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Psalms 100:1-3 (KJV)

1 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.

2 Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.

3 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.

Clara observed that Isabel had a more fruitful prayer life and communion with the Lord. There was a time she traveled with Isabel for a wedding and they had to stay together for more than a day. That was when Clara understood why Isabel’s prayer life was so fruitful.

Clara observed that unlike her, Helen always approached prayer with a thankful and praiseful attitude of the heart. She was always joyful in dealing with the Lord even when one expected her to be heavy. This was her secret of fruitful communion with the Lord.

When Aaron the priest of God lost his first two sons in the same day, the Lord did not permit him and his other two sons to mourn the traditional way people mourned in that culture(see Leviticus 10:6). This was because they were priests unto the Most High God and there is an acceptable demeanor of service in God’s house. They were not to serve the Lord with a mournful demeanor. This truth has evaded many believers today who themselves are priests(1 Pet 2:9). Like Clara, they spend a good portion of their time with God with a mournful attitude of complaints. They forget that the Lord that commanded that they serve Him with gladness is very aware of their problems.

In today’s Bible verse we see that we are expected to serve the Lord with gladness and come before His presence with singing. The reason is that He is God and He knows our challenges. When we appear before Him with joy even though there are reasons for us to be sorrowful, He knows and He sees our problems even if we don’t wear them on our hearts and faces.

Many who disregard this protocol of dealing with the Lord might find that their communion with the Lord is not as fruitful as it should be. Your Grace and power comes from the place of communion.

Go into today remembering to obey the Holy Spirit’s command to rejoice in the Lord always(Philippians 4:4). When God gives us commandments like this, it usually is because the opposite is normal for most people, so we are expected to be deliberate and intentional about not acting in the flesh. The next time you approach the throne of God, don’t greet Him with your worries and problems, greet Him with thanksgiving and praise. This is the acceptable way of worship and fruitful communion.

Prayer: Lord, help me always remember to serve you with gladness.

—Abraham Damilola Arigi

Yearly Bible Reading: Psalms 60-62 (In Devotional Audio)

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Psalm 29:1-2 (KJV), “Give unto the Lord, O ye mighty, give unto the Lord glory and strength. Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.”

Timothy’s spiritual growth was really rapid that it caused many to wonder, even his parents were amazed. It did not take long before his parents realized that he was enjoying the gifts and graces they had prayed for and had expected in their ministry. Because of these gifts, he was called several names in a bid to honor God in his life, others simply did so they could win his favor. But a time came when he became so entitled and began to demand honor from men; anyone who will not honor the way he wanted could not get his attention, he eventually stopped giving the glory to God, he simply received it.

According to today’s text, we are to give God the glory due to him. What does this mean?

Luke 17:10 (KJV) reads, “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.”

Any glory emanating from the work God assigned to you or the gifts he gave you is the glory due him, whether directly from the work he gave you or from men because of the results of the work.

No man should give glory to another man and no man should receive glory from another man. Every glory coming from man must be to God, if men decide to give you glory because they are ignorant, you must refuse it and channel it to God.

It is the glory that God gives that is yours, the glory men give is not yours but God’s.

“For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly” (Psalm 84:11 KJV).

Go into today knowing that there is glory destined for you and God himself is the one who gives this glory.

Prayer: Lord Jesus, please help me never to take the glory due you.

—Dr. Emmanuel James

Yearly Bible Reading: II Corinthians 11-13 (In Devotional Audio)

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1 Corinthians 2:14 (NET) The unbeliever does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him. And he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

Daramola observed that many things they taught in the church didn’t make too much sense to him. Even though he was born into a Christian family, he did not understand how a person would live for a kingdom that they cannot see. As far as he was concerned, life was about making as much money as possible and enjoying the money.

One of the first things that happened to him when he became born again was that it became clearer and clearer to him how empty and vain worldly possessions really were. They could no longer satisfy him, and unlike before when he sought to get satisfaction by seeking more of them, he now understood that the material things of this world didn’t have the ability to satisfy. He didn’t have this wisdom before. He kept running after more and more, and was never really satisfied (Eccl 1:12).

