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was so tired, after the third round of hot s-x. We were both sweating profusely and our breathes were faster than normal. I lied down tiredly on the bed while she lied beside me placing her head on my chest both unclad.
Damilola: Ayoola, I need more.
Me: Even me, but I’m tired for now lets postpone it till some other times.
Damilola: At night?
Me: Maybe.
DAMILOLA: oya, lets start the cooking.she stood up, wore her clothes and excused herself that she was going inside to answer her friend and that she would be coming back.Immediately she left, I started imagining what I just did, have I really done the right thing? She came back about 5mins with a frowned face.
Me: What is the matter?
Damilola: Never mind, its ladies’ stuff.
Me: Make una no fight o. where is Yetunde?
Damilola: The idiot has gone.
Me: Haba! Why calling her idiot now? She didn’t wait to answer the last question before she dashed into the Kitchen and started preparing dinner. I was so tired that I Couldn’t join her in the kitchen throughout the cooking.At around 8:15pm, she was through with the cooking’s, she dished out the food and we both ate together in the same plate.After the food damilola requested to have a conversation with me which I agreed.
DAMILOLA: to be sincere with you, I really enjoyed the fun we had the other time and I wish I could have it more and more.
Me: hmmmm
Damilola: can I know more about you?
Me: I’m Single! What else do you want to know about me?
Damilola: everything that you think I supposed to know.
Me: Well, my name is ayoola, I came from a family of 2. My sister and I. (I continued) I’m a native of ogun state, I’m an artist, I sings hip hop music. I’m cool and gentle in terms of gentility but I don’t take shits.That’s all I can tell you for now.
Damilola: Sighs! That’s good. But how about your relationship status
Me: “Omo which kind question be this now” but I just said it now that I’m single though not ready to mingle.
DAMILOLA: what do you mean by not ready to mingle?
ME: I’m very sorry to say dis, I actually don’t want to go into any relationship for now, not again I don’t know sha, may be later.
Damilola: What do you mean? So who am I to you? Am I your s-x object?
Me: I have never said that, and besides you are already taking it too far.
Damilola: Then tell me, who am I to you
Me: For now, I can still say we are friends, because I never asked you out.Actually, I love you and I really want to have a relationship with you. But the truth is that I’m not ready for a relationship yet because “once bitten twice shy”
Damilola: I think I can understand you. It is well dear. Can you tell me about your past?
Me: please let that be a story for another day because I hate remembering my past. Let change the topic please. So its your turn to tell me about yourself.
Damilola: My name is damilola, 22years old, a native of ekiti state, I’m a single lady, I came from a family of 5, 3 boys and 2girls. The 3rd born of the house. Hmmmm! What else
Me: (cut in) I’m even okay.It was already getting late and I was expecting her to go to her room but she didn’t, she slept in my room and we had another two rounds of se* before the day breaks.
EPISODE 12
…She woken up at around 5, 0’clock to clean my kitchen and bathroom. She left my room at 6, o’clock after the cleaning for her own room while I was still on the bed. Though I was awake but still on bed. I remained on bed, meditating On how the day was going to look like and this continue till 6:30am. At exactly 6:30am I stood up, and went into the kitchen to see that damilola has washed all the plates and has even cooked small rice for me. “hmmmmm, I think this girl is good for me” I said to myself. i dashed into the bathroom to take my bath. I came in back into the room to wear my boxers, I went into the kitchen again to dish some rice.I quickly finished the food because I was already getting late for school. I have dressed up and was ready for school at exactly 7:15am. As I was about to close my door, damilola also came out from Her room fully dressed. Wao! She looks so beautiful on her skimpy grown revealing her sexy laps. The massive top of the gown revealing her fresh cleavages. I assessed her from head to toe with a lust look and she was just smiling.
Me: You looks so beautiful.
Damilola: (Blushed) Thank you, but you are not bad too.
Me: Me ke, if I hear.me wey look like an expensive baboon.
Damilola: lol, for your mind The conversation was going on as we advanced towards school. shortly after, we got to school and we went our separate ways to our various lecture halls.I was having just only one class for the day, scheduled for 8:00am to 10:00am.I got to my class and the lecture started and at exactly 10:00am in the morning the lecturer left the class and I was free for the rest of the day. This gave me the opportunity to do my MEDICAL. I left the lecture hall and started walking the tiled road that leads to Cosit, I was actually heading to the school health centervery closer where I wanted to register for medical’ on getting there, I met students on queue, though not a long queue “Omo this one go pass olosho mu standing” I said to myself. As I wanted to stand at the back, I sighted “yetunde” at the front of the queue, she was at the third position to the person in the front.I accessed her from the back, She was on a shortblouse and a black leggings revealing her pants. her Fat as§ was nicely shaped in the leggings. I left the back where I was standing to say hello to her. As i was going to meet her, she looked back when I was half way and saw me and She smiled,this gave me more courage to go and meet her.
Yetunde: Ay
Me: What’s up
Yetunde: hmmmm I’m fine where is damilola?
Me: “Laughs” but you know where she is supposed to be by now
Yetunde: class I guess.
Me: yes! Class We entered the school together this morning it was yetunde’s turn so I requested to stay at her front so that those people at the back won’t know I have joined the queue at the front. I submitted my school fees receipt and collected clinic permit before yetunde did her own registration.We were about to leave the health Centre when I asked her where she was going.
Me: Where are you heading to now?
Yetunde: I want to be on my way home.
Me: Where is your house?
Yetunde: I lives at bodus with a friend.
Me: Okay
Yetude: What do you have at home? I’m hungry.
Me: at home ke, when we have enough cafeteria in the school.
Yetunde: no, I want you to come and cook for me in your house.
Me: and what gives you the assurance that I can cook?
Yetunde: I know you should be able to cook.
EPISODE 13
I was wondering why yetunde that has been so unfriendly to me just suddenly turned nice. Well, maybe its her nature to appear harsh before showing her nice part to a stranger. I said to myself.
ME: Lets go home, damilola cooked small rice for me this morning may be you will eat from it
YETUNDE: Damilola?
YE: yes!
YETUNDE: And if I eat the food your wife prepared for you, what are you going to eat.
ME: DON’T tell me you are jealous
YETUNDE: jealous ke, I’m only surprised about what I saw yesterday
ME: and what’s surprising about that?
YETUNDE: Never mind…..We continue discussing till we got to my Hostel. We entered together into my room. There was PHCN light so I switched on the socket and the sound system to play some music’s. I inserted a disc containing my full tracks and we were listening to it.
YETUNDE: (SITTED ON THE CHAIR) Please go and bring the food I’m hungry.I dashed into the kitchen to dish the rice while yetunde was sitting in the room. Shortly after, I came into the room with a plate of rice in my hand…
Yetunde: “Smiling face” Who is that person singing?
Me: Whose voice does it resemble?
Yetunde: I don’t know, I’m only asking because I love the songs.
Me: “laughs” and you love the person too?
