God’s Oracle Devotionals

Date: Sunday, 24^th September, 2023

Text: Exodus 20:7

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

How do you feel if someone calls your phone line and when you pick he tells you he is just joking? Or you are at home with your child and he calls, ‘daddy’ or ‘mummy’ and then you answered, ‘my son’ or ‘my daughter, what can  do for you?’ and he/she replies, ‘I am just joking’. How would you feel?

Philippians 2:9-11 says, “Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”

Many people call God’s name in vain. Most people have even turned the name of Jesus to an exclamation mark. Whenever they see something that surprise them, they would shout, “Jesus!”, for every flimsy reason. Some even falsely swear in His name or even bear false witness in His name.

You should only call on His name if you are worshipping Him, in prayer, when preaching about Him or when you are in trouble. Psalm 50:15

Exodus20:7 says, “Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.”

If you want Heaven to respect your voice, do not call God’s name in vain. Repent and honour the name of the Lord.

Prayer Nugget: Father, I repent in any area I have used your name in vain.

Date: Saturday, 23^rd September, 2023

Text: Psalm 83:18

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

The Sun has been since the beginning and it has not been replaced the way men replace electric bulbs. It was the same Sun that powered the Earth during the time of Adam that still shines till today, It has been in existence from ages past but still as potent as it was from the very beginning. Its age has not and can never reduce its power.

Some people refer to the Bible as an old and obsolete book which is no longer relevant today. This is a deceit from the devil. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and today, and for ever- Hebrews 13:8. His word can never become obsolete or outdated. It is forever settled in Heaven. In Malachi 3:6a, He says, “For I am the Lord, I change not”.

Jehovah (Yahweh) is another name of God in the Holy Scriptures. Psalm 83:18, says, “That men may know that thou, whose name alone is Jehovah, art the most high over all the earth.” He is the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity. He was, and is and is to come. Revelation 1:4.

He introduced Himself to Moses as, the “I Am That I Am” – Exodus 3:14. He is the All Sufficient One and unchangeable, ever constant God who changes all things in His favour .

What He has done before, He can do it again. He is no respecter of persons; He shows no partiality or favouritism. What He has done for others He is able to do for you. Call upon Him passionately today and He will prove Himself in your life.

Action Nugget: Keep your faith alive and call upon Him expectantly.

Date: Friday, 22^nd September, 2023

Text: Daniel 4:34-35

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

Another way God is mentioned in the Bible is Adonai.  In most English translations of the Bible it is translated as “Lord” with lower case letters, as different from the name Jehovah (Yahweh) written as “LORD” with all capital letters. It is a way of acknowledging God as the Ruler and Sovereign Master over our lives.

He is the unquestionable God. His dominion is an eternal dominion; his kingdom endures from generation to generation. All the peoples of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he pleases with the powers of heaven and the peoples of the earth. No one can hold back his hand or say to him: “What have you done?” -Daniel 4:34-35

Without Him we can do nothing. Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain- Psalm 127:1. 

In John 15:5, Jesus said, “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.

To accept the lordship of Jesus Christ is to come under His management and daily submit to His will. It is to yield to the control and promptings of the Holy Spirit in our day–to-day activities. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, are the sons of God.-Romans 8:14.  

The Spirit of God and His word agree. You cannot claim to be led by the Spirit of God and be living in disobedience to His word. Therefore, to be led by the Spirit of God is to daily live in obedience to God’s word. Submit yourself, therefore, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. James 4:7

Prayer Nugget: Adonai, I surrender to your will for the rest of my life in Jesus name.

Date: Thursday, 21^st September, 2023

Text: Matthew 6:9-15

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

The name of God carries His worth, honour, power, blessings and glory. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted Christ, and given him a name which is above every name:That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth. Philippians 2:9-11. The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe. Proverbs 18:10.

According to today’s text, the first line of the prayer model taught by our Lord Jesus Christ says, “Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.” Matthew 6:9.

To hallow God’s name is to treat His name as a holy; we can achieve this by trusting what God says- Numbers 20:12. It is to believe what He says and lean on His promises. He who does not believe God has made him a liar – 1 John 5:10.

When we pray, “Hallowed be thy name,” we mean, “Father, let your name be feared.” Isaiah 8:12-13. We hallow the name of God when we keep his commandments. We profane the name of God when we break his commandments.

