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BE RECEPTIVE

*FAITH NUGGETS*  (*DAILY DEVOTIONAL*) *BE RECEPTIVE*. *There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.This man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, "Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him*."  *John.3.1 -2* How do you explain the fact that Mr Nicodemus a teacher of the law, a Rabbi yet came to Jesus not as a Rabbi now but as a student to learn from him, my dear that is not foolishness but readiness to know more and to have a better understanding of whatever that brought him to Jesus. It tells me that the man has what it takes to embrace a positive change in his life. From our discussion so far you can see that Mr Nicodemus was a man that has a mind that is receptive and not just receptive but also teachable, and willing to consider truth without immediate defense or shutdown. Why other are looking for a way to ...

THE LORD IS OUR STRONGHOLD

*LET US PRAY* *(PRAYER FOR THE WEEK)*. *THE LORD IS OUR STRONGHOLD*. *The Lord is good, A stronghold in the day of trouble; And He knows those who trust in Him*. *Nahum 1:7*. We are grateful O Lord 🎵 🎵 🎵 🎶 🎶 🎶 we are grateful O Lord 🎵 🎵 🎵 🎶 🎶 🎶 our God 🎵 🎵 🎵 🎶 🎶 🎶 for all you have done for us 🎵 🎵 🎵 🎶 🎶 🎶 alleluia 🎵 🎵 🎵 🎶 🎶 🎶 we are indeed very grateful O! Lord. Father indeed words are inadequate to tell how grateful we are to you for all that you have done for us, to you alone be all the glory in Jesus name. Lord as we hold on to you with everything in us knowing full well that you are strong enough to hold on to and to hold us, we commit this new week and this second half of the year into your hands asking that you bless us and the work of our hand so as to prosper us by the power in the name of Jesus. Lord, in this week may every effort that we are going to make no matter ...

BE HUMBLE

*FAITH NUGGETS*  (*DAILY DEVOTIONAL*) *BE HUMBLE*. *Thank God it is Sunday so continue to be blessed* *There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.This man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, "Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him*."  *John.3.1 -2* I may not be able to grasp the full reason why bro John choose to begin this particular verse with the introduction of Mr Nicodemus, I would have loved to call him Mr Nico for short but let us keep that one aside and concentrate on the subject matter, for a man of that caliber to go in search of Jesus am sure that there was something that he must have seen and know that was not normal. But, that not withstanding the effort that he made in search of Jesus if not for any other thing but to know Jesus personally and what was behind the exploits that H...

OPEN MINDEDNESS

*FAITH NUGGETS*  (*DAILY DEVOTIONAL*) *Keep soaring as the sky is not and will never he your limit* OPEN MINDEDNESS*. *There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.This man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, "Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him*."  *John.3.1 -2* There is nothing like been open minded whenever you want to find out the truth, whenever your mind is open and you are sincere to yourself God will definitely help you by sending men your way that will be of help to you in finding the truth. Mr Nicodemus was so open minded that he had to seek the truth and he eventually found it. While other Pharisee were seeking to destroy Jesus by condemning Him before others here is a man seeking him to find out the truth, as a teacher of the law Mr Nicodemus would have like others confronted Jes...

YOUR BACKGROUND CANNOT KEEP YOUR BACK ON THE GROUND

*FAITH NUGGETS*  (*DAILY DEVOTIONAL*) *YOUR BACKGROUND CANNOT KEEP YOUR BACK ON THE GROUND*. *There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.This man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, "Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him*."  *John.3.1 -2* I strongly believe that there is a very good reason why bro John choose to introduce Mr Nicodemus to us and not just introducing him but telling us much about him and his background and i believe that one of which is to let you and i know that our background cannot keep our backs on the ground. Having started looking at the introduction given to us by bro John today we will continue to explore more about Mr Nicodemus background. We were told that Mr Nicodemus was a ruler of the Jewish people but he did not allow his prestigious position to stop him from seeking s...

A FRIEND IN NEED

*FAITH NUGGETS*  (*DAILY DEVOTIONAL*) *A FRIEND IN NEED*. *There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.This man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, "Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him*."  *John.3.1 -2* Bro John started the third chapter of his gospel by telling us about a man called Nicodemus, he told us that the man Nicodemus was a Pharisee. The man Nicodemus made me to understand that there are two type of Pharisees, the first group are those that are far to see this ones don't see anything good in Jesus and the second are not far to see hence he could see Jesus. Bro John by telling us that he was a pharasee meant to tell us that the man Nicodemus was a religious man seeking the kingdom and not just sitting down in the name of a religious man and doing nothing about it, he was seeking for the sal...

