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God's blessing shall be following you continually for taking the time to study. This dedication to learning and spiritual growth is commendable and crucial in our walk of faith.  Give Adequate Attention To Doctrines  Monday 1st September Text: Hebrews 5:12-14  Key verse: Psalm 95:3 “For the Lord is a great God and a great King above all gods.” C: Doctrine is actually the paramount thing in the worship service. Doctrine here refers to the preaching and teaching of the word of God in the worship assembly. It involves the selection and arrangement of scriptures by the preacher or teacher to convey a message to the worshippers through proper interpretation, illustration and application for their exhortation, edification and comfort. The preacher or teacher thinks out his message by the help of the Holy Spirit, gathers and arranges his facts. His authority is the Holy Scripture. He seeks to edify the worshippers through the interpretation and application of the scriptures....

God's blessing shall be following you continually for taking the time to study. Activities For The Edification Of Worshippers  Sunday 31st August Text: I Corinthians 12:7-11  Key verse: 1 Corinthians 14:26 How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.  A: The gifts of the Spirit operated unhindered in the early church. Today’s text reveals these gifts as the word of wisdom, the word of knowledge, faith, the gifts of healing, the working of miracles, prophesy, discerning of spirits, diverse kinds of tongues, and interpretation of tongues. They may not manifest in every worship service. The congregation must be willing and ready to welcome their manifestation and operation during the worship service for the edification of worshippers. This should be done decently and in order; for God is not the author of confusion.  B: Psal...

God's blessing shall be following you continually for taking the time to study. The gift of Interpretation of Tongues  Saturday 30th August Text: 1 Corinthians 14:27-32.  Key verse: 1 Corinthians 13: 9 “For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.”  The gift of interpretation of tongues is a supernatural ability given by the Holy Spirit to a Spirit-filled believer to understand the meaning of a prophetic message delivered to an audience in unknown tongues or language and to convey the message in understandable language to the audience. When a message given in tongues is interpreted to the audience in understandable language, it has the same effect as prophesying. The scriptural instruction is that those who have received inspired message in tongues may only deliver it to the assembly when one with the gift of interpretation of tongues is in the assembly. Where there is no interpreter, the prophetic message delivered in tongues or unknown language will have no beneficial ...

God's blessing shall be following you continually for taking the time to study. The Gift Of Speaking In Tongues  Friday 29th August Text: 1 Corinthians 12: 7 – 11  Key verse: 1 Corinthians 14:1 “Follow after charity and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.” The scriptures show that a believer may speak in tongues when praying to God during worship service: Forbid not to speak with tongues; Let him speak to himself and to his God. The believer may speak in tongues in the worship assembly for his edification. But this should be done between him and his God and must be done in the way that those who may hear will glorify God. He must be conscious of the presence of others who must not be distracted by him. He should not pray in tongues throughout the prayer time. He should pray more in understandable language when among others in the worship service in order to edify those that hear him,  A believer that is conscious of edifying others by his prayers must...

God's blessing shall be following you continually for taking the time to study. Scriptural and Unscriptural Use of Anointing Oil   Thursday 28th August Text: Acts 8:5-8, 14-17  Key verse: Psalm 25:4 “Shew me Thy ways O LORD, teach me Thy paths.” D: Anointing oil in the apostolic era. Scriptural records of the gospel service and miracles performed by the apostles in the early church show that great miracles were done by Peter, Paul and others, without the use of anointing oil. Peter and John went down to Samaria and laid hands on the believers to receive the Holy Ghost without anointing them with oil. Barnabas and Saul were dedicated to God for missionary service through fasting and prayer and the laying on of hands of the elders of the church in Antioch. No anointing oil was poured upon them, The Holy Ghost was with them and they had a successful ministry. Apostle Paul appointed many to the service of God, including Timothy and Titus, without anointing them with oil. The ...

God's blessing shall be following you continually for taking the time to study. Satan's Lamentation about Ministry of Pastor Paul Rika Wednesday 27th August Text: Job 1: 8-12  Key verse: Job 1:9 Satan answered the Lord and said, doth Job fear God for nought? In a revelation encounter of Sister Linda, Satan said, “You should thank God for sending you to Pastor Paul Rika, if not, I would have devoured you. Tell him that he is just a week in my hands. I have captured people who have been in this work for years. He is just a kid in my hands. God is protecting you. If He allows me, I will devour you. I have sent messages to Paul Rika that I have not yet come for him. It is my agents at work. He is preaching and teaching the truth, delivering people from darkness. I will not allow anybody to destroy my work and go scot-free. He says everything, even mentioning the pastors I have captured. He will suffer for it!  Go and tell your husband, he thinks he has the mouth to talk and expose...