Yetunde:” Love kor”, person that I don’t know.
Me: it’s someone you know.
Yetunde: Who?
Me: It’s me.
Yetunde: it’s a lie. You ke, you can’t even sing at all.
Me: Seriously now.
Yetunde: How am I going to be sure?
Me: Does it mean you don’t believe me?
YETUNDE: I’m finding it so difficult to believe you I dashed to the anger and removed one of my customized shirts. And I started a track again from intro so that she could hear the name, before she believe I was the one singing.
Yetunde: So you are a musician.
Me: Sure!
Yetunde: Okay, I really love music
ME: Really?
YETUNDE: Yes. You will sing for me before I go.
Me: yes but finish your food first.
Yetunde: Okay. Hmmmm, but A.Y you are a bad boy o
ME: what have I done this time?
YETUNDE: I just remembered what happened yesterday
Me: (pretended as if I didn’t know what she meant) what? Where?
Yetunde: You are asking me? With my friend
Me: Smiled.
Yetunde: You fu©k€d her real good.
Me: Hmmmmm
Yetunde: “gave me a flirty look”
Me: eem I’m sorry
Yetunde: (bursted into laughter) sorry for what?
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Scripture says in Matthew 4:4 “Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.” It is in the word of God that gives life. It is the word of God that guarantees health. It is the knowledge of the word of God that brings wealth. To be void of the word of God is to live an empty life. This is why
RHEMA FOR LIVING was inspired; to teach you the ways of God and to help you grow in your relationship with God so you can effortlessly enjoy a life of all-round success.
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TOPIC: UNDERSTANDING KINGDOM MATURITY
TEXT: LUKE 15:11-21
CASE STUDY: THE PRODIGAL SON
THE PRODIGAL SON HAD THE SPIRIT OF WASTE.
FIGHT THE SPIRIT OF WASTE OF IDEAS, PROSPECTS, AND RESOURCES.
Every waster has no maintenance culture.
What keeps a lot of people in check is the consciousness that there is God somewhere
Your friends are not your friends until you have gone through trials
Those connected to God are connected to gold
When you leave God, good will leave you.
Oh lord increase my appetite for You
The highest form of wickedness to restoration is domestic. No form of wickedness is as heavy as in house wickedness.
PRAYER CONNECTION
✅My father my father as I begin to pray everyone you have prepared to help me, may they help me suddenly
✅Isaiah 48:3. My father my father, Every word you have spoken concerning me, lord do them suddenly.
✅Proverbs 29:1. My father my father as I begin to pray who ever has refused to take counsel and let me be, be destroyed suddenly without remedy.
✅Acts 9:3. My father my father as I pray, light from heaven shine on me suddenly.
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THEME: BREAD OR CRUMBS?
Memorise:
Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: Proverb 30:8
Read: Proverb 30:7-9
3:7 Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die:
3:8 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
3:9 Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Message:
What you get from God depends on how contented or dissatisfied you are. While some people ask nothing from the Almighty God who has all things and who can do all things, some others ask for crumbs. Your desire and request go a long way in determining what you get in life. In Matthew 15:21-28, when the woman whose daughter was tormented by demons met the Lord, all she asked for was crumbs:
“And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table. Matthew 15:27
Even today, after Jesus had said that the children of the Kingdom are meant to eat at God’s table, many of these children still prefer crumbs that fall from the Master’s table (Luke 12:32, Matthew 15:26). Where is your focus: the table or crumbs?
Similarly, there is a correlation between your desire and your trust in God. If you really have faith in God, you will be able to ask big. The Bible says those who know their God shall do exploits (Daniel 11:32). In other words, when you know little or nothing about God, when asked to make a request, you will be afraid of asking for too much, and so you will be confined to asking for so little. However, when you know how inexhaustible the resources of God are, it will stir up courage in your heart to ask for big, great and impossible things. Therefore, if you are asking for a used car, a tiny rented apartment or a job that can barely take you away from starvation, it is very possible that you do not know or trust God enough. In today’s Bible reading, Agur made a very humble request. He asked for neither poverty nor wealth. He feared poverty, lest he might be tempted to steal; and he also feared wealth, lest he deny God. Just enough was what he asked for. Using the children of Israel as a model of God’s plan for your life, you will observe that God took them from the wilderness, where they had Manna that was just enough for each day, to a land flowing with milk and honey, where they had more than enough (Exodus 16:15-19, Deuteronomy 6:10-11, Joshua 5:12). Just enough might mean not having reserves to take care of emergencies. That means, in an emergency, you may be forced to go cap in hand borrowing. Are you asking for little in consideration of others who are also asking God for the same thing? You can never exhaust God’s resources. Ask big and stop limiting yourself!
Action Point:
Ask God for something really big that only He can do for you.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Acts 16-17
Jeremiah 38:1-13
AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE
HYMN 10: THERE SHALL BE SHOWERS OF BLESSINGS
1. There shall be showers of blessing:
This is the promise of love;
There shall be seasons refreshing,
Sent from the Saviour above.
Refrain:
Showers of blessing,
Showers of blessing we need:
Mercy-drops round us are falling,
But for the showers we plead.
2. There shall be showers of blessing,
Precious reviving again;
Over the hills and the valleys,
Sound of abundance of rain.
[Refrain]
3. There shall be showers of blessing;
Send them upon us, O Lord;
Grant to us now a refreshing,
Come, and now honour Thy Word.
[Refrain]
4. There shall be showers of blessing:
Oh, that today they might fall,
Now as to God we’re confessing,
Now as on Jesus we call!
[Refrain]
5. There shall be showers of blessing,
If we but trust and obey;
There shall be seasons refreshing,
If we let God have His way.
[Refrain]
TODAY MONDAY 29TH, MAY 2017.
TODAY'S SCRIPTURE: EXO 20 :1 - 21.
TOPIC: HE WILL FULFILL HIS PROMISE
TEXT : " And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD: And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them. Exodus 6 :2 - 3.
Every promise given by God must be fulfilled including what He says to you by vision, dreams, prophets.
He will make it come to pass. God spoke to Moses and said to him, I am the Lord:
And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my
name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.
Later, God confirmed the name "Jehovah" which is the equivalent of "I am" the promise keeper, to Moses.
Jehovah reveals the many aspects of His promise keeping nature and the different ways He fulfills His promises.
In Ezekiel 12 :24 - 28; God spoke that whatever He had promised He will fulfill.
I am assuring you according to God's word that whatever thing God has promised you, it shall come to pass.
He said in Ezekiel 12; that to the rebellious house of Israel, meaning to disobedient people, it is not by your righteousness, He will fulfill His promise to you.
Just call Him JEHOVAH and He will remember His promise keeping nature.
What has God promised you? In that condition what has God told you?
What has He spoken or reveal you? You must believe it while calling Him JEHOVAH.
PRAYER
O Lord Jehovah, You have never promised and failed, concerning Your promise to me, do it Lord.