ALL ROUND REST

*LET US PRAY* *(PRAYER FOR THE MONTH)*. *ALL ROUND REST* (.*CONGRATULATIONS AND HAPPY NEW MONTH BELOVED*) *Come to Me, all you who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest*.  *Matt.11.28*.  Take glory father 🎵 🎵 🎵 🎶 🎶 🎶 take glory son 🎵 🎵 🎵 🎶 🎶 take glory Holy Ghost 🎵 🎵 🎵 🎶 🎶 now and forever more 🎵 🎵 🎵 🎶 🎶 Now and forever and more (2) we have come this day to return all the glory to you Lord for the countless blessings that you continue to pour on us. Take all the glory both now and forever by the power in the name of Jesus. Beloved, i thank God for you and with you for making it not just to the seventh month of the year but the second half of the year, it is my pleasure to congratulate and welcome you not only to it but to thank God for you and with you.  The number seven is the number of rest and so i pray for you and with you that you will find rest on all sides...

BLESS THE LORD O! MY SOUL

*LET US PRAY* *(THANKSGIVING FOR THE MONTH)*. *BLESS THE LORD O! MY SOUL*. *Bless the LORD, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name! Bless the LORD, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits*:  *Ps.103.1*  To God be the glory great things he has done 🎵 🎵 🎵 🎶 🎶 🎶 so loves he the world that He gave us His son 🎵 🎵 🎵 🎶 🎶 🎶 who yielded His life in atonement for sin 🎵 🎵 🎵 🎶 🎶 🎶 and give Him the glory great things He has done. To you oh Lord that has done this for us be glory in time and in eternity by the power in the name of Jesus. Beloved as i congratulate you and thank God with you and for you for making it to the end of the first half of the year i pray for you and with you that the Lord will accept our sacrifice of thanksgiving on this wonderful day that He alone has made by the power in the name of Jesus  We return all the glory once and again to this great Go...

GOD WILL FINISH WHAT HE STARTED IN OUR LIVES

*LET US PRAY* *(PRAYER FOR THE WEEK)*. *GOD WILL FINISH WHAT HE STARTED IN OUR LIVES*. *Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen*.  *Eph.3.20*  What i say unto the Lord 🎵 🎵 🎵 🎶 🎶 🎶 all i have to say is thank you Lord (2×) 🎵 🎵 🎵 🎶 🎶 🎶 thank you Lord 🎵 🎵 🎵 🎶 🎶 🎶 thank you Lord 🎵 🎵 🎶 🎶 🎶 all i have to say is thank you Lord 🎵 🎵 🎵 🎶 🎶 🎶 indeed we will never be tired of thanksgiving you Lord for all you have been doing in our lives and family. Once and again thank you Lord. Beloved as we round up the first half of the year i pray for you and with you that the God that has been doing it for us since the beginning of the year will continue to do more for you and i in this remaining part of the first half of the year by the ...

GOD WILL MAKE A WAY

*FAITH NUGGETS*  (*DAILY DEVOTIONAL*) *GOD WILL MAKE A WAY*. *Those that said "who are you" are now gathering to pay you homage* *And it occurred that while He was blessing them, He parted from them and was taken up into heaven*. *Luke.24.51* Do you know that as beautiful as Jericho is and as hard as Elisha was trying not to be distracted in his pursuit of the blessing another set of the sons of the prophet came again to mock him for the second tine but he refused to give up that is why in the journey of the blessing the more you go the more challenging it becomes. Not minding Jericho and the sons of the prophets Elisha continued his journey to be blessed but the sons of the prophets gathered other sons of the prophet to the point that they were up to fifty in number just to make sure that they stop Elisha but the more they gather the more determined to make it Elisha becomes. Wait a min...

THE BLESSING MAKES THE DIFFERENCE

*FAITH NUGGETS*  (*DAILY DEVOTIONAL*) *THE BLESSING MAKES THE DIFFERENCE*. *You are fearfully and wonderfully made* *And it occurred that while He was blessing them, He parted from them and was taken up into heaven*. *Luke.24.51* One of the very reasons why Jesus blessed us was what the sons of the prophet told Elisha in Bethel and they said to him "Do you know that the LORD will take away your master from over you today?" In other words they were saying to him "after today you will be alone, better join us, he is going to leave you with nothing but Elisha never mined them. *Now the sons of the prophets who were at Bethel came out to Elisha, and said to him, "Do you know that the LORD will take away your master from over you today?" And he said, "Yes, I know; keep silent*!" *2Kgs.2.3*  In other words they were telling him that the man that he has followed all his life w...

