God’s Oracle Devotionals

Date: Tuesday, 6^th February, 2024

Text: Hebrews 10:25; Proverbs 27:17

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

Sometimes it is wise to learn from animals. For example, God directed the lazy man to go to the ants, learn its hardworking ways and be wise- Proverbs 6:6-11.

We can do a comparative study of the lion and the tiger. Even though they are both wild cats popular in the jungle, they have different social attitudes. The lion is highly sociable, preferring to move in packs. As a result of this social behaviour, even though the lion is smaller in size than the tiger, it can, as a group, take down larger animals like the giraffe.

The tiger, on the other hand, is bigger, more muscular, stronger, and more active and have better agility compared to lions, however, is a solitary animal preferring to do the one-man show. But today, conservationists confirm that they are at the brink of extinction.

Today, many Christians are burnt out and are at the brink of spiritual extinction today because they are loners.

The Word of God says, “Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.” Proverbs 27:17. And also, “Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.” Hebrews 10:25

Online fellowships are good, if the venue of the church service is out of physical reach. However, it is far better to be physically present at church meetings. Let me ask you, as a bride or a groom, would you prefer an online wedding or a physical one? Obviously, you would prefer the physical under normal circumstances, because the virtual one has a lot of limitations.

When we come together in the name of the Lord, the Spirit of God is present-Matthew 18:20. We encourage one another, pray together under corporate anointing. We learn the word of God, ask questions, get counselled and get fired up to go back into the unbelieving world to shine as light and win souls into God’s kingdom.

Action Nugget: Do not give up the habit of meeting together.

Date: Monday, 5^th February, 2024

Text: 1 Peter 5:8

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

One of the reasons a child of God must abstain from alcoholic drinks is that it creates a conducive atmosphere for sin, especially fornication and adultery. Lot committed incest with and even impregnated his two daughters under the influence of wine and he didn’t realize it until it was too late-Genesis 19:30-38.

Noah’s drunkenness led to the exposure of his nakedness and the curse of his youngest son, Ham- Genesis 9:18-25.

The word of God says, “Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.” Proverbs 31:6-7

Alcohol is also referred to as ‘spirit’. What kind of spirit? It is an intoxicating demon that makes it impossible to be sober and vigilant. 1 Peter 5:8. They say, ‘Don’t drink and drive,’ because driving requires a high level of concentration and vigilance. But vigilance is not only required by drivers because the devil does not target only drivers but every living soul.

 1 Peter 5:8 says, “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.”

Avoid staying in lonely places with the opposite sex. This was why Joseph fled away from Portiphar’s wife because the woman was desperately pressurizing him for sexual intimacy. If he had stayed back to negotiate, the unexpected might have happened. 1 Corinthians 6:18 says, “flee fornication,” don’t stay back to negotiate.

Reflective Nugget: Do you desire to be holy? Be sober and vigilant.

Date: Sunday, 4^th February, 2024

Text: Proverbs 4:23-25

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

Today’s text says, “Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life. Put away from you a deceitful mouth, and put perverse lips far from you. Let your eyes look straight ahead, and your eyelids look right before you. “

It is very important to guard the gates that lead to the heart, namely the eye, the ear, taste and touch. If you spend your time listening to ungodly music or watching unedifying content on social media, you are setting up the wrong atmosphere for sin. You must deliberately censor what goes to your heart to avoid pollution.

If you ask Job, how he was able to conquer fornication and adultery, his reply would be, “I made a covenant with my eyes, not to look lustfully at a young woman.” Job 31:1. It was his personal decision and a way of disciplining himself.

Invest time and energy on spiritually edifying resource materials and programs that would boost your faith, hope and love for God.

Be deliberate in choosing your circle of friends. If you are a married woman and your closest friends are divorcees; it is only a matter of time and you will become one of them.

 If you live to satisfy your sinful self, the harvest you will get from that will be eternal death. But if you live to please the Spirit, your harvest from the Spirit will be eternal life. Galatians 6:8

Action Point: Abstain from every appearance of evil and guard your heart diligently.

Date: Saturday, 3^rd February, 2024

Text: Romans 13:14

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

Holiness is a lifestyle for anybody who wants to make it to Heaven. In order to consistently obey God totally, there are steps necessary to take to create the right atmosphere for it. First of all, as a person, you must be a lover of righteousness and a hater of iniquity.