Topic: He Makes You Creative And Innovative
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them (Ephesians 2:10).
One of the beautiful and amazing benefits of having the Holy Spirit in your life is that He makes you creative and innovative. He opens your eyes to see whatothers don’t see, and your ears to hear what others don’t hear. He anoints your eyes to see the right things, and your mind to understand and conceive lofty ideas.
This brings to mind the famous words of Michelangelo, the great artist. He said, “I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.” He saw what he could get out of an ordinary piece of marble, which everyone else thought was just a stone with no value. From that same stone, he went ahead to create the famous statue of David.
You’re born of the Master Craftsman, and that makes you a master craftsman yourself. This means you can see value where others don’t. You can have creative and innovative ideas; you can bring new things into this world. That’s the nature God has given you, because you’re His workmanship, His product. Some Christians would say about themselves, “I never have any ideas; I’m not creative.” That’s wrong. Never talk like that.
God created you in His image and in His likeness (Genesis 1:26), which means He made you to look like Him, and to function like Him, and He’s a creator. He can bring something out of previously non-existent materials. God doesn’t need to look outside of Himself for the materials with which to create anything because all He requires is inside Him. Likewise, you can bring something out of nothing. The power is within you through the Holy Spirit.
Your creative abilities aren’t limited to what your mind can imagine. You have insight into mysteries and secrets through the Holy Spirit. You have access to divine wisdom. Your mind has been anointed to see further and deeper than that of the ordinary man. Therefore, you should always look inwards for fresh and innovative ideas for your work, and those around you will marvel at the excellence with which you do the things you do.
CONFESSION
I’m the workmanship of God in Christ Jesus; I’m created for good works. I’m excellent and sound, fruitful and productive in every good work. I’m bearing fruits of righteousness, pleasing the Father in all things. My life is for the glory of God. Hallelujah!
FURTHER STUDY: Genesis 1:1-3, 1 John 4:17, Exodus 35:30-35
1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN: John 14:15-31, 1 Chronicles 1-2
2 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN: Mark 14:1-11, Numbers 32
Topic: YOUR BLOOMING SEASON IS NEAR!
(GENESIS 30:2-24; 1 SAMUEL 1:19-20).
Delay is defined as: “To cause to be later or slower than expected/desired.” If you have experienced a delay/go-slow concerning any matter in your yesteryears, note that most great things God does are anchored on delay. In fact, the first miracle of Jesus Christ was wrought under an atmosphere of delay. HE BROUGHT OUT THE BEST WINE AT LAST, NOT AT FIRST! Hear what the governor of the feast told the bridegroom:”…….but thou hast kept the good wine until now” –John 2 vs 10. Note: UNTILL NOW! That is what people will say about your life and ministry this year!
They will say that the Lord kept your healing, wedding, financial turn- around, ministry explosion, business enlargement, career decoration, etc. UNTILL NOW -2017! Ah! Yes, they will say that the Lord kept your EVIDENCE of serving Him UNTILL NOW -2017! Indeed, that testimony you have waited for all these years shall come forth in a blaze of glory and the world shall leap with you in the celebration song of: “UNTILL NOW, HE HAS KEPT ME IN SILENCE, but NOW, my hour has come and HIS voice is heard aloud.”
So, no matter what is happening concerning your heart’s expectations, determine to be patient a little more! See what Frank Kafka wrote: “There are two cardinal sins from which all others spring: IMPATIENCE AND LAZINESS.” Titus Maccius also wrote: “Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.” Dennis Waitley declared: “As long as we are persistent in our pursuit of our deepest destiny, we will continue to grow. We cannot choose the day or time when we will fully bloom. It happens in its own time.”
No wonder Joseph, who was the greatest, came late! No wonder Prophet Samuel came late! Yes, indeed, no wonder John the Baptist was sent after an “embarrassing” delay ( Luke 1:11-17). OH, GREAT DESTINIES ARE MOST OFTEN LINKED TO GREAT DELAYS! Hold on for soon you shall sing the Latin song, “Gloria in excelsis Deo” – GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST, because your season to BLOOM is so near! Amen and Amen!
GET AND GIVE OUT THIS ODM! NEVER MISS AN EDITION! When life ZIGZAGS, ODM creates SANITY!
PRAYER POINTS: Take any song of worship as led.
1. Pray about the word as it has affected you today.
2. You the God that did wonders with the life of Joseph, Samuel, Isaac, Jacob; though they all arrived late, do the same concerning my life and ministry in Jesus Christ name. Lord, take away reproach from my life.
3. Lord, accelerate the manifestation of the following expectations of my heart (Mention them now).
4. I decree: EVIDENCE KILLERS, catch FIRE in Jesus Christ name!
5. Lord, cover the wicked plans of my enemies with ashes.
6. Pray the morning and evening devotional prayers daily.
BY BISHOP (DR) CHRIS E. KWAKPOVWE (CEK)
PUBLISHER/WRITER OF ODM AND
REV (MRS) FLORA E. KWAKPOVWE (FEK)
CO-PUBLISHER/WRITER OF ODM..
I Had great meetings on everything, especially on trade where "we push for the removal of all trade-distorting practices....to foster a truly level playing field." statement made by Donald Trump president of United States of America.
See the excitement on Donald J. Trump's face as he meets Acting President of Nigeria Professor Yemi Osinbajo at the G7 Summit in Italy
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Osinbajo in Garki, Abuja market, interacting with traders
The visit which was a part of the activities marking the second anniversary of the Muhammad Buhari’s administration was essentially to interact with traders to get first hand information on the cost of goods and other food items in the market.
Osinbajo arrived the market at amidst cheers of the traders who shouted, “Osibaba, APC” and left after about 40 minutes.
While pricing some food items which included fish, onions, rice and beans, the Acting President also received complaints from the traders who said that the cost of renting shops was high.
A fish seller who sought government’s intervention to reduce the cost of the shop said it was as high as N250,000 per annum.
She also complained that the prices of locally smoked fish had gone high just as the imported ones had also skyrocketed.
Similarly, a rice seller, Alhaji Nasiru Maiyaki Kuryfi also complained of inadequate shop space.
He said that the management of the market was yet to complete the shops already paid for.
Responding, Osinbajo promised to intervene in all the issues raised.
He encouraged the traders to also go into agriculture to enhance local produce.
Osinbajo also appealed to the traders to keep their goods at affordable prices especially at the time of Ramadan.
“The more we farm the more the cost of products will come down”.
Osinbajo was accompanied to the market by the Minister of State for Trade and Investment, Aisha Abubakar and other senior presidential aides.
Speaking to State House correspondents at the end of the visit, Osinbajo’s Spokesman, Mr. Laolu Akande said the visit was to feel the pulse of Nigerians.
He also stated that the Acting President earlier in the day played host to a group of school children to commemorate the Children’s Day on Saturday.
He said: “This surprise visit is essentially in the mood of May 29 Democracy Day that is approaching. The Acting President decided to go to the market to feel the pulse of Nigerians.
