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Daily Manna: Worth Waiting For

Wednesday 21, August 2013

TEXT: MICAH 5:1-8

KEY VERSE: “And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver” (Micah 5:8 ).

The promises of God never fail. And it is impossible for God to lie. The passage of time does not diminish the word and promises of God. Every true believer will never regret relying wholly on His never failing promises.

Micah in his writing had prophesied about the birth of Christ. He proclaimed that though Bethlehem, very “little among the thousands of Judah would bring forth he that would be ruler in Israel whose going forth have been from of old from everlasting.” Although the prophecy was not fulfilled immediately, it, nevertheless, came to pass. What it means is that times and circumstances will never alter the programme of God.

There are those, who, because of circumstances of life, may have begun to question the veracity of God’s promises, even though they have over and over again been assured of the infallibility of such promises. No matter the circumstances, we must not shift our focus. If Bethlehem, an insignificant city in Judah had the rare privilege of producing the Messiah as prophesied and fulfilled, how we need to be assured that all the promises of God for our lives, nay for all believers, will be fulfilled at their own time. God is not a Being who acts by whims; His determinate counsel must surely come to pass.

What then has God written concerning you? Trust Him, those promises will surely be fulfilled at the fullness of time. Make sure however that you stand on the side of Christ, fulfil your vows, redeem the pledge and act on His word. Despair not; His promises concerning you will surely come to pass.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: God is faithful to fulfil His promises.

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Daily Manna: Dare, Where Others Won’t!

Tuesday 20, August 2013

TEXT: 2 KINGS 6:1-7

KEY VERSE: “And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim” (2 Kings 6:6).

There is this story about four people named, Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody. They had an important job to do, which Everybody was asked to do. He thought Somebody would do it. Of course, Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about it because it was Everybody’s job. Everybody felt Anybody could do it, but Nobody realised that Everybody would not do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did the job that Anybody could have done in the first place.

As humorous as this story may sound, it is the reality of life where people trade blames over their inadequacies. In contrast to this hypocrisy, the school of the prophets, from our text, showed faithfulness, sacrifice and devotion to the work of building a dwelling place for themselves.

Where they stayed could not accommodate them because of their growing numbers. Without much financial resource, they made do with what they could lay their hands on. One of them even borrowed an axe, revealing how poor they were. But they were contented and rested on available resources and the simple, rustic accommodation that met their needs. Each man was willing to do his part.

Their request for Elisha to accompany them showed their reliance on God’s help through His prophet. Elisha gave his permission for the project and even accompanied them, which indicated his support and encouragement. The concern of the man, who lost the axe head, explicitly depicted his honesty, integrity and respect for other people’s property. Elisha’s concern and effort to bring out the axe-head out of water showed God’s interest and care for even the small and trivial incidents in our lives.

Are you contented with your God-given resources? Do you show concern for lost items that are not yours? Do you humbly depend upon God for provision? Carefully examine your ways and make necessary adjustments.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: God is dependable and available.

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Daily Manna: Lowliness Not Grandstanding

Monday 19, August 2013

TEXT: PHILEMON 1-9

KEY VERSE: “Yet for love’s sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ” (Philemon 9).

Frederick Brotherton Meyer, a contemporary and friend of D. L. Moody, once noted that the way to get God’s best gifts is not from self-exaltation, but through humility. He said: “I used to think that God’s gifts were on shelves one above the other and the taller we grew in Christian character, the easier we could reach them. I now find that God’s gifts are on shelves one beneath the other. It is not the question of growing taller, but of stooping down, to get His best gifts.”

Paul’s description of himself as a prisoner of Christ in this epistle to Philemon reveals much about his character as a man who left all for the Lord. For him, Jesus Christ had captured his soul. This indicates that Christians must wave their rights and relinquish their freedom to Jesus Christ as Lord. Christ must dictate everything about their lives.

The epistle seems to have been designed to teach us the principle of forgiveness. It is basically to appeal to Philemon to forgive Onesimus, who defrauded him and ran away. But out of the mercy of God, he got converted. Though Paul was instrumental in the conversion of both Philemon and Onesimus and could use his authority as an apostle to compel Philemon to forgive Onesimus, he chose a courteous approach to handle the situation.

Paul, who would not impress people about himself, appealed to Philemon’s character and earnestly besought him to forgive Onesimus. Yet, today, with little position, influence, wealth and gift, some Christians flaunt themselves unduly. They will want to impress others with their spirituality, maturity, training or effort. What will people know you with – a lowly heart or a proud look?

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Meekness and lowliness of heart are virtues of a true Christian.

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Daily Manna: Of Divine Chastisement

Sunday 18, August 2013

TEXT: MICAH 4:8-13

KEY VERSE: “Now why dost thou cry out aloud? is there no king in thee? is thy counsellor perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail” (Micah 4:9)

God chastises His erring children to bring them back to the centre of His will. So, His chastisement is proof that we are still His children for “if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons” (Hebrews 12:8 ).

