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God's blessings shall follow you for taking the time to study TOPIC: HOREMOW: A SHINING LIGHT AMIDST DARKNESS  TEXT: ISAIAH 2:1-3   SATURDAY JULY 1ST Key verse: Acts 13:47 For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.  The Lord brought this Movement into the world as a light shining in the darkness. I have set thee as a light. He raised this Movement in this backslidden age to show the Church of Christ the right way to heaven. Holiness Revival Movement Worldwide (non-denominational) was inaugurated in Gwagwalada, Abuja, by sixty people from different states in Nigeria. From that day, meetings began on a chapter basis. At first, because we did not want to interfere with the activities of the denominational churches around us, the Movement met once a month but we noticed that this had no impact on the lives of the people, we began to meet twice a month.  Th...

God's blessings shall follow you, for taking the time to study. TOPIC: THE LORD IS REMOVING UNCIRCUMCISED LEADERS TEXT: NUMBERS 14: 26-31  FRIDAY JUNE 30TH KEY VERSE: Matthew 20:16 So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen. The Lord sent His angels with a message to Pastor Paul Rika concerning the Divine assignment He has given to him as the end-time holiness revivalist: The Lord said. “Because of this mandate given to you, I am removing around you the uncircumcised leaders. I am going to fill their place with righteous and holy leaders from various nations and races. You shall be surrounded by true and holy leaders that will work with you such as King Solomon was surrounded with them, and these will bring glory to Me. I am clearing away these carnal leaders, to fill their place with spiritually-minded men, who are true men ready for end-time work. The Holy Spirit shall guide and teach you step by step what this new mandate is, and what you ...

God's blessings shall follow you, for taking the time to study TOPIC: AND OTHERS SAVE WITH FEAR  THURSDAY JUNE 29TH TEXT: JUDE 21-25 KEY VERSE: Jude 23 And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. Be careful even as you do evangelism. Be watchful if you are evangelizing a lady. We have not said you should not evangelize or preach to an opposite sex, but be watchful. Let not your garment become spotted by that man or woman. Watch! Someone says, “If you are eating with the devil you should eat with a long spoon,” but we say, “Don’t eat at all with Satan.” Why must you eat with Satan? Be very careful when you are preaching to a sinner of an opposite sex. Make sure your preaching does not lead to evil. If you see that the person is luring you into sin, avoid him and save yourself. Why must two of you perish? The Bible tells us we should always pray. Always talk to God to deliver you from evil and to protect you. Pray all the tim...

God's blessings shall follow you, for taking the time to study. TOPIC: BE HOLY AND PERFECT IN THE FACE OF CHALLENGES TEXT: JEREMIAH 35: 14-16  WEDNESDAY JUNE 28TH KEY VERSE: 1 Corinthians 15:57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Many people are not able to stand when they are challenged in life by difficulties and problems. Some that are unmarried feel agitated and overwhelmed because they feel that they are passing the flowering stage of life. This is a challenge and it makes them unstable in Christ. Some married women do not have good husbands. Some husbands are wicked and do not have good character. There is a great challenge of an unhealthy relationship with their husbands, which makes some women wicked and evil themselves in a bid to checkmate their husbands.  For some, it is the challenge of poverty that makes them unable to stand as they indulge in many sinful practices to make ends meet. For some, it is the challenge of per...

Gods blessings shall follow you for taking the time to study. TOPIC: MY PRESENCE AND INFLUENCE SURROUNDS YOU.  TEXT: ISAIAH 41:9-14  TUESDAY JUNE 27TH KEY VERSE: “But now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.” (Isaiah 43:1). My child, the bond between us is unbreakable, because you are My chosen. The company you keep is with the Architect of this universe in His infinite wisdom. Everything you do, everywhere you go, My presence and influence surrounds you. But for the closeness of Myself to you, you would have been in the gravest danger many times. It is because you are precious to Me, that I surround you with My almighty protection. What I have done for you no one else could do. The future may seem uncertain to you, but you know that I will not leave you to walk alone for a single moment. It means much to Me that you share My life. I have to teach My...

God's blessings shall follow you, for taking the time to study. TOPIC:  MERCY FOR THE PENITENT SINNER TEXT: LUKE 15:11-32  MONDAY JUNE 26TH KEY VERSE: “For this, my son was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found. And they began to merry” (Luke 15:24). The parable of the prodigal son was given by Jesus to illustrate the following: • The magnetic pull the world has on the believers. • The miserable life of a backslider. • The great mercies that God has for sinners.  • The great joy in God's kingdom over a restored soul.      • The critical attitude of some people over a restored soul. • The right attitude to display when a soul is restored.  The prodigal son is an example of a believer in Christ's Kingdom who has yielded to the temptation of the devil, the enticement of sin, and the desires of the flesh. The observable traits in such believers include self-will, selfishness, sensuality, spiritual destitution, self-abasement, and spiritual st...

