Month: July 2025

Date: Sunday, 20^th July, 2025

Text:  2 Corinthians 13:14

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

As a quick way to recap. We have ascertained that the Holy Spirit occupies, at least, three positions in the life of a believer. The first and most important being in such a believer- this leads to salvation and holiness (Holy Spirit in You). Secondly, he anoints the believer with power for service (Holy Spirit On You)

Today, we will consider the third position which is with a believer. The Holy Spirit desires to fellowship with us regularly just as a man fellowship with his friend. To fellowship with the Holy spirit is to commune with him.

To commune with the Holy Spirit is to share deep thoughts or feelings with him in often in the place of intense worship or prayer. It is a personal relationship with the Spirit which involves his ongoing communication, comfort, and guidance when we are sensitive to His voice and leadership.

While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, some prophets and teachers heard the Holy Spirit saying , “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” They obeyed and gave themselves the opportunity to hear from the Spirit  again and again- Acts 13:1.

Spiritual gifts and power belong to him and he shares them with us giving us access to spiritual gifts, wisdom, and divine assistance.

The fellowship of the Holy Spirit involves walking in Him, living in alignment with God’s will through the Spirit’s influence. When we truly enjoy the Spirit’s fellowship, it brings us into spiritual unity among fellow believers as one big family.

I join the apostle Paul to pray for you that the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you- 2 Corinthians 13:14.

Prophetic Nugget: As from today, may you continually enjoy fellowship with the Holy Spirt in Jesus name.

Bible in One Year: Isaiah 15-24

Date: Thursday, 17^th July, 2025

Text:  Mark 16:15-18.

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

The major purpose of the Holy Spirit on you is power. That power is to do what? It is first of all power to preach Christ to the unbelieving world with boldness. Our Lord Jesus Christ said, “But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.” Acts 1:8

Another essence of the power is to heal the sick, deliver the oppressed and set the captives free- Isaiah 61:1, says, “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound.”

While preaching the gospel in an evil world, there is tendency to be endangered and attacked. The Lord again promised saying, “Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.” Luke 10:19.

After surviving a major ship wreck, Apostle Paul was once attacked by a viper on the island of Malta. The venomous snake was driven out by the heat of a fire he had made to warm himself and it fastened itself on Paul’s hand. The natives expected him to swell up and drop dead but Paul shook the snake off into the fire and suffered no ill effects. So after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god- Acts 28:1-3.

The Holy Spirit’s power on him nullified the effects of the bite of the serpent.

The lord Jesus Christ had promised that while preaching the gospel certain signs shall follow those that believe and are baptized: he said, “In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.” Mark 16:15-18.

Action Nugget: Get up and get going; fulfill the great call upon your life. Ask that the power of the Holy Spirit should be made manifest in your life in Jesus name.

Bible in One Year: Isaiah 9-14

Date: Wednesday, 16^th July, 2025

Text:  Acts 2:1-4

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

Recall that at salvation, the Holy Spirit comes into the believer, in fact, if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ- Romans 8:9b. The Spirit of Christ makes you Christ-like in character. The fruit of the holy spirit is expected to play out in the life of such- love , joy, peace, endurance, patience etc Galatians 5:22ff

The Holy Spirit on you (also called the anointing) happens through the baptism of the Holy Spirit. John baptized with water for repentance, but the Lord Jesus Christ is the one who baptize believers with the Holy Spirit and with fire: Matthew 3:11. But how can we be sure that a man has been baptized with the Holy Spirit?

Back in the days we were undergraduates in the university campus, one of my friends asked me whether it was possible to be baptized in the Holy Spirit without speaking in tongues. I am sure this same question is still in the heart of many believers today.

The initial evidence of the baptism of the Holy Spirit as seen on the day of Pentecost was spelt out in today’s text. The word of God says, “And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.” Acts 2:4

Speaking in other tongues refers to the supernatural ability to speak in a language not learned by the speaker, as described above. This occurrence was not a one-off experience but it was repeated in the other parts of the scripture whenever the Holy Spirit was poured out.

Peter was divinely sent to the household of Cornelius to show them the way to salvation. While peter preached, the Holy Spirit fell on the entire household, and they spoke with tongues and praised God (Acts 10:44–46).

Several years after Pentecost, Paul came across some believers in a part of Asia Minor called Ephesus; they were baptized in the water but weren’t baptized in the Holy Spirit. Paul enlightened them and when he had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spoke with tongues, and prophesied- Acts 19:1-6.

