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RHAPSODY OF REALITIES DAILY DEVOTIONAL

PASTOR CHRIS

THURSDAY 26TH MAY

THEME: WE ONLY GET STRONGER

THEME SCRIPTURE: And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated. (Deuteronomy 34:7)

Have you ever heard the word “agelessness”? It’s part of our heritage in Christ. We grow, but we don’t age! Hallelujah! So never say, “You know, I’m no longer as strong as I used to be; age isn’t on my side.” As a Christian, you shouldn’t talk like that because when you were born again, eternal life was imparted to your spirit. Eternal life is life with agelessness. In Christ, you’ve been brought into His glory and the glorified life. So, every so often, declare to yourself, “I only get stronger! I’m stronger today than I was ten years ago!” Consider Moses: at one hundred and twenty years of age, his physical stature wasn’t abated, his eyes weren’t dim. Yet, the Bible says the glory that Moses had isn’t anything compared to what we have today in Christ Jesus (2 Corinthians 3:7-11).

It was the same with Caleb: At the age of eightyfive, Caleb said, “I’m as strong today as I was when I was forty; therefore, give me this mountain” (Read Joshua 14:7-12). That’s our story! Our youth is renewed like the eagle’s (Psalm 103:5). For us, there’s only one way: We get stronger and stronger, greater and greater, we move upward and forward. Hallelujah! Never see yourself as weak.

The Bible says, “For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day” (2 Corinthians 4:16). We’re continually strengthened, invigorated from within by the Holy Ghost. Take these thoughts that I share with you seriously and live the supernatural life in Christ. Praise God!

CONFESSION
The Lord is the strength of my life and He constantly renews, refreshes and rejuvenates me through the Word and the power of the Holy Spirit! I’m stronger by the day, stronger today than ever, because my inward man is renewed day by day; I live in the ageless zone. Glory to God!

FURTHER STUDY
Joshua 14:7-12; Psalm 92:13-14

1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:
John 12:20-50 & 2 Kings 18-19

2 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:
1 Corinthians 12:22-31 & Proverbs 22

GAZZUZZ:
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Good evening Engr GAZZUZZ, please what is the meaning of Corolla base car...and how durable is the car. Kindly give your reviews. Thanks

emapeteum:
Then who is an IPOB? What is their modus operandi? Who was responsible for killing security men and burning of police stations? Who called for the destruction of Nigeria and claiming that Buhari is Idris from Sudan?
Pls give answers to those questions

Your questions doesn't make any sense...so if Ipob said Buhari is from Sudan it means they are the ones killing? Did Ipob say they are responsible for killing security men and burning police station?

EmeeNaka:
How do you know that Fulani Herdsmen are responsible for killing farmers in their farm?
You had better declare yourself a terrorist or terrorists supporter instead of trying to act like you don't have sense

I don't know...I never told you they are the one cause I was never a victim and will never be a victim

I'm not in support of Ipob but how does these people conclude easily that Ipob is responsible for the killings even when Ipob has publicly denied?

Is there something they know that they are not telling us??

Anybody involved in all these killings will have no peace...

HiringSpree:
Call me Aunty HR

Do you hire for small income business owners?

Ayade happened to cross river the same way Buhari happened to Nigeria...both of them are synonymous to failure.

Went to calabar earlier in the year and couldn't believe my eyes...the dirts, garbages are in competition with each other.

Una dey deceive unasef

No price?

Nigeria beer na your mate?

Parachoko:
Will the Drivers stop paying? They kept on paying after Sanwo Olu ban NURTW.

Out of fear...those agberos can unleash all types of brutality to innocent drivers

RHAPSODY OF REALITIES DAILY DEVOTIONAL

PASTOR CHRIS

WEDNESDAY 25TH MAY

THEME: LOVE LIKE CHRIST

THEME SCRIPTURE: Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins( 1Peter 4:8

I f someone does something that upsets or offends you, rather than become bitter or enraged, let it go. Jesus showed us a good example of how to walk in love. He loved everyone, including His accusers and persecutors. Then He tells us in Matthew 5:44, “But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.” Emulate the Master. Have the love language and culture. Love everyone unconditionally. The Bible says, “For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously” (1 Peter 2:21-23).

