Month: March 2021

Date: 26.03.2021

Topic: DO NOT PATTERN YOUR LIFE AFTER THEM Part 3
Biblical Text: “ And he went up from thence unto Bethel and he was going up by the way, then came forth little children out of the city and mocked him and said unto him, go up thou bald head; go up, thou bald head”. [2 Kings 2:23]

Not long after Elisha, the protégé of prophet Elijah witnessed how Elijah was translated by the whirlwind into heaven, from Jericho, he was heading to Bethel situated in the hill. Probably, he was going to the sons of the prophets to comfort and encourage them of the loss of Elijah. As he was ascending the city, there came forth little children (John Gill’s strong concordance disclosed that the age of the ‘children’ will be around 30-40 years of age) came out of the city to mock prophet Elisha. They tried to intimidate the prophet by calling him a bald head. They flouted and jeered him to go up to heaven after Elijah. They mocked the wondrous work of the Lord. They behaved like little children in their thinking. Elisha turned back and looked at them expecting them to stop hurling insults at him; yet they repeated the mockeries; then he cursed them in the name of the Lord. Immediately, two she bears came forth out of the wood and tore 42 of them. This is an awful punishment for their wickedness which they knowingly and willingly committed and of their parents who did not train them well. These men were not afraid to abuse and castigate a man of God and they paid dearly for it. Do not join believers who feel that they are in the position to reprove, intimidate, abuse and castigate a man of God; do not see yourself as a vocal person whose mouth has no bridle. God does not take it lightly when you speak against his anointed loosely. Be careful.

KNOW IT ∞ Do not think you are in a position to reprove a man of God. Let God be the Judge.
READ IT ∞ 2 Kings 2:23-24
PRAY IT ∞ Father, give me the wisdom never to speak against Your servants
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR ∞ Job 38-42

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Date: 25.03.2021

Topic: ZERO TO HERO PART 3
Biblical Text: “ And the king loved Esther above all the woman and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins so that he set the royal crown upon her head and made her queen instead of Vashti”. [Esther 2:17]

King Ahasuerus hosted a feast and invited queen Vashti to come and show the princes and the people her beauty but she refused to come out at the king’s commandment. The king was displeased; he consulted with his advisers and concluded that queen Vashti should be banished from the palace and her royal estate should be given to another. The search began for who will replace queen Vashti. Young virgins were carefully selected amongst which the next royal queen in Shushan would be chosen. Among the fair virgins selected was Esther. She was an orphan; with no father and mother; she lived with her uncle in exile. But Esther was a humble and God-fearing fair virgin. The virgins were given twelve months to take care of themselves after which they will be brought to the king. The turn of Esther came to meet the king; the Lord gave her grace and favour in the presence of the king over all the other virgins. The king set the royal crown upon her head and made her queen instead of Vashti. The king then honored Esther with a great feast. For God to lift us from a zero to a hero, we must be humble and God fearing; just like Esther. Also, the king did not want any lady, he wanted a virgin; it is also important we keep our chastity for God to take us from a zero to a hero.

KNOW IT ∞ We must be humble and God fearing for God to take us from a zero to a hero.
READ IT ∞ Esther 2:1-20
PRAY IT ∞ Father, put in me the Spirit of humility and your fear so that I can be exalted.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR ∞ Job 35-37

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Date: 24.03.2021

Topic: THE ULTIMATE INSTRUCTOR
Biblical Text: “I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye”. [Psalm 32:8]

Instruction is telling (someone) what they must do or should do. I was watching a 100 meter track and field event some years back. According to the build up to the final, the runner in a particular lane had the best chance of winning. Normally, the commencement of any race is marked by the sound of a gunshot. This particular runner jumped the gun on two occasions; he was warned that he will be disqualified the third time he jumped the gun. He was anxious. Unfortunately, he jumped the gun again the third time, he was disqualified from the race for not following instruction. He missed a golden opportunity to win the race. It takes someone who is ready to follow the instruction of the most High God to make progress and win in life. Without God’s instruction, Abraham would have died unfulfilled in his father’s house. The ultimate instructor made him a father of many nations. Apostle Peter was instructed by God to follow three men that sought him; he moved according to the instruction of God, that action marked the beginning of the baptism of fire among the Gentiles which started in the house of Brother Cornelius. Let God instruct and teach you in the way that you should go and your expectation shall not be cut off. We must not refuse instruction. Those qualified to instruct you are God [the ultimate instructor]; your parents, your spiritual fathers and spiritual wise counsellors. However, God is the ultimate instructor; all other instruction must bow to His instruction for your life. Incline your ear to His instruction and you shall live.