Daramola came to realize that the solution to the thirst and hunger in his soul was only found in Christ. For the first time in his life, he found rest for his soul (see Matt 11:29). He was no more seeking to be validated by things and people; he knew he was accepted and loved by Almighty God (Eph 1:6).

If you notice that the things of the Spirit of God are beginning to look less important to you, it is an indication that your faith is under attack. You may want to spend more time in prayer and be more careful about the persons you spend much of your time with (see 2 Cor 6:14). Unbelief is a spiritually contagious disease.

Go into today remembering that as believers, we are kingdom agents who live for the advancement of God’s kingdom. Everything else comes second (see Matt 6:33).

Prayer: Lord, help me live for the kingdom and prosper in all that I do. Amen

—Abraham Damilola Arigi

Yearly Bible Reading: Exodus 29-32 (In Devotional Audio)

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Luke 1:74-75 (KJV) That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear, In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.

Lucas accepted the Lord Jesus when he was in high school but his spiritual life was not stable. He knew that he was not totally free but was still in bondage to fears and certain besetting sins.

When he was in his first year in the polytechnic, he attended a campus revival program and the speaker spent a lot of time teaching that only believers who are servants of the Lord are ready for total spiritual liberty. The speaker went on to explain that God does not only need his servants in the pulpits but He needs them in every area of human endeavor.

For the first time, Lucas realized that he too was a servant of God even though he was not called to be a pastor. As a result of this light, he was now devoted to learning the word of God and being equipped for service because he knew he had to be filled with the knowledge of God in order for Him to properly represent, serve and demonstrate the power and excellence of Christ. He was so busy seeking the Lord, learning and growing, that he forgot all about his troubles and fears. After several months, it occurred to him one day that he was now free. He knew indeed that he was now free to fulfill the glorious destiny God had written concerning him. This freedom came when he accepted the call to service and wholeheartedly committed to being a servant of the Lord.

If your heart is sincerely set on service to the Lord, your spirit will long for His word and presence, and your soul will be free from all entanglements as a result of His grace that is supplied to your spirit through alignment with His divine purposes. Those who are committed to serving the Lord will inadvertently make a demand on God’s great power to be released upon their lives. Many of the promises of God in scripture are for those who serve Him.

Go into today remembering that as a child of God, you are expected to also be a servant of God. Jesus, who is our example, came to serve even though He was the Son (see Matthew 20:28). We must follow His example so that we can walk in His grace and peace.

Prayer: Heavenly Father, help me to serve you in truth and walk in your glorious plan for me, In Jesus’ name.  Amen.

—Abraham Damilola Arigi

Yearly Bible Reading: Luke 3-4 (In Devotional Audio)

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1 Corinthians 15:9-10 (NET) For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me has not been in vain. In fact, I worked harder than all of them – yet not I, but the grace of God with me.

Enejo was sick and tired of living a life without power. He wanted the grace of God to begin to manifest in his life. He had received the grace of God but it appeared the grace was not producing the desired results because he did not give himself to the disciplines of the grace he had received. As he began to follow people who had walked in the grace he had received and learned their disciplines, he also became fruitful in the work the Lord called him to do. (Read Hebrews 6:12).

Apostle Paul received grace to be an apostle, and he got at it. He did not sit down in one place expecting things to happen, he went out to do the work. He labored in accordance with the grace that was given to him.

In this kingdom, promotion comes when we demonstrate faithfulness in the little(see Luke 16:10).

When grace comes it comes with its demands and instruction(see Titus 2:11). If we act according to the requirement of grace, we would find more grace and more [spiritual] influence, but if we refuse to act but are slothful in business, it would be as if the grace we have received has no effect.

Go into today remembering that grace, just like faith, compels us to action. If the grace you have received is to teach the word of God, you must teach in order for the grace to grow(. If yours is to prophesy, but you are shying away from it, it would later be as if you have not received that grace (see Romans 12:6).

Prayer: Lord, help me walk in the grace you have given me and be fruitful. Deliver me from all forms of laziness.

