Month: October 2023

“10. Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.

11. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.

12. I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.

13. And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.

14. I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.”

We bless God for the light in His word on the topic, “GOD HONOURS SACRIFICE”. Today, we will move further to another ‘Pest to Sacrifice’ which is Pride. This is seeing oneself better than others, looking down on others. Not all sacrifices should be made public, even those that are made public needs to be done with humility. Remember, your Sacrifice has nothing to do with someone else’s sacrifice. 

The sacrifice of the priest, from our reading, was filled with pride and comparison, while the publican presented himself to God with humility and Jesus said, that sacrifice was acceptable to God. Our God searches through the heart to see the bedrock of our sacrifices. When we give our sacrifice to impress, suppress and intimidate others, it can’t be accepted by God. Our sacrifice should be God’s focus even when we are sowing it into men’s life. Our attitude before, during and after sacrifice has an effect on our sacrifice, if pride is involve, it kills the purpose of the sacrifice. Watch out for pride while giving your sacrifice.

Good Day and God bless you.

Happy Birthday to all celebrants and Happy Wedding Anniversary to those celebrating today.

“3. And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.

5 BUT UNTO CAIN and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.”

Welcome to today teaching. Yesterday, we discussed about Cain’s sacrifice which was rejected and why it was rejected. Today, we are focusing on Cain Himself. Yes, Studying through the verse, we could see that God separated Cain from his Sacrifice. “BUT UNTO CAIN (1) and to his offering (2), He had not respect.”Cain wasn’t accepted to present an offering before God. Little did we know about this, checking through the next verse, made the likely reasons known. The scripture said, in

Genesis 4:5,7,

“5. But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. (Anger).

7. If thou doest well, (do good thing) shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.”

(Personal paraphrase)

Cain was an angry man even before his sacrifice. He was a man who couldn’t control his anger and God told him, if you don’t work on it, it will Subdue you. Our Personality is so important to our sacrifices. Our anger, attitude, behaviour, the person we are is so important to God than our sacrifice. King David was selected by His Personality, His heart not his physical being, 1 Sam. 16:7. Who are you before presenting that sacrifice? Can you stand before God and be respected by Him? How often do you control your thought or are you controlled by your thought? The who you are can be a pest to your sacrifice.

Good Day and God bless you.

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“3. And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.

5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.”

Beloved, I want to believe we are all hearing from God what a Sacrifice should be and how it should be offered. Today’s lesson is about the sacrifice of Cain. Every Sacrifice differs, you don’t compare yours with someone else’s sacrifice. What God requested of you is not what He requested from me. That your sacrifice isn’t pleasing to God is your fault not someone’s else fault. Many offerings, tithes, gifts, e.t.c are rejected by God because of how it’s been offered or where it came from.

Why was Cain sacrifice rejected? The scripture said, “3. And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the “Fruit Of The Ground An Offering Unto The LORD.” Genesis 4:3.

Back to Genesis 3:17  

“17. And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: Cursed Is The Ground For Thy Sake; In Sorrow Shalt Thou Eat Of It All The Days Of Thy Life;”

The Lord cursed the ground on behalf of Adam while Cain still went ahead to offer sacrifice from same ground to the Lord. Yes, it was his hand work but not fitting for God as a sacrifice. What are you offering to God as Sacrifice? From where do you get that proceeds? Is God pleased with where your offering is coming from? Watch out on what you call sacrifice before offering it to God. Wrong proceed is a pest to ones Sacrifice, be warn.

Good Day and God bless you.

Happy Birthday to all celebrants and Happy Wedding Anniversary to those celebrating today.

