Be Excellent.

“Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.” Daniel 6:3(KJV) I will like to challenge you today to make up your mind to be exceptional. Rockerfeller said, “Excellence is doing common things uncommonly.” Do what you do in a way that no one has ever done it before. You can never go beyond where you are right now until you desire it in your heart, because we rise to the level of our expectation of ourselves. The Bible says in Proverbs...

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Born for results.

“Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.”              Isaiah 8:18(KJV) You must take responsibility for results because leaders take responsibility for results. When you have results of success and great accomplishments, you will be able to inspire others. Go for results, desire to be successful. Your results in life is what determines your influence. A Pastor whose ministry is impacting the whole world...

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Have integrity.

“A good reputation and respect are worth much more than silver and gold.”                    Proverbs 22:1(CEV) Character breeds respect. Nobody is going to respect you until they know you are a person that keeps your words because every man's character is measured by his integrity. You can never rise above your level of integrity because integrity is the true foundation of success. Peter J. Daniels one of the richest men in Australia said, “I have told the world that we can never separate morality...

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Be purpose driven.

“For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.”  Luke 19:10(KJV) From our opening scripture, we see that Jesus knew exactly what His purpose was, and He could express it to us in one sentence. This means that Jesus was successful and influential in His ministry because He was focused. Nothing makes men fail like broken focus. If you don't know where you are going, any road can take you there. Don't join the statistics of those who don't know where they are going. Some of them do not even have any dream, they have no...

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You have no limits.

“You will also know the unlimited greatness of his power as it works with might and strength for us, the believers.”  Ephesians 1:19(GW) When you receive the Holy Spirit, He not only empowers you He will also expand your vision. For instance, before Kenneth Hagin got filled with the Holy Spirit, his vision was to preach only in America. But when he got filled with the Holy Spirit, his vision expanded. This is because the Holy Spirit is the One who expands our capacity to achieve. When a man or woman is filled with the Holy Spirit you cannot...

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Be Supernatural.

“For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.” Romans 8:19(KJV) Child of God the whole of creation is waiting for the manifestation of the sons of God. This lets us know that people are drawn to people who carry the supernatural. In John 6:2 the Bible says, “And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased.” Do you know that miracles inspire followership? This is why a church that has the supernatural will always have followership. This...

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Be Nice

“Finally, all of you should agree and have concern and love for each other. You should also be kind and humble.”  1 Peter 3:8(CEV) Our opening scripture encourages us to have concern and love for each other. Are you kind to others? You ought to be kind to others as a child of God. God expects you to be caring and compassionate because that is the nature of God. Remember the Bible says in 1 John 4:8, “He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.” It has been said that, “people don't care how much you know until they know how much...

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Go for knowledge.

“Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”  2 Timothy 2:15(KJV) If you are going to inspire anyone, you must be ahead of them with information because knowledge inspires. So I encourage you today to go for knowledge and study the right materials so that you can fill your life with the right information. Do you want others to follow you? Then you must have superior knowledge. This is why you must study because nobody wants to follow a fool. So if you are going...

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Built to overcome.

“There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.”  1 Corinthians 10:13(KJV) Our opening scripture lets us know that whatever you may be going through right now is common to man. So change that mind set that makes you think it will be difficult for you to be able to overcome that temptation or trouble. Every temptation or trouble is common because other...

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Leadership is responsibility.

“Be careful about the way you live and about what you teach. Keep on doing this, and you will save not only yourself, but the people who hear you.” 1 Timothy 4:16(CEV) If you cannot lead yourself well, you cannot be a good leader of others, because leadership begins with you. The Lord Jesus also used this principle when He said in John 17:19, “And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.” The Bible in Basic English puts it this way, “And for them I make myself holy, so that they may be made truly...

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Who is tempting you?

“Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:”  James 1:13(KJV) Our opening scripture shows vividly that God is not the author of temptation. In other words, God is not the one tempting you. God does not want you to fall, so He would not tempt you with evil. So whenever you are tempted know that it is not coming from God. Where does temptation come from? The Bible gives you the answer in James 1:14-15, “But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own...