God's blessings shall follow you, for taking the time to study. TOPIC: MAKE A COVENANT WITH YOUR EYES NOT TO SIN TEXT: Job 3: 1-2  SUNDAY JUNE 25TH KEY VERSE: Psalm 119: 37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way. Promise yourself that you will not be setting your eyes on the opposite sex. While lying on your bed, you are thinking about women. Why is your mind there, stirring your emotions? What portion is there of God? Are you receiving anointing from that? What is your gain? Promise yourself, you will not be overcome by any woman. The beauty of any woman will not overcome you. The glory of any man will not overcome you. Tell yourself so!  The women now dress and expose their bodies. They tear their skirts to their buttocks. Brother, it is vanity. Whatever is inside her is vanity. So, why should you worry about what is inside? Your prayer should always be as you walk in the street, move around in your workplace, in your vehicle, Lord turn awa...

God's blessings shall follow you, for taking the time to study. TOPIC: ESTHER’S VICTORY OVER THE FLESH AND FEAR OF MAN TEXT: ESTHER 2:16-19 SATURDAY JUNE 24TH 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 among her peers, who were generally unbelievers and pagans from heathen nations. Circumstances brought her into a contest with all these ladies 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 endeavors. 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...

God's blessings shall follow you, for taking the time to study. TOPIC: THE LOVE OF GOD   FRIDAY JUNE 23RD TEXT: 1 John 4: 15-21 KEY VERSE: 1 John 4: 17 “We love Him because He first loved us.” Your God is a lover. He created you in love He made you as an object of love. He plans to love you always and to love you forever. He built this love life into you so that you can respond in love to Him. You are unable to love Him now because of the effect of sin in your heart. Because He needs your love so much. He has made provision to remove sin from your heart so that you can love him freely and fully. Think it yourself! He gave you the privilege to exist alongside his great and vast creation. He specially made you, wonderfully. God made you and preserves you for His pleasures. He is glad to have you as one among His creatures. You were created for God to demonstrate His power in your life and to make you do things that will give Him glory in the sight of men.  Because your hear...

God's blessings shall follow you, for taking the time to study. TOPIC: TRUSTING IN GOD’S PROMISES TEXT:  ISAIAH 46:9, 10 MONDAY JUNE 19TH Key verse: “But without faith, it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.” Hebrews 11:6. We have a God that backs up, sponsors, and justifies our faith.  He stands behind the Christian faith. Therefore, when you come to God, believe that He truly has respect for your acts of faith. You must know that God stands by His word to perform it if you can stand with Him by faith. Without this assurance and confident trust in God, you can never please Him, because outside this you have not recognized and honoured Him. Recognize the God of faith that does the impossible in life.  Recognize the God of impossibility, the God that fully stands by His word to perform it. If you have faith, you will realize your hope.  In fact, faith assures yo...

God's blessings shall follow you, for taking the time to study. TOPIC: I LOVE MAN WITH AN EVERLASTING LOVE TEXT: Jeremiah 31:1-6  TUESDAY JUNE 20TH KEY VERSE: Jeremiah 31:3 “The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love; therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn thee.” My children must very frequently ponder the love with which I watch over them. They must become increasingly aware of this love, which takes in everything all their possibilities, all their choices, all that is within them, all the circumstances surrounding them. Truly it is a covering of love. Yes, the One who watches over you is your Friend. This implies concern and it implies faithfulness; it implies desire on My part to bring you through every difficult place. Remember that I gave my life for you which means lasting love. Your need is therefore very near to My heart always.   “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you res...

God's blessings shall follow you, for taking the time to study. TOPIC: GOD ONLY REWARDS SERVICE DONE IN RIGHTEOUSNESS  TEXT: ROMANS 12: 6-10  WEDNESDAY JUNE 21ST KY VERSE: Romans 12:11 Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; God shall bless you with great treasure and a crown is waiting for you. God is your great reward and your inheritance. He will cause His presence to surround you. The greatest reward is that the Lord is with you in this life and afterward He shall take you into heaven. In the world to come God will unfold to us the riches of his grace, he will cause light to shine over us. Whatever the world does to your flesh cannot be compared with the reward God has laid in heaven for you. Let them be breaking your bones one by one, or cut you gradually, the crown of glory, the crown of righteousness is waiting for you. The beauty of God, the majesty of God, the glory of God shall come upon his righteous minister. God will perfect you: The soul yo...

