God’s Oracle Devotionals

Date: Wednesday, 2^nd April, 2025

Text: Luke 4:1-13

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

When the Lord was tempted of the devil, he won three times; however, the word of God says, “And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.” Luke 4:13. The devil temporarily left Him until a more opportune time.

The devil hopes for a time the Lord will let down his guard; a time when he would be careless and vulnerable to attacks.  But he never got one.

I pray for you that the devil will never catch you off guard in Jesus name.

Most times when Satan cannot get an opportune time, he creates one by shooting arrows of discouragement against the souls of the saints. Discouragement often sets in when there is delay in answered prayers or when expectations are not met. Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when desire is fulfilled, it is a tree of life- Proverbs 13:12.

Discouragement may also set in through the arrow of sorrow shot by the enemy. This can happen when there is an unfortunate loss of a loved one; financial loss; loss of valuable property, job etc. This calls for patience and endurance on the part of the saints.

Whenever you are faced with a discouraging situation, always remember that you are not alone. The Lord has promised never to leave nor forsake you- Hebrews 13:5. Your labour of love for God can never be in vain. Lift up your head and put your hope firmly on the Lord; be steadfast and unmoveable.

Don’t give the devil a foothold by losing your guard. Remain faithful till the very end. You will not be a victim in Jesus name.

Prayer Nugget: Father, I ask for grace to remain steadfast in your love always; I will not lose my guard in Jesus name.

Bible in One Year: 2 Samuel 4-7

Date: Tuesday, 1^st April, 2025

Text: 1 Thessalonians 5:18

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

Happy New month! Welcome to the month of April and the second quarter of the year. I enjoin you to always give thanks to God for everything both great and small.

Those things you consider to be little are actually big in the lives of so many other people. For example, you find it so easy to fall asleep whenever you hit the bed and so you take it for granted. But for millions of people all over the world they find that same thing difficult; some of them have to constantly swallow sleeping pills before they can get some sleep. Be thankful!

At your age your body parts are still intact. That can only be by the grace of God. Earlier this year, I heard the testimony of an old woman who recently clocked a hundred years old. Her set of teeth were still complete; she could read the Bible without glasses; she could still move around without any form of aid. She spoke very clearly without her voice fading or shaking.

When last did you thank God for your sanity? Did you know that there are so many well educated, well connected people that are patients of psychiatric hospitals? Be thankful for your mental health!

Someone was crying that he has no shoes and then as he was going along the road he met someone that has no legs but was very happy and grateful to God.  He immediately realized his error and began thanking God for his legs and he forgot about his lack of shoes.

Be thankful to God for those things you consider to be little. What you take for granted and call ‘little’ is a big deal in the lives of millions of other people on the planet Earth. Therefore, think deeply and be thankful.

Prayer Nuggets

1. Thank you Father for bringing me into a brand new month and quarter of the year.
2. Father, thank you for everything you have done and not done in my life.
3. Please Lord, show me mercy and forgive me of every act of ingratitude in Jesus name.
4. Father, please go ahead of me this new month and quarter, making every crooked place smooth in Jesus name.
5. This season, father, please cause me to blossom and be fruitful all-round in Jesus name.
6. Father, this season, please, grant me uncommon favour that will swallow every previous shame and reproach in my life in Jesus name.
7. Father please, fight for me while I hold my peace in Jesus name.

Bible in One Year: 2 Samuel 1-3

Date: Monday, 31^st March, 2025

Text: 1 Thessalonians 5:18

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

Most times we tend to only want to be grateful to God for the big things of life. May be something like deliverance from a major accident; graduation from a college or university; award of a major contract; successful wedding; birth of a new baby; housewarming etc

When you sleep and wake up it looks natural but do you know that everyday someone somewhere around the world slept like you and never wake up?

What about the air you breathe? Have you thanked God for it? Agreed that the air is abundant in the atmosphere and it is free for all. However, do you know as free as it is, some people still have to buy oxygen in hospitals for them to remain alive? Unfortunately for them they can’t breathe on their own, they need respiratory aids. You don’t need that. Give thanks to God!

Also, what of your appetite? You eat what you want at any time; it doesn’t cause any allergies for you. I once heard the story of a very wealthy man who cannot eat any other thing in his life except bread and milk. Every other thing he consumes will kill him very fast; yet he has so much money but he couldn’t eat what he wants.

In your own case you may not have much money but your health is sound and you can eat whatever you want. Be thankful to God!

We tend to take certain things for granted because they happen almost spontaneously. Sometimes, we don’t know the value of things until they are no longer there. But the word of God says, “In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” 1 Thessalonians 5:18

Action Nugget: Don’t take anything for granted; thank for everything.

Bible in One Year: 1 Samuel 28-31

Date: Sunday, 30^th March, 2025

Text: 1 Samuel 22:1-2

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

At a point, David’s life was under death threat. His victory over Goliath and his various military conquests drew a very toxic load of envy into his life. His master, Saul, the king of Israel felt intimidated by his various exploits. With his spear, the king attempted to pin him to the wall about three times but David escaped – 1 Samuel 18:11; 19:10.

