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06/10/2017

05/10/2017

Make Time For GOD

1 Chronicles 16:11 (NIV)
Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always.

God is interested in your daily affairs. He want to be a part of your daily schedules. He want to lead your decision making processes; from the food you eat, the clothe you wear, the place you go to how you seal deals. He want to lead you in the way that you should go so you don't groan.

When you make the strength of God your strength, you're strengthened. It is through Christ who strengthens that we can make things happen (Philippians 4:13). When you always seek His face, you can never be put to shame. It is those who look to Him that are radiant and their faces will never blush for shame (Psalm 34:5).

How do you make time for GOD?
1. Wake up everyday and pray.
2. Read at least one chapter of the Bible everyday.
3. Reflect on the word you've read. Meditate. (Joshua 1:8)
4. Before making any decision, pray in the Spirit.
5. If you're not baptized in the Holy Ghost, number 4 will seem difficult. See a Spiritual Pastor (a shepherd full of God's Spirit).
6. Give thanks, always.
7. Listen to spiritual messages.
8. Listen for Divine instructions.

Prayer
Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for sending Your word to me today. This word have found a place in my heart to stay in Jesus name. It is being mixed with faith within me. Thank You Jesus. Amen.

Nathaniel Taiwo,
Pastor at HOME (House of the Mediator), Ibadan

04/10/2017

You're Not Alone!

2 Kings 6:16 (NIV)
“Don’t be afraid,” the prophet answered. “Those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”

Storms 101 is a compulsory course in the school of greatness. If you are called into a life bigger than you, get ready for storms.

The fundamental purpose of storm is not destruction, storms are Divine orchestration targeted at adequate human capacity construction. A smooth sea never make a skillful sailor. Storms are life exams set to test human abilities and help build commensurate capabilities. Storms are made for effectual building up and not eminent tearing apart. Just as it is possible for a teacher to be silent in exams, God can be silent in real life stormy weathers. But silence doesn't equate absence.

As Jesus was narrating how important it is for Him to depart, He promised to never leave us alone (comfortless). He said in John 14:16 that “... I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever...”. The Comforter will not stay with us for a while, He will be with us forever.

God is with us, every step of the way. That you can't see Him is not prove that He's not with you. His footprint are everywhere around you, you will see it if you're careful to observe. The fact that He's not saying a word doesn't mean He is not love; He want you to develop, to be built to full stature. He want to know how able you can stand the tests of life.

The later part of 2 Chronicles 20:20 says believe in the Lord your God, so shall you be established; believe His prophets, so shall you prosper. The word for today says, “Don’t be afraid,” the prophet answered. “Those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”

Prayer
Dear Heavenly Father, I thank You for sending Your word to me today. I thank You for assuring me that I am not alone. I thank You for strengthening my heart with Your word of life. This word will I keep in my heart that I might not faint in hope for life. From today, I refuse to become afraid of storms. I will rejoice because, as an eagle believer, storms are made to take me higher. Amen.

Nathaniel Taiwo,
Pastor at HOME (House of the Mediator), Ibadan

03/10/2017

Where Is Your Focus? (2)

Hebrews 12:2 KJV
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Jesus is the central theme of Christianity; He's the reason we are called Christians. In Acts 11:26, the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch because of their association with the name of Jesus. The life that Jesus lived was seen reflected in the lives of the disciples.

When scripture says we should look unto Jesus, what it means is that we should be identified and associated with Jesus. It is our identification with Him that makes us seeds of faith. And our association with Him keeps us in faith. To be identified with Jesus is to be joined to Him - that's what is referred to as being born again. And to be associated with Him is to be in constant communion with Him; keeping your eye on Jesus.

Anyone can be identified as a Christian but not all Christians are associates. Associates are loyal assistants whose delight should be -- to see that the will/interest of their lead becomes a success. Christians are called to be associates of Jesus. If the disciples were not loyal to the cause of the gospel, this message might not have been successfully passed down to us.

Interestingly, we don't get to become associates because we want to, we become associates because we have our focus on Him. When we stay with Him in prayer and the word, the glorious light of His life shines on us and we become empowered for supernatural works.

