Month: May 2021

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Mobile Daily Devotional With Pst. Fakunle Emmanuel week 22, Day 3, Tuesday, 1 June, 2021.

Mobile Daily Devotional With Pst. Fakunle Emmanuel
Week 22, Day 3
Tuesday, 1 June, 2021.

TOPIC: SHOWING FORTH GOD’S PRAISE

Memory Verse: 1 Peter 2:9 (NIV)
“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.”

Bible Reading: 1 John 2:15-17
15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the  Father but is of the world. 17 And the world is passing  away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.
FLEE THE STYLES OF THE WORLD
The word “World” has many definition in Christianity. The scripture says, For God so love the world, …. (John 3:16), meaning, For God so love mankind and not the entity called the world, the earth or the sphere, it’s the people of the world that God loved, not their wrong ways or their attitude but their person. 
From our Bible reading today, 1 John 2:15, the “World” here means, the ways of sinners, their life style, the desire for evil things and action, this is what was referred to in thus context.
Now, this world is filled with lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes and pride of life, (all these brings shame to our saviour who came to lay down His life for us). All these  doesn’t show forth the praise of our God. These attitude stains the praise of God and hinders the glorification of his name. When the devil tempted Jesus Christ, he tempted Him with the love of the flesh (food), pride of life (to jump down) and lust of the eyes (showing Him the kingdom of the world) but to the Glory of God, Jesus show forth the Praise of God.
To show forth God’s praise we have to be able to overcome these three temptation, in life, family and ministry. How intense is your love for money? How far can you go with sexual immorality? Is it pride, can you control yourself with it? To make God smile through your life style you have to be able to handle these area and do what pleases the Lord.
I need your help father to  overcoming these worldly ways and life styles in order to show forth your Praise. Help me daily to put my body under check, in Jesus Mighty Name I pray, Amen.
Happy New month to you all, may you show forth God’s praise in every area of your life in this month of June in Jesus Precious Name, Amen.
 
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Mobile Daily Devotional With Pst. Fakunle Emmanuel week 22, Day 2, Monday, 31 May, 2021.

Mobile Daily Devotional With Pst. Fakunle Emmanuel
Week 22, Day 2
Monday, 31 May, 2021.

TOPIC: SHOWING FORTH GOD’S PRAISE

Memory Verse: 1 Peter 2:9 (NIV)
“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.”

Bible Reading: Math. 5:16
“16 Let your light so  shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.”
THROUGH YOUR GOOD WORKS
Showing forth the praise of God is very paramount to God. We are created to bring Him praise, glory and for His pleasure. As Christians, we are to make our Lord and Saviour happy that we are created. We are to make known His praise through our good works to everyone around us. We’re created to be a blessing not a curse, to give life and not death, to be a helper and not a burden to others, we are created to do good works daily for God to be glorified.
Jesus speaking at a gathering, He said, you are the light of the word … Your good works should be seen and feel by all men. Being a light is simply to put smile on people’s face. Being their deliverer from every shackles holding them down, with our good works not in mockery, reproach and insult. When you make others happy, putting smile on their faces and lifting their burdens, you are showing forth the praise of God and God will be glorify.
Is.1:17,
“17 Learn to do good;  Seek justice, Rebuke the oppressor; Defend the fatherless, Plead for the widow.”
These are medium of showing forth the praises of God, reaching out to the less privileges, these makes God smile over you. Through your good works, the praise of God is shown forth and He will be glorified.
Lord, help me show forth your praises through my good works on a daily bases, when convenient and not convenient, in Jesus Mighty Name I pray, Amen.
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Mobile Daily Devotional With Pst. Fakunle Emmanuel week 22, Day 1, Sunday, 30 May, 2021.

Mobile Daily Devotional With Pst. Fakunle Emmanuel
Week 22, Day 1
Sunday, 30 May, 2021.

TOPIC: SHOWING FORTH GOD’S PRAISE

Memory Verse: 1 Peter 2:9 (NIV)
“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.”