“He wanted an opportunity to hear directly from the people and he decided to go to the market so that he can have some kind of one-and-one interaction with the traders.
“And of course, to assure them that the Buhari administration is very much committed to revamping the economy and bringing back the economy to recovery and to assure the people that the singular purpose of the president is to ensure that life gets better; that things improve economically and in spheres of life in this country.
“And it is also in time, just at the beginning of the Ramadan fast. He also used the opportunity to encourage traders to ensure that they keep the prices affordable and assured that government will always be ready to do whatever it can to support all Nigerians at this time.
“Of course, you also remember that in the morning, he welcomed a group of school children, also because tomorrow (today) is Children’s Day. And he wanted an opportunity to interact with the children. He took them to his office and also gave them gifts in the spirit of the celebration of Children’s Day”.
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TODAY'S SCRIPTURE: Psalm 47
TOPIC: HE IS ELSHADDAI
TEXT : "And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect."
Genesis 17 :1
When Abraham was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared unto him and said I am the Almighty God (Elshaddai) walk before me and be thou perfect.
Elshaddai means "the mighty one with a lot of breast" (Multi-breasted).
The breast meets every need of a baby, be it cereals, Vitamins, minerals, drinking water etc. A baby on breast milk does not need to take anything else.
You are envied more than a suckling baby because some women might forget their suckling baby but God will never forget you. When God introduced Himself as Elshaddai, He was saying that He is the Almighty One who has everything that you will ever need.
You must know that in Isaiah 43 :4; God has said you are precious in His sight; he has given men in exchange for your life, so everything you ever need, yes I said all, the Mighty One with a lot of breasts (Elshaddai ) will give His baby (you ) life, health, finance, favour, promotion, Infact, all that you need as a suckling is in the hands of Elshaddai.
Whenever you are in need of anything, call His name Elshaddai and He will appear.
I pray that as you call Him Elshaddai, He will meet all your needs.
PRAYER
My Father, My Father, Elshaddai, provide all these needs (call them), in Jesus name.
THEME: SOUL-WINNING: A MARK OF LIFE
Memorise:
Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.John 15:2
Read: john 15:1-6
15:1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
15:2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
15:3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
15:4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
15:5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
15:6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
Message:
Just as it was needful to fast and pray, it is also needful to win souls to God’s Kingdom regularly. Don’t just win one, two or five souls and stop, continue to win souls at all times. John 15:16 says
“Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.”
Do you know that regular evangelism can keep you in shape spiritually? If you belong to Christ, you are like a living tree that produces fruit (Psalm 1:3). Any tree that produces good fruit will definitely be appreciated by its owner. Bearing spiritual fruits is one obvious sign that you are still spiritually alive. If you are winning souls often, it shows you are growing spiritually. It takes obedience to the Holy Spirit and partnership with Him to win a soul and to give life to the spiritually dead. If you are not bearing fruit, it could be because you are dead or separated from God. A dead fellow cannot be used as an agent of life. Moreover, in the course of soul-winning, there are some ideas, teachings and abilities that the Holy Spirit will endow you with which you may not easily access through any other means.
The truth is that those who go out for evangelism never go out alone. Why? Since they are out to obey the Lord’s command, which is so important to the Godhead, the Trinity works with them (Mark 16:20). The Lord sees to it that the word of the evangelist does not fall to the ground (Hebrew 2:3-4). The evangelist is a true fellow-worker with God. On the other hand, the fellow who does not win souls is not bringing joy to God’s heart and is also not showing signs of spiritual life. If you continue your Christian life without leading others to Christ, you may be cut off from your source (John 15:2, Luke 13:7). It therefore follows that if you want to grow spiritually, you must make soul-winning a regular activity. You must win souls and continue to win more souls. If you are actively winning souls, you will experience God’s special love and attention. God will also answer your prayers more easily, and increase your capacity to be fruitful by taking away hindrances to fruitfulness from your life. Using your attitude to soul-winning as a benchmark, are you dead or alive?
Action Point:
To catch up on the number of souls you should have won in the past, launch an aggressive personal evangelism outreach drive to bring in at least 100 souls to God’s kingdom.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Acts 12-13
Jeremiah 36:20-32
AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE
HYMN 13: WONDERFUL STORY OF LOVE
1. Wonderful story of love;
Tell it to me again;
Wonderful story of love;
Wake the immortal strain!
Angels with rapture announce it,
Shepherds with wonder receive it;
Sinner, oh, won’t you believe it?
Wonderful story of love.
Refrain:
Wonderful! Wonderful!
Wonderful, wonderful story of love.
2. Wonderful story of love;
Though you are far away;
Wonderful story of love;
Still He doth call today;
Calling from Calvary’s mountain,
Down from the crystal-bright fountain,
E’en from the dawn of creation,
Wonderful story of love.
[Refrain]
3. Wonderful story of love;
Jesus provides a rest;
Wonderful story of love;
For all the pure and blest,
Rest in those mansions above us,
With those who’ve gone on before us,
Singing the rapturous chorus,
Wonderful story of love.
[Refrain]
He’s Everything You Need
After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward (Genesis 15:1).
The Lord is your exceeding great reward. To have Him is to have everything. He’s everything you need in life. He’s your satisfaction, your joy, and your fulfilment.
Never think, “If I only had this or that, my life would be wonderful.” No. What you have is all you need, and you have Christ. Christ is everything. He’s all you need to produce whatever else you think you might require.
Turn your attention away from everything else, to the Lord and He’ll lead and guide you in the glorious path that He’s destined for you. You belong to Jesus Christ, and He’s more passionate about your success than you could ever be.
Therefore, have no fears; refuse to worry. Rest confidently in His love, knowing that He has everything it takes to lead you in perpetual victory. Refuse to allow anything distract you from serving Him as you should. Set your affection on Him and on the things He cares about. Be a soul winner.
Remember, you’re not of this world; therefore, your affection shouldn’t be on the things of this world: “If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth” (Colossians 3:1-2). All that you are, and all that you have, are in Him. He’s your reason for being. Trust Him with your life and He’ll order your steps and direct the affairs of your life to be in sync with His perfect will for you.
PRAYER
Blessed Father, I rejoice in you exceedingly, for you’re my life and my all! Thank you for the grace you’ve granted me to be an effective soul winner and a minister of reconciliation. How I love and appreciate you! I live for you alone, and rejoice that you are my everything. Thank you for granting me all that I need to fulfil my destiny in you, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY: 1 Corinthians 3:21-23, Psalm 34:8-10, Psalm 16:5-9
1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN: John 13:1-30, 2 Kings 20-22
2 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN: Mark 13:12-23, Numbers 30
Topic: CHAOS PROVOKES YOUR CHORUS!
( GENESIS 1:1-8; ISAIAH 45:18).