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

Prayer
Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for sending Your word to me today. Your word is become lamp to my feet and light to my path. As I keep my focus on You, I am changed. I become Your preferred associate, carrying Your will/interest at heart everyday of my life. Thank You Jesus for grace made available unto me. Amen.

Nathaniel Taiwo,
Pastor at HOME (House of the Mediator), Ibadan

02/10/2017

Where Is Your Focus?

2 Corinthians 4:16-18 KJV
[16] For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
[17] For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
[18] While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

Christianity is not all rosy. There are tough ticks and there are terrible thorns. The path is narrow and strait is the gate that leads to the making of a successful Christian. We bless God for the dispensation of grace that we presently live in, but hard work and faith in God amidst all of life's vicissitudes will never be it's substitute.

A life without troubles is a life with no divine proofs. Troubles are proofs that you have glory within you. No sane man will give himself to throwing sticks at unfruitful tree in order to have some fruits to eat. Only fruitful trees attracts the attacks of multiple sticks. When you suffer consistent attacks and troubles, be aware that theirs a measure of glory within you. The more the affliction, the greater the glory. You have a prerogative to faint not; to refuse to give up on life.

The word for today says, “Where Is Your Focus?” Focus is a magnifier. It expands anything it is mirrored on. Attention on the wrong things attracts more of it. It is important for man to know where and how to rightly mirror it.

The outward man is not the real man. Man is a spirit. It is wrong for man to focus on the outward happenings with little or no cognizance for the life that is within. Life is meant to be lived from within. The expression of thoughts and ideas seen and widely spread all over the world today are from some people's within. When you allow your outward happenings dictate what goes on within your spirit, confusion sets in.

The last verse of our opening scripture talks about looking not at things which are seen but at things which are not seen. Things which are seen are transient; able to expire. Eternal possessions are not seeable but are reliable. There are those who use the name of Jesus to acquire wealth and earthly possessions. This is not a bad thing to do. But when focus shifts from the essence of the Name to transients produced by the Name, their is misery in view.

1 Corinthians 15:19 KJV
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.

Prayer
Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for sending Your word to me today. I receive grace to rightly place my focus on eternal values. Perishable valuables will not sn**ch away my attention for eternal values. Thank You Jesus for today's knowledge. Amen.

Nathaniel Taiwo,
Pastor at HOME (House of the Mediator), Ibadan

29/09/2017

You Have A Future!

1 Corinthians 2:9 (Amplified)
But, on the contrary, as the Scripture says, What eye has not seen and ear has not heard and has not entered into the heart of man, [all that] God has prepared (made and keeps ready) for those who love Him [who hold Him in affectionate reverence, promptly obeying Him and gratefully recognizing the benefits He has bestowed].

God's promises never fails. His word doesn't return to Him void; they are yea and amen. Whoever takes Him seriously and hold on to His word personally will surely have a testimony.

Today's word says you have a future. What is a future? A future in simple term is the expected happenings yet to be seen. When you pray and trust God for anything, He reserves it for a later time. That later time can be the next 5 minutes or 5 years; if your optical eye is yet to see it, it is a future reference.

What makes a future is happenings. A future with no manifestation of a revelation is only a by-gone. To have a future is to carry a revelation. It is revelation that gives assurance of a future. It is revelation that conceives expectation of which births manifestations.

In Genesis 15:5, God showed Abraham the stars in the sky as a revelation that should help him stay in faith. It is that glimpse of the future that conceives his expectation of which we now see its manifestation all over the world. Today, our glimpse of the future is in Jesus. Jesus is the signature for our glorious future. He is our object of faith.

Colossians 1:27 says Christ in you is your hope of glory. It is in Jesus that the hope (expectation) of your glory (manifestation) can and should be found. Calculations and permutations is self-limitation. When you hold on to the word and trust in the Lord, your future is secured.

What the Lord have in store for you, as the scripture has said, eye has not seen nor ear heard, neither has it entered into the heart of men. Hold on to this word and trust Him with your heart. Your expectation will not be cut short!

