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July 1.   THROUGH THE NAME                Then Peter said, “Silver and gold I do not have, but what I have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk. Acts 3:6; 15 & 21. There is something in a name and this is seen in the scriptures, from Genesis to the book of Revelation men are known by their names. The names we bear have meanings and may be giveafter an event or a family tradition. Names are given for different purposes and they can inspire hope or remind people of an event.  John the Baptist was named John to complete the event of his father’s encounter with an Angel. The bible identifies people by their names, and tribes, Joshua is known as the son of Nun from the tribe of Ephraim.  The name you bear identifies you and your family and also your tribe. Your name may or may not ring a bell but you have a name that is your identity.  Today we are meeting with a cripple who was ...

June 30.   It is by the Lord’s mercies that we are not destroyed, because His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23 AFV HYMN: NEW EVERY MORNING IS THE LOVE  1 New every morning is the love Our wakening and uprising prove, Through sleep and darkness safely brought, Restored to life and power and thought. 2 If on our daily course our mind Be set to hallow all we find, New treasures still of countless price God will provide for sacrifice. 3 Old friends, old scenes, will lovelier be As more of Heaven in each we see; Some softening gleam of love and prayer Shall dawn on every cross and care. 4 The trivial round, the common task, Will furnish all we ought to ask; Room to deny ourselves, a road To bring us daily nearer God. 5 Only, O Lord, in thy great love, Fit us for perfect rest above; And help us, this and every day, To live more nearly as we pray. Thank God that the mercies of God have enabled you to see...

June 29.  MY HELPER [1] I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come?  [2]  My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.  [3] He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber.  [4] Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.  [5] The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade on your right hand.  [6]  The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.  [7] The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life.  [8] The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore. Psalm 121:1-8 ESV Let Us Pray: Dear Lord and Father, too often have I thought that my help and security comes from all sorts of gadgets and the government, forgive me Lord. Help me to trust in You as I meditate on this Psalm in the name of Jesus. For Further Study: Psalm 91

June 28.      I AM WITH YOU, YOU ARE MINE Israel, the Lord who created you says, “Do not be afraid—I will save you. I have called you by name—you are mine. Isaiah 43:1 GNT How does it feel when you read God's love text to you? When we were young, it was through letters that we communicated and when a lady received a letter from a man saying ‘you are mine’ she was so happy. For that proclamation to be backed with ‘I will never leave you nor forsake’ even called for more joy. God says He calls you by your name and you are His. In the night or daytime, He is with you. You are not alone in your struggles or your joy. Even when you fail to recognize Him, He still stays there protecting you from any harm.  He promised that He will never leave you yet you ignore Him even when He is there to help you. We must have hurt God a lot. He gave His only begotten Son Jesus to die for the sin that separates us from Him yet we fail to trust Him. He is not a man that will l...

June 27.    JOY COMES I’ve learned that his anger lasts for a moment, but his loving favor lasts a lifetime! We may weep through the night, but at daybreak it will turn into shouts of ecstatic joy. Psalms 30:5 TPT It is good to look at let nature speak to one at moments of despair. God is good and faithful that for every season that one may pass through in life, there is the equivalent of such in nature.  Are you in the night season now? God visits you today. He is telling you that day comes for you when joy and light will shine on you. It gets darkest before the day breaks. You are not forgotten. God is Father who forgets none of His children.  Look also at the weather. The dry season and the rainy season. The farmer plants and patiently for the early and latter rain for his harvest. Goodness comes after the difficult season.  Imagine the day in the dark season and rejoice that day will surely come. As long as the earth exists, day and night will no...

June 26.   YOUR HEART FOLLOWS YOUR TREASURE For your heart will always be where your riches are. Matthew 6:21 GNT Some years back, it was revealed to me that many poor people are ‘richer’ than those who are actually wealthy because their hearts are always pursuing after wealth. A poor man has his imagination and heart on acquisition of wealth. He lives envying the rich and his treasure is the riches he wishes he could have. His heart is there.  Some people have their treasure in marriage whether they are actually married or not. Whatever your treasure is dictates where your heart will be.  If Jesus is your treasure then your heart will be with Jesus. Every other thing that can be the treasure of the heart gives anxiety for it can  disappear any time. When Jesus is your treasure and your heart is with Him, you will have peace and you can ask for anything you wish and it will be done for you. John 15:7.  What is your treasure? That is where your heart ...

