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Ephesians 5:5 (NET)  For you can be confident of this one thing: that no person who is immoral, impure, or greedy (such a person is an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

Dr. Dimitri owned and controlled the most important company in his country. This company was the highest employer of labor in the small island state Dr. Dimitri was so proud to be from. He was getting old and wanted to retire. He wanted to hand over the company to someone with his nature and wisdom. If the company ended up in the wrong hands, too many families would be distressed because there would be staff layoffs.

Because Dimitri understood that running that company properly was a trust from God, he was more concerned about handing over the company to a competent hand than to his biological child. Thankfully, his second son was as talented as they came. If his son did not demonstrate competence, Dimitri would not have handed over the company to him.

The biggest problem of the natural (sinful) man is that we do not have the nature of God and thus cannot inherit his kingdom that was prepared for us from the foundation of the world. If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature (2 Corinthians 5:17). The old nature of sin must be replaced with the new nature of Christ. You must die to your old life and habits and let the life of Christ spring out through you. This is the only way you would have the nature that can inherit God’s kingdom.

Go into today remembering that the old sinful nature of adam(flesh) cannot inherit the kingdom of God. it is only those who have the nature and Character of Christ that will inherit his kingdom. Do not just be satisfied with missing hell, your destiny is to rule and reign in God’s eternal kingdom.

Prayer: Lord Jesus, please help me to walk worthy of my calling in you. Amen.

— Abraham Damilola Arigi

Yearly Bible: Ecclesiastes 1-2

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1 John 1:8-9 (NET) If we say we do not bear the guilt of sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us. But if we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous, forgiving us our sins and cleansing us from all unrighteousness.

Against his father’s instruction, Segun took his father’s special car and drove it to school when his father was out of town. Unfortunately, Segun had an auto crash and broke the front light of his father’s Bugatti Divo. He tried to get it fixed with his savings but his savings were not sufficient. He had to take the car back home in shame, awaiting his father’s rebuke.

When his father returned and saw the car, he was displeased but not surprised. He knew of all the times Segun had been sneaking the car out without his consent because his car had an app on his phone that informed him of the car’s every move.

“Segun! you are grounded. No more video games, you’re only allowed to go to school and back, no more allowances, no smartphone, no visits to friends or the mall, etc.

What pained Segun the most about him being grounded was that his dad no longer had conversations with him, and they no longer went to play golf together. Segun was so unhappy that his friends knew something was wrong.

After one month of being grounded, Segun couldn’t take it anymore. He went to his dad and apologized for what he had done. This time he meant it, and he now realized that what his father really wanted him to repent of and stop doing was deceit and disobedience. “You could have been killed by that truck. You don’t have the required skills to drive that car”, his father said.

Segun’s dad was more than happy to forgive him. He was praying Segun would repent and apologize so their relationship would be restored. Even though Segun’s dad wanted a restored relationship and friendship with his son, that could not happen until Segun acknowledged what he had done and repented.

As a member of God’s Holy family, there are things you may be doing that are the reason you are not enjoying communion and friendship with God and the attendant benefits. The light of God’s word is what reveals these things to us, and as we acknowledge them and repent of them, we are forgiven and cleansed from all unrighteousness. Our communion with God is restored and we are able to partake of the benefits of being close to God.

Go into today remembering that without repentance there is no remission of sin or forgiveness of sins. Sin is the nature that makes it impossible for us to fellowship with God. Sins are the spots and wrinkles that we may still have, even though we have received the divine nature.

— Abraham Damilola Arigi

Yearly Bible: II Chronicles 25-28 (In Today’s Audio)

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John 21:15 (KJV) So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.

After Larry submitted himself to discipleship, he was now accountable to his discipler who prayerfully monitored his spiritual progress.

The first day his discipler visited him in his house, he saw that Lary’s room was decorated with pictures of indecently dressed female pop stars. He also observed that most of Larry’s music was not spiritually edifying at all. Larry’s discipler took time to explain to him that the environment he created around himself was very important, and the pictures he had on his wall were not appropriate for a spirit-filled child of God. Even though some of those autographed pictures cost Larry a lot of money to acquire, he willingly removed them and destroyed them. He also got rid of all his music that was not spiritually edifying.

His discipler spent some time in his house that day. They ate together, studied the word of God together, and took some time to pray. Larry had many questions and many assumptions that were wrong, but his discipler answered his questions and corrected his wrong assumptions.

Larry and his discipler continued to meet regularly, talk on the phone, and pray together. Larry observed that because of his interaction with his discipler, he became much stronger spiritually. With time, Larry too became a soul winner and discipler.

Discipleship is the way by which more mature believers feed the Lord’s lambs (newborn believers). Those who truly love the Lord would be involved in this ministry (see John 21:15,17). Many have fallen away not because they did not truly believe but because they were not discipled by anyone.

Go into today asking the Lord to help you play your part in the end-time harvest.

— Abraham Damilola Arigi

Yearly Bible: Deuteronomy 4-6

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Psalms 68:6 (NLT) “God places the lonely in families; he sets the prisoners free and gives them joy. But for rebels, there is only famine and distress.”

