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Psalms 33:1 (KJV) Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.

After Angie observed the secret of Mathta’s victorious life, she was now determined to live a life filled with gratitude and thanksgiving. Before this time, each morning she woke up, it would take her at least 30 mins to get out of bed because she would spend the first moments of her day in bed analyzing and agonizing about how difficult her life is.

Now that she understood that murmuring and complaining were counterproductive and demonic, she understood that she had to replace that bad habit with a good one. She set her phone to remind her every morning to give thanks and praise God when she wakes up.Each morning when she woke up, she remembered to start the day with thanksgiving, praises, and songs of victory. After practicing this for one week, she saw that she was visibly a happier person. She felt whole in her inner man and she knew that she was now stronger spiritually.

Self-pity, sadness, depression, and sorrow are not just emotions of the mind, they are weapons against the spirit. The joy of the Lord is your strength, and the devil understands that if he can get you out of this joy, he can put you in a corner of weakness and defeat.

Go into today determined to be intentional about putting off the Garment of heaviness and putting on the Garment of praise. Praise is comely and appropriate for the righteous. It is a spiritual discipline that engenders the flow of grace and power.

Prayer: Lord, help me wake up every morning to proclaim your love, and go to bed every night singing of your faithfulness(Psalm 92:2). Help me replace every heaviness and sorrow with your outrageous joy. Amen.

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—Abraham Damilola Arigi

Yearly Bible Reading:Psalms 51-53 (Available in Today’s Audio)

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Psalms 150:1, 6 (KJV) Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.

Angie and Martha were both friends who accepted the Lord Jesus the same day and attended the same church. Angie lived a defeated life filled with depression while Martha lived a joyful victorious life in Christ. Even though they were both born again and had been believers for years, it was clear that there was something missing in Angie’s life.

Angie always assumed that Martha didn’t have life rough like her because Martha didn’t have a wicked family background like her. Angie was from a family of warlocks and idol worshipers and she believed her problems stemmed from her family background and foundations. She was wrong.

A time came when Angie had to follow Martha to her village for her younger sister’s wedding. While they spent some days together, Angie observed that Martha never once complained about anything but always looked for an opportunity to give thanks and praise to the Lord. Angie observed that unlike her, Martha was very cheerful and had a light and happy countenance. What surprised Angie most was the discovery that Martha’s parents were idol worshipers. It now became clear to her that Martha had a more wicked background, but this did not stop her or affect her destiny because she lived a life that was filled with the presence of God.

Angie understood that weekend that Martha’s life was filled with the presence of God and victory because instead of always complaining like her, Martha’s heart [and countenance] was always filled with praise and thanksgiving to God.

As believers, we understand that we are the temple of God. Our bodies are the sanctuary of the living God (see 1 Corinthians 3:16, 6:19). As we see in today’s Bible verses, we are expected to praise God in His sanctuary. This does not just mean praising God in the church gathering, it means praising God in the sanctuary of your body. One of the easiest ways to be always filled with the presence of God is to be a person of praise and thanksgiving(Ephesians 5:18-20). The Lord inhabits the praises of His people(Psalm 22:3), and His presence fills the lives of believers who are filled with praise and thanksgiving.

We are also expected to praise God in the firmament of His power. As long as we breathe the free air of God’s firmament, we are expected to be praising Him and giving Him thanks. This means we are not only expected to be thankful and praise God in the sanctuary of our bodies, but we are also to raise our voices to praise the Lord and give Him thanks at every opportunity we find. Let the high praises of God resound from your vessels from time to time. This is the recipe for perpetual victory (see Psalm 149:6)

Go into today remembering that living a life of thanksgiving and praise is the secret to living a victorious life in Christ. It is practically impossible to complain and give thanks at the same time. Get rid of complaining and let your life be filled with praise and thanksgiving, for praise is comely for the upright(see Palm 33:1).

Prayer: Lord, please help me that from this moment, I will always be thankful and full of praise for you.

1 Timothy 6:20-21 (NET) O Timothy, protect what has been entrusted to you. Avoid the profane chatter and absurdities of so-called “knowledge.” By professing it, some have strayed from the faith. Grace be with you all.

Ikenna joined a Facebook group where all they did was to try to poke holes in the Bible and argue over useless and vain topics bothering on spirituality, spiritism, the divinity of Jesus, and the likes. He noticed that the group was filled with godless people who had no respect or regard for the Lord God. After reading some of the posts on that group for some time, even though he brought potent arguments against their flagrant attacks on the faith, he observed that his faith at some point started to waver because of some of the arguments and assertions brought up by certain godless and blasphemous members of the group. He decided to leave the group. He observed that after leaving, his faith started to grow again. He no longer felt suffocated spiritually.

