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BLESS ALWAYS

Text: Matthew 5:44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; Some years back, I was instructed by God on the way to the market to keep some money in my jeans pocket from the money I had in my bag. Still on the way, I was ruminating over the Bible portion I had read earlier in the day which says " bless always and do not curse. On getting to the market, the press was much from the too many people that were hustling to get one thing or the other. After I had ordered for what I wanted, I was expected to pay. I dished my hand inside my bag and to my utmost surprise, all my money was gone. Apparently, someone had stolen my money. I was completely taken aback. I knew the thief had overstepped his boundaries. My natural instincts felt like placing a curse on whoever picked my pocket, but immediately I was reminded, "bless and do not curse." If not for ...

EXCUSES

Text: Proverbs 22:13. The lazy person says, “There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the street!” *Excuses are the reason many failed where others succeeded. You can make excuses or you can make progress. The choice is exclusively yours.* In the beginning, rather than accepting responsibility for their failure, our first parents Adam and Eve played the blame-game by giving excuses for their disobedience. The fall of man brought a lot of degradations to mankind. One of such degradations is laziness. Instead of agreeing with yourself that you are lazy, you'll rather give reason why you can't perform a given task. *The moment you agree with yourself that you are deficient in any area of your life, you have received 50% of your solution.* Please, how many times have you accosted a lion in the street? Chances are that you will never see a lion on the street all through your life. So, why will anyone give the lion as a reason for not working? Thi...

UNBELIEF

Text: Joshua 5:6. The Israelis traveled 40 years in the wilderness until the entire nation—that is, the warriors who had departed from Egypt—had perished because they hadn’t listened to the voice of the LORD. The LORD had promised them that he would not let them see the land that he had sworn to give us, a land that flows with milk and honey. Approximately six hundred thousand (600,000) men (not including women and children) left Egypt for the promised land. This number refers to men of fighting age, that is, 20 years and older. Exodus 12:37. Of this vast number, only two made it to the promised land. This obviously wasn't God's plan for them, they all died in the wilderness because of their disobedience. The book of Hebrews specifically stated that the sin that these Israelites committed was the sin of unbelief. So we see that they were unable to enter because of their unbelief. Hebrews 3:19. Unbelief is not just a sin against yourself. It is an insult on the person of God....

Awake!-2

Text: Ephesians 5:15 See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Having been instructed to stay awake, God is now saying to you to see to it that you walk circumspectly. Therefore He says: "Awake, you who sleep, Arise from the dead, And Christ will give you light. See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise" (Ephesians 5: 14-15). Once you have awoken, you must see to it that you walk cautiously and thoughtfully (circumspectly). If as a Christian, you are not walking cautiously, then you are a sleepy or sleeping Christian, you need to awake. Christianity goes beyond church attendance, church programmes and church activities. One can be dead in sin and still be engaging in all of these perfectly well. Christianity is about being awake from your sleep, arising from the dead and receiving the light of Christ. Having done the three above, the Lord would have you start walking diligently not as fools but as wise. As you beg...

Awake

Text: Ephesians 5:14 Wherefore he said, Awake you that sleeps, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. I was a bit tired and feeling sleepy while at this same time trying to receive inspiration from the Lord for the devotional. I took my bath, hoping that could help me come alive but it didn't help at all. Then, I dragged myself to the kitchen looking for something. While trying to switch on the light, I suddenly realized that the whole pot of delicious soup I just cooked some minutes ago had poured on my body. Immediately this happened, my eyes became wide opened. Lo and behold, slumber and sleepiness disappeared. In the midst of this, the Lord ministered to me today's message. The Lord is saying to us as His children at this time and season to awake from our sleep. *A sleepy Christian will cause more havoc against himself than he could ever imagine.* The Lord would therefore want you to stay awake. Don't permit the spirit of slumbering ...

ENVY 2

Text: Act 7:9. And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,* It's either you are envying someone or someone is envying you. As a child of God see to it that you kill every seed of envy in you. Never be caught envying. The first step to overcoming this terrible vice is to agree with yourself that you are not immuned to it. To assume that you cannot envy anyone is to combine envy with pride in one dosage. We saw yesterday how the Patriarchs fell flat for this vice and how the high priests (who are operating in the office of Pastors or Bishops today) and the elders of Isreal who represent the present day elders in the church were overcome by envy. Envy is no respecter of your status. It's important to note that envy will not stop until it wrecks havoc on its target. Once you know that being a believer doesn't stop you from envying, then, you should corporate with the Holy in uprooting its seed from your heart through love and obedience to...