Jay was just a little child when God began to speak to him about his future. This made him a very happy child. But as he grew and began to have wishes, he began to wish for things that were not captured in what God had shown him and he eventually veered off God’s plans, chasing after his own wishes. After several failed attempts at becoming his dream man, he returned to God seeking pardon and restoration. Yes, God pardoned him but he had suffered multiple disappointments, pains, and failures.

There is hope for the lonely because God can make them a home. There is also hope for the imprisoned because God can set them free, but there is no hope for the rebellious, there is nothing for them in God. To be rebellious is to willfully turn away from God and/or His commandments. This sin was equated to witchcraft and the judgment for witchcraft was death.

“For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king” 1 Samuel 15:23 KJV.

“Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live” Exodus 22:18 KJV.

There is nothing good in knowing what God wants and refusing to do it, the least severe of its consequences are famine and distress. The decision is yours to make!

Go into today knowing that God’s commandments are for your good. Make up your mind to obey them.

Prayer: ask for God’s forgiveness for your past disobedience and rebellions. Ask God to restore you.

— Dr. Emmanuel James

Bible In One Year: James 1-3

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Matthew 28:19 (NET)Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit

After Larry accepted Christ, he realized that he no longer had the desire to be a sinner. But as time passed, he saw that his desire was not strong enough to keep him from his old sinful habits. Each time he fell, he felt uneasy inside because he knew he was not acting in accordance with his new nature. He knew he had received a new nature inside, but he wanted to know how to let this new nature dominate him and no more the old nature. After discussing his challenges with the person that led him to Christ, it became clear to him that he needed to submit himself to discipleship.

Discipleship is God’s educational system for training believers to walk in their new nature through the renewal of their minds by the word(see Rom 12:2). Spiritually mature believers are those who are no more carnal (dominated by the flesh) but are now dominated by the spirit. These are the believers whose lives are now dominated by the kingdom of God and who are striving for their reward in the kingdom.

One very important aspect of discipleship is the ministry of the word and prayer. You cannot disciple people without regularly interceding for them and teaching them the word of God; explaining the mysteries of the kingdom of God to them. Without proper discipleship, new believers will remain spiritual babies and may not abide in the Lord.

Go into today determined to submit yourself to proper discipleship if you are still controlled by your old nature of sin as a believer. If you are a discipler, ask the Lord to multiply your grace for this.

— Abraham Damilola Arigi

Bible In One Year: Acts 7-8

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Isaiah 26:3 (NET) You keep completely safe the people who maintain their faith, for they trust in you.

When Sylvia wanted to travel overseas for the first time, she heard that there was a new virus in Wuhan China called coronavirus. Because she was a medical personnel, she understood how these viruses spread and knew that the virus was most certainly already spreading in the city she was traveling to. After she got to the city, a lockdown was declared and she was stuck in that city for several months. That city eventually became the worst hit city by the virus now popularly called covid 19. Millions of people died in that city, including many in her profession. Many of the medical personnel in the medical institution she was training in contracted the virus and died.

Sylvia was never afraid of dying from the virus because before she left for the training that took her to that city, she sought the Lord and got His consent. Because she trusted the Lord, she knew He wouldn’t give her consent to go on a journey in which she would meet an untimely death.

Even though Sylvia worked with so many medical personnel who contracted the virus and died, she was kept completely safe from the virus because she trusted in the Lord. For some reason, Sylvia understood that if she allowed her faith to waver and join the rest of her colleagues in their fear and self-pity, she would expose herself spiritually and contract the virus. All she knew was that the Lord had spoken to her and she was not going to doubt His promises. This was the basis of her faith that became contagious and led to the recovery of her sister who got the virus but was miraculously healed when Sylvia prayed for her.

Go into today remembering that trusting completely in the Lord is the secret to enjoying God’s unparalleled protection and grace.

Prayer: Lord Jesus, please help me trust you completely, so I can enjoy your unparalleled protection

— Abraham Damilola Arigi

Yearly Bible: Nahum

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Psalms 125:1 (KJV) They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.

The witches in Dare’s community had concluded that they were going to destroy him completely. They had hatched a wicked plan that they believed could not fail. They first wanted to destroy his business, collapse his faith through the trials of his business, then cause him to fall into immorality, and then destroy his marriage. Dare didn’t know anything about these plans, but what he had going for him was that he truly trusted in the Lord.

When the storm started and his business was experiencing real turbulence, he went to the Lord in prayer, and he received a word from the Lord that all would be well. This assurance made him unmovable and his faith did not fail despite the trials. Because his faith did not fail as the witches had planned, all the other components of their plan failed. After a few months, his business was restored and even bigger. His marriage was stronger and not weaker because at that time his business was facing challenges, his wife supported him so much that he now trusted and loved her so much more.

Dare’s secret was that he trusted in the Lord, so when the trials could have shaken him so much that his faith would fail, he was unmovable and even became stronger.

Do you trust in the Lord? Is God’s word concerning a situation that is troubling you enough? Or do you still need “assurances”?

