Category: Gospel

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It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. [ Galatians 5:1 NIV ]

Many of us fall into the trap of the past because once we come into the future, we assume that the past has no way of calling us back. But we must firmly refuse to go back to the bondage of our past because the past will always call on us. Many times, when you think you have gone past the boundaries of your past, that is when it calls. The Israelites were in slavery in Egypt. The day of deliverance came and they were free. They set out of Egypt to their own promised land. When they thought that they had escaped the grip of Egypt and its armies, that was when Egypt began to call on them by enticing them with the seeming glory of their past. And so, they began to crave for the “liberties” they had in Egypt. That desire and craving caused many of the Israelites their lives. When we turn to the New Testament deliverance from slavery to sin, the same thing can play out if we do not firmly resist the temptation of going back into the bondage we were delivered from. The yoke of slavery from our past life with sin will call back many times, but if we understand our new position in Christ, we will not pay any attention to the past. Our freedom from the bondage of sin did not come at a small cost. It took the blood, life of the Son of God to set us free. And because of that we must not take for granted our freedom. We must guard our freedom by sticking with Jesus all the way. No matter the advertisements from the past with its freebies, we must resolve firmly to stay with Jesus.

Prayer_Bead: Saviour Jesus, thank you for the price you paid for my salvation and freedom. I refuse to go back to the bondage of the past by the seal of my intimacy with you.

Wisdom_Quote: Whenever the past calls your future, it’s a sign that slavery wants to befriend you.

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After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him. [ John 13:5 NIV ]

The Lord Jesus is the Word of God. He is the embodiment and the revelation of God. Psalms 119:105 says “Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.” So we see the practical application of this Psalms when Jesus washed the feet of His disciples. This activity of the Word [Jesus] on the feet of the disciples is essential for every believer. This was why when Peter wanted to refuse the washing of his feet by Jesus, he was told that unless he had his feet washed, he will have no part with Jesus (verse 8). And so, without the washing of the word, we will have no part with Jesus. When we study the word of God, we are washing our feet and renewing our minds. Every morning, when we look into the word of God, it is like pouring water into a basin and washing our feet with it. And so, meditating on the word of God is a mechanism for cleaning our feet of the dust of the lusts of world and its deceitfulness. The word becomes a lamp for our feet so that we do not stray from God. The word of God is our manual and guide for living. If we make it a daily practice to study the word, our path will be clear. When we study the word of God consistently, we enrich our souls with the power to resist the evil advertisements of hell. Every morning, when we have our quiet time, we are programming our day to be free of anything that is inconsistent with the word of God. So, let’s make it a habit to daily wash our feet with the word of God through meditation.

Prayer_Bead: Dear Lord Jesus, thank you for your word that is daily available for washing my feet and lightening my path.

Wisdom_Quote: The word is a lamp to our feet.

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“Sin is a dethroned monarch; so you must no longer give it an opportunity to rule over your life, controlling how you live and compelling you to obey its desires and cravings.”
[ Romans‬ ‭6‬:‭12‬ ‭TPT‬‬ ]

If we read the verse of the book of Romans chapter 6 above, over and over again; reading it out loud many times and then beginning to think about each word carefully, we will suddenly have an awakening to the realities of sin and its power. “Sin is a dethroned monarch!” What a revelation! You know, a king or a monarch is only powerful as long as they remain on the throne. The throne gives them the authority they will. But once they are dethroned, they have no power over you. The only way by which a dethroned monarch can still control or manipulate people is when the people are ignorant of his dethroning. Now, let’s talk about sin. The law of God says sin is a dethroned monarch which means it has no power and no jurisdiction over you. Yet we find many people still imprisoned by sin, bullied into doing its bidding. Everyday, sin still compels people to obey its desires and cravings because of the ignorance of those bound by its spell. The way out is revealed in the word of God above. You must no longer give it an opportunity to rule over your life and control you. So when sin calls on you through your desires and cravings, do not answer its calls to surrender your body as a tool for ungodliness. Instead, in that moment, passionately answer God’s call by yielding your body to God as one who has experienced resurrection life! (Romans 6:13). It is now a matter of insisting on who your body obeys because sin has no legal nor regal power over you, it is dethroned. You can choose to yield your body to God everyday and every time as your enthroned monarch.

