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Genesis 1:27 (KJV), “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them”.

I once listened to a marriage coach who said, “God no longer gives people wives or husbands, the last time he did was with Adam, and he was blamed for doing so”. He continued by saying, “the new standard is, ‘whosoever finds a wife’, so, go out there and find yourself a wife. Don’t just sit back waiting for God to bring her to you, because he will not”.

When choosing who to marry, there are several ways people do it. Some of the popular catchphrases regarding this are: “marry your friend”, “make sure you are compatible”, “marry the one you love”, etc, Even though these counsels are reasonable, they do not guarantee a successful marriage that would fulfill God’s purpose. Many of these counsels rely on our own ability to make the right decision, but God knows how limited we are in this regard. In the beginning, it was “I will make him a help meet for him” (Genesis 2:18 KJV).

Is Genesis 2:18 still valid today or should one go by the thoughts of the said marriage coach?

The Scriptures reveal that we must depend on God for all things, marriage inclusive.

Proverbs 3:5 (KJV) says, “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding”.

Proverbs 19:14 (NLT), “Fathers can give their sons an inheritance of houses and wealth, but only the LORD can give an understanding wife”.

Go into today knowing that God still gives spouses and He will give you your own if you trust Him.

Prayer: Lord Jesus, I trust you in all things, so I let you rule my life.

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Revelation 3:7-9 (NET) “To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write the following: “This is the solemn pronouncement of the Holy One, the True One, who holds the key of David, who opens doors no one can shut, and shuts doors no one can open: 8 ‘I know your deeds. (Look! I have put in front of you an open door that no one can shut.) I know that you have little strength, but you have obeyed my word and have not denied my name.

Folakemi wanted an open door so much because she understood that an open door meant opportunities for greater blessings and promotions. She did not know that an open door was already set before her. Her problem was that she couldn’t see it. She was working in a place where she literally had to deal with thousands of campus students every week, and they all held her in very high esteem. When her eyes were opened, she now saw that her influence over the students was an opportunity for her to do what the Lord had been impressing on her heart for years.

It is worthy of note that Jesus told the saints in Philadelphia to ‘LOOK! I have put in front of you an open door’. One of the biggest problems hindering people from walking into open doors is that they have not seen the doors set before them by the Lord.

An open door represents every new great opportunity provided for you to make spiritual and physical or financial increases. One essential thing about an open door is that you have to see it. Secondly, you have to understand that if a particular door has been opened for you by the Lord, no person or devil can close it. This is the confidence you need to walk into your open doors.

Go into today asking the Lord to help you see every open door set before you in this season of your life. Ask for wisdom to make the best use of every opportunity set before you.Want to be saved? Click here: streamglobe.org/33—Abraham Damilola Arigi

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Broadcast 3573 

1 Corinthians 4:15 (KJV) For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.

Richard and Ford were childhood friends but were separated for some years because they attended different universities. They were reunited after graduating from the university but the two friends could no longer blend because they now attended different Church denominations. After their reunion, Ford excitedly invited Richard to a special program in his Church. Richard, however, turned down the invitation. “We have been friends from childhood, do this for the sake of our friendship,” Ford said. “We are not permitted to visit other churches, we cannot even listen to messages preached by other preachers, if we do, we will be punished” Richard replied. “But we are all born-again Christians serving Jesus, I can’t understand you”. Ford answered and walked away.

Admonishing the church, Paul in 1 Corinthians 12:4-6 (KJV) stated that, ‘‘now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.

We are not called to disciple a denomination, we are called to disciple the Nations. If you are a leader to whom God has given spiritual sons, you should be secure enough to allow your sons access to other godly instructors, knowing that there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which walketh all in all.

If your sons are going to have balanced growth, they must eat a balanced diet. This will happen when you play your part and allow others to play their part in their lives. One of the most painful things to deal with is disciples that are not balanced or spiritually mature. It would be hard for believers to be mature if all their spiritual diet is from only one minister and none other. Christ didn’t design His body that way.

Go into today knowing that the body is not one member, but many and God has placed each of the members in the body just as He decided. (1 Corinthians 12:14,18).

Prayer: Ask the Lord to help you grow to the fulness of your stature in Christ and be fruitful in every good work.Want to be saved? Click here: streamglobe.org/33—Dr. Emmanuel James

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Yearly Bible Plan: Genesis 4-7 (In Devotional Audio)

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Luke 12:47-48 (NET) That servant who knew his master’s will but did not get ready or do what his master asked will receive a severe beating. But the one who did not know his master’s will and did things worthy of punishment will receive a light beating. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required, and from the one who has been entrusted with much, even more will be asked.

Itopa began asking for mercy after he realized that his closed heaven resulted from his refusal to respond appropriately to God’s word. As soon as he made up his mind that he was going to repent and stop being worldly, his peace was restored and his affliction ceased.

