Your Future Is History With God

RHAPSODY OF REALITIES.
Pastor Chris
MONDAY,DECEMBER 29TH·
Your Future Is History With God ·

(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were (Romans 4:17).
Abraham was called the Father of Faith because of the extraordinary faith he demonstrated. At age seventy-five, God appeared to him and said, "I have made thee a father of many nations." Even though Abraham didn’t have a child at the time, and was called "Abram," meaning "assumed father," God could see that the man was already a father of many nations. He’s the God that quickens (gives life) to the dead, and calls things that didn’t exist as though they already existed. To God, Abraham’s future was history.
God’s Word to Abraham, that he (Abraham) would be the father of many nations already established Abraham’s future. God didn’t have to do anything more to change Abraham’s status from being childless. However, it was up to Abraham to take a hold of God’s Word and run with it.
One day, God brought him out in the night-time and told him to look up in the sky and count the stars (Genesis 15:5). Abraham tried but couldn’t number them, for they were uncountable. Then God said to him, "so shall thy seed be." At that point, Abraham believed, and it was accounted to him for righteousness (Romans 4:3).
As Christians, we’re the seed of Abraham, and it makes no difference what point you are in life; God has established a glorious future for you. He said, "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end" (Jeremiah 29:11). Your future is history with Him. Therefore, refuse to fret or worry over anything. By yourself, you can’t know the path of life that brings success, joy, victory and prosperity, but the Holy Spirit knows, and He’ll lead you in the path of greatness. Cheer up; your future is bright.
Prayer
Dear Father, I thank you for who I am in Christ. I’m the seed of Abraham and the world belongs to me. I refuse to worry or fret over anything because all things are mine already. You’ve made my life pleasant and my future is bright; for these I praise you, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
F u r t h e r S t u d y: Psalm 16:6 CEV; Isaiah 45:2; revelation 1:8
: Zechariah 12-14 revelation 20
: revelation 21:13-27 Zechariah 13-14

EBOLA where are thou? (This is the SOLUTION)

What do they call it? Ebola or What?
I have hear so much with respect to this worthless and useless disease they said caused by a virus. I wonder why people spread so much fear in order to elevate satan and his cohort or what do you expect when you feed your spirit with so much message of fear. No wonder the bible says "Faith cometh by hearing and hearing of the word of God"
Any name given to a disease(s) is not new under heaven and i do not want to know what name they are been call but one thing is certain "There is name that is greater than every other name, no name is greater than that name" and EBOLA or what do they call it come down flat under that name the name is "THE NAME OF JESUS"
He who have this name can not be defeated by EBOLA, we have ZOE in us and we give it out also to them that believe in this name JESUS. It is the God kind of life, given to us. Stop feeding your spirit with the wrong thoughts, meditate on God's word the more. When Jesus was preaching and healing the lepers, why did Jesus not keep away from the lepers because their disease are communicable in nature? He has that God kind of Life in Him. Job said what i fear most happen to me.
At this juncture, what you need now is to "BE BORN AGAIN", stop feeding your spirit with trash that doesn't count and meditate on God's word in other to be like Christ himself and do the nu-normal(or Abnormal) things (no wonder He said greater things we"ll do, to those that believe)
furthermore, if anything that is not in consonant with the word comes your way bind them in Jesus Name and Victory is yours 24/7 and throughout your life but please speak more in tongues to receive more from the Holy spirit. Call me if you want to be BORN AGAIN and also if you have any question on 08066286597. God bless you.
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THE DEMONSTRATION OF POWER - PASTOR ANITA OYAKHILOME

THE DEMONSTRATION OF POWER, THURSDAY, MAY 15TH, 2014
And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power (1 Corinthians 2:4).
The tremendous miracles, signs, and wonders performed by Jesus and the apostles weren't chronicled in the Bible for us just so we could read and be duly informed of what they did. They're to inspire us and to know we can do the same in our day through the power of the same Spirit .
Some Christians only read their Bibles, teach, preach, sing, pray, without more. Doubtless, Christianity transcends all that. You've got to have the manifestation of power in your life! The Bible says the Kingdom of God is not in words only, but in power also (1 Corinthians 4:20). Paul said, “I didn't come with words of man's wisdom, but in the demonstration of the Spirit and of power; that your faith shouldn't stand in the wisdom of men but in the power of God” (1 Corinthians 2:4-5).
As you get more acquainted with the Spirit through fellowship, His power will be awesomely manifested in your life. Often, before I minister, I wait for the anointing of the Spirit to come on me. When it does, I know that something has happened. Sometimes, when I'm praying, I can tell it's not just me moving, but the power of the Holy Ghost moving me. I can tell He wants to lay hands through me and do mighty things through me.
The question is: How much do you want the power of the Spirit to be demonstrated in your life? It's about your hunger for Him; your passion for the anointing to be manifested in your life! Remember, He’s Boss, so we don’t shake Him up to get Him to do things. Instead, we prepare for Him. The Bible says if you’re a vessel that's prepared, you'll be ready and fit for the Master’s use (2 Timothy 2:21); He'll continually demonstrate His power: His righteousness, grace and love through you!
PRAYER
Dear Holy Spirit, I recognize your presence and authority in my life; thank you for making me an able minister of the Gospel—a dispenser of eternal verities—in the demonstration of the Spirit and of power! Thank you for making me sufficient in your sufficiency to preach the unsearchable riches, graces, and wisdom of Christ, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY
Matthew 28:18-19
Living Bible (TLB)
18 He told his disciples, “I have been given all authority in heaven and earth. 19 Therefore go and make disciples in all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
Acts 14:8-11
Living Bible (TLB)
8 While they were at Lystra, they came upon a man with crippled feet who had been that way from birth, so he had never walked. 9 He was listening as Paul preached, and Paul noticed him and realized he had faith to be healed. 10 So Paul called to him, “Stand up!” and the man leaped to his feet and started walking!
11 When the listening crowd saw what Paul had done, they shouted (in their local dialect, of course), “These men are gods in human bodies!”
DAILY SCRIPTURE READING
1 Year Bible Reading Plan: John 7:1-24 1 Kings 15-17
2 Year Bible Reading Plan: 1 Corinthians 9:11-19 Proverbs 11

FAITH MAKES IT POSSIBLE - PASTOR CHRIS OYAKHILOME

FAITH MAKES IT POSSIBLE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 14TH, 2014
Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth (Mark 9:23).
One time, the disciples of Jesus tried unsuccessfully to cast a devil out of a young boy. When the Master showed up, He cast out the demon and the boy was cured. Of course, the disciples were stunned because Jesus didn’t do anything they weren't familiar with. They tried everything they had seen Him do, yet the devil didn't come out. Troubled, they came to Him privately afterwards, and asked, “Master, why couldn't we cast the devil out?” (Mark 9:28).
The Lord’s answer was very simple; quite unequivocally, He said, “Because of your unbelief…” (Matthew 17:20). Even today, many still ask similar questions. “Lord, I prayed the way you asked me to pray. I did every thing you asked me to do. Why couldn't I heal the child? Why did I lose the pregnancy? Why did the man die?” The Lord has the same answer for you: it’s because of your unbelief. The disciples must have thought they had faith, otherwise they wouldn't have tried to cast out the demon, but Jesus made it clear they operated in unbelief, not faith.
Some Christians today will argue with you if you told them they were walking in unbelief, and not faith. The proof that they were walking in unbelief instead of faith is that their faith didn’t work, for faith always works! The mere fact that you were asking, “Why didn’t I get the job?” or “Why didn’t I receive the money?” shows you were unbelieving. Faith doesn’t recognize or accept impossibilities. Faith doesn’t ask “Why didn’t I get it?” because faith already got it! The Lord Jesus said, “…for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you” (Matthew 17:20).
Never accept what some people have said about faith, that faith works sometimes, and doesn’t work some other times. Faith always works! 1 Corinthians 13:13 says, “And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three….” Meaning that these three are not unstable, they don't fail; they produce results all the time.
PRAYER
Dear Father, I thank you for the entrance of your Word into my spirit, causing my faith to increase and produce greater results. Your Word prevails in me today, and I experience its power and dominion in all my affairs, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY
Hebrews 11:6
Living Bible (TLB)
6 You can never please God without faith, without depending on him. Anyone who wants to come to God must believe that there is a God and that he rewards those who sincerely look for him.
Romans 10:17
Living Bible (TLB)
17 Yet faith comes from listening to this Good News—the Good News about Christ.
DAILY SCRIPTURE READING
1 Year Bible Reading Plan: John 6:60-71 1 Kings 12-14
2 Year Bible Reading Plan: 1 Corinthians 9:1-10 Proverbs 10