The word, “COSMOS” is the Greek interpretation of the organized universe as a whole! The Amplified Bible party puts Vs 2 of today’s text thus: “And the earth was without from and in empty waste……” Oh, I love the words: “empty waste” in the Amplified Bible than the word “Void” in the King James version. Another word for “empty waste” is “CHAOS.” Not that in Genesis 1:2, man was not yet created. That means that God experienced a season of chaos in His dealings with angels (Lucifer’s rebellion/ fall in which one third of the angels fell with him). But the good news is that the present COSMOS was born out of the former CHAOS (Hebrew 11:3; 2 Peter 3:5).
And the Holy Ghost’s message to you today’s is that in this year 2017, out of every CHAOS in your life, family and ministry shall arise a future of harmony and beauty. Ecclesiastes 3:11says that God makes all things beautiful in His time and He will turn that CHAOTIC disappointment and delay into a BURNING BUSH that shall give Him glory! A bush that was supposed to burn became a tourist attraction. CHAOS was turned into CHORUS of glory and that shall be your life’s story if you hold on to your God.
Listen to Rainer Maria Rilke: “Be patient towards all that is unsolved in your heart. And try to love the questions themselves.” Yes, you have unanswered questions but never forget that sometimes, even to live is an act of courage. Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote: “When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you till it seems you could not hold a minute longer, never give up then for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.” Lazarus was a chaos (bad stinking case) that became a chorus of praise! That will be the story of your life this year and beyond! Hold on to God!
The Lagos Anointing Service At The LEKKI Mountain For This Month Is TOMORROW Sunday May 28th. Theme: “WAR AGAINST SATANIC EMBARGO!” Your Story must change! NEW SONG, NEW CELEBRATIONS MUST LOCATE YOU! Come with 3 SPECIAL PRAYER POINTS. Time Is 8am-11am strictly! Venue: Beside OANDO FILLING STATION/CHISCO BUS-STOP, Lekki. Pastors will be given priority. Reject discouragement and be there. Call 0817-7803-4303 for deatails.
PRAYER POINTS: Take Song 2: Through the love of God……
1. Thank God for today’s word and pray as you are led!
2. Lord, turn this chaos in my life and ministry to a chorus of wonders ( Mention that bad situation in your lifenow).
3. Lord, visit me with your mercy again in Jesus Christ name.
4. Give me a miracle that will make me a tourist attraction.
5. I resist discouragement, depression and fear of the future NOW! There shall be ALL ROUND EVIDENCE this year concerning my life and destiny in Jesus Christ name.
6. Pray any other prayer point(s) as led now.
BY BISHOP (DR) CHRIS E. KWAKPOVWE (CEK)
PUBLISHER/WRITER OF ODM AND
REV (MRS) FLORA E. KWAKPOVWE (FEK)
CO-PUBLISHER/WRITER OF ODM..
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Osinbajo gave the advice on Thursday in Owerri in a message read by Mr Obinna Aharanwa, the Principal Secretary to the Deputy Governor of Imo, at the swearing in of the 2017 Batch ‘A’ corps members posted to the state.
Aharanwa represented Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo at the programme.
Osinbajo expressed regret that degeneration of moral values and good behaviour had become part of life of some Nigerians which had paved way for corruption and indiscipline.
He said it was as a result of this that the presidency set the ball rolling to cleanse the rot through the ‘Change Begins with Me’ mantra.
The acting president said that the NYSC had become a veritable vehicle for national development, national unity and oneness among Nigerians which had strengthened the nation’s corporate existence.
He congratulated the corps members on the successful completion of their academic programmes in their various institutions of learning which qualified them to participate in the programme.
Osinbajo enjoined both public and private institutions not to reject corps members posted to them for their primary assignments.
James Olugbodi, the Coordinator of NYSC in Imo, said that 1,615 corps members comprising 735 male and 850 female were registered in the state for the programme.
He commended Gov. Rochas Okorocha for his invaluable support to the NYSC scheme in the state, particularly the construction of extra hostels in the permanent orientation camp at Eziama Obaire, in Nkwerre council area of the state.
Olugbodi said that although the state government had made concerted efforts to drill a borehole in the orientation camp, there was an urgent need to intensify action in this regard and to finish the project on time.
He said that the training at the camp would include lectures, para-military drills, Man ‘O’ War exercises, language studies, games, cooking, environmental sanitation, skill and entrepreneurial development, among others.
Olugbodi charged the corps members on discipline, orderliness, perseverance, service, humility and respect for constituted authorities.
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Where men never thought you will ever get to, you will get there this weekend! What they wished you will never handle, my God will personally hand it over to you! Have a weekend full of joy and victory in Jesus Name!
Topic: VIGIL DAY: WAR OF CONFUSION!
( ISAIAH 49:14-26).
Emmanuel Arigidi was the leader of a kidnapping gang which abducted three secondary school students as Babington Macaulary Junior Secondary, Ikorodu, Lagos, Nigeria. After their arrest, the whole world was shocked when Mr. Arigidi narrated how the gang abducted the three girls and how a disagreement among members of the group might have aided police in rescuing the abducted girls. Hear him:
“After the kidnap of the girls, along the line, WE HAD A DISAGREEMENT AMONG OURSELVES and I was actually the one that started it. I told other members of the gang that what we had done was not good and that I didn’t like it. When I told them that we should end the assignment, other members of the gang threatened to kill me and then I took a canoe to run away. I was caught in my attempt to eascape.”
What an awesome God! The members of this kidnap gang began to fight themselves because the spirit of CONFUSION took over! Likewise, the Holy Ghost wants you to know that ion this 2nd quarter of 2017, CONFUSION will be the unseen weapon that will hit your enemies. Those that hate you shall fight themselves! Those that plan to eat up your flesh shall eat up their own flesh! Those engineering your downfall and disgrace shall declare war among themselves from this day/this night in Jesus Christ name.
Today’s scripture verse 26 confirms this: “And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I, the Lord, am thy savior and thy Redeemer, the mighty one of Jacob ( put your name).” Pray seriously NOW and arise tonight 12am-1am to join all ODM users worldwide to declare: “A NIGHT OF CONFUSION FOR MY ENEMIES.” Pray now! Pray Tonight!
The Lagos Anointing Service At The LEKKI Mountain For This Month Is This Sunday May 28th. Theme: “ WAR AGAINST SATANIC EMBARGO!”
PRAYER POINTS: Take Song 5: Stand up for Jesus…..
1. Pray about today’s word generally as led now.
2. O God, arise now and tonight and let them that hate me eat their flesh and drink their blood in Jesus Christ name.
3. Open to Jeremiah 20:11 and declare it as many times as led now and TONIGHT.
4. My Father! My Father!! My Father!!! Send the spirit of CONFUSION into the camp of my enemies now and tonight.
5. I decree: O you my enemies, whatever is your plan, wherever is your location, begin to fight yourselves NOW/ tonight. Receive CONFUSION in Jesus Christ name!
6. I release an IRREVERSIBLE ARGUMENT /Everlasting CONFUSION into the camp of my enemies now/tonight in Jesus Christ name.
