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Genesis 6:6 (BBE) And the Lord had sorrow because he had made man on the earth, and grief was in his heart.

It is amazing how diametrically opposed to the world’s perception of reality the view of the Word (of God) is. Jesus spoke often of some of these differences. For example, he taught his disciples saying that in the world, those who are great would lord it over others, but that in God’s kingdom, he who wishes to be great must first be (like) a servant. (See Luke 22:24-26). This idea is so alien to the world system as you will find that those who serve usually occupy the lower rung of the society while those who are great are distinguished by the fact that they are the ones who receive the most service.

Similarly, the world has a warped view of who a strong man is. In their view, a strong man is one without emotions, he has strong well-defined chin and well-chiseled figure complete with six-packs and well-toned biceps and triceps. Flog him a million times and he doesn’t as much as whimper. At the very worst he turns around to say something along the lines of “Please let me know when you are done”. And if he suffers a heartbreak, he simply brushes it aside with the same seriousness he would accord the impact of a falling leave upon his shoulder.

He doesn’t laugh out loud nor cry, and if he ever does laugh, it must be just a tip-lipped wry smile, and he is only allowed to shed a few drops of tears with tight lips should he ever decide to cry. The summary is that the world looks at the optics and focuses on it to paint their picture of a strong man. It downplays emotions and makes it look weak and feminine.

However, this view is grossly misleading and quite inaccurate. God does have feelings and displays them often. In the Old Testament, you find that God showed how he felt especially as regards his chosen people, Israel. The prophets were the vessels whose lives were the very instruments with which God’s feelings were displayed and communicated which is why they lived a most dramatic life. Again and again, people broke God’s heart with their idolatrous infidelity, and boy! Did God feel the pain? Yes! Just ask Hosea, Moses, Jeremiah…, they’d tell you.

Your life and living are either sending proverbial daggers through God’s heart or they are supplying joy and satisfaction to Him. It was with a father’s pride that he boasted of Job, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on the earth, a pure and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil” (See Job 1:8), a similar sentiment that was expressed about Jesus by the Father when He proclaimed before the crowd in Jordan “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased” (Matthew 3:17). If God is your father, what kind of feelings does He have about you? Are you causing pain or bringing joy?

Go into today knowing that it matters to God how you live and lead your life. God feels, and we will stand before Him someday. Make up your mind to be a beloved son in the order and manner of His Beloved Son.

—Ikechukwu Mpama

Yearly Bible Reading: Job 23-24 (In Devotional Audio)

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Psalm 51:17 (KJV) “The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.”

Have you wondered why God rejected Cain’s offering and accepted Abel’s? As a child, the response was simple; Cain offered rotten and very bad fruits while Abel, the best; spotless and well-fattened calf. Then as an adult, it was told that Cain brought an offering from the earth which the Lord had cursed, while Abel killed an animal spilling its blood, adumbrating the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Both explanations obviously had their place and were helpful, but a careful examination of the scriptures shows something you probably have not considered as the reason why Cain’s offering was rejected. It is simply that the person of Cain was not pleasing to God (Genesis 4:5). The question however still remains, why?

According to our text, “The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit”. This was buttressed in Psalm 4:5 (KJV) when the psalmist wrote, “Offer the sacrifices of righteousness”. From both scriptures, it is obvious that the sacrifice of the Lord is not money, animal, fruit, or anything that men will normally bring as a sacrifice. These things however can be used to express the state of a man’s heart.

Every action and character is a spiritual commodity for engaging in spiritual transactions. You will invite or host the spirit whose nature the character or action you exhibit agrees with and it is this spirit that will accept you and your sacrifice.

For God, any attitude, character, and action borne out of a contrite heart (a heart that is right before God and holds only things that are godly) will please the Lord and draw you nearer to him.

No wonder, Jesus in Matthew 5:23-24 (KJV) said, “Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift”. This buttressed the fact that God requires more than the gift, he wants pure hearts.

Go into today knowing that every action you exhibit, attitude, character, and belief you imbibe are all sacrificial items to spirits. Your gifts and offerings will be accepted by the spirit whose lifestyle you imbibe.

