Wear love.

Monday,  October  31st. Wear love. “So, chosen by God for this new life of love, dress in the wardrobe God picked out for you: compassion, kindness, humility, quiet strength, discipline. Be even-tempered, content with second place, quick to forgive an offense. Forgive as quickly and completely as the Master forgave you. And regardless of what else you put on, wear love. It's your basic, all-purpose garment. Never be without it.” Colossians 3:12-14(MSG) Love is a very important ingredient in your spiritual growth. As you learn to love...

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Minister to the Lord.

Sunday, October 30th. Minister to the Lord. “One day as they were worshiping God--they were also fasting as they waited for guidance--the Holy Spirit spoke: "Take Barnabas and Saul and commission them for the work I have called them to do."” Acts 13:2(MSG) Ministering to the Lord is important for your spiritual growth and development. You can minister to the Lord by singing in the spirit (in tongues) or in your understanding (in songs) to the Lord. As you minister to the Lord in this way over and over again, God's presence will fill your life...

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Prayer and growth.

Saturday,  October 29th, Prayer and growth. “But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,” Jude 1:20 Prayer is a vital ingredient to your growth spiritually. By prayer here I am referring to praying in the spirit or speaking in tongues. Praying in the spirit will help you make spiritual advancement. Whenever you spend time praying in tongues, you are building up yourself by creating a platform for another level of spiritual growth. Praying in tongues also helps you to activate your faith to...

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Don't neglect services.

Friday, October  28th. Don't neglect services. “And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.” Hebrews 10:24-25 To grow effectively spiritually, you must prioritize your attendance to services in a church where the Word of God is taught. Remember that the Word of God is the agent for growth. In John 15:3 Jesus said, “Now ye are clean through the word which...

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To change your life.

Thursday, October  27th. To change your life. “It's your life that must change, not your skin!” Matthew 3:8(MSG) Your life as a Christian would not change until the following things change; 1. The books you read. 2. The movies you watch. 3. The company you keep. 4. Your daily routine. Now that you know that your life will not change until the things listed above change, what are the adjustments you need to make so that the new you can be revealed? You have to choose the books you read. Do not just buy any book and start reading, ensure...

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Beware of evil communications.

Wednesday,  October  26th. Beware of evil communications. “Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.” 1 Corinthians 15:33 I want you to know that just as developing the right relationships with believers of like faith can make you grow spiritually; having the wrong friends can weaken your faith spiritually and even cause you to fall. There are many things you are doing today because you have good friends. There are also some persons who have found themselves doing things they never thought they would do because they...

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True test.

Tuesday,  October  25th. True test. “A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.” John 13:34-35 The true measure of spiritual maturity is evident in your dealings in human relationships. All other exercises including developing a prayer culture and praying for hours is good but we can truly assess how well you have grown to become like Christ when we see the way you treat others. Spending...

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Christian fellowship.

Monday,  October  24th. Christian fellowship. “But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.” Hebrews 3:13 One of the benefits you get from fellowshipping with other believers of like faith is that other believers are able to challenge and inspire you with their lives every day. When you see the way other believers live their lives in truth and sincerity it will spur you to go on in the faith. Do not isolate yourself as a new convert or growing Christian, associate...

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Your heart condition.

Sunday, October  23rd. Your heart condition. “Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.” Hebrews 3:12 Our opening scripture makes it obvious that before anyone backslides, they would first lose faith. For anyone to lose faith, they would first lose the Word of God. Faith comes from the Word of God. (See Romans 10:17) Where there is no Word there will be no faith and where there is no faith there will be unbelief. A heart of unbelief is a heart that is void of the Word of...

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Who are your friends? 2

Saturday, October  22nd. Who are your friends? 2 “… a friend of fools shall become like them.” Proverbs 13:20b (DRB) Show me your friend and I will show you your future. Our opening scripture shows us that a friend of fools shall become like them. Therefore, unless you make the right adjustments and decision today on the kind of friends you keep, you will end up sharing the same destiny with your foolish friends. How can you immediately identify that you are in the companionship of fools? Proverbs 14:1(CEV) says, “Only a fool would say,...

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Who are your friends?