OUR AUTHORITY IN CHRIST - PASTOR CHRIS OYAKHILOME

OUR AUTHORITY IN CHRIST, TUESDAY, MAY 13TH, 2014
But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you...(Acts 1:8).
Though Satan is the architect of all evil and wickedness, not all sickness that people suffer from are directly from the devil. Jesus never gave us the impression that all sicknesses and diseases were directly connected with Satan. Of course, he has a remote connection with them because he was the cause of sin in the very beginning. Romans 5:12 says, "Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned." Sickness is incipient death; so once sin came into the world, sickness followed too.
One may then ask, "If satan has something to do with sicknesses and diseases, directly or remotely, how come doctors are able to treat and cure some sicknesses and diseases?" Well, satan isn't omnipotent. He doesn't have all power and he can't control all of nature. Therefore, no matter what he does, the natural man (let alone the Christian), still has some power and authority; and he can exercise that authority against satan.
For example, the Bible tells us about a man who was demon-possessed in Gadara. He had a legion of devils, and as Jesus came by, he ran towards Jesus and worshipped Him (Mark 5:6-7). Even though he had the devils in him, they couldn't restrain him from running towards Jesus. The devils didn't make him go to Jesus; he went of his own will, showing us that the devils didn't have absolute control over him; otherwise, they'd have prevented him from going to Jesus.
No matter what Satan does, you have the power and influence to undo whatever he's done. Human beings were created to be higher than angels, and consider that demons are fallen angels. When God created man, He granted him power over satanic forces. However, because man fell in the Garden of Eden, he lost his authority. Jesus Christ has come to give us authority in His Name, so that what we couldn't have done by our human ability, we can now do in His Name.
Thank God for giving the doctors the ability to treat some sicknesses and diseases, but where they fail, we demonstrate the power of Christ, and work miracles.
PRAYER
Dear Father, thank you for your mighty power that's at work in me to heal the sick and do the miraculous. I acknowledge, and take advantage of my authority in Christ to rule and reign as a king in life. Thank you for making me a success, and a champion, in Jesus' Name. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY
Luke 10:19
Living Bible (TLB)
19 And I have given you authority over all the power of the Enemy, and to walk among serpents and scorpions and to crush them. Nothing shall injure you!
Luke 9:1
Living Bible (TLB)
9 One day Jesus called together his twelve apostles and gave them authority over all demons—power to cast them out—and to heal all diseases.
DAILY SCRIPTURE READING
1 Year Bible Reading Plan: John 6:25-59 1 Kings 10-11
2 Year Bible Reading Plan: 1Corinthians 8:1-13 Proverbs 9

ANOINTED WITH EXCELLENT WISDOM - PASTOR ANITA OYAKHILOME

ANOINTED WITH EXCELLENT WISDOM, MONDAY, MAY 12TH, 2014
I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee (Daniel 5:14).
In the Old Testament, Daniel was celebrated as one who had an excellent spirit; he was blessed with excellent wisdom. Another example is King Solomon, who was esteemed as the wisest man that ever lived until Jesus. However, as much as we may admire the excellence and wisdom of Daniel and Solomon, we have something in the New Testament that they both didn’t have—Christ! He’s our wisdom. Colossians 2:3 says in Him are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. In other words, He’s the embodiment of all wisdom and knowledge.
This same Christ, according to 1 Corinthians 1:30, has been made unto us wisdom: "But of him (God) are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom…." Therefore, in Christ, we have access to all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. What an awesome reality! When you made Jesus the Lord of your life, and He took up His abode in the quarters of your heart, Wisdom took up His abode in you. Not only has Jesus become your Saviour and Lord, He’s also the Lord of your mind: your decisions, thoughts, and emotions.
Being the Lord of your mind means He directs your thinking. Your mind has become anointed to receive sanctified thoughts. 1 Corinthians 2:16 says, "…we have the mind of Christ." Your mind is anointed to think excellently and deal wisely in the affairs of life.
Thanks be unto God, that many Christians are beginning to appreciate and take advantage of that which Christ has made available to us. Many now understand and recognize how to walk in God’s wisdom, to live victoriously every day! Wisdom will teach you how to manage your home, your family, your marriage, your business, finances, and everything about your life. Keep learning God’s Word, and avail yourself of the privileges and advantages of divine wisdom.
PRAYER
Dear heavenly Father, thank you for the divine wisdom that’s been made available to me in Christ. My thoughts, words, and actions are anointed to produce excellence. I’m catapulted to a place of honour and promotion, through your wisdom that’s at work in me, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY
Proverbs 4:7-9
Living Bible (TLB)
7 Getting wisdom is the most important thing you can do! And with your wisdom, develop common sense and good judgment. 8-9 If you exalt wisdom, she will exalt you. Hold her fast, and she will lead you to great honor; she will place a beautiful crown upon your head.
Ephesians 1:17
Living Bible (TLB)
16-17 I have never stopped thanking God for you. I pray for you constantly, asking God, the glorious Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, to give you wisdom to see clearly and really understand who Christ is and all that he has done for you.
DAILY SCRIPTURE READING
1 Year Reading Plan : John 6:1-24 1 Kings 9:1-28
2 Year Reading Plan : 1 Corinthians 7:25-40 Proverbs 8

SET FAR ABOVE ALL THINGS - PASTOR CHRIS OYAKHILOME

SET FAR ABOVE ALL THINGS, SUNDAY, MAY 11TH, 2014
...According to the working of his mighty power, Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, Far above all principality,and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come (Ephesians 1:19-21).
The Father set Jesus not just above all principality and power, but far above all the different classes of spiritual beings: principalities, powers, might or thrones, dominions and every name that is named. Names like cancer, diabetes, leukaemia, asthma, HIV/AIDS etc., bow to the Name of Jesus. He has all power and authority, and He’s far above all kings, presidents, and governments. He’s “…the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords” (1Timothy 6:15).
When God set Him in this high place of glory He put all things under His feet, and legally declared Him to be the head over all things for the benefit of the Church. Read Ephesians 1:22-23: “And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to the head over all things to the church, Which is his body, the fullness of him that filleth all in all.”
The Church is His body; if, therefore, all things have been placed beneath His feet, and we’re His body, it means all things have been placed beneath the feet of the Church! Satan is under our feet; failure, sickness,poverty,and death are all under our feet. Glory be to God!
It doesn't matter what part of the body you are. Perhaps you just gave your heart to Christ, and joined the church yesterday or even today, you're above all things! You're seated at the right hand of God in Christ Jesus; that means you're in the place of divine authority and power. Therefore, reign in life, and rule over circumstances; exercise the dominion of the Spirit. Halleluiah!
PRAYER
Dear Father, I thank you for making me sit with Christ, far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come! I rejoice at this awesome blessing as I exercise my dominion in Christ, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY
Ephesians 2:5-6
Living Bible (TLB)
5 that even though we were spiritually dead and doomed by our sins, he gave us back our lives again when he raised Christ from the dead—only by his undeserved favor have we ever been saved— 6 and lifted us up from the grave into glory along with Christ, where we sit with him in the heavenly realms—all because of what Christ Jesus did.
1 John 5:4
Living Bible (TLB)
4 for every child of God can obey him, defeating sin and evil pleasure by trusting Christ to help him.
DAILY SCRIPTURE READING
1 Year Bible Reading Plan: John 5:31-47 1Kings 7-8
2 Year Bible Reading Plan: 1Corinthians 7:10-24 Proverbs 7