In order to create the right personal atmosphere for holy living, as a habit, you must always renew your mind daily with the word of God. Romans 12:2 says, “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.”

This transformation is a spiritual process that occurs by the power of God’s word which renews the mind when we expose ourselves daily to it. It makes the heart remain soft and yielding to the will of God.

A heart far from the word of God will become hardened with time and self-willed, always resisting the will of God. Its desires are always diametrically opposed to the will of God and all it wants to do is to fulfill the desires of the sinful nature.

To be holy, you must “make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.” Romans 13:14.

Watch and pray so that you do not fall into temptation. In the place of prayer, strength is received to carry out God’s will. At Gethsemane, our Lord prayed earnestly and an angel came to strengthen him- Luke 22: 39-44. This strength is called GRACE.

Grace is constantly received during times of prayer intimacy with God. You need grace to stay pure in this corrupt world. You need Grace to say ‘to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age.’ Titus 2:11-12

Action Nugget: Make holiness your lifestyle.

Date: Friday, 2^nd February, 2024

Text: 2 Corinthians 6:14-18

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

If you must please God, holiness is not an option. It is the only way to see God. To be holy is to love righteousness and to hate iniquity.

These days, it seems many find it difficult to even know what is good or evil. You know why? So many things that are evil in the sight of God are acceptable by Men; in fact, even legalized. But the foolishness of God is wiser than Men.

God’s ways are not our ways. There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death- Proverbs 14:12

There are certain things that make holiness difficult for many. One of them is bad company. The word of God says, “Do not be deceived: “Evil company corrupts good habits.” 1 Corinthians 15:33. There is an adage among my people that says, “A sheep that keeps company with dogs will end up eating faeces.”

If you must live a holy life, after surrendering your life to Jesus Christ, you need to cut off from every influence of sin.

Pay attention to the word of God which says, “Do not try to work together as equals with unbelievers, for it cannot be done. How can right and wrong be partners? How can light and darkness live together? How can Christ and the Devil agree? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?

How can God’s temple come to terms with pagan idols? For we are the temple of the living God! As God himself has said, “I will make my home with my people and live among them; I will be their God, and they shall be my people.”And so the Lord says, “You must leave them and separate yourselves from them. Have nothing to do with what is unclean, and I will accept you.I will be your father, and you shall be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”  2 Corinthians 6:14-18 GNB

Prayer Nugget: Father, I ask for the grace to separate myself unto holiness in Jesus name.

Date: Thursday, 1^st February, 2024

Text: Isaiah 40:28-31

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

To God be the glory! We have made it into the second month of February. This year’s February is special because it has an extra day which turns the whole year to a Leap Year. I pray for you that you will take a leap of greatness this month in Jesus name. Let us pray!

Prayer Nuggets

1. Father, thank you for a brand new month in Jesus name.

2. Father, by your mercy, take me to a greater heights this month in Jesus name.

3. Everything tying me to the valley be cut off in Jesus name.

4. Father, please lay your hand on me and grant me unusual speed in Jesus name.

5. Every evil agenda of the devil against my life, this month, be aborted in Jesus name.

6. Every evil bird monitoring my life, receive the arrow of God’s judgement in Jesus name.

7. Father, let your plan and purpose for my life come to pass speedily this month in Jesus name.

8. Add your own prayer points.

Date: Wednesday, 31^st January, 2024

Text: Revelation 21:9-27

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

Holiness means total obedience to the word and will of God. God’s will is clearly spelt out in his word. Without holiness no man shall see God. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God- Hebrews 12:14; Matthew 5:8.

God’s throne is situated on a mountain called Mount Zion. How do we know? Psalm 48:1-3 says, “Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness. Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King. God is known in her palaces for a refuge.”

Heaven is a beautiful place. You cannot compare its glory with any place on Earth. the foundation is made with all manner of precious stones. There is no need for electrical or solar light because God’s glory fills it with His radiant light.

In today’s text, we see that in Heaven, also known as the New Jerusalem, God will live among Men and they will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God,and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be death; there will no longer be sorrow and anguish, or crying, or pain.

