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¦×ROYALTYצ ~ ¦LEAD¦ ¦RULE¦ ~ I am a royal priesthood, chosen to show the glory of God to the world.
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Our heritage through Christ

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Yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live. ( 1 Corinthians 8:6)


Many scriptures of the Bible open our hearts and minds to the heart of our faith. Such scriptures expose the why of our faith for which we have confidence. Many an apostle of the new Testament revelation makes statements that may be considered by other people as egotistical or prideful as a result of their confidence. But with the understanding unveiled to them from God’s infallible word, they cannot but to boast in the cross of Christ. In today’s scripture for meditation we see enshroud in the verse, the place of Christ and His necessity. We believe that all things come from the Father and we live for Him but after the fall of man, we couldn’t receive from the Father and we couldn’t live for Him either. So the reconciliation of man to God had to happen in Christ so that by faith in Him, we could receive from God the Father and live for Him. And now, by faith in Christ Jesus, we receive all things of heavenly descent through Him and we live the God kind of life which hitherto was our natural life through Him. So that though we are away from home in this body, we are one with God in Christ. The hidden mystery being that, Christ Jesus has become unto us all we could be to God and all God could be to us. Jesus is the mystery the gods of the age couldn’t decipher else they would not have crucified him [having made a way of escape for us by His sacrifice]. Jesus is our way of escape from the harshness of the world and the punishment of sin. He is also our entry into God and all His fullness and glory.

Prayer_Bead: Father of all souls, thank you for reconciling me unto yourself through Christ Jesus by His death in my place. Thank you Lord Jesus.

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Where is your mind?


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For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. ( Romans 8:5 )

The verse of scripture for our devotion today seem to re-echo the famous saying of the Lord Jesus recorded in Matthew 6:21 and Luke 12:34 which says “Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also”. Psychology teaches that habits [which become addictions] are developed when our minds create neurological pathways as a result of repeating an action. As the action sharpens, the pathways deepen. The apostle Paul draws our attention to this truth in our devotional text of reference. How do you know if you are in the flesh; after the things of the flesh or after the things of the Spirit? It is determined by the persistent domain of our thinking, where our hearts always lie. If where our treasure is, there our hearts will be, then where our hearts are, there our treasures had been. So whenever we are mindful and very concerned about the things of the flesh, then that is a redflag cautioning us to recalibrate our course on the narrow journey back home. And then a keen interest in the things that excites God is a clue of where our hearts and treasures are. May we consciously and by the guiding of the Holy Spirit be led after the things of God.


Prayer_Bead: Heavenly Father, thank you for the grace to be led by the Holy Spirit and to set my heart and mind on You.


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Do you Believe?


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When he had gone indoors, the blind men came to him, and he asked them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” “Yes, Lord,” they replied. ( Matthew 9:28 )


Every miracle; healing, prophesy and spiritual manifestations in the earth realm are endorsed on the ticket of faith. Do you believe? Faith is the assurance given to our dreams as inevitable. It is the gap between whatever Jesus did in Bible days and continue to do right now and what we hope to see done in the world and in our lives. In the story of the blind men who had wanted Jesus to heal them, Jesus didn’t exempt them from the underpinned protocols. He didn’t say that, o well, you guys are blind so forget about the need to have faith, just be healed! No, Jesus still went ahead to ask them whether they believed. Faith is the inexcusable element that permits performance of things. Without faith, nothing of heavenly origin happens on earth. Faith creates the pathway and the runway for the move of the supernatural workings of God. Faith gives man the audacity to demand of heaven and heaven the opportunity to give to earth. So that without faith, righteousness couldn’t have been attributed to Abraham. For without faith, it is impossible to please God. Finally, do you believe that God is able to do what He promised? If you do, then don’t give up because nothing will stop Him.


Prayer_Bead: Father in Heaven, thank you for the grace to believe you. I thank you because you are always true to your words. Let it be unto me according to your will.