HE EMPOWERS YOU - PASTOR CHRIS OYAKHILOME

HE EMPOWERS YOU, SATURDAY, MAY 10TH, 2014
But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth (Acts 1:8).
Prior to this time, the Lord Jesus had told His disciples to wait in the city of Jerusalem until they were endued with power from on high (Luke 24:49). On the day of Pentecost, when the Holy Ghost came upon them, they received and were endued (clothed) with supernatural power to preach and teach the Word of God. When that happened, they went out and began to speak, knowing that the Holy Spirit would energize their words with power to save those who heard them.
Peter recognized and took advantage of that power. That was why he could tell the man at the gate of the temple called Beautiful, "...Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk" (Acts 3:6). When the man didn’t respond, Peter grabbed him by the hand and lifted him up, and his ankle bones received strength and he began to walk. Peter knew he had power; he knew the Spirit of the Lord was upon him.
The same Spirit that was upon the Lord Jesus is in each one of us today. Like the Master, that Spirit has anointed you to preach the Gospel to the poor. He has sent you to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind! He has empowered you to set at liberty them that are bruised, and preach the acceptable year of the Lord (Luke 4:18-19).
You’ve been empowered to tell the good news; and as you proclaim it, it’ll ignite faith in your hearers to receive eternal life.
PRAYER
Truly, I am full of power by the Spirit of the Lord; He has anointed me to proclaim His grace and truth to the ends of the earth, bringing men out of darkness into their divine heritage in Christ, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY
Micah 3:8
Living Bible (TLB)
8 But as for me, I am filled with power, with the Spirit of the Lord, fearlessly announcing God’s punishment on Israel for her sins.
Luke 10:19
Living Bible (TLB)
19 And I have given you authority over all the power of the Enemy, and to walk among serpents and scorpions and to crush them. Nothing shall injure you!
DAILY SCRIPTURE READING
1 Year Reading Plan : John 5:1-30 1 Kings 4-6
2 Year Reading Plan : 1 Corinthians 7:1-9 Proverbs 6

THE SEVEN-FOLD MANIFESTATIONS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT - PASTOR ANITA OYAKHILOME

THE SEVEN-FOLD MANIFESTATIONS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, FRIDAY, MAY 9TH, 2014
And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord (Isaiah 11:2).
Our opening verse describes the seven independent manifestations of the Holy Spirit in the life of the believer, which is indicative of the fullness of the Spirit. These are the Spirit of the Lord, the Spirit of Wisdom, the Spirit of Understanding, the Spirit of Counsel, the Spirit of Might, the Spirit of Knowledge, the Spirit of the Fear of the Lord. This doesn’t mean there’re seven Holy Spirits. It’s one Holy Spirit, but He manifests Himself in seven different ways. The term, “seven Spirits” is used to portray Him in Revelation 1:4, Revelation 4:5, and Revelation 5:6.
Let's read Revelation 1:4 (AMP): “…from Him Who is and Who was and Who is to come, and from the seven Spirits [the sevenfold Holy Spirit] before His throne….” Zechariah 3:9 sheds more light on this: “For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.” Notice it says, “…Upon one stone shall be seven eyes.” These seven eyes, in Zechariah 4:10 are the eyes of the Lord, which run to and fro throughout the whole earth.
Revelation 5:6 declares that all seven Spirits of God have been sent forth into all the earth. This means every Christian who has received the Holy Spirit actually has these seven Spirits of God dwelling in him. However, to receive the Spirit, and to have His seven-fold manifestation in your life are two different things. Until the Lord manifests Himself in your life fully through these seven Spirits, you'll never enjoy the best of Christianity, which is the life of the supernatural and the miraculous.
No wonder we're charged in Ephesians 5:18 to be filled with the Spirit: “Be not drunk with wine wherein is excess but be filled with the Spirit.” The fact that we're instructed to be filled with the Spirit presupposes that we’re not always filled with the Spirit. However, God wants us always to be filled with the Spirit. He wants us to have the fullness of the Spirit in us, and we can, because it belongs to us!
Recognize and appreciate the ministry of the Spirit in your life, and give yourself to the Word of God. Learn to speak and sing the Word to yourself in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs; sing and make melodies in your heart to the Lord always, giving Him thanks for all things, in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ! These are the ways to activate and walk in the fullness of the Spirit. To learn more get our book “Seven Spirits Of God.”
PRAYER
Dear Father, I thank you for granting me the fullness of the Spirit. I live in power and in the dominion of the Spirit today, reigning and ruling in life, with the power and glory of divinity revealed in, and through, me in Jesus' Name. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY
Revelation 1:4
Living Bible (TLB)
4 From: John
To: The seven churches in Turkey.
Dear Friends:
May you have grace and peace from God who is, and was, and is to come; and from the sevenfold Spirit* before his throne;
Revelation 4:5
Living Bible (TLB)
5 Lightning and thunder issued from the throne, and there were voices in the thunder. Directly in front of his throne were seven lighted lamps representing the sevenfold Spirit of God.
Revelation 5:6
Living Bible (TLB)
6 I looked and saw a Lamb standing there before the twenty-four Elders, in front of the throne and the Living Beings, and on the Lamb were wounds that once had caused his death. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which represent the sevenfold Spirit of God, sent out into every part of the world.
DAILY SCRIPTURE READING
1 Year Bible Reading Plan: John 4:27-54 1 Kings 2-3
2 Year Bible Reading Plan: 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 Proverbs 5

BRING FORTH GOOD FROM WITHIN - PASTOR CHRIS OYAKHILOME

BRING FORTH GOOD FROM WITHIN, THURSDAY, MAY 8TH, 2014
God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth (John 4:24) .
Your body isn't you; it's your house, the home of your spirit. For example, your physical eyes can't see by themselves; they're windows through which your spirit sees the world around you. Romans 12:1says “I beseech you therefore, brethren,by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.” If your life were comprised of your body only, how would you be able to present your body to God? This lets you know there's more to you than your physical body; you’re a spirit being; the “real you” is a spirit.
When a man is born again, it's not his mind or body that’s born again; it's his spirit. That’s where the life of God resides. When you received the Holy Spirit, He mingled with your spirit and became one with your spirit, in an inseparable union: “But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit” (1 Corinthians 6:17). Now you can better understand why your spirit really matters to God.
It's important to learn how to function from your spirit, and the way to do this is to keep your focus on the Word of God, refusing to be moved by the dictates of your physical senses. For example, the doctors may have diagnosed that there’s something wrong in your body. Even so, remember that your body isn't you. So, you can deal with that anomaly in your body by releasing healing and health from your spirit. The Bible says, a good man, out of the good treasures of his heart (spirit) brings forth good things (Luke 6:45).
Everything good that you could ever desire in life, is domiciled in your spirit; bring it forth from within you. Train your spirit with the Word; the Word of God reveals all the beautiful things God has deposited in your spirit, such as divine health, prosperity, victory, success, excellence, and the life of dominion. Stir them from within.
PRAYER
Dear Father, I thank you for the higher life, which I live in Christ. I no longer live from the ordinary plane. I think God’s thoughts, having been given the mind-set of the righteous, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY
Philippians 3:3
Living Bible (TLB)
3 For it isn’t the cutting of our bodies that makes us children of God; it is worshiping him with our spirits. That is the only true “circumcision.” We Christians glory in what Christ Jesus has done for us and realize that we are helpless to save ourselves.
Acts 13:2
Living Bible (TLB)
2 One day as these men were worshiping and fasting the Holy Spirit said, “Dedicate Barnabas and Paul for a special job I have for them.”
DAILY SCRIPTURE READING
1 Year Bible Reading Plan: John 4:1-26 1 Kings 1:1-53
2 Year Bible Reading Plan: 1 Corinthians 6:1-11 Proverbs 4

