The Ways of God (2)

Date: Wednesday, 16th September, 2026

Text: Exodus 34:6–7

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

The ways of God are a reflection of His character. When the Lord revealed Himself to Moses, He proclaimed, “The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth” (Exodus 34:6). This reveals that God’s actions always flow from who He is. His mercy is not weakness, His patience is not indifference, and His goodness never compromises His truth.

The same God who forgives iniquity, transgression, and sin is also perfectly just. Exodus 34:7 reminds us that He “will by no means clear the guilty.” God’s mercy and justice are never in conflict. He lovingly gives room for repentance, but He also upholds righteousness. At the Cross, both His mercy and His justice met perfectly in Jesus Christ.

If we are to walk in God’s ways, we must reflect His character in our daily lives. Be merciful without compromising truth, be patient without approving sin, and be gracious without abandoning righteousness. The more we know God’s character, the more we become like Him.

Prayer Nugget: Father, let Your character be formed in me. Make me merciful, gracious, patient, truthful, and steadfast in righteousness, so that my life will reflect Your ways wherever I go, in Jesus’ name.

Bible in One Year: Hosea 5–9

The Ways of God

Date: Tuesday, 15th September, 2026

Text: Isaiah 55:8–9

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

Sometimes we forget that God is not a man. Although we were created in His image, His thoughts are infinitely higher than ours. The Lord declares, “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways” (Isaiah 55:8–9). While man is often limited by outward appearances, God looks at the heart (1 Samuel 16:7) and judges with perfect wisdom.

The natural man is often inclined toward pride, self-exaltation, and human reasoning, but God’s nature is altogether different. “Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth” (Psalm 113:6). He is also unchanging in His character, for “God is not a man, that he should lie” (Numbers 23:19). What He promises, He fulfils, and what He speaks, He brings to pass.

If we truly desire to be sons and daughters who reflect our Heavenly Father, we must learn to think and live according to His ways. Let His Word shape your mind, His humility govern your heart, and His truth direct your decisions. The closer we become to God, the more our thoughts, attitudes, and actions begin to resemble His.

Prayer Nugget: Father, help me to reject human pride and embrace Your higher ways. Let my thoughts, attitudes, and decisions be shaped by Your Word, and make me a true reflection of Your character, in Jesus’ name.

Bible in One Year: Hosea 1–4

Victory At Night (4)

Date: Monday, 14th September, 2026

Text: 2 Kings 19:35

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

Many times, God arises at night to avenge His people against stubborn and unrepentant enemies. When Pharaoh refused to release Israel, the Lord struck Egypt, and all the firstborn of humans and animals died in one night. “And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt.” — Exodus 12:29.

When Pharaoh still pursued Israel after their deliverance, God fought for them and destroyed the Egyptian army in the Red Sea. Sennacherib also threatened Judah, but God intervened in the night and 185,000 Assyrian soldiers were slain by one angel. “And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand.” — 2 Kings 19:35.

Are you threatened by a host of enemies or surrounded by stubborn opposition? Fear not, for the God who fought for Israel and defended Judah remains the same today. “The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.” — Exodus 14:14. Tonight, may the Lord arise on your behalf, silence every opposition, and give you victory while you hold your peace.

Prayer Nugget: Father, arise tonight and fight every stubborn enemy resisting Your purpose for my life. Let every power pursuing me be silenced, and give me victory by Your mighty hand, in Jesus’ name.

Bible in One Year: Daniel 9–12

Victory at Night (3)

Date: Sunday, 13th September, 2026

Text: Acts 12:5–11; Acts 16:25–26

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

Prison doors are supernaturally loosed at night when believers seek God in prayer. Peter was kept in prison, but “prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him” (Acts 12:5). As the church prayed, an angel came, his chains fell off, and the prison door opened.

Paul and Silas also experienced supernatural deliverance at midnight. “And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God” (Acts 16:25). Suddenly, there was a great earthquake, the prison foundations were shaken, the doors opened, and “every one’s bands were loosed” (Acts 16:26).