—Abraham Damilola Arigi

Bible In One Year: Jeremiah 37-41

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Genesis 6:8 (KJV) “But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.”

Just some generations after God created man, the whole earth was filled with evil, the earth was so evil that non was exempted except the family of Noah. This got God fed up that he decided to wipe out every living thing on the surface of the earth, he did this by sending a flood of water which drowned everything living except Noah, his family, and the living things that were with him. But why were they spared? They were spared because Noah found grace in the eyes of God right? What was so special about him? Why was it just him? What about others or was it just a random selection by God? These and more are the questions that someone may be asking.

When Jesus was confronted with the question of divorce in Matthew 19:7-8, he responded by telling them what God’s intention for marriage was in the beginning. Just like Jesus did, we will also examine what grace is in the beginning; at its first mention.

In Genesis 6:1-7, the entire human race was corrupted and God decided to wipe them out, but Noah found grace (Gen 6:8). One may quickly think that Noah was only lucky, but a careful examination of his life, however, reveals the contrary. He knew something that differentiated him from every other person, he lived a righteous life (Gen 7:1). Not only did he live righteously, he was also a preacher of righteousness (2 Peter 2:5).

You see, before grace spared Noah from being destroyed, it taught him how to live righteously first. We therefore can conclude that living righteously is the proof that one has found grace and its result or benefit is an exemption from destruction (salvation).

If the grace you have found is such which promises an escape from hell (destruction) but never teaches righteousness, what you have found is not the same as what Noah found.

Go into today knowing that, “the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world” (Titus 2:11-12 KJV).

Prayer: By the grace of God, I deny ungodliness and worldly lusts. I will live soberly, righteously, and godly in Jesus’ name. Amen!

—Dr. Emmanuel James

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1 Corinthians 2:9-10 (NKJV) But as it is written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”

But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.

When Laide was going through the challenges she faced as a student on campus, she almost lost all hope and gave up. But what kept her going was the word of God and the Holy Spirit.

One way the Holy Spirit comforts us is by revealing things to us that will comfort us. The things He reveals to us are the basis of our hope and tokens of God’s love for us. They do not only span things in time, but they cover things in eternity that God has purposed for us.

An unrenewed mind does not have the ability to decode and understand the things revealed to his spirit by the Spirit of God. Those who are spiritually mature are those whose minds have been renewed to conform to the mind of Christ. The fact that you are born again does not mean you have a renewed inner man. The new man you have put on needs renewal through the knowledge of the word (see Col 3:9-10).

Go into today knowing that spiritual maturity is through the renewal of your mind by the word of God and by prayer. It is only a renewed mind that can understand the things the spirit reveals–things that the natural human mind cannot comprehend.

prayer: Ask the Lord to help you always walk in the newness of the mind.

—Abraham Damilola Arigi

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Hebrews 4:16 (NET) Therefore let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and find grace whenever we need help.

Yomi found that unlike him, Gbenga walked in the divine nature and enjoyed the benefits of the divine life; the promises of God found fruition in his life. Yomi wondered why that wasn’t the case with him. “But I quote scriptures like Gbenga, why don’t they work in my life as they do in Gbenga’s life?”. After living with Gbenga for some time, Yomi observed that unlike him, Gbenga lived a truly holy life before the Lord. This was the reason why he could appropriate the promises of God so easily.

In today’s verse, notice that from the throne of grace, mercy is received but grace is found. In order to receive a thing, we need to simply ask. But in order to find something, we need to seek [for] it. Jesus was the one who said ‘ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find'(Matthew 7:7). In order to walk in God’s grace, we need to first receive mercy. Mercy is the reason we have righteousness (right standing) with God, but grace is the reason(empowerment) we can walk in holiness and thus appropriate our privileges as sons of God (See 2 Corinthians 7:1). Holiness is required for God’s people to possess their possessions (see Obadiah 1:17).

In order to find grace, you need to search for it with the lamp of God’s word. This lamp is oiled by the indwelling Holy Spirit who gives life(understanding) to God’s word. Listen and meditate on God’s Word until it crystallizes grace in your spirit concerning that area of need.