God's blessings shall follow you, for taking the time to study. TOPIC:  WHERE IS THE STOREHOUSE OF GOD? TEXT:  MALACHI 3:8-10  SUNDAY JUNE 18TH KEY VERSE: “For where two or three are gathered together in my name there am I in the midst of them.”  Matthew 18:20. It is a settled matter that giving of tithes to God is a divine injunction that is binding on all children of God today and not so doing is tantamount to robbing God (Malachi 3:8). It had been in practice before the Law of Moses and did not cease with the abolition of the Law of Moses as first fruits which came up during the law and got abolished along with the law. The next issue, therefore is, “Where is the storehouse of God?” From the above verse, it should be evident that the Store House of God is the house of God. The house of God is a place where two or three are gathered together in the name of the Lord for His worship (Matthew 18:20). It is a place where the truth about God and His righteous ways as co...

God's blessings shall follow you, for taking the time to study. TOPIC:  THE ETERNAL DOOM OF A SECRET SINNER TEXT: EZEKIEL 18:26-32  SATURDAY JUNE 17TH KEY VERSE: “Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, everyone according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.” (Ezekiel 18:30). Today we shall examine the eternal state of a once committed brother who died in secret sin as revealed to a brother in the book, ‘Escaping hell and entering heaven made simple:’  “What I saw with my two eyes in hell broke my heart and I wept. I cannot describe hell as a mortal man. If anyone gets there, he will tell it better. In hell I heard the groaning of the damned. This was the second time I went to hell. I heard people crying and confessing the sins they refused to confess here on earth. Many pastors are in hell. Many ministers of the gospel are in hell. Atheists and various categories of people ar...

God's blessings shall follow you, for taking the time to study. TOPIC:  GUARD AGAINST THE PITFALL OF RICHES TEXT: MARK 10:17-25  FRIDAY JUNE 16TH KEY VERSE: “No man can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one, and love the other, or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon” Matthew 6:24 Wealth is enticing. Do not serve money or riches; instead, serve the Lord your God. Do not share your service between money and God, instead cleave to God and serve Him only. Do not abandon the worship of God in the church for business. Do not abandon your devotional and prayer life for lack of time as a result of the pursuit or pressure of riches.  There is an African parable that is very instructive in this instance: “If you are on a mission to seek wealth and on reaching the outskirts of the town you meet an elderly man and on consultation, he tells you that he has no ready-made formula for wealth but has one for enduring integrity a...

God's blessings shall follow you for taking the time to study TOPIC:  DIVINE WARNING AGAINST SKIN BLEACHING TEXT: ISAIAH 3:16-24  WEDNESDAY JUNE 14TH KEY VERSE: “I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.” (S.S. 1:5). God has been sending out warnings on this through diverse means. He has been using His holy ministers and giving revelations through repented occultists and satanic agents on the implications of using skin-bleaching creams and the eternal consequences of this ungodly practice, which includes the following:   (1) the cosmetics used for bleaching are manufactured from the spirit world (2) the chemicals used in manufacturing the cosmetic soap, ointment, lotion, powder, etc. contain human fats and human blood (3) Those who bleach are customers to Satan and attract demons to themselves (4) Christians who bleach their skin are defiled by these things and are unholy and cannot see God. Your eyes have...

God's blessings shall follow you, for taking the time to study. TOPIC: KILL FORNICATION COMPLETELY IN YOUR LIFE  TEXT: Matthew 5: 27-30   TUESDAY JUNE 13TH 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; in no way in your life will you be unclean. Destroy inordinate, unnatural affection and lustful eyes. You see a sister and stare at her. Oh! This sister 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 your 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 eyes, seeing people and always s...

God bless you for taking the time to study. TOPIC:  LET YOUR GIVING BE REWARDABLE, NOT DAMNABLE  TEXT: MATTHEW 6:1-4  MONDAY JUNE 12TH KEY VERSE: “Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.” Phil 2:3. There are things to guard against in the ministry of giving for the work of God and 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 the 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 lost 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 His sufficient supply too. • Make su...

God bless you for taking the time to study. TOPIC: BE TRIUMPHANT, VICTORIOUS, AND UNDEFILED AS RUTH TEXT: RUTH 2:10-13   SUNDAY JUNE 11TH  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 the memories of your former life in the 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 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 if you consciously go into lust or immorality...

God bless you for taking the time to study. TOPIC: SANCTIFICATION COMES AFTER SALVATION TEXT: PSALM 51: 1-3  SATURDAY JUNE 10TH  KEY VERSE: Psalm 51: 6 “Behold thou desirest truth in the inward parts, and in the hidden part thou shall make me to 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 loving kindness, according 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 sent to kill Uriah. These are actual sins and he is asking God for forgiveness, not sanctification. The sinner and the backslider are to come to God for forgiveness.  Sanctification comes after you have bee...

