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Date: Saturday, 15^th March, 2025

Text: Psalm 18:45

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

The story was told of a lady who became paralyzed and was confined to the wheel chair for a very long time. All efforts to heal her and get her back on her feet proved abortive. All hopes seemed lost as she remained in her lame state helplessly.

However, she looked up to God, the only Source of divine help; fervent intercessory prayers were said on her behalf and something unusual shifted in her favour. Before then, she usually had encounters with a personality that fed her in her dream every night.

It became a usual thing for her to eat all sorts of ‘delicious’ meals from a strange visitor every night. She did not realize that the evil covenant that tied her down was daily renewed by the ‘food’ she consumed in her sleep every night.

But one day, after a lot of fervent and fasting prayers, she had the spiritual strength to refuse the strange food. She, instead, commanded the visitor to eat the food she brought. And by so doing, the satanic covenant that crippled her was terminated and the owner of the evil load carried her load. That same day, strength was restored to her limbs and she stood up miraculously from her wheel chair fully recovered.

There are evil caterers of the night whose job is to poison souls at night thereby introducing strange sicknesses, afflictions, failure, poverty, miscarriage, shame, disappointments and all sorts of evil into their lives.

Today, there are many victims of these evil caterers. You see so many patients with terminal diseases who got to that point courtesy of the satanic activities of the evil caterers. 

But the word of God says, “The strangers shall fade away and be afraid out of their closed places.” Psalm 18:45.

Action Nugget: Command any evil stranger hiding in any corner of your spirit, soul and body to lose their hold and disappear in Jesus name.

Bible in One Year: Judges 6-8.

Date: Friday, 14^th March, 2025

Text: Matthew 14:25-31

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

Yesterday, we defined Arrow Prayers as short, quick prayers offered to connect to God. It can be in the form of praises. For example, when you hear good news and you scream, “Thank you Jesus” or you just succeeded in getting a long awaited breakthrough and you shout, “Glory be to God.”

At other times it could be a cry for a divine help like the case of Peter. He had done the impossible by walking on water. But the human weakness of fear and doubt soon took its toll on him and when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, ‘Lord, save me’. And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him- Matthew 14:29-31.

The prayer of a sinner is an abomination to God- Proverbs 28:9. Therefore, it is important to be in a right relationship with God before shooting prayer arrows to him in Heaven, otherwise, the arrows will bounce back to the sender. The prayer arrow a sinner can successfully shoot to the God of Heaven is a cry for mercy and forgiveness, if it is coming from a genuinely repentant heart- Psalm 51:17.

Arrow prayers are a delight to God if it is coming from a holy vessel, an upright heart and from someone with a deep and regular personal fellowship with Him- Proverbs 15:8. Arrow prayers should, therefore, not be a substitute for a life of intense worship and prayers, alone with the Lord.

Always take time to offer quality praise to God, tarry in his presence as a habit; worship him intensely without reservation in the beauty of his holiness. Then can the shooting of your emergency prayer arrows be effective during the hustle and bustle of life.

Key Nugget: Arrow prayers are a delight to God if it is coming from a holy vessel, an upright heart and from someone with a deep and regular personal fellowship with Him.

Bible in One Year: Judges 4-5.

Date: Thursday, 13^th March, 2025

Text: Nehemiah 2:1-8

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

There are different types of prayers. When you are having your quiet time or personal devotion, it is often well structured and you really take your time. You first enter his heavenly gates with thanks giving and into his courts with praises. Then you probably reconcile with your Maker by asking for mercy and forgiveness, in case you have transgressed. After this you then proceed to ask for your personal needs and to intercede for others.

However, it is not everytime you have the luxury of time to offer such structured and time-demanding prayers. Many times, life presents emergency situations where you need urgent, almost, instantaneous divine interventions. At such times, you need to shoot arrow prayers and God honours them.

Arrow prayers are, short, quick prayers offered to connect to God.

Nehemiah happened to be a Cupbearer in the palace of Emperor Artaxerxes; he had never appeared before his master with a sad countenance before. And he got a rare privilege of getting a blank cheque from the king who requested him to ask for whatever he wanted.

The Wine Steward, Nehemiah was nervous but before he gave a response to the Emperor, he quickly shot an arrow prayer to God, asking for divine favour. Did God answer? Yes he did, because he obtained favour from the Emperor. His request was abundantly granted- Nehemiah 2:1-8.

Action Nugget: Demonstrate your faith by habitually and periodically shooting arrow prayers to God.