Prayer: Lord Jesus, help me to live in a manner that is pleasing to you so my sacrifices can be accepted by you, amen!

—Dr. Emmanuel James

Yearly Bible Reading: Psalms 33-35 (In Devotional Audio)

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1 Timothy 6:3-4 (NET) If someone spreads false teachings and does not agree with sound words (that is, those of our Lord Jesus Christ) and with the teaching that accords with godliness, he is conceited and understands nothing, but has an unhealthy interest in controversies and verbal disputes. This gives rise to envy, dissension, slanders, evil suspicions

One of the most dangerous things I hear certain progressive teachers of the word say is that the words and teachings of our Lord Jesus while He walked the earth are old Testament and are not for the church, that only the epistles (written after the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus) are valid because the new covenant started after Jesus resurrected.

Even judging that position normally and logically, it does not make much sense. No one gives the testament of a Covenant after it has been ratified, it is always given before it is ratified. No one signs a contract document before writing it, signing is done after the document has been written. Jesus gave His New Testament through His teachings and commandments in the three and a half years of His earthly ministry, before He ratified it by His death on the cross.

In today’s Bible verse, we see that false teaching is any teaching that does not agree with the words of our Lord Jesus. Any teacher that uses the excuse of “that was old Testament” to explain away a doctrine of the Lord Jesus is teaching something false. For example, if a teacher tries to convince you that you shouldn’t ask God to forgive your sins when the Lord clearly teaches us to repent of our sins, that teacher is nothing but a false teacher. Just like junk food tastes sweeter but is really not healthy, false doctrines might appear sweeter to the flesh, but they are toxic to your new (born-again) spirit.

Go into today remembering that any teacher who tries to explain away the words of our Lord Jesus is a false teacher.

Prayer: Lord, deliver me and cleanse me from the influence of every false teacher. Give me shepherds afters your heart that will feed me with knowledge and understanding (Jer 3:15). Amen.

—Abraham Damilola Arigi

Philippians 3:7-8 (NET) Moreover, we possess the prophetic word as an altogether reliable thing. You do well if you pay attention to this as you would to a light shining in a murky place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

This was the third time in a single night with each instance more intense than the last. Ini didn’t quite understand fully what the Lord wanted her to do, but one thing she was convinced about was that she needed to speak to Itohan, that much she could discern from the dreams she had had. She knew about the painful breakup that Itohan had just experienced and so she decided that if nothing else, she could offer her some comfort and encouragement.

Ini’s conversation with Itohan was going smoothly as she did her best to reassure Itohan of God’s love for her, and His unshakable desire to settle her in His divine plan and will. She was impressed with how Itohan was handling herself in the light of the pain she must be experiencing, that was until she caught on to something Itohan said:

Itohan: I thank God. The realization that I needed to always put myself first and that self-love is more important than what anybody can offer me really helped me deal with this.

Ini: Wait, what? Wait a minute, Itohan, what do you mean by “self-love” and “putting yourself first”? More importantly, where are you getting these ideas from?

Itohan: What does it matter where I got the ideas from? I mean, you can’t argue against the fact of how helpful it has been. Or are you saying that it is wrong to put one’s interest first?

Ini: That it is ‘helpful’ at the moment is beside the point. We must live our lives with principles that correspond with truth and if, for example, the father of all lies gives you life tips, we must jettison it regardless of how ‘helpful’ it might appear to be.

Many believers go about their lives living on the philosophical framework of the world just because those philosophies and worldviews sound like ‘Christianese’. There are indeed many voices in the world and all have meaning (See 1 Corinthians 14:10), however, the believer must, through discernment, tune the frequency of his hearing to the voice of the Master and Chief Shepherd of the flock who is Himself Truth.

Your life and living must take bearing from God’s word; for God’s word, rightly understood and applied, brings honor, fulfillment, and lasting joy.

Go into today armed with the lamp of God’s word to guide you through the dark paths of life.

—Ikechukwu Mpama

Yearly Bible Reading: Genesis 44-47 (In Devotional Audio)

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1 Corinthians 3:13-15 (KJV) Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is. If any man’s work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.

