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Romans 8:18 (KJV) For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

If you think about who God is and all His has, it is simply too awesome for our 1.5kg brain to fully comprehend. Yet, we are going to inherit all that belongs to God as heirs of God through Christ Jesus(Romans 8:7, Revelation 21:7).

What we know is that we shall be as He is because we shall see Him face to face(1 John 3:2). We shall rule and reign with Him and even judge the angels(see 1 Corinthians 6:3). We shall inherit all things (Revelation 21:7).

Even though we know that it is those who live for Christ and [are willing to] suffer for Him that would be counted worthy to reign with Him in glory, it is foolishness to think that our suffering for Him is able to earn us His eternal glory. The sufferings of this present time cannot be compared to the glory. If we suffered for Christ to the point of death in one billion lifetimes, it still wouldn’t be sufficient to earn the glory that we would receive.

God is not interested in our suffering, He is interested in our faithfulness. It is just that being faithful to Him would require denial of the flesh and may incur persecution from those still controlled by the Prince of this present world who is an enemy of Christ. As you are reading this Devotional today, many of our brethren in Pakistan, parts of India, and the Middle East are experiencing great persecution because of their faith in Christ. Many in the middle east are even denied passports so that they cannot get visas to flee their countries where they are being persecuted for their faith. Even in certain parts of northern Nigeria today, believers who are qualified for promotion in public service are denied a promotion because they are believers. Qualified students are denied admission into government-owned subsidized tertiary institutions because they have Christian names. We can go on and on, but the point is this: those who would not deny the faith because of worldly pressures are proving that they are faithful in the little, and much more would be given to them (Luke 16:10-12). They would rule and reign with the Lord in the eternal kingdom that is coming to sweep away every other kingdom in this earth.

Go into today asking the Lord for the grace to be faithful to Him in the face of pressures.

Prayer: Dear Lord, please help to be faithful to you until the end. Please help me to not miss my eternal reward but reign with you in glory on that day. Amen.

—Abraham Damilola Arigi

Yearly Bible Reading: Luke 7-8

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Romans 6:15-16 (NET) What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Absolutely not! Do you not know that if you present yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or obedience resulting in righteousness?

Because Tom understood that the grace of God was abundant and because of it there was always forgiveness of sins in God, he started flirting with sin and invoking grace. He didn’t take him long to realize that he was now a slave to certain sins he used to enjoy. Even though he wanted to be free, he found that he did not have the ability to break free.

If a believer willfully gives himself to any sin for a period of time, that sinful work of the flesh will ultimately open the door to the dominion of demons that impose that sin. And when this happens, such a person would become a slave to that kind of sin. This is the kind of situation that would require deliverance. And in certain cases, the person involved may have to confess to another believer who will help administer deliverance to him.

Go into today remembering that sin of any kind is never to be allowed to continue in the life of a believer because it leads to spiritual slavery to darkness.

Prayer Confession: Sin shall have no dominion over me in Jesus’ name.

—Abraham Damilola Arigi

Yearly Bible Reading: Jeremiah 47-52 (In Devotional Audio)

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Exodus 23:25 (KJV) And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.

Dante was so sickly that the health insurance company sent him an email saying that they could no longer keep up with his medical bills and he would have to upgrade his insurance plan.

After he accepted the Lord Jesus, he learned the word of God and realized that the Lord would bless his food and water and take sickness and disease away from him. This was yet another motivation to serve the Lord. He became committed to the service of the Lord in his local church. Because of this, he had boldness and faith that the Lord was going to preserve him from his frequent illnesses. As he continued in the word and refused to change his confessions of faith, he found that he was no longer a sickly person. He now enjoyed divine health.

For Dante, serving the Lord was what preserved his life from untimely death.

Today’s Bible verse contains a covenant promise of God. As we commit to serving the Lord in truth, He will bless our food and water and take sickness and disease away from us. It is possible to think you’re serving the Lord when indeed you are not. Serving the Lord must be done at His terms and in His way.

Go into today remembering that one sure way to enjoy divine health is to be sure that you are serving the Lord in truth. A person serving his belly but who thinks he is serving the Lord may not be able to benefit from the covenant promise in today’s main text.

Prayer: Lord, teach me to serve you acceptably. Deliver from the distraction of worldliness. Amen.

—Abraham Damilola Arigi

Yearly Plan: Proverbs 1 (in Audio Devotional)

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Psalms 91:5-6 (NKJV)You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, Nor of the arrow that flies by day,

Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.

When Nike traveled to her village for the first time, she was already 27 years old and now born again. She needed to attend her grandfather’s burial.

It turned out that her parents were not wrong in their fear of going to the village because the first night Nike spent in that village, a demon was sent to afflict her with an incurable disease. Because Nike had the ability to see visions and walk in the prophetic, she saw in a dream how an old man and a witch joined powers to summon a demon that was to afflict her with a disease in the night. Their plan was that she would travel back to the city before noticing the symptoms of the incurable disease. But because Nike was under the shadow of the Almighty, the demon couldn’t come near her and had to return to the persons that sent it. She noticed the following day that certain women were now so afraid of coming near her and could not even look at her face. This was obvious to other people too.

