Month: October 2021

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Mobile Daily Devotional with Pst. Fakunle Emmanuel Week 44, Day 1, Sunday, 31st October 2021.Topic: TRANSFORMATION 1:

Mobile Daily Devotional with Pst. Fakunle Emmanuel  
Week 44, Day 1,  
Sunday, 31st October 2021.

Topic: TRANSFORMATION 1: A New Heart.

Memory Verse: Romans 12:2
“2 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.”

Bible Reading: Ezekiel 36:26-27
26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I  will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
27 I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them.
Transformation is the reason why God sent His only begotten son to die for the world. God’s desire is, to see the world He designed at creation coming to reality. A world where sin never exist, where love rules and peace reigns. After the creation, in Genesis 6, God said, “5 Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6 And the LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.”
Since then, God wants a man with a repented heart that will do His will. What is this transformation? Is the ability to see things “The God Way”. To know and recognise sin as sin 
and run from it. How can this be possible? It is through a new heart: a changed heart, a heart that see things with the mind set of God. He said, “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.”
Do you possess that new heart? Do you identify sin or accept it as way of life? The beginning of this transformation is what we call “Being Born Again”. When reasoning about life changes, when you begin to identify sin and stop calling it a way of life? Are you really transformed? If no, seek for that new heart from God. It’s available for you.
Good morning.
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Mobile Daily Devotional with Pst. Fakunle Emmanuel Week 43, Day 6, Friday, 29th October 2021.Topic: YOUR MOUTH:YOUR POWER 6:

Mobile Daily Devotional with Pst. Fakunle Emmanuel  
Week 43, Day 6,  
Friday, 29th October 2021.

Topic: YOUR MOUTH:YOUR POWER 6: Let Your Mouth Speak For God

Memory Verse: Pro. 21:23
23 Whoever guards his mouth and tongue Keeps his soul from troubles.

Bible Reading: 1 Sam. 17:43-47
43 So the Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
44 And the Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field!”
45 Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
46 This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you and take your head from you. And this day I will  give the carcasses of the camp of the Philistines to the birds of the air and the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a  God in Israel.
47 Then all this assembly shall know that the LORD does not save with sword and spear; for the battle is the LORD’s, and He will give you into our hands.”
This was the source of David’s victory, 
It wasn’t the sling that got the Job done, it was his first word about God. He never said I come to you with my experience, slings nor stone but “in the name of the Lord of Host…’
Many of us put God as the last option. Our priorities are more than God Himself. We consider many things before calling God into action. When we use our mouth to place God first, the situation becomes softer and easier. When our mouth is filled of whom God is and what God can do about our situation, then God works according to our expectations of Him.
Speak to God as David  did with His mouth. Put God first in all your words. Mike Murdock said, “start all conversation with God’s word and end it with God’s word” do the same from today on. Let your mouth speak of what God can do always. Don’t depend on your understanding, experience and your tool, let your mouth perfect the work by putting God first.
Good morning.
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Mobile Daily Devotional with Pst. Fakunle Emmanuel Week 43, Day 5, Thursday, 28th October 2021.Topic: YOUR MOUTH:YOUR POWER 5:

Mobile Daily Devotional with Pst. Fakunle Emmanuel  
Week 43, Day 5,  
Thursday, 28th October 2021.

Topic: YOUR MOUTH:YOUR POWER 5: God Hears What You Say (Positive and Negative)

Memory Verse: Pro. 21:23
23 Whoever guards his mouth and tongue Keeps his soul from troubles.

Bible Reading: Numb. 14:24-28
24 But My servant  Caleb, because he has a different spirit in him and has followed Me fully, I will bring into the land where he went, and his descendants shall  inherit it. 
25 Now the Amalekites and the  Canaanites dwell in the valley; tomorrow turn and move out into the wilderness by the Way of the Red Sea.”
26 And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
27 “How long shall I bear with this evil  congregation who complain against Me? I have heard the complaints which the children of Israel make against Me.
28 Say to them, ‘As I live,’ says the LORD, ‘just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will do to you:
If our life is judged by what we say according to verse 28, then why do we even complain and grumble in any situations?
Beloved, our confession matters in the face of any situation, either positive or negative. God, the creator of Heaven and Earth, also spoke for all we have today to be.
Our Bible reading talks about God’s response to the 12 spies who were splited into two different groups. Caleb and Joshua group won the heart of God, why? Through positive declaration.
So, when God said, Say to them, ‘As I live,’ says the LORD, ‘just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will do to you: the positive minded people were also included and God did according to their declaration to God’s hearing.
It doesn’t matter how terrible our children may be, no matter the situation let us try and see it with a positive eye and make a positive declaration concerning it. No one is in a situation that they desire but what we say in that situations determine our way out of the situation. Always remember this, God is listening to whatever you say with your mouth, say what you want not what will destroy you.
Good morning.
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Mobile Daily Devotional with Pst. Fakunle Emmanuel Week 43, Day 4, Wednesday, 27th October 2021.Topic: YOUR MOUTH, YOUR POWER. 4:

