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Date: Tuesday, 12^th December, 2023

Text: Psalm 103:1-15

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

Forgiveness means to let go. It is to pardon an offender and not treat him as his actions deserve. It is as if someone owes you an amount of money and you decide to cancel the debt. At the root of forgiveness is mercy. A compassionate heart will easily forgive.

Forgiveness is the nature of God. The Psalmist in today’s text say, “Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases. The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger forever.  He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.” Psalm 103:2, 3, 8-11.

If you are a child of God, the Spirit of Christ dwells in you and the Holy Spirit is a spirit of forgiveness. It is that spirit that made Christ to pray for his enemies saying, “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.” Luke 23:34

Forgiveness may be very hard if you don’t have the Spirit of Christ dwelling in you. So first, you need to be forgiven and washed in his blood and you will see reasons why you should forgive those who offend you.

Prayer Nugget: Ask the Holy Spirit to fill your heart with grace to readily forgive in Jesus name.

Date: Monday, 11^th December, 2023

Text: Jeremiah 1:11-12

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

When a Man makes a promise, don’t celebrate yet because he may disappoint, sometimes not because he wants to, but situations beyond his control may prevent him from doing so. But when God speaks it is done. He neither sleeps nor slumbers; if he makes you a promise, he will definitely bring it to pass because he watches over his word to see it come to fulfilment.

There are two things you need to do on your own part; firstly, you need to believe that God will do what he says he will do. The word of God says, “And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord”- Luke 1:45.Also^, Isaiah 55:11 says, “So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.”

Another thing you should do is to remind Him of his promises. Does it mean God can forget what he said? No! He is not a man that suffers from memory loss. But His word says, “Put me in remembrance” and “Give him no rest, till he establishes” his promises in your life (Isaiah 43:26; Jeremiah 62:7).

Worship him intensely, constantly remind him of his wonderful promises and he will hasten his word to come to pass in your life this season in Jesus name.

Prayer Nugget: Father, please, bring your promises to speedy fulfilment in my life in Jesus name.

Date: Sunday, 10^th December, 2023

Text: Malachi 2:13-16

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

One thing God expects from your marriage is a godly offspring, all things being equal. Malachi 2:15 says, “Has not the one God made you? You belong to him in body and spirit. And what does the one God seek? Godly offspring. So be on your guard, and do not be unfaithful to the wife of your youth.”

Dysfunctional marriages will most likely produce dysfunctional children.  A lot of such children joined bad company, get hooked on drugs, and become a burden to themselves and the society. A careful investigation into the lives of the many of such children would reveal that the problems they have is foundational, from the home.  

When you allow Christ to reign in your home and you lead by examples, your children will follow suit. Action speaks louder than words. You are a model to your children whether you realize it or not. If you abuse your spouse or are domestically violent, you are sowing ungodly seeds in your children’s hearts which will yield negative harvest sooner or later.

Let your children grow and be nurtured in a loving, peaceful and joyous atmosphere. It will rub off on them and on their personalities. The opposite is also true.

Some parents think once they are able to provide for their children’s financial, educational and material needs they have done well. What about your children’s spiritual, mental and emotional needs? You need to be available for them. Give them attention. Don’t abandon them in the hands of nannies and domestic helpers. Maintain an open door policy; be friendly and let them be free to express themselves. Answer their questions from time to time. Hug them regularly and make them feel loved and connected to you.

You will not fail over your children in Jesus name.

Prayer Nugget: Father, I ask for the heart and wisdom to raise godly children in my marriage in Jesus name.

Date: Saturday, 9^th December, 2023

Text: 1 Corinthians 7:2-5

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

One of the purposes of marriage is to prevent sexual impurity. Today’s text says, “But because of [the temptation to participate in] sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband. The husband must fulfill his [marital] duty to his wife [with good will and kindness], and likewise the wife to her husband.