God's blessing shall be following you continually for taking the time to study. Precept on Scriptural Fasting   Sunday 24th August Text: Ezra 8:21-23  Key verse: Luke 18:12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.  Fasting is a scriptural observance. It was observed by worshippers of God in the Old Testament and in the days of Jesus as a spiritual discipline required in relationship with God. At some instance when people wanted some blessing from God, they fasted. At times they fasted to express their sorrow over sin and evil and to show their repentance. Jesus fasted and taught the necessity of fasting.  Believers of the early church practiced fasting as a Christian discipline. Fasting is often accompanied by prayer. Bible practice shows that it is a spiritual discipline of its own as the payment of tithes. Fasting is a spiritual discipline that involves abstinence from food, solid and liquid, or from food and water, for one day or more. T...

God's blessing shall be following you continually for taking the time to study. Jesus Bore Your Sickness And Affliction  Saturday 23rd August TEXT: Isaiah 53:4-5 Key verse: Matthew 8:16 When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick. Remember Jesus in your sickness or affliction. Remember that He too bore our sickness and was afflicted. It will help you. Remember He was wounded and suffered pain. He was afflicted. When you know that though you are sick, Jesus bore our sicknesses and pain upon Him. If you remember this, it is going to humble you and make you not feel ashamed because you are sick. For your Lord, He also borne sickness upon Him, sick by our sickness. Sickness and affliction humble you. It makes you not to feel proud that you are afflicted, for He also was afflicted. So, remember Jesus. That humbles you. But how long did He remain in His affliction? How long di...

God's blessing shall be following you continually for taking the time to study. Beware Of False Apostles And Deceitful Workers  Friday 22nd August TEXT: Matthew 12:33-35 Key verse: Matthew 12:33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.   Many ministers are not of righteousness. They may have zeal but not in righteousness. The bible says that if any man desires the office of a bishop, he desires a good thing. But a bishop should have qualities in life. Some employ ministers from one place to another. If a man claims to be a minister of the gospel, you need to prayerfully verify him. Lay hand suddenly on no man and be not partaker of another man's sin. How long have you known that man? Except for this commercial ministry that people do to spoil the name of Jesus. Do you know him? Have you gotten enough report with him? Does not the Bible say he should not be a novice lest being l...

God's blessing shall be following you continually for taking the time to study. Ye Are My Friends If Ye Do Whatsoever I Command You Thursday 21st August TEXT: Jeremiah 2:  I - 9:  Key verse: John 15: 14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.  Jesus said I call you not servants but I call you friends. A servant does not know all the master doeth but a man is ready to open the whole of his heart to a friend. It means some are in the level of servants; you may not be trusted with weighty things. You may not be trusted with the words of the Lord in confidentiality. I call you not friends but I call you servants because a servant knoweth not all his master doeth. But he came to some people and said, “I call you friends.” I have proved you. Can you see the levels of relationship! All the while, they were not friends but servants. It took time to become friends after He had checked on them; He tested them, weighed them and saw their stability. He now called them f...

God's blessing shall be following you continually for taking the time to study. Demas The Backslider  Wednesday 20th August TEXT: 2 Timothy 4: 9 - 12 Key verse: 2 Timothy 4:10 For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica: Demas! You need to be there when he gave his life to Jesus. You need to be there when he submitted to the leadership of Paul. The zeal he played under Paul showing others that I have discovered a treasure. But what happened to Demas after some time? I told you of man. That Jesus knew man. He would not commission man immediately until He has tried and tested him because He knew what was in man. He will say hosanna, blessed is He that comes in the name of the Lord. He will turn again and say crucify him. We have no king but Caesar. He knows man. What happened to Demas? What did Paul do to Demas that he didn’t do to the other people? Go and meet with Demas he will tell you what he will call the secret of Apostle and t...

God's blessing shall be following you continually for taking the time to study. Scriptural Water Baptism For Believers   Tuesday 19th August Text: Matthew 28:18-20 Key verse: Mark 16: 16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. Water baptism for believers in the name of God the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved. This commandment came directly from the mouth of God. The Bible says that man shall live by every word. Will you go to heaven when you do not obey the scriptures? You neglected water baptism because you came from your church where they never taught the truth. If you were baptized as a sinner or by wrong method, now that you have come to Christ and known the Bible as a preacher, obey the word of God. Is your preaching position higher than that of Christ? You are not higher than this word. Submit to the proper baptism to conform to the truth.  Ripples o...