June 25.   STAY IN CHRIST If you remain in me and my words remain in you, then you will ask for anything you wish, and you shall have it. John 15:7 GNT The earth is a mega mega city where we all live. It is divided into various cities and we keep our peace by adapting to safety instructions as the tide dictates. In the spirit realm too, we have the universal spirit realm. In the realm, there are two major compartments, the realm of Christ and the realm of those who do not believe in Him. There are turbulence and wars in the spirit as well Revelation 12:7. When war happens in heaven, the spirits that are disobedient to God bring problems or pleasures on earth that can make people say God does not exist or He is not powerful. Pleasures lure the heart of man away from God making them rely on their strength and understanding. Problems overwhelm the heart, making man ask where God is if He exists at all. Those who remain in Christ are not blown off by the storm but are prote...

June 24.   WHEN EXISTING TOGETHER BECOMES PERPTUAL WAR And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land. And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren. Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left. Genesis 13:7-9 KJV We face situations like the above in many nations of the world in recent times. While few are resolved without war and blood shed, most involve wars and blood shed with lots of destruction of property.  When Abram and Lot parted ways peacefully, there was no bitterness and Abram was able to rescue Lot from enemies’ attacks and God even heard Abram’s intercession to spare Lot when He was going to destr...

June 23.       IMITATE JESUS If we say that we remain in union with God, we should live just as Jesus Christ did. 1 John 2:6 GNT Imitating Christ may be very difficult especially when it comes to loving your enemies and blessing those who curse you. If you are in Christ however, you have been given the power to do it. The Holy Spirit in you empowers you to be Christ here on earth.  When you give your life to Christ, you are told to go out and preach Jesus to people and heal disease etc. imitating Christ. You don't see that happening and you become disappointed. I found that we are not told to take on the inward man of Christ. Jesus did not curse his enemies even on the cross. Stephen and the early Apostles did not rain fire and brimstone on their enemies either. They identified with Christ in suffering and forgiving their persecutors then they truly became imitators of Christ in the miracles as well.  Study the life of Christ in the gospels espe...

June 22.  KNOWLEDGE THAT LIBRATES  June 22.   THE LIBRATING KNOWLEDGE  They do not know, neither do they understand; they walk on in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken out of course. I have said, “You are gods; and all of you are sons of the Most High. Psalms 82:5-6 AFV We have seen that knowledge sets a person free from bondage. The breakthrough knowledge is to know who you are. There is the story that an eagle’s egg was incubated and hatched with hen’s eggs. It grew up to be behaving like a chicken but it kept wondering why its wings were bigger than those of its ‘siblings’. One day it saw an eagle flying high and it saw the resemblance between its wings and that of the eagle. It opened its wings and tried to fly. After a few trials, it could fly like what it is, an eagle.  Your breakthrough knowledge is to know and believe that you are god and son of the Most High God and then live as such. Jesus said “Truly, truly I say to...

ESSENTIALS FOR LIVING Through wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established;  And by knowledge the rooms shall be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.  Proverbs 24:3-4 AFV The world poses so may challenges to the people that are in it. The bulk of these challenges are man made because we lack the three essentials for living as contained in Proverbs 24:3-4. The essentials are WISDOM, UNDERSTANDING AND KNOWLEDGE. Where do the three come from?  [1] My son, if you will receive my words and treasure up my commandments within you, [2] So that you incline your ear to wisdom and apply your heart to understanding; [3] Yea, if you cry after knowledge and lift up your voice for understanding; [4] If you seek her as silver and search for her as for hidden treasures, [5] Then you shall understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God. [6] For the Lord gives wisdom; out of His mouth comes knowledge and understanding. Proverbs 2:1-6 AF...

June 20.     DIALOGUE WITH GOD “ And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour. And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us?…” ‭‭Judges‬ ‭6‬:‭12‬-‭13‬ ‭KJV‬‬ IF I AM GOD OR SON OF God, WHY…? God became Man in Christ that man may become God. Whoever believes in Jesus and accepts the Holy Spirit of God into his heart has the power to become the son of God. “ But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:” ‭‭John‬ ‭1‬:‭12‬ ‭KJV‬‬   Many have believed, baptised in water and the Holy Spirit yet too many life happenings defeat them without any clue. Why? This is why: “ A man [who is held] in honor, Yet who lacks [spiritual] understanding and a teachable heart, is like the beasts that perish.” ‭‭Psalm 49‬:20‬ AMP‬‬ We are held in honor and lack spiritual understanding and a tea...