 The wife does not have [exclusive] authority over her own body, but the husband shares with her; and likewise the husband does not have [exclusive] authority over his body, but the wife shares with him. Do not deprive each other [of marital rights], except perhaps by mutual consent for a time, so that you may devote yourselves [unhindered] to prayer, but come together again so that Satan will not tempt you [to sin] because of your lack of self-control.” 1 Corinthians 7:2-5

Sexual intimacy is ordained by God for married couples only. Sex before marriage or outside marriage is a grave sin before God. The word of God says, “^“Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge”. Hebrews 13:4.

 Do you not know that as a child of God, your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is within you, whom you have [received as a gift] from God, and that you are not your own [property]?  You were bought with a price [you were actually purchased with the precious blood of Jesus and made His own]. So then, honor and glorify God with your body by fleeing sexual sins.

Sexual immorality is the only sin that unites two people in one flesh (1 Corinthians 6:16). It is a sin that corrupts and ensnares like no other, and it often leads to physical diseases. For these reasons, sexual immorality is a sin committed against one’s own body.

The body is not intended for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord is for the body- 1 Corinthians 6:13. Stick to your spouse alone in love!

Prayer Nugget: Father, I ask for the grace of self-discipline; by your Spirit, I keep my body under subjection in Jesus name.

GOD’S ORACLE

Date: Friday, 8^th December, 2023

Text: Matthew 18:18-20

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

Your closest confidant and prayer partner should be your spouse. The two of you, in agreement should be able to wield firm spiritual control over situations and circumstances. This is why disagreements must be settled as quickly as possible and must not be allowed to degenerate.

In today’s text, Jesus Christ said, “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. For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. 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”. Matthew 18:19, 20, 18

Whatever you loose on Earth means “whatever you allow or permit on Earth” and whatever you bind means “whatever you disallow or reject.” If you permit peace, prosperity, joy and love in your relationship on Earth, it shall also be permitted by God in Heaven. Two of you can also agree to reject failure, poverty, marital unfaithfulness, sickness etc in your home; and they will be rejected by God in Heaven.

The fire of God should regularly burn on your family altar. At this altar you can decide what happens and what does not happen in your family. Allow the will of the Father to always prevail in your relationship and God will personally watch over your home to ensure you will not strike your feet against any stone.

Prayer Nugget: Father, please, let your peace, prosperity, joy and love reign supreme in my marriage in Jesus name.

Date: Thursday, 7^th December, 2023

Text: Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

A husband and his wife are meant to complement each other and not to compete with each other. Complement here means to supply what is lacking in your spouse. One may be more educated, more exposed or more financially buoyant than the other. It should not be a cause for concern if there is understanding. In other words, the husband and wife are meant to complete each other. Your spouse’s area of lack should be covered up by you; don’t let his or her inadequacies be left obvious.

This is why 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? And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.” Ecclesiastes 4:9-12.

When there is unity and love in the home, the anointing and power of God flows freely and prayers are swiftly answered.  The devil is scared of the marriage institution because of the power inherent in it and that is why he sows seeds of discord, suspicion, distrust, unforgiveness and bitterness in the hearts of spouses.

The word of God says, “Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered.” 1 Peter 3:7-9

Action Nugget: Take practical steps, be prayerful and do everything godly to ensure your marriage is full of love, peace, and joy.

Date: Wednesday, 6^th December, 2023

Text: Genesis 2:20-24

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

God created us male and female and when he saw the need for companionship, he took a rib from the side of the man and made a woman (womb man) and brought her to the man. “And Adam said, this is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.” Genesis 2:20-24

Therefore marriage is ordained by God to happen between a man and a woman. Any other marital institution apart from this is a perversion and is from the devil. The God of Heaven does not recognize “marriage” between man and man; woman and woman; or woman and beast or man and beast. The devil’s mission is to lead the whole world astray and his full time job is to frustrate the original plan of God. Don’t be deceived.

The fact that a government approves same sex marriage does not mean God approves it. It is possible for a whole nation to go to Hell if they all follow the way of the devil. If you doubt it ask Sodom and Gomorrah. The whole country was divinely condemned and burned with fire and brimstone because they unanimously agreed to follow the ways of the devil- Genesis 19:1-24. Nineveh would have been destroyed likewise, if not that they unanimously agreed to repent and follow God’s way- Jonah 3:1-10.