Many diseases and afflictions are spiritually inflicted on people before they begin to see the physical manifestations. The word of God for you today is ‘you shall not be afraid of the pestilence that walks in darkness nor the destruction that wastes at noonday’. None of the diseases afflicting people will come near you because you are under the shadow of the Almighty.

Go into today believing God’s word and knowing that you are covered from the evils distributed by evil spirits.

Confession: I am under the shadow of the Almighty. No evil shall befall me and no disease shall come near me. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

—Abraham Damilola Arigi

Yearly Plan: Psalms 63-65 (in Audio Devotional)

Yearly Bible Reading: I Kings 1-4 (In Devotional Audio)

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Matthew 23:15 (KJV) “Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.”

As long as Jesus was alive, Peter followed him and showed himself on so many occasions to be a man full of zeal. Because of his audacity, he walked on water (Matthew 14:28-29), rebuked Jesus (Matthew 16:22), promised to never forsake him (Matthew 26:33, 35) etcetera, but he failed in all of the instances; he sank in the water, advocated for Satan and denied Jesus. Peter never stopped failing until he was empowered by the Holy Spirit.

Today’s text showed how passionate the scribes and Pharisees were in their evangelism, how they would travel very long distances both on land and sea to win a convert. The result was however disheartening; their converts were made twofold the sons of hell. The reason for this malady was simple, they were not sent by God hence they lacked his empowerment.

Zeal or passion alone does not make one a man of God, even the Pharisees and Scribes won converts by their zeal, yet they were themselves children of hell.

Being around Jesus, his church and men also does not make one a servant of God. Only the people commissioned by God can serve him and this commissioning is by the Holy Spirit.

The end of every passion or zeal that is devoid of the power of God is a failure, no man can do the work of God without the help of God. “For it is God which worketh in us both to will and to do of his good pleasure” (Philippians 2:13 KJV). God must be working in you for your service to please Him.

Go into today knowing that zeal is useful only after you have been commissioned and empowered by God.

Prayer: check if you are doing a work in the name of God which is powered only by zeal alone, repent, stop the work and seek God’s empowerment.

—Dr. Emmanuel James

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Yearly Bible Reading: I Kings 1-4 (In Devotional Audio)

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Mark 4:31 (NKJV)[The kingdom of God] is like a mustard seed which, when it is sown on the ground, is smaller than all the seeds on earth

Luke 17:21

…the kingdom of God is within you.

If you plant a mustard seed, everything about the tree including the fruits it will bear and the huge size it will attain is encoded into that seed. As the seed begins to grow day by day, its real nature is revealed in the plant. Everything the tree will ever become has been encoded in that seed.

When you received Christ as Lord and Savior, you received the righteousness of God in your Spirit. This seed of God in your Spirit is incorruptible (see 1 Peter 1:23). God’s plan is that as you live out your life here on earth by faith, His righteousness within you is revealed. ”For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; it is written, ‘the just shall live by faith’” (Rom 1:17). As you live by faith, the righteousness of God in your spirit is revealed, just like the nature of the mustard seed is revealed as it is allowed to grow.

Any believer who does not live by faith will not let the righteousness of God deposited in his spirit to be revealed. He will be unfruitful. Remember that God’s expectation is fruitfulness (John 15:16, Luke 8:4-8).

The righteousness that counts before God is the righteousness of God, not the righteousness of man. The righteousness of man is a result of man’s work in obeying laws, but the righteousness of God is the fruit produced when believers live by faith (walk in the Spirit). A believer who lives by faith obeys God’s instructions, not because he thinks that they are the reason he is justified, he obeys them because he understands that he already has a relationship with God because of Christ Jesus. A child obeys his father not so that he can become his father’s child but because he is already his father’s child.

Go into today thanking God for the gift of His righteousness in your Spirit.

Prayer: Ask the Lord to help you live by faith and be fruitful.

—Abraham Damilola Arigi

Yearly Bible Reading: Exodus 33-36 (In Devotional Audio)

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Matthew 8:9 (KJV) “For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.”

” Forget it, I am not going to bring myself that low after I have served faithfully as the Pastor of a megachurch for ten years, is this the reward I will get? No! I’m not going to that small church, I won’t accept this humiliation; God forbid!” This was Ray’s response when he was transferred to pastor a small church in a local community.

Merriam Webster Dictionary defines service as the work performed by one that serves. The one that serves is called a servant and it is from this that the sentence “servant of God” emanated. Effective service is impossible when you do not see yourself as a servant. Usually, the one you are serving may disappoint you, but if you are a servant you will know that you have no right except the right given you by your master.

“So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do” (Luke 17:10 KJV).

At its best, a servant who does not see himself as profitable has no sense of entitlement. His master determines what job he must do, how he must do it, and when he must do such a job. If a servant intends to be a faithful servant, his response must be a simple “yes sir”.