Friday,October  21st. Who are your friends? “People learn from one another, just as iron sharpens iron.” Proverbs 27:17(GNB) Fellowshipping with other believers of like faith will also accentuate your spiritual growth and effectiveness. If you are going to grow spiritually, you must choose your friends wisely. Why should you choose your friends? Friendship is influence. You are becoming like your friends and your friends are becoming like you. The Lord said to me in 1996, “To choose a friend is to choose a future.” Proverbs 13:20(GNB) says,...

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You need teaching 2.

Thursday, October 20th. You need teaching 2. “Till I come, devote yourself to [public and private] reading, to exhortation (preaching and personal appeals), and to teaching and instilling doctrine.” 1 Timothy 4:13(AMP) There are many ways through which you can expose yourself to the teaching of the Word of God. One of such ways is by listening to messages that are consistent with the Word of God. Interestingly, the Bible lets us know that faith comes by hearing the Word of God. Romans 10:17 says, “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing...

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You need teaching 1

Wednesday, October 19th You need teaching 1. “They must stick to the true message they were taught, so that their good teaching can help others and correct everyone who opposes it.” Titus 1:9(CEV) One other way you can enhance your spiritual growth is by exposing yourself to the teaching of God's Word. Preaching is for inspiration, and you cannot live your life just by inspiration, you must have convictions. The teaching of the Word of God is what builds convictions because conviction is a product of understanding. Teaching helps you to understand...

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Make the right investment

Tuesday, October 18th Make the right investment. “Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.” 1 Timothy 4:15 In the realm of the spirit there is what we call trading. What this means is wherever we place the most investment of time, money and materials is our area of value, in other words, that is where our rewards will come from. Therefore if you are not investing your time, money and materials in spiritual things for your spiritual development you cannot get rewards of divine health, prosperity,...

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Clues for personal study

Monday, October 17th Clues for personal study. “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 One of the clues to know specifically what subject you should study in your personal Bible study for your spiritual growth is your current challenge. What challenges are you having currently? Are you having challenges in your finances? Are you having challenges in your marriage? Whatever area of your life you are having a challenge, turn it into a project...

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Do you lie?

Sunday, October 16th Do you lie? “A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.” Proverbs 15:4 If you know you have issues with lying or any other bad habit as a Christian and you want to come out of it, I recommend that you get a Bible concordance and search for all the scriptures in the Bible that has to do with that issue and study the consequences. For example, one of the consequences of lying is that it will cause a breach in your spirit. Therefore if you are a person that lies often, you will...

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Personal study

Saturday, October 15th Personal study. “These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.” Acts 17:11 The Word of God is the primary agent for spiritual growth. If you want to grow spiritually you must learn to cultivate a personal Bible study. Your spiritual growth will not be effective if you just depend on the messages you hear whenever you attend services. It has been said that you remember only twenty percent of the...

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Be a practitioner.

Friday, October 14th Be a practitioner.  “If you know these things, blessed and happy and to be envied are you if you practice them [if you act accordingly and really do them].” John 13:17(AMP) When you are not doing what you know in the Word of God, what you have is information from God's Word. But the moment you begin to practice what you know in the Word of God and the Word can be seen in your life, what you have at that point is revelation. Until the Word of God you know becomes revelation to you, it would never change you. There...

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Nourish your spirit

Thursday, October 13th Nourish your spirit. “Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.” John 6:27 Just as eating physical food nourishes your physical body, the Word of God nourishes your spirit. Therefore you feed your spirit with the Word of God. So whenever you stay away from feeding your spirit with the Word of God, you are actually starving your spirit. The reason why a lot of people are crippled morally is...

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A journey

Wednesday, October 12th A journey. “When I was a child, I made use of a child's language, I had a child's feelings and a child's thoughts: now that I am a man, I have put away the things of a child.” 1 Corinthians 13:11(BBE) The Christian life is a journey. It is a journey from the babyhood stage to the fatherhood stage. This is why spiritual growth is not automatic, it is a process. What determines the speed of your growth is the intensity of your desire for the Word of God.   If you are a Christian reading this devotional today, you...

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Fatherhood phase

Tuesday, October 11th Fatherhood phase. “I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. …” 1 John 2:13a The final phase in spiritual growth is called the fatherhood phase. At this phase of spiritual growth, you are not just celebrating victories, you are celebrating spiritual discoveries. At this phase you have attained a depth in God that is beyond just a mere knowledge of Him. The greatest revelation you can ever get from God is the revelation of Himself to you. At this phase, the Father is your obsession....

