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Wednesday, April 30

Galatians 6: 1-5

TAKE CARE AGAINST BEING TEMPTED

... And be careful not to fall into the same temptation yourself Galatians 6:1, NLT

Temptation is inevitable in every man's life and it will continue as we journey in life. Being tempted itself is not a sin but yielding to temptations is sin.

The admonition of Paul in today's text is that it is possible for our fellow Christians to fall into temptation. When this happens, we should help them. However, we must be careful so that we too do not become victims of temptation.

Anyone who thinks he/she is too strong to fall or too big to help fallen ones is engrossed in self-deception (1 Corinthians 10: 12). Perfection in Christian experience is a continuous journey; and it is a journey you cannot make alone. Have you noticed the ants? When one is wounded, others rally round to pick it up. Thus, in our journey of faith, we are called to help each other. Our responsibility is to help the less mature in faith.

May the Lord provide shoulders to lean on when brethren are weak and hands to pick them up when they need lifting! This is the beauty of our faith.

• Birthday Blessing: "No weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you" - Isaiah 54: 17

Read Bible Through Passage: 1 Samuel 20, 21, 22; Luke 20:27-47

Those that would avoid sin must not parley with temptation. – Unknown

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Tuesday, April 22

Job 23:8-14

THE COMPLETION OF GOD'S PLAN

But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold. Job 23:10, NIV

God has a plan for all of His children. Most times, He allows us know what He plans to do with our lives but keeps how He will achieve it from us. It should be noted however that God will not rest until His purpose over us is achieved. However, having known Him as a Father, we must learn to rest on Him.

During Job's ordeals, he came to a conclusion that his trouble was an examination or trial by God; and that when God was through, He would bring him forth like gold. If you have searched your heart and have prayed through, you will know if you are not out of His will. Are you suffering any affliction? Note:
(1) You are on trial. (2) Your trial has an end. (3) You shall come out of it gloriously, approved of God.

So, be encouraged. Hear the Word of the Lord: "I know what I am doing. I have it all planned out – plans to take care of you, not abandon you..." (Jeremiah 23:10, MSG).

• Birthday Blessing: "1 will give you honour and praise ... when I restore your fortunes before your very eyes" - Zephaniah 3:20

Read Bible Through Passage: 1 Samuel 3, 4, 5; Luke 16

The world is our passage not our portion. – Matthew Henry
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EASTER BLESSING

EA The Nigerian Baptist Convention President's Prophetic Words for the Easter 2014 If you fix your eyes on Jesus Christ, continue to serve Him without wavering, and keep your faith in Him intact, the Lord will restore your joy through the power of resurrection, and make joy overflow to others through you in Jesus’ name. Amen. Happy Easter! - Rev. Dr. Supo Ayokunle, President, Nigerian Baptist Convention

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Saturday, April 19
1 Corinthians 15: 12-20

CHRIST HAS BEEN RAISED

But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep. 1 Corinthians 15:20, NIV

The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the centre of our Christian faith. Christianity will be a charade if He has not risen. It was as He died and was buried that believers are also dead to sins; but as He rose from the dead, a new life also burst forth when believers give their lives to Christ. And the evidences of His resurrection are there clearly for all to see. It is only those who are blind and doomed in their sins that will not agree that He rose from the dead.

Friend, our hope in Christ is beyond this life. If He was raised from the dead, we shall also rise in the latter day into His glorious rest. No matter what you face now, He who raised Jesus from the dead shall also "quicken your mortal body".

Like Job, let your confession be "Still, I know that God lives – the One who gives me back my life..." Job 19: 25 (MSG).

• Birthday Blessing: "... The Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; he is called the God of all the earth" - Isaiah 54:5

Read Bible Through Passage: Ruth 1, 2; Luke 13

None but God can satisfy the longings of the immortal soul; as the heart was made for Him, He only can fill it. – Richard C. French

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Wednesday, April 16
Psalm 73:16-28

RECEIVED BY GOD WITH HONOUR

You guide me with Your counsel, and afterwards You will take me into glory. Psalm 73:24, NIV

Two strong themes are presented in today's text.
(1) The wicked prosper,leaving faithful people wondering why they bother to be good and
(2) The faithful appear to have been unfortunate because they choose to live faithfully.

Apparently, in our daily experiences, we are always bothered by these issues. But, the Psalmist presents us with a yardstick to measure these conflicting issues. The yardstick is the end. The end will justify the means! The 'final destiny' of the wicked is destruction but for the faithful, God is their 'final destiny'.

The lesson today is that you should never be carried away by the seeming 'prosperity' of the wicked. Rather, let your heart be at peace that you are doing the will of God. Let God guide you in all you do. He knows the right way to a glorious destiny. Do not be deceived to put your hope in momentary material things. Every time you are getting carried away by the progress of the wicked, run into God's presence as the Psalmist did. The glory of God will be your latter end.

• Birthday Blessing: "No more will the wicked invade you; they will be
completely destroyed" - Nahum 1: 15

Read Bible Through Passage: Judges 17, 18; Luke 12:1-15

If the work be done in Christ's name, the honour is due to His name. – Matthew Henry

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Tuesday, April 15
Psalm 49:5-15

RANSOMED FROM THE POWER OF DEATH

But God will redeem my life from the grave; He will surely take me to Himself. Psalm 49: 15, NIV

This Psalm underscores the inevitability of death for every human being. Our greatest challenge as humans is that "no man can redeem the life of another or give God a ransom for him - the ransom for a life is costly, no payment is ever enough .... (vv. 7-9)." Knowing this, God expects us to live and labour with eternity in view.

