Month: September 2024

Date: Thursday, 5^th September, 2024

Text: 2 Kings 5:1-14

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

When you receive an instruction from the Lord it may not be sensitive to the human mind. But when you go ahead and obey ‘foolishly’ you will have testimonies.

The word of God says, “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.” Isaiah 55: 8-9

Despite his great success on the field, Naaman, a high ranking General in the Syrian army was a leper. His lofty position, wealth, influence and connections could not solve his problem. He must have consulted the best physicians in the land but got no cure. But when God decided to help him, he used a slave girl serving as a maid to his wife.

She said to her mistress, “If only my master would see the prophet who is in Samaria! He would cure him of his leprosy.” 2 Kings 5:3.if they had despised the advice of the slave maid, the story would have been different.

Eventually when Naaman got to Israel he was asked to dip himself seven times into River Jordan- a river for the common man. He obeyed ‘foolishly’ and his skin was restored like that of a little baby- 2Kings 5:14.

Obedience may sound irrational but if you do your testimonies will astound the world.

Prayer Nugget: Father please, help my unbelief; increase my faith level in Jesus Name.

Date: Wednesday, 4^th September, 2024

Text: Jonah 1:1-16

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

Many are experiencing storms which have threatened to capsize the boats of their lives. In fact some have lost their cargoes in the process. Unfortunately, many of them don’t even know the genesis of their troubles. They probably think it’s either some enemies without or just natural occurrence.

However, we learn from today’s text that Jonah’s travail started when he left the divine covering of obedience. He had a clear instruction from the Lord but decided to go his own way- for reasons best known to him. Then the storms started.

An average child of God would like to rebuke and still the storms as Christ did in Mark 4:35-41. Christ did that because the storms were the handiwork of the devil. But not all storms are from the evil one.

Jonah’s storms were on assignment from God himself and such storms cannot obey any man. They can only respond to obedience. When requested to be thrown overboard into the sea and God knew Jonah was on his way to fulfilling his original assignment, the storm seized.

Are you passing through storms in your finances, marriage, career and other areas? And you have prayed and prayed against it but it seems things are getting worse instead of better? Why don’t you ask God to open your inner eyes to know the source of the storms? Look inwards and return to the path of obedience.

Your storms will cease in Jesus name.

Action Nugget: Look inwards and return to the path of obedience.

Date: Tuesday, 3^rd September, 2024

Text: Exodus 12:12-14

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

Just as God has beautiful plans for your life, the devil also has his own ugly agenda. He moves about like a lion seeking those he may devour. This is why the word of God says you should always redeem the time because the days are evil- Ephesians 5:16.

As you wake up each day arrows fly around in the day and pestilence crawls in the night.  I pray for you that no evil shall befall you and no plague will come near your dwelling in Jesus name.

In today’s text the word of God says, “On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every firstborn of both people and animals, and I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am the Lord. The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt.” Exodus 12:12-14

As many as stayed under the blood-marked houses, escaped the scourge of the angel of death but those who stayed without the blood were destroyed.

The blood of the animals typifies the Blood of Jesus. It is a blood of covenant for as many as have surrendered to the lordship of Christ. Even today when you are covered by this blood of exemption, evil arrows will pass over you.

If you are living in sin, you are outside the divine covering. Why not run under Divine Covering by surrendering to his lordship today?

Prophetic Nugget: You will not be a victim but a victor in Jesus name.

Date: Monday, 2^nd September, 2024

Text: Exodus 34:14

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

Jealousy and envy are not the same. You are jealous of what belongs to you. For example a husband may feel jealous when his wife gives the attention due to him to another man. Envy on the other hand is when someone is displeased with what someone else has or has achieved.

God is jealous for his own people because he loves them affectionately. He doesn’t want anything to come between him and his people. Anything else that will compete for his attention in your life is idolatry.

The Lord spoke to the Israelites saying, “Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me” Exodus 20:5

In Exodus 34 vs 14, the word of God says^{, “}For thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.”

He fights to defend his glory because he will not share it with another.

On a particular occasion king Herod, wearing his royal robes, sat on his throne and delivered a public address to the people. They shouted, “This is the voice of a god, not of a man.” Immediately, because Herod did not give praise to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.Herod died in such a horrific way because he accepted the glory due to God- Acts 12:18-25.

Beware of sycophants that give you titles that befit the Almighty God alone. Don’t let them put you in trouble with your Maker whose name is Jealous.

Some people share testimonies in such an arrogant and boastful way that you think their testimonies were achieved by their own power.

When you achieve anything and you don’t give praise to God, it simply means that you indirectly affirm that it was achieved by your own wisdom and power. Nebuchadnezzar suffered from 7-year insanity for the same reason. After his recovery he gave praises to God but he had learnt his lessons the hard way- Daniel 4:25-35.

 Reflective Nugget: It is dangerous to arrogate the glory that is due to God to yourself or another. Acknowledge and praise him always.