Spiritual Digest for the Day 08Dec2015

BIBLE VERSE FOR THE DAY "With all my heart I praise the Lord, and with all that I am I praise his holy name! With all my heart I praise the Lord! I will never forget how kind he has been" (Psalm 103:1-2 CEV). ************************** QUOTE FOR THE DAY Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings. - William Arthur Ward ************************** PRAYER/ACTION FOR THE DAY Pray that you will thank God with all your heart.

Spiritual Digest for the Day 07Dec2015

BIBLE VERSE FOR THE DAY "Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord" (Psalm 27:14 KJV). ************************** QUOTE FOR THE DAY If you have a tendency to move too quickly or to operate in your own strength and skill, pray for a red light in your spirit. Ask God to let you know when you are moving in your own will rather than in His. It will save you untold heartache! - Bob Gass ************************** PRAYER/ACTION FOR THE DAY Pray that you will not be in haste more than God.

Spiritual Digest for the Day 06Dec2015

BIBLE VERSE FOR THE DAY "When they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not allow them to" (Acts 16:7 NIV). ************************** QUOTE FOR THE DAY Do you recognize when the Spirit of Jesus is leading you to do things that are contrary to your seeming good plan? Do you willingly yield to the leading of the Spirit of Jesus when He leads you to do things in His own way? - Bayo Afolaranmi ************************** PRAYER/ACTION FOR THE DAY Pray that you will have the discerning spirit to know when the Holy Spirit is leading you as against when the devil wants to mislead you.

WHOSE SPIRIT?

Dearly Beloved, WHOSE SPIRIT? "When they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not allow them to" (Acts 16:7 NIV). I can still remember vividly a little drama in my Yoruba Sunday school class many years ago when an elderly man was reading the above quoted passage. Instead of reading "the Spirit of Jesus," he read "the spirit of the devil." Interestingly, the word for the devil in Yoruba language, "ESU" is short of a letter from the transliteration of the word for Jesus in the language "JESU." The elderly man unintentionally confused the two words together. The other members of the class tried to cleverly correct the old man. Nevertheless, I learnt a lesson from the confusion. Reading the passage superficially, one may tend to intentionally think that it was the spirit of the devil that was hindering Paul and his companions to enter Bithynia to preach the gospel there. Probably, that was the thinking of the elderly man that misread the verse. However, it was the Spirit of JESUS, not that of the devil that did not allow them to go there because of His own divine plan for the missionary journey of Paul. The lesson from this misunderstanding of the verse is that there has been confusion to the spirit that is leading many men of God today, especially those that find it difficult to differentiate between the Spirit of Jesus and the spirit of the devil. Do you recognize when the Spirit of Jesus is leading you to do things that are contrary to your seeming good plan? Do you willingly yield to the leading of the Spirit of Jesus when He leads you to do things in His own way? It is a pity that the spirit of the devil is the one that is leading many people today, and they think that it is the Spirit of Jesus. Whose spirit is leading you, the Spirit of "JESU" or the spirit of "ESU"? "For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God" (Romans 8:14 NASB). In His service, Bayo Afolaranmi (Pastor). Prayer Requests: 1. Pray that you will have the discerning spirit to know when the Holy Spirit is leading you as against when the devil wants to mislead you. 2. Pray that our men and women of God will know when the Holy Spirit is leading them to do things against their seemingly good plans.

Spiritual Digest for the Day 05Dec2015

BIBLE VERSE FOR THE DAY "I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus" (Philippians 3:14 NIV). ************************** QUOTE FOR THE DAY Today, whether life is ordinary or difficult, keep pressing on. At the end of the journey, you will see the amazing place God has prepared for us. And it will be well worth it! - C. P. Hia ************************** PRAYER/ACTION FOR THE DAY Pray that you will be able to press on in spite of all odds.

Spiritual Digest for the Day 03Dec2015

BIBLE VERSE FOR THE DAY "Always remember what is written in that book of law. Speak about that book and study it day and night. Then you can be sure to obey what is written there. If you do this, you will be wise and successful in everything you do" (Joshua 1:8 ERV). ************************** QUOTE FOR THE DAY There is a wealth of spiritual truth in the Bible, but it has to be mined through prayer and study. - Ron Meyers ************************** PRAYER/ACTION FOR THE DAY Help me, Lord, to always study Your words.

Spiritual Digest for the Day 02Dec2015

BIBLE VERSE FOR THE DAY “[The Virgin Mary] will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins” (Matthew 1:21 NIV). ************************** QUOTE FOR THE DAY Jesus came to turn our darkness into light, to transform our despair into hope, and to save us from our sins. - David McCasland ************************** PRAYER/ACTION FOR THE DAY Pray that Jesus’ coming to this world will not be in vain over your life.