June 19.   STAND 📖 “For this reason, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to take a stand on the evil day and, after you have done everything, to stand.” ‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭6‬:‭13‬ ‭EHV‬‬ 🤔 There is the beautiful hymn standing on the promises of God that I love and sung in times of trial over time. Each time, it never fails to give me comfort and courage. The times we are in now all over the world call for people to take their stand and stay firm on it. Every time that you open to the news media, you read or hear of all the evil going on. Even when you choose not to use the media, people around you will offer you the unsolicited information. How do you take your stand?  🤔 We must begin with each person taking his own stand and as others see a thriving person in this turbulent world near them, they will be forced to inquire and copy whatever he says. The fearful person cannot take a corporate stand and such a person will weaken others with their fea...

June 18.  1 Chronicles ch 19-21; John 21 LORD THY WORD ABIDETH 1 Lord, Thy Word abideth, And our footsteps guideth; Who its truth believeth, Light and joy receiveth. 2 When our foes are near us, Then Thy Word doth cheer us, Word of consolation, Message of salvation. 3 When the storms are o’er us, And dark clouds before us, Then its light directeth, And our way protecteth. 4 Who can tell the pleasure, Who recount the treasure, By Thy Word imparted To the simple-hearted? 5 Word of mercy, giving Succour to the living; Word of life, supplying Comfort to the dying. 6 O that we, discerning Its most holy learning, Lord, may love and fear Thee, Evermore be near Thee. We round up this session on the Word with the words of the above hymn. Look deeply into every stanza and see how the word of God works in man’s life. Surrender to the word of God and enjoy all that God offers for your good.  Let Us Pray: My Father, thank you that your word that gives abundant life is availabl...

June 17.  THE WORD IS GOD In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.   John 1:1-3 NIV This portion of scripture has not stopped thrilling me because it shows how many can exercise his mandate from God. Those who understand it use it to their advantage. I want us to see this scripture with Psalm 82:6 repeated by Jesus in John 10:34. “I say, ‘You are gods; you are all children of the Most High.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭82‬:‭6‬ ‭NLT‬‬ . God says you are gods. So I am god! I am a child of the Most High God! My word is god and it is me. It carries my authority jus as the word of God carried authority at creation.  This implies that if I know how to use my world properly, I can create as my heart desires within the boundary that God’s word gives me. It also means that I can choose not to surrender myself to any word that d...

June 16.   THE WORD WORKS “ “For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, And do not return there, But water the earth, And make it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower And bread to the eater, So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭55‬:‭10‬-‭11‬ ‭NKJV The word works and you can easily prove that by simply giving a command to a junior officer at work or someone under your authority and he carries it out. The highest authority is God so His word directed at anything performs. The word may not perform instantly because it is like a seed that takes time to germinate. The word of God definitely grows and bears fruit at the right time.  I remember some years back when the government of the day seized the property of a woman at a prime place of Lagos. The woman was not happy and did not have peace...

June 15.   THE WORD WORKS BY AUTHORITY  Who can speak and have it happen if the Lord has not decreed it? Lamentations 3:37 NIV When we were young and my cousin would come to ask me to do some chores, I would ask who wanted it done. If she said ‘mummy’ or ‘daddy’, I would do it but if it was her own demand, I wouldn't do it and there weren't any consequences. However, when her request was backed with the authority of mummy or daddy, the request was carried out as soon as possible. That is how authority is to the word.  Nobody can say anything and it will be carried out in the spirit realm except the Lord decrees it. The implication of this is that no curse placed upon a child of God can stand except God decrees it. This is why deliverance is preached so that any cursed person can hear the word that will release him.  Be assured that once you have and remain under the cover of the Holy Spirit, no one can curse you.  Let Us Pray: Dear Lord God and my Fa...

June 14.  1 Chronicles ch 10-11; John 18:22-40 The Word Is Medicine He sent out his word and healed them; he rescued them from the grave. Psalms 107:20 NIV When the children of Israel became rebellious and disobeyed God, they became sick and were near to the grave. They cried to God and He sent His word and healed them and delivered them from the grave. The Word of God is health to the bones of man. If you find His word and read and believe, the word heals you.  Health is one of the major concerns of people now. Social media is full of posts on health now that science is failing and where it is helpful, the cost is beyond the reach of most people. People have however ignored the word of God which is free and effective. I see posts in hospital wards that read WE CARE GOD HEALS and I wonder how people ignore the healer for the carer. The Healer is there for whoever cares to go to Him at any time. Jesus is the Word that was with God in the beginning and was God and th...