Beloved, it is foolishness to live your life for the things of this world because you will surely leave them behind. It will be wise of you to locate your life in God. He alone has the power to redeem souls; this He has done through Christ Jesus. The Psalmist had a relationship with God and so he could boast about life in eternity. Do you have any relationship with God? This is a good time to check on your investment and see where you have invested the most. Where is the thrust of your life, eternity or this perishable earth? Death can take anyone at any time. Strive now not to lose your soul at the end.

• Birthday Blessing: "But on mount Zion will be deliverance ... the house of Israel will posses its possession" - Obadiah 17

Read Bible Through Passage: Judges 15, 16; Luke 11:39-54

We need to be delivered from the freedom which is absolute bondage, into the bondage which is perfect freedom – William Temple

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Friday, April 11

Hebrews 7:11-19

A BETTER HOPE

For the law made nothing perfect; on the other hand, there is the bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God. Hebrews 7:19, NKJV

The New Covenant was obtained for us through the sacrificial death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. This covenant provides divine ability to overcome sins, to deny and crucify self daily and to obey God in all righteousness (John 14:23; 1 John 3:24).

This better hope is achievable because it is not about what a man can do, but what Christ has done. The law was about the ability of man to please God, while grace (the better hope) is about the ability of Christ in man to please God.
Thus, the better hope is the ability of Christ in man to live above sin and the flesh.

The truth is, the Mosaic Laws were imperfect and impotent to help those guided by them to overcome sin. That was why God decided to bring grace through Christ.

To enjoy a better hope of the New Covenant in Jesus, all you need to do is to receive Christ into your life. This better hope is your ticket to a better life.

• Birthday Blessing: "The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee" Numbers 6:25

Read Bible Through Passage: Judges 7, 8; Luke 10:1-24

What greater encouragement can a man have to fight against his enemy than when he is sure of the victory before he fights? – Richard Sibbes

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Sunday, April 6
Isaiah 56:6-7

A HOUSE OF PRAYER
…For My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations. Isaiah 56:7, NKJV

God’s desire is that His house will be a house of prayer for all nations. Consequently, He highlights things that can make people of diverse nations become partakers in His house with manifold benefits. By His standard, they are to reconcile with Him through Jesus Christ.

They must love and obey Him totally as His servants, observe the Sabbath with no defilement, and hold fast to His covenant of love relationship. Then will they be accepted with joy and gladness.

Confirming this truth about the house of God, Jesus had to drive fake worshippers out of the temple (Mark 11:15-19). He did it with zeal because He would not want the true worshippers in the temple to be disturbed. The onus is on you too to make your life, home, and church God’s house of
prayer. Therefore, cleanse your life through the power of the Holy Spirit.

In addition, note that your local church is God’s house. Therefore, it is not a place to read novel, newspaper or play game on your phones. God is not happy with people who do such in the church.

• Birthday Blessing: “In me you will have peace….” - John 16:33

Read Bible Through Passage: Joshua 21, 22; Luke 8:16-39

A holy life is a natural habitat where prayers freely flow to heaven, and
answers freely flow to earth; night and day. –Femi Okunlola

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Thursday, April 3
Jonah 2:1-9

MY PRAYER CAME TO YOU
When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee…Jonah 2:7, KJV

Jonah was (and is still) a good evidence of God’s generosity to deliver from troubles.

In today’s text, Jonah gave the testimony of God’s deliverance. Narrating his ordeals, Jonah described his level of distress as being in the heart of sea and grave of death. This means seaweed, waves, breakers, deep water and threat of death engulfed him. It was a state of total hopelessness. No physical hand could reach him where he was. No man would even dare it.

Somehow, Jonah managed to offer prayer to God. He noted that his “prayer came to God.” Note the word ‘came’ as if prayer was a person. The truth is, prayer has ‘wings’ and it can fly to meet God for your needs to be met.

Every time you are faced with difficulties, always remember God. God’s line is never too busy to get your prayer through to Him; neither will it ever be out of reach, for there is no network failure with Him. Always bear this in mind: there is no hopeless situation with God. Therefore, if you dare to pray, your situation will change for good.

• Birthday Blessing: Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved-  Romans 12:13

Read Bible Through Passage: Joshua 15, 16; Luke 7:24-35

All God’s giants have been weak men who did great things for God because they reckoned on God being with them. – J. Hudson Taylor

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Tuesday, April 1
Psalm 27:1-5

THE HOUSE OF THE LORD
…that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life…. Psalm 27:4, NIV

A believer who has experienced the reality of the presence of the Lord would always desire to remain there. Wherever God resides is His presence and His house. It may be in our lives, homes, or churches.

Today’s text reveals some of the benefits that those who dwell in the house of the Lord enjoy, namely - salvation, safety, preservation, provision, victory over enemies, direction, lifting, promotion, lasting joy, peace, and all the beauties of God. The truth is, you cannot be a consistent dweller of God’s house and your life will not be better for it.

Beloved, it is a beautiful thing to dwell in the house of the Lord. Are you a student, worker, business person or preacher? Then you have to carry His presence to succeed. Those who do not carry His presence either fail or are courting failure. What is your desire? What are you seeking after? Success, clothes, fame, money, cars and what have you? All these cannot satisfy your soul.

Be wise! You only need one thing in life and that is His presence. You are enjoined today to shun everything that could shut you out of His presence.

• Birthday Blessing: The ransomed of the LORD will return… with…gladness and joy… Isaiah 51:11

Read Bible Through Passage: Joshua 12; Luke 7:1-8

Man’s extremity is God’s opportunity. – Matthew Henry