Bible Reading: Rev. 12:11
They triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.”
THROUGH OUR TESTIMONY
This week, we will be studying how to show forth the praise of God. Showing forth God’s  praise is what is required of every living soul. The difference between you and the dead should be you telling others what God has done for you. God specifically choose us, separated us out of the world, He lavished His grace and mercy upon us for a purpose, and this purpose is to let others know Him through His works in us but the reverse has been the case, we praise ourselves for being alive, we assume we know when to go out and come in without encountering evil, No, He kept us alive for His own praise.
We can show forth God’s praise by testifying about His goodness to others. We should let others know, that we are nothing without the leading and help of God. We need to make it known that, His blood is the reason we are living not by our power or experience. Showing forth His praise through our testimony is a way of calling others to Jesus Christ.
When last did you testify of God’s goodness in the congregation? As a Man of God, how often do you testify of what God has done through you rather than praising yourself for what God did? Create a room to testify about what God has done for you, by doing this, you are showing forth His praise and winning soul into His Kingdom.
I testify of your sustenance in my life and family, over all you’ve done around me, only you deserve the praise Oh Lord. I refuse to ascribe it to myself. It all belongs to you, in Jesus Mighty Name, Amen.
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Mobile Daily Devotional With Pst. Fakunle Emmanuel week 21, Day 7, Saturday day, 29 May, 2021

Mobile Daily Devotional With Pst. Fakunle Emmanuel
Week 21, Day 7
Saturday day, 29 May, 2021.

TOPIC: FOLLOWING GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS

Memory Verse: Is. 1:19
“19 If you are willing and obedient, You shall eat the good of the land;”

Bible Reading: Gen. 26:12-14
“12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in  the same year a hundredfold; and the LORD blessed him. 13 The man began to prosper, and continued prospering until he became very  prosperous; 14 for he had possessions of flocks and possessions of herds and a great number of servants. So the Philistines envied him.”
INSTRUCTION + HARD WORK
God discourages idleness. Following God’s instructions doesn’t mean you sit and fold your hands without using your brain. God gave us brain to think and reason, and effect changes. If you will hear me right, God does speaks and instruct us through our thinking. God won’t instruct you on what to do 100%, No, He gave us our reasoning faculty to move in line with His instructions. 
No where was it found in the Bible that, God instructed Isaac to farm or dig well, but His reasoning, which was guided by God’s instructions, led him into doing all these. God doesn’t bless nothing, He blesses something. Sitting down, waiting for the next instructions is not spiritual. Putting your brain to work every moment is a yawning for God’s instruction. Stop being lazy, God doesn’t have interest in lazy people.
Colo. 4:23-24
“23 And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men, 24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the  inheritance; for a you serve the Lord Christ.”
Philippians 4:8
“8 Finally, brethren, whatever things are true,  whatever things are noble, whatever things  are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things   are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if  there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.”
Think right on what to do, don’t just sit down waiting for God. He gave you brain to ease Himself (… ye are god) .
Oh Lord, open my eyes and understand to see what to apply my brain towards in bringing to past your purpose over my life, in Jesus Precious Name I pray, Amen.
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Mobile Daily Devotional With Pst. Fakunle Emmanuel week 21, Day 6, Friday, 28 May, 2021.

Mobile Daily Devotional With Pst. Fakunle Emmanuel
Week 21, Day 6
Friday, 28 May, 2021.

TOPIC: FOLLOWING GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS

Memory Verse: Is. 1:19
“19 If you are willing and obedient, You shall eat the good of the land;”

Bible Reading: Gen. 26:32-33
“32 It came to pass the same day that Isaac’s  servants came and told him about the well which they had dug, and said to him, “We have found water.” 33 So he called it Shebah. Therefore the name of the city is Beersheba e to this day.”
DIVINE STABILITY
Continuous success and achievement is in God. Remember, no one can know your use like the one who created you. You can’t be a miss-use in His hands. So when he is instructing you, it’s in the interest of your expected end, a flourishing place and a settled destination. God will not call anyone to shame and lack, He will always call you to glorification, though, not instant, it’s a process of time, and this process is in continuous listening to His directives – Instructions.
Isaac was permanently established after the King came with His friends to make an oath of peace with him. God gave him a sign of divine settlement with the news of a new watered well discovery. May I tell you this morning, that God is  not just planning of making a room for you, He is planing to enlarge and establish you. He is ready to make you great and stabilize you in Jesus Mighty Name.
How instructive are you? Do you always listen to His instruction or you always see the negative side of his instructions? Are you really ready for He’s leading? Seek for His next instructions to carry out. He is ready to lead as many as are ready to listen and follow His instructions.
Father, i’m available, speak to me, I need your instructions to direct me rightly, in Jesus Mighty Name have I prayed, Amen. 

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Mobile Daily Devotional With Pst. Fakunle Emmanuel week 21, Day 5, Thursday, 27 May, 2021.

Mobile Daily Devotional With Pst. Fakunle Emmanuel
Week 21, Day 5
Thursday, 27 May, 2021.