7. For more midnight prayers, see page 105 of “War Against Haman -12 booklet TONIGHT.
8. Pray about today seriously and any other issue(s)as led now.
BY BISHOP (DR) CHRIS E. KWAKPOVWE (CEK)
PUBLISHER/WRITER OF ODM AND
REV (MRS) FLORA E. KWAKPOVWE (FEK)
CO-PUBLISHER/WRITER OF ODM..
He’s Unlimited
Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God (Psalm 90:2).
Many people have unconsciously placed a limit on God, who He is, and what He’s capable of doing.
Notice what our opening verse says about His illimitable personality: from everlasting to everlasting, He’s God. That means both in the dateless past, and in the dateless future, He is God. Isn’t that amazing? No wonder the human mind can’t easily grasp things about Him.
1 Corinthians 2:14 says, “But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.” For example, there’re those who question the virgin birth of the Lord Jesus. They even say, “How can God, who is neither a woman nor a man, have a son?” When you ask such questions, you’re relegating God to the realms of ordinary human beings, and some biological processes. Come on! He’s God! Man lives in the three-dimensional world, and all he knows is limited to that realm, but God exists in a far much higher dimension.
In Jeremiah 32:27, He said, “Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: is there anything too hard for me?” When you know Him as the self-existent One, you’ll understand how come He could send His Word through an angel to the Virgin Mary, and it produced a child—Jesus—without the agency or the seed of man.
Don’t live your life according to speculations and theories of men; there’s a higher knowledge. Follow the Word. God isn’t a man, and He’s not restricted by man’s limitations. He’s God Almighty. Trust Him and you’ll be blessed.
PRAYER
Almighty Father, the maker of heaven and earth, and the giver of life, I worship and adore you for who you are. You’re great and greatly to be praised. There’s none like you! Your ways are higher than the ways of men; you’re glorious in majesty. You’re the only true God, and I adore you today, trusting you with my life forever, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY: Matthew 19:26, Jeremiah 32:17
1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN: John 12:20-50, 2 Kings 18-19
2 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN: Mark 13:1-11 Numbers 29
THEME: STAND UP FOR SOMETHING
Memorise:
So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. Revelation 3:16
Read: Revelation 3:15-16
3:15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
3:16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
Message:
“I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.”
Revelation 3:15
If there is one state that God never wants His children to be in, it is the state of lukewarmness. As seen in the above scripture passage, the Lord speaks His mind on this issue in very strong terms. He says if you want to be hot, be hot, and if you want to be cold, be cold; if you are neither cold nor hot, He will spit you out of His mouth. God has zero tolerance for lukewarmness. As foretold by the Holy Spirit long ago, many Christians in these last days are falling into the state of lukewarmness. Lukewarm people are tasteless in God’s mouth, and hence He cannot stand them. You cannot mix your worship of God with the worship of an idol. How can you put the Ancient of Days on the same platform as an idol that is the contraption of men’s hearts? God is greatly insulted by this. If you want to be a Christian, be a completely devoted one. Serve Him with your life and ensure you glorify Him in all that you do. If you however do not want to be a Christian, do not pretend to be one.
One soul I wish I could have won for Christ is Fela Anikulapo kuti, the late Nigerian Afro-beat music icon. I loved him for one thing: he was not a pretender. His lifestyle clearly showed that he was not on the side of Christ. This man married 27 wives in one day! He was a law unto himself. Some people say they are serving God, and at home they have one wife but outside, they have several mistresses. Stop pretending! If you want to serve, serve Him, but if you don’t want to serve God, stay away from Him. Whatever is worth doing is worth doing well. A lukewarm fellow will say he likes something, whereas he hates that same thing in his heart. He or she lives a false life. Some people appear to be very active and zealous for God when they are in their country of origin, but when they travel abroad, you will not believe they are the same person you thought you knew. Such people are unable to stand for the truth, and so will find excuses to justify their lack of zeal for the things of God. Lukewarm people are dream-killers and acts as bad influencers. If you are hot and you stay around them, they can discourage you by their attitude. Are you lukewarm? It’s time to come out of that state today! Take a stand for the truth and for living right!
Key Point:
Those who find it difficult to stand up for Jesus still love the world.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Acts 10-11
Jeremiah 36:4-19
HYMN 9: ON THE HILL FAR AWAY
1. On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross,
The emblem of suff’ring and shame;
And I love that old cross where the Dearest and Best
For a world of lost sinners was slain.
Refrain:
So I’ll cherish the old rugged cross,
Till my trophies at last I lay down;
I will cling to the old rugged cross,
And exchange it someday for a crown.
2. Oh, that old rugged cross, so despised by the world,
Has a wondrous attraction for me;
For the dear Lamb of God left His glory above
To bear it to dark Calvary.
[Refrain]
3. In that old rugged cross, stained with blood so divine,
A wondrous beauty I see,
For ’twas on that old cross Jesus suffered and died,
To pardon and sanctify me.
[Refrain]
4.To the old rugged cross I will ever be true;
Its shame and reproach gladly bear;
Then He’ll call me someday to my home far away,
Where His glory forever I’ll share.
[Refrain]
WAKE UP!
If you sleep for 8 hours daily, by the time you are 75 years old, you would have slept for 25 years...don't sleep away your destiny.
Wake up !
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Topic: NEVER OUTSHINE YOUR "STAR"
( ISAIAH 42:8; 1 CORINTHIANS 3:1-23).
There can be only on sun at a time! Stars are uncountable. They are meant to perform different functions and at different times. Nicholas Fouquet was French King Louis XIV’s Finance Minister during his first reign. In 1661, the Finance Minister died and Nicholas Fouquet was expected to be appointed into that office, though many thought he was best suited for the seat of the Late Prime Minister. Instead, the King abolished the office. Suspecting that he had fallen out of favor with the King, Fouquet decided to stage a party to show “ingratitude” to the King where he made him a guest of honor. This party was tagged, “The glamor of the time,” as it had the best and most brilliant of nobility in Europe at that time in attendance.
The party when on smoothly into the night and everyone called it the spoiler of that time! The next day, very early in the Morning, Nicholas Bouquet was arrested, tried and convicted for stealing the country’s money ( in actual fact, most of the stealing he was accused of, was perpetuated on the King’s behalf and with the King’s permission). Fouquet was imprisoned for over twenty years. Here was a man ( the King) who proudly once declared himself to be, “The State,” being jealous over an earthly, perishable position! But do you know that a greater than Louis XIV is your Lord and Star, Jesus of Nazareth?
Isaiah 42:8 declares: “I am the LORD; that is my name! I will not give my glory to another or my praise to idols.” God is jealous over His glory! Don’t be caught secretly sharing the glory with Him in your heart. No matter how the year has been, determine to continually acknowledge the God that raised Jesus Christ from dead as your helper and success secret. Rather than flatter and praise Louis XIV, Fouquet’s elaborate party offended the King’s dignity.