God bless you for taking the time to study. TOPIC:  REVIVING PERSONAL EVANGELISM         TEXT: JOHN 4:5-29  FRIDAY JUNE 9TH 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 with the aim of leading 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 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 u...

God bless you for taking the time to study. TOPIC:  THE FRUITFUL BELIEVER  THURSDAY JUNE 8TH TEXT: JOHN 15:1-16 KEY VERSE: “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”. (John 15:16). Every believer in Christ is expected to bear fruit. Fruit bearing is a distinguishing feature between the living and dead branches of a tree. Through His enriching Word, God bestows sufficient grace to make His children fruitful. If you are digesting the word of God and you open your heart to understanding, you will be increasingly fruitful. The fruit of the Spirit will be clearly seen in you in an increasing measure as you move on in life.  “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 to you.” (John 15:16). To be in church all these w...

God bless you for taking the time to study TOPIC: LIVING A RIGHTEOUS LIFE BY FAITH TEXT: ROMANS 6: 11-14  WEDNESDAY JUNE 7TH Key verse: “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me”. Galatians 2: 20  The just shall make progress in life and ministry by faith. Apostle Paul demonstrated this clearly. His eyes were on Jesus.  He was moving in line with the heavenly vision given to him by Jesus. He saw Jesus moving him to higher ground in life and ministry. Have you been called into ministry by Jesus? He is beckoning you to follow him by faith for him to take you to higher ground. There is a higher ground than where you are now that God wants to take you to. But God requires your unwavering dependence on him to do it. Believe God and your life and ministry will experience a positive change.  Life will be better a...

God bless you for taking the time to study. TOPIC: GOD ANSWERS PRAYER  MONDAY JUNE 5TH  TEXT: LUKE 11:5-10 Key verse: “Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and He shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD”.  Psalm 27:14   Every 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 maintain the spirit of prayer. In our 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 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: He was his friend and because of his persistence in asking.  He kept on asking confidently because he was de...

God bless you for taking the time to study. TOPIC: CHILDREN ALSO GO TO HELL AND CAN MISS THE RAPTURE TEXT: Revelation 20:12-15  SUNDAY JUNE 4TH  Key verse:  Revelation 20:15 “And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.” From the testimony of Sister Finda, on the fate of those that missed the rapture: “I saw a child, normally we think that children don’t go to hell because they are innocent. It was that day I knew every man born of a woman is guilty of sin, after knowing what is evil and good. This child was about six to eight years of age, in this earth we say they don’t know anything, he was standing and was crying, “I missed rapture I missed rapture”, I was shocked and I said, “What do you know about the rapture, what do you know about the rapture?” he kept saying, “I missed rapture”, that was the only thing he could say.  I saw a very popular international preacher, Benny Hinn. He also missed the rapture. He is one of th...

God bless you for taking the time to study. TOPIC: AVOID BROAD-WAY CHURCHES  SATURDAY JUNE 3RD  TEXT: Revelation 3: 14-22 KEY VERSE: Revelation 3: 15 “I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.” If you are a child of God, you are born again, you know the true teaching of the word of God, you are living a holy life, you are determined to enter heaven you are waiting for the rapture of the saints which shall take place soonest, you are sorrowful for the doom hanging over sinners around you and in the world, you are grieved over the state of the church today, backsliding and lukewarm, you long for the revival of true Christianity in your community and the world, you desire to kindle it or to support the fires of end time revival of the true gospel of Christ Jesus with your money and material resources, then it is essential you know where to invest your resources in order to realize your desire. The types of churches and ministries in our ...

God bless you for taking the time to study. THE ANCIENT LANDMARK ON REMOVAL OF JEWELRY  TEXT: Exodus 33:4-6  FRIDAY JUNE 2ND  KEY VERSE: “Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.” 2 Peter 1:20. The voice of Bible commentators who favour the use of Jewellery is loud. This serves as a strong support and calms the conscience of those that use jewelry. Let us have this at the back of our mind; however knowledgeable and inspired a preacher or a Bible commentator is, his commentary on every portion of scripture must be judged to see whether he speaks the mind of God on that portion of scripture or his own mind. This will help the readers not to build their faith on error. Confidence in any pastor or Bible commentator does not save. Only the word of God saves. The majority of Christians use jewelry in their dressing. Ministers of the gospel of high ranks and anointing, male, and female, use rings and other items of jewelry freely. O...