KNOW IT ∞ God is the ultimate instructor, follow his instruction.
READ IT ∞ Proverbs 8:33, 13:18, Isaiah 55:3
PRAY IT ∞ Father, I submit myself fully to your instruction, teach and guide me O Lord.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR ∞ Job 32-34

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Date: 23.03.2021

Topic: AGAPE LOVE
Biblical Text: “ Charity suffereth long and is kind, charity envieth not, charity vauneth not itself, is not puffed up”. [1 Corinthians 13:4]

There are four basic types of love; eros based on romantic love; storge based on familiarity or affection; philia based on friendship love and agape love based on God kind of love. Agape love can be defined as charity which represents God’s love to man, man’s love to God or man’s love to his fellow-men. Agape love is unconcerned with self and concerned with the greatest good of another. It is not borne just out of emotions, feelings, familiarity or attraction but from the will and as a choice. Agape requires faithfulness, commitment and sacrifices without expecting anything in return. It is the highest form of love. Agape love is love that comes from God. While we are yet sinners, Christ shewed his Agape love by dying for us. Agape love is an unconditional love, it is without sentiment. God expects us to love Him and others with agape love. The greatest commandments instruct us to ‘Agapao’ God and our neighbors. We cannot love our friends unconditionally and be unconcerned about their salvation. You claim to love your neighbors but while you are coasting to heaven, they are coasting to hell and you do not care; this cannot be love. When you see loved ones on the road to hell, do you weep and cry to God to change them? Because of the ‘agapao’ love you have for them. When you love God with ‘agapao’ love, you can spend hours in His presence and feel no boredom. You do not feel bored in the presence of someone you genuinely love. Let us love unconditionally with no ‘strings attached’.

KNOW IT ∞ The God kind of love is agape love.
READ IT ∞ John 15:13, 13:35, 1 John 4:8
PRAY IT ∞ Father, give me the grace to obey the greatest commandments by loving unconditionally.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR ∞ Job 28-31

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Date: 22.03.2021

Topic: HE IS ALIVE
Biblical Text: “ Yet a little while and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me because I live, ye shall live also ”. [John 14:19]

Jesus is alive! He is alive! O death, where is your sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The greatest event that defined our existence as a Christian is the death and resurrection of Jesus. Ordinarily, we were supposed to suffer and to die but Jesus took our place. He paid the ultimate price for our sins by his death on the cross. Apostle Paul said, ‘If after the manner of men, I have fought with beast at Ephesus, what advantageth it me; if the dead rise not? Let us eat and drink for tomorrow we die’[1 Corinthians 15:32].Thanks be to Jesus! Because He is alive, we know we have access to everlasting life! The hope of a true believer is that they never taste of death; just like Jesus did! A true believer of Christ does not die like ordinary men, they live forever. That is the promise Jesus made to us. Jesus had the power to lay down his life and to take it up again in order to blot out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, nailing it to the cross thereby giving us victory over death and the grave [Colossians 2:14]. Praise God! Beloved, our faith is not in vain, JESUS is alive. Through the resurrection of Jesus we have been begotten to a lively hope, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled; that fadeth not. Rejoice, Jesus is alive!

KNOW IT ∞ Because Jesus is alive, I cannot fear death or the grave.
READ IT ∞ 1 Peter 1:3, Colossians 2:14, 1 Corinthians 15:17
PRAY IT ∞ Father, I rejoice because Jesus is alive forever more.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR ∞ Malachi 3-4

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Date: 22.03.2021

Topic: HE IS ALIVE
Biblical Text: “ Yet a little while and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me because I live, ye shall live also ”. [John 14:19]

Jesus is alive! He is alive! O death, where is your sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The greatest event that defined our existence as a Christian is the death and resurrection of Jesus. Ordinarily, we were supposed to suffer and to die but Jesus took our place. He paid the ultimate price for our sins by his death on the cross. Apostle Paul said, ‘If after the manner of men, I have fought with beast at Ephesus, what advantageth it me; if the dead rise not? Let us eat and drink for tomorrow we die’[1 Corinthians 15:32].Thanks be to Jesus! Because He is alive, we know we have access to everlasting life! The hope of a true believer is that they never taste of death; just like Jesus did! A true believer of Christ does not die like ordinary men, they live forever. That is the promise Jesus made to us. Jesus had the power to lay down his life and to take it up again in order to blot out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, nailing it to the cross thereby giving us victory over death and the grave [Colossians 2:14]. Praise God! Beloved, our faith is not in vain, JESUS is alive. Through the resurrection of Jesus we have been begotten to a lively hope, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled; that fadeth not. Rejoice, Jesus is alive!

KNOW IT ∞ Because Jesus is alive, I cannot fear death or the grave.
READ IT ∞ 1 Peter 1:3, Colossians 2:14, 1 Corinthians 15:17
PRAY IT ∞ Father, I rejoice because Jesus is alive forever more.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR ∞ Malachi 3-4

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