Again, to hallow God’s name is to glorify His name- Leviticus 10:3. When you do something and people say, “And you call yourself a Christian,” the name of Christ is not glorified. Therefore, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven-Matthew 5:16.

One of the ways in which we hallow God’s name is to recognize Jesus as Lord and live our lives to honour God. We surrender our hearts to Him, put our hope in Him, love and obey Him; and tell the world about Him.

Prayer Nugget: Father, please, let your name be praised and glorified in my life in Jesus name.

Date: Wednesday, 20^th September, 2023

Text: Genesis 1:1

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

The name of an individual says a lot about him. It is sometimes a summary of the assignment of that person on Earth or in Heaven Moses was so named because he was rescued from drowning in the water (Exodus 2;10). And one of the most spectacular miracles that defined his ministry was the deliverance of the Israelites via the Red Sea (water surfaces again).

Elijah means “Jehovah is my God”, little wonder this was the same thing the Israelites chanted when God answered Elijah by fire at Mount Carmel (1 Kings 18:16-45); again this was one of the most spectacular events in the life and ministry of the prophet. But it was already captured in his name right from birth.

Names could be very prophetic, instructive and powerful. Our God has many names by which He is known. These wonderful names reveal His person, his nature, workings and relationship to us. In the Old Testament there are three fundamental names of God beside his other names and titles. They are Elohim, Jehovah and Adonai.

Elohim means the “supreme one” or “mighty one”. Scholars of the Bible reveal that the word Elohim is one of the most frequently used names for God in the Scriptures. It is this word which is used in Genesis 1:1, “In the beginning [Elohim] created the heavens and the earth.”

May God prove Himself to be supreme in your life in Jesus name.

Prayer Nugget: Elohim, please, prove yourself in my life as the supreme one in Jesus name.

Date: Tuesday, 19^th September, 2023

Text: Psalm 150:3-6

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

Psalm 63:4 says, “Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands (yadah) in thy name. Yadah means to extend your hands vigorously as in complete surrender.

It comes from two root words, ‘yad,’ which means hand, and ‘ah,’ from God’s name, Jehovah. Basically, ‘yadah’ is responding to God by lifting our hands in praise. 

When we worship God and praise Him, we sometimes feel the urge to raise our hands and lift them to Him. Even though no one has taught us about these things, our spirits and bodies naturally know how to respond to God in praise. 

Psalm 100:4 says, “Enter into his gates with thanksgiving (towdah), and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. Related to yadah, towdah means extending your hands or raising them, this time, in thanksgiving for something God has done or for what you trust and believe He will do.

Therefore, while yadah involves lifting our hands to God in praise, towdah means extending our hands to Him in thanksgiving.

In today’s text, David said, “Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.” Psalm 150:3-6.

In the above scriptures we see another form of worship termed Zamar in the original Hebrew, meaning instrumental praise.  It involves rejoicing and making music to the Lord.

Every child of God should know and regularly engage the seven dimensions of worship because this is our duty as long as we breathe. And in Heaven, we would all worship God from eternity to eternity. If you have not yet surrendered to Jesus, the Lover of your soul, kindly do so today because tomorrow may be too late.

Prayer Nugget: Father, please, anoint me with the oil of gladness and clothe me with the garment of praise in Jesus name.

Date: Monday, 18^th September, 2023

Text: Romans 12:1-2

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

 In Romans 12:1-2, the word of God says, “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”

In the above scriptures we see, at least, four elements of true worship, namely holiness, sacrifice, freedom from worldliness and transformation by mind renewal.

Holiness means total obedience to the will of God. Sacrifice means giving to the Lord whatever He requires of our time, our earthly possessions, and our energies to further His work. The Lord Jesus Christ commanded, “Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness” (Matthew 6:33). Our willingness to sacrifice is an indication of our love for God and our devotion to Him.

True worshippers are not distracted by worldly patterns and cultures. They deliberately lay aside all worldly weights, vanities and entanglements. Their main focus is to please God and enlarge His kingdom; and this is where they channel their energies.

One more element of true worship is the spiritual transformation by the renewal of the mind. This happens through the circumcision of the heart by daily exposure to the word of God.

Psalm 95:6 says, “Come and let us worship and bow down; let us kneel (barak) before the Lord, our Maker.” Barak is the Hebrew word for kneeling down and bowing to God in worship.