Prayer_Bead: Great Monarch of Zion, thank you for revealing to me that sin has no power over me. Help me to choose you daily by your grace and power. In Jesus’ name.

Wisdom_Quote: Sin remains a dethroned monarch, don’t let it bully you.

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“Jesus said to all of his followers, “If you truly desire to be my disciple, you must disown your life completely, embrace my ‘cross’ as your own, and surrender to my ways.” [ Luke‬ ‭9‬:‭23‬ TPT ]

Many of us go about saying we are disciples of Jesus, in other words, true followers of Jesus, but here, Jesus shows us the blueprint for becoming His disciples. The statement Jesus made in the above verse was to all who were following Him at the time. In fact, the people were referred to as His followers. But they were not all disciples then. And so, Jesus puts out the description of who His disciples were. So that anyone who fell into that description can be referred to as a disciple of Jesus. So, in the large body of “believers”, among people who claim to know the Lord, there are those who are actually His disciples. The requirement for becoming Jesus’ disciple is to disown your life completely, not partially, embrace Jesus’ cross [burden/death] as theirs and then finally surrender to Jesus’ ways. What a criterion for joining the school of Jesus’ disciples. Interestingly, the criterion is still the same in our day and time. To disown our life completely means relinquishing every right we have over our lives to choose what we want and what we don’t want. When we lose that right over our lives, then we are ready to start a journey with Jesus because there is a life He offers which will not compromise or compete with our selfish, sinful life. And then, the next thing is for us to embrace His cross—His sufferings as ours. When we do not hide or excuse ourselves from His sufferings and shame, then we are ready to surrender to His ways and become His true disciples and followers. Being a disciple of Jesus is not a statement made with the mouth but a loss of one’s life and putting on Jesus’ life.

Prayer_Bead: Dear Lord, thank you for the grace and opportunity to become your disciple. Help me to follow the blueprint in your word in Jesus’ name.

Wisdom_Quote: A disciple is a man or woman who gave their identity up for Jesus’.

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“This means that, contrary to man’s perspective, the Lord is not late with his promise to return, as some measure lateness. But rather, his “delay” simply reveals his loving patience toward you, because he does not want any to perish but all to come to repentance.” [ 2 Peter‬ ‭3‬:‭9‬ ‭TPT‬‬ ]

Many people in the world have made it a habit to ridicule believers anytime they speak about the return of the Lord Jesus Christ. To them, it is a joke. Some say if Jesus was going to come He should have come all these years. Others go to the extent of saying even if Jesus was walking to earth, she should have gotten here by now; these are the very people who are not even ready for the Lord’s coming. Unknown to them, the delay of the Lord is actually the exercising of God’s patience. If we look carefully into it, we will understand that the delay of the Lord is an expression of his loving patience towards us. So, contrary to the world’s perspective, the Lord is not late or delaying but rather, He does not want anyone to be lost to sin but that we all may come to repentance while He waits. What a manner of love. God loves us so much He does not want any of us to perish. Whenever God makes any promises, He fulfills them. In the time of Noah, it took so long for the flood to come that many people began to think that Noah was going crazy. But because God does not lie nor is He late with His promises. He was giving the people that much time so that they could repent, but they didn’t listen nor receive God’s invitation. Throughout Bible history and records, God never sends judgement upon any people except He first gives them ample time to repent. So, the more Jesus waits, the more He is exerting patience for those left who have not had the opportunity yet. May we take advantage of the patience of God and come to true repentance.

Prayer_Bead: Dear Lord, thank you for your patience and love. Help me and the world to truly repent as we await your coming for the righteous.

