which holiness preacher has backslidden to be removed from the list. 5. To encourage holiness preachers to continue in their duty. 6. To replace the holiness preacher in the position of leadership over others, in case he has died, decreased, or backslidden in the holiness life and mini...

God bless you for taking your time to study. TOPIC: THE SIN AND EVIL IN WOMEN WEARING TROUSERS  TEXT: EPHESIANS 2:2-3  FRIDAY NOVEMBER 4th KEY VERSE: Deuteronomy 22:5 “The woman shall not wear that which pertained unto a man; neither shall a man put on woman’s garment. For all that do so are abominations unto the Lord thy God? Initially, the church rejected the use of trousers by women. Those who used them were seen as prostitutes and rascals but as their number steadily increased in society, the pressure was put on churches to allow them. The God that made the man and the woman knows that because of their sexual uniqueness, each would require suitable clothing for proper coverage of their bodies. When one breaks this commandment he or she has wandered away from the path of decency and becomes an abomination to God. Wearing trousers by women is a great temptation for men. The woman’s private body is designed by God to exert some attractive pull on the man for marriage. Hence p...

God bless you for taking your time to study. BELIEVERS’ POWER AND AUTHORITY OVER SATANIC FORCES TEXT: EPHESIANS 6: 10 – 18  THURSDAY NOVEMBER 3rd Key Verse: Luke 10:19 - Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.  Satan is more conscious of the shortness of time than many Christians, so he is working very hard, round the clock to cause distractions and hinder many Christians from going to heaven. He raised people against Holiness Movement to knock it down right from the beginning, but God did not allow him. He planned many strategies against the Movement and its leadership and since then he has not relented. He is still on the drawing board planning other strategies to employ to stop this work, but by God's grace, he will continue to fail.  “And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brazen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against the...

God bless you for taking your time to study.  HOLINESS REVIVAL MOVEMENT WORLDWIDE HOREMOW DAILY DEVOTIONAL BY PASTOR PAUL RIKA INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR DATE: WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 2, 2022 TOPIC: BURDEN FOR SOULS OF MEN  TEXT: MATTHEW 9:35-38  35. And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.  36. But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.  37. Then saith He unto His disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few;  38. Pray ye, therefore, the Lord of the harvest, that He will send forth laborers into His harvest. KEY VERSE: LAMENTATION 1:16. For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate because th...