As believers today, we need to realize that there are those whose mission from the devil is to deceive God’s people and cause them to stray away from the faith through high falutin arguments that sway people who do not have a sound understanding of scriptures and the power of God. Apart from the words that these people spread, there are evil spirits of unbelief and profanity that they spread through their materials and arguments.

As a believer in Christ who is purpose-driven, it is important that you be particular about avoiding profane chatter and absurdities of so-called ‘knowledge’.

We are to guard our hearts with all diligence because out of it proceeds the issues of life(see Proverbs 4:23). Materials we read, watch or listen to get into our hearts. We have to be careful not to allow materials that defile our hearts and engender unbelief. Many believers have found themselves spiritually weak and unable to walk in God’s power because of this.

Go into today remembering to be [sober and] vigilant. Watch and pray. Don’t let your heart be inundated with materials that seek to undermine your faith.

Prayer: Lord, help me guard my heart with all diligence. Give me the wisdom to discern materials designed to flood my heart with profanity.

—Abraham Damilola Arigi

Yearly Bible Reading: Exodus 17-20 (Available in Today’s Audio)

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Matthew 22:21b (KJV) Then he said to them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s.”

Ebere had thought long and hard about this, and she saw no other way out. So, she had decided to go ahead with the wishes of her uncles. She planned to make the move over the weekend which was just two days away. The next day she made a quick dash to the market to get a few groceries in preparation for her trip. While still shopping, she ran into Comfort, her friend from an inter-denominational fellowship.

They talked for a while until she got to the part about why she was traveling, namely to provide some items for the performance of some rites in her hometown, which must be performed for every woman from their kindred who is marrying outside their tribe. Failure to do so, it was said, would come with dire and unpleasant consequences including, difficulty in conception, childbirth complications, and even death of babies, or even in some instances, death of mother and child.

It was difficult to talk Ebere out of it because she knew of some relatives who had defied the practice and had suffered for it, plus, she was anchoring on the principle of giving unto Caesar what was his.

There is such as thing as rightly dividing the word of truth, it includes understanding the context of instructions/statements made, understanding the limits of their applications, and their proper use. For example, when Jesus made the statement of giving to Caesar, what did he mean? How do you think he intended for that to be applied? Did he mean by that that it is okay to do any and everything that some other persons demand under the ‘giving to Caesar’ proviso?

Would it be okay, under ‘Giving to Caesar’ for a young Christian lady to give in to the practice of getting pregnant before getting married if a particular culture demands it? Where do we draw the line for Caesar?

Caesar was then the recognized constituted civil authority, and we have clear and manifold injunctions in scriptures to obey such authority. Within the ambit of that injunction, we can begin to arrogate to Caesar that which is his (and these things that are usually enshrined in the constitution and laws of the land, except they directly oppose the word of God). Not every demand made by every being, person, or institution counts as ‘Caesar’. Note also that not every demand of Caesar is to be met. Caesar indeed demanded worship at some point and a denial of the Christian faith. The apostles vehemently refused for they understood that even in the face of death, that worship was not something they could offer to Caesar.

Giving in to ungodly demands of society, tradition, or popular culture is not the same as giving to Caesar what belongs to him. Go into today knowing that God’s image and inscription are on you and that you belong to God.

—Ikechukwu MpamaYearly Bible Reading: II Corinthians 4-5 (Available in Today’s Audio)

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Matthew 22:21b (KJV) Then he said to them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s.”

Ebere had thought long and hard about this, and she saw no other way out. So, she had decided to go ahead with the wishes of her uncles. She planned to make the move over the weekend which was just two days away. The next day she made a quick dash to the market to get a few groceries in preparation for her trip. While still shopping, she ran into Comfort, her friend from an inter-denominational fellowship.

They talked for a while until she got to the part about why she was traveling, namely to provide some items for the performance of some rites in her hometown, which must be performed for every woman from their kindred who is marrying outside their tribe. Failure to do so, it was said, would come with dire and unpleasant consequences including, difficulty in conception, childbirth complications, and even death of babies, or even in some instances, death of mother and child.

It was difficult to talk Ebere out of it because she knew of some relatives who had defied the practice and had suffered for it, plus, she was anchoring on the principle of giving unto Caesar what was his.