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One thing is needful

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“Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.” ( Luke 10:41–42 )

In this life as well as in the one to come, many things don’t so matter as the few that are capable of adding to our purpose for existence. Often we are faced with so many alternatives to life’s alluring lies which compete for our attention. And some of us try to possess as many things as we can, thinking that, effectiveness in life is dependent on our strength and possessions. We may chase after many things hoping they will satisfy our void but from the Master of our souls we are told that only one thing is needful. This truth strikes a cord in the old testament book of Ecclesiastes, where the preacher says, the conclusion of the whole matter is that we should fear God and obey His commands (Ecclesiastes 12:13). The book actually mentions so many things that could be done under the sun, so many things that men give their strength to. And then in the conclusion of it all, it says only one thing matters, fear God and obey Him. Isn’t it amazing to know that of all our striving and desire to leave indelible prints on the earth, only one thing matters? What could that one thing that matters in all the chaos that surrounds us be? Jesus opens our eyes to it. It is our love for God. Mary found that, she loved the Lord and her love made her disregard all else for Jesus. She put every other thing aside. It’s time we put everything aside for the Lord and to return to our first love.

Prayer_Bead: Father in heaven, thank you for the grace to choose the one thing that is needed in all of life and may it not be taken from me.

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The mystery of motives

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18 When Simon saw that the Spirit was given at the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money19 and said, “Give me also this ability so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.” ( Acts 8 :18-19 )

The apostles were working miracles by the power of God and then came a man by the name Simon, who thought he could buy the anointing of God with money. In verse 21, the apostle Peter made a profound statement. He said that the heart of Simon was not right so he could not partake in the miraculous ministry. Like Simon in the text above who was denied the anointing, many Believers profess “genuine” hunger for the anointing and the miraculous workings of the Holy Spirit but underneath that euphoric expression of “true passion and desire”, is a thick layer of misplaced motivation. The driving force for their desire is mostly self gratification. They want to be recognized and celebrated so that people would know that they too have the power of God upon them. Maybe our situation may not be of same grandness but no matter how small or hidden the ulterior motive is, it will be the reason for our denial into the realm of the supernatural. Admission into the supernatural workings of God demands that our motives are refined by the word of God and a sincere love for God and humanity. But until that happens, self gratification and glorification will be the ultimate end which will be our own ends as well. Let us examine our motives for desiring the things of God, is it for the expansion of God’s kingdom and influence or for our own selfish gains?

Prayer_Bead: Lord of all creation and generations, thank you for your word. Search me o Lord and know my thoughts, try me and know my motives, help my motives for desiring to do your work.

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Be a reflection or the light

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He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light. ( John 1:8 )

John the Baptist was a mystery, in that, He is both a new testament preacher and an old testament prophet. He was placed right in the threshold, the very grounds where the old was ending and the new was birth. John 1:6-8 unveils a hidden truth with the life purpose or mission of John the Baptist. That truth can be shrinked into the statement, “be a light or a mirror that reflects other people’s light”. John admitted when the Pharisees came to him in the wilderness to ask if he was the Light [Messiah], he answered explicitly that he was not but rather a reflection of the light; a witness to the light. He did not seek to take the glory of another even though his audience would have believed him. Instead he accepted his purpose as a reflector of another’s glory. There are many times and situations where we are faced with the realities of our mission statement. And then sometimes we are swayed by the praise of people to deny our primary assignment. If he had not properly positioned himself to reflect the new move of God, many people in his time would have been lost. Beloved, whatever our primary assignments are, let us hold on to them, for in so doing, we help others and ourselves in the grand scheme of things.

Prayer_Bead: Light of the world, Saviour of all souls, thank you for the grace to reflect your light to the world.

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Attitude of Gratitude

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One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. ( Luke 17:15 )

Attitude is all about mentality. The right mental attitude produces the right behavioural attitude. So that anyone with a mental attitude of thanksgiving does not need to experience some extraordinary miracle before they show gratitude. They are grateful for the little seemingly insignificant things. And someone without an attitude of gratitude, even when the whole world is given to then, will not appreciate the giver. In the verse of Scripture above, ten Lepers were healed by Jesus but only one returned to thank Him. Whatever we are not grateful for, we do not deserve. In the verses following our verse of focus, Jesus said to the one who came to thank Him that His faith had made him whole, suggesting that the others were not wholly healed. It also meant that gratitude was a faith mechanism that guarantees wholesome miracles. We express our faith through thanksgiving. When we wait for the miracle we anticipate to happen before we feel appreciative of God, it means our faith is in the miracles and not in the worker of the miracle. But if we put on an attitude of thanksgiving even before the miracle arrives, then our faith is rightly placed. Let us appropriate our faith through thanksgiving. Begin to thank God for all that He’s ever done and what He is doing and what He will do later.