Mobile Daily Devotional with Pst. Fakunle Emmanuel  
Week 43, Day 4,  
Wednesday, 27th October 2021.

Topic: YOUR MOUTH, YOUR POWER. 4: Speak Faith Not Just Fact

Memory Verse: Pro. 21:23
23 Whoever guards his mouth and tongue Keeps his soul from troubles.

Bible Reading: 2 Kings 4:17-23
17 But the woman conceived, and bore a son when the appointed time had come, of which Elisha had told her. 18 And the child grew. Now it happened one day  that he went out to his father, to the reapers. 
19 And he said to his father, “My head, my head!” So he said to a servant, “Carry him to his mother.”
20 When he had taken him and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.
21 And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, shut the door upon him, and went out.
22 Then she called to her husband, and said, “Please send me one of the young men and one of the donkeys, that I may run to the man of God and come back.”
23 So he said, “Why are you going to him today? It is neither the New Moon nor the Sabbath.” And she said, “It is well.”
Our Bible reading is about the Shunamite woman who was a philanthropist by nature. She was wealthy and so sensitive to the need of others without expecting a pay back, but she was without a child of her own.  One day, her nature led her to meet the need of Prophet Elisha, A double portion Prophet, and she went to the extent of furnishing a house for him. But when her reward came, she proved to be a woman who speaks negatively despite her gift of giving.
Many Christians today are vessels in the hand of God but our problem is, “speaking contrary to God’s words”. We focus on facts more than faith, and that was who the Shunamite woman was. But when the word of God came to pass in her life, by the power of the word of the Prophet, her words changed. She became a positive speaking person. When her child died, she told her husband “all is well” even when it wasn’t well.
How many times have you doubted the word of the Lord to you through the scripture and His servant? Your word determines what you allow in your life. According to the confession of this woman so was what she received. Let your words reflect what God once told you not what the present situation is saying.
Declare what you want in faith not what you see as fact. Say what God has promised you not how the situation looks like because your mouth determines what God will do.
Good morning.
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Mobile Daily Devotional with Pst. Fakunle Emmanuel Week 43, Day 3, Tuesday, 26th October 2021.Topic: YOUR MOUTH:YOUR POWER 3:

Mobile Daily Devotional with Pst. Fakunle Emmanuel  
Week 43, Day 3,        
Tuesday, 26th October 2021.

Topic: YOUR MOUTH:YOUR POWER 3: Know When To Shut Your Mouth

Memory Verse: Pro. 21:23
23 Whoever guards his mouth and tongue Keeps his soul from troubles.

Bible Reading: 1 Kings 13:7-10
7 Then the king said to the man of God, “Come home with me and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward.”
8 But the man of God said to the king, “If you  were to give me half your house, I would not go in with you; nor would I eat bread nor drink water in this place.
9 For so it was commanded me by  the word of the LORD, saying, ‘You shall not eat  bread, nor drink water, nor return by the same way you came.’ ”
10 So he went another way and did not return by the way he came to Bethel.
When God speaks to us, there are assignments and there are instructions. The assignment is the task to be carried out but the instructions are for our safety. Many has failed to separate the assignment from the safety information like the small prophet did.
The small prophet, as we often call him, in our Bible Reading today, was given an assignment to King Jeroboam and the instruction for his safety but he exposed all his safety instructions to his enemy. Many Christians have fallen victim of this, because we couldn’t tame our mouth, thereby exposing what God instructed us, personally, to our enemies who used it against us. We all know the end of the small prophet, I pray may we be delivered from the troubles of mouth in Jesus mighty name.
Tame your mouth. Watch what you say and to whom you say it. Above all, differentiate your God’s given instructions from your assignment and you will walk in success.
Good morning.
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Mobile Daily Devotional with Pst. Fakunle Emmanuel Week 43, Day 2, Monday, 25th October 2021.Topic: YOUR MOUTH: YOUR POWER 2:

Mobile Daily Devotional with Pst. Fakunle Emmanuel  
Week 43, Day 2,        
Monday, 25th October 2021.