Micah’s prophecy spurred from this perspective. It was a message of punishment and hope for the Israelites, as the prophet took a swoop on their character. They had rejected God, His word and His prophets’ advice. The Assyrians had attacked Jerusalem and took some captive, but the remaining people cried as if they had no king. Therefore, God decided they would be taken to Babylon.

Many nations would gather against them, thinking that God had completely abandoned them. God’s punishment was not to destroy them permanently but to help them find their way back to Him. God assured He had not forgotten them because, as their real King and Helper, He would restore them. That was why the prophet described their pains as that of a woman in labour, who is at the verge of being delivered of a child. After the delivery, she would have joy. The Lord would equally deal with their enemies.

The prophecy is still about the future state of Israel, who has, currently, not accepted God. Israel would eventually be delivered during the great tribulation when they seek the Lord. This is certainly a lesson for everybody today that God will always punish people for their sins.

So, you need to repent and have the hope of eternal life. If not, you stand the risk of severe judgment from God who is of purer eyes than to behold iniquity.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: He who trifles with sin after salvation stakes his eternal well-being on a perilous altar.

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Daily Manna: Prayer That Prevails

Saturday 17, August 2013

TEXT: PSALM 86:1-10

KEY VERSE: “Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy” (Psalm 86:1).

One day, a clergyman was confronted on his manner of prayer. Prior to that, he was used to saying loud prayers. He later changed to a quiet way of communing with his heavenly Father.

When a colleague asked about the change, the clergyman laughed hysterically and replied: “When I was young, I thought it was the thunder that killed people, but when I grew up I discovered it was lightning. So I determined that in the future I would thunder less and lighten more.”

David, a man with a penitent heart, knew how best to touch heaven with prayer. He had passed through troubles: he killed a lion and a bear; he escaped being killed by Saul, first king of Israel; he killed Goliath; he suffered a coup plot by his son, Absalom, etc. In each of these circumstances, David was never deterred, for he knew how to get help from God through prayer.

Our text today provides us with insight into David’s prayer for mercy, with meditation on the excellencies of the Lord. His prayer was from a lowly heart by reason of his humility. David exemplified his littleness and weakness before God, noting that God was higher than him. Therefore, he besought Him to hear him. He felt himself unsafe except he was covered by divine protection. So, he requested for nothing else but mercy. His importunity in prayer was borne out of the fact that only God could supply good things and remove evil. This was the reason he looked to the Lord alone for joy.

How is your prayer before God? Remember that “the sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise” (Psalm 51: 17).

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: It is the heart’s attitude, not posture, that counts when we pray.

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Daily Manna: Of Trials And Pain

Friday 16, August 2013

TEXT: JOB 7:12-21

KEY VERSE: “I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?” (Job 7:20).

In his book, ‘The Root of the Righteous,’ A.W. Tozer noted: “It is doubtful whether God can bless a man greatly until He has hurt him deeply.” Not that God manifests evil and suffering, but He can allow trial and pain, not gentle treatment, to bring out His best in us.

According to our text, Job found himself in such a situation. As he lay in piles of ashes, he writhed in pain. Everything became unbearable for him. He would rather have his life exterminated than live any longer. Though wrong, Job thought God was using terrible things to trouble his life. He could not realise that God could allow trials and pain to take away all his precious treasures to bring out His own beauty in him, just like a sculptor would not use a manicure set but saw, hammer and chisel, which are cruel tools, to reduce the rude and unshapely marble to a thing of beauty.

Job’s attitude could be like that of some Christians, who, because of their afflictions, believe that God has become their enemy. They fail to understand that their attack, though from Satan, can be used to draw them closer to God. Unfortunately, as Eliphaz’s dream, which was envisaged to help Job, now frightened him, these Christians could get frightened by anything. Instead of focusing their attention on God in their moment of challenge, they may, like Job, prefer to die.

Every genuinely born again Christian must realise that he or she is special to God. Sometime, certain things can happen, which are beyond human understanding, but God may have allowed them for a purpose. Obviously, He is watching over us and nothing will ever harm us.

He only wants you to lean on Him and trust in Him. God can never be your enemy because you are a special child to Him. He will carry you through.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: God does groom through the school of affliction.

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Daily Manna: God’s Kind Of Mercy

Thursday 15, August 2013

TEXT: TITUS 3:1-15

KEY VERSE: “Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost” (Titus 3:5).

Napoleon Bonaparte, the Emperor of France, was believed to be unapproachable for his inordinate authority. Many people feared him. Yet, a woman, whose son was at the verge of execution, summoned courage and came to him to seek pardon for her son.

Cynically, the emperor pointed out that the young man had committed an offence and that justice demanded death. The child’s mother insisted: “But I don’t ask for justice. I plead for mercy.” Napoleon retorted: “But your son does not deserve mercy.” Then, she cried out: “Sir, it would not be mercy if he deserved it, and mercy is all I ask for.” “Well, then,” the emperor finally said, “I will have mercy.” That was how the woman’s son was spared.