Prayer_Bead: Father in Jesus name, thank you for all that you have done for me. Thank you for what you are doing here and now and what you would do here after.

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The language of Believers

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It is written: “I believed; therefore I have spoken.” With that same spirit of faith we also believe and therefore speak, ( 2Corinthians 4:13 )

As Believers, redeemed unto God by Christ, we have become new creations. The old is passed and the new is here. As a people restored to the family of God, our language must be synchronous to the speakings of heaven. Our speakings must reveal that we are of God. The language we speak must be consistent with the language of God. So that the language that we speak is the language that God Himself speaks. He is God, is there anything too hard for Him? Let the weak say I am strong, let the poor confess riches. That is the language of our spiritual tribe. In our language, there is no word for impossibilities because there is no room for impossibilities. All creation was forged from the speakings of God. This means that if we appropriate ourselves in using the language of our Father, we can create any reality we believe to create. We have in our mouth the power to have all things that pertain to life and godliness. It is said that a closed mouth is a closed destiny and that isn’t far from the truth. Whatever we believe of the word of God, we declare by speaking it. With the Spirit of faith, recreate your life’s realities by declaring what you believe is truth.

Prayer_Bead: Omnipotent God, Author and finisher of my faith and destiny, thank you for teaching me to align my words with yours. Guide me into the full revelation of Christ.

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Sufficient Grace

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But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. ( 2 Corinthians12:9 )

In the verses before our [stem] verse of focus, we come across apostle Paul disturbed about a thorn in his flesh. For three times, he records that he pleaded with God—that’s a serious degree of prayer—but to no avail, instead, this verse was God’s response to Him. The verse begins with a “BUT” to mean that what is said seem to contradict the expectation of the previous statement. Yet that is God’s solution. Unlike the apostle Paul, most of us probably would complain, nag, whine, and do any other things but turn to God for help. In times of crisis, whether personal or corporate, we need the grace of God. The best solution to any problem is God’s solution, it doesn’t matter what manner of problem because all things proceed from God. And sometimes even though God’s answer may not look like the answer that brings the real solution we envision, it is only His solution that can give the peace that we need. The power of God is revealed, according to this verse, in our places of great weakness. God shows up for us when we can’t stand up for ourselves. His power is made perfect in our weaknesses so that His glory will rise up tall to the visualisation of all and sundry. Are you at your wits end? Are you burdened beyond your ability? Now is the time to invoke the power of God wrapped in the grace of God.

Prayer_Bead: Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for your sufficient grace, I pray that your power will be made perfect in my crisis and may your strength empower me to carry on.

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His manifold wisdom

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His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms, according to his eternal purpose which he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord. ( Ephesians 3:10–11 )

God had always—even before the enforcement of the new Covenant through the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ—displayed His wisdom [eternal attributes and divine nature] to the world. The Bible says that even creation displays His invisible attributes so that we have no excuse or whatsoever (see Romans 1:19-20). But now, in the new covenant, God decided [purposed] to show the world what His many facetted wisdom is, through His body, the church. God in His eternal wisdom and by His divine attributes decided to do this by showcasing Himself through us. So that He has hidden in every child of His—but evidently manifested in the born again child—gifts and callings. So that every man who has been called into the family of Light may display the light of God’s glory which is an aspect of His nature. God was able to display His nature through us by giving us His nature in Christ. So that we died with Christ in baptism and so we now live a life of faith [wisdom] in Christ Jesus. Furthermore, God makes a public exhibition of this many sided wisdom to rulers and authorities in heavenly realms, so that even they will be in awe of the might of God. Having been called by the grace of God to demonstrate His wisdom, let us be diligent in doing so.

Prayer_Bead: Everlasting King, Shepherd of all souls, thank you for the grace to display your wisdom and showcase your divine nature. I pray that the world will hear your wisdom through me today.

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