God's blessing shall be following you continually for taking the time to study. Jesus Gives Eternal Life Through Repentance And Faith In Him Monday 18th August Text: Luke 24:44-47  Key verse: Luke 24: 46 And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: Jesus came to give condemned man eternal life. For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth on him should not perish but have eternal life. So, if you believe in Jesus you shall have eternal life. The gospel message is repentance and forgiveness of sins through Jesus. Many people have left the gospel and are doing other things. Repentance is required before there can be forgiveness of sins. Repent and renounce your sinful life. Be determined not to commit sin. Show God that you do not want to commit sin and that you hate sin. Even if sin overpowers you, kick against it. Be purposed not to disobey God or to get defiled. That...

God's blessing shall be following you continually for taking the time to study. Diverse Ways God Speaks (2)  Sunday 17th August Text: 2 Peter 1:16-19 Key verse: 2 Peter I: 21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. By Prophetic Through the prophetic word of God spoken by prophecy. They spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost not of their own words? Is the Holy Ghost words the word of God? Then the word of God is still among us. Apart from the written one there is the prophetic one which is also still in the church, which must be received and used by the church. The prophetic word is the word of God. By the Voice of God: This could be audible. Many have heard God’s voice speaking audibly and are very sure it was God speaking. Do we say that they heard the voice of Satan? Is it only Satan that can speak? Did Satan not learn from God? The voice of God still speaks and when you hear the voice, it is th...

God's blessing shall be following you continually for taking the time to study. Diverse Ways God Speaks (1) Saturday 16th August Text: 2 Timothy 3:16-17 Key verse: Isaiah 34:16 Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.  By the written word of God The term, “All scripture is given by the inspiration of God” refers to the word of God. All scripture is written! Now there are people who stay by that which is written. They say that is where I stay my faith, that which is written. You are correct but you are not perfect. You are not complete because the word does not come only in the written. It has other forms that it assumes. It is also the revealed word. Whether it is written or not written it is still the word of God that comes by revelation. This shows that the mind of God in that matter is not known but God in His working makes it to be known. By the...

God's blessing shall be following you continually for taking the time to study. Holiness Guarantees Entrance Into Heaven  Friday 15th August TEXT: Psalm 24: 3 - 6 Key verse: Psalm 24: 4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lift up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. The highway of holiness is the way that gives meaning, blessings, assurance, fulfillment, rest and peace to life. Some people live their lives without holiness. They are outside this. They are lions and ravenous wolves. Their lives are terrible. They are dangerous. They are sinners. They reject holiness which means they are not going to heaven. They are not redeemed people because the redeemed shall be there. Redeemed from the earth. Some of them are near the kingdom anyway. Jesus told someone you are not far from the kingdom but you have not really come in.  For born again Christians, there is a highway to walk in to enter heaven called the highway of holiness. Some churches do not tal...

God's blessing shall be following you continually for taking the time to study. Believers’ Prayer and Action Towards Human Enemies and Persecutors.  Tuesday 12th August Text: Matthew 5: 43-45   Key verse: Romans 12: 21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.  Do not use the name of Jesus to destroy a human being. God will not answer such prayer because it is not according to His will. If such people actually die it is not God who killed them in answer to such prayers, but Satan, and God will require the blood of that person from the hands of the one that invited Satan into action through ungodly prayers. God has instructed us to leave vengeance to Him. He has promised to handle our enemies. Our duty is to pray for them and cast all our pains upon Him. There are some among our enemies that God will grant repentance, conversion and deliverance through our prayers, just as the prayers of others saved us.  God will judge some with plagues and there are...

God's blessing shall be following you continually for taking the time to study. Holy and Fervent Youths are the Hope of the Church and Community Saturday 9th August Text: 1 Samuel 17: 34- 36  Key verse: Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me You are the hope of your people, church, community and nation. People ran from Goliath but David said, ‘Let no man's heart fail. God has brought me.’ ‘And Saul said to David, thou art not able to go against this Philistine, to fight with him. For thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.’ Two youths met here. Goliath was a former youth but David is the present youth. The present shall win over the former because the latter shall be greater than the former. You shall come up with a new ministry and you shall do exploits in your denomination and society. You will perform where those old people could not perform. You shall have spiritual technological power. When they teach you in school for so...

God's blessing shall be following you continually for taking the time to study. Topic: Get Rid Of Pride  Thursday 7th August Text: Daniel 4: 30 – 32  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  Get ride is the father of all sins, as the devil is the father of all sinners. Pride is first a thought in the heart which manifests in words, looks and actions, it is a self-made ego or upliftment. The proud man sees himself great, important and better than many. Because of pride in his heart, he looks down on others. He exaggerates his personality and practically lies to earn more honour, respect and recognition of men. He envies those who are better, greater, higher and more intelligent than him. The proud man celebrates his achievement so greatly without regard to the God of heaven. He announces his good deeds for human recognition and praise. He speaks proudly and arrogan...