Prayer
Dear Heavenly Father, I thank You for sending Your word to me today. I thank You for assuring me of a future in You. It doesn't matter what I am presently passing through, like Abraham, I will hold on to Your promises for me and trust in You. Always, I will rejoice in anticipation of my manifestation. Hallelujah!

Nathaniel Taiwo,
Pastor at HOME (House of the Mediator), Ibadan

28/09/2017

Where Are You Seated?

Ephesians 2:4-6 (NLT)
But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so much, that even though we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead. (It is only by God’s grace that you have been saved!). For he raised us from the dead along with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ Jesus.

“...For he raised us from the dead along with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ Jesus.” Hallelujah! Say to yourself, I am united with Christ Jesus! I have been raised up from the dead (spiritual slumber) and seated with Christ in the heavenly realms! Glory to God forever!

When you ask a Christian where h/she is seated and they are not sure how to respond or what answer to supply, it is because they have not been reading their Bible and probably, they have not been listening to a sent preacher.

In the world of today, we have so many pastors who have entered into ministry probably because they feel cool teaching God's word. Feeling is not a prerequisite for ministry. Spiritual discernment has nothing to do with perception or feeling, it is solely spiritual! When pastors handle things of the Spirit by sense and calculations, it affects their congregation. The Church may be full on the outside but the people are not full on the inside (John 7:38). That's why we have Christians who don't know who they are but only know what they have.

When you become born again, not only have you a new DNA, you also have a new placement. Your oneness with Christ offers you a position in the place of authority (read Matthew 16:19). Angels have been assigned to attend to you every minute because of where you are seated.

Your knowledge of the love of Christ for you keeps you seated with Him forever. And your ignorance sifts you and keeps you perpetually under duress. Uncertainty and anxiety steps in when you don't know where you are seated.

Hear this, if you are genuinely born again, you're seated with Christ. If you are not sure about your salvation, re-dedicate yourself to the Lord to avoid unpleasant stories that touch the heart. If you're not born again at all, surrender yourself to Him to reserve your seat with Him. JESUS is the Way, the Truth and the Life. Theirs no other name given by which we must be saved. Come to Him today.

Prayer
Dear Heavenly Father, I thank You for sending Your word to me this day. I come to You in the name of Jesus and I ask that you receive me just as I am. Wherever I have failed You, please forgive me. By Your mercy, melt me, mend me and make me Your most treasured beloved. Keep me seated with Christ forever and let my life bring glory to Your name. Amen.

Nathaniel Taiwo,
Pastor at HOME (House of the Mediator), Ibadan
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27/09/2017

Be Renewed!

Romans 12:1-2 KJV
[1] 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.
[2] And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

When a baby is born, life does not end for the baby immediately after h/her delivery, it is from thenceforth that life actually begins. As it is for new born babies, so is it for new born babes in Christ. Being born again does not end at the point of salvation, it continues with the renewing of the mind.

It is mind renewal that actually makes a person become a Christian, declaration of faith is only an act of pledging allegiance. If you're born again and you've not been transformed by the renewing of your mind, you will still mesmerize with the thoughts that have hitherto occupied your mind.

To be transformed by the renewing of your mind is to experience change in your ways and pattern of thinking and doing things by the influence of the word of God in a way that glorifies God and honors men. Mind renewal have to do with an individual un-learning many things and re-learning virtually every thing. It affect perspectives and reasoning.

Our opening scripture highlights few things that mind renewal creates in the life of a believer. They are;

1. Ability to prove what is good.
2. Maturity to accept things responsibly.
3. Grace for perfection.
4. Life at the center of God's will.

If a Christian will strive for anything in life, the above 4-figure highlight must top his scale of preference. Discernment is the precious gift of God to any successful individual; maturity is the ointment of peace; excellence is the seed of prosperity and; being at the center of God's will is the whole essence of life.