Bible in One Year: Judges 1-3

Date: Wednesday, 12^th March, 2025

Text: Psalm 124:1-8

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

Welive in a world of fierce contest. The kingdom of darkness keeps strategizing and re-strategizing daily. They are the ones Christ refers to as the thief whose mission is to kill, steal and destroy; the sons and daughters of light being their major target- John 10:10.

Thanks be to God who neither sleeps nor slumbers. As children of light, we have Christ as our shield, our protective covering from the heat of the day and the terrors of the night.

When the enemy attacks God’s people with the intention of swallowing them alive; when the anger of the evil ones flare against them, he raises a protective standard against the evil ones. He does not allow the raging waters of darkness; the floods and torrents of the foe to sweep over them.

This is why you make Jesus Christ your Ally. You must love what he loves and hate what he hates. Two cannot walk together except they be agreed- Amos 3:3. You must love righteousness and hate iniquity. Through obedience and a prayerful life, you come under the secret place of the Most High.

Then you can be sure he will not allow you to be torn by the teeth of the wicked beasts of the world. Like a bird, he will make you constantly escape from the snares of the fowlers. He will be your everlasting source of help and you will never be put to shame in Jesus name.

Prayer Nugget: Father Lord, because you are my trusted ally, please, fight for me while I hold my peace in Jesus name.

Bible in One Year: Joshua 23-24

Date: Tuesday, 11^th March, 2025

Text: Psalm 103:13-14.

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

When the whole world became very wicked, violent and perverse, the Almighty God decided to do something drastic about it. When the Lord saw how wicked everyone on Earth was and how evil their thoughts were all the time, he was sorry that he had ever made them and put them on the Earth. He was so filled with regret that he said, “I will wipe out these people I have created, and also the animals and the birds, because I am sorry that I made any of them.” Genesis 6:5-12

One of the reasons why God vowed never to destroy the world with water anymore is because as a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him;
for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust-Psalm 103:13-14.

When he remembers that we are made in his image, he shows mercy and gives sinners a long rope of repentance to pull. He is slow to anger, not willing that anyone should perish but instead he is patient with them, not wanting anyone to perish, but for everyone to come to repentance-2 Peter 3:9

However, Jezebel, the false prophetess, took his mercy for granted even though God gave her enough time to repent, but when she wouldn’t she brought God’s hammer of judgement on herself- Revelation 2:18-23.

It is by his mercy that we are not consumed because we are created in his image. We should therefore, as an obligation to extend the same mercy to others around us.

Action Nugget: Extend the mercy you are enjoying to God’s images around you from today.

Bible in One Year: Joshua 18-22

Date: Sunday, 9^th March, 2025

Text: James 2:2-4

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

Being created in the image of God infers the priceless nature of the soul of a human. It is of an immeasurable worth or eternal value. The original intention of God was for a man to live forever. Though sin brought death, the death and resurrection of Christ brought a renewed hope of eternal redemption to those who put their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ- Romans 6:23

The fact that we are all created in the image of God puts all humans on the same level irrespective of our individual status or circumstances. The rich, the poor; the fortunate and unfortunate; the privileged and unprivileged; the literate and illiterate; the famous and the obscure; the intelligent and unintelligent; the wise and the unwise; the young and the old; the male and the female are all on the same flat level.

Apostle James wrote, “Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in filthy old clothes also comes in. If you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say, “Here’s a good seat for you,” but say to the poor man, “You stand there” or “Sit on the floor by my feet,” have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?” James 2:2-4

There is no room for favouritism. We should therefore stay humble and grateful, irrespective of the side of the divide we find ourselves. Instead of competing with one another, let us rather complement one another with the spirit of humanity and love, continually paying one another the debt of love without any room for arrogance.

Key Nugget: The fact that we are all created in the image of God puts all humans on the same level irrespective of our individual status or circumstances.

Bible in One Year: Joshua 14-17

Date: Saturday, 8^th March, 2025

Text: Psalm 139:13-16.

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

The fact that we are created in the image of God confirms that we cannot also be descendants of apes as some evolutionary scientists falsely claim. Such claim directly attacks the authenticity and integrity of God’s unfailing word.

Another implication of being created in God’s image is the sanctity of the human life. It is a very grave sin to deliberately put an end to the existence of a fellow human’s life. In Exodus 20:13, the word of God commands saying, “Thou shalt not kill.” Abortion is murder because it terminates human life. From conception to death, the sanctity of life must be preserved.