Go into today remembering that the way to build your trust in the Lord is to allow the word of God to be the final authority in your life. Determine to be a person of truth in all you do. This is the easiest way to reprogram your heart to trust God.

— Abraham Damilola Arigi

Yearly Bible: Proverbs 31

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Ephesians 6:10 (NET) Finally, be strengthened in the Lord and in the strength of his power.

King David was a man of like passion: he believed in the Lord and hoped in His salvation just like you and me today. David went through a lot of ups and downs in his life, but in the end, the spirit of God bore witness that he fulfilled his destiny and served God’s purpose in his own generation(see Acts 13:36).

David had one secret that carried him through the battles of life and he always came out victorious. He understood how to draw strength from the Lord. There was a time he and his men came back home after a very long day, but they found that their homes had been plundered and their families were taken away as captives. It was at this point that we see an example of a man strengthening himself in the Lord.

1 Samuel 30:6 (ASV) says: “[and] David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David strengthened himself in Jehovah his God”.

At the end of that situation, David was victorious and recovered all that was lost(with extra) because he strengthened (encouraged) himself in the LORD his God [and did not wallow in discouragement like the others]. Drawing strength from the Lord was David’s secret of victory in every battle. It is also our secret today.

Today’s verse is talking about spiritual warfare and the first instruction we are given is that we should strengthen ourselves in the Lord. When there was a reason for David to be depressed, he decided to draw joy from the Lord and not allow the circumstances around him to make him depressed. This is also our battle strategy.

David drew His strength from the Lord because he understood that the Lord loves him and is on his side, and as long as the Lord is on his side, he would always come out victorious. When he was boasting against Goliath, it wasn’t because he had a big sword, it was because he had a big God.

Go into today remembering that the joy of the Lord is your strength. Remember that the greatest God is on your side. Let this be your source of strength(see Philippians 4:4).

Prayer: Lord, help me to always draw my strength from you. Deliver me from the temptation to be heavy and depressed when circumstances do not go my way. Thank you for giving me victory always (2 Corinthians 2:14). Amen.

— Abraham Damilola Arigi

Yearly Bible: Psalms 120-121

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Isaiah 26:3 (KJV) Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.

It looked like all was going well with Arnold, but each time he thought about his finances, he lost his peace because he knew that all was not well. He had invested a lot of money in a real estate deal, but the investment was looking as if it was not going to pay off when there was a flood in that part of the city. Arnold lost his peace and could not sleep. He needed to be on prescription drugs in order to get a decent night’s sleep.

One of the most treasured desires of the heart of man is peace. The usage of Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 50 times stronger than Heroin has become a global epidemic because the more people repel the knowledge of God in their hearts, the less peace they find, and the more they would need to seek it in things like drugs.

Unfortunately, there are many believers whose hearts are nearly as troubled as the hearts of those who have no God and no hope. They live like the waves tossed to and fro the shores because they have not learned the secret of receiving God’s perfect peace.

Today’s Bible verse reveals that it is those whose hearts are stayed on God that would enjoy perfect peace. The truth is that your heart cannot stay on God if you don’t trust in God.

God is all-powerful and He is involved in our lives. But when we doubt Him, we limit Him in our lives. Nothing conditions the heart against trusting God like iniquity. A man who walks in iniquity cannot trust himself. A man that cannot trust himself will find that he doesn’t have the power to trust anyone else, not even God.

Many people say that they trust God, but their actions reveal the opposite. The Israelites that came out of Egypt wanted to believe in God when they saw the consequences of their unbelief, but they could not find the ability to believe in God, so their boldface did not produce any results (see Numbers 14:40-45). Their hearts had been conditioned against faith because of iniquity. This was demonstrated in the fact that in just a few weeks Moses was not with God, they had slid into blatant idolatry and whoredom.

Go into today remembering that you need to trust God in order to walk in His perfect peace. Trusting God from us is not a luxury, it is an important necessity.

— Abraham Damilola Arigi

Yearly Bible: II Chronicles 21-24

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1 Corinthians 9:24-25 (KJV) Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.

Because Temitayo wanted to win the trophy, she was willing to do whatever it took. It became impossible for her to hide this from the people around her. Everyone now knew she was an athlete because she always did something that showed she was preparing for the championship.

It doesn’t take time for people who have to deal with really serious athletes to know that they are athletes. It is very difficult for them to hide this fact about themselves. It shows.

In the same way, when a believer is really serious about his kingdom assignment and winning his prize, he cannot hide his identity as a believer for long. Under normal circumstances, any believer who has successfully been able to hide his identity from his coworkers for several months may have been able to do so because he is not really striving for the prize of the mark of the high calling in God. Daniel worked in a godless environment, but it was impossible for him to hide who he really was. Moses couldn’t either.

When your kingdom assignment takes over you and becomes the most important thing in your life, you will find that you are a witness for Christ everywhere you go. The Holy Spirit would begin to give you insight into people’s lives just because He wants you to share the gospel with them.

Go into today remembering that you are first and foremost a witness for Christ in every place He has planted you. Ask the Lord to help you to this end. Ask for the wisdom to be a soul-winner.

— Abraham Damilola Arigi

Yearly Bible: Deuteronomy 1-3

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