Prayer
Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for sending Your word to me today. From today, I become intentional about the way I study Your word. As I take in Your word, I pass out the useless things that have preoccupied my mind until now. Thoughts of malice, jealousy, po*******hy, drugs etc. (mention them) which have become strongholds in my mind are broken down now in the name of Jesus! I have become a changed man! Hallelujah!

Nathaniel Taiwo,
Pastor at HOME (House of the Mediator), Ibadan

26/09/2017

Stay Secured In God's Love For You! (2)

1 John 3:1 (KJV)
Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

It is not surprising that some people can't understand God's love. Obviously, our head is too small to comprehend His gestures towards us. God's love has no definition. From generations to everlasting, His works will remain mysterious. Jesus who is the demonstration of God's affection lives in eternity and His omniscience cannot be determined by mortal men's mental capacities. The Pharisees tried all they could but to no avail. He is the beginning and the end all by Himself; He lives in timelessness.

When people can't understand how God could love them, it's because they have not met Jesus. When Jesus shines the light of His presence in your heart, you become a changed person; a new you will emerge. At the instant, you know of a surety that your sins are forgiven and your shame is now forgotten. Hope rises up from within you and to you, the awareness of His love becomes tangible.

It is that tangible awareness of His love for you that births the joy of your salvation which makes you want to tell everybody about your new found love. The people in your world may not understand all these because the love of God has not been shed abroad in their hearts as it is now evident in yours. You now have to grow up, leaving infancy and become a son by showing them the way to the Cross.

You see, we don't just become sons of God, we get to become sons when we start taking responsibilities for the things of God; going about and sharing the love of Christ to our world. We increase and develop when we respond to God's love by sharing the testimony of Christ's love and how it changes us. The number of souls the light of our love shines on is a direct reflection of our acclaimed love for Him. If you love Him, you will talk about Him; you will share this message to your wall.

Please know this, the love of God is not same as the love of Christ. Jesus Christ is the love of God, we (believers) are the love of Christ. God the Father gave Jesus the Son to demonstrate His amazing love for us. Jesus the Son gave up Himself as atonement for our sins because of His love for us. It is a thing for a father to want to give his son for sacrifice, it is another thing for the son to surrender his will to that of his father. Jesus loves us enough to die for us. We owe Him nothing other than to reciprocate His gesture of love.

Today, share love. Talk about Jesus and be a blessing to someone in the name of the Lord. Stay secured in His love for you.

Prayer
Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for today's word. Thank You for the love You have for me. Your love towards me is liberating, comforting, renewing, assuring and everlasting. From today, I walk in the reality of this amazing love. As long as I live, my mouth will tell of Your love. Amen.

Nathaniel Taiwo,
Pastor at HOME (House of the Mediator), Ibadan

25/09/2017

Stay Secured In God's Love For You!

Romans 8:31-39 (MSG)
So, what do you think? With God on our side like this, how can we lose? If God didn’t hesitate to put everything on the line for us, embracing our condition and exposing himself to the worst by sending his own Son, is there anything else he wouldn’t gladly and freely do for us? And who would dare tangle with God by messing with one of God’s chosen? Who would dare even to point a finger? The One who died for us—who was raised to life for us!—is in the presence of God at this very moment sticking up for us. Do you think anyone is going to be able to drive a wedge between us and Christ’s love for us? There is no way! Not trouble, not hard times, not hatred, not hunger, not homelessness, not bullying threats, not backstabbing, not even the worst sins listed in Scripture:
They kill us in cold blood because they hate you.
We’re sitting ducks; they pick us off one by one.
None of this fazes us because Jesus loves us. I’m absolutely convinced that nothing—nothing living or dead, angelic or demonic, today or tomorrow, high or low, thinkable or unthinkable—absolutely nothing can get between us and God’s love because of the way that Jesus our Master has embraced us.

What a message! God's love for us is not only prophetic, it is proactive and protective. By the mouth of Prophet Isaiah to the message of Angel Gabriel, God's everlasting love for us was revealed. When God gave Jesus, He demonstrates the power of His proactive love for humanity. As Jesus lived with the people and led the disciples, the assurance of God's love became more apparent. There would be no need for those who believe on Him to see a prophet to know the Father; Jesus is the representation of the God-head.