Topic: YOUR MOUTH: YOUR POWER 2: Your Mouth Is Empowered

Memory Verse: Pro. 21:23
23 Whoever guards his mouth and tongue Keeps his soul from troubles.

Bible Reading: Lk. 21:15
15 for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your  adversaries will not be able to contradict or  resist.
As long as we are  children of God our mouths have been empowered. Our words are powerful and has authority. Our words are meant to be final, 
“You will also declare a thing, And it will be established for you;  So light will shine on your ways. Job 22:28
This is my question, what are you declaring? What are you speaking to your children, your spouse, your workers, about your work, your health and your life? After your prayers what are your saying? Do you still repeat negative words or what you’ve declared in your prayers?
Our words are to place us above our adversaries and not to bring mockery to God. God said, He has given us a mouth that our adversary can’t resist or gainsay, we have a powered mouth already, all we need to do is to use it at our advantage. The wisdom is there in us, we just need to declare it with our mouth.
I declare today, no evil is fit for me, no negativity is permitted around my life and my home. Everything contradicting to what God has said about me, I crush today, in Jesus Mighty name, Amen. Make your declarations today.
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Mobile Daily Devotional with Pst. Fakunle Emmanuel Week 43, Day 1, Sunday, 24th October 2021.Topic: Your Mouth: Your Power 1:

Mobile Daily Devotional with Pst. Fakunle Emmanuel  
Week 43, Day 1,        
Sunday, 24th October 2021.

Topic: Your Mouth: Your Power 1: Your Mouth: Your Satisfaction

Memory Verse: Pro. 21:23
23 Whoever guards his mouth and tongue Keeps his soul from troubles.

Bible Reading: Pro. 18:20-21
20 A man’s stomach shall be satisfied from the fruit of his mouth;  From the produce of his lips he shall be filled. 21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.
Our mouth is the source of many things we have enjoyed and experienced in our lives. Our mouth has been empowered to do according to what we say. Nobody is powerless. Our mouth is our power. Many  Christians find their selves in challenges or difficulties they couldn’t explain, all because of how they’ve used their mouth.
Our Bible reading today made it known to us that, our satisfaction comes from our mouth, the product of our mouth determines our satisfaction. Are you satisfied with what you have, where you are or how you are? It’s a product of your mouth. Whatever you’ve talked down in your life will always be dead and whatever you pronounce life on will receive the life of God because, your mouth has been empowered.
He who loves to use it will eat the fruit thereof. Speak positively to your business, your carrier, your health and you will enjoy whatsoever you declare with your month. Use it positively and enjoy the fruit thereof.
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Mobile Daily Devotional with Pst. Fakunle Emmanuel Week 42, Day 7, Saturday, 23rd October 2021. TOPIC: DON’T BE AN INGRATE 7:

Mobile Daily Devotional with Pst. Fakunle Emmanuel  
Week 42, Day 7,       
Saturday, 23rd October 2021.
 
TOPIC: DON’T BE AN INGRATE 7: Show God Gratitude Always

Memory Verse: Ps.78:11
“11 And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.”

Bible Reading: Deut. 8:17-18
“17 then you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand have gained me this wealth.’ 
18 “And you shall remember the LORD your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He  swore to your fathers, as it is this day.”
Every man is made by God, placed by God and lifted by God. Men are just God’s instruments to achieve all these. No one can be without God. He is the ‘God of arrangy’, so He deserves our uttermost gratitude always. You need to be grateful to men also, but God is the ultimate of all lifting. Where are you on the ladder of life? Identify God as your promoter and not your work or effort. King David said in 2 Sam. 6:21-23.
“21 So David said to Michal, “It was before the LORD, who chose me instead of your father and all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over  Israel. Therefore I will play music before the LORD. 22 And I will be even more undignified than this, and will be  humble in my own sight. But as for the maidservants of  whom you have spoken, by them I will be held in honor.” 23 Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no children to the day of her death.”
David made it know that his lifting is from above and not from men and he has to return all the glory back to God anyhow he feels he can make it possible.
Stop claiming God’s glory over your life, it’s a sign of being an ingrate to God. God spoke to the Israelite not to be ingrates after His blessings over them. When you are enjoying that desires of yours, remember to return the glory back to God. Also remember every vessel God uses for you and lastly, be grateful by helping others to live. Choose to be grateful to God and Men.
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Mobile Daily Devotional with Pst. Fakunle Emmanuel Week 42, Day 6, Friday, 22th October 2021. TOPIC: DON’T BE AN INGRATE 6:

Mobile Daily Devotional with Pst. Fakunle Emmanuel  
Week 42, Day 6,      
Friday, 22th October 2021.
 