Life does not start from birth but from conception. The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” Jeremiah 1:4-5

David said, “For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother’s womb. I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well. My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, The days fashioned for me, When as yet there were none of them.” Psalm 139:13-16.

Abortion is murder so is suicide. Suicide is self-murder. All humans are created in the image of god therefore; it is a grave sin to deliberately take the life of another human, except in war, battle or accident.

Action Nugget: Repent from and forsake every thought of murder in the form of abortion, suicide or other forms of desecration of the human life.

Bible in One Year: Joshua 8-13

Date: Thursday, 6^th March, 2025

Text: Genesis 1:26-27

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

Man is a special creature because he was created in line with the likeness of God himself. When God wanted to make the Heavens and the Earth, the plants and animals, he simply spoke them into existence.  

However, when he wanted to make Man, he had a conference with the Son and the Holy Spirit (the God-Head), saying, “Let Us (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.” Genesis 1:26-27.

Man was given authority by God which makes him a creator himself. This is why Man is full of innovations and creativity. He creates new inventions from time to time. Man is a ‘god’ because he has God-like authority. This is why the Psalmist said, “I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.” Psalm 82:6.

This is why we must be careful about what we say with our mouths. If God can speak the Heavens and Earth into existence, then, we that are in his image can both create and destroy with our mouths. The word of God says, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.” Proverbs 18:21

Man was given authority and dominion to rule and reign on Earth. It was lost to sin and the devil but it was restored through Christ Jesus- Romans 3:23; 6:23. The Lord said, “All Power in Heaven and on Earth has been given to me”. And at the name of Jesus Christ every knee must bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is the Lord to the glory of God the Father- Philippians 2:10-12.

Key Nugget: Since we are created in God’s image, we must be mindful of what we say with our mouths.

Bible in One Year: Joshua 5-7

Date: Wednesday, 5^th March, 2025

Text: Matthew 25:14-30

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

God treats us as individuals. He knows the capacity and peculiarities of each of us. He knows our individual strengths and limitations. He did not invest in each of us the same way, therefore, he does not expect returns from us in the same measure. To whom little is given, little is expected in return; and to whom much is given, much is expected in return. Luke 12:48.

The story of the king who invested in his stewards explains this better. The three were given talents according to the abilities that God gave each of them. One was give five talents, the other was given two; while the one with the least divine ability was only given one talent. And the king went his way.

Each of them was expected to trade with his talents and double them. This means that the one with five achieved one hundred percent performance by adding another five; the one given two also achieved a hundred percent performance by adding just two; and the one given one talent was expected to add just one in order to achieve a hundred percent.

God did not expect ten talents from the one given only two; neither did he expect four from the one given only one- Matthew 25:14-30. That is why you should not compare yourself with your neighbour. Some people erroneously compare themselves to others and feel inferior. Be thankful to the Giver of abilities and be contented with what you have and who you are.

Trying to do beyond your ability will only cause you untold hardships, difficulty and disappointments. Maximise your potentials and work hard within your area of your God-given abilities.

Key Nugget: Be thankful to the Giver of abilities and be contented with who you are and work with what you have.

Bible in One Year: Joshua 1-4

Date: 4^th March, 2025

Text: Proverbs 3:5-6

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

There is a saying that it is not wise to put all your eggs in one basket. It means you should not risk everything on the success of one venture; it also means you should not put all your efforts or resources into doing one thing because if it fails, you have no alternatives left. Humanly speaking this is true and it is a wise piece of advice.

However, the ways of God are not our ways, neither are his thoughts our thoughts; as the Heavens are higher than the Earth, so are his ways higher than our ways and his thoughts than our thoughts. Isaiah 55:8-9.

 If you desire to achieve results in your dealings with the Most High you have to put all your eggs in his basket. Any other basket is a counterfeit. You must trust in him with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways you must acknowledge him so that he can direct your paths- Proverbs 3:5-6

When God knows you have an alternative outside him, he will simply step aside and refuse to act on your behalf until you have exhausted all your options and cry to him for mercy.

Jacob made God is only option. When he had an opportunity to encounter a holy angel, he held firmly unto him and said, “I will not let You go unless You bless me.” Genesis 32:24-29

God cannot fail; he is reliable and dependable; a covenant keeping God. Don’t allow the devil to  play games with your faith by arranging situations that bring doubts and instill fear in your heart.  

Action Nugget: Put all your eggs in his basket and you will suffer no loss in Jesus name.

Bible in One Year: Deuteronomy 33-34