LIVING IN THE VICTORY OF CHRIST - PASTOR CHRIS OYAKHILOME

LIVING IN THE VICTORY OF CHRIST, WEDNESDAY, MAY 7TH, 2014
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us (Romans 8:37).
When the Lord Jesus appeared to His disciples after His resurrection, He announced, “All hail” (Matthew 28:9). This was a shout of victory. 1 John 3:8 says, “For this purpose was the Son of God manifested that He might destroy [shatter, paralyze] the works of the devil.” The enemy has been defeated and his works, paralyzed. Jesus has already done it. He’s not trying to make us victorious today; we're already victors in Him. We’re not trying to conquer; we're already more than conquerors.
Some people haven't really understood our opening verse, but it means exactly what it says. To say “we're more than conquerors” means the victory over our adversary is afore gone conclusion; we're no longer celebrating his defeat. We’re living in the victory already.
Imagine a sportsman, who wins a gold medal. He lifts his trophy in celebration and everyone rejoices with him. After that, the officials tell him that his victory is worth 5 million dollars, which they go ahead to pay into his account. Soon after, he starts living off his prize-money. At that point, he's no longer celebrating his victory, but living in his victory; because he's now using the money he won.
In the same way, you should no longer be struggling with the devil, fear, sickness, disease, or with failure, because you've gone past that level. Your victory over satan, his cohorts, and their evil works of darkness was announced when Jesus defeated and paralysed them in hell. You celebrated that victory when you found out that you were in Christ in His triumph over Satan and the cohorts of hell. Now, we're more than conquerors; living in the victory of Christ .
PRAYER
Dear Father, I thank you for making me a victor in Christ Jesus, and an overcomer in this life. The greater One lives in me; He's greater than the adversary and the systems of this world. In Him, I have power, dominion, and authority over sickness, disease, death, the flesh, and the devil. I’m more than a conqueror, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY
1 John 4:4
Living Bible (TLB)
4 Dear young friends, you belong to God and have already won your fight with those who are against Christ because there is someone in your hearts who is stronger than any evil teacher in this wicked world.
2 Corinthians 2:14
Living Bible (TLB)
14 But thanks be to God! For through what Christ has done, he has triumphed over us so that now wherever we go he uses us to tell others about the Lord and to spread the Gospel like a sweet perfume.
DAILY SCRIPTURE READING
1 Year Bible Reading Plan: John 3:22-36 2 Samuel 23-24
2 Year Bible Reading Plan: 1 Corinthians 5:1-13 Proverbs 3

GOD WANTS YOU TO BE ERUDITE - PASTOR ANITA OYAKHILOME

GOD WANTS YOU TO BE ERUDITE, TUESDAY, MAY 6TH, 2014
And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus (2 Timothy 3:15) .
In 2 Peter 1:5, when the Apostle Peter said, “And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge…” he used the Greek word, “gnosis” for knowledge. “Gnosis” is knowledge that you gain through intellectual activity; knowledge based on science. Therefore, he deals here with mental prowess! God wants you to put your mind to work; become erudite. He wants you to acquire intellectual knowledge, be smart and informed. That’s why He gave you a sound mind (2 Timothy 1:7).
When the Holy Ghost comes into your life, you become sound. He brings mental soundness and intellectual sagacity into your life. The Bible says that Jesus Christ is the embodiment of all knowledge; meaning that He knows everything about every career, field and discipline, and can pass some of that information to your mind; so that everyday of your life, and in every situation you find yourself, you'll know what to do! Your mind will be active, and your intellectual capability will beat its optimal potential.
Knowledge is so important. If you don’t have knowledge, you're going to be a loser, even though you have faith; you’ll be cheated. God said my people are destroyed for lack of knowledge (Hosea 4:6). This is why you must study. In addition to acquiring revelation knowledge, God also wants you to have scholastic wisdom. He wants you to be able to deal wisely and excellently in the affairs of life. This becomes a reality as you meditate constantly on His Word: “This Book of the Law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe and do according to all that is written in it. For then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall deal wisely and have good success”(Joshua 1:8).
PRAYER
Dear heavenly Father, I thank you for the inspiration, comfort, counsel, guidance and wisdom I receive from your Word today and always! Your Word has made me wise unto salvation, teaching and guiding me to deal wisely in all affairs of life, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY
Proverbs 11:9
Living Bible (TLB)
9 Evil words destroy; godly skill rebuilds.
1 Timothy 4:15-16
Living Bible (TLB)
15 Put these abilities to work; throw yourself into your tasks so that everyone may notice your improvement and progress.16 Keep a close watch on all you do and think. Stay true to what is right and God will bless you and use you to help others.
DAILY SCRIPTURE READING
1 Year Bible Reading Plan: John 3:1-21 2 Samuel 22
2 Year Bible Reading Plan: 1 Corinthians 4:11-21 Proverbs 2

UNDERSTANDING THE DEEP THINGS OF GOD - PASTOR CHRIS OYAKHILOME

UNDERSTANDING THE DEEP THINGS OF GOD, MONDAY, MAY 5TH, 2014
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth…(John16:13) .
Prior to His ascension, the Lord Jesus said to His disciples, “I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now” (John16:12). He said this, not because He was hiding certain things from them, but because they couldn't receive those things at the time. Jesus reserved the job of taking us further into the deep mysteries and revelations of God for the Holy Spirit. That’s what we read on our opening verse. The disciples had to wait until He came before they could understand most of what Jesus talked about. What were these things?
The Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, chronicle the life of the Son of God in the flesh; all what He did before He went to the cross; the healings and miracles that He performed. Now, the Bible tells us why these were written: “…these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name” (John 20:31). They were written to people who didn’t have the life of God, and didn't have the revelation of Jesus as the Son of God.
If you observe, the Gospels didn’t quite tell us why Jesus had to die on the cross, or why He was raised from the dead. Those who lived at the time didn’t under stand these things. Remember that Peter rebuked the Lord for saying He was going to die (Mark 8:31-32). The Holy Spirit had to come to unveil the deep things of God to us. 1 Corinthians 2:10 says, “But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.”
Through the Holy Spirit, we discover the things that have been freely given to us in Christ Jesus. While the Gospels spoke about the person of Jesus, the Epistles, beginning from the Book of Romans, talk about us—who we are in Christ—our abilities and heritage in Him! They show you God’s picture of you as a new creation, born of the Spirit, and superior to the devil and all the principles of this world. Halleluiah!
PRAYER
Dear Father, I thank you for flooding my heart with wisdom, and granting me the understanding of spiritual realities! My mind is illumined by the Holy Spirit to know, and take a hold of, my inheritance in Christ, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY
2 Timothy 2:15
Living Bible (TLB)
15 Work hard so God can say to you, “Well done.” Be a good workman, one who does not need to be ashamed when God examines your work. Know what his Word says and means.
DAILY SCRIPTURE READING
1 Year Bible Reading Plan: John 2 2 Samuel 20-21
2 Year Bible Reading Plan: 1 Corinthians 4:1-10 Proverbs 1

MAKING YOUR WAY PROSPEROUS - PASTOR CHRIS OYAKHILOME

MAKING YOUR WAY PROSPEROUS, SUNDAY, MAY 4TH, 2014
This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success (Joshua 1:8) .
God wants you to prosper in every area of your life, for He delights in the prosperity of His children (Psalm 35:27). 3 John 1:2 reveals the Spirit’s wish for you to prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers. In Christ Jesus, you’ve come into a rich heritage; a place of divine favour. 2 Peter 1:3 tells us that the Lord has given you all things that pertain to life and godliness.
Indeed, when you received Christ you were automatically catapulted into a glorious realm of prosperity and became an heir of God, and a joint heir with Christ (Romans 8:17). However, Galatians 4:1says,“...the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all....” In other words, though you're a joint heir with Christ, and all of God's wealth and inestimable riches belong to you, you have to grow in the Word unto maturity to enjoy the benefits of your inheritance.
This is where meditating on the Word and putting it to work in your life comes to play. As you meditate on the Scriptures, the Word is seasoned in your spirit, such that you think, talk, and live the Word. The Bible shows this to us as the way to make your way prosperous: it’s by meditating on the Word, and observing to do what it says. Now, this isn't just referring to financial prosperity, but prosperity all-round; in every aspect of your life.
The Apostle Paul, in 1 Timothy 4:15, reiterated the same truth: “meditate on these things,give yourself completely to them, that your profiting may appear to all.” When you meditate on God’s Word, your progress, advancement, prosperity, success will spread abroad, and be evident for all to see. This means that the extent of your success and prosperity is entirely dependent on you. To prosper in all you do—in your job, family, health, finances, marriage, etc.—continually meditate on the Word. This is His divine roadmap for true and lasting prosperity.
PRAYER
I thank you, precious heavenly Father, for my great heritage in Christ; thank you for setting me up for a life of endless victories, and sustained prosperity! As I study and meditate on your Word, my success and prosperity are evident, and spread abroad, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY
Psalm 1:1-3
Living Bible (TLB)
1 Oh, the joys of those who do not follow evil men’s advice, who do not hang around with sinners, scoffing at the things of God. 2 But they delight in doing everything God wants them to, and day and night are always meditating on his laws and thinking about ways to follow him more closely.
3 They are like trees along a riverbank bearing luscious fruit each season without fail. Their leaves shall never wither, and all they do shall prosper.
Psalm 35:27
Living Bible (TLB)
27 But give great joy to all who wish me well. Let them shout with delight, “Great is the Lord who enjoys helping his child!”
DAILY SCRIPTURE READING
1 Year Bible Reading Plan: John 1:19-51 2 Samuel 18-19
2 Year Bible Reading Plan: 1 Corinthians 3:10-23 Psalm 149-150