June 13.     The Word Is Light Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path. Psalms 119:105 NIV In Bible times, when there was no street lighting, they needed a lamp for their feet as well as light for their path. You can now visualise the word as a street lamp for your feet and path in the spirit.  This is how it works.  The entrance of thy words giveth light; It giveth understanding unto the simple. Psalm 119:130 KJV  The word of God or word at all lights the mind of man in whatever direction it should take. Have you ever been confused or in the dark about the steps to take concerning an issue? A word or phrase enters your mind and you have an insight or inspiration. If you have given your heart to Jesus and ask the Holy Spirit to guide you, that word will be the word of God. If you follow it, you will succeed in whatever you do. If it is any other word, you are walking in darkness and you will stumble.  Have you surrendered your life ...

  June 12.   …to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, Ephesians 5:26 NIV   One of the uses of water in the physical is washing. It is the same in the spirit. Water of the word can also be used to wash and even pollute both in the spiritual as well as physical.   Have you heard the word brainwash before? What is used to wash the brain? The water of the word. If you want to brainwash anyone, you speak the word you want to get into his brain to him instead of what he had held as truth until he believes and holds the new fact you are presenting to him.   This is the process by which faith or fear is generated. People can brainwash you or you can brainwash yourself. You need to speak the word to people to hear and speak it until they really hear it enough to make them make a decision concerning it. I heard the word of Christ several times until I began to speak it to myself then I believed and gave my life to Christ. I then...

July 11.      Deuteronomy 8:3 NIV [3] He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.   God led the Israelites for forty years in the wilderness without food and they were sustained with manna that they neither made nor knew from where it came. God used this to tell them that man does not live by bread alone but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.   Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” Matthew 4:4 NIV The word from the mouth of God is what gives life to our entire being. It takes putting the word of God that you believe to practice to see it works.   Some years back, we were asked to fast which I don't normally do but this time it was even worse as I had no food to break. When...

June 10.    See what they spew from their mouths— the words from their lips are sharp as swords, and they think, “Who can hear us?”- Psalms 59:7 NIV   Has someone talked to you before and it was like you were pierced with a sharp sword? I have experienced it both ways. I had talked to someone before and I knew he died inwardly that day and someone had talked to me before that she killed something inside of me. The word is a sword. “ And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God.” Ephesians 6 : 17 AMP the word of God is called the sword of the spirit. Spiritual battles are not fought with hands and legs like we see in deliverance services but with the word of God which is the sword of the spirit. This is why Jesus said He was sent to preach deliverance to captives. Deliverance is by the word and not by boxing the devil or demons. We must learn how to preach deliverance to captives. The word is what drives demons out. The wor...

June 9.    “For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.” Matthew 12 : 37 NIV I remember one day when we were young, I wanted to report an incident that happened between me and my senior sister when our grandmother was not around. I told the story thinking my grandma would chastise my sister. Instead she chastised me saying by my words I pronounced myself guilty. I felt so bad because my sister really mistreated me but the way I presented the incident put me in trouble. The words we speak truly justifies or condemns us. The word we speak judges us and every word we speak shall be accounted for on the day of judgement. Such is the power of the word. If you were to be judged and given everything you say, will you be happy? How will your life be: confused or peaceful? Always remember this when you speak. Let us pray: Dear Father, now that I am knowing the power in my word, help me to control my heart from which my words come in Je...

June 8.   So tell them, ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord, I will do to you the very thing I heard you say: Numbers 14:28 NIV I watched a video clip from one of the social media platforms. A teacher was canning a student for bad behaviour. After the first stroke of the cane, the student was sighing, crying and not stretching out his hand for more. Then the teacher said “give me your hand or you want to cane me?" The boy didn't reply then the teacher said “take the cane and flog me the way you are looking at me." He stretched the cane to the boy and the boy took it and flogged him twice. The teacher ran out sighing. Funny story but tells us what the word does. If you speak a word, you must expect its fruit. Even God had to tell Moses that He would do to the children of Israel what they had said to His hearing. This shows that whatever God hears from you regularly or emphatically, He gives to you. So whatever word you sow into God He does for you. Let us take ...