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The youthful phase.

Monday, October 10th The youthful phase. “… I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the Evil One.” 1 John 2:13b One of the phases in spiritual growth is called the youthful phase. You know you are in the youthful stage when you begin to experience victory in your life. All your weaknesses are now been overcome by you. You are now beginning to exercise your victory and dominion in Christ. At this point all the weakness you were having in the babyhood and childhood phase has been overcome by you. In this phase, you are no longer...

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Don't remain a child.

Don't remain a child. Sunday, October 9th “NOW WHAT I mean is that as long as the inheritor (heir) is a child and under age, he does not differ from a slave, although he is the master of all the estate;” Galatians 4:1 If you are not able to function in your authority as a Christian, it means you are a child spiritually. Children are not able to function as masters because they are under aged. This explains why some Christians are still subject to sickness and diseases. Some of them are sense ruled; controlled by their bodies. You ask them,...

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What is your routine?

Saturday, October  8th What is your routine? “And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.” Mark 1:35 If you want to grow spiritually, then you must have a routine. This means that you must have a daily schedule or plan of spiritual activity which you must practice every day. It is those who have such a routine that make great spiritual advancement. Do not live your life anymore without a spiritual routine for growth. Anyone that is going to make an impact...

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Children in Christ

Friday, October  7th Children in Christ. “When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.” 1 Corinthians 13:11 Another phase in the process of spiritual growth is the childhood phase. The word ‘child’ in our opening scripture is from the Greek word 'nepios' which means childish in thinking. Children are without mental and emotional maturity. One of the ways to identify spiritual children is in their speech; the way they talk, the way they...

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Babes in Christ

Thursday, October  6th Babes in Christ. “As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:” 1 Peter 2:2 Yesterday you learnt that spiritual growth is a process. In that process it is important for you to learn that there are various phases. One of the phases of spiritual growth is the babyhood stage which is very similar to physical growth.     The word 'babes' in our opening scripture is from the Greek word 'brephos' which means an infant. This refers to a newborn baby. Just as physical babies...

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Growth is a process.

Wednesday, October  5th Growth is a process. “And all of us, as with unveiled face, [because we] continued to behold [in the Word of God] as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are constantly being transfigured into His very own image in ever increasing splendor and from one degree of glory to another; [for this comes] from the Lord [Who is] the Spirit.” 2 Corinthians 3:18(AMP) Spiritual growth is a process. For instance, if you got born again today, you do not suddenly become spiritually mature tomorrow. It requires a process in the Word...

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Consistency in the Word.

Tuesday, October  4th Consistency in the Word. “For even though by this time you ought to be teaching others, you actually need someone to teach you over again the very first principles of God's Word. You have come to need milk, not solid food. For everyone who continues to feed on milk is obviously inexperienced and unskilled in the doctrine of righteousness (of conformity to the divine will in purpose, thought, and action), for he is a mere infant [not able to talk yet]! But solid food is for full-grown men, for those whose senses and mental...

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Desire the Word

Monday, October  3rd Desire the Word. “Jesus answered by quoting Deuteronomy: "It takes more than bread to stay alive. It takes a steady stream of words from God's mouth."” Matthew 4:4(MSG) What food is to the body the Word of God is to the spirit. The body feeds on physical food while the spirit feeds on spiritual food. Therefore, it means that it takes more than bread to stay alive as seen in our opening scripture because man is not only physical. Having this understanding that you are more than a body, and that you need a steady...

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The essence of man.

Sunday, October  2nd The essence of man. “But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.” Job 32:8 From yesterday's devotional, you learnt that you are a spirit, you have a soul and you live in a body. With your spirit, you contact God because God is a Spirit (John 4:24). Your spirit is the place of God consciousness. You serve God with your spirit as seen in Romans 1:9 which says, “For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, …” Your soul is the place of...

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Grow spiritually

Saturday, October 1st Grow spiritually. “But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.” 2 Peter 3:18 In this special edition of 'A Word in due season' we will be looking at something very important. We will be examining the subject ‘the dynamics of spiritual growth’. Dynamics refers to a pattern of a process of change, growth or activity. Spiritual growth is the development and cultivation of the human spirit through the Word of God and other spiritual exercises. Man...

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