Key Nugget: If you are already in Christ but aren’t baptized yet, I have got good news for you, Jesus Christ is willing to baptize you today, if only you will ask him.

Bible in One Year: Isaiah 1-8

Date: Tuesday, 15^th July, 2025

Text:  Isaiah 61:1-2

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

Another position the Holy Spirit is expected to rest in a believer is ‘on him’. In Isaiah 61:1-2a, says, “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.”

After the Lord Jesus Christ was baptized in the Jordan River, the Heavens were opened and the Holy Spirit descended on him as a dove. The anointing of the Holy Spirit on him started manifesting like never before. He began to teach God’s word with signs and wonders confirming the presence of God in his ministry- Matthew 4:23-25.

This was the testimony the Luke gave when he said, “How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.” Acts 10:38

When the lord was about to depart the earth in the flesh, he asked his disciples to ensure they get the anointing before they began their public ministry. In obedience, they all (about 120 of them) gathered in the upper room praying until the anointing fell on them like cloven tongues of fire and they began to speak with new tongues-Acts 2.

After this experience, their public ministry began to yield exponential results; souls were won in thousands and spectacular miracles backed them up- courtesy of the power of Holy Spirit (actively working) on them.

Key Nugget: The Holy Spirit on you translates to power for effective kingdom service.

Bible in One Year: Songs of Solomon 1-8

Date: Saturday, 12^th July, 2025

Text:  John 16:8-11

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

Jesus already predicted that the unbelieving world will not naturally accept the Holy Spirit. Do you know why? The Spirit of God is the Spirit of Truth; but unfortunately the world hates the truth. The truth is light but men love darkness rather than light because their secret deeds which are evil.

The word of God says, “And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.” John 3:19-21.

However, there is hope for the unbeliever who allows himself to be convicted by the Holy Spirit. Naturally, an unconvicted sinner does not see anything wrong with his way of life. Everything he does seems right to him, so he sees no need to repent. This is where the Holy Spirit comes in.

The Spirit specializes in convicting the unbelieving world about the guilt of sin and the need for a Savior; and about the need for righteousness, and about the certainty of judgment: John 16:8-11.

When the undiluted word of God is spoken, the Holy Spirit works through it and makes it operate sharper than any double-edged sword, penetrating to dividing of the soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart of a sinner, bringing about deep cut of conviction- repentance is the result.- Hebrews 4:12.

Salvation from sin is not possible without repentance.

Action Nugget: Open up your heart and allow the Holy Spirit to do his convicting work in your life that you might be saved.

Bible in One Year: Ecclesiastes 9-12

Date: Friday, 11^th July, 2025

Text:  1 Peter 1:20-21

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

The Holy Spirit is neither an abstract force nor a thing. He is a person, the third person of the Trinity. As a person he speaks: Acts 13:2, he has emotions; he can be grieved: Ephesians 4:30. He was actively involved at creation- Genesis 1:2.

The Holy Spirit inspired the writings of the scriptures: 1 Peter 1:20-21. Therefore, the Word of God is not a product of man’s wisdom or idea.

He is called by several names throughout the scriptures, both in the old and in the new testaments. He is also called the Spirit of God: Genesis 1:2, the Spirit of Holiness: Romans 1:4, the Spirit of the Living God: 2 Corinthians 3:3, the Spirit of Christ: Philippians 1:19, the Spirit of Life: Romans 8:2, the Spirit of Wisdom: Isaiah 11:2, the Spirit of the Father: Matthew 10:20 and the Eternal Spirit: Hebrews 9:14

As God he is to be honored, obeyed and worshipped. Being God he knows all things (Omniscience); he is everywhere (Omnipresence) and he is all-powerful (Omnipotent).

If you haven’t done so, why not surrender your heart to Christ today so that you too can be a beneficiary of the person of the Holy Spirit?

Key Nugget: You too can begin to enjoy the person of the Holy Spirit from today if only you will live a life that pleases him.

Bible in One Year: Ecclesiastes 1-8

Date: Thursday, 10^th July, 2025

Text:  John 14:16-18

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

In Genesis 1:26a, God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.” There, he was not talking to himself, but to the Trinity in Council or Godhead. 1 John 5:7 says, “There are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.” The Holy Spirit is the third person in the Godhead as you can see.