If God is your Master, your response to His instructions must always be a “yes sir” if you intend to serve with a true heart.

Go into today knowing that it is rebellion that makes a servant contest the instructions of his master and the consequences of such disobedience are always grievous.

Prayer: I choose to be an obedient servant who will no longer contest with God’s instructions in Jesus’ name. Amen!

—Dr. Emmanuel James

Yearly Bible Reading: Galatians 1-3 (In Devotional Audio)

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Psalms 100:2-3 (KJV) Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing. Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Gerald knew that he was called to serve the Lord, but he observed that his work for the Lord was not very fruitful. He had friends who were more fruitful and effective than him. He was not comparing himself with them, but he understood that his lack of fruitfulness was not God’s plan for him, so he decided to humble himself and learn from them.

After spending some time with one of them, one of the things he observed was that unlike him, his friend was very positive and joyful in his approach to serving the Lord. The three days they spent together, he never heard him complain about anything but only giving thanks. He also observed that his friend was a very positive person who always had a way of seeing the good in people and situations.

As Gerald meditated on the differences between his approach to ministry and that of his friend, the Lord revealed to him that his service was not fruitful because he was not serving with gladness but grudgingly with complaints and without the joy of the Lord. Joy is a catalyst for divine prosperity and strength (Isaiah 12:3).

The Lord does not give us commandments to do things that we would do naturally. The reason why He tells us to serve Him with gladness is that the natural tendency of man is to serve as a chore. It becomes incumbent upon us to discipline ourselves to rejoice in the Lord always and determine to fill our hearts with only things that are of a good report so that we can serve the Lord with joy in our hearts.

Go into today remembering that the way to serve the Lord acceptably is with a cheerful heart. Even in the midst of tribulation, our Lord commands us to be of good cheer because He has overcome the world (John 16:33).

Prayer: Lord, help me learn the discipline of focusing on what is good and being thankful always. Deliver me from the temptation of always complaining and criticizing. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

—Abraham Damilola Arigi

Yearly Bible Reading: Luke 5-6 (In Devotional Audio)

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Proverbs 28:1 (KJV) The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

Eleojo entered her office and thanked the Lord for a brand new day. She wanted to sit down on her chair when she saw the charm and dead tortoise on it. She was so shocked that she screamed ‘Jesus’ at the top of her voice. Minutes later, the man who placed the charm came to her office. His name was Sani.

Sani: Good morning, madam. I just heard you scream. Hope all is well?

Eleojo: (already comfortably seated on that same office chair) Good morning sir. I’m fine. How is your wife?

Sani: (perplexed to see her seated on the chair and looking so relaxed) I… I… heard you shouting. I…

Eleojo: I saw these charms in my office (pointing to the dustbin). The initial shock made me scream so loud. I’m sorry for alarming everyone.

Sani: but why are you sitting in the same chair you saw the charm. Shouldn’t you avoid it?

Eleojo: God that is in me is far greater than the spirits that follow charms. Wait… how did you know it was on my chair?

Sani: I… I… just guessed. I…

Eleojo: (cuts in) the person who put it on my chair did so to hinder me from my seat in this office. I will not cooperate with that person.

Eleojo got the promotion the following week.

Eleojo was bold because she was filled with the Spirit and conscious of her righteousness in Christ.

Many Christians are not bold because their consciences are defiled with guilt. You need a clear conscience to be bold like a lion.

Go into today remembering that all power in heaven and on earth now belongs to Christ (Mat 28:18). His people live by this truth and do not fear the power of the enemy.

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Yearly Plan: Jeremiah 42-46 (in Audio Devotional)

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Psalms 91:5 (NKJV)You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, Nor of the arrow that flies by day

When Eleojo realized how far some people in her office would go to get promoted, she started getting afraid when she and six other people were due for the next big promotion.

Unknown to her, knowing that she was the most qualified for the promotion, her enemies in that office tried several times to attack her by sending demonic spiritual arrows. But they failed each and every time.

The sorcerer of one of them gave him a very scary-looking charm and a dead tortoise to secretly sneak into Eleojo’s office. The only purpose of this charm was to bring fear into her heart because they knew charms wouldn’t work on her. They wanted her to lose her peace and start living in fear when she sees the charm and tortoise. They understood that it would be easier for them to attack her when she is living in fear because fear opens the door for demons.

The first part of today’s Bible verse says ‘you shall not be afraid… ‘

In this life, there are many things that would seek to make you afraid, but remember that if you are in the secret place of the most high, you will abide under His protection. The enemy sends thoughts and imaginations calculated to keep us in fear because he understands that if he can keep us in fear, we can be defeated.

Go into today remembering that constant fear creates a spiritual atmosphere that makes it conducive for demons to operate. Living in Constant fear is a declaration of faithlessness. The victory that overcomes the [dark powers of this] world is your faith (see 1 John 5:4).

Prayer: Lord, help me overcome all my fears. Help me walk in your living faith. Amen.

—Abraham Damilola Arigi

Yearly Bible Reading: Job 41-42 (in audio devotional)

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