There is such as thing as rightly dividing the word of truth, it includes understanding the context of instructions/statements made, understanding the limits of their applications, and their proper use. For example, when Jesus made the statement of giving to Caesar, what did he mean? How do you think he intended for that to be applied? Did he mean by that that it is okay to do any and everything that some other persons demand under the ‘giving to Caesar’ proviso?

Would it be okay, under ‘Giving to Caesar’ for a young Christian lady to give in to the practice of getting pregnant before getting married if a particular culture demands it? Where do we draw the line for Caesar?

Caesar was then the recognized constituted civil authority, and we have clear and manifold injunctions in scriptures to obey such authority. Within the ambit of that injunction, we can begin to arrogate to Caesar that which is his (and these things that are usually enshrined in the constitution and laws of the land, except they directly oppose the word of God). Not every demand made by every being, person, or institution counts as ‘Caesar’. Note also that not every demand of Caesar is to be met. Caesar indeed demanded worship at some point and a denial of the Christian faith. The apostles vehemently refused for they understood that even in the face of death, that worship was not something they could offer to Caesar.

Giving in to ungodly demands of society, tradition, or popular culture is not the same as giving to Caesar what belongs to him. Go into today knowing that God’s image and inscription are on you and that you belong to God.

—Ikechukwu MpamaYearly Bible Reading: II Corinthians 4-5 (Available in Today’s Audio)

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Matthew 7:15-16 (NET) You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles?

When Gbenga accepted Christ, there were many things in his life that were not right. But as he grew in the knowledge of the Lord, he knew that many things that were in his life had to leave. He just knew he had to change his friends because they were all ungodly people.

The Corinthian Christians were babes in the faith (lambs and not yet sheep-see John 21:15-16). Many of them were still living like unbelievers (see 1 Cor 3:1-3). But they did not know any better. That was one reason the book of 1Corinthians was written to them.

When they read it, they repented in sorrow because it made them realize that many of them were not walking in a way fitting for those who would inherit the kingdom of God (see 1 Cor 6:9-10). So great was their repentance, brokenness, and sorrow that Paul had to encourage them in his second letter to them (see 2 Cor 2: 4-11).

The way they responded to the word of God when they were corrected showed that they were born again. They bore fruits of repentance.

Jesus tells us that we will recognize people by their FRUITS (see Matt 7:16). For believers, these fruits include the fruit of the Spirit (Gal 5:22), the fruits of repentance (including when the word of God challenges you in an area or erring (see Matt3:8, Luke 3:8), the fruit of your lips (Heb 13:15), etc.

Go into today remembering that If a person is brazenly committing sin and refusing to repent even when confronted with the word of God, it is not that he is spiritual a baby in the faith(lamb), it is most likely that he is not in the faith (goat), or he has had a shipwreck of the faith (1 Tim 1:19).

—Abraham Damilola Arigi

Yearly Bible Reading: Mark 13-14 (Available in Today’s Audio)

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1 Corinthians 1:15-17 (NKJV) Lest anyone should say that I had baptized in my own name. Yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanas. Besides, I do not know whether I baptized any other. For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect.

I once had a conversation with a man who was trying to convince me that water baptism was not necessary for Christians. He said that when Jesus told His disciples to preach and baptize, He was not referring to water baptism but to the baptism in the Holy Spirit. Now, that is not true because we see in the Bible that all who believed were baptized in water.

In mentioning the principles of the doctrine of Christ, Hebrews 6:2 mentions “baptisms” and not “baptism” because the believer does not just have one baptism.

Most people who claim that water baptism is not necessary usually quote today’s verses and say that if water baptism was necessary, why didn’t God instruct Paul to baptize as well?

My answer has always been: because God sent other people to baptize and disciple the people Paul preached to. That’s why Paul said: ‘I have planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase’ (1 Cor 3:16). After Apostle Paul preached to a group of people, he would move on to another group, while leaving people with them who would baptize, disciple, and pastor them.

Does this mean that if a person is not baptized he will go to hell? No, escaping hell is not the only reason for which we are saved. Through baptism, we die to our old life of sin and are resurrected to the new life of Christ (see Rom 6:3-4). living a life free

Go into today knowing that the baptisms were given by God to empower us to live the victorious life that brings Him glory and garners our eternal rewards.