BE CONSCIOUS OF YOUR SPIRITUALITY - PASTOR ANITA OYAKHILOME

BE CONSCIOUS OF YOUR SPIRITUALITY,  SATURDAY, MAY 3RD, 2014
PASTOR ANITA
For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace (Romans 8:6).
In Christ, we’ve been born into a real, authentic, functional spiritual kingdom. That’s where we live right now. We live in, and carry out our everyday activities from that spiritual kingdom. However, to enjoy the blessings that belong to you in that realm of life, you’re required to have adequate knowledge of the Word and understand spiritual principles of the Kingdom of God.
Many Christians are not yet fully conscious that they’re in a spiritual kingdom; they’re only conscious of that which exists in the physical realm. Such, for example, are hardly conscious of the myriads of angels around and with us. They’re yet to take advantage of the ministry of the Holy Spirit, as He speaks to them from within, and seeks to guide them in all the affairs of life; hence, they live ordinary lives.
The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the Gospel of the spiritual life. Romans 6:11 says, "Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be…alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord." In other words, reckon yourselves to be alive to the realm of the spirit; alive to the things of God—beyond the sense realm. Our opening verse says "…to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace" (Romans 8:6).
Anyone who believes in Jesus Christ has passed from death unto life; which means you’ve been automatically transferred from the domain of darkness, to the domain of life. The Bible calls it the "Kingdom of His dear Son" (Colossians 1:13); you live in that Kingdom now: though you’re in the world, but you’re not of this world. Therefore, you can’t afford to live by the principles of this physical world.
True and lasting success is spiritual, and it’s based on spiritual principles. Become conscious of the spiritual realm, and control things from that realm. When you focus on, and function from, the realm of the spirit, nothing in this physical world will be able to hinder your success, and victories in life.
CONFESSION
I see and experience possibilities, victories and success only, as I keep my gaze on the Word of God; my affections are set only on the realities of the spiritual kingdom to which I belong. I live, and walk, in the full consciousness of all that belong to me in Christ Jesus. Glory to His Name forever!
FURTHER STUDY
2 Timothy 4:18
Living Bible (TLB)
18 Yes, and the Lord will always deliver me from all evil and will bring me into his heavenly Kingdom. To God be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
Colossians 1:13
Living Bible (TLB)
13 For he has rescued us out of the darkness and gloom of Satan’s kingdom and brought us into the Kingdom of his dear Son,
DAILY SCRIPTURE READING
1 Year Reading Plan : John 1:1-18 2 Samuel 15-17
2 Year Reading Plan : 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 Psalm 147-148

CHRIST: THE GLORY-LIFE - PASTOR CHRIS OYAKHILOME

CHRIST: THE GLORY-LIFE *RHAPSODY OF REALITIES DAILY DEVOTIONAL* FRIDAY, MAY 2ND, 2014
PASTOR CHRIS
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved (Acts 4:12).
There’re people who say, "I believe in Jesus Christ, but He’s not the only Messiah." Anyone who professes or upholds this belief is ignorant of the Scriptures, for the Word of God is clear: salvation comes by no other way, through no other name, except by the name Jesus! You can’t believe in Jesus Christ, and still believe there’s "another" way; He’s the ONLY way! He said, "…I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me" (John 14:6). Notice, He didn’t say, "I am a way," but, "I am the way, the truth and the life." He was both definite and emphatic! It’s wrong therefore to say there’re other ways to God, apart from Jesus Christ.
Romans 1:4 tells us that Jesus Christ was declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead. No one else has been so described in all of history, only the Lord Jesus. The Scriptures firmly declare that He was raised from the dead, and He’s alive forever more. There’s no book in the world that declares any religious leader to be alive, after death—none. When they died, they were finished. Only Jesus died, was buried, and was raised back to life by the glory of the Father, and physically levitated to heaven in His glorified bodily form.
Christianity isn’t among the many religions in the world to join, because it isn’t a religion. It’s the pulsating life of the risen Christ in the human body. It’s divinity alive in humanity; it’s Christ taking up His abode in the quarters of your heart. So, in Christianity, you don’t come into "a religion"; you come into Christ! You embraced the transcendent life of dominion, excellence, power, righteousness, and boundless joy that’s only available in Him.
PRAYER
Dear Father, thank you for the eternal salvation you’ve made available in Christ Jesus, the Great Shepherd; my life is founded in Him. I pray that today, many will receive that grace of God, which has brought salvation to all men, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY
Hebrews 7:25
Living Bible (TLB)
25 He is able to save completely all who come to God through him. Since he will live forever, he will always be there to remind God that he has paid for their sins with his blood.
Acts 16:31
Living Bible (TLB)
31 They replied, “Believe on the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, and your entire household.”
DAILY SCRIPTURE READING
1 Year Bible Reading Plan: Luke 24:36-53 2 Samuel 12-14
2 Year Bible Reading Plan: 1 Corinthians 2:12-16 Psalm 145-146

FROM DISTRESS...TO GREATNESS - PASTOR CHRIS OYAKHILOME

FROM DISTRESS...TO GREATNESS *RHAPSODY OF REALITIES DAILY DEVOTIONAL* THURSDAY, MAY 1ST, 2014
PASTOR CHRIS
…Every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men (1 Samuel 22:2).
Our opening verse describes the condition of the Isrealites who gathered themselves unto David; a rendezvous of broken people; they were down and out when they came to David. They were behind in their finances, dissatisfied, unhappy, uncomfortable and discontented. Before then, David had been anointed by the Spirit, through Samuel the Prophet (1 Samuel 16:12- 13). These men gathered to him, because they knew the anointing of God was on him. They knew that the anointing of the Spirit could change their situation for good.
When you read further into the twenty-third chapter of second Samuel, you’d find that, several years later, their hitherto disgruntled state had changed. From being in distress, debt, and discontent, they became David’s mighty men (2 Samuel 23:8). When it was time to give for the building of the temple, these same men who were once in debt, had become so prosperous, and gave bountifully for the construction of the Temple (1 Chronicles 29:6-7).
The same thing happens today as we minister the Word to many around the world. Those who receive the Word we share, no matter how miserable and dire their circumstances had been, the Word takes them out of obscurity to greatness. The anointing is on the Word to transform lives and set men up for greatness. It reminds me of when we first started out years ago. Those who came to us were those who some thought were too carnal, broken, dejected or lost to be transformed. However, we had the anointing that made the difference. Today, their stories have changed, and the same people are doing great and mighty things for the Lord all around the world.
Isaiah 32:15, says, "Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest." The Holy Spirit brings the anointing into your life and makes you productive, through the Word. He turns your wilderness into a fruitful field; He causes water to spring up from your desert. With the Holy Spirit, your experience will be that of productivity, growth, increase, expansion and progress in every area of your life!
CONFESSION
The Lord has set me apart for greatness! The anointing that I’ve received abides in me forever, teaches me all things, and makes me fruitful and productive in all my endeavours, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY
1 Samuel 2:7-8
Living Bible (TLB)
7 Some he causes to be poorAnd others to be rich.He cuts one downAnd lifts another up.8 He lifts the poor from the dust—Yes, from a pile of ashes—And treats them as princesSitting in the seats of honor.For all the earth is the Lord’sAnd he has set the world in order.
1 John 2:27
Living Bible (TLB)
27 But you have received the Holy Spirit, and he lives within you, in your hearts, so that you don’t need anyone to teach you what is right. For he teaches you all things, and he is the Truth, and no liar; and so, just as he has said, you must live in Christ, never to depart from him.
DAILY SCRIPTURE READING
1 Year Bible Reading Plan: Luke 24:13-35 2 Samuel 9-11
2 Year Bible Reading Plan: 1 Corinthians 2:1-11 Psalm 143-144