“1. But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,

2. And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

3. But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

5. And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things.

Happy New week to you all and welcome to the continuation of our topic, “GOD HONOURS SACRIFICE”. This week we shall be moving further to consider “Pest To Sacrifices”. The first Pest to our Sacrifices is UNFAITHFULNESS. It’s always a pleasure and a desire for Christians to give sacrifice, meet a need or be a blessing to someone in the fold, not in the size now, but to affect lives positively. Many sacrifices has been done by believers but yet no response from God to that effect. One of the reasons is this, they might have been done without faithfulness, truth or for eyes service – let people know that I also participated. That isn’t sacrifice to God, it’s sacrifice to men without God’s involvement.

Ananias and Sapphire desire to do what others were doing, peradventure they’ve been blessed by other’s sacrifice and was led to also affect others, but they did it with unfaithfulness. They took part of their proceed and called it the whole – they lied – and the sacrifice ended their lives. When you lie about your sacrifice, incomplete tithe these can led to unfaithful sacrifice. Be truthful with your Sacrifice. Be sincere with your service. Every Sacrifice must be given with the fear of God. Lack of Faithfulness in our Sacrifices nullifies our intention. Let’s add Faithfulness to our Sacrifices.

Good Day and God bless you.

Happy Birthday to all celebrants and Happy Wedding Anniversary to those celebrating today.

“3. And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.

4. And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.

5. In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.

Happy weekend to everyone reading and following our devotional, May God keep making His mind known to us all in Jesus Mighty Name, amen. Today, our focus will be King Solomon’s Sacrifice. What prompted his sacrifice? It was gratitude to God for finding him worthy to ascend his father’s throne despite his background. This sacrifice was a product of appreciation so it was very deep and very great. If you’ve experienced what i’m saying you will know better. What you never fought for was given to you without asking or struggling for it, I believe you will give God the best of your appreciation. That was the case with Solomon, the scripture said, he sacrificed thousands of burnt offering to the Lord and do we see the result? It brings God’s full attention to Him. God visited Solomon twice in His life time and these made him the greatest king in the world till date.

You don’t need to see that desires becoming reality before giving God a befitting sacrifice. The contract don’t need to click before your sacrifice. Fruit of the womb shouldn’t determine when you will give God your best Sacrifice, it’s time to do it. Genuine Sacrifice attract God’s full attention and beyond expectations are met. Give God a better Sacrifice this month and you’ll be seeing the reward flowing into your life.

Good Day and God bless you.

Happy Birthday to all celebrants and Happy Wedding Anniversary to those celebrating today.

“3. And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.

4. And Abel, he also brought of the Firstlings Of His Flock And Of The Fat Thereof. And The Lord Had Respect Unto Abel And To His Offering:”

Beloved of God, I welcome you to Today’s devotional with the topic, Abel’s Sacrifice. We are familiar with the first Sacrifice made in the Bible by Abel and Cain, but our focus today will be on Abel’s Sacrifice. Abel’s sacrifice was respected and received by God, which resulted in God speaking for him even after his death. When we present our best sacrifice to God it gives God a voice on our behalf. God is always willing to speak to and for his children but He needs our sacrifice to do this. Most times we plead to God often and often to speak on our behalf but we never offered him any sacrifice. Hannah needed a child, she made a sacrifice ahead of the child called vow. God smelt the sacrifice and sent her request. Your Sacrifice has a voice If you will do it wholeheartedly. You don’t need to be cajoled 

to make sacrifices, you just have to see it as a duty and determine to give it.

Abel’s sacrifice triggered God’s voice before and after his death. For God to speak for I and you our genuine sacrifice should be smelled by Him. Hope you’ve identify what to give as sacrifices? Search well and make the sacrifice.

Good Day and God bless you.

Happy Birthday to all celebrants and Happy Wedding Anniversary to those celebrating today.

“26. And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through even unto the king of Edom: but they could not.

27. Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.

Today, we shall be considering how powerful sacrifice can be. We have studied sacrifice done by God requested by God, and presented to God. We shall be looking into another side of sacrifice today, although it looks negative but I want us to see how God respects sacrifice.