—Abraham Damilola Arigi

Bible in One Year: Job 33-34 (In Devotional Audio)

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1 Corinthians 1:12-14 (NET) Now I mean this, that each of you is saying, “I am with Paul,” or “I am with Apollos,” or “I am with Cephas,” or “I am with Christ.” Is Christ divided? Paul wasn’t crucified for you, was he? Or were you in fact baptized in the name of Paul? I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius

Further Reading: Acts 18:1-19

A certain missionary took the gospel to a community. He didn’t meet opposition, but he observed that people were not responding to his message because there was a certain mystical ‘prophet’ in that community that the people followed. This prophet was not saved but was one who walked in the way of Balaam.

The missionary preached and preached and many were convicted but did not come forward to receive and confess The Lord Jesus. After the missionary labored in that community for weeks, the mystical ‘prophet’ was convicted and accepted the Lord Jesus and was baptized. When the people in the community heard that their ‘prophet’ had accepted the gospel and was baptized, many of them too believed in Jesus and were baptized.

When Paul first took the gospel to Corinth, he stayed there for 18 months, and many of the people in the city believed and were baptized after Crispus the leader of the synagogue believed (see Acts 18:8). Apart from Crispus and some other few people who were Paul’s first converts, Paul did not baptize but only preached. Others did the baptizing.

This was Paul’s biggest point when he rebuked the Corinthians for their divisions. He did not baptize many of them so they couldn’t claim that he baptized them in his name. Since they were all baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus, the only name that should be their tag should be Christ, not Paul, Peter or Apollos.

Go into today remembering that to be denominationally minded is a sign of spiritual immaturity (see 1 Cor 3:1-3). Ask the Lord to break the walls of separation that are hindering the prosperity of the gospel. Ask the Lord to arrest and save every Crispus in our community whose salvation will open the door for others to be saved.

—Abraham Damilola Arigi

Bible in One Year: Job 33-34 (In Devotional Audio)

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Matthew 24:12 (KJV)And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

Tade was cheated time and time again by fake believers who sought to take advantage of his brotherly love and devotion to the body. It got to the point he now found it hard to love people who claimed to be brethren. He didn’t know that the enemy’s game plan was to make his love wax cold and quench his faith.

You see, it is the same heart with which you love the Lord that you also love His brethren. If your heart has taken up the attribute of love for the Lord, it will be impossible for you not to love His brethren and even other people created in His image. Walking in this kind of love is a product of faith in your heart, for faith working through love is the fruit of the renewed heart. Waning love ultimately leads to an eroding away of the faith in your heart. The victory that overcomes the world comes because of your faith (1 John 5:4).

The prince of this world tries to steal your faith by proliferating iniquity in the world. He knows that if your love [for the brethren and for other people created in the image of God] waxes cold, your faith will also wax cold, and you will no more be able to be an overcomer and overcome him .

The Lord has forewarned us that the love of many will wax cold because iniquity will abound. One reason He gives us this warning is because He does not want you to be among the ‘many’ whose love waxes cold.

Go into today remembering that you have been given the grace to walk in the divine nature. This nature is one that loves unconditionally.

Prayer: Ask the Lord to help you love unconditionally.

—Abraham Damilola Arigi

Bible in One Year: Psalms 48-50 (In Devotional Audio)

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1 Corinthians 1:8-9 (NET) He will also strengthen you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, by whom you were called into fellowship with his son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Chinedu had led a lot of people to the Lord. But he observed that a number of them that were no longer with him got entangled in the world again. He went to a certain city and met one of them who was even a fellowship leader when they were together on campus. He was shocked to see that this brother was now living with his girlfriend in sin and shame. He could not understand how someone who was once so close to the Lord could fall so far from grace. He was now deeply concerned about his other disciples who were no more in direct contact with him.

Apostle Paul also had this concern for many of the people who had come to the Lord through him. He knew that there were wolves in sheep’s clothing who would seek to mislead and devour them (see Acts 20:29). At a time, he wrote to the Thessalonians and said he really wanted to get in touch with them because he didn’t want his labor with them to be in vain (1 Thess 3:5).

As a person who’s had the privilege of leading people to the Lord, I understand the burden and concern Apostle Paul had for his disciples. Even the Lord Jesus had this same concern for His disciples when He prayed for them and asked the Father to preserve them from the evil one (see John 17:15).

Go into today knowing that Just like Jesus handed over His disciples to the care of The Father, we too are to hand over our disciples to the Lord and be rest assured that he would strengthen them to the end. We do this by constantly praying for them and asking the Lord to preserve them.

—Abraham Damilola Arigi

Yearly Bible Reading: II Samuel 1-4 (Available in Today’s Audio)

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