When He died at the Cross, the power of God's protective love became activated. His resurrection became the foundation for our believe and conviction of His word as written in Psalm 118:17. Those who plug into the shed blood and believe on Him become new born; dead to sin and alive in Him.

When we carry about - the consciousness of our sonship and awareness of our righteousness in Him, nothing in this world can stop us from shining and manifesting the glory within.

This week, I put it to you to make the Message Translation of Romans 8:31-39 the word that you chew. As you meditate on the word, let it birth something unkillable in you. That you become abnormally aware of the truth that “nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us” (Romans 8:37 KJV).

Prayer
Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for sending Your word to me today. Your word have become life to my bones and medicine to my soul. Every part of my being responds to Your word as Your word find full expression in me. I now know that I am Your beloved, chosen and called, and no one would dare tangle with You by messing with me. Every backstabbing about me propels me towards my grand-destiny. The love you have for me is prophetically proactive and protective. Thank You for the knowledge of Your love for me. Glory to Your name forever!

Nathaniel Taiwo,
Pastor at HOME (House of the Mediator), Ibadan

23/09/2017

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22/09/2017

God Can Be Trusted

Jeremiah 32:27 KJV
Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?

The Lord our God is Omnipotent; He does amazing wonders. 1 Samuel 2:8 says He raises up the poor out of the dust and lifts up the beggar from the dunghill to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory. Our God is a wonder!

We all pass through seasons in life where things may not seem to be working. As you strive to put things together to become meaningful, there may seem to be some hindrance. At such seasons, you need to constantly say to yourself that the Lord God is able. He can, He will and He is up to something. He can be trusted! That it is not apparent is not prove that He is not working.

Satan have a crafty way of making you see your waiting time as a waste of time. He wants to withdraw your confidence in God so you can become restless, chasing what is meant to run after you. As a Christian, you need to understand that you're already set out for a life of faith in God by Christ Jesus. When you became a Christian, you sign up to a life of faith. You no longer have a right to trust any other thing or being other than the Supreme Being. In Jeremiah 17:5 God says, “...Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm...” It is now dangerous for you to trust man for anything.

In Isaiah 31:1, He says “Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the Lord!” Another word for “woe” is curse. As a child of God, you're expected to live by faith and not by what you see on social media. Your help is not in the world, it's in the Lord. Your faith is expected to hang on what God can do through man and not what man will do. Psalm 125:1 says “They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.” Wouldn't you rather trust God and abide forever?

Prayer
Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for sending Your word to me. Today, my capacity to trust You is enlarged and my faith is inspired. I receive grace to keep my confidence in You always. When my back is against the wall and it look as if it's over, help me not to surrender. Amen.

Nathaniel Taiwo,
Pastor at HOME (House of the Mediator), Ibadan

21/09/2017

The Winning Word

Luke 21:15 KJV
For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.

God is not a man that He should lie. What He says He will do is what He will do. In Psalm 138:2, David told of how God has magnified His word above His name. This is the confidence we have in Him; that none of His word will ever go unfulfilled.

When God says He will give you a mouth, what He is saying is that the creative power of His Word that made the world will always find His way out of your mouth every time you have a need to speak; thereby giving you the edge you need for life. Please take note that Jesus is the Word (John 1:1).

When He says He will give you wisdom, what He's saying is that by first making the Word available to you, the Word is become unto you wisdom (1 Corinthians 1:24). You have no need of thinking about what to say, when and how to say what to say, the Word in you will find His way out of your mouth with wisdom which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or resist.

When you keep the Word (Jesus) at the centre of your life, you have no need of rehearsing anything before you appear anywhere. Your life is not your own, He leads and you follow; He speaks and you utter. The Word will come out of your mouth by Himself with precision and with accuracy.

Presenting your proposal is easy with Jesus at the centre. He is the winning Word. Keep Him at the place He belong.

