Be not deceived...!

Colossians 2:4, 8-10 NKJV

Now this I say lest anyone should deceive you with persuasive words. Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ. For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power.

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† Shalom †......! Day #151. Do you know that people are very persuasive with their words and even the devil uses them to preach false Gospel? Let us pray. Father,  let us not be fooled by the persuasive words of the devil but be sensitive to Your voice. Holy Spirit help us to discern between truth and false spirit.  In Jesus name we ask and pray, amen!

Friends,  we are carried away with things and informations shared in tge social media. Even sometimes people share false teachings, and those who are still young believers easily believe into such nonsense and they begin to agree those things without prior investigation and digging of the Word of God. Beware of such people who uses the philosophies of the world and preach. They use their intelligence and intellectual to Share the Word, but not of the spirit.  If the Word comes out of your spirit, it will go to peoples spirit. If it comes out of your head, it will go to peoples heads!

The fullness of the knowledge of God is in God. Theology,  is a study of God about the bible. In Greek tge word "Theo" means God. To study and understand God, you must be filled with the the fullness of God,  His Spirit in you and then you will be able to preach of tge Spirit of God, else we would be talking nonsense and of our head and not of the Spirit of God. I pray that you would desire the Fullness Of Christ in you. Amen! Hallelujah 🙌...

Let this day be the day of the Lord!

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Walk worthy of the Lord...!

Colossians 1:10-12 NKJV

that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him,  being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy; giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light.

† Shalom †......! Day #150. Do you know God has saved us and called us with the highest calling, therefore when He saved us and called us, He did not see us as a sinner though we are sinners yet He saw us with Love? Let us pray. Father, we want to thank You for calling us into communion with You. Holy Spirit help us to walk and live worthy of His calling the rest of our lives.  In Jesus name we ask and pray,  amen!

Friends, are we living our lives just somehow to make it to another day, striving and doing everything by all means we survive or are we living it with purpose in Christ Jesus with full of faith focused to Him our source of life and hope? You know friends,  we are to walk and live worthy of the Lord every seconds of our life. The Lord saw us with Love, and He saved us and called us into communion with Him, therefore let us stop fooling God and get serious about our life. We are saved because of His love and His grace therefore let it not be in vain if we still continue to live just like before.

Our lives must be fruitful that's why He called to go and bear fruit,  everlasting fruits in every good works we do. Always abounding in the works of the Lord, strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy; giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light. Hallelujah 🙌 , Amen!

Let this day be the day of the Lord!

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Be anxious for nothing...!

Philippians 4:6-8 NKJV

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are  noble, whatever things are  just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are  lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there  is any virtue and if there  is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.

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† Shalom †......! Day #149. Do you know that many people are carried away with many sensational news and events that are happening around them? Let us pray. Father, we pray that give us wisdom to differentiate as well as to know the things which are from You and as well as the things which are not of You. In Jesus name we ask and pray, amen!

Friends, be anxious for nothing, but in everything, in everything situation you are going through, every events that's happening around you, in your country, your family, your life, surrender it to GOD BY PRAYER AND SUPPLICATIONS WITH THANKSGIVING. Do not react as how the earthly people will do but do as How God will do. Many people are carried away with some issues regarding their country and even regarding some supernatural phenomenon. For example,  the latest thing the sounds of shofar is being heard here and there. And people and anxious about it,  what's going to happen, and left many unanswered and puzzled.

Therefore we as believers, whatever it is,  let us come back again to the Bible, the living word of God for reference. Let us also not take things lightly, but be alarmed, Jesus said "watch therefore" let us be watchful and continue to do the works of God more radically and aggressively. The coming of the Lord is at hand, yes and indeed. Let us be prepared for we do not know the hour of the day. Let us be found faithful to the end.

Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are  noble, whatever things are  just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are  lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there  is any virtue and if there  is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things. Let not anything derived our focus from God, but let us meditate on His word and His truth that sets us free from every anxious situation. You want answers? Find it in the Bible. There's a lot of answers you can get. Amen! Hallelujah 🙌! The key 🔑 here is, "in prayer and Supplication with thanksgiving."

Let this day be the day of the Lord!

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+_=ShErKaRL=_+
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To gain Christ...!

Philippians 3:7-11 NKJV

But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith; that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.

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† Shalom †......! Day #148. Do you know that whatever we have gained in the world,  from the world is NOTHING compared to what we have gained in Christ Jesus? Let us pray. Father,  we pray that we would gain The excellent of the knowledge of Christ and that we may know You and the power of Your resurrection that changes and transforms life. In Jesus name we ask and pray, amen!

Friends, the knowledge, the riches, the "joy", the "peace" or whatsoever you've gained from the world is nothing compared to what Christ has stored for you. We as a believer, must come to a point in our life and be able to say " what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ." When you preach Christ, you don't use you methodological theology to preach, but you use the wisdom of God to preach. You don't preach what you like preaching,  or what seems good to hear or even preaching according to all the worldly knowledge you've gained, but to rely fully upon God. Nah, I didn't say that it is wrong to go to bible schools or ecen gaining knowledge in the schools and universities, but what I'm saying is that we simply cannot you our knowledge to understand and to explain the mysterious things of God. Apostle Paul said "Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord". Apostle Paul he was a learned man, a bible scholar, a man who knows the law from A to Z, yet when he had an encounter with Jesus, everything has changed in his life.

