Month: September 2023

Date: Sunday, 10^th September, 2023

Text: John 15:14-15

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

Enoch walked faithfully with God for 300 years and it was so much of an enjoyable experience that God took him alive. He was the first person that did not taste death. He was translated to Heaven alive. Genesis 5:21-24

The Writer of Hebrews threw more light into the life of Enoch, thus: “By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.” For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.’ Hebrews 11:5

He was a man full of faith who preached against all forms of unrighteousness and prophesied concerning the second coming of Jesus Christ, saying, “See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones to judge everyone, and to convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken against him.” Jude 14-15

His message throws more light into his personality. As a friend of God he spoke the mind of God to his generation. Our Lord Jesus Christ said, “You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.” John 15:15

A man that refuses to walk with God will have the enemy of his soul as a ‘friend’.

Prophetic Nugget: Receive grace to walk with God in Jesus name.

Date: Saturday, 9^th September, 2023

Text: Micah 6:8

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

One of the keys to nurturing a relationship is communication. When two friends enjoy a walk together down a road, they are in close proximity and talk as they go, they listen to each other, rub minds and share secrets. When you love to be around someone, it shows you are in agreement. You respect each other’s do’s and don’ts. Walking with God is like that. When we enter into an intimate heart relationship with God through faith in His Son, He becomes our heart’s greatest desire.

When you walk with God He becomes your greatest Ally fighting your battles for you and ensuring victory all the way.

Walking with God is actually a primary duty of Man, and it should be done with humility. Micah 6:8 says, “He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.”

There are certain things that can strain a relationship. It is wise to identify and eliminate them. Ensure that “Whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.” 1 Corinthians 10:31.

If you walk with a chain smoker for quite a while, even if you don’t smoke, your clothes will smell of it. When the Sanhedrin saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus. Acts 4:13.

Similarly, when you spend quality time with God, His glory, honour and blessings rub on you. God’s ways are reflected in our thoughts, our actions, our motivations, and our life choices because we spend so much time with Him.

Prayer Nugget: Father, I ask for the grace to consistently walk with you in Jesus name.

Date: Friday, 8^th September, 2023

Text: Acts 5:1-11

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

If you have gone far in a wrong direction the best thing to do is to make a U-turn and proceed into the right path. It is better late than never. Similarly, if you have sown an evil seed and now you have realized the danger of a more evil harvest, what should you do? The simple answer is to uproot the evil seed and by so doing avert an evil harvest.

Secret sins are plain before the all-seeing eyes of God. In order to put the devil to shame, it is important to expose the hidden works of darkness (Ephesians 5:11). You can undo what you have done if it has the potential of an evil harvest.

In today’s text, a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, and kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles’ feet. But Peter asked, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?”  He lost his life being struck down by the Holy Spirit.

Three hours later, his wife came into the church. She was also asked to mention the amount at which their land was sold. She could have uprooted the seed sown by her husband by simply confessing the truth and thus averting the evil harvest of untimely death. Unfortunately, she also lied in conspiracy with her husband and she received a death sentence. Acts 5:1-11

Receive the grace to uproot every evil seed sown in Jesus name.

Prayer Nugget: I receive the grace to uproot all evil seeds I have sown in Jesus name.

Date: Thursday, 7^th September, 2023

Text: Matthew 12:43-45

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

The story was told of a man who had one arm paralyzed and sought divine healing. He was preached to and asked to give his life to Christ and he did. He was prayed for and he got healed. He attended the church for a while and stopped coming. The church visited him to ask after his welfare and find out why he has stopped coming. In response he asked why he should keep attending a hospital after he has been healed. He did not realize that Jesus healed him based on relationship. He erroneously equated a hospital with a church where God heals based on relationship and freely without cost.

Sometimes later they found the same man terribly sick. His condition was worse. This time not only one arm was paralyzed but his two arms and his neck were stiff. He could hardly move his entire body.

After Christ healed the man that was bedridden for 38 years he said to him, “See, you have been made well. Sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon you.” John 5:14

In Matthew 12:43-45, Jesus explained, “When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none. Then he says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ And when he comes, he finds it empty, swept, and put in order.  Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it also be with this wicked generation.”

It is one thing to receive blessings from God and it is another thing to maintain them. It is only by the continual presence of God that blessings and miracles can be maintained.

Accept the love of God and continue in this love. Your relationship with God matters to Him than just receiving blessings from Him.

Prayer Nugget: Father, please, help my determination to remain in your love in Jesus name.