Our text explicitly captured the mercy of God, which, like what the woman pleaded for, is an unmerited favour. It is a special gift, which God has bestowed upon us through the sacrificial death of our Lord Jesus Christ. Paul, in this letter to Titus, who was the pastor of the Cretian church, is teaching us that, as Christians, we should be subject and obedient to those in authority. Equally, he reminds us of God’s underserved mercy, which we must show to other people.

Having become justified from past sinful habits through God’s grace, we have now become His heirs according to the hope of eternal life. Therefore, our attitude and disposition toward others should be that of Christ’s attitude and disposition towards us. This will constantly affirm the grace of God upon our lives and enable us maintain good works.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Compassion for others comes when we see ourselves as God sees us.

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Daily Manna: God of Vengeance

Wednesday 14, August 2013

TEXT: NAHUM 1:1-10

KEY VERSE: “God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; ...the LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet” (Nahum 1:2,3).

The story was told of a prince who wielded so much power that his word was law and his father, the king, never had the courage to effectively stop him. His tyranny came to a head when he ordered the arrest and detention of a young man who was in a relationship with a beautiful girl he was interested in. Secretly, he ordered the killing of the boy, fabricating a story of attempted jailbreak leading to his death. But the prince too died of a mysterious hailstone on the day he was getting married to the village belle, and his father shared in the death.

Our text here shows that God is jealous and will never tolerate wickedness from anyone. Though he may be slow to anger, yet will He not allow evil men to go unpunished. The passage expressed the blunt anger of God against idolatrous Nineveh. Micah predicted that with an overrunning flood, God would make an utter end of Nineveh. Images of divine judgment in the passage conjure fear in the heart of any living being.

Surprisingly, some people still live as if there is no God. They are wicked in their actions. The Scriptures show that the liar, fornicator, effeminate, sorcerer, adulterer, idolater, proud, covetous, murderer, hater of men and God, thief, gay, drunkard, reviler, is wicked (Romans 29:29-32; 1 Corinthians 6:9,10). A sinner in the grip of an angry God will have a devastating experience in life and in hell. It is a fearful thing to fall into His hands.

The sure escape from divine wrath is repentance and faith in Christ’s sacrifice. God is always good to His own children; He is their stronghold in the day of trouble. He knows them and will do everything to keep them from evil. Come to the Lord’s side today.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: It’s better to bend before Him than to burn.

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Ishilove: ‎​​PSALM 23 IN PIDGIN ENGLISH
1. The Lord na mai Shepherd, I dey kampKe
2. He make me sidon for where betta dey flow and come put me next to stream make mai bodi Thermacool.
3. He panel beat my soul come spray am white, come dey lead me dey go through express road of righteousness for sake of Hin Name.
4. Walahi! If I waka pass where arm robber, 419, and juju people borku, come even join okada reach valley of the shadow of death sef, mai bodi dey inside cloth. Your rod and staff nko? Na so them dey like back bone dey comfort me.
5.You don prepare Banga and starch make I chop. All my enemies dey look anyaya. You rob me for head wit Vaseline Intensive Lotion. My cup na Ogunpa River wey come overflow hin bank.
6. True, true, betta life & mercy go gum my back till I quench. And man go tanda for God house sotey sotey from Lai lai to lai lai. GOD ALMIGHTY, NA YOU BIKO. AMIN!!

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Daily Manna: Salvation? No Strains Attached

Tuesday 13, August 2013

TEXT: GALATIANS 6:11-18

KEY VERSE: “For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God” (Galatians 6:15,16).

In our text today, we see that some Galatians who just believed on Jesus Christ were either being cajoled or subtly threatened to undergo circumcision before they could be adjudged to be saved. This action came from some people, in the Galatian church, who have not totally extricated themselves from the blind and sentimental attachment to the ceremonial practice of physical circumcision and other outward rites. As this came to Apostle Paul’s notice, he quickly wrote to the Galatian church to debunk this erroneous demand which could affect the faith of the believers concerned.

Similarly, while some believers want to be identified with Christ and get to heaven; they still hold to hurtful traditions of men. There are qualifying processes for salvation like inclusion of name in church register, carrying a card of tithe and offering, service to priests, etc. in those assemblies contrary to God’s word. The truth, however, is that there are no strains attached to getting saved. Salvation is by grace: “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourself: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast” (Ephesians 2:8,9). No one is required to be good, faithful, gentle, prayerful to be saved. Jesus neither demands any of these nor any material things such as money, clothing, animals, as conditions for our salvation. God’s conditions for salvation is simple: acknowledge your sins (Romans 3:23); confess and forsake your sins (Matthew 4:17; Acts 3:19; Proverbs 28:13); invite Jesus to dwell in your heart as Saviour and Lord.

Once we are saved, God gives us grace to live victoriously as we follow Him faithfully and prayerfully.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: The steps to obtaining the gift of salvation are simple.

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