When our Lord Jesus Christ was about to depart from the earth, he promised his disciples saying, “And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.” John 14:16-18

Jesus is the Comforter who comforts us in all our troubles. But while he was about to depart he promised another Comforter. He already warned us that in the world we shall have tribulation: but he encouraged us to be of good cheer; because he has overcome the world. John 16:33a.

The Holy Spirit therefore is the current Comforter on Earth. Jesus healed while on Earth (Mark 5), the Holy Spirit also heals now; Jesus taught (Matthew 5-7); the Holy Spirit teaches now- John 14:26.

It is important to live holy in order to enjoy the presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives. Sin is a reproach which hinders the move of the Holy Spirit in the life of any believer.

Prayer Nugget: Father, I will live holy, please let your Spirit live and dwell in me forever in Jesus name.

Bible in One Year: Proverbs 30-31

Date: Wednesday, 9^th July, 2025

Text:  Psalm 51:17

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

As humans with very limited view and understanding we make our assessment of people based on  their physical appearances as reflected by their actions, but the Almighty God looks deeper- 1 Samuel 16:7. He looks at the heart. He doesn’t just assess us based on our deeds or actions but by the intentions behind our actions- Proverbs 16:2.

A man can give all his belongings to the poor, not for the love of the benefactors but for some selfish reasons. In 1 Corinthians 13:3, Paul the apostle said, “If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.”

There is a state of heart that attracts the attention of God and there is another that repels him. The word of God says, “A broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise.” Psalm 51:17.

A contrite heart hates past sins with a resolve to forsake them and make amends.

God values true repentance and humility over self justification and excuses. This was why David found God’s forgiveness and favour after confessing his sins and repenting from them; whereas his predecessor, Saul fell out of divine favour. He was all out to give excuses and justify his errors-1 Samuel 15; 2 Samuel 11-12.

A broken and contrite heart, characterized by sorrow for sin and a sincere desire for forgiveness and change, is welcomed and valued by God.

Action Nugget: Ask God for a contrite heart and a broken spirit which attracts his attention.

Bible in One Year: Proverbs 24-29

Date: Tuesday, 8^th July, 2025

Text:  Mark 8:22-25

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

This second half of the year, I pray for you that the Lord will complete what he has started in your life. In today’s text, the Lord came to Bethsaida, where some people brought a blind man to him and begged him for a divine touch. Jesus took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village.

After spitting on the man’s eyes, Jesus placed his hands on him and asked him, “Can you see anything?” The man looked up and said, “Yes, I can see people, but they look like trees walking around.” Jesus again placed his hands on the man’s eyes. This time the man looked intently, his eyesight returned, and he saw everything clearly.” Mark 8:22-25

I don’t know how the first half of this year has been. You probably have experienced the move of God in some way but things are still not as good as you expect. I encourage you to be hopeful. Just like the man in today’s text, what you need is a second touch from the lord and he will settle your case.

He will touch you one more time and things will begin to realign in your favour. The lines will fall for you in pleasant places and your joy will be full in Jesus name.

Prayer Nugget: Father, please, touch me one more time and let things work perfectly in my favour in Jesus name.

Bible in One Year: Proverbs 18-23

Date: Saturday, 5^th July, 2025

Text:  Matthew 18:18-20

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

As we round off on these marital success series, it is important to note that the marital union instituted by God is a threat to the kingdom of Satan. I will explain why.

Our Lord Jesus Christ  in today’s text says, “Again I say unto you, that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.  In the eighteenth verse, the Lord says, “Verily I say unto you, whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

In verse 20 the Lord concluded saying, “For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” Matthew 18:19, 18, 20

This brings us to the tenth principle of marital success which is the Principle of Agreement Prayers. There is a saying that a family that prays together stays together. In the place of agreement prayers, the husband and wife in unity are a formidable force who wields great spiritual force against the kingdom of darkness.

This is the very reason why the enemy does everything to put the family asunder. We must therefore, do everything to keep the fire of the family altar burning. A hot stove does not harbor cockroaches. The powers of darkness find it difficult and impossible to carry out their evil agenda in a family that prays consistently in unity. We must, therefore, keep the unity of the marriage intact.

In 1 Peter 3:7, the word of God says, “Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.”

Make it a habit to settle all disputes quickly. Offenses will always come, but forgive each other in advance and don’t allow unforgiveness, anger, bitterness, unresolved conflicts and other devices of the enemy to steal the love and unity in the family.

Action Nugget: Guard your family unity jealously; regularly pray together because a family that prays together stays together.

Bible in One Year: Proverbs 12-17