Date: Wednesday, 6^th September, 2023

Text: Psalm 126:5-6

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

A third law of harvest we will be considering today states that, ‘The harvest is always more than the seed sown.’ Hosea 8:7 says, anyone who sows the wind would reap the whirlwind. There is a popular quote which is something for us to think about:

“Sow a thought, reap an act;

  Sow an act, reap a habit;

  Sow a habit, reap a character;

  Sow a character, reap a destiny.”

The fourth harvest law says, “They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.” Psalm 126:5-6. Sowing comes with pain. It is always sacrificial; never convenient. David understood that where there is no pain, there is no gain. You don’t give to God what costs you nothing. 2 Samuel 24:24

Our salvation cost God the life of His only begotten Son. John 3:16. It was painful, but God did it. The result is the everlasting harvest of souls into His heavenly kingdom.

Fifthly, another law of harvest says, “You reap in the proportion that you sow.” Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. 2 Corinthians 9:6. Whoever sows little will reap more than he has sown but not as much as someone who sows generously.

Therefore, be careful what you sow and how you sow.

Prophetic Nugget: Receive grace to take advantage of the harvest laws in Jesus name.

Title: The Laws of Harvest

Text: Galatians 6:7-9

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

There are laws that govern nature for example, the Law of Gravity which says, “Whatever goes up must come down”. Similarly, the universe operates by principles; particularly, those basic truths that govern the Earth. If we can understand these principles and take advantage of them we would see ourselves flying high in life.

Some of such principles are the Laws of Harvest. When you engage these principles you will cease to struggle. God is the one that set the laws, for instance, He said to Noah, “As long as the Earth endures, seed time and harvest time shall not cease.” Genesis 8:22.

Galatians 6:7-9 summarizes one of the Laws of Harvest which says, ^“Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”

In a general language, what goes around comes around. Every action we put up is a seed which would yield a harvest, whether good or evil.

Another Law of Harvest states that, “The harvest does not come immediately you sow, but in due season.” There is a due season for every seed sown. “Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.” Ecclesiastes 8:11. The fact that the consequences of an evil deed does not come immediately does not mean the evil doer has escaped them.

Again, some of those that sow good get discouraged because the rewards of their good deeds don’t come immediately. Galatians 6:9 says, “And let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we shall reap if we do not grow weary.”

In due time, each person will reap what he sows, whether good or evil.

Prayer Nugget: In Jesus name, I receive the grace to always sow good seeds throughout my life.

Date: Monday, 4^th September, 2023

Texts: Luke 16: 19-31; Job 29:12-16

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

Though not so common, it is possible for a man to be rich materially and also rich towards God. Today, we would be looking at what the Rich man in the Lazarus’s story failed to do and what he could have done to avoid the condemnation he experienced.

We will do this using the life of another extremely rich man called Job. By every standard Job was a very wealthy man. He was the greatest man among all the people of the East.  “He had seven sons and three daughters, and he owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen and five hundred donkeys, and had a large number of servants.” Job 1:2-3. In today’s language, he was a multi-billionaire.

But despite his material riches, Job was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil. Job 1:3

What was his attitude towards the poor and less privileged?

Job’s testimony in Chapter 29 verses 12 to 16 summarizes it all, “Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.”

Job was selfless, a holy philanthropist who sought to promote the welfare of the less privileged. This was where the rich man in the Lazarus story missed it. It is now crystal clear why he found himself in everlasting torment. The Lord personally testified concerning Job, that “he was blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.” Job 1:8 May this be your testimony in Jesus name.

Prayer Nugget: Father, make me eyes to the blind and feet to the lame in Jesus name

Date: Sunday, 3^rd September, 2023

Text: Luke 16: 19-31

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

The rich and the poor have this in common: The Lord is the maker of them all. Proverbs 22:2.

Poverty is not necessarily a sign of God’s disapproval or displeasure. In order to confirm this, take careful note of Jesus’ letter to the leader of the poor church of Smyrna, “I know your works, tribulation, and poverty (but you are rich).” Revelation 2:9. However, to the rich church at Laodecea, the Lord, sent this message, “Because you say, ‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’—and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked” Revelation 3:17

Apostle James asked an important question, worthy of note, “Has God not chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?” James 2:5.

Lazarus was poor materially but rich in love, faith and hope towards God. He had certain blessings money could not buy, namely the Spirit of God. The Holy Spirit was given to him as a deposit guaranteeing what is to come. 2 Corinthians 5:5. He was well connected to the Almighty God and popular in Heaven. His name was written and registered as a glorious citizen of Heaven.

