Month: July 2025

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

Date: Thursday, 3^rd July, 2025

Text:  Ruth 1:16-17

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

There will be challenges in any marriage. It takes determination and focus to sail through. When the storms of marriage come, not every marriage survives it. Some are blown away by it; some marriages sink permanently, never to rise again. But if Jesus Christ is in your ship, you can rest assured that you will rise above the storms.

This brings us to the ninth principle of marital success known as the Principle of Unwavering Commitment. Other words for ‘unwavering’ are resolute, firm, fixed, steadfast etc. To be commitment is to be dedicated to a cause, activity, etc. to be unwaveringly committed in marriage is to be resolutely loyal in marriage. It is not to share your marital commitment with another but with your spouse.

Ruth demonstrated this kind of unwavering commitment. She was married to Mahlon, one of Naomi’s sons for roughly ten years before he died. Her commitment for her husband was so strong that even after his death, when her mother-in-law encouraged her to depart from her and seek another life Ruth replied saying:

“Entreatme not to leave you, Or to turn back from following after you; for wherever you go, I will go; and wherever you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, And your God, my God. Where you die, I will die, and there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me, and more also, If anything but death parts you and me.” Ruth 1:16-17

She had tasted the love her husband shared with her and the goodness of the God of Israel, whom her husband served, and she was so determined to cling on until death separated her from her mother-in-law. Despite her husband’s death, she was loyal to her husband’s family, even though she had no child for the late husband. Death was not strong enough to kill her love for her husband’s family.

Most other women would have disregarded their old mother-in-laws as ‘archaic and old school’. Not so with Ruth. She respected the wisdom of the elderly mother-in-law and submitted to her authority. Eventually, it paid off because her mother-in-law made sure that God settled her; she remarried and became the great grandmother of King David and the matriarchal progenitor of our Lord Jesus Christ- Ruth 4:18-22; Matthew 1:1-16.

Ruth’s unwavering commitment gave her a permanent place among the greatest women on Earth. Up till today, her name is mentioned all over the world.

Action Nugget: Determine to be unwaveringly committed to your spouse, come what may.

Bible in One Year: Proverbs 8-11

Date: Wednesday, 2^nd July, 2025

Text:  Ecclesiastes 4:9-11

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

The word of God says, “Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?” Ecclesiastes 4:9-11

Marriage is not a union between two perfect spouses. Each individual in the union has his or her own strengths and weaknesses. The beauty of the union is that they perfect each other’s areas of strengths and weaknesses. Where the husband is weak, the wife is strong and where the wife is weak the husband is strong.

This brings us to the eighth principle of marital success called the Principle of Complementarity.

Complementarity between a husband and his wife relationship refers to the way the two of them being individuals’ different, and often with opposite qualities and needs fit together, creating a sense of completeness and balance. It’s when one spouse’s strengths compensate for the other’s weaknesses, and vice versa, leading to a more harmonious and fulfilling union.

Today, we see so many husbands and wives competing instead of complementing each other. This is very wrong. If you are a husband married to a wife who earns more than you, don’t feel inferior or intimidated. In a godly home, her own financial strength is meant to compensate for your own weakness.

Do everything to promote each other’s areas of strength and cover up for each other’s areas of weakness. Let the name of Christ be glorified in your home.

Prayer Nugget: Father, I receive understanding and wisdom to complement and not to compete with my spouse in Jesus name.

Bible in One Year: Proverbs 4-7

Date: Tuesday, 1^st July, 2025

Text:  Genesis 17:1-27

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

Happy new month folks! Welcome to the seventh month and the beginning of the second half of the year. The word of God says, “The glory of the latter house shall surpass the former.”- Haggai 2:9. We are also assured that better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof- Ecclesiastes 7:8. On the authority and strength of these scriptures, I decree that the second half of this year shall be more glorious than the first half in Jesus name. Again I decree that the second half of this year shall be better than the first in every ramification in Jesus name.

When it was time for God to fulfill his 25-year old promise to Abram, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.” Genesis 17:1. It was a divine requirement for the Lord to perfect all that concerned Abram. In Romans 6:1, the Holy Spirit through Apostle Paul asked, “Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?” The answer came in the second verse saying, “God forbid!”

Abram cooperated with God by obeying him. He rededicated his life to God by going through the painful process of circumcising himself and every male member of his household- Genesis 17:9-27.

There was a paradigm shift in the life of Abram- his name and that of his wife were changed. Not long after these experiences, their long awaited child of promise was born; God perfected all that concerned them and their reproach was taken away- Genesis 21:1-7.

There is someone reading this devotional, God is about to perfect all that concerns you but he is asking you to walk before him and be perfect. Rededicate your life to Christ in obedience. Separate yourself unto him in holiness. Turn your back completely to the world and its sinful pleasures and focus your attention unto Christ alone who is the Author and Finisher of our faith.

God will finish what he has started in your life and perfect all that concerns you in Jesus name.

Let us pray!

Prayer Nuggets:

1. Thank you father for your mercy and grace in the first half of this year.
2. Father, thank you for bringing me into this new half.
3. By the blood of Jesus I break away from everything tying me down in worldliness.
4. Father, by the strength of your Holy Spirit I will walk before you and be perfect in Jesus name.
5. Father, please perfect all that concerns me in this new month in Jesus name.
6. Father, please, let the second half of this year be better and more glorious than the first in Jesus name.
7. Add your own prayer requests.

Bible in One Year: Proverbs 1-3