Are you able to come to a point when you will be able to say " I count them as rubbish?" So that we may gain Christ and be found in Him, not having our own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith; that we may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, if, by any means, we may attain to the resurrection from the dead. Amen! Hallelujah 🙌! It not just speaking about whatever knowledge we have gained, but as well as all those riches, status, and so on. Are we able to Say that "I am nothing, I am zero?" When you have Christ, you have everything that you need. That you may know Him and the power of His resurrection, be conformed to HIS Death , meaning to crucify your flesh and gaining the Spirit of GOD in you. And the Spirit of God will teach you And show you everything you need to know and even give you everything that you would need to walk the journey of your faith in Christ Jesus. You cannot build a relationship with God using your own philosophies, but only through the faith you have in Jesus Christ, our Lord.

Let this day be the day of the Lord!

*** if you have any prayer request or any comments, or in anyway that I can serve today, please do let me know, I am at the Lord's service.

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Be not selfish...!

Philippians 2:3 NKJV

Let nothing be  done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself.

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† Shalom †......! Day #147. Do you know that selfish ambition will not bring us anywhere? Let us pray. Father, let us not strive against one another with selfish ambition but to uphold and lift up one another in faith and encouraging them to continue to stand firm in the Lord. In Jesus name we ask and pray, amen!

Friends, many of us unknowingly chasing towards a selfish ambition.  In the ministry,  we strive against each other instead of lifting up one another. Just because one selfish ambition we have, ww are willing to even backstab one another,  talking bad about one another, slandering, gossiping, ridiculing, criticizing all just to bring them down and we want to go up. By doing this, do you think the Lord is pleased? Humbleness is the beginning of every great ministries. If in this little things you aren't willing to be humble and highly esteem another better than you, I don't think so that you will prosper in you ministry. Most of the time I see it in my Facebook status updates, oh man sometimes I wonder why on earth they created Facebook.  People are shooting one another, ridiculing, criticizing and so on in the Facebook and the best part is they are "servants of God" and I don't know which God do they serve, for my God doesn't teach me that.

Friends one thing I desire to see is that everyone of you who reads my daily devotion,  I pray that God will use you extraordinarily. Catch the fire and run with the fire. Aspire for greater heights in the Lord and never remain at jist one level but continue to upgrade yourself in the Lord. This is my prayer and desire for you. Let us serve God with humbleness. Amen! Hallelujah 🙌!

Let this day be the day of the Lord!

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Finally......!

Ephesians 6:10 NKJV

Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.

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† Shalom †......! Day #146. Do you know that those who remain strong and faithful to the end shall receive the crown 👑 of life? Let us pray. Father,  for we know that our war is not against flesh and blood but against the principalities and the power of darkness. Therefore help us to remain strong, durable and faithful in You as we battle with You. In Jesus name we ask and pray, amen!

Friends, look at this word "finally" there's something apostle Paul is trying to tell to us. After everything you've done, either in serving, living... At the end of the day still you need to ve strong and durable and faithful in the Lord. Finally.. Friends it doesn't matter how life is treating you.  It doesn't matter how hard the enemy is hitting you and it doesn't matter who is against you. All you have to do is remain strong and durable and faithful ij the Lord. When you are strong 💪, you are unshakeable. Your foundation is firm in the Lord. Because we do not fight or battle against flesh and blood, but against the principalities and the power of the darkness, the evil spirits that's at work and not human beings, or government or anyone.

The word "finally" means at the end if something, at the final point or moment; in the end, in a final manner; conclusively or decisively. Literally,  Apostle Paul is saying, in the end, in the end of everything make sure your are still standing strong and standing firm in the Lord (I paraphrase it). How to remain strong and durable and faithful? You have to put in the whole armour of God. If you want to fight evil, then you must be equipped with all the spiritual weapons to battle against the devil!  Stand strong by putting on the whole armour of God upon yourself. Be strong in the Lord and in the POWER OF HIS MIGHT. It means your strength,  your power everything is from the Lord. Jesus is the source, without Him, you cannot fight the devil on your own. It simply means you are strong when you are in the Lord. Outside of Him, you are powerless. A power filled believer is a prayerful believer and a person who is intimate with the Lord. Not a prayerless believer and have no any relationship with God. Again friends,  finally after you have done everything alway remember God is there to help you to fight the battle. Never fight alone because you can't. You're not alone. God is with you. Amen! Hallelujah 🙌!

Let this day be the day of the Lord!

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Walk as the children of light...!

Ephesians 5.8-16 NKJV

For you were once darkness, but now you  are  light in the Lord. Walk as children of light (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth), finding out what is acceptable to the Lord. And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them.  See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

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† Shalom †......! Day #145. Do you know that as the children of light, you cannot have fellowship with the darkness but to expose everything done in darkness? Let us pray. Father,  we pray that You would equip us with our spiritual armours as we battle the darkness and expose everything which is done in the darkness.  In Jesus name we ask and pray, amen!

Friends, we as the children of light must be in the light of God. For once you were in the darkness, and now you have been saved into His marvellous light, His salvation. Although we live amongst the darkness yet, we are not to be like them but let the light of God shine through us in the midst of the darkness. You are not supposed to partake in the works of the darkness but you are to forcefully take back whatever the devil has stolen from us and all those souls that are still in the darkness!

Beloveds, we are living in the perilous times, evil getting more evil, many things are happening around us. Are you just going to sit the and watch the world burn or are you going to do something about it? Forcefully take back whatever the devil has stolen from us (our family,  our friends,  our loved ones, our generation,  our economy, our education system, our youths, and many more). Expose everything that's hidden and done secretly in the darkness. See then that you walk circumspectly, carefully, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Amen! Take on the full armour of God and fight the battle before you. You aren't alone in this for God and His whole battalions of angels is with you. Hallelujah 🙌!  God bless you!

Let this day be the day of the Lord!

*** if you have any prayer request or any comments, or in anyway that I can serve today, please do let me know, I am at the Lord's service.

Please leave a comment. It would be a blessing for me to hear from you.

In His Majestic service,

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