Caleb visited Jude but couldn’t see him because he was on a retreat. He visited again after several days and still couldn’t speak with Jude because the retreat had not ended. After some time, Caleb met Jude in the Church and asked ‘‘Jude, what were you praying for?’’ Jude put up a smile and said ‘‘I want the mantle of Apostle Paul”. Oh, that’s a great one! Caleb exclaimed.

Shortly after this Caleb and Jude were appointed by their Pastor to oversee cleaning the Church, but Jude became very sad. Why are you sad? Caleb asked. ‘‘Don’t you get it? I want to be an apostle, not a common Church cleaner” Jude responded.

Just like Jude, many zealous children of God have despised the current assignment God gave them for other works they consider to be more prestigious. In a bid to be celebrated as great servants of God they have created offices for themselves. Others have spent their lives desiring to be greatly used by God while abandoning the everyday assignment committed to them by Him. They do not realize that only those who are faithful in little can be given much, and only those who are faithful in another man’s work can be given their own (see Luke 16:10-12).

Apostle Paul explained that what he had done was according to the grace given to him. Neither he nor Apollos chose to be apostles; they simply followed God and became what He ordained them to be.

1 Corinthians 3:5-6 (KJV) Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

Your hard work will gain eternal relevance when in the spirit of humility and service, it is channeled in the direction of the grace given to you (1 Corinthians 15:10).

Go into today knowing that God will reward you only for the work He has sent you to do. Self-appointed assignments would count for nothing and be burned up on that day.

Prayer: ask the Lord for a humble and obedient heart.

— Dr, Emmanuel James

Yearly Bible Reading: Mark 1-2 (In Devotional Audio)

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Galatians 4:1 (KJV) Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all.

You are a child of God because God is your father and He is responsible for you. You become His son however because you can represent him and are responsible to Him.

Children are born while sons are given (Isaiah 9:6 and John 3:16). To be born again is good since it is the beginning of your walk with the Father, however, it is better that you grow into a son and best that you keep growing. You are a son when your Father can give or send you to a person, a group, or a nation to represent Him.

It is only to sons that God will commit His estate. Matthew 11:27 (KJV) puts it this way in speaking of Jesus, ‘All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal Him.’

Growing into a son requires that you receive the life and wisdom of your father, and by reason of these become like your father, such that whosoever sees you will see your father through you.

You are not the one to declare yourself a son, that is the Father’s to do (Galatians 4:2 and Romans 1:4). However, you can know that you are growing out of childhood into sonhood (maturity) by measuring how much of you has been totally given to God. The extent to which you have given yourself to God is the extent to which He can give you as an answer to the problem of others.

Go into today knowing that God is seeking sons who will represent Him. It is your level of growth that will determine how useful you will be to God. So, if you desire to be used by God, you must seek to grow.

Pray this way: Father, I commit myself to learning and obeying your word and growing into sonship. Help me Lord to do this, in Jesus name. Amen.

—Dr. Emmanuel James

BiblevIn One Year: Job 21-22

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Hebrews 5:12-14 (KJV)[12] For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. [13] For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. [14] But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil

When a baby is born, the expected is that he takes milk for some time, be weaned, eat solid food and grow to become a responsible adult. But when a child refuses to be weaned and grow, such a child becomes a source of worry and concern to his parents.

Just like that baby who has refused to grow because he has refused to be weaned, some Christians today are a source of concern to the Church of God and God Himself. They are being fed the word of God but there is nothing in them that shows it; they have refused to grow.

The hallmark of adulthood is responsibility. A man is mature only to the level to which he is responsible. A man who claims to be an adult but shies away from responsibility is still a child.

“Whom shall He teach knowledge, and whom shall He make to understand doctrine? Them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little” (Isaiah 28:9-10 KJV).

You have learned and studied the word of God, now is the time to put what you have learned to practice. It is with constant practice that mastery is cultivated and it is by this that you will be able to discern between good and evil and fulfill your destiny.

Go into today knowing that God will only be glorified in you when you bear much fruit. Only adults can bear much fruit, not children.