I pray for you that you will become an addicted worshipper of Christ like never before in Jesus name.

Prayer Nugget: Holy Spirit fill me up in gratitude to God always in Jesus name.       

Date: Sunday, 17^th September, 2023

Text: John 4:23-24

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

It is one thing to worship God; it is another thing to worship Him acceptably. In John 4:24, our Lord Jesus Christ said, “God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.”

True worship involves worshipping God “in spirit”. Such worship must originate from within; a heartfelt, sincere praise motivated by our love for God and gratitude for whom He is and for what He has done.

To worship God “in truth” you must know the Truth. Jesus Christ is the Way, Truth and Life. John 14:6. Only those who have accepted the Lordship of Jesus Christ can worship Him in truth.

Concerning false worship, the Lord said. “This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.” Matthew 15:8-9. Such praise is rejected by the God of Heaven.

There are, at least seven Hebrew words that demonstrates correct dimensions or ways to worship God as spelt out in the Holy Scriptures. We will examine them in the next few days.

Firstly, Halal is the Hebrew word for crazy exuberant praise. It involves praising and celebrating God with reckless abandon. In 2 Samuel 6, King David danced before the Lord with all his might in the midst of his subjects and servants. His exuberant worship put his wife, Michal, in contempt.

Secondly, Shabach in Hebrew means to shout God’s praise loudly from within one’s innermost being. Psalm 47:1 says, “O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.”

Tehillah is a third Hebrew word which suggests a song of praise, or a new, spontaneous song. It means to sing unrehearsed, unplanned praises to the Lord. Psalm 22:3 says, “But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises (Tehillah) of Israel.

Prophetic Nugget: Receive grace to worship God in truth and in Spirit in Jesus name.

Date: Saturday, 16^th September, 2023

Text: Luke 7:36-50

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

Proskuneo is the original Greek word for worship. It is mentioned 59 times in the New Testament and it means to bow down to the ground before someone and kiss the feet, the hem of his garment, or ground in front of him.

This was vividly demonstrated by Mary Magdalene who was delivered of seven demons (Luke 8:2). Having lived a sinful life, she learned that Jesus was eating at at a Pharisee’s house, so she came there with an alabaster jar of perfume. As she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them. At the end of the day, her sins were forgiven and she followed Christ till the very end. Luke 7:36-50.

Worship is meant for God and His Christ alone. Saint or angel worship is forbidden by the word of God. It is a sin to worship Mary or venerate her image. Apostle Peter rejected it when Cornelius and his family tried to worship him at Caesarea. Acts 10:23-26

In Lystra, after the healing of a man born lame by Barnabas and Paul, they found themselves being elevated to the position of the gods and were about to be given sacrifices or worship as gods, they tore their clothes and vigorously protested and restrained the people. Acts 14: 8-15

When Apostle John erroneously wanted to worship an angel of God he was restrained and commanded by the angel to “Worship God” as it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.’” Luke 4:8

Herod the king accepted the praise of men; he did not give praise to God, and an angel of the Lord struck him down. He was eaten by worms and died. Acts 12:19-23

Reflective Nugget: Worship is meant for God and His Christ alone. Saint or angel worship is forbidden by the word of God.

Date: Friday, 15^th September, 2023

Text: 2 Kings 17:24-28

Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan

Exhortation:

There was a terribly mad man who lived in the tombs. No one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain because he had often been chained hand and foot, but he tore the chains apart and broke the irons on his feet. No one was strong enough to subdue him.Night and day among the tombs and in the hills he would cry out and cut himself with stones.

When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and fell on his knees in front of Him in worship. At the end of the day, he recovered from his incurable madness. Mark 5:1-13

Madness and other forms of sickness disappear in an atmosphere of worship. King Saul’s raving insanity vanished away any time David worshipped God on his instruments. 1 Samuel 16:14-23.

According to today’s text, when some strangers initially took over the capital city of Samaria and lived in its towns they did not worship the Lord; so he sent lions among them and they killed some of the people. The situation continued until they learnt God’s ways. 2 Kings 17:24-28.

Most people are victims of avoidable calamities because they have refused to surrender in worship to their Maker and Saviour.

When you dedicate quality time to the worship of God, He has promised to bless your food and water; and to take sickness away from you. Exodus 23:25

Reflective Nugget: Your mountains will disappear in the atmosphere of God’s worship.