The way by which we connect with grace is through faith. God has given us great and exceeding promises. As we believe these promises, we are able to walk in them and partake in the divine nature. But this is only possible after we, through grace, have escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust(see 2 Peter 1:4).

Go into today remembering that mercy is received but grace is found. Grace is found using the searchlight of God’s word which imparts faith.

Prayer: Father, help me find grace to finish this race victoriously, in Jesus’ name. Amen.

—Abraham Damilola Arigi

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Psalms 34:4-5 (NET) I sought the Lord’s help and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears. Those who look to him for help are happy; their faces are not ashamed.

After Funbi’s fiance met her parents, they fixed a wedding date and everyone in her family was happy for Funbi because she was now over 35. After some weeks, Funbi realized that the old fear of failure started lurking in her heart again. She went to the Lord in prayer concerning it as she did with her previous fears, but this time, the fear didn’t seem to go away. She just had this feeling that her wedding wasn’t going to hold.

When Funbi discussed this fear with her discipler, she educated Funbi that seeking the Lord could also involve fasting because fasting helps to humble us and cause the grace of God toward us to be multiplied. Funbi decided to go on a fast the following Saturday. She put off her phone and shut off all engagements for the day. She spent the whole day behind closed doors, reading a faith-building book, praying in the spirit, and praising God for giving her victory over those her fears.

After doing this, she realized that the fear in her heart had faded away. She went on to have a very successful wedding according to schedule. Somehow she knew that if she did not conquer that fear, it would have materialized and her wedding would not have held. She knew this because that was her experience with such fears in the past, they always materialized.

Turning aside to seek the Lord in prayer and fasting is usually more effective when certain fears have refused to leave your heart even after you have prayed about them normally. The problem is that when many believers fast, they do not focus on God and ensure that their hearts are rid of all fear and anxiety, they rather focus on demons and their enemies. But the biggest battleground is in the mind. Through the word of God and prayers, we are to bring into captivity every thought and imagination that is contrary to the revealed will of God (see 2 Corinthians 10:5).

Go into today remembering that fear and anxiety allowed to linger in the heart of a believer is a precursor to defeat.

Prayer: Lord, help me seek you until my fears and anxieties fade away. Help me walk perpetually in the victory of faith, In Jesus’ name. Amen.

-Pst Abraham Damilola Arigi

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1 Peter 4:10 (KJV) “As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God”.

Duke graduated as the best graduating student in his faculty and won all the academic awards for the year. He set a new record in academic excellence in that faculty. Because of his performance, he was retained in the school, won several scholarships, and in few years, earned several other degrees including three doctorate degrees. Because of his academic excellence, he became really proud. He, however, could not get married because no woman was willing to live with him because of his arrogance. It was at his 45th birthday that he discovered that his academic excellence was simply the product of a manifestation of God’s grace. This humbled him so much that he repented from his pride and began to ask God’s grace for marriage. He got married few months after this discovery.

The grace of God is many-sided and is manifested in varied forms, however, the purpose is the same; ministry (service) to the body of Christ and to all people by extension.

The grace of God manifested in Bezaleel (Exo. 31:3) and Daniel (Dan.1:17) as wisdom, understanding, knowledge, and skill. It manifested in Solomon as wisdom and power to get wealth (1 Kings 10:23). It manifested in Elijah as [spiritual] power and authority (1 Kings 17:1) and in Deborah as leadership acumen(Judges 5:7), just to list a few.

If you enjoy uncommon strength in an area of life, it is most likely because you have found grace in that area, and if you are week in other areas it is most likely because you are yet to find grace in such areas. If you have found an area of weakness, the appropriate and godly response should be to ask for grace. Keep on asking and seeking until strength is manifested in that area (2 Corinthians 12:9), and if you have found strength, keep a humble disposition (1Peter 5:5).

Go into today remembering that the grace that you have received was given to you for the sake of edifying(building up and embellishing) the body of Christ.

Prayer: pray against pride in your area of strength and ask for grace in your area of weakness(s).

—Dr. Emmanuel James

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