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Matthew 6:24 (NET) “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.

It wasn’t long after Gerald rededicated his life to Christ that he was faced with the temptation to make some quick money [in an unrighteous way] . Because he was now born again and his conscience now alive, he felt a check in his spirit concerning that “opportunity” to make quick money. He wanted to be sure that he was not doing anything that didn’t please the Lord. Unfortunately, when he discussed his concerns with one of his Christian brothers in the church, he could see that the brother was not truly interested in knowing whether it was the will of God for one to make money that way, the brother was only interested in making more money. Gerald almost got led astray by that brother, but his discipler came along and showed him why making money that way was unrighteous.

When it comes to matters of money, more believers stumble there than matters of demonic attacks or most other kinds of temptation. The biggest contender with God for your love is mammon. If a believer is not intentional and deliberate about overcoming the love of mammon, he would be cut in it without knowing how much his heart has been consumed by it. Remember, you cannot love God and mammon.

When a believer is not willing to know [and submit to] God’s opinion and will when it comes to matters of getting money, it is a sign that he is now enslaved by mammon. On the resurrection morning, many will realize how much ground they lost because their hearts were enslaved by the love of money. May we not be found weeping and gnashing our teeth on that day.

Go into today remembering that one of the biggest threats to your spiritual life is the love of money. There is more warning about this in the Bible by the Lord and His apostles than there is warning about most other tricks of the devil. (see Luke 12:15, Luke 8:14, Hebrews 13:5, 1 Timothy 6:6-10, Ephesians 5:3-5).

Pray: Lord, deliver me from the love of money and help me love you in truth. Help me know that it pays much more to love you than to love mammon.

—Abraham Damilola Arigi

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John 3:3 (KJV) Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

I remember something that happened when I was an undergraduate student. One of my Christian classmates was in a difficult situation, and doing certain things that would compromise his faith would have easily helped him out of that situation, but he refused to compromise. A second classmate who attended the same Christian fellowship with him kept advising him to compromise and make life easy for himself. When the second classmate didn’t stop his persuasions, my Christian classmate became tired and told him to his face: “you are not born again”. This became an issue because the second classmate who was a leader on campus fellowship didn’t hide the fact that he was deeply offended by what my Christian classmate said to him.My Christian classmate refused to compromise because the kingdom of God was real to him and it regulated his everyday life–he could see the kingdom of God. My second classmate simply couldn’t understand why the first brother wouldn’t compromise, he apparently wasn’t conscious of the kingdom and wasn’t seeing life from a kingdom perspective.

Being born again brought us into the kingdom of light. We were once in darkness and could not see the kingdom of God. But being born again gives us the ability to perceive and be ruled by the kingdom of God. We begin to understand the purpose of life and how we are part of God’s eternal kingdom (A kingdom that will indeed rule over all). We begin to see life from that perspective and make our choices from there.

Go into today remembering that those saved into God’s kingdom should live under the authority of Christ. Anyone who has no Lord over him is not saved.

Prayer: Heavenly Father, help me see your kingdom and walk in the reality of your kingdom and power. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

—Abraham Damilola Arigi

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Yearly Bible Plan: Acts 11-12 (In Devotional Audio)

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1 John 4:1 (NET) Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to determine if they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

When Lara was an unbeliever on campus, it was quite easy for her to identify false prophets from real servants of God. She knew them because they were the same men she saw patronizing certain red districts where her friends worked. Her best friend was the girlfriend of one of such prophets in town, and she also knew his friends who were prophets like him. Lara knew that those false prophets were liars and their main goal was to raise money, but she didn’t care because they had some results to present and results were what she was after. So she was a parishioner in a church pastored by one of such prophets until she had an encounter with the Lord and got saved.

After she got saved, she found it difficult to continue to attend that church. But she did not know how dangerous it was for her to remain in that church until she read a book about the power of seduction and how evil spirits are transmitted in such places.

Our Lord Jesus warns us to steer clear of false Prophets(Matthew 7:15-20). He reveals to us that their fruits are what will ultimately give them away. The fruit of a man’s life is his character; the fruit of a man’s ministry is the quality of people produced by that ministry. If for example, all the followers of a prophet you know are only Christians by words, but not in character, steer clear of such a minister.