  June 7    “ The devil or serpent is another sower that not just scatters but deliberately plants his seed in people's hearts like he did to Eve. Here is how he does it. Aside from the written commandments of God, God leaves a witness in our hearts that tells us when something is not Godly. However, the devil speaks to your mind that it is okay and it will give you beautiful results. The result will be quick and no one will know. As you hold his suggestions in your mind, you begin to understand how to do it until the evil grows and gives you the bad fruit. Eve looked at the tree and considered how good it was, then she ate it and gave it to Adam as well. If it is the word of God that enters your heart as well, and you hold it in there, it will open up to give you understanding and as you persevere doing it, it will yield its fruit. Are you conscious of the two voices in your heart? What challenge do you have now that you are debating which voice to obey? ...

  June 6.    “Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life.” - Proverbs 4 : 23 NKJV King Solomon counselled that we should guard our hearts with all diligence because issues of life come from there. How does Jesus explain this? The word is seed. The heart is the soil. The heart does not distinguish between seeds. Any seed sown will germinate once it has the right environment. The word of God is seed and likewise the word of the world or the world of the devil. Jesus explained how the heart processes the word. But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.” - Matthew 13:23 NIV When the word gets into the heart and it is retained so that the hearer understands it then perseveres in doing what he understands, the fruit of the word will be life to him. Let us look at this example. Everyone thinks ...

June 5.   “Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.” -   Mark 4:3-4 NIV Years back, farmers were digging the ground or making heaps to plant seeds at appropriate positions. Then mechanised farming evolved and machines were used as planting aids. As words are seeds, anyone who can speak is a farmer. I want us to look at mechanised planting aids that we have now for planting the word. Mass communication equipment like televisions, radios, and mass communication apps on phones and tablets. You see, someone who wants to scatter a seed word or idea goes on the radio and television to place an advertisement. Through this, he sows the seed of his word to as many people as tune in to the channel. Regular playing of the advert keeps it on people's mouths depending on how interesting it is and it germinates in people's hearts. Posts on social media apps have the same effect. Posts aff...

  June 4.   “Here, then, is the deeper meaning to my parable: The word of God is the seed that is sown into hearts.” - Luke 8:11 TPT Sometimes, we see plants that we did not plant coming up in our compounds. In my house some years back, there was an unusual and lone pawpaw tree in my compound. It brought forth big sweet and succulent fruit. I don't know which species it was but it was good. Nobody watered it but it survived out of all the various species of pawpaw that grew randomly in the compound. Apart from seeds that grow randomly, one can choose to deliberately plant some trees of one’s desire. When you are looking at ‘ word ’ in general, consider it as seed and as you keep the seed word in your mouth, it will open up to how relevant this is in your life. Word as seed will now give meaning to why the word in the mouth enters the heart which is the soil as Jesus has explained. You can link Deuteronomy 30:15 to the Parable of the Sower. As you speak the word delibera...

  June 3.    “Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach. No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it.” Deuteronomy 30 : 11 , 14 NIV “Someone should have told me much earlier and I would not have struggled with wanting to please God by doing His commandments by my power yet messed everything up.” We were made to memorize scriptures but not taught how to see scriptures so as to feel them and handle them. The Word of life is not beyond human reach. God had to tell the children of Israel how to obey His word of life and the same thing applies to us now. The word of life is to be kept in their mouths and from there it enters their hearts where it will become their life. When I saw this while reading the bible, I chose to practice it and over time, I found that my nature started changing in line with the word I kept in my mouth.   I did not have to struggle to do good so I wo...

  June 2. “ On the third day they found him (Jesus) in the Temple, sitting with the Jewish teachers, listening to them and asking questions.” Luke 2 : 46 GN T Can you remember when you were in school? How did you learn the different subjects? You did what Jesus did: sat with the teachers, spoke and asked questions. You were either given some homework to see if you understood the application of the principle taught. To become good at any subject, you revised it during prep time. The more we study, the better we become at the subject or the more proficient we get at the job. I have friends who choose to go to school in their senior years putting in so much effort into studying yet the same people only stay with expositions from pastors or in devotionals when it comes to Christianity and the word of God. To know the word, you must hear it and see it to handle it. Hearing is easy and straight. If you like what you hear, then there is a process to see it. Let's go through the w...