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WEDNESDAY, 30TH SEPTEMBER, 2020. THEME: PRAYERS FOR THE YOUTHS. MEMORY VERSE: That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:  Psalms 144:12 BIBLE READING: ECCLESIASTES  12:1-4 1. Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; 2. While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain: 3. In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened, 4. And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grindin is low, and he shall rise up at the voice ogthe bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low; PRAYERS : 1. Thank God for the youths even if you are...

TUESDAY, 29TH SEPTEMBER, 2020. THEME: EVANGELISE THE WORLD. MEMORY VERSE: But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.  2 Timothy 4:5 BIBLE READING:  2 TIMOTHY 4:1-5 1. I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; 2. Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. 3. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 4. And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. 5. But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. MESSAGE: In his final letter, Paul charges Timothy his son in the faith, to do the work of an evangelist (2 Timothy 4:5). By this, t...

MONDAY, 28TH SEPTEMBER, 2020. THEME: GOD’S STANDARD: SURE, AND STEADFAST. MEMORY VERSE: Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.  2 Timothy 2:19 BIBLE READING: Psalm 10:4- 11 4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. 5 His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them. 6 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity. 7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity. 8 He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor. 9 He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he ...

SUNDAY, 27TH SEPTEMBER, 2020. THEME: CHALLENGED, NOT DEFEATED. MEMORY VERSE: For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. 2nd Corinthians 4:17 BIBLE READING: 2nd Corinthians 4:8-12 (KJV) 8. We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; 10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. 11 For we which live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. 12 So then death worketh in us, but life in you. MESSAGE: “If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.” John 15:18 You must be aware that the moment you say yes to Jesus, you have signed up for persecution.  By mentioning His name alone, you could developed enemies. Yet, H...

SATURDAY, 26TH   SEPTEMBER, 2020. THEME:  GOD’S EYES ARE ON YOU. MEMORY VERSE: When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. Isaiah  43:2 BIBLE READING:  PSALMS 139:7-12 7. Whither shall I go from thy spirit?, or whither shall I flee from thy presence? 8. If l ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if l make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. 9. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the Uttermost parts of the sea; 10. Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. 11. lf l say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. 12. Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee. MESSAGE: God is omnipresent He is everywhere and sees everything at...

FRIDAY, 25TH SEPTEMBER, 2020. THEME: HE WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU. MEMORY VERSE: Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me. Isaiah 49:16 BIBLE READING: LUKE 5:1-9 1. And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret, 2. And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets. 3. And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon’s, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship. 4. Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. 5. And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word l will let down the net. 6. And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake. 7...

THURSDAY, 24TH SEPTEMBER, 2020. THEME: THE AGELESS GOD. MEMORY VERSE: The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.  Isaiah 40:8  BIBLE READING: HEBREWS 1:10-12 10. And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: 11. They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; 12. And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail. MESSAGE: Unlike everything and everyone else that grows old with age, God is the same forever; He doesn’t age. He will not grow older tomorrow, neither will He become weaker next year. He doesn’t even dwell in time, He dwells in eternity. Hebrews 13:8 says: “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and forever.” He does not change. Though Jesus came into this world through the virgin Mary about two thousand years after Abraham was b...

WEDNESDAY, 23RD SEPTEMBER 2020. THEME: LOOKING UNTO JESUS. MEMORY VERSE: Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. Hebrews 12:2 BIBLE READING: Hebrews 12:1-4 1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, 2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. 4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. MESSAGE: Who you look to will determine how far you go in life. It can be a distra...

TUESDAY 22ND SEPTEMBER, 2020. THEME: DEFEAT YOUR FEARS. MEMORY VERSE: “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.”  (2 Timothy 1:7) BIBLE READING: Genesis 15:1- 6 (KJV) 1. After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram; I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. 2. And Abram said, LORD God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus? 3. And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed; and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir. 4. And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. 5. And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them; and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. 6. And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to ...

SUNDAY, 20TH SEPTEMBER, 2020. THEME: BECOMING AN EXEMPLARY LEADER (IV) MEMORY VERSE: And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.  Genesis 11:6  BIBLE READING: GENESIS 11:1-8 1. And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. 2. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. 3. And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar. 4. And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. 5. And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. 6. And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and the...

THURSDAY, 17TH SEPTEMBER, 2020. THEME:  BECOMING AN EXEMPLARY LEADER (1). MEMORY VERSE: And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar. Genesis 11:3 BIBLE READING: GENESIS 11:1-4 1. And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. 2. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. 3. And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar. 4. And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.   MESSAGE: “Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly… Genesis 11:3” Naturally, humans search for leaders and role models. For example, anyone who wants to become a great footbal...