If a person claims to speak for God but does not acknowledge the authority of Christ Jesus by living visibly under it, he is a false prophet. A person who says “lord lord” to Jesus, but does not do His will is not living under His authority. The proof that you’ve truly confessed [to] the Lord Jesus is that you’ll live under His authority.

Go into today knowing that false prophets are out there, and their assignment from hell is to devour the sheep of God. If a true believer exposes himself to false prophets for long, he would be impoverished and afflicted and may not know why.

Prayer: Lord Jesus, please help me steer clear of false prophets and teachers. Help me fulfill my glorious destiny in you.

—Abraham Damilola Arigi

Bible In 1 Year: Zephaniah (In Devotional Audio)

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Luke 9:23 (KJV), “And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.”

Peter, James, and John met Jesus in a very peculiar way. Being professional fishermen, they’d tried the best skill in their repertoires and having caught nothing all night retired to the shore to wash their nets. Something extraordinary however happened: Jesus was in one of their boats because he needed it as a stage for his sermon. But that wasn’t all, because of Jesus’s command, the professional fishermen who couldn’t catch a single fish all night now caught so many fishes that they required an extra boat to ferry them to shore. This was the encounter that led to the call of these men. They had the most amazing response; they left all and followed Jesus (see Luke 5:1-11).

Just like it happened with these men, discovering one’s call could follow a dramatic encounter; a vision, prophecy, miraculous healing or provision, etc. God does this so men may know that the one who is calling them is the All-Powerful One. But encounters alone, however breath-taking they may be, are not all that is needed.

The Lord Jesus in Luke 9:23 said, “ If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me”. Denying yourself, taking up your cross, and following the Lord daily are the actions that set the stage for a great destiny. Peter, James, and John did these when they abandoned what should have been called “breakthrough” and followed Jesus; they chose not to be fixed on the encounter while neglecting the giver of the encounter.

Go into today knowing that entering into your calling will require you to look beyond the encounters and start listening, obeying, and following God.

Prayer: Lord Jesus, please grant me the grace to forsake all and carry my cross daily and follow you. Amen!

—Dr. Emmanuel James

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Colossians 3:3 (NET) For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

Uche observed that he was still very much bound by the powers that bound him before he came out for alter call to become born again. He could not understand why the promises the evangelist gave were not being fulfilled in his life. The evangelist promised that anyone who came out to accept Christ would be free from the bondage of darkness. But this was not the case with Uche. He started going from church to church, from vigil to prayer meetings, seeking spiritual liberty because he knew for sure that Jesus gives liberty.

He ended up in one church where the pastor asked to see him. This pastor knew by prophecy that Uche needed to see him in order for him to be free. After Uche had enumerated his ordeal, the pastor told him that he was still bound because he had not yet died to the old life. The only thing that changed in his life was that he was now going to church. He was still a liar, a cheat, a thief, and a fornicator.

Many believers claim the second part of today’s Bible verse while ignoring the first part. The reason why your life can be hidden in Christ is because you have died to the old life, and have awakened to the new life of Christ within you. The new life that now controls you can never be bound, but the old life controlled by the flesh ushers in demonic bondage.

Go into today remembering that you have new life in Christ Jesus if you have accepted Him as your Lord and Savior, abide in Him and let His word abide in you.

Confession: I am dead to the old life of sin. The life that I now live is hidden in Christ in God. Jesus rules my life.

— Abraham Damilola Arigi

Yearly Bible Plan: Psalms 125-127 (In Devotional Audio)

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Ephesians 5:8-10 (NET) for you were at one time darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of the light – for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth – trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord.

When Gerald was a child, he used to be very naughty. But when his parents were expecting visitors and they wanted all their children to be very well behaved especially him, his mother would call him aside and promise to give him some money for being good when the visitors are around. This always worked like a charm. Because of the financial incentive, even as a little boy, Gerald knew how to be good.