At some point, he started wishing he had never been to church that day and heard that word that demanded so much of him. Little did he know that the level of revelation he had could not sustain him in the next seasons of his life. He was going to contend with real principalities when he entered politics and public office. If he had not received that word and grown the way he did, his enemies would have made mincemeat of him.

As Itopa made the adjustments in his life and stopped being worldly, he realized that he had been missing so much all this while. He now enjoyed a level of communion with God that he didn’t know he could experience. The peace of God and the security of God he felt were unparalleled. It was so superior to the peace and security that came with having lots of money.

Every new revelation of truth through God’s word that comes to you comes to lift you up and bring about growth. If a believer fails to grow spiritually, he will start dying and diminishing. Believers experience spiritual fatigue and lose their first love when they stop learning and growing.

Go into today remembering that as long as you are in this body of flesh, your growth in the knowledge of God should never cease. 

Prayer: Heavenly Father, please help me continually grow and become like Jesus. Amen.

—Abraham Damilola Arigi

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Bible In One Year: Romans 3-4 (In Devotional Audio)

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1 Corinthians 9:21 (NET) To those free from the law I became like one free from the law (though I am not free from God’s law but under the law of Christ) to gain those free from the law.

In the old covenant, people believed that salvation could be received by keeping the laws of God. That is what it means to be under the law. It means believing that the reason you will be saved is because of certain laws you can keep. But when a person believes that he receives salvation because of the sacrifice of Christ alone, that is what it means to be under grace.

Anyone who is a believer in Christ is not under the 613 laws of Moses. He is not even under the Ten Commandments. He is under the grace of the Lord Jesus and is ruled by the LAW OF CHRIST.

Of the Ten Commandments, Jesus reiterated nine of them and gave us better context and understanding (see Matt 5-7). These are now known as the LAW OF CHRIST. They are based on love for God and love for neighbor. There are other instructions Jesus gave that were not captured by the Law of Moses. They include instructions concerning marriage and divorce, retribution, handling debts, prayer, handling anxiety and fear, forgiveness, etc.

If we as believers were under the 613 laws or even the 10 commandments, many of us would have been operating under a curse because scripture says cursed is everyone that does not continue to do all that is written in the book of the law (see Galatians 3:10, Deuteronomy 27:26). As Christians, there are many aspects of the law that we do not keep (like the law of sabbath or the laws of ceremonial cleansing, etc) and we would have been under a curse if we were to be under the law, but as it stands, we are not under the curse of the law but under the blessing of Abraham because we are not under the law but under the law of Christ – the seed of Abraham (see Galatians 3:13,16). 

Go into today remembering that the reason why you are saved is because of the grace of the Lord Jesus and not because of your ability to observe rules and regulations. Those under the grace of Christ live according to His will.

—Abraham Damilola Arigi

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Bible In One Year: Matthew 1-2 (In Devotional Audio)

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James 4:17 (NET) So whoever knows what is good to do and does not do it is guilty of sin.

Itopa heard a powerful sermon about the kingdom of God and God’s expectations for his saints. While hearing this sermon, he had a strong witness in his heart that what the preacher said was the truth. With the new understanding he gained, the scriptures also became clearer. After listening to the sermon, Itopa prayed and prayed, but he didn’t change his ways. He continued to be a worldly Christian whose greatest aspiration was more money.

Ever since the day Itopa heard that sermon, his prayers were no longer getting answered. He also observed that he was no longer enjoying the fellowship of the Holy Spirit the way he used to. “What exactly is going on!” Itopa exclaimed. “How come my prayer life went dry after I heard that wonderful sermon and prayed so hard? Am I under an attack?”

After days of spiritual dryness and consequent afflictions, Itopa realized that the reason for the spiritual dryness he observed was because the word he heard brought greater light and a higher revelation of truth to him, but he continued to walk in his former ways of ignorance. Before he was exposed to this greater truth and light, the Lord condoned his ignorance since he didn’t know any better, but the ignorance limited him greatly without him knowing it. Now that he was exposed to greater light, continuing in his old ways of ignorance was no longer acceptable before the Lord. This was the reason for the dryness he experienced.

Many believers walk in a very limited version of themselves because of the limited light of God’s word that they have been exposed to. The Lord waits eagerly for them to receive greater light and consequently unleash their potential. But when such believers receive the greater light of God’s word but refuse to change their ways because of tradition, convenience, or any other reason they may have, God doesn’t take it lightly with such believers. They can experience a closed heaven because of that. 

Go into today remembering that every new exposure to greater light through God’s word does not leave you the same, it either promotes you or demotes you if you refuse to adjust. God can wink at times of ignorance, but when greater light comes through the ministry of the word, repentance is the only acceptable outcome for God’s people.

—Abraham Damilola Arigi

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Bible In One Year: Isaiah 1-6 (In Devotional Audio)

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Psalm 146:5 (KJV), “Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God”

Tonye partnered with her bosom friend to do a business and the business prospered, but when it was time to share the proceeds, she got the shock of her life; her friend disappeared and became incommunicado. After this experience, her slogan became “trust no man”.