TOPIC: DON’T BE AN INGRATE 6: Running Ahead Of Your Shadow.

Memory Verse: Ps.78:11
“11 And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.”

Bible Reading: Gen. 13:6-13
“6 Now the land was not able to support them, that they might dwell together, for  their possessions were so great that they could not dwell together.
7 And there was strife  between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. The Canaanites and the Perizzites then dwelt in the land. 
8 So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no strife between you and me, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are brethren.
9 Is not the whole land before you? Please separate from me. If you take the left, then I will go to the right; or, if you go to the right, then I will go to the left.”
10 And Lot lifted his eyes and saw all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere (before the LORD destroyed Sodom and  Gomorrah) like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt as you go toward Zoar.
11 Then Lot chose for himself all the plain of Jordan, and Lot journeyed east. And they separated from each other.
12 Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent even as far as Sodom.
13 But the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinful against the LORD.”
I once worked in a place, where the Boss employed his friend’s younger brother. The employed brother later instigated the transfer of His helper ‘in quote’ from that same location, and he took his place. All the same, it never ended well with him, he landed in fraudulence activities and was handed over to the police, stop running ahead of your shadow.
Lot felt he was wiser than his uncle, Abraham, who took him along in his journey, fed him, made him blessed and great. He was proving smarter by choosing the fertile land for himself. Ingrate only sees the physical because of their eagerness to acquire wealth. They can’t see the traps ahead of their decisions because their decisions are based on selfishness. Abraham was a wise man who presented an open cheque to Lot but he failed. He thought he was smarter than Abraham and the God that worked out the separation between the two. He fell into the wrong land and Abraham still became he’s deliverer.
Don’t try to go ahead of your pathfinder, as God and man. There’s no how you can be knowledgeable than those who God used  to made you and helping you. Stop running ahead of your shadows. Keep following and remain grateful always. There’s always a result for an ingrate and the grateful, choose what you want. Have a wonderful weekend ahead.
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Mobile Daily Devotional with Pst. Fakunle Emmanuel Week 42, Day 5, Thursday, 21th October 2021. TOPIC: DON’T BE AN INGRATE 5:

Mobile Daily Devotional with Pst. Fakunle Emmanuel  
Week 42, Day 5,      
Thursday, 21th October 2021.
 
TOPIC: DON’T BE AN INGRATE 5: Ingrate Is Not By Status

Memory Verse: Ps.78:11
“11 And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.”

Bible Reading: 2 Samuel 16:1-4.
1 When David was a little past the top of the mountain, there was Ziba the servant of  Mephibosheth, who met him with a couple of saddled donkeys, and on them two hundred loaves of bread, one hundred clusters of raisins,  one hundred summer fruits, and a skin of wine. 
2 And the king said to Ziba, “What do you mean to do with these?” So Ziba said, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride on, the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine for  those who are faint in the wilderness to drink.” 
3 Then the king said, “And where is your master’s son?” And Ziba said to the king, “Indeed he is staying in Jerusalem, for he said, ‘Today the house of Israel will restore the kingdom of my father to me.’ ” 
4 So the king said to Ziba, “Here, all that   belongs to Mephibosheth is yours.” And Ziba said, “I humbly bow before you, that I may find favor in your sight, my lord, O king!”
We saw how ingrate Mephibosheth was in our study yesterday. How he desired to reign in the place of King David, who made him a “figure” to be reckon with again in Israel. He was so happy when King David was faced with challenges and refuses to sympathise with Him. 
Today, let’s study how Ziba handled the situation and the result. Ziba, a slave to King Saul, Mephibosheth’s grand father, whom David made his slave. He deemed it fit to show gratitude to King David, who still made him a slave with his whole family. Still, he refuse to be an ingrate, He chose to reciprocate back to the king, the privilege to serve again in the royal linage. He came with substances for sustenance for the king and His entourage. In return, King David blessed him with the blessing of the house of Saul. He inherited all the wealth of King Saul, why? Because he decided not to be an ingrate. 
To be an ingrate leads to decrease and stagnation but gratitude bring increase, progress and satisfaction, even from God and Man. Do not forget to reward someone today for their past acts towards you. God bless you.
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