Wisdom_Quote: Jesus is not late with His promise to return. His delay is a love strategy.

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““In the past God tolerated our ignorance of these things, but now the time of deception has passed away. He commands us all to repent and turn to God.” [ Acts‬ ‭17‬:‭30‬ ‭TPT‬‬ ]

The sophistication of the world and the easy accessibility of knowledge has broken the fence of ignorance among many cultures and societies. There is barely a society in modern day, where there is no access to public knowledge. In the past, this was much difficult because there was no civilization and no internet. Today, the world has taken a gigantic leap forward. But apart from these scientific and technological advancement, nature itself holds evidence of God’s existence and power. For these reasons, all creation is without excuse for not knowing about God and submitting to Him. This is what makes the whole thing so intense, the Bible records it. “For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.”(Romans 1:20). And again in our anchor verse, it says the time of deception has passed away. The time of deception was the time before Christ brought us the good news of the kingdom of God; the gospel of our salvation. And because the light has come into the world, God employs us to repent and turn to Him. Before the good news, God tolerated our ignorance but when opportunity came to know the truth, that tolerance wouldn’t be there anymore. In fact, when John the Baptist realized that the promise of the father had come—Jesus, he began to warn the people to repent, not before then. God’s command still stands for us to repent and turn to Him like the prodigal son did.

Prayer_Bead: Our father in heaven, thank you for your mercy and your love. Help me to turn to you sincerely and faithfully. In Jesus’ name.

Wisdom_Quote: There is time for everything on the calendar of God.

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“How can a young man stay pure? Only by living in the Word of God and walking in its truth.” [ Psalms‬ ‭119‬:‭9‬ ‭TPT‬‬ ]

The world seems to provide many solutions or approaches to dealing with situations and problems in life. As a result we have developed this culture of “alternatives”. But when it comes to purity—our walk of holiness, the Bible prescribes only one solution—living in the word of God and walking in its truth. This is so precise and unambiguous. So that we can have the solution it suggests when we do exactly what the Bible says. The simplicity of this solution reinforces its weight and truth. Sometimes we begin our purity journey with hope and zeal but then after a few strides, we begin to retrogress even to the point of undoing all previous efforts. The reason why this happens is still because we do not remain living in the word of God. One can only stay pure for as long as they stay in the word of God and walk in its truth for it is the word that washes us (Ephesians 5:26). Walking in the truth of God’s word means intentionally applying the word to our everyday life; being obedient to the instructions from God’s word. There is no other way around this truth. Some of us have literally tried many things to stay on the path of purity but to no avail. Our fruitless attempts have convinced some of us to think that a walk in purity is impossible. But the truth is that, it is possible! The only stumbling reality is that we cannot create our own formula for purity. If we want to stay (remain) pure and not have relapses in our walk, we need to live in the word. We need to be governed by the word of God for every decision we make. And then we wouldn’t have to think of consciously living in purity anymore. It will just become a second nature.

Prayer_Bead: Holy Father, thank you for showing me the only way to living a life of purity. Help me to live in the word and to walk in its truth at all times. In Jesus’ name.

Wisdom_Quote: The word of God is all you need to have all your needs met.

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“But I come swiftly, so cling tightly to what you have, so that no one may seize your crown of victory.” [ Revelation‬ ‭3‬:‭11‬ ‭TPT‬ ]