Though he was beggarly, he was not abandoned by God. His earthly sufferings were not worth comparing with the glory that was revealed in him. He did not allow his challenges, trouble or hardship or lack to separate him from the love of God.

It is better to be poor and upright than to be rich and perverse. Proverbs 28:6

The angels of God were Lazarus’ body guards- a spiritual security system which the rich man lacked. It was not his poverty that helped him but his holy relationship with God. When he died the angels carried him to Abraham’s bosom. May you end well in Jesus name.

Prayer Nugget: Father, no matter what I go through; please help me to remain holy and end well in Jesus name.

Date: Saturday, 2^nd September, 2023

Text: Luke 16: 19-31

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

The rich man in today’s text did not go to Hell because he was rich but because he had no compassionate heart towards the needy and less privileged. For example he ignored the needs of Lazarus, a poor beggar that laid hungry and sick outside his house. His dogs even licked the sores of the poor man. But, you know, every problem has an expiry date, so one day Lazarus died and angels carried him to paradise where he was comforted.

The rich man also died and was buried. Immediately he closed his eyes in death, he opened it in Hell. He became thirsty from his torment in hell, and asked Lazarus to give him some water, but Lazarus was unable to cross the divide between heaven and hell.

When saints die, they are immediately in the conscious fellowship and joys of heaven. Luke 23:43. Conversely, when sinners die, they are just as immediately in the conscious pain, suffering, and torment of hell. Luke 16:22-23.

In agony from the fire of Hell, the rich man then requested that Abraham go warn his five siblings that were still living, but Abraham said they had already been told through Moses and the prophets. If they still didn’t heed the Word of God through the men of God on Earth, one more person from the dead warning them wouldn’t make them believe either.

The above story told by the Lord Jesus Christ serves as a warning that we are to use our wealth to help those in need. The Bible says, “For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land”. Deuteronomy 15:11

The word of God also says, “Giving help to the poor is like loaning money to the Lord. He will pay you back for your kindness.” Proverbs 19:17. Every time we help someone in need God takes it personal. Matthew 25:31-46. Whoever mocks the poor shows contempt for their Maker. Proverbs 17:5.

Jesus said in Luke 12:48 that ‘to whom much is given, much is expected’ and that explains the expectation from those who are given “much” wealth. The more God blesses us materially, the more He expects us to help those in need.

Prayer Nugget: Father, I ask for the heart and passion to help the poor and vulnerable in Jesus name.

Date: Friday, 1^st September, 2023

Title: A Season of Fruitfulness

Text: Psalm 113:5-9

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

We thank God for bringing us into the ninth month. The month of September (from the Latin septem,  meaning “seven”) was originally the seventh of ten months in the oldest known Roman calendar before the addition of January and February which makes it the ninth month of the year. September is also significant as it is the start of the New Year at many schools and educational establishments.

Nine is a number of fruitfulness. A woman carries pregnancy for an average of nine months. We have nine fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23) and nine gifts of the Spirit.(1 Corinthians 12:1-11). I pray that, this month, you will be all-round fruitful in Jesus name.

Each morning has a womb (Psalm 110:3). A fruitful womb carries glorious expectations. And I pray that the womb of this month bring forth great things in your life and may God’s glorious expectations for your life not be cut short in Jesus name.

Let us pray.

PRAYER NUGGETS

1. Father, thank you for this new month.

2. O God of perfection, let everything that concerns me be made complete in Jesus name.

3. Father, I come against every spirit of barrenness hiding in any area of my life; cause me to enjoy all-round fruitfulness in Jesus name.

4. Father, please, let the womb of September bring forth supernatural breakthroughs and blessings in Jesus name.

5. I will not experience miscarriage of blessings this month in Jesus name.

6. Lift up your heads o you gates and be you lifted you everlasting doors, unto me this month in Jesus name.

7. King of Glory please, meet me at the points of my needs this month of September in Jesus name.

8. Father, let lines fall in pleasant places unto me this month in Jesus name.

9. Father, please, let me experience the fullness of joy of your presence this month in Jesus name.

10. Father, please, let me enjoy the pleasures of your right hand this September in Jesus name.

11. Father, help me to grow in the Spirit and manifest all the fruits of the Holy Spirit in Jesus name.

12. Father, let all the grace I need to excel before you manifest and abound in my life in Jesus name.

13. Add your own prayer points.