Are you bound by the chains of the enemy or trapped in a situation that appears impossible? Do not resign yourself to fate or wait for the worst to happen; arise and seek the Lord. “Arise, cry out in the night” (Lamentations 2:19), for “He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder” (Psalm 107:14).

Brace yourself in faith, for the Lord is able to turn your night into a testimony. “The snare is broken, and we are escaped: our help is in the name of the LORD” (Psalm 124:7–8). Every chain shall break, every prison door shall open, and your deliverance shall manifest in Jesus’ name.

Prayer Nugget: Father, arise in Your power tonight and break every chain of bondage around my life. Open every prison door and deliver me from every power holding me captive. Let my night end in supernatural freedom and testimony, in Jesus’ name.

Bible in One Year: Daniel 6–8

Victory at Night (2)

Date: Saturday, 12th September, 2026

Text: Lamentations 2:19; Matthew 13:25

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

Jesus warned that “while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat” (Matthew 13:25). The enemy often works secretly, planting seeds of affliction, delay, fear, confusion, and spiritual compromise under the cover of darkness. That is why every believer must remain spiritually watchful and refuse to give the enemy an advantage through prayerlessness.

Whatever the enemy has planted, God has the power to uproot. No work of darkness is beyond His ability to reverse, and no situation is too concluded for His intervention. The Lord who restores wasted years is still able to reverse the irreversible, undo the concluded works of darkness, and restore everything the night raiders have stolen.

The Bible gives us a clear strategy: “Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord” (Lamentations 2:19). Do not merely lament your losses—turn your midnight into a prayer altar. As you arise and cry to God for restoration, He will uproot every evil seed and cause you to recover all that the enemy thought was permanently lost.

Prayer Nugget: Father, as I arise to cry to You in the night, uproot every evil seed planted against my life. Reverse the irreversible, undo every concluded work of darkness, and let me recover all that the enemy has stolen, in Jesus’ name.

Bible in One Year: Daniel 4–5

Victory at Night

Date: Friday, 11th September, 2026

Text: Genesis 14:14–16; 1 Samuel 30:6–19

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

The night is naturally a time of rest, but throughout Scripture it also became a time when God gave His people strategic victories. While others slept, men of faith remained spiritually alert. The believer must never become careless in the place of prayer, for many battles are won before the dawn breaks.

When Lot and his family were taken captive, Abraham armed his 318 trained servants and pursued the enemy. “He divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night” (Genesis 14:15), defeated the stronger forces, and recovered everything that had been stolen.

Likewise, when the Amalekites raided Ziklag, carried away David’s wives, children, and possessions, and burned the city with fire, David first encouraged himself in the Lord, sought God’s direction, and then pursued the enemy. From the twilight attack until the next day, God gave him victory, and David recovered all (1 Samuel 30:17–19).

Have you lost anything to the raiders of darkness—your peace, joy, opportunities, health, or spiritual fire? Stop weeping endlessly and begin to seek God with renewed faith. As the Lord told David, “Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all” (1 Samuel 30:8). Your God still gives victory, and He is able to restore everything the enemy thought was permanently lost.

Prayer Nugget: Father, strengthen me to prevail in the place of prayer. Every good thing stolen by the enemy, let me pursue, overtake, and recover all through the victory of Christ, in Jesus’ name.

Bible in One Year: Daniel 1–3

He Still Answers Prayers

Date: Thursday, 10th September, 2026

Text: Exodus 14:13–16

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

We serve a loving and compassionate God who still answers prayers. He is “slow to anger, and of great mercy” (Numbers 14:18), yet He is also righteous and does not leave the guilty unpunished. His mercy invites us to come boldly to Him, knowing that no sincere cry of faith escapes His attention.

Sometimes life presents situations that look like a dead end. Israel stood helpless before the Red Sea while Pharaoh’s army pursued them from behind, and there seemed to be no escape. But when God stepped into the situation, the impossible became a pathway, and what looked like their end became the beginning of a great testimony (Exodus 14:13–16).

If you are facing a Red Sea moment today, do not surrender to fear or despair. The God who made a way where there was no way has not changed. Remain hopeful, stand firm in faith, keep praying, and trust His faithfulness, for He will make a way for you too.