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Stand your ground.

“My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.”  James 1:2-4(KJV) It has been said that pressure is what forces deception to reveal itself. This is because pressure will always test the quality of your character. Can you stand pressure? I mean pressure that comes against your faith and convictions in the Word of God. David said in Psalm 27:3, “Though an host should...

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Do you Lie

“Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.”  Ephesians 4:25(KJV) God told me something, He said, “Only weak people lie.” Lying is proof you have weak character. That means that when success comes to you, it will destroy you. God said to me, “If you build your life and ministry on truth, you will sustain your success.” Then He went on to say, “But if you build your ministry on a lie, it will destroy you and your ministry.” Yet a lot of people do not know that when they lie,...

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Purge yourself.

“But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour. If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.”  2 Timothy 2:20-21(KJV) A prepared messenger is better than a prepared message. In other words God will put more time to preparing you before He uses you. I heard the story of a man of God who was praying and asking God to use him, then God...

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The responsibility of soul winning.

“Therefore, because we realize how greatly the Lord is to be feared, we are endeavouring to win men over, and God recognizes what our motives are, and I hope that you, in your hearts, recognize them too.”  2 Corinthians 5:11(WNT) Being a Christian is a call to a divine responsibility because God now depends on you for the salvation of others. I remember when I just got restored to the Lord as a teenager, I witnessed to my friends and I also prayed for the salvation of many others. Finally, a lot of young people living in the estate where...

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You are a leader

“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a peck measure, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house. Let your light so shine before men that they may see your moral excellence and your praiseworthy, noble, and good deeds and recognize and honor and praise and glorify your Father Who is in heaven.” Matthew 5:14-16(AMP) Everyone in the body of Christ is called to lead. This is because you are the light of the world. Light guides, light exposes, and light shows...

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Check your motive

“But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.”  1 Thessalonians 2:4(KJV) According to our opening scripture, I want you to be aware that for everything you do in the kingdom of God, God trieth your heart. In other words, God tests your motive for doing what you do in the house of God. Why do you do what you do in the house of God? Do you do what you do for eye service, so that the Pastor will see you and praise you? The praise of men should not...

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Take a Stand

“Make prayers for us, for we are certain that our hearts are free from the sense of sin, desiring the right way of life in all things.”  Hebrews 13:18(BBE)   A hidden sin in your life as a child of God is like a ticking time bomb. I want to encourage you today to deal with any compromise in your life. If you continue in any compromise or hidden sin and you do not expose it and turn away from it, it could lead you to a downfall tomorrow. Paul the Apostle says in 2 Corinthians 4:1-2(BBE), “For this reason, because we have been made...

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Cultivate a good conscience.

“This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare; Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:”  1 Timothy 1:18-19(KJV)  In our opening scripture, Paul the Apostle admonishes Timothy his son in the gospel to hold faith and a good conscience. This is important because some Christians have their conscience filled with guilt. The reason is because they have allowed certain compromise...

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Do you want to be promoted?

“For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.”  2 Corinthians 2:17(KJV) Today from our opening scripture we see that even in Paul's day, there were those who corrupted the Word of God for their own gains. The Analytical- Literal Translation(ALT) puts it this way, “For we are not as the rest, adulterating the word of God for financial gain, _but_ as out of integrity, _but_ as from God, we speak in the presence of God, in Christ.” Child of God, are you a...

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You can be blameless.

“A bishop then must be blameless, …”  1 Timothy 3:2(KJV) From our opening scripture today, the Bible shows us a very important requirement for leadership,  a leader must be blameless. If this requirement for leadership is good for ministry in God's house, then it will be good for business and every other platform of leadership. I had the opportunity to watch an interview of two of the world's richest men, during the interview, the younger one of the two men was asked to say what he admired in the older man.  He answered and said,...

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Foundation for enduring leadership.

“Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.” Acts 6:3(KJV) Today, you will notice from our opening scripture that the first thing the Apostles looked out for in those who were to become leaders is honesty. For an individual to be honest, he or she must have integrity. Integrity is the foundation for enduring leadership. Leaders who have been recognized and respected through the years are men of integrity. This is because without integrity your...

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Born to overcome

“Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.”  Matthew 5:14(KJV) The Bible says you are the light of the world. As the light of the world, I want you to know that there will be confrontations against you from the rulers of the darkness  of this world which the Bible talks about in Ephesians 6:12. These rulers of the darkness of the world are spirit beings that govern the world, but because we are the light of the world, we will always win over the rulers of the darkness of this world.   The Bible...

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Your primary mission.

“You are the salt of the world…”  Matthew 5:13(ISV) As a child of God be conscious knowing that you are the salt of the earth. One of the characteristics of salt is to preserve. This means that God has raised you to preserve this world from decadence. In other words, the Church is the only hope of the world. We must not forget the primary responsibility and mission we have as the salt of the world, it is to save the world and to preserve them from destroying themselves. If we turn away from that responsibility and mission, we would lose...

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Stand strong in the Lord.

“Do not be deceived: “Evil company corrupts good habits.””  1 Corinthians 15:33(NKJV) One of the plans of the new age order is to debase art, and to make it run mad. They intend to do this by promoting new forms of art which will corrupt and defile the imagination of people because art is the language of the spirit. This explains why the quality of music and films being produced these days are filled with nudity and rebellion. This is because it is part of the plan of the new age order to use media to promote and change mind set. This is...

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The truth about homosexuality.

“Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.”                1 Corinthians 6:9-10(NKJV) The new age order has as one of their plans to make homosexuality an alternative lifestyle. It will amaze you to know that this plan was proposed by Alice Bailey in the early 19th century....

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God hates Divorce

“The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.”  Matthew 19:3-6(KJV)   Another plan of the...

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Uphold the family structure and morality.

“Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. Be not ye therefore partakers with them.”  Ephesians 5:6-7(KJV) One of the plans of the new age order is to destroy the traditional Christian family structure. Why are they against the family? It is because the family is the core of the nation. If you break the family, you break the nation. It will interest you to know that one of the strategies the new age order intends to use to destroy the traditional Christian...

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Train up your Child

“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”  Proverbs 22:6(KJV) Secondly, do you know that reducing parental authority over children is one of the plans of the new world order? They intend to break the communication between parent and child so that parents do not pass on their Christian traditions to their children. They intend to carry this out by promoting excessive child rights which gives children the right to decide to do or not to do what their parents tell them to do. We thank God this...

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Guard your Children

“And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.”  2 Timothy 3:15(KJV) Do you know that one of the plans of the new world order is to take God and prayer out of the education system? For the most part, this has already been done in some Western nations where you can't pray in their schools. I am letting you know that this is one of the strategies of satan to redeem the nations of Christian tradition. This satanic plan also intends to change...

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Don't be Ignorant.

“in order to keep Satan from getting the upper hand over us; for we know what his plans are.”  2 Corinthians 2:11(GNB) In this month's devotional, within the next few days, you will be learning some very important thoughts that is going to help you understand why you should consistently live your life in line with the vision of the kingdom of God. I will like to begin by exposing the ten point plan of the new world order given by a woman named Alice Bailey. Alice Bailey was an occult prophetess who was born on June 16th 1880. She was listening...

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Don't borrow

“The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.”  Proverbs 22:7(KJV) Our opening scripture shows us that the rich would always have dominion over the poor and the borrower is slave to the lender. Don't borrow. This is because every time you borrow, you are saying you will be a slave to whoever you borrow from. Do you know that borrowing can be traceable to impatience? This is because when you borrow you want to enjoy today what you should enjoy tomorrow. You want to have today, what you can have tomorrow. So borrowing...

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Train up your child

“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6(KJV) The word train in our opening scripture means to narrow the child. This means that training is aimed at giving you a focus. To train up a child also means to discipline a child in the way that he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it. I encourage you if you are a parent reading this today to take your children and your teenagers seriously. The reason is because you have to narrow them in the way they should think,...

