Good-life Daily Devotional

By Rev.Michael Benson Ajayi   Romans 1:16 "I am not ashamed of the gospel .."     Believers are expected to share the gospel every opportunity they have .There are simple steps on how to sell yourself to your audience as a preacher of the gospel.           Ask questions in every discussion as a way of showing interest in your audience (Prov. 18:13.) People easily show interest in us when we are interested in them .         Learn to be a good listener , it tells your audience you have respect for them and gives you a better insight of the topic on ground (Jam 1:19) . People easily pay attention to us when they observe how much respect we've shown them by listening to their point of view.    Allow them to express themselves freely without restrictions ,when we allow people speak their heart freely it gives us an opportunity to really know their state of mind. It gives us the opportunity to identify the weaknesses in their belief system ,this is import

By Rev. Michael Benson Ajayi  Mathew 4:19 Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men         Jesus gave “the Great Commission” to all Christians. We are called to reconcile men back to God. The scriptures says in 2 Cor 5:18-19 TLB "All these new things are from God who brought us back to himself through what Christ Jesus did. And God has given us the privilege of urging everyone to come into his favor and be reconciled to him".         We were saved on purpose to fulfill a divine purpose . Jesus said in  Mark 16:15 TLB " And then he told them, "You are to go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone, everywhere.  Acts 1.8 NLT says  "But when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, you will receive power to testify about me with great effect, to the people in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth, about my death and resurrection." The death and resurrection of Christ makes no meaning to a

By  Rev.Michael Benson Ajayi Luke 16:19-31"The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried....."        There is life after death as portrayed in this narrative by Jesus Christ of a real event . It is easy to logically deduce this if we consider the fact that if today is yesterday’s future then it means tomorrow is today’s future and so on through eternity. It is the activities within a time frame that defines the period of an event for example; a wedding anniversary date is defined by the wedding that took place on that date. It therefore follows that for every existing time frame there must be an event, even eternity. Based on this logic, there must be an afterlife since time has no end or else there won’t be eternity.        There is no transition period or dimension  where souls are kept frozen for a futuristic resurrection of our bodies. From the above scripture we immediately go

By Rev. Michael Benson Ajayi Matt 15:2KJV " Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread."      There is beauty in every human being but unfortunately persons cut up in the habit of fault- finding are usually overwhelmed with details of other peoples' shortcoming that they deprive themselves from seeing the beauty of God's grace in humanity (Matthew7:4-5) . Most marriages, business relationships would be stronger if we refuse to allow ourselves get preoccupied with our partner’s faults. More energy should be channeled towards building  better friendships and less on discovery of each other's errors. The religious folks of Jesus' time were more concerned about the eating habits of the disciples and less interested in their positive contributions to the society. We are to play a complimentary and not a competitive role in our relationships          Fault- finding is the by-product of se

By Rev. Michael Benson Ajayi Acts 8:20 KJV “ But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.”      It is common practice among magicians and mystics or mediums to seek help from each other in other to achieve a goal . A medium is a person who serves as a go- between for those seeking information from the spirit-world. They are also referred to as magicians          “ In its modern accepted sense magic may be described as the art of bringing about results beyond man's own power by superhuman agencies. In the wide sense of this definition divination is only a species of magic, i.e. magic used as a means of securing secret knowledge, especially a knowledge of the future. Divination and magic bear a similar relation to prophecy and miracle respectively, the first and third implying special knowledge, the second and fourth special power. But divination has to do generally with omens ..” (fro

By Rev. Michael Benson Ajayi  2 Cor 12:9  " And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me". KJV           God's perspective on greatness is diametrically opposed and mutually exclusive to man's idea of prosperity.What man considers as a demotion is God's way of promoting His servants . Moses was taken from his position as a prince in Egypt to being a shepherd boy. Likewise, despite his status among the prophets John the baptizer ended in prison Luke 3:20, "....he shut up John in prison." Much of apostle Paul's writings{ over 60% of the new testament}were written from behind prison walls. His ordeals are summarized in  2 Cor 11:27" In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness".KJV. Paul's ministry witnessed

Rev.Michael Benson Ajayi John 15:13 "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down  his life for his friends."    There is a remarkable difference between what the world considers as love and what the word of God says love is. While the world defines it as compassion for self and for someone from which there is a derivable benefit, biblical love goes beyond passion: it is purposeful, necessary and sacrificial ; ironically, more persons perish as a result of love than any other reason globally .Over 5 million unborn babies are slaughtered yearly through abortion  as a result of people making love .        The origin of wars are traceable to a person seeking to demonstrate affection for someone .In judges 15 , Samson declared