Christian Devotional

Pastor Chris Oyakhilome DSc, D.D

PRAY CORRECTLY

TO THE BIBLE John 14:13-14

LET’S TALK➡

Jesus said in John 16:23, “In that day you will not question Me about anything. Truly, truly, I say to you, if you ask the Father for anything in My name, He will give it to you”(NASB). So it’s the Father that answers our prayers. We’ve been granted the power of attorney to use the Name of Jesus. When we make requests of the Father in the Name of Jesus, it’s as though Jesus Himself were praying. However, the Holy Spirit is the one who makes it happen; He’s the power of God. He’s the doer, the performer of the works of God.

What about the angels? They’re servants of God who carry out assignments the Holy Spirit wants them to. Furthermore, they’re ministering spirits sent to minister for us, the heirs of salvation (Hebrews 1:14). How wonderful it is to realise you can enjoy an awesome ministry of the Holy Spirit, and initiate angelic activities as you pray in the Name of Jesus!

TO THE BIBLE: Luke 10:41-42 MSG

“The Master said, “Martha, dear Martha, you’re fussing far too much and getting yourself worked up over nothing. One thing only is essential, and Mary has chosen it--it’s the main course, and won’t be taken from her.””

LET’S TALK

Many young people are preoccupied with getting better grades, having more money, being more likeable, attractive, and trendy, etc. While it’s okay to have these things, they’ll never make you a complete person or bring you to the place where God’s Spirit wants you to be. Your greatest pursuit in life should be getting a hold of God’s Word, knowing it, and living it. It matters that you allow the Word to build your life and mould your character.

In Luke 10, when Jesus visited Mary and Martha in their home, Martha thought to give Him a treat, so she hurried into the kitchen to fix Him a meal. Mary, however, thought that the Master in their house was an opportunity of a lifetime to get her life enriched. So she sat at Jesus’ feet, listening to Him with rapt attention and absorbing every Word that came out of His lips.

Despite Martha complaining that Mary had left her to do the chores all by herself, Jesus commended Mary’s faith and passion for the Word. He noted that Mary gave attention to what was most important while Martha had her priorities wrong. Learn from Mary; set your priorities right by giving your greatest attention to the Word of God.

Remember the precious words of the Master in Matthew 6:33, “...let your first care be for his kingdom and his righteousness; and all these other things will be given to you in addition” (BBE).

Go Deeper: Psalm 37:4, Matthew 6:33

Pray

Dear Father, thank you for giving me your Word—the material to build my life and strengthen my faith. Through your Word, my understanding is enlightened to know the mysteries of your Kingdom, and walk in your perfect will, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

Act

Make up your mind from today that God’s Word will be the first thing you study when you wake up in the morning. Do this consistently throughout this week, and it’ll become your habit.

The fellowship of the Holy Spirit By Pastor Chris Part 2

T o worship God in spirit and in truth means to worship Him from your spirit, and in accordance with His Word. However, before anyone can worship or serve God with his spirit, that spirit must be in union with the Father. Jesus said, “ …the Father seeketh such to worship him.” Why does the Father seek such?

The reason is that real worship is a communion with the Father. It’s beyond the singing or the words offered in prayer; it’s about the fellowship that takes place in the realm of the spirit as your spirit communes with Him. This is why, sometimes in worship, you experience such glorious transportation of the Spirit; a blissful experience beyond words.

God expects you to live, and serve Him, from your spirit. You can’t serve God with your brain or ideas. You can’t serve Him with your senses

The fellowship of the Holy Spirit By Pastor Chris Part 1

The Holy Spirit of God is a gift of God to us, and He is a gift that everyone should have, in the church if the members are not filled with the spirit; you are going to have a terrible job. It will be difficult for you, if people are not yielded to the Holy Spirit, you will have arguments, they will have difficulty believing what you saying, telling story about what you saying, angry with one another, full of envy, bitterness and so on.

It is the Pastor’s responsibility to see to it that all the member of the church is filled with the Holy Spirit. Halleluiah!

There is a gift of God that is very important and it is called the laying on of hands, everybody those not have it; it’s a gift. You will notice that when a minister lay hand’s; there are those that nothing will happen there are those then when they lay hands on people you don’t see any visible thing, nothing really seems to happen. Alright now why is it so? Because it is a gift and some ministers are giving that gift for example the gift of prophecy is a gift, everyone does not have the gift of prophecy, but it is Gods will that everyone of us should have the gift of prophecy; because He told us to desire more to prophecy than any other gift so we could be a blessing to the church you see.

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TO THE BIBLE: 3 John 1:2 KJV

“Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth”

LET’S TALK

When God meets any poor person, His intention, always, is to enrich him, and He’s been doing this from generation to generation. He specializes in turning beggars into princes: “He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the beggar from the ash heap, to set them among princes…” (1 Samuel 2:8). This is wonderful!

Furthermore, the Bible says, in Isaiah 48:17, “Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, The Holy One of Israel: “I am the Lord your God, Who teaches you to profit, Who leads you by the way you should go.”” God is saying in this scripture that He’s the best Person to teach you about prosperity. He cares about you and is very interested in your prosperity; He doesn’t ever want you to be without!

He goes on to say, “Oh, that you had heeded My commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea” (Isaiah 48:18). The word “peace” here derives from the Hebrew word “shalom,” which means “the peace of prosperity and wellbeing (being in a state of perfect soundness).” The Lord is saying here that if you would only listen to Him and let Him teach you, your prosperity would be like a river such that you’d never run dry! Then like the Psalmist, you’d say, “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want” (Psalm 23:1Open in Logos Bible Software (if available)). He has given you the power to get wealth, so that through you as His representative on the earth, He can reach the whole world with His Gospel (Deuteronomy 8:18).

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