TOPIC: FOLLOWING GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS

Memory Verse: Is. 1:19
“19 If you are willing and obedient, You shall eat the good of the land;”

Bible Reading: Gen. 26:26-30
“26 Then Abimelech came to him from Gerar with Ahuzzath, one of his friends, and Phichol the commander of his army. 27 And Isaac said to them, “Why have you come to me, since you hate me and have sent me away from you?” 28 But they said, “We have certainly seen that the LORD is with you. So we said, ‘Let there now be an oath between us, between you and us; and  let us make a covenant with you, 29 that you will  do us no harm, since we have not touched you,  and since we have done nothing to you but good  and have sent you away in peace. You are now  the blessed of the LORD.’ ”
KINGS WILL BOW TO YOU
A nobody of today can become a capstone of a nation tomorrow. That you are a nobody today but you are following the instructions of God, the world can bow to you in a jiffy. Following God’s instructions will make your enemies seek peace with you without your invitation.
Deut. 28:1&7
“1 “Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently  obey the voice of the LORD your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I  command you today, that the LORD your God will  set you high above all nations of the earth.”
7 “The LORD will cause your enemies who rise  against you to be defeated before your face; they shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways.”
Listening to God’s instructions and carrying it out is the best way to defeat our enemies. Isaac dwell in the land of famine and he became wealthy that the king envied him and sent him packing. The wealth kept increasing and the King have to pay him a visit in the valley of Gerar to seek for peace oath. That means the whole Gerar was afraid of Isaac. The King said, “we have certainly seen that the Lord is with you” “You are now the blessed of the Lord”. What a sentence.
Father, I realise I don’t need to fight my battle myself, I just need to follow your instructions day in day out. Give me the patience to listen to your instructions and carry them out accordingly, in Jesus Mighty Name, Amen.
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Mobile Daily Devotional With Pst. Fakunle Emmanuel week 21, Day 4, Wednesday, 26 May, 2021.

Mobile Daily Devotional With Pst. Fakunle Emmanuel
Week 21, Day 4
Wednesday, 26 May, 2021.

TOPIC: FOLLOWING GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS

Memory Verse: Is. 1:19
“19 If you are willing and obedient, You shall eat the good of the land;”

Bible Reading: Gen. 26:22
“22 And he moved from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. So he called its name  Rehoboth, because he said, “For now the LORD  has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in  the land.”
GODLY INSTRUCTIONS GIVES YOU A HOME
Joshus 1:3, God said to Joshua,
“3 Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given  you, as I said to Moses.”
When you are under God’s instructions everywhere is for you. No place is called desert when God is the one leading you.
Gen. 13:14-17,
My”14 And the LORD said to Abram, after Lot had  separated from him: “Lift your eyes now and look from the place where you are —northward, southward, eastward, and westward; 15 for all the land which you see I give to you and your descendants forever. 16 And I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if a man could number the dust of the earth, then your descendants also could be numbered. 17 Arise, walk in the land through its length and its width, for I give it to you.” 
Lot thought he cheated on Abraham not knowing Abraham is under God’s instruction, anywhere He goes, He is blessed.
Isaac was sent parking and move to the Valley of Gerar, still it became a blessing to Him to the extent of calling it “Rehoboth”. When God is your Instructor, anywhere you settle is your location.
Father, I don’t just need to go abroad, I just want to be under your instructions. I yield myself for the next instructions from you, give me the heart and courage to harkened to your directives always, so help me Oh Lord, Amen.
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Mobile Daily Devotional With Pst. Fakunle Emmanuel week 21, Day 3, Tuesday, 25 May, 2021.

Mobile Daily Devotional With Pst. Fakunle Emmanuel
Week 21, Day 3
Tuesday, 25 May, 2021.

TOPIC: FOLLOWING GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS

Memory Verse: Is. 1:19
“19 If you are willing and obedient, You shall eat the good of the land;”