IT'S YOUR NATURE TO LOVE - PASTOR CHRIS OYAKHILOME

IT'S YOUR NATURE TO LOVE *RHAPSODY OF REALITIES DAILY DEVOTIONAL* WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30TH, 2014
PASTOR CHRIS
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another (John 13:34).
In the Old Testament, God gave the Israelites several commandments, which they had to obey as a condition for enjoying the blessings of the covenant. However, when Jesus came, He brought in a new commandment, which is love. He said, “A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another” (John 13:34). He gave this commandment before His crucifixion. He commanded His disciples to love one another because love, for them, was an outside force. Thus, He had to give them a law to walk in love.
But then, the Bible tells us something striking in 1 Timothy 1:9, that “…the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers....” Now, after giving His disciples the love commandment, He proceeded to die on the cross for us, and God raised Him back to life. “…Thou art my Son, today have I begotten thee” (Hebrews 5:5). Today, everyone who believes in Him receives eternal life, and becomes a new creation (2 Corinthians 5:17).
In Him, we’ve been made the righteousness of God (2 Corinthians 5:21), so the law isn’t applicable to us because it was made for the unrighteous, but we are righteous. By making us new creations, He made it possible for us to receive the Holy Spirit, and the Bible says, “…the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us” (Romans 5:5). Love isn’t alien to us; it’s not an outside force; it’s our nature to love.
If you’re born again, you’re born of love; the Father has deposited His love in your heart; therefore, you can love the same way He does, for it’s your nature to love.
PRAYER
Dear Heavenly Father, I thank you for your blessed Word and its power in my life. Thank you for your love-nature in me, which makes it natural for me to walk in love and manifest your love to others, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY
John 15:12
Living Bible (TLB)
12 I demand that you love each other as much as I love you.
Romans 13:10
Living Bible (TLB)
10 Love does no wrong to anyone. That’s why it fully satisfies all of God’s requirements. It is the only law you need.
DAILY SCRIPTURE READING
1 Year Bible Reading Plan: Luke 23:50-24:1-12 2 Samuel 7-8
2 Year Bible Reading Plan: 1 Corinthians 1:22-31 Psalm 141-142

LIVE IN, AND BY, THE WORD - PASTOR ANITA OYAKHILOME

LIVE IN, AND BY, THE WORD *RHAPSODY OF REALITIES DAILY DEVOTIONAL* TUESDAY, APRIL 29TH, 2014
PASTOR ANITA
Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls (James 1:21).
The only material given to you to build your life is God’s Word. There’s no hope for anyone who ignores the Word, for the Word of God is life. Proverbs 13:13 says, “Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.” To ignore the Word is to set one’s self up for extreme disadvantage in life.
Hosea 4:6 says, “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge….” You need the knowledge of the Word to be effective in life and know all that’s been made available to you in Christ Jesus. Acts 20:32 says, “And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.” There’s no other way: the Word of God is the only means through which faith—the Godkind of faith—can be imparted to your spirit.
Every Christian must open his heart to hear and receive the Word. Our opening verse admonishes that we “…receive with meekness the engrafted word….” Those who ignore the Word have their joy short-lived. If you ever find yourself unhappy, unfulfilled or disoriented, stay in the Word; interpret and respond to situations on the basis of God’s Word. Have a rapacious appetite for the Word, and apply it to your personal life. Always, make adjustments in your life in line with the counsel and wisdom you receive from the Word.
The Word is for you to live by; we’re Word practitioners; we do what the Word says. That’s the way to experience the blessing of the Word in your life. James 1:22 says, “Be ye doers of the word and not hearers only.” Living in, and by, the truth of God’s Word means you’ve set yourself up for an eternal journey of glory and success.
PRAYER
My heart is open to receive the engrafted Word with meekness, faith, and gladness. The Word is effectual in me today, producing the fruit of what it talks about, changing me, and ordering the circumstances of life to align with God’s purpose and destiny for me, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY
Romans 12:2
Living Bible (TLB)
2 Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but be a new and different person with a fresh newness in all you do and think. Then you will learn from your own experience how his ways will really satisfy you.
James 1:25
Living Bible (TLB)
25 But if anyone keeps looking steadily into God’s law for free men, he will not only remember it but he will do what it says, and God will greatly bless him in everything he does.
DAILY SCRIPTURE READING
1 Year Bible Reading Plan: Luke 23:26-49 2 Samuel 4-6
2 Year Bible Reading Plan: 1 Corinthians 1:10-21 Psalm 139-140

FAITH RECEIVES NOW - PASTOR CHRIS OYAKHILOME

FAITH RECEIVES NOW  - PASTOR CHRIS OYAKHILOME MONDAY, APRIL 28TH, 2014
Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full (John 16:24). The Bible says that God knows what’s in your heart; He knows what you need, even before you ask Him (Matthew 6:8).
Now, if He knew your requests before you asked, it means He also already had the answer prepared. However, He requires your faith to make that answer real to you. The responsibility to receive is yours. Faith isn’t just based on asking, but also on receiving. Mark 11:24 says, “Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.”
Many know how to ask, but they don’t know how to receive. At the point of asking in prayer, you’re to believe that you’ve received what you’ve asked for; that’s faith! But if you’re hoping that God will answer your prayer someday, that won’t work, even though you believe it. So take possession now; declare that the healing, blessing or miracle you desire is yours now! Faith receives now! You say, “Father, I’ve asked for such-and-such, and I receive it NOW in the Name of Jesus.”
Remember that you don’t have to see what you’ve received with your physical eyes first to know they’re already yours; once you’ve taken possession with your spirit, soon enough, they’ll show up physically. Faith is the substance of things hoped for, and the title deed of unseen realities. In other words, faith calls real and done that which you hope for. Hebrews 11:1 says, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” That means the things you hoped for are now your present-hour possessions.
Faith doesn’t try to get something to happen; rather, faith knows and accepts that it has happened, and confesses and endorses it to be so now. Faith takes possession NOW!
CONFESSION
My faith is producing results; I walk in divine health, victory, dominion, and in the power of the Spirit today. I’m who God says I am, I have what He says I have, and I can do what He says I can do. My faith is the victory that overcomes the world.
FURTHER STUDY
Mark 11:23
Living Bible (TLB)
22-23 In reply Jesus said to the disciples, “If you only have faith in God—this is the absolute truth—you can say to this Mount of Olives, ‘Rise up and fall into the Mediterranean,’ and your command will be obeyed. All that’s required is that you really believe and have no doubt!
2 Corinthians 4:13
Living Bible (TLB)
13 We boldly say what we believe, trusting God to care for us, just as the psalm writer did when he said, “I believe and therefore I speak.”
DAILY SCRIPTURE READING
1 Year Bible Reading Plan: Luke 22:66-23:1-25 2 Samuel 1-3
2 Year Bible Reading Plan: 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 Psalm 137-138