The words in this verse of the chapter in Revelation was spoken by the Lord Jesus Christ. When we read the words carefully, we can hear another scripture from the gospel according to Matthew loudly; the parable of the ten virgins. “The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out. “No,’ they replied, ‘there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’ (Matthew 25:8-9). The wise virgins refused to give some of their oil to the foolish virgins who actually needed some oil. The “selfish” action of the wise virgins is recorded in our scripture in Revelation as “holding tightly or clinging tightly to what one has.” We will recall that at the time the wise virgins refused to give their oil to the foolish virgins was the moment when the Bridegroom was coming. That was a sensitive moment, a time that defined seasons so that if they missed it, that would have been the end. In Revelation, the Lord Jesus says He is coming swiftly and because of His coming, the church should hold tightly to what they have. So that no one will seize their crown of victory. If the wise virgins had given their oil to the foolish virgins, their lamps would have gone out and they would have lost their access to see the Bridegroom because of the foolish virgins. In these days of the Lord’s return, we need to keep diligently all the qualities we have in the Lord. No matter the persuasions of the world to borrow or take these qualities from us, we must not give in because giving in to the world means losing our crown. So, let’s cling tightly to what we have in the Lord.

Prayer_Bead: Dear Lord, thank you for reminding me of your swift coming and what I need to do as I wait for you. Help me to hold tightly to my values in you.

Wisdom_Quote: Your crown is at stake, hold tightly to your values.

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Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.” [ Matthew 4:19

The deceitfulness of the world and its vain culture has programmed us for fishing before taking a fishing class with Jesus. It was not so when the Master taught the first disciples. The initial principle was to first follow! Following preceded the practice of fishing. In fact, following is the practice of the art of fishing. It was in following the Lord Jesus that the early disciples learnt to fish for men. Unfortunately, the schemes and gimmicks of the world and corporate life has bullied many of us into believing that we have to create strategic means to lure people to Jesus. In the end, these people are brought in, not because they had seen the real Jesus and fell in love with Him. They are dragged in by their lustful appetite for what the fishermen advertised about their church or denominations. In the end, when their appetite change or when that appetite is satiated, there are no advents. All these schemes do not survive under the weight of the burden and need of the human soul. The real formula for success in the ministry of souls is first following the Lord Jesus Christ in absolute obedience. And then later, we will realize that lost souls are drawn to the message in our mouth that holds like hook. Salvation is by no other and in no other name than in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Genuine souls [fishes] will gather because of the Lord and not really because of anything else. Instead of going fishing first, let’s go to Jesus first, and then the fishes will be drawn to us.

Prayer_Bead: Lord of the Harvest, Author and Finisher of our faith, thank you showing me that I must come to you first. Help me to submit to this formula.

Wisdom_Quote: Follow Jesus, fishes will find you.

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“But while Peter was still speaking, a bright radiant cloud spread over them, enveloping them all. And God’s voice suddenly spoke from the cloud, saying, “This is my dearly loved Son, the constant focus of my delight. Listen to him!”” [ Matthew‬ ‭17‬: 5 TPT‬‬ ]

The Lord Jesus is the constant focus of God’s delight. In every generation; yesterday, today and tomorrow, the Lord Jesus remains the constant focus of God’s delight. On this auspicious occasion, [recorded in our text] God demonstrated that Jesus is always His focus. In that meeting, other personalities were in attendance but God had eyes for just One. This reinforces the truth that nothing can get God’s attention by going around Christ. No one can have anything that God offers without passing through Christ. While Peter was still speaking, the Father cut in. He will not let another share His glory;—Peter was talking about dividing the glory among the three personalities, Moses, Elijah and the Lord Jesus. And so the father came in to clarify things. The Father spoke and said, the Son is the constant focus of His delight. In other words, the only person who perfectly catches His attention is the Son. This is why we cannot please God by ourselves apart from Christ. And the reason why we are only saved when we hide in the Lord Jesus by faith. Nothing else brings delight to the father like the Son. We can only please the father in the Son. When we present ourselves to God through faith in His Son, then we too become His delight but apart from that, we cannot please Him. Nothing else replaces the Son to the father and so we cannot put anything or anyone else in place of the Son for our salvation and redemption. Not Moses, not Elijah and certainly not our pastor or prophet. If ever we want to be the delight of God, we must hide in the constant focus of His delight, His Son.

Prayer_Bead: Dear heavenly King, thank you for making me the focus of your delight because of your son.

Wisdom_Quote: Christ is the constant focus of God’s attention.

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