This brings us to the secondary reason for marriage which is procreation or reproduction. Through marriage the human race has continued till now because as people die, babies are born to replace and replenish the Earth.

Imagine if the whole world becomes homosexuals how will reproduction take place? The entire human race would be wiped out within 100 years due to lack of continuity and the earth would be taken over by animals who still keep to God’s original plan of male and female.

Are you married but barren? May the Lord remember and settle you this season in Jesus name.

Prayer Nugget:  Father, I will not be led astray by the devil, the enemy of Mankind in Jesus name.

Date: Tuesday, 5^th December, 2023

Text: Hebrews 13:4

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

Today makes it exactly 14 years of God’s marital faithfulness in the lives of my wife and I. Jesus the Prince of Peace and Stiller of storms reside in our ship, our relationship, so we fear no storm.

God’s primary purpose for marriage is for companionship. The Word of God says, “Now the Lord God said, “It is not good (beneficial) for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper (one who balances him—a counterpart who is) suitable and complementary for him.” Genesis 2:18 AMP.

Many marriages are not experiencing marital fulfillment because the companionship element is lacking. You need to spend time together with your spouse. Talk to each other regularly, even if you are not physically in contact. Let there be no communication gap. Try as much as possible to always be together physically, it helps to oil the engine of your marriage.

Focus your love and attention on your spouse and don’t share your love with any strange man or woman. Extramarital affair is strongly condemned in the Word of God. The Bible says, “Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers (the sexually immoral) and adulterers God will judge”- Hebrews 13:4.

Husbands love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it. Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the Saviour of the body. Ephesians 5:22-23.

Is your marriage threatened by the storms of life? Invite Jesus, the Prince of Peace into your home and he will still all your storms.

Marriage is meant to be enjoyed and not endured. Do everything godly to make your marriage Heaven on Earth. God hates divorce (Malachi 2:16). Your marriage will succeed greatly in Jesus name.

Prophetic Nugget: Let the oil of marital bliss continually flow unending in your marriage in Jesus name.

Date: Monday, 4^th December, 2023

Text: Genesis 18:17-18

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

Being engraved on His palms denotes intimacy with the Lord. You will enjoy so many benefits not available to others who are far from God. For example, his divine protection and provision are certain. You will have the privilege of hearing from the Lord regularly and being guided by him.

Psalm 25:14 says “The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.” Also Amos 3:7 says, “Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.”

Nothing is hidden from you when you are intimate with the Lord. You will have eyes that see and ears that hear.

When God wanted to destroy neighbouring Sodom and Gomorrah, he confided in Abraham, his friend. Genesis 18:17-18 says, “And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?”

However, the closer you are to God the holier you must become. The more intimate you are to the Lord the more sensitive and obedient you must become. Your obedience must be prompt and complete. God will correct you when you err as a shepherd corrects a sheep that has gone astray.

In Psalm 23:4b, David said, ‘thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.” Proverbs3:12 says, “For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.” His discipline may be painful but when you endure it, you will become a better child of the Most High.

Prayer Nugget: May the presence of God never depart from you in Jesus name.

Date: Sunday, 3^rd December, 2023

Text: Isaiah 49:14-16

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

Mothers are very caring of their babies but in some situations a mother can forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne; if you doubt it read 2 Kings 6:28-29.

God says, the compassion and care He has for you are more than those of a mother-to-child. He has promised neither to fail nor forget you.  You are engraved on the palms of my hands; so He remembers you always. His thoughts towards you are thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end if you make Him your hope and your future- Jeremiah 29:11-12.

Trials are meant to toughen your spiritual muscles of faith, hope and love; not to destroy you.

Therefore, reciprocate your love by dedicating your heart to Him. While you are waiting on Him to fulfill His promises, remain steadfast. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain- 1 Corinthians 15:58.

You are beloved of God; so keep your trust alive in Him.

Prayer Nugget: Thank you Father for your love and care for me. Help my trust in you in Jesus name.