Prayer Nugget: Father, I place every impossible situation before You today. Make a way where there seems to be no way, strengthen my faith, silence every fear, and let my Red Sea become a testimony, in Jesus’ name.

Bible in One Year: Ezekiel 47–48

Use Your Tongue Wisely (7)

Date: Wednesday, 9th September, 2026

Text: Romans 1:16

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

In order to win souls and enlarge God’s Kingdom, we need the tongue as a tool for preaching the Gospel. Romans 1:16 says, “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.” God has entrusted us with the responsibility of making Christ known, and our tongue is one of the primary instruments He uses to accomplish this.

A word spoken in faith can introduce someone to the saving power of Jesus Christ. We must therefore refuse to use our tongues only for complaints, criticism, gossip, or discouragement when there are lives around us that need to hear the Gospel. Proverbs 11:30 says, “The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.” A wise tongue is a soul-winning tongue.

Jesus said in Mark 16:15, “Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.” We cannot fulfil this command without opening our mouths to speak about Christ. Ask God to sanctify your tongue and make it a vessel of salvation, encouragement and truth. Let your words point people to Jesus, because one conversation, one testimony, or one invitation may become the turning point in someone’s life.

Key Nugget: A wise tongue is a soul-winning tongue.

Bible in One Year: Ezekiel 44–46

Use Your Tongue Wisely (6)

Date: Tuesday, 8th September, 2026

Text: Psalm 34:1; Acts 16:25–26

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

The tongue is a major tool God has given us to magnify Him and bless His holy name. Through the tongue, we declare His glory, testify of His goodness, and offer the fruit of our lips as praise. The psalmist says, “I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth” (Psalm 34:1). Therefore, let your tongue continually speak words that honour God, regardless of what you may be going through.

Rather than using our tongues to tale-bear, slander, curse, gossip, or meddle in the affairs of others, let us use it to magnify the Lord above our challenges and circumstances. Paul and Silas understood this principle when they prayed and sang praises to God at midnight while they were in prison. They refused to allow their difficult situation to determine the content of their conversation; instead, they filled the prison with praises unto God.

As they praised God, there was suddenly a great earthquake, the prison doors were opened, and everyone’s chains were loosed (Acts 16:25–26). What appeared to be a place of confinement became a place of supernatural freedom because their praise invited divine intervention.

Keep magnifying the Lord, even in the midst of your challenges, and as you use your tongue wisely, may every prison door, chain, and limitation standing against you crash down before your very eyes, in Jesus’ name.

Prayer Nugget: Father, help me to use my tongue wisely. Let my mouth continually magnify You, even in the midst of challenges. As I praise You, let every prison door, chain, and limitation in my life be broken, in Jesus’ name.

Bible in One Year: Ezekiel 41–43

Use Your Tongue Wisely (5)

Date: Monday, 7th September, 2026

Text: Colossians 4:6; James 1:19

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

God desires that our words be “always with grace, seasoned with salt” (Colossians 4:6), so that they will benefit both us and those who hear them. The tongue has tremendous power—it can ignite conflict or bring peace. Consider Gideon’s gentle answer to the Ephraimites, which calmed their anger (Judges 8:1–3), and compare it with Jephthah’s harsh response in a similar situation, which resulted in a tragic civil conflict (Judges 12:1–6). The difference was not merely the situation but the words they chose.

That is why Scripture instructs us to be “swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath” (James 1:19). Wise people process their words before releasing them. A careless tongue can separate close friends, destroy relationships, and deepen wounds, while a gracious tongue can reconcile enemies, restore broken hearts, and build lasting peace.

Make your tongue an instrument of blessing. Let your words encourage the discouraged, comfort the hurting, correct with love, and speak hope into hopeless situations. Bless rather than curse, for when our speech is governed by God’s wisdom, our tongues become true channels of life, healing, and blessing.

Prayer Nugget: Father, let my words always be seasoned with grace and wisdom. Give me the discipline to listen before I speak, and make my tongue a channel of peace, healing, encouragement, and blessing, in Jesus’ name.

Bible in One Year: Ezekiel 39–40