Tonye’s conclusion was based on a hurt, and you may have come to the same conclusion if you have experienced a similar situation. This however is neither my emphasis nor the reason for today’s topic.

Psalm 146:3 (KJV) reads: “Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help”.

“Are you for real? Do you mean there is no help in princes? Why then do we appeal to them for help?” Someone might ask.

I believe these questions were answered in Proverbs 3:5-6 which says: “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths”.

If you are trusting the Lord with all your heart, you cannot trust in another at the same time. If you are able to trust anything else, it shows you have not trusted the Lord with all your heart.

Go into today knowing that when you put all your trust in God, he directs your path and this may include getting you help from a prince.

Prayer confession: my trust is not in any man neither is my trust in anything. My whole trust is in the Lord and he will direct my path in Jesus’ name, amen!

—Dr. Emmanuel James

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Bible In One Year: Psalms 1-2 (In Devotional Audio)

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Matthew 22:20-21 (KJV) “And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? They say unto him, Caesar’s. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s”.

In the verses that precede today’s text, the Pharisees tempted Jesus’ judgment, so they could pit him against God or at least against the ruling authority and the tool used was the tax coin. He however escaped their trap. The special thing about this coin is that it bears the image of Caesar.

Using this coin as an example, we intend to gain knowledge regarding the question, “what is being God’s image?”?

According to Genesis 1:27 (KJV), “…God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them”.

So, what is being God’s image?

As Jesus pointed out to the Pharisees, the tax coin bears Caesar’s image, which indicates that it belonged to Caesar. So, being God’s image is to be God’s.

Secondly, Wherever the coin was spent, Caesar has authority, so wherever man is found, God has authority.

Thirdly, the coin testified to Caesar and reminded the people of him. In like manner, a man or a woman should testify to God and remind others of him.

In summary, according to today’s lesson, being in God’s image is to be God’s property and have the ability to represent and or testify to him.

Go into today knowing that the most reasonable thing to do as God’s property is to offer yourself to him.—Dr. Emmanuel James

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Bible In One Year: Genesis 1-3 (In Devotional Audio)

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Matthew 22:20-21 (KJV), “And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? They say unto him, Caesar’s. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s”

Mr. Joseph, an Elder in a popular church, was confronted about giving and receiving bribes. In his response, he said, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, wisdom is profitable to direct. Isn’t that what the Bible teaches?”

Like Mr. Joseph, there are many professing Christians who also imbibe this philosophy of giving to Caesar what belongs to Caesar. As far as they are concerned, there is nothing wrong with giving and receiving bribes, cheating in examinations, falsifying their age and other documents, giving money for pagan rituals and traditional rites, and other such things that are frowned upon by wholesome Bible-believing Christians. They believe that as long as those things they condone do not stop them from going to Church, they are simply giving Satan what is due him and God what he deserves.

What exactly does the sentence “render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and unto God the things that are God’s” mean? It is all about image. If the coin has Caesar’s image on it, give it to Caesar, since having Caesar’s image on it proves that it is his. In like manner, if God’s image is on you or if you are God’s image, give yourself to God because you belong to him. If you do otherwise in either case, you will be guilty and in peril of a very fearful judgment.

Go into today knowing that you are God’s image, hence you have to give yourself to God, just as it was right to give Caesar’s coin to Caesar.

Prayer: I offer my body as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable unto God in Jesus’ name, amen!—Dr. Emmanuel James

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Bible In One Year: Genesis 1-3 (In Devotional Audio)

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Rev 2:26-27 (KJV) And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father. 

When Christ physically returns, He will come with great power and glory, and He will be united with us His saints (the overcomers). He will come to take over the governments of this earth(Daniel 7:27, Revelation 11:15). And because the rulers will not be willing to peacefully hand over power to Him, He will take it by force.

We all who are his saints will come with Christ in our glorified bodies; bodies just like that of Christ, and we shall rule and reign over the earth for 1000 years.

The city in which you currently live will most likely still be called by its current name when these things happen. The people of the world will not be able to defeat us because we will have superior (glorified) bodies that cannot be hurt. We will have superior intelligence and superior power. The rulers of the earth will have to fall in line or be smashed (see Psalm 2).

When the kingdom of God physically comes to the earth, the wealthiest person on earth will be less than the least in our Kingdom. Our government will be so wealthy that we would be able to afford to pave our streets with gold. And all humankind (and angels) will be under our dominion (see 1 Cor 6:2-3).

Go into today remembering that the Kingdom is coming. We have proof to show that these promises of the Lord are true: the Holy Spirit within us gives us a foretaste of the powers to come and assures us of these things.Not yet part of the kingdom? Click here ☞ streamglobe.org/33

—Abraham Damilola Arigi

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Bible In One Year: Acts 27-28 (In Devotional Audio)

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