Bible Reading: Gen. 26:16-21
“16 And Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from us, for you are much mightier than we.”  17 Then Isaac departed from there and pitched  his tent in the Valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. 18  And Isaac dug again the wells of water which  they had dug in the days of Abraham his father,  for the Philistines had stopped them up after the  death of Abraham. He called them by the names which his father had called them. 19 Also Isaac’s servants dug in the valley, and found a well of running water there. 20 But the  herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s  herdsmen, saying, “The water is ours.” So he  called the name of the well Esek, because they  quarreled with him. 21 Then they dug another  well, and they quarreled over that one also. So he called its name Sitnah.”
GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS ATTRACT STRIVE
For everyone that obey God and follow His instruction duely, you may have to experience strives everywhere you find yourself. God always make His favorites fearful to their enemies or counterpart. He instruct them to become great as long as they are ready to fully obey. Every great man in the Bible today that we read about are men who follow diligently God’s instruction and they all experience strive. Daniel experience strive from other governors during his time, Daniel 6. The Three Hebrews encountered strives with the King and men of Babylon, Daniel 3. When you are ready to fully obey God’s instructions, you are heading for strive.
The King couldn’t contain Isaac again. He called Isaac and told Him, you are too much for us, please give us some space, Gen. 26:17. The people of the land of Gerar stood against Isaac even when He went to the valley of Gerar. When you depend on God’s instructions you have agreed to enjoy strive. So, stop complaining because, you can’t be left alone but be rest assured that the Lord is with you even in all those strives you are faced with.
Father, uphold me in the midst of strives from all men. Make me victorious, come what may in Jesus Mighty Name, Amen.
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Mobile Daily Devotional With Pst. Fakunle Emmanuel week 21, Day 2, Monday, 24 May, 2021.

Mobile Daily Devotional With Pst. Fakunle Emmanuel
Week 21, Day 2
Monday, 24 May, 2021.

TOPIC: FOLLOWING GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS

Memory Verse: Is. 1:19
“19 If you are willing and obedient, You shall eat the good of the land;”

Bible Reading: Gen. 26:13-14
“13 The man began to prosper, and continued prospering until he became very  prosperous; 14 for he had possessions of flocks and possessions of herds and a great number of servants. So the Philistines envied him.”
GOD’S INSTRUCTION BRINGS ENVY
Envy is mostly seen as a bad attitude. It’s makes one feel insecure. Those who envy you see you as an enemy and try to do all they can, to inconvenience you. To me, to be envied is a sign of God’s goodness upon one’s life. It’s a sign you serve a God that answers your request. It’s a reward for doing God’s will day in day out. Everyone who Envies you is always lacking something you have in abundance. Envy is traceable to jealousy. Envy simply means, “you are better than me and am angry with you.” ” You have all am lacking and am not happy about.” That’s all.
Isaac was following God’s instructions regardless of the situations on ground. He sow in the land, meaning, he worked, invested his time into farming and God blessed him in hundred folds, then, envy began. He became the rich man in Gerar. He was so famous that they fought his herdsmen often. Envy was a sign that God was really working with him for he obeyed Him totally.
Are you being envied and you are fight back? You don’t need that, because you already ask for it. When you follow God’s instructions He will bless you, guide you and make you the talk of the city, then, envy follow.
Are you envying others because they are better than you? You are about to see their God fighting you. The Lord they obey and follow fully is the reason for their greatness.
Do you want to be envied? Follow the instructions of God and He will make you a product of envy. To be envy simply means, God has bless you.
Father, Help me follow your instructions as they come. I want to be envied by those who sees me as foolish for following you. Make me a sign of your blessings to others, in Jesus Precious Name I pray, Amen.
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Mobile Daily Devotional With Pst. Fakunle Emmanuel week 21, Day 1, Sunday, 23 May, 2021.

Mobile Daily Devotional With Pst. Fakunle Emmanuel
Week 21, Day 1
Sunday, 23 May, 2021.

TOPIC: FOLLOWING GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS

Memory Verse: Is. 1:19
“19 If you are willing and obedient, You shall eat the good of the land;”

Bible Reading: Gen. 26:12-14
“12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in  the same year a hundredfold; and the LORD blessed him. 13 The man began to prosper, and continued prospering until he became very  prosperous; 14 for he had possessions of flocks and possessions of herds and a great number of servants. So the Philistines envied him.”
BLESSINGS IN GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS
When God’s instructions are dished out, they always look stupid and confusing. Stay in the land with famine, Gen. 26:2-3. Leave your father’s house and go to a land I will show you, Gen. 12:1-3. Fetch water in the jar and take the water to the master of the ceremony, John 2:7-8. His instructions always attract questioning. But in all His instruction, blessings are imbedded. Every instruction of God Carries weighty blessings.
Isaac’s obedience open his eyes to what others couldn’t see. Many left their farm land for greener pasture in Egypt. Farmers were reduced. Food product became very scarce. Then, Isaac thought of farming, he sow in the land of famine and reaped in Hundred folds the same year, your total obedience will yield the blessings of God in Jesus Mighty Name, Amen.
Don’t be discourage in as much you are in the will of God, for as much as you follow His instructions in details, His blessings await you. We just need to open our eyes to all opportunities available to us, sensitivity in following God’s instruction is what leads to God’s blessing.
Lord Jesus, open my eyes to see the necessary steps I need to take even in following your instructions in Jesus Precious Name I pray, Amen.
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