Someone once asked, “In the case where the people you respect are those that hurt you, what should you do?” Honour them nonetheless. Love them. Grow out of that place where you can still be hurt. Live in God’s Word. Live like Christ and love like Him: “Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour” (Ephesians 5:1-2).

1 Corinthians 13:4-8 AMPC says, “Love endures long and is patient and kind; love never is envious nor boils over with jealousy, is not boastful or vainglorious, does not display itself haughtily. It is not conceited (arrogant and inflated with pride); it is not rude (unmannerly) and does not act unbecomingly. Love (God’s love in us) does not insist on its own rights or its own way, for it is not self-seeking; it is not touchy or fretful or resentful; it takes no account of the evil done to it [it pays no attention to a suffered wrong]. It does not rejoice at injustice and unrighteousness, but rejoices when right and truth prevail. Love bears up under anything and everything that comes, is ever ready to believe the best of every person, its hopes are fadeless under all circumstances, and it endures everything [without weakening]. Love never fails [never fades out or becomes obsolete or comes to an end]….”

PRAYER
Dear Father, thank you for the love of Christ which is the bond of perfection and which rules my heart always. I lavishly express your love-nature and radiate the beauty and glories of heaven to my world. Always, I rise above offences, being accommodating and kind; I cover others with the umbrella of your love that flows lavishly from the castle of my heart, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

FURTHER STUDY
Colossians 3:12-14 GNB; John 13:34-35; 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 NIV

1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:
John 12:1-19 & 2 Kings 16-17

2 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:
1 Corinthians 12:12-21 & Proverbs 21

No harm will befall her...she will come home unscathed

No amount of advice will change what your heart yearn for...follow your heart, if you make a mistake, you learn from it.

I will jejely move out if I were you. Don't think fumigation will drive them away, it might be a temporary solution but the snakes will keep coming back after sometime. How long do you intend fumigating?

Say no to drugs!

RHAPSODY OF REALITIES DAILY DEVOTIONAL

PASTOR CHRIS

TUESDAY 24TH MAY

THEME: CALLED TO LEAD

THEME SCRIPTURE: Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen (Matthew 28:19-20).

In our bid to evangelize the world, we must fully understand activism, advocacy and real leadership. Jesus said, “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations….” It means we’re to make pupils of the nations. The word “nations” is from the Greek “Ethnos.” Ethnos refers to different groups with some common factors that bring them together. For example, a family, a group of politicians, an association of doctors, etc.

So, when Jesus used the term “nations” you could interpret it as countries, families, groups, professional bodies, and so on. The Lord instructs that we go into all such places and lead. Remember, He said in Matthew 5:14, “Ye are the light of the world….” You’re a leader in your world. Take up your role as a protagonist.

A protagonist is an advocate or champion of a particular cause or idea. One of the ways a protagonist works is through innovation. You open your mind and find new ways of getting in and getting ahead with the Gospel. As a protagonist, develop more cutting- edge means and strategies for the advancement of the Kingdom.

Always think about how you can reach more people or a whole “nation” for the Lord. Then, come up, by the Spirit, with innovative ideas to accomplish it. Remember, you’re the Lord’s voice where you are. He sent you into that world so you could show others how to live the Kingdom-life. You’re there to make a difference! Create new opportunities for the spread of the Gospel.

PRAYER
Dear Father, my mind is replete with supernatural ideas and strategies to push the Gospel to the ends of the earth. I pray for open and effectual doors for expansion and increased influence of the Gospel in different “ethnos”; I declare your righteousness will continue to dominate and prevail in the earth until the coming of the Lord, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

FURTHER STUDY:
Matthew 5:14-16 (KJV)
14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. 15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Romans 1:16 (KJV)
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

Mark 6:15 (KJV)
Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets.

