Spiritual Digest for the Day 06Aug2015

QUOTE FOR THE DAY With the Grand Master, victory is assured, no matter how the board of life may look at any given moment. - Philip Yancey ************************** BIBLE VERSE FOR THE DAY "For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God" (Romans 8:20-21 NIV). ************************** PRAYER/ACTION FOR THE DAY Pray that you will be able to wait for God’s victory for your life.

Spiritual Digest for the Day 05Aug2015

QUOTE FOR THE DAY Everything happens for a purpose. We may not see the wisdom of it all now but trust and believe in the Lord that everything is for the best. - Author Unknown ************************** BIBLE VERSE FOR THE DAY "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose" (Romans 8:28 NIV). ************************** PRAYER/ACTION FOR THE DAY Pray to continue to trust and believe in the Lord until His purpose is fulfilled in your life.

Spiritual Digest for the Day 04Aug2015

QUOTE FOR THE DAY Most of us are farsighted about sin — we see the sins of others but not our own. - Julie Ackerman Link ************************** BIBLE VERSE FOR THE DAY “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye?" (Matthew 7:3-4 NIV). ************************** PRAYER/ACTION FOR THE DAY Pray that you will be able to see your sin clearly before seeing the sins of others.

Spiritual Digest for the Day 03Aug2015

QUOTE FOR THE DAY Jesus came to find us, for we could never have found Him if left to ourselves. It is a clear expression of the Creator’s love for His lost creation that He pursues us and desires to make us His own. - Bill Crowder ************************** BIBLE VERSE FOR THE DAY "For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost” (Luke 19:10 NIV). ************************** PRAYER/ACTION FOR THE DAY Pray for those that have not been found by Jesus that they will be led to His saving knowledge.

Spiritual Digest for the Day 02Aug2015

QUOTE FOR THE DAY God remains God no matter what. He will act in His own way and at His own time to deliver. He does not forget nor abandon His own. Continue to trust in Him. You will soon testify to His goodness over your life. - Bayo Afolaranmi ************************** BIBLE VERSE FOR THE DAY “How long, LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? ... But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation” (Psalm 13:1, 5 NIV). ************************** PRAYER/ACTION FOR THE DAY Pray that you will continue to trust in God no matter the situation.

ANGUISHED, YET TRUSTED IN GOD

Dearly Beloved, ANGUISHED, YET TRUSTED IN GOD “How long, LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? ... But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation” (Psalm 13:1, 5 NIV). King David was a man after God’s heart (see Acts 13:22). He got this appellation because of his unique relationship with God. Here was a man who was sanointed as king of Israel in place of Saul at a tender age but could not ascend the throne until after many years full of persecution, suffering, hardship and the likes. He could not stay at home. He became a wanderer with many other distressed people (see 1 Samuel 22:1-2). At a point, he had to relocate his parents to a foreign land (1 Samuel 22:3-4), and at another occasion, he had to seek refuge with the enemies of Israel to be safe (1 Samuel 27). Probably, David wrote Psalm 13 during this period of suffering. He complained that God had forgotten him and had hidden His face from helping him. He reasoned that his enemies were triumphing over him. In spite of his anguish, he expressed trust in the unfailing love of God, and still rejoiced in His salvation. What a contradiction! How could he trust Someone that had seemingly forgotten him? How could he rejoice in the salvation of Someone who seemingly allowed his enemies to triumph over him? David could trust in God in spite of his anguish because he knew the Lord that he was serving. He knew that God could deliver him from his suffering, and that that deliverance would come at God’s own time and God’s own way. No wonder, he normally enquired of the Lord before he ventured into any endeavour. Even when the lives of his loved ones were at stake, he enquired of the Lord before he pursue their captors (see 1 Samuel 30). He was never in a hurry more than God. He waited till the right time and he eventually became the greatest king of Israel. Many people cannot trust in God because of their predicaments. Some have even denied His existence because of one disappointment or the other that they have experienced in the past. To such people, if God exists and is powerful, He would not have allowed them to pass through such ugly experiences. Well, God remains God no matter what. He will act in His own way and at His own time to deliver. He does not forget nor abandon His own. Continue to trust in Him. You will soon testify to His goodness over your life. In His service, Bayo Afolaranmi (Pastor). Prayer Point: Pray that you will continue to trust in God no matter the situation.

Spiritual Digest for the Day 01Aug2015

QUOTE FOR THE DAY God’s dawn of deliverance often comes when hour of trial is darkest. That is God’s proof of presence and unending care. - Amos O. Tella ************************** BIBLE VERSE FOR THE DAY "Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me" (Psalm 23:4 NIV). ************************** PRAYER/ACTION FOR THE DAY Pray that you will always the presence of God in whatever situation you are passing through.