Our reading today talked about the king of Moab whom the army of Israel went in battle with. God gave His word, through Elisha, that Moab will be destroyed by king of Israel, King of Judah and king of Edom and the war came to be according to the word of God. When the king of Moab saw that the battle was against him, he made a severe sacrifice. He killed his heir to the throne as a sacrifice, and the scripture said, “And there was great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.” the three kings experienced confusion at this point (despite being with God). God saw the sacrifice and stopped the words of His mouth. This is how powerful Sacrifice can be even from God’s enemy. God honours every Sacrifice which involves deep commitment (involving blood). When you sacrifice to God, is it a deep Sacrifice? Will it move God? Check your sacrifice next time.

Good Day and God bless you.

Happy Birthday to all celebrants and Happy Wedding Anniversary to those celebrating today.

“9. And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.

10. And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.

Beloved of God, we have been discussing about the examples of Sacrifice and we mentioned two greatest examples of Sacrifice which are God and Jesus. The third greatest Sacrifice is Abraham, giving His only son, Isaac, as a Sacrifice without questioning God about it. Abraham experienced delay in child birth for twenty-five years even after God called Him. He had Ismail but God said that was human effort until God gave Him Isaac at the age of 100 years. Then, God came calling, Give me your Joy, the only thing that makes you a father, that Son you loved. Hunnnn, how far can we go with such sacrifice? Remember, verse 1, the scripture said,

“1. And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.”

Genesis 22:1.

Sacrifice is a test to know where our trust lays. Are we willing to give our Isaac as Sacrifice? Remember, Isaac was the only son visible to Him but He gave it to God without the knowledge of His mother. Sacrifice is releasing to God what seems best to you. Can you give yours out? Can we go that far? What is God requesting as Sacrifice from you? Release it and become great in life.

Good Day and God bless you.

Happy Birthday to all celebrants and Happy Wedding Anniversary to those celebrating today.

“5. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

6. Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

7. But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

8. And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.”

Welcome to today’s Devotional. We consider the second example of greatest Sacrifice which is Jesus Christ our Lord and saviour. We need no explanation about He being God, and how He decided to be the sacrificer lamb, but it’s a matter of choose and obedient to the Father to give up all He is to become a saviour of the world. The scripture said, “Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:” He was obedient to God to give His life for mankind.

Prove of this Sacrifice is found in the book of Matthew 26:39,

“39. And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.”

The sacrifice wasn’t that easy, He cried to God to change the time but later surrendered to God’s will. Knowing you are dying for a course and still moving on, it’s a sacrifice. When you are sacrificing it won’t be easy but you just have to do it. Jesus did it and God was pleased with it. Here we are, called the sons and daughter of God all because of Jesus Sacrifices. Brethren, your Sacrifice means a lot to other souls. What is that sacrifice we need to pay?

Good Day and God bless you.

Happy Birthday to all celebrants and Happy Wedding Anniversary to those celebrating today.

’16. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

17. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.”

I welcome you to the continuation of our Topic, Sacrifice. We’ve all discussed about what Sacrifice is, we shall be seeinng some examples of Sacrifice and we are starting with God Almighty. The mighty God made the first Sacrifice in order to save the whole world from destruction of sin. As we all learnt yesterday that sacrifice involves releasing something special in other to gain back more valuable things. God gave His only Son, Jesus, to the world. He was killed and buried all because God want to bring us back to Himself. Jesus left His throne in Heaven, came to the world to become a sacrificial lamb and today, we are all part of the product of the sacrifice.

Our God is sacrificial and He wants us to follow suit, to sacrifice for His Glory, to let go off little things in other to get bigger and greater things but are we ready to do that? Can we follow His footstep in this area? Remember, Sacrifice entails feelings on both side, the giver and the receiver. What do you need to sacrifice? Which area do you think you need to let go so God can step in. God is the first and greatest giver of Sacrifice and we need to emulate Him as His children 

Good Day and God bless you.

Happy Birthday to all celebrants and Happy Wedding Anniversary to those celebrating today.

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