Nothing that defiles or profanes or is unwashed will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices abominations [detestable, morally repugnant things] and lying, but only those [will be admitted] whose names have been written in the Lamb’s Book of Life; those who have clean hands and a pure heart.

Will you be among the number?

Action Nugget: Repent from every sinful way and live your life according to the Word of God in Christ Jesus.

Date: Tuesday, 30^th January, 2024

Text: Romans 14:17-18

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

“For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. For he who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by men.” Romans 14:17-18

From the above text, we can clearly see the third spiritual blessing which money cannot buy, namely, Peace. It keeps you going on the narrow high way to eternity.

The Prince of Peace rules in the midst of storms. He is the Master over Situations and Circumstances. When Nebuchadnezzar threw the Three Hebrew boys into the fiery furnace, the Prince of Peace appeared there and the fire became powerless. The king said, “Look! I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire; and they are not hurt, and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.” Daniel 3:25. This is why Jesus Christ is also called the 4^th Man in the Fire.

Are you suffering from an evil fire? May the Prince of Peace step into your situation and quench that evil fire in Jesus name.

The Prince of Peace is also the Lord of Host who is the Captain of the Heavenly Army. If you allow him in your heart, you have nothing to fear because Greater is He that is you than he (Satan) that is in the world (of sinful mankind). 1 John 4:4

Hand over your battles to him. Stop fighting alone! You cannot win the devil with your wisdom; he is a brilliant strategist. If you must win, make Christ your Ally. He will fight for you and you shall hold your peace. Exodus 14:14

Righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit are the three blessings you cannot have outside Christ, except you repent and accept him as your Saviour and Lord. Make a U-Turn away from the Broad Highway of Destruction and join the Narrow Way that leads to life Eternal today!

Prayer Nugget: Prince of Peace, please, fight my battles for me in Jesus name.

Date: Monday, 29^th January, 2024

Text: Psalm 16:11

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

Yesterday, we identified righteousness as one of the three blessings that the passers on the broad way cannot have irrespective of their status. We explained that the righteousness of Christ is a gift obtained by faith by a believer to produce good works. This righteousness is also a robe that must be kept clean, unwrinkled and without blemish.

The word of God says, “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.” Ephesians 5:25-27

The second priceless blessing is joy. Joy and happiness are not the same. Anyone can be happy because happiness is a reaction to something good that happens to a man. It is fleeting. However, joy is a product of God’s presence. Psalm 16:11 says, “Thou wilt show me the path of life: in thy presence is fullness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.”

You can activate his joy by spending quality time in God’s presence, through consistent praise, prayer, worship and the study of His word and the joy that flows from His presence will rub off on you.

The more the presence of God you allow in your life, the more joyful you become. This is why an unbeliever cannot know true joy except he gives his life to Christ and carries God’s presence. Joy is a fruit of the Holy Spirit- Galatians 5:22

If you belong to Christ Jesus and have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires, the joy of the Lord will be your strength and it will keep you going on the rough narrow road to eternity.

Action Nugget: Be a carrier of God’s presence and rejoice always!

Date: Sunday, 28^th January, 2024

Text: Romans 4:5-6

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

There are three things that the passers on the broad way cannot have irrespective of their status. They are spiritual blessings that money cannot buy. Those on the broad easy way can have many things that true Christians have; for example, marriage, children, cars, houses, lands, fat bank accounts etc. But these three things can ONLY be found in Christ, not anywhere else. No other short cut.

These supernatural blessings keep the believer going in this corrupt world. The first one is righteousness. This is not self-righteousness or personal good works which is like a filthy rag before God. Humanly speaking, righteousness is moral uprightness. But spiritually speaking, it is deeper than that.

Abraham believed God and it was credited to him as righteousness. His righteousness came by faith, not by works. It is a gift of God.

Romans 4:5-6,says, ^“ But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness, just as David also describes the blessedness of the man to whom God imputes righteousness apart from works.”

The righteousness of a believer in Christ is received when we put our faith in Him. The evidence of this righteousness is the fruit of the Spirit, which are the good works that proceed from the righteousness of Christ.

The Word of God says, ^“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them”. Ephesians 2:10

This righteousness is a blessing that no follower of the broad way can have except they repent and follow the narrow way. Will you?

Prayer Nugget: Father, by your grace, help me to walk in the righteousness of Jesus Christ.