As an adult, whenever he wanted something from someone or to impress them, he knew how to act and sound good and kind, but being good and kind was not truly his nature even though he knew the expectations of that nature.

So when after accepting the Lord Jesus, he was taught by his discipler that as a child of light, one of the fruits of his life should be goodness, he knew exactly what it meant. He understood that for him now, being good and kind was not to be a guest attitude when he wanted to impress someone or get something out of them, it was now to be his way of life because he had received the divine nature that makes bad people good.

As Gerald started walking every day with this consciousness of being good, he realized that even though many times, being good was not convenient for the flesh, it was always refreshing to the spirit, and the more he acted in the divine nature of goodness and kindness, the more pleased the Holy Spirit within him was, and this translated to more inner joy and strength in his spirit.

After receiving the new life and the indwelling Holy Spirit, if we walk in our old sinful bad nature, the Holy Spirit [within us] is not pleased but grieved, and this would affect our inner joy and deplete our inner strength. But the more we consciously walk in the divine nature of goodness, righteousness, and truth, the Holy Spirit within us is pleased and He rejoices. This joy of the Lord within us will fill our hearts with joy and strengthen us.

Go into today remembering that the joy of the Lord is your strength. Let the words you say and the things you do be pleasing to the Lord. This is the source of your inner joy and peace.

Prayer Confession: As a child of God I walk in the divine nature. I am pleasing the Lord in all things, and fruitful in every good work.

— Abraham Damilola Arigi

Bible In 1 Year: II Chronicles 29-32

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James 4:6 (NET) But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud, but he gives grace to the humble.”

Many of the workers in Mrs. Anderson’s organization were very proud and it was now affecting the organization’s reputation. The customer service left much to be desired, and the General attitude of her employees was an arrogant disposition. This happened because of certain human resource trainers that had taught them to “esteem yourself if you want others to esteem you”, and many other such things that translated into a proud demeanor in unregenerate hearts.

Mrs. Anderson noticed this problem and tried to fix it by hiring another HR trainer but it didn’t work. One morning after receiving yet another serious complaint because of the arrogant disposition of her staff, she was asking the Lord how to fix this problem when the Lord quietly reminded her of how He teaches His church humility – He teaches us by example.

She decided to start showing up in that particular office early every morning and work with the customer relations officers. She would attend to customers, help them carry their bags if necessary, be so polite and greet them with a bow, etc.

When her arrogant staff saw how humble their CEO was, most of them adjusted immediately and became really humble in their demeanor and in the way they related with customers. But Mrs. Anderson had no choice but to fire the staff who did not change despite her example.

The Lord Jesus taught us that the way of greatness in His kingdom is through service and humility, and He exemplifies it. The easiest and fastest way for a believer to receive the virtue of humility is by looking at the humility of the Lord Jesus: how despite his greatness, he humbled himself, became a man, and was even persecuted and killed by the very men he created. How he is so accessible to the lowliest of men.

Go into today remembering that pride is one of the few things in a person that can cause God to oppose him(see James 4:6, 1 Peter 5:5-6). Many people’s problem is not their enemies attacking them, it is their pride sabotaging them and causing them to receive opposition from God instead of help.

Ask the Lord to help you fix your gaze on Him and inherit His virtues of humility and Gentleness(Matthew 11:29).

— Abraham Damilola Arigi

Bible In 1 Year: Deuteronomy 7-9

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1 Corinthians 15:25 (NET) Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.”

After Gerald accepted the Lord Jesus, he was baptized and introduced to an entirely different way of life. His evil and sinful desires were no longer the controlling force of his life, and he discovered he was now free from within and had an inner joy and peace that words could not explain.

Even though his discipler had warned him to cut his ties with his former friends with whom he used to commit sins, he started hanging out with them again because he told himself that they did not have the power to influence him but he would rather influence them. He used to be their leader. He was deceiving himself by thinking he could continue his friendship with them and not be corrupted.

After several weeks of continuing his friendship with them, he came back to his senses one night while he was in a nightclub with them doing all the sinful things they used to do before. At that point, he realized he had gone back to how he used to be. He was sad because he really wanted to stay free. He went back to his discipler, repented, and was restored. He had now learned experientially that bad company truly corrupts good morals, that’s not something the strongest-willed person can control.