He used his daughter as a snare to capture and destroy David but the plan failed- 1 Samuel 18:20-27. He therefore, mustered thousands of soldiers to arrest him and bring him to the king either dead or alive. After some time he decided to personally get involved in chasing him up and down. David thus began to run helter skelter and from pillar to post.

David became homeless and started wandering. At appoint he found himself living in caves. At the cave of Adullam,  his brothers and all his father’s house came to join him and everyone who was in distress, everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was discontented gathered to him. So he became captain over them. And there were about four hundred men with him-1 Samuel 22:1-2.

Four hundred men who were frustrated with their various issues of life gathered around David, who himself was frustrated.  Each of them had their own unique ugly stories just like we all have our different stories.

Everyone has his own story to tell about the challenges of life. The word of God says, “Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.”- Psalm 34:19.

When you go through a hard time, never think you are alone. There are many people going through the same or even worse situations.  Therefore, be encouraged and don’t give up. You have a glorious future in Christ.

For those in Christ, the Lord promised, “In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” John 16:33b

Prayer Nugget: Father, please, step into my situation and deliver me out of every affliction in Jesus name.

Bible in One Year: 1 Samuel 25-27

Date: Saturday, 29^th March, 2025

Text: 1 Samuel 17:33-37

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

Men of great faith have the habit of remembering the testimonies of God’s faithfulness in the past and they use that as an assurance of his faithfulness in the present and the future. They know that what God has done before, he is able to do again and even do more. Therefore, they are not afraid of the challenges of the present and the future.

When David sought for the king’s permission to go and fight the military champion called Goliath, King Saul initially despised him because of his military inexperience and young age. He said to David, “You are not able to go out against this Philistine and fight him; you are only a young man, and he has been a warrior from his youth.” 1 Samuel 17:33

However, when David reeled out his credentials of the testimonies of God’s faithfulness of the past, the king had a change of mind. David said to Saul, “Your servant has been keeping his father’s sheep. When a lion or a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock, I went after it, struck it and rescued the sheep from its mouth. When it turned on me, I seized it by its hair, struck it and killed it.”

He went further to say, “Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God. The Lord who rescued me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will rescue me from the hand of this Philistine.” 1 Samuel 17:34-37

Of course, God honoured his faith and granted him an uncommon victory.

Unlike many of us today, David didn’t forget the faithfulness of God in the past. No wonder he said, “Bless the Lord, oh my soul and forget not his benefits- Psalm 103:2.  Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forevermore-Hebrews 13:8. What he did yesterday he can repeat it today, tomorrow and forever. He is a no respecter of persons; therefore, what he has done for others, he is able to do for you.

When an ugly or unwanted reality presents itself to you; don’t accept it. But remember what God has done before and activate your faith to change your current unwanted reality to a new desirable one.

Action Nugget: Activate your faith by remembering God’s faithfulness in the past and in that spirit, tackle the challenges of today’s reality.

Bible in One Year: 1 Samuel 22-24

Date: Friday, 28^th March, 2025

Text: 1 Samuel 17:32-51

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

David was a man of great faith. How can a teenager with no military training or experience face a veteran military General called Goliath saying the following words, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied?”

He went further to say, “This day the Lord will deliver you into my hands, and I’ll strike you down and cut off your head. This very day I will give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds and the wild animals, and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the Lord saves; for the battle is the Lord’s, and he will give all of you into our hands.” 1 Samuel 17:45-47

Everything he said became a reality. He trusted the invisible God and was not threatened by the visible army of the philistines.

Men of faith are not moved by physical realities; instead they allow themselves to be stirred up by the word of God. The word of God is more real to them than what they can feel, hear, see, touch or smell. They pray away any undesirable physical reality and pray into existence what the word of God says about their situations.

They prayerfully cancel every ugly reality and enforce the word of God to become their new realities. They understand that Satan and the forces of darkness can manipulate realities; therefore they don’t settle for what the enemy presents as their reality.

If your current reality does not align with the promises of God for your life as a believer, don’t settle for it. Reject it and pray the word and will of God to become your new reality.

Action Nugget: Don’t settle for your current ugly reality; reject it pray into existence the promises of God as your new reality.

Bible in One Year: 1 Samuel 19-21

Date: Thursday, 27^th March, 2025

Text: Psalm 127:3-5

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

I once heard a testimony shared by the renowned Christian Musician, Composer  and Pianist, Don Moen. He said when he was a child, the mother used to force him to take piano lessons. He never liked any part of it. When other children in the neighborhood were playing away their time, the mum scheduled him for music classes. As at that time, he didn’t find it funny, but he had no option than to comply.

He had to take piano lessons thirty minutes everyday for six years! His mum would say, “Donny, you wear the clothes we provide for you, you sleep in the bed we provide for you, you eat the food we provide for you, YOU WILL PLAY THE PIANO!”