God's blessing shall be following you continually for taking the time to study. A man's gifts maketh a way for him.  Friday 8th August Text: 1 Samuel 17: 28 - Key verse: Proverbs 18: 16 ‘A man's gift maketh room for him. And bringeth him before great men.’ From our text we can see Eliab operating in the flesh against David walking in the spirit. Remember that Samuel would have anointed Eliab if God did not intervene and had allowed Samuel to go by the way of the flesh. Eliab would have been chosen to be anointed but see the man now with envy and jealousy in him. He saw the motivation of David. He saw the spirit that was working in David, moving him. He misjudged that to be pride. He saw the utterances of David to be pride. He saw David speaking with power. When Eliab heard David asking, ‘Who is this uncircumcised philistine to blaspheme the armies of the living God?’ He thought, ‘See this empty boy making noise just for people to praise him.’ 1 Samuel 17: 29, And David said...

God's blessing shall be following you continually for taking the time to study. Prophecy Must Be Subjected To Scriptural Scrutiny   Wednesday 6th August Text: Deuteronomy 18:20-22  Key verse: 1 Corinthians 14:2 For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries. Prophesying does not require uncontrolled shouting, falling down, crying, shaking, and unnecessary demonstration. The message must be given in clear speech, in dignity and decency for the glory of God. The message of prophecy must be subjected to scriptural scrutiny to know whether it is from God or not. This requires the following: I: Diligent listening to know the details of the message, John 7:51. II: Documentation of the details of the message for verification, Habakkuk 2:2, 3. III: Doctrinal analysis of the message, to ensure there is no contradiction to the written scripture, Galatians 1:8, 9. IV: Dutiful ve...

God's blessing shall be following you continually for taking the time to study. Decency and Orderliness in the Worship Service (1) Tuesday 5th August Text: 1 Corinthians 14:1-5  Key verse: 1 Corinthians 14:40 “Let all things be done decently and in order.” This chapter gives us essential guidelines on worship activities and attitude in a Christian assembly. We will survey this chapter to see the spirit and attitude of Christian worship in the New Testament church. Follow after charity. The apostle presents love as the greatest quality in the Christian worship service. The worshippers convene in love to worship the God who loves them and saved their souls through the Lord Jesus Christ. They gather in adoring love, in the name of Jesus their Lord and Savior, to worship the Father by the Holy Spirit. The worshippers also love one another and by love serve and minister to one another. The apostle shows that the activities of the worship service must be characterized by love. Those wh...

God's blessing shall be following you continually for taking the time to study. The Ministry Of True Ministers In These Last  Days  Monday 04 August Text: 2 Corinthians 4:1 – 6 Key verse: 1 Kings 19:18 Yet I have left Me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.  There are true and sincere ministers in our present generation who are raised and commissioned by God with the message and anointing for end time ministry in the church and in the world. They are born again, sanctified, holy, consecrated, and committed to the heavenly vision. They are free from all kinds of demonism in ministry and have divine authority over Satan and his dark kingdom.  Those who are in the team of righteous ministers in these last days preach: i: The Lord Jesus Christ. Ii: The cross of Jesus Christ. Iii: The death, burial, resurrection and ascension of the Lord to heaven. Iv: The authority and power of the Lord Jesus C...

God's blessing shall be following you continually for taking the time to study. Revelation of heaven and hell by Sister Linda; Some beautiful sights in heaven Sunday 3rd August Text: Revelation 22: 16 – 17  Key verse: Revelation 21: 11 “Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal.” As we walked together, I saw a light was coming from a far distance but brightening the whole heaven. I wondered! When I looked in that light, I saw dew with a golden chair inside. Jesus said, “That place you are seeing is the throne of My Father.” I saw a mighty angel dressed like a warrior prepared to fight with weapons on his body. The angel was not smiling but he was very handsome. Jesus said, “This is angel Michael. When you go back to the world My righteous children will tell you why angel Michael is dressed for war.”  As we were walking, I saw many children surrounding a woman. Jesus said, “Do you know this woman and t...

God's blessing shall be following you continually for taking the time to study. Revelation of heaven and hell by Sister Linda; My entrance into heaven Saturday 2nd August Text: Revelation 1: 14-18  Key verse: Revelation 22: 13 “I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.” When I saw this gate, I forgot about the pain in hell. I said, “Ah! What type of beautiful gate is this?” Some angels came to me and started to transform my body. They gave me a glorious body that looked like glass. I thought, “What kind of body is this?” I started to admire my body. Then a very bright light flashed on my face and I fell down on my knees. I could not stand the light. I said, “Ah! Which kind of light is this?” When I tried to block the light, it would penetrate into my eyes. A mighty voice came out of that light and said, “Welcome, my daughter, Linda.” His mighty voice shook the ground. I saw very large feet of a man with golden sandals, standing before me. I marvelled,...