Prayer
Dear Heavenly Father, I thank You for sending Your word to me today. Thank You for the gift of the Word. Thank You for the promises in the word. Anywhere I turn to speak today, the winning word proceed out of my mouth. With the words of my mouth, I achieve great results. Amen

Nathaniel Taiwo
Pastor at HOME (House of the Mediator), Ibadan

20/09/2017

Shout Out For Mercy

Matthew 20:30-34 (NIV)
[30] Two blind men were sitting by the roadside, and when they heard that Jesus was going by, they shouted, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!” [31] The crowd rebuked them and told them to be quiet, but they shouted all the louder, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!” [32] Jesus stopped and called them. “What do you want me to do for you?” he asked. [33] “Lord,” they answered, “we want our sight.” [34] Jesus had compassion on them and touched their eyes. Immediately they received their sight and followed him.

There are prayers that may not attract the attention of Heaven unless found on the bill of mercy. In the sphere of God's mercy, protocols does not exist. At the shout for mercy, God is compelled to respond.

From our opening scripture, we see the story of two blind men whose situation would not place limit on their awareness of the presence of Jesus and what He is capable of doing to help their situation. They shouted for His attention. As they do this, naysayers tried to silence them but they increased the tempo of their shouts.

There are two important lessons in the story;
1. You need to be aware of who Jesus is and what He is capable of doing. Jesus affirm His position as “...the way, the truth and the life...” (John 14:6). He is The Way means He is the connection you need to get that job, win that contract, earn that trust. He is The Truth means you can trust Him with your life. He is The Life means He can sustain you for life.

2. You need to be aware of God's presence in your life all the time. The Bible says, there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother (Proverbs 18:24b). Jesus always stays close. He's your very present help (Psalm 46:1).

When you allow these awareness take root within you, people's ways of distracting in a bid to stop you from receiving your miracle will be ineffective. Your shouts will be recognized and responded to.

Prayer
Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for sending Your word to me today. I thank You for Your mercies that are always, ever without measure on me; they are new every morning, even today. In the sphere of Your mercy where protocols does not exist, I live, move and have my being. Thank You Lord. Amen!

Nathaniel Taiwo,
Pastor at HOME (House of the Mediator), Ibadan

19/09/2017

Offence Will Come

Luke 17:1-2 KJV
[1] Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! [2] It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.

Life is a continuum of events that is wonderfully knitted to places, processes and personalities. As you journey through it, you will meet people with different personalities. You will come across people who become a part of your life to be a blessing. You will also come across those who enter your life to teach you a lesson. You will be tempted to become bitter many times because offences must come from those who enter your life to teach you a lesson.

You will be disappointed many times and you may even want to stop attending Church services at such level of hypocrisy you see manifesting among those who are the called “Christ-ians”. Those you see as friends may also, surprisingly turnout to be wolves in sheep's clothing.

It is of immense importance that your heart be prepared for happenings as mentioned above, even more. With these, you know how to face life conscientiously and deal wisely when the devil throws people who are readily useful for his tasks and intentions at you.

In our opening scripture, Jesus said to the disciples, “...It is impossible but that offences will come...”. Meaning --- we cannot avoid being offended but we can choose not to be offended.

Offence is one powerful tool the devil use in distorting, delaying or denying the blessings of a believer. When people do things that are capable of getting you offended, you should become excited. Your excitement will not be some “make-up” to face-off your present feeling of disappointment, it will be based on your knowledge of the word of God (esp. 2 Corinthians 4:17).

When you confront offence with joy, you create confusion in the camp of the enemy and set yourself free from emotional bo***ge. When disappointments show up at you, especially from the household of faith, you don't allow it get into you and make it stop you from attending services, fellowships or meetings; the Church is your Father's house, no devil should chase you away from your inheritance.

Make a decision today, that whatsoever anyone will do for you, for your own peace and progress, you will not become offended.

Prayer
Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for sending Your word to me. Today, I set myself free from every form of emotional bo***ge by being intentionally joyful always. Offence will not get the best of me. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him! Amen.

Nathaniel Taiwo,
Pastor at HOME (House of the Mediator), Ibadan