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Your self perception

“And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.”  Revelation 1:6(KJV) During the French revolution in the 1700, they killed the king and his wife, but they captured his young son alive. They didn't want to kill him because they felt he was innocent and if they killed him, he will go to heaven, so they decided to give him to a witch to teach him how to curse, then they will kill him so he could go to hell because they hated his father. While the witch tried to teach the young...

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How much do you know

“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: …” Hosea 4:6(KJV) The word destroyed in our opening scripture is from the Hebrew word 'damah,' it means to perish, to destroy, to fail, to be brought to nothing, to be made dumb, to be brought to silence, etc. Therefore with the understanding of the word destroy, it means that God is saying here that my people fail because of a lack of knowledge, they are brought to nothing because of a lack of knowledge. I want you to know that you are not where you are today because of the village you came from....

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Always give your best

“Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, …”  John 12:3(KJV) Our opening scripture stresses the value of the pond of ointment of spikenard Mary brought to anoint Jesus, the Bible says it was very costly. That is very important for us to take note of. This meant that she did not bring her left over to give to Jesus, instead she brought her very best. Don't give God your left over. Your left overs are not for God. It is not a sacrifice when you bring something you don't need anymore or something you want to get rid of...

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Partner with the gospel

“Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.”  Psalm 35:27(KJV) Today, I want to encourage you to favour God's righteous cause by getting involved with partnering with the gospel. For instance, one of the ways you can partner with the gospel is by getting involved with the free distribution of A Word In Due Season. This is because not everybody can buy a devotional, but when you give so that it can go out...

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Consider the poor

“Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble. The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.”  Psalm 41:1-2(KJV) Do you know that when you give to someone in need or you give to the poor it keeps you in health? Your reaction to the needy can also determine God's reaction to your health. The Bible says in our opening scripture, “Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time...

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Live consistently

“…turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.”  Joshua 1:7(KJV) When you learn to function consistently in the light of God's Word, you will prosper wherever you are and wherever you go. My life as a minster of the gospel is a testimony of this truth because I prospered when I was in Benin City, the city where our church started from. We were on radio once a week and the church was growing till we began to have two services. When the Lord told me to come to Bayelsa State I obeyed...

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Be consistent 3

“Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.”  Proverbs 22:29(KJV) The Bible shows us that if you are consistent and diligent you will indeed stand before kings and not before mean men; otherwise known as area boys in local parlance. If you are a business person reading this today, the question I will like to ask you is this, are you consistent in your business? Or you are unpredictable. For instance I have been to places to buy something and you hear them saying that the person...

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Be consistent 2

“Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.” Joshua 1:7(KJV)  I heard a story of a man named Steve Scott, he was always failing on his job until he met a dear man of God who counseled him saying that if he would read the book of Proverbs everyday, reading a chapter everyday for five years, he will be a millionaire. So he choose to begin reading the...

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Be consistent 1

“Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.”  Joshua 1:7(KJV)   The Bible in our opening scripture begins to show us some of the conditions for Biblical prosperity. One of the principles we see here is consistency. You have to have a consistency in the Word of God, this means that if you are unstable you cannot have permanent prosperity. This...

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Don't envy the wicked

“Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.”                    Psalm 73:13(KJV) The Psalmist in our opening scripture laments because of his sincerity to God after he had compared himself with unbelievers who seemed to be doing well and prosperous. He felt God had not rewarded him right for living in sincerity and purity. Do you know that there are Christians like that today who compare themselves with unbelievers and feel like God had not treated them fair enough?...

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Reverence God 2

“O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.”  Psalm 34:9(KJV) I heard a dear minister of God speak concerning his passion and reverence for the Lord. This minister said he had made up his mind to be the biggest offering giver in his church. When I heard that, I was stirred to begin to practice the same thing, and by the grace of God I have been going higher and higher in every way. Why do I give the way I do? It is because of my high regard for God. Therefore what I will not give to my fellow man I will not...

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