1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
John 11:17-57 & 2 Kings 13-15

2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
1 Corinthians 12:1-11 & Proverbs 20

TradingGod:
Please where is skyfornia

Sorry for late post...network issues

RHAPSODY OF REALITIES DAILY DEVOTIONAL

MONDAY 23RD MAY 2022.

Pastor Chris

THEME: A MORE EXCELLENT WAY TO GIVE PRAISE

THEME SCRIPTURE: And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod
(2 Samuel 6:14).

There’re those who thought that in the verse above David was merely dancing in the flesh. So, oftentimes they’d say they want to dance like David danced, and they start gyrating with all their might. No! David was a man of the Spirit. When the Ark of God was being brought into the city of David, our theme verse says “...David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.”

Notice the underlined part. In those days, dressing with a linen ephod represented the office of the priest. Whenever the priest was in that regalia, he functioned in his spiritual office. David was girded with a linen ephod; being also a prophet, evidently instructed by the Spirit, his dance as described in the Hebrew text was very different from the fleshly dance of normal celebrations.

When the Bible says he danced before the Lord, the Hebrew word for dance is ”kârar”, and it doesn’t refer to the kind of whirling and gyrating that most people think. “Kârar” means to skip and jump and spin, turning around about your own axis, like a child.

David’s dance is similar to what Jesus did in Luke 10:21; the Bible says, “In that hour Jesus rejoiced (Greek: agalliao) in spirit....” He was skipping and jumping like a child. So, that David danced with all “his might” doesn’t refer to exerting himself physically on the dance floor, like most people do today. The term is “oze, oze” in Hebrew, meaning that he danced with all his glory, all his majesty; he danced with all of God’s regalia on him. Glory to God!

The best description for it in the New Testament is the Greek word “agalliao”̄ ; it’s a dance from the inside. Dancing in the flesh distracts your spirit from true reverence and worship; it dissipates spiritual power, and many don’t realize this.

In these last days, the Spirit of God is showing us a more excellent way to give God true praise and worship. The days of fleshly dance in Christian congregations are over. When we worship the Lord, it must and should always be in the spirit: “For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh” (Philippians 3:3). Also, John 4:23-24 says, “But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.”

PRAYER
Dear Lord, thank you for the privilege of worship and for guiding me on the way of true praise and worship that’s acceptable to you. Thank you for granting me the ability to condition my mind and senses to offer you true worship from my heart that transmits your glory to impart my world, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

FURTHER STUDY:
John 4:23-24 NIV;
Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”

Philippians 3:3 NIV
For it is we who are the circumcision, we who serve God by his Spirit, who boast in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—

1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN: John 11:1-16 & 2 Kings 10-12

2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN: 1 Corinthians 11:30-34 & Proverbs 19

RHAPSODY OF REALITIES DAILY DEVOTIONAL

PASTOR CHRIS

SUNDAY 22ND MAY

THEME: HIS ETERNAL GLORY IN US

THEME SCRIPTURE: For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ (2 Corinthians 4:6).

The opening verse is an extraordinary description of something scientifically impossible. Notice the verse isn’t saying that God commanded the light to shine into the darkness; that would have been wonderful because the question then would be, “Where did the light come from?” Then we’d say, “It came from God; He shone into the darkness.”

But this time, God didn’t shine the light into the darkness; rather, He commanded the light to shine forth from it. So, the light came out of darkness! This is the same God that has shined in our hearts—to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Remember, there was the glory of God in the old tabernacle, in the days of Moses. That glory, the Bible says, faded away. But the one from Jesus Christ is eternal glory, excellent glory. That’s the glory that resides in you today: “But we have this treasure in earthen vessels. That the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us” (2 Corinthians 4:7).

Every day, declare that you’re a carrier of God’s divine presence, a bearer of His glory. Your life isn’t empty; there’s a treasure of power, love, light and divine perfection in you. The excellence of His power permeates through you, causing everything you do to prosper. Glory to God!