—Dr. Emmanuel James

YEARLY BIBLE PLAN: Psalms 30-32

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Hebrews 2:9 (NET) But we see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by God’s grace he would experience death on behalf of everyone.

Because Vivian believed that God had withdrawn His grace and protection from her because of her sin, she was very afraid of traveling because she felt she would have an accident and die. Unknown to her, she was now being afflicted by the spirit of guilt and fear, but she thought it was the Holy Spirit that was making her feel the way she felt.

When she started having nightmares, she decided to talk to someone about her guilt and misery. She was lucky to talk to someone who had spiritual understanding, and the first thing the person did after hearing Vivian’s story was to hold her hands and rebuke the spirit of guilt and fear that had been tormenting her. She now went on to explain to Vivian that she was already forgiven in Christ, but she needed to receive God’s forgiveness and cleansing by believing God’s word that she has forgiveness in Christ Jesus.

Forgiveness of sins and cleansing from unrighteousness is freely available for all. In Christ Jesus, God came and suffered death for everyone so that we will not have to suffer the [spiritual] consequences of our sins. Just like God’s glorious salvation and the Holy Spirit, forgiveness is freely available, but the problem is that people do not receive it. The devil works overtime to blind people from knowing this.

Go into today remembering that forgiveness of sins and cleansing from unrighteousness is freely available in Christ Jesus. You do not need to earn it, you only need to receive it freely.

—Abraham Dami Arigi

Yearly Bible Plan: I Samuel 1-5

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Romans 2:6-8 (NET) [God] will reward each one according to his works:

eternal life to those who by perseverance in good works seek glory and honor and immortality,

but wrath and anger to those who live in selfish ambition and do not obey the truth but follow unrighteousness.

One thing we must immediately note here is that these verses above were written to believers in Rome and not unbelievers. These were people who already believed in the Lord Jesus and were now members of the church in Rome.

One would immediately wonder if in writing this, Apostle Paul forgot all about the doctrine of justification by faith and the gift of righteousness? But he didn’t. It was further in this letter that he gave some of his most profound teachings on these topics.

What then does today’s Bible verse mean? How does it apply to the believer?

It’s a warning for believers not to continue in the sins that Jesus came to save them from. It’s an admonition to believers who continue to practice sin in hypocrisy, but remain in church and even judge those who are caught in the same sins. (Read Romans 2 from verse 1 to get a clearer picture).

Go into today remembering that the faith that saves is one that is alive and not dead (see James 2:4). One sign of living faith is the presence of good works. For faith without works is dead. A sign of justifying[living] faith in the life of a believer is perseverance in good works.

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—Abraham Damilola Arigi

Yearly Plan: Genesis 40-43 (In Telegram Devotional Audio)

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Psalm 119:11 (KJV) Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

After Chide accepted the Lord Jesus, he struggled with many of his previous bad habits and sins. When he discussed this with his discipler, his discipler would recommend prayer and fasting. Chide observed that the prayer and fasting worked in keeping his flesh at bay, but when the fasting was over, he observed that the flesh would spring back up and seek to control him. His spiritual life was like a seesaw; on fire today and down tomorrow.

One day he saw his friend reading a book about the kingdom of God and he was drawn to it. He borrowed the book and started reading it. For the first time, Chide came into an understanding of God’s Truth and kingdom. From then, he was now excited to read the Bible, and even ‘the old testament’ now made sense to him. He observed that as he became a person of the Word, his prayers became much more powerful and he was now free from the bondage of sin. He received His freedom through the knowledge of the Truth.

Jesus told those who believed in Him that it is when they abide in His word that they would know the truth, and the truth will make them free(see John 8:31-34).

I have come to realize that the most effective way to escape the power of sin is through abiding in God’s word. The way God sanctifies us is through His word [which is Truth] (see John 17:17). The word of God is the spiritual water that cleanses and renews the minds of those who are born again( see Eph 5:26).

Go into today determined to be a person that abides in God’s word.

Psalm 119:9(KJV): Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.

—Abraham Damilola Arigi

Yearly Bible Reading: I Corinthians 5-6

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