One of the very potent deceptions of the devil today is that company and communication (and the content of what entertains you) do not really matter.

Today’s Bible verse was taken from a section of the letter apostle Paul wrote to the Corinthian Christians. In that section, Apostle Paul was addressing a strange doctrinal belief that was becoming prevalent among the brethren in that city (read 1 Corinthians 15). One thing was clear, the brethren were being influenced by other sources of information that are contrary to the scriptures. They were communicating with sources of information that apostle Paul is now referring to as evil.

When a believer spends time regularly watching unwholesome programs on TV and thinks it doesn’t matter, he is deceiving himself by not realizing that evil communication will corrupt his good morals. Remember, whatever entertains you enters you.

Go into today remembering to guard your heart with all diligence because out of it are the issues of life (see Proverbs 4:23).

Prayer: Ask the Lord to give you strength and wisdom to cut off from every source of evil communication and keep your mind stayed on Him.

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

— Abraham Damilola Arigi

Bible In 1 Year: James 4-5

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Romans 13:13-14 (NET) Let us live decently as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in discord and jealousy. Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh to arouse its desires.

After Gabriel recovered spiritually, he was now more careful with the places he went to and the people he spent time with. He realized that putting on Jesus was a repellent to the wrong people. Everyone that came in contact with him now heard about Jesus; they heard the praise of Jesus and thanksgiving to God in His name; and knew that Gabriel was under the authority of the Lord Jesus.

Gabriel now had a simple rule: everywhere he knew that the Lord would not be in, he avoided such places. He avoided watching movies and having conversations he knew the Lord could not partake in.

It is impossible to put on a potent perfume and it would not be noticed by those who come close to you. It is impossible to put on the Lord Jesus and He will not be noticed by those who come close to you. The power of God answers to those whose nature has been transformed through their interaction with Jesus. Believers who still live like unbelievers would not know the power and glory of sonship (see 2 Corinthians 6:17-18), but will easily fall prey to seducing spirits.

Go into today remembering to put on the Lord Jesus Christ and make no provision for the flesh. Every time we make provision for the flesh, we put off the Lord Jesus to do that.

Prayer: Father, help me live a life permeated by the presence of the Lord Jesus. Deliver me from the power of the flesh, In Jesus’ name. Amen

—Abraham Damilola Arigi

Yearly Bible Plan: Acts 9-10 (In Devotional Audio)

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Luke 12:35-37 (KJV) Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.

Henry went through some things that made him almost discouraged and give up his faith. His faith seemed waning and his joy in the Lord diminished, but because he was properly taught, he understood that all the devil was aiming at was to extinguish [the fire of] his faith. He thus strengthened himself with the remembrance of the hope of the Lord’s coming and the glory that shall be revealed. Just like the Thessalonians were instructed to do(see 1 Thessalonians 4:18), Henry found encouragement in being focused on the hope of our calling(the resurrection of the dead and the glorious appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ).

In the midst of the raging storms, if you take that hope away from the believer, his faith will be extinguished. Faith is the substance of things hoped for.

In the verses above, we see a call to alertness and keeping our fires burning. You cannot be alert and ready for the Lord’s coming if your fire is not burning. This quickly reminds me of the Parable of the wise and foolish Virgins in Matthew 25:14-30. In order for the virgins to be ready for the coming of the bridegroom, their lamps needed to have oil and the fire burning.

In Isaiah 62:1, we see righteousness and salvation likened to a burning lamp. A believer whose fire is burning is one who is living the life and working the work. He is one who is not discouraged, weary or distracted, but one whose salvation continues to produce the attendant fruits. A believer whose light has gone out is one who has backslidden.

Go into today remembering that God does not give us warnings that are not necessary. There is the threat of many people’s lights going out because of discouragement and distractions, but he that endures to the end shall be saved.

Prayer: Lord Jesus, please help me remain alert and keep my fire burning. Deliver me from discouragements and distractions. Amen.

—Abraham Damilola Arigi

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