CONFESSION
The glory of God that’s within me beams forth from my spirit with overwhelming intensity. My life is the expression of God’s grace, strength, perfection, beauty and righteousness. The excellence and virtues of divinity are manifested in and through me in ever- increasing splendour! I’m continually transfigured from glory to glory, by the Spirit, as I study and meditate on the Word. Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY:
2 Corinthians 3:7-11 (KJV)
7 But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away: 8 How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious? 9 For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory. 10 For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth. 11 For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.

2 Corinthians 3:18 (NIV)
But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
John 10:22-42 & 2 Kings 8-9

2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
1 Corinthians 11:20-29 & Proverbs 1

Jennyclay:
Impressive! You're so creative.

BTW, your shoe looks like your tiles.

Do you work with GNLD?

you get bad mouth

prinsam30:
thanks a lot, I really appreciate this piece of info, u know I don't really deal with cash and bank, I do all my transactions online

You are welcome, so no fear, you can return the money back into the account , the debit is not a fraud.

prinsam30:
wow, this is crazy, I never knew about this all along, I would av withdrew it bit by bit na

Knowledge is power!

prinsam30:
yeah I withdrew 500K yesterday buh how could 15K be deducted for a transaction of 500K

There you have your answer, 3% of 500k is 15k

It's a policy by CBN

Jamesbally:
300k for a Keke napep? I will rather buy a Wheel Barrow, Than waste my hard earned money to buy this Aba made Keke napep

And na so you will end up acquiring wheel barrow, Amen. It's not a curse but attestation to your prayer.

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Did you make any huge withdrawal earlier? There's a policy by CBN directing banks to charge 3% for withdrawal above N500k for savings account and 5% for withdrawal above N3M for corporate accounts.

I have no idea...never had such experience

gun na your mate? See the way she leave her phone japa

Please put graphics..

Take some antibiotics and pay little attention to it, it will vanish the way it came.

RHAPSODY OF REALITIES DAILY DEVOTIONAL

PASTOR CHRIS

SATURDAY 21ST MAY

THEME: PRAYING FOR OUR EVANGELICAL WORK

THEME SCRIPTURE: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them (2 Corinthians 4:4).

The Lord Jesus said in Matthew 9:37, “…The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few.” The harvest He’s referring to is the souls of men, the world of sinners. The labourers are those who are reaching out with the Gospel to win these lost souls to Christ. That’s why we have to pray and intercede for the harvest field, for the souls of men that we intend to reach within and beyond our catchments, because the harvest is ripe.

Prayer is our number one requirement in our evangelical work. As we intercede for them, we’re to prophesy by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. Our prophetic prayer is how we pour out righteousness and salvation on the nations. Set times for prayer, either as an individual, family, group or as a Church. Plan and map out definite prayer times for your evangelical work.

If we would pray correctly and effectively as He has asked us to, our preaching will be effective. In some cases, you wouldn’t even have to preach much or preach at all before sinners start crying out to the Lord for salvation.

Through prayer—particularly praying in the Spirit— you pour forth gushers of living water (John 7:38). Your words become so effective just like Paul said in 1 Corinthians 2:4: “And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power.” Then you find that through you, the heavens constantly rain down righteousness, and salvation is springing up everywhere. Hallelujah!

PRAYER
Dear Father, your love, grace and goodness fill the nations, and the light of your glorious Gospel shines brightly, liberating men, women, boys and girls from darkness, bondage and corruption into the glorious liberty of the sons of God, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

FURTHER STUDY:
1 Timothy 2:1-4 (KJV)
I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; 2 For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. 3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;

Isaiah 45:8 (NASB)
“Drip down, heavens, from above, And let the clouds pour down righteousness; Let the earth open up and salvation bear fruit, And righteousness sprout with it. I, the Lord, have created it.

1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
John 10:1-21 & 2 Kings 6-7

2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
1 Corinthians 11:12-19 & Proverbs 17