A NEW LIFE OF GLORY AND EXCELLENCE - PASTOR CHRIS OYAKHILOME

A NEW LIFE OF GLORY AND EXCELLENCE *RHAPSODY OF REALITIES DAILY DEVOTIONAL* SUNDAY, APRIL 27TH, 2014
PASTOR CHRIS
I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee (Psalm 2:7).
1 Peter 2:9 says, “But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.” A literal reading of this verse would give an impression of the new creation as one who was called out of darkness into God’s marvelous light, meaning he had a past of darkness. This, however, isn’t true as the new creation in Christ Jesus never existed before, and therefore has no past.
The idea of the new creation having a past is mostly common amongst Christians, who look at it from the standpoint of “Once, I was a sinner, and now I’m a saint; once I was under the power of Satan, but now I’m free to serve God.” However, as you grow in the knowledge of the Word of God, you’ll discover that when you were born again, you weren’t taken from the hands of Satan and put in the hands of God; you’re actually a new creation. You’re not the man that was in the darkness; that man actually died with Christ. You were born into His marvellous light.
Observe our opening verse closely. Notice it didn’t say, “Thou art my son; this day have I raised thee back to life” no! It says, “Thou art my son; this day have I begotten thee,” meaning, “…this day I have given birth to you.” It wasn’t a continuation of the old life. When Jesus died, He died in the spirit, that’s why He’s called the first begotten from the dead (Revelation 1:5), not the first to be raised from the dead.
The Apostle Paul declared in 2 Corinthians 5:17, “…if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature.” Being born again, you’re a new creation; a new species—recreated in Christ Jesus and brought into a newness of life: “Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life” (Romans 6:4). No wonder the Bible says in Colossians 3:10, “…put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him.”
The life in you transcends this earthly realm; it’s the life of Christ—life beyond this world—a new life of success, glory and excellence. Walk in this consciousness today.
CONFESSION
I'm a new creation. I’ve put off the old man with his deeds and I’ve put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge after the image of God. Therefore, my life is one of success, glory, and excellence. Thank you for enlightening my spirit to know and live in the immeasurable and unlimited greatness of your power in me!
FURTHER STUDY
Colossians 3:10
Living Bible (TLB)
10 You are living a brand new kind of life that is continually learning more and more of what is right, and trying constantly to be more and more like Christ who created this new life within you.
DAILY SCRIPTURE READING
1 Year Bible Reading Plan: Luke 22:39-65 1 Samuel 29-31
2 Year Bible Reading Plan: Romans 16:12-27 Psalm 135-136

LIVE FOR HIM - PASTOR ANITA OYAKHILOME

LIVE FOR HIM *RHAPSODY OF REALITIES DAILY DEVOTIONAL* SATURDAY, APRIL 26TH, 2014
PASTOR ANITA
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me (Galatians 2:20).
Believing in the Lord Jesus means you can’t live for yourself anymore, but for Him. This understanding informed the Apostle Paul’s statement in our opening verse. When you were born again, you were actually crucified with Christ; you died in Him, and the life you have now isn’t yours, for He bought you with a price (1 Corinthians 6:20, 1 Corinthians 7:23).
2 Corinthians 5:14-15 says, “For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead. And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.” Having this mind-set will help you set your priorities right as a Christian. Being a Christian is more than being blessed by God or having all the nice things in the world; that’s living for oneself. Mark 8:36-37 says, “For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?” In other words, why would you want to live a life that profits you nothing before the Lord?
Refuse to be distracted or carried away by the world’s symbols of prosperity; live for the Lord and be committed to fulfilling His will for your life. Colossians 3:2 says, “Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.” The things that should matter to you in this life should be things pertaining to the Gospel. In Galatians 6:14, the Apostle Paul made a very inspiring statement; he said, “But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.”
Like the Apostle Paul, consider that you’re dead to this world, and the world is dead to you. Therefore, you shouldn’t live for yourself any more but for the Lord, because you died in Him.
PRAYER
Dear Father, thank you for the entrance of your Word has given me insight and understanding. My heart and focus are on you; you’re my help, my strength and exceeding great reward. My delight is in you, O Lord my God, and forevermore I will do your will, in Jesus’ Name, Amen.
FURTHER STUDY
Galatians 5:24
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24 Those who belong to Christ have nailed their natural evil desires to his cross and crucified them there.
Matthew 10:39
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39 “If you cling to your life, you will lose it; but if you give it up for me, you will save it.
DAILY SCRIPTURE READING
1 Year Bible Reading Plan: Luke 22:1-38 1 Samuel 26-28
2 Year Bible Reading Plan: Romans 16:1-11 Psalm 133-134

CALLED TO SANCTIFY - PASTOR CHRIS OYAKHILOME

CALLED TO SANCTIFY *PASTOR CHRIS* FRIDAY, APRIL 25TH, 2014
But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption (1 Corinthians 1:30).
What a profound scripture. It says, besides wisdom, righteousness, and redemption (riddance), Christ is also made sanctification to us. The word “sanctification” refers to the act or process of making holy or setting apart unto God for His eternal purpose. It’s translated from the Greek word “hagiasmos,” which means, “a purifier.” So, the sanctifier has come to live in you. Christ is not there trying to sanctify you; no! He has sanctified you, and continues to sanctify everything you do. He’s your separator; He has separated you from the rest of the world, from sin and evil, unto the glorious liberty of the sons of God.
Yesterday, we learnt about activating wisdom by speaking wisdom; in the same way, you’re also required to speak your sanctification, that is, words that cleanse. That’s why the Apostle Paul said, “For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer” (1 Timothy 4:4-5). You can purify or sanctify anything that belongs to you with the Word of God and prayer.
The Lord Jesus said in John 15:3, “Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.” Christ has gone to heaven, and we’re the ones bearing those wonderful cleansing Words to our world today. As we speak, people are purified; they’re cleansed, and moved from one level of glory to another! 1 Corinthians 2:13 says, “Which things also we speak….” We’ve got to keep speaking words of blessings, to cleanse and sanctify our environment and our world.
You’ve been called to an extraordinary life of beauty, of glory, and of a supernatural walk with God, because Christ—the sanctifier—is in you! He’s one with your spirit now (1 Corinthians 6:17); and through you, He’s carrying out His ministry of sanctifying all things to Himself.
PRAYER
Dear heavenly Father, I rejoice today in Christ, who is my sanctifier! I thank you for sending Jesus to bear my sins, present me holy and unblameable before you, and make my life beautiful! Thank you for making me the very epitome of your grace, and the testimony of your love and goodness, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY
1 Thessalonians 5:23
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23 May the God of peace himself make you entirely pure and devoted to God; and may your spirit and soul and body be kept strong and blameless until that day when our Lord Jesus Christ comes back again.
Colossians 1:27
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26-27 He has kept this secret for centuries and generations past, but now at last it has pleased him to tell it to those who love him and live for him, and the riches and glory of his plan are for you Gentiles, too. And this is the secret: Christ in your hearts is your only hope of glory.
DAILY SCRIPTURE READING
1 Year Bible Reading Plan: Luke 21:5-38 1 Samuel 23-25
2 Year Bible Reading Plan: Romans 15:20-33 Psalm 131-132

ACTIVATE HIS WISDOM IN YOU - PASTOR CHRIS OYAKHILOME

ACTIVATE HIS WISDOM IN YOU *PASTOR CHRIS* THURSDAY, APRIL 24TH, 2014
But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption (1 Corinthians 1:30).
What Paul communicates in our opening verse is different from saying “Christ Jesus has made me wise.” Through the Holy Spirit, he communicated a deeper truth, which is that Christ Jesus is made unto you wisdom. He didn’t just make you wise, He’s your wisdom. How big this is! It means your capacity is now the wisdom of Christ; your wisdom reservoir is Christ, so you could never lack wisdom. The question then is, “how do you activate the wisdom of God in you?”
First, you have to study the Scriptures. If you don’t know the Scriptures, you can’t activate the wisdom of God. The Bible says, “Deep calleth unto deep…” (Psalm 42:7). So, the more of God’s Word you have in you, through intense study and meditation, the more connection you’ll have with the wisdom of God. If you don’t deposit the wisdom of God in you (and the Word of God is the wisdom of God), you won’t know how to tap into it when there’s a need.
1 Corinthians 2:12-13 says “Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.” To have the wisdom of God released in your life, you must declare that you have, and operate in, the wisdom of God. You must speak the wisdom of God. If you ever find yourself in a fix, then say, “Lord, thank you for your wisdom that’s in me to handle this situation.”
Life will be easy and sweet when you take advantage of the wisdom of God for every situation. When you face challenges, ask yourself, “What’s the wisdom of God concerning this matter?” and then go into sessions of meditation on the Scriptures and praying in tongues. As you do, wisdom will come to you, and propel you to say or do what is exactly right to put you over in that situation. Christ has been made unto you wisdom to excel, reign and win every day in life. Have this consciousness.
PRAYER
Dear Father, I thank you for Christ who is my wisdom; as I study and meditate on your Word, light floods my spirit; my path is illumined to take steps in wisdom, such that I walk consistently in your will, plans, and purpose for my life. My life is a harvest of divine joy, peace, prosperity, health and promotions, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY
Ephesians 4:14-16
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14 Then we will no longer be like children, forever changing our minds about what we believe because someone has told us something different or has cleverly lied to us and made the lie sound like the truth. 15-16 Instead, we will lovingly follow the truth at all times—speaking truly, dealing truly, living truly-and so become more and more in every way like Christ who is the Head of his body, the Church. Under his direction, the whole body is fitted together perfectly, and each part in its own special way helps the other parts, so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love.
Joshua 1:8
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8 Constantly remind the people about these laws, and you yourself must think about them every day and every night so that you will be sure to obey all of them. For only then will you succeed.
DAILY SCRIPTURE READING
1 Year Bible Reading Plan: Luke 20:20-21:1-4 1 Samuel 20-22
2 Year Bible Reading Plan: Romans 15:10-19 Psalm 129-130