He went ahead to become a household name all over the world being famous for his classic and inspirational Christian music. By the time he was sharing his testimony, he said, he wondered what he would be doing now if he didn’t know how to play the piano; he wished his mother had compelled him to study music harder.

As parents we need to study our children and know their areas of strengths. Prayerfully help them to develop their hidden talents and potentials. Deliberately create time for them; get involved in all their activities; carefully observe and probe to know what is going on in their lives in and out. Help them to set achievable goals and supervise them in ensuring success.

When you thus shoot your arrows in specific divinely led directions, then it will be said of you that “Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.” Psalm 127:5

Prophetic Nugget: Over your children, may you find great joy and fulfillment in Jesus name.

Bible in One Year: 1 Samuel 17-18

Date: Wednesday, 26^th March, 2025

Text: Psalm 127:3-5

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

The word of God says, “Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.” Psalm 127:3-4

Arrows can be shot in different directions based on the will, purpose and discretion of the archer. In this case the parent is the archer while the child is the arrow. The arrow cannot direct itself; it strictly depends on the archer for directions.

Parenting is a serious work no parent can afford to joke with. As a parent your obligation is to shoot your arrows to specific directions. Unfortunately, many parents leave their own children to go to any direction they so desire or choose.

The truth is that if you don’t provide direction for your children someone else will and they will shoot them into their own selfish direction which may be disastrous.

The best direction you can shoot your children is God’s. In the first place, God owns them, so direct them back to him. The word of God says, “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it” (Proverbs 22:6)

If you don’t shoot them in God’s direction, Satan and his agents will.

Children need our guidance and counselling as parents because we have the benefit of experience which they lack. They say, what an elder see sitting down, a child cannot see even if he climbs the tallest of trees.

Many children make irreparable errors because they don’t know what to do with their lives. Unfortunately, they were shot as arrows into the wrong directions by ungodly or careless parents. Make your own children a godly exception.

Prayer Nugget: Father, please, help me to shoot my arrows (children) in the right directions in Jesus name.

Bible in One Year: 1 Samuel 13-16

Date: Monday, 24^th March, 2025

Text: Genesis 41:1-45

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

Pharaoh, the king of Egypt got an uncommon revelation from the Most High. He subconsciously knew that the dreams had a great significance but he could not unravel the mystery behind it even after consulting with spiritists, diviners, magicians, witches, wizards and mediums.

God hid it from them because he wanted to use the situation to promote somebody who had been unjustly locked up in prison. I pray for you that, in order to promote you, God will cause a problem that will defy all solutions until you arrive at the scene in Jesus name.

The solution to the national problem was vested in Joseph, a slave boy who was unjustly imprisoned. Through him, Pharaoh, the king of Egypt was able to unravel the mystery and he knew ahead of time that there was going to be seven years of abundance in the world to be immediately followed by another seven years of famine. The famine was going to be so severe that the initial years of abundance would be forgotten.

This life-threatening problem was before the king and as the leader of the country he was meant to solve this impossible situation.

After Joseph successfully interpreted the king’s dream and provided solution, the word of God says, “And Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom is the Spirit of God? Genesis 41:38.

Pharaoh saw that such a solution could only have been divine. He discerned that the Spirit of God Almighty was at work. The king was wise enough to step aside and allow the great leader, Joseph, with the Spirit of God to lead the country. Joseph knew what to do to take advantage of the years of plenty and to avert the looming crises that would have swallowed the country and world.

Prophetic Nugget: I pray for you that in order to promote you, God will cause a problem that only you can solve in Jesus name.

Bible in One Year: 1 Samuel 8-12

Date: Sunday, 23^rd March, 2025

Text: 1 Samuel 17:1-51

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

One of the major crises that has plunged the world into the current situation we find ourselves today is not poverty, illiteracy, sickness or insecurity but poor leadership. If leadership can be fixed, the other things will fall into place.

Just like the sheep needs the direction of the shepherd, leadership is about providing direction to a followership in need of it. The leader is the one saddled with the responsibility of creating a sense of purpose for his followers. He casts the vision that the followers run with. This means the leader cannot afford to be clueless. His body language can either make or mar those he leads.

In today’s text, we see that for 40 days Goliath threatened the army of Israel. The army generals were clueless and even the king Saul of Israel was crippled with fear. Nobody knew what to do to silence the adversary who kept cursing and terrorizing the nation for several weeks.

Nothing changed until the Lord brought David, a 17-year old shepherd boy, into the picture. By the inspiration of the Spirit of God, David knew exactly what to do in that ugly situation. He approached the king and asked for permission to confront the giant. They tried to dress him up in military uniform but he rejected it because he was not used to them. Rather he preferred to go simple.

The shame of Israel was removed and the Lord gained victory for the nation that day because someone took charge of the leadership.

The word of God says, “Where there is no vision [no revelation of God and His word], the people perish but happy and blessed is he who keeps the law [of God].” Proverbs 29:18

Prayer Nugget: Father, by your Spirit, please always help me to know what to do and to do it at the right time in Jesus name.

Bible in One Year: 1 Samuel 4-7