THE BLESSING MAKES THE DIFFERENCE

*FAITH NUGGETS*  (*DAILY DEVOTIONAL*) *THE BLESSING MAKES THE DIFFERENCE*. *They will watch you celebrate* *And it occurred that while He was blessing them, He parted from them and was taken up into heaven*. *Luke.24.51* We have decided to take a look at how Elijah was taken up so that we took can learn one or two things about how to get the blessing because the way Elijah was taken up and released the mantle on Elisha is the same way Jesus was taken up and released the blessing upon you and i, the only difference is that our blessings is more superior to that of Elisha. We said that they left Gilgal which means rolling to Bethel which means the house of God, for you and i want to get the blessing we need to allow certain things that will not allow us to enter the house of God to roll away from our lives so that when we enter the house of God we will not be distracted or doubt the presence and the ability ...

YOU TOO CAN BE BLESSED

*FAITH NUGGETS*  (*DAILY DEVOTIONAL*) *YOU TOO CAN BE BLESSED*. *Thank God that it is Thursday because your star is already shinning* *And it occurred that while He was blessing them, He parted from them and was taken up into heaven*. *Luke.24.51* The first time that i heard about "double portion" was when Elijah was about to be taken up to heaven and he asked his servant Elisha what he wanted and Elisha said a double portion of your spirit sir, and he gave him the condition on which he Elisha could get the blessing. I don't know how Elisha knew what he knew because before they embarked on that journey Elijah begged him to stay behind that he was going to Bethel from Gilgal and Elisha refused to allow his master be, he was desirous of something and hoping to get it so he decided to follow until he gets it, From Gilgal which means "rolling" he allowed all things to roll away...

CONTINUOUS BLESSING

*LET US PRAY* *(PRAYER FOR THE WEEK)*. *CONTINUOUS BLESSING*. *Your cup of happiness is overflowing* *And it occurred that while He was blessing them, He parted from them and was taken up into heaven*. *Luke.24.51* Are you seeing what am seeing? Let me quickly tell you before i forget or move forward bro Luke said that while He was blessing them He was parted from them and i saw that the blessing was never ended before He left them that is to say that He is still releasing the blessing till now. He raised his hands in blessing them and till now He has not brought down the hands which means that he is still blessing you and i and that is the part that i love most because i love to be blessed always and that is what Jesus is doing for you and i. The bible made us to understand that He was doing that when He went to heaven meaning that He did not leave us alone, He left us with something and not just...

GENERATIONAL BLESSING

*FAITH NUGGETS*  (*DAILY DEVOTIONAL*) *GENERATIONAL BLESSING* *Divine protection is upon you* *And He led them out as far as Bethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them*.  *Lk 24:50*. There are things in life that should never be taken for granted some of which is the wish of a dying father, the advise of a dying father and the blessings of a dying father. As normal as they may sound they carry something that are mostly generational  Let us take a look at some of them, when Abraham wanted to die he made a wish and compelled his servant to make sure that he carries it to the later even to the point of making sure that the servant takes an oath to proof to him that he must do it. When Isaac wanted to die he sent for his first son and told him that he wants to pass on but that he will not do that until he blessed him and so he told him what to do so as to get it but unfortunate...

DIVINE VISITATION

*LET US PRAY* *(PRAYER FOR THE WEEK)*. *DIVINE VISITATION*. “*Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, For He has visited and redeemed His people*. *Luke 1:68*. We are grateful oh Lord 🎵🎵, we are grateful oh Lord our God, for all you have done for us,🎵🎵, we are grateful 🎵🎵, we are grateful oh Lord. Indeed we are not great fools to forget all that you have done for us Lord. We are indeed very grateful oh Lord. Beloved i pray for you and with you that as you step into this beautiful week made by the Lord for you and i to be glad that you will experience divine visitation that you turn your life around for good by the power in the name of Jesus. In life nobody has ever encountered God and remain the same, I pray for you today that you will have an encounter with this good and gracious God that will make you to begin to experience His goodness and benevolence henceforth by the power in the name of Jesus. ...

YOU ARE BLESSED

*FAITH NUGGETS*  (*DAILY DEVOTIONAL*) *YOU ARE BLESSED* *It is your season of laughter* *And He led them out as far as Bethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them*.  *Lk 24:50*. Jesus took them out to bless them and not to curse or discourage them which means that Jesus is interested in our being blessed and he did that when He was about to leave them so what is the significance of blessing them when you are about to leave them. The bible told us that the blessing of God makes us rich and adds no sorrow. Which means that God is interested in giving them what will drive away sorrow from their lives because in the world there are many things that can cause us sorrow. *The blessing of the LORD makes one rich, And He adds no sorrow with it*. *Prov.10.22* It follows that the blessings of God can make one rich in faith, rich in hope and rich in godliness and holiness to be rich h...