TUESDAY, 15TH SEPTEMBER, 2020. THEME: GOD IS COMING TO YOUR HOME (III) MEMORY VERSE: For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee. Deuteronomy 23:14  BIBLE READING: LUKE 22:8-14 8. And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat. 9. And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare? 10. And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he entereth in. 11. And ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, The Master saith unto thee, Where is the guest chamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples? 12. And he shall shew you a large upper room furnished; there make ready. 13. And they went, and found as he had said unto them; and they made ready the passover...

MONDAY, 14TH SEPTEMBER, 2020. THEME: GOD IS COMING TO YOUR HOME (II). MEMORY VERSE: Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fullness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. Psalm 16:11 BIBLE READING: 1st Chronicles 13:12-14 (KJV) 12 And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me? 13 So David brought not the ark home to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite. 14 And the ark of God remained with the family of Obededom in his house three months. And the Lord blessed the house of Obededom, and all that he had. MESSAGE: Obededom must have been afraid when King David said he was bringing the ark of the covenant to his house. God had just stuck someone dead for touching the ark, and now, the same vessel was headed for his home where he lived with his wife and children. What he did not realise though, is that when God comes into the home of the righteous....

SUNDAY, 13TH SEPTEMBER 2020. THEME: GOD IS COMING TO YOUR HOME I.  MEMORY VERSE: And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must abide at thy house.  Luke 19:5 BIBLE READING: Luke 19:5-6 5 And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must abide at thy house. 6 And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully. MESSAGE  There were many other houses the Lord could have chosen to visit when He decided on that man’s where He eat the Last Supper (Mark 14:12-16). The Lord will visit your home this season in the mighty name of Jesus. Imagine if the President of your country offers to dine with you in your house. Everyone on the street would know! Even if you decide to keep it secret, the day before he/she arrives, security operatives would have been monitoring, making sure everything i...

FRIDAY, 11TH SEPTEMBER, 2020. THEME: HIDDEN TREASURES. MEMORY VERSE: And I give thee the treasures of darkness, And hidden riches of secret places, That thou mayest know that I, the Lord, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel. Isaiah 45:3 BIBLE READING: Isaiah 45:1-6 (KJV) 1 Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut; 2 I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron: 3 And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the Lord, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel. 4 For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me. 5 I am the Lo...

THURSDAY, 10TH SEPTEMBER, 2020. THEME: BE YE TRANSFORMED. MEMORY VERSE: This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief . 1 Timothy 1:15 BIBLE READING:1 CORINTHIANS 6:9-11 9. Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 10. Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. 11. And such were some of you; but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. MESSAGE There are certain things that God sees as abominations. These things put a barrier between Him and man. Abominations or sins, have remained in the world since the fall of man. Romans 3:23 says “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.” Paul, ...

WEDNESDAY, 9TH SEPTEMBER, 2020. THEME: COMPANY FOR THE LONELY (II). MEMORY VERSE: And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. Galatians 6:9 BIBLE READING: 1st Samuel 16:18-19 (KJV) 18 Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the Lord is with him. 19 Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep. MESSAGE: Having established yesterday that your period of loneliness will soon be over, today, I want us to look more deeply at David’s major preoccupation when he was alone with the sheep.  This major preoccupation is also what attracted the anointing that broke the yoke of loneliness in his life. 1st Samuel 16:18-19 gives a report about David while he was alone with the sheep. “Then answered one of the ...

TUESDAY, 8TH SEPTEMBER, 2020. THEME: COMPANY FOR THE LONELY (1). MEMORY VERSE: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, to, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen. Matthew 28:20 BIBLE READING: Hebrews 13:5-6 (KJV) 5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. 6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me. MESSAGE: Loneliness can be a very painful experience. It is possible to be in the middle of a large crown and still be lonely.  It is lonely life when you are a good cook, but have nobody else to eat the meals you prepare. It is a lonely life when you see something and you laugh alone because there is nobody to laugh with.  For anyone reading this devotional today who is looking for a life partner, in the name that is above every other name, your wedding ...

MONDAY, 7TH SEPTEMBER, 2020. THEME: LOVE: THE BEDROCK OF CHRISTIANITY. MEMORY VERSE: For God so love the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John  3:16 BIBLE READING: 1st Corinthians 13:1-3 (KJV) 1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. MESSAGE: The Bible teaches that God is the source of love; indeed, it is His very character.  Love involves the totality of our being in terms of thoughts, feelings and actions.  Matthew 22:37-38 says: “Jesus said unto him, Thou sha...

SUNDAY, 6TH SEPTEMBER, 2020. THEME: WHAT CAN YOU DO FOR GOD? MEMORY VERSE: Only fear the Lord, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you. 1 Samuel 12: 24 BIBLE READING:Matthew 19: 16 - 22(KJV) 16 And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? 17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. 18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, 19 Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 20 The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet? 21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: an...