Month: September 2025

Date: Wednesday, 3rd September, 2025

Text: Zechariah 3:1-7

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

Houseflies are remarkable creatures: they can perceive foul odours from several meters away. For example, if a child soils himself and is left unattended, flies will quickly pick up the stench and swarm around him. You don’t need to send them an invitation—odour is enough. Yet, trying to swat away the flies is never a lasting solution. If you truly want to get rid of them, you must deal with the source of the smell: clean up the child, remove the mess, and the flies will disappear on their own.

In the same way, every sinful act gives off a spiritual stench that attracts unwanted flies—demons—from afar.

In today’s text, we find Joshua the High Priest clothed in filthy garments, with the devil standing at his right hand to accuse him. The devil, also called Satan, literally means “Accuser.” He tempts men into sin, and then turns around to indict them before the Holy God (Job 1:1–12; Revelation 12:10).

Joshua’s priestly garments were stained with sin. His title and position could not protect him, for the devil is unmoved by church offices. If you are living in sin, Satan is not afraid of your status. He seizes every opportunity to oppose you before God, just like a prosecuting attorney in court, arguing vigorously and even quoting scripture to prove that a sinner does not deserve God’s blessing.

But in His mercy, God intervened. He rebuked the accuser, stripped Joshua of his filthy garments, and clothed him with clean robes and a pure turban. This act signified genuine repentance, forgiveness, and restoration. Yet Joshua was warned: to remain free, he must continue walking in God’s ways (Zechariah 3:1–7).

Beloved, we too must not give the devil any grounds for accusation. Our Lord Jesus Christ declared, “The prince of this world comes, and he has nothing in me” (John 14:30). That must be our testimony as well.

So—deal with the sin, not just the flies. Clean up the source, and the enemy will have no foothold.

Get rid of the flies!

Prayer Nugget: Father, by your mercy rebuke the adversary accusing me before you and wash me thoroughly from every sin and iniquity that gives the enemy a foothold in my life in Jesus name.

Bible in One Year: Ezekiel 21-22

Date: Tuesday, 2^nd September, 2025

Text: James 1:22

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

Deception is dangerous, but the most dangerous form of deception is self-deception. When others deceive you, there is hope of recovery because the truth can eventually be revealed. But when you deceive yourself, you are blind to reality and unwilling to accept the truth. Self-deception is the lie you tell yourself—and then choose to believe.

One major pathway to self-deception is hearing the Word of God without obeying it. Scripture warns us in James 1:22: “But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.” Knowing the truth yet refusing to live by it places us in the trap of deceiving our own hearts.

Another form of self-deception is spiritual pride—when someone thinks he is so strong that he can flirt with sin and not fall. Such a person is already deceived. When a person believes he is close to God but continues to live in unrepented sin, he is deceiving himself. The Word of God makes it clear in Galatians 6:3: “For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.”

Self-deception also happens when we claim perfection while walking in disobedience. The Bible warns in 1 John 1:8: “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.” Genuine spirituality is not about denial of sin, but about repentance and transformation.

Finally, self-deception is evident when we focus on outward religion without inward renewal. This is hypocrisy. Jesus rebuked the Pharisees in Matthew 23:27: “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean.” Outward appearance of holiness without inner change is nothing but spiritual deception.

Prayer Nugget: Lord, deliver me from every form of self-deception. Open my eyes to see myself as You see me.

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