CAPTURE HIS "THINKINGS" - PASTOR CHRIS OYAKHILOME

CAPTURE HIS "THINKINGS" *PASTOR CHRIS OYAKHILOME* WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23RD, 2014
He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel (Psalms 103:7).
There’re certain thoughts I like to describe as the “thinkings” of God; the way He reasons. He doesn’t think the way men do, so, it’s important to know how He thinks and why He thinks the way He does. What are the thoughts on His mind? Of course, when you look in the Word of God, you can get the answer to this question.
For instance, humans think that morning and evening make one day. They think the day starts when they wake up in the morning, and ends when they go to sleep at night; but God thinks differently. Every time the Word of God made direct reference to a full day, God would always say “evening and morning.” For example, in Genesis 1:5, God said, “…And the evening and the morning were the first day.” He doesn’t relate from light to darkness. Rather, He thinks from darkness into light; from evening into morning (read Genesis 1:8, 13, 19, 23, 31).
No wonder He says, “But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day” (Proverbs 4:18). Observe He didn’t say, “But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more from morning into evening.” Men think that the day ends with evening, but God says, “No; your day goes into morning!” isn’t that wonderful! He reasons so differently; and we’re the ones who need to come up to His ways of thinking.
If you’re born again, you’re born of His Spirit. Then, the Bible says, “If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit” (Galatians 5:25). We’re not only born of the Spirit, but have also been called to walk in the realms of the Spirit of God. To do this, we have to be spiritually minded. Our thinking has to become the “thinkings” of God; it has to be on the level of the Word of God, not on the ordinary plane of life. We need to learn and meditate on His Word so that we can capture His thoughts and His ways of doing things. 1 Corinthians 2:14-16 says, “…we have the mind of Christ.” Therefore, it’s possible for us to reason at the same frequency with Him.
PRAYER
Dear Father, I thank you for flooding my heart with your divine thoughts, as I study and meditate on your Word today. My mind is sanctified to think at your level, and improve the quality of my life, as I walk in your ways, with my spirit conditioned for progress, prosperity and excellence, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY
1 Timothy 4:15
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15 Put these abilities to work; throw yourself into your tasks so that everyone may notice your improvement and progress.
Isaiah 55:8-9
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8 This plan of mine is not what you would work out, neither are my thoughts the same as yours! 9 For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than yours, and my thoughts than yours.
DAILY SCRIPTURE READING
1 Year Bible Reading Plan: Luke 20:1-19 1 Samuel 18-19
2 Year Bible Reading Plan: Romans 15:1-9 Psalm 127-128

HEEDING INSTRUCTIONS: AN INTEGRAL PATH TO GREATNESS - PASTOR CHRIS OYAKHILOME

HEEDING INSTRUCTIONS: AN INTEGRAL PATH TO GREATNESS *PASTOR CHRIS OYAKHILOME* TUESDAY, APRIL 22ND, 2014
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning (Proverbs 9:9).
At the beginning of the year, the Lord said to us that 2014 is our “Year of Greatness.” There’re certain things you have to know to function in greatness as the Lord has said. One of them is holding fast to instructions. Heeding divine instructions is an integral path to greatness.
Joshua 3 tells us how the Israelites camped by the Jordan, waiting to cross the river. There, God spoke to Joshua, Moses’ successor, who was charged with the task of leading the children of Israel into the Promised Land. The Lord said to him, “…This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee” (Joshua 3:7). Then, in the very next verse, He gave Joshua an important instruction: “And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the water of Jordan, ye shall stand still in Jordan” (Joshua 3:8).
Proverbs 4:13 says, “Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.” Often times, God’s instructions may not sound logical, just like when He told Isaac, to stay back in Gerar at a time of famine and hardship. Everyone else was moving to Egypt, but God instructed Isaac to stay where he was.
Isaac heeded and prospered in that land, in the same year of drought and famine. Genesis 26:13 tells us that he waxed great, made progress, grew until he became very great. He prospered so much that the Philistines envied him. God’s ways are different from man’s ways and that’s why it’s important to listen and follow His instructions and counsel. Never try to reason out His instructions in your head, for His wisdom is greater than man’s wisdom. 1 Corinthians 1:25 tells us, “…the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.” Think about that.
PRAYER
Dear Father, I thank you for teaching me the importance of responding quickly to your instructions and counsel. I wholeheartedly follow and respond to the guidance from your Word and the Holy Spirit on every detail of my life, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY
Proverbs 4:13
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13 Carry out my instructions; don’t forget them, for they will lead you to real living.
Proverbs 10:17
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17 Anyone willing to be corrected is on the pathway to life. Anyone refusing has lost his chance.
Luke 5:5-7
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5 “Sir,” Simon replied, “we worked hard all last night and didn’t catch a thing. But if you say so, we’ll try again.”
6 And this time their nets were so full that they began to tear! 7 A shout for help brought their partners in the other boat, and soon both boats were filled with fish and on the verge of sinking.
DAILY SCRIPTURE READING
1 Year Bible Reading Plan: Luke 19:28-48 1 Samuel 16-17
2 Year Bible Reading Plan: Romans 14:12-23 Psalm 125-126

HE HAS MADE YOU A BLESSING - PASTOR ANITA OYAKHILOME

HE HAS MADE YOU A BLESSING *PASTOR ANITA OYAKHILOME* MONDAY, APRIL 21ST, 2014
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice (Genesis 22:18).
In Genesis 12:2 God spoke to Abraham and said, “…I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing.” You’d observe that this was entirely God’s idea. Abraham didn’t ask to be great; it was God’s dream for him. It’s also important to note that God wanted to make Abraham great so that he (Abraham) could be a blessing.

Having been born again, you’re the seed of Abraham and that means not only are you blessed, you’re also a blessing. God wants others to benefit from your blessing. He already said to Abraham, “…in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed...” Therefore, it’s your calling to be a blessing to your world; it’s your inheritance to effect positive changes in this world! You’re in this world as an agent of change. Therefore, think of ways to positively impact the world of your time.
Many of God’s people agree that God has blessed them, but they need to catch the revelation that they’re the embodiment of a blessing! Galatians 3:29 says “…If ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.” To be in Christ means you’re born again, and as a result, all the blessings of Abraham are now your present-hour possessions. You’re a bundle of blessings!
You’re the temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 3:16); that makes you the embodiment of the fullness of the blessings of God. That’s why it’s a blessing in itself to those you meet, because you carry the blessing of the Gospel. Have this consciousness, and do something today to bless your world.
PRAYER
Dear Father, I thank you for making me the embodiment of divine blessing, such that everything I lay my hands upon prospers, with everyone I meet receiving an impartation of blessings. Thank you for a divine flow of your blessings in me to others, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY
1 Peter 3:9
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9 Don’t repay evil for evil. Don’t snap back at those who say unkind things about you. Instead, pray for God’s help for them, for we are to be kind to others, and God will bless us for it.
Genesis 26:4
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4 And I will cause your descendants to become as numerous as the stars! And I will give them all of these lands; and they shall be a blessing to all the nations of the earth.
Galatians 3:16
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16 Now, God gave some promises to Abraham and his Child. And notice that it doesn’t say the promises were to his children,as it would if all his sons—all the Jews—were being spoken of, but to his Child—and that, of course, means Christ.
DAILY SCRIPTURE READING
1 Year Bible Reading Plan: Luke 19:1-27 1 Samuel 14-15
2 Year Bible Reading Plan: Romans 14:1-11 Psalm 123-124