IT TAKES THE RESULT TO CANCEL THE INSULT

*FAITH NUGGETS*  (*DAILY DEVOTIONAL*) *IT TAKES THE RESULT TO CANCEL THE INSULT* *You are a blessing to your generation* *And He led them out as far as Bethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them*.  *Lk 24:50*. He led that out of Bethany before He blessed them because there are forces in Bethany that opposes prayer and prophecy and because he wanted them to be truly blessed he has to lead them out of Bethany. Did you not remember that it was in Bethany that Jesus gave a prophecy that the sickness of Lazarus will not lead into death and Lazarus died? *When Jesus heard that, He said, "This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it*." *John.11.4*  It wasn't because Jesus was a fake prophet but it was because Lazarus could not contend with the forces of Bethany that frustrates prophecy that is why to proof that Jesus was not a...

BE HUMBLE

*FAITH NUGGETS*  (*DAILY DEVOTIONAL*) *BE HUMBLE* *And He led them out as far as Bethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them*.  *Lk 24:50*. Before Jesus blessed you and i as represented by the disciples bro Luke told us that He lead them out and we said that for him to lead them out means that there is a journey of faith that needs to be made for one to be blessed, you don't sit at home or avoid fellowship and expect to be blessed. You must submit yourself to be led out if you want to be blessed  The blessing is for all of us but only those that can submit themselves to be lead out can get it so your being lead out is a test of your obedience to divine command and your submissiveness to the master. God will always resist the proud(those that will refuse to go) and gives grace to the humble(submissive ones) *Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submis...

AS FAR AS BETHANY

*FAITH NUGGETS*  (*DAILY DEVOTIONAL*) *AS FAR AS BETHANY* *And He led them out as far as Bethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them*.  *Lk 24:50*. Bro Luke started concluding his gospel by telling us how Jesus blessed you and i and as if that was not enough he told us that Jesus went as far as Bethany to bless us. My point here is that Jesus could have released the blessing where He met them because as at then He was no longer with them but He choose to lead them as far as Bethany to release the blessing. When we talk about how far Jesus can go because of you and i sometimes it sounds exaggerating but that is the truth, it always sound exaggerating because to you and i it is impossible because not that we cannot do some of them but because we will never take the pain to do that. Another thing why it always seem exaggerating to us is that when we look at the rational behind it or our qualific...

BE TRANSFORMED

*FAITH NUGGETS*  (*DAILY DEVOTIONAL*) *BE TRANSFORMED* *Saying, “The Lord is risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!” And they told about the things that had happened on the road, and how He was known to them in the breaking of bread*. *Lk 24:24-35*. Having risen from the dead Jesus became a spirit and for Him to function on this earth He had to carry a body and since His original body with which He lived on earth has been transformed into Spirit Jesus needed a body to operate so he had to leave Himself in a bread so that He can have a vessel to operate on the earth. When you participate in the table of the Lord you are donating yourself to Jesus to be used to birth His purpose on the earth and what is His purpose you may ask and i will tell you that it is to make the father known and Jesus whom He has sent. In this realm it takes the physical to operate that is why even Jesus that is God has to borrow fl...

YOUR STAR WILL NEVER BE HUNTED

*LET US PRAY* *(PRAYER FOR THE WEEK)*. *YOUR STAR WILL NEVER BE HUNTED*. *Where is He Who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the east at its rising and have come to worship Him*.  *Matt.2.2*  You deserve a very big thank you 🎵 🎵 🎵 🎶 🎶 🎶 you deserve a very big thank you 🎵 🎵 🎵 🎶 🎶 🎶 father you deserve a very big thank 🎵 🎵 🎵 🎶 🎶 🎶 a very big thank you 🎵 🎵 🎵 🎶 🎶 🎶 thank you my Lord indeed you deserve more than the biggest thank you ever for what you have done for us, what you are doing and for what you will continue to do. I pray for you and with you that whoever that is a star gazer and has been looking for your star not for good but for evil, child of God as we stand in agreement in prayer today may they never succeed in seeing your star by the power in the name of Jesus. Any man or women that has been looking for your star for evil and has not succeeded...

IT IS ABOUT TRANSFORMATION

*FAITH NUGGETS*  (*DAILY DEVOTIONAL*) *IT IS ABOUT TRANSFORMATION* *Go and succeed* *Saying, “The Lord is risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!” And they told about the things that had happened on the road, and how He was known to them in the breaking of bread*. *Lk 24:24-35*. At table love and recognition is established, love of the provider that did not demand anything from you yet provides for you out of love and generosity and recognition of who you are(self discovery) until you are discovered in God you are not covered. Today i want us to take a look at one or two things that happens at the table and try to see whether we can close this verse today so that we can move to other verses. Amen!!! The table of Jesus is not like any other tables, it is a table where divinity mingles with humanity, it is a table of transformation  The table of the Lord is a table of exchange, yes you hea...