Louis did not admit this; instead, he found a very convincing and convenient excuse and opportunity to get rid of a man who had and would have made him feel very insecure, being the star of the day! Apply this principle to your God, your husband, your pastor, your office boss or your government!
Give honor to whom it is due! Wait for your season to be the boss and never deliberately outshine your “Star.” I see you rising! Amen!.
PRAYER POINTS: Take any song of worship as led now!
1. In your own words, pray about today’s WORD as led.
2. I will not take the glory that belongs to God; if I have in any way shared your glory, forgive me, Oh Lord.
3. My Father, help me to submit to the authorities you put over me, so that I might shine when my time comes in Jesus Christ name.
4. Lord, teach me to lift someone up, for me to be lifted.
BY BISHOP (DR) CHRIS E. KWAKPOVWE (CEK)
PUBLISHER/WRITER OF ODM AND
REV (MRS) FLORA E. KWAKPOVWE (FEK)
CO-PUBLISHER/WRITER OF ODM..
THEME: FOR THE GLORY
Memorise:
And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
Exodus 14:17
Read: Exodus 14:15-17
14:15 And the Lord said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:
14:16 But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.
14:17 And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get me honor upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
Message:
Do you know that every time God moves to deliver a helpless individual, He gets some form of glory from it? After God led the children of Israel out of Egypt and they were on their way towards the Red Sea, the Egyptians, forgetting all that they had suffered on account of the Israelites, resolved to go after them and bring them back. This was a serious problem for the Israelites, who had lived as slaves all their lives and were just experiencing freedom for the very first time. However, God did not leave them alone; in fact, He prepared Moses and Joshua to physically lead them while He provided spiritual direction and protection. On your way to the place of destiny, the Lord will not leave you alone. As he led the Israelites, so will He lead you in Jesus’ Name. Be assured in your heart that God will not allow your present predicament to drown you, because He knows that His intervention will definitely bring glory to His Name.
“And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.” Exodus 14:17
When God’s children were faced with the serious threat of returning to slavery, although they cried to God for help, one major reason why God intervened was because of the glory or honour He was going to get from it. If you are confronted with a situation you can easily come out of, or a situation someone can help you out with, either you or the fellow who helped you might want to take or partake of the glory when the problem is solved. In contrast to this, when you are pushed to a corner, with no specialist, parent, relative, friend or pastor to help, when God intervenes in such situations and the issue is resolved, He alone will take the glory. God does not like to share His glory with anyone or anything (Isaiah 42:8). Unfortunately, many people who give testimonies still share in or even completely rob God of His glory. The summary of their testimonies is that they prayed so much, fasted so long, gave a lot or were very smart and got their miracle because of this. Such people are glory thieves. There are many people who have done much more than they did and yet their situations have not changed. God can step into your situation because of the glory He will get from it, so never tamper with His glory.
Action Point:
Man has problem and wants a solution. God gives the solution and wants the glory. Never allow anything to tamper with God’s expectation!
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Acts 8-9
Jeremiah 35:12-36:3
AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE
HYMN 8: GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS
1. Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father;
There is no shadow of turning with Thee;
Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not;
As Thou hast been, Thou forever will be.
Refrain:
Great is Thy faithfulness!
Great is Thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see.
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided;
Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!
2. Summer and winter and springtime and harvest,
Sun, moon and stars in their courses above
Join with all nature in manifold witness
To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.
[Refrain]
3. Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth
Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide;
Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,
Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!
[Refrain]
Topic
Present-hour Truths
Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart (2 Corinthians 3:3).
The epistles are special out-breathings of the Spirit addressed to the new man in Christ, and they mostly consist of present-hour truths. When you study the Pauline revelations, Peter’s epistles and some of John’s Spirit-inspired thoughts, you’d discover truths that are operative in the “now” of our lives.
For example, Paul tells us, “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature...” (2 Corinthians 5:17). This isn’t history, a prophecy, or a promise. You aren’t going to become a new creation when you get to heaven or after you’ve prayed hard enough; you’re a new creation NOW! It’s a fact for today.
Another beautiful present-hour fact is 1 Peter 2:9. It says, “But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.” You were created to display and manifest the beauty, glory, excellence, holiness, grace, and righteousness of God. This is your calling in Christ Jesus.
When you study Revelation 1:6, you find yet another operative truth: “And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.” This isn’t something to hope for; it’s already happened. You’re a king-priest, ordained of God to reign in life; to decree a thing and have it established unto you.
Another of such glorious realities is that you’re an heir of God, and a joint-heir with Christ! “And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ…” (Romans 8:17). This means everything that belongs to Him belongs to you in the same way and degree that they belong to Him. Both of you own everything one hundred per cent together! Therefore, like Him, you’ve also been appointed heir of all things. It’s for the same reason that Paul said, “…all things are yours” (1 Corinthians 3:21).
These are some of the truths about the new creation, which, as a Christian, you must be conscious of and live by. Study the Word to know more, and live in the reality of who you are in Christ!
PRAYER
Dear Father, I thank you for imparting me with the knowledge of the truths in your Word, which are operational in the “now” of my life. I’m enlightened in my spirit to grasp deeper and higher truths in your Word, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY: 2 Timothy 2:15 2 Peter 1:12
1 YEAR READIN BIBLE STUDY PLAN: John 12:1-9
2 YEAR READING BIBLE STUDY PLAN: 2 Kings 16-17
On behalf of the Mega Grace Record Breakers Prayer Network Int'l, we wish to expressed heartfelt condolences and solidarity with the British Government and the people in their period of grief.
We expressed confidence that “the light of the civilised world would always prevail against the darkness of depravity.”
We pray to God Almighty to comfort the bereaved families and wished the injured
speedy recovery.
At least 22 people have been killed and 120 injured after a suspected terrorist attack at the Manchester Arena on Monday, May 22, 2017.
Thousands of gig-goers were packed into the venue to see American singer, Ariana Grande, when the explosion shook the arena around 10.30 p.m. when the show had closed.
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The Acting President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has expressed sadness over the death of Chukwuma Onuekwusi, the Channels TV State House Correspondent. At the same time, he has condemned the suicide bombing in Manchester, United Kingdom.
Spokesman, Laolu Akande, said Osinbajo extended heartfelt condolences to Onuekwusi’s family as well as Channels TV family on the very sad passing of Onuekwusi.
“He also commiserates with the State House Press Corps over the passage of their professional colleague, who combined high professionalism, with dedication and patriotism in his diligent reportage of activities in the Presidential Villa.
“Acting President prays that the Almighty God will comfort his family and all who mourn this exceptional gentleman."
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"Never fight a man under GRACE because the GRACE he carries will DISGRACE you”.
“No African girl will choose Six packs over six Cars.. So my sons stop the gym and work hard”.
“Beware of the naked man who offers you clothes”.
“The death of a lion cannot be announced by a goat”.
“When one’s goat get missing, the aroma of a neighbor’s soup get suspicious”.
“The future belongs to the Risk takers, Not the Comfort seekers”.
“The words of the elders do not lock all the doors; they leave the right door open”.
“A deaf husband and a blind wife are always a happy couple”.
“Coca-Cola only sold 25 bottles the first year but kept going. Never give up”.
“Let not what you cannot do tear you from what you can do”.
“A child who asks questions does not become a fool”.
“The first person you think of in the morning, or last person you think of at night, is either the cause of your happiness or your pain”.
“Be careful who you trust! Salt and Sugar are both white”.
“To Make A Difference In Someone’s Life, You Don’t Have To Be Brilliant, Rich, Beautiful, Or Perfect. You Just Have To Care”.
“Kindness is like butter, it works best when you spread it around”.
“The walls don’t only have ears, they now see”.
“The leopard is beautiful but has a bad heart”.
“Everybody is a nobody trying to be somebody”.
“Fake hair, fake nails, fake eye lash, artificial face and sometimes fake behavior, yet a woman will say she needs a real man”.
“Never open the door for an Armed Robber, let them break it, its part of their Job”.
“Sometimes you have to play the role of a fool to fool the fools who thinks they are fooling you"
“One Man’s food is every other man’s food, just because one idiot refuses to eat it doesn’t make it poison”.
“If you have a mom, there is nowhere you are likely to go where a prayer has not already been”.
“The only person that reads the terms & conditions is the one who writes it”.
“The chief who doesn’t know what to say says that his friend has said what he would have said”.
“Just because you met them at the church doesn’t mean they’re the one, Demons go to church too”.
“A foolish man tells a woman to stop talking, but a wise man tells her that her mouth is extremely beautiful when her lips are closed”.
“No matter how long the night! the day is sure to come”.
“A woman’s greatest perfume is the fragrance of her man’s success”.
“A wise person knows that there is something to be learned from everyone”.
“It requires wisdom to understand wisdom; the music is nothing if the audience is deaf”.
“No matter how rich you are, you cannot pay for your sins”.
“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win”.
“Give them a chair if they can’t stand your Success”.
“Be careful about the rumors you hear about a lady, it either comes from a man who can’t have her or a lady who can’t compete with her”.
“None of us is as smart as all of us, work together achieve greatness"
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Topic
A Real Spiritual Birth
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new (2 Corinthians 5:17).
Being born again is much more than changing your behaviour or turning over a new leaf. When you received Christ into your life, something actually happened; there was a real spiritual birth. You were born of the Word of God and the Spirit of God. That’s how come you have the life, nature and character of God in your spirit; it’s a completely new life.
Romans 6:6 says, “Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.” The “old man,” the life you had before you were born again, isn’t suspended; it’s dead. You’re a new man. 2 Corinthians 5:17 says, “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” The Greek rendering of the expression “new creature” refers to a new species of being; one that never existed before—one without a past.
In the presence of God, everything you were, and did before you were born again never existed; there’s no record, because you’re a new creation, a new being. Christians who are ignorant of this are held in bondage to their past, which invariably makes them ineffective in the things of God.
Understand that your spirit has come alive to God, and seeks only to please Him and do His will now that you’re born again. You might ask, “How come some people still do the wrong things even after they’ve been born again?” The truth is, those things don’t come from their human spirit, but from the “unrenewed” mind and the senses. This is the reason you must keep renewing your mind with the Word. Keep learning, meditating on, and living the Word. That way, you’ll train your spirit to rule over your mind and the flesh.
You’re the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. You’ve been born into a newness of life; live accordingly.
CONFESSION
I live in victory, and walk in righteousness. The Word of God renews my mind, strengthens my spirit, and purifies my soul. The glory of God is revealed in me today as I meditate on the Word, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY: Colossians 3:9-10, 2 Corinthians 5:21, Romans 6:4
1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN: John 11:17-57, 2 Kings 13-15
2 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN: Mark 12:28-34 Numbers 27
Topic:
ALL MUST SHARE ALIKE..........!
( 1 SAMUEL 30:11-31).
Note Vs. 24 of today’s scripture (NIV): “The share of the man who stayed with the supplies is to be the same as that of him who went down to the battle. All will share alike.” Note the words: “ALL WILL SHARE ALIKE.” No wonder David was unstoppable despite his many troubles! If David had felt that it was his military intelligence and wisdom that had given him the victory over the Philistines, then he would have forgotten the men that did not step into the war front. But he said: “ALL WILL SHARE ALIKE.” That meant that the man who actually fought the battle at the war front and the man that stayed the same home to do other essential duties of the State would share the same glory.
When you feel that your success is not dependent on others, then you will dry up very soon. But do you know that there are so many war fronts in Life? And do you know that even in the things of God in this year 2017 or beyond, ALL WILL SHARE ALIKE? Yes, the Pastor who is seen on TV or on the pulpit daily will share with that hidden, prayer warrior who is unseen, but faithful! Yes, the evangelist who stands before a crowd of millions will receive the same reward as the Pastor, who Pastors just 20 members if that is God’s will for him/ her! Do you know that not everyone is called to Pastor or to speak to a mega crowd?
Do you also know that the cleaner of a local church will share alike with the General Overseer if they are both in the will of God? Yes, the cleaner in the war front is like the Pastor in the war front! Wow! Thank you Holy Ghost! So use today’s devotional to remember those that have contributed to where you are today! Remember that pastor that helped you! Remember that person whose phone call helped you in the past! Remember that parent/guardian! Remember those who work with /for you. Remember your spouse/
children/true friends. If you think you are superman and forget them, then, your name would soon be written on water-Forgotten!
God forbid! Learn now! This is your year and there shall be EVIDENCE as you acknowledge others! Amen! That is why every power that has put a LIMIT or EMBARGO ON YOUR TESTIMONY must dry up! Get ready for the next anointing service! Every Financial, Spiritual, Career, Marital, Business or Fruit Of The Womb EMBARGO MUST scatter by the anointing!
The Lagos Anointing Service FOR MAY is holding At The LEKKI MOUNTAIN ( NOT OGUDU) THIS SUNDAY MAY 28TH. Theme: “WAR AGAINST SATANIC EMBARGO.” Your story must change! A new SONG will locate you! Come with 3 SPECIAL PRAYER POINTS again. Time: Is 8am-11am strictly! Venue: Beside OANDO FILLING STATION/ CHISCO BUSTOP. Pastors will be given priority. Be there! Call 0817-7803-4303 for details.
PRAYER POINTS: Take any song as led.
1. Thank God for the word. Pray about it as led now.
2. Repent from forgetting others. Ask for the grace to appreciate those that are helping and those that have helped you. Pray for them by name now. Send them a “Thank You” text or message by any means possible!
BY BISHOP (DR) CHRIS E. KWAKPOVWE (CEK)
PUBLISHER/WRITER OF ODM AND
REV (MRS) FLORA E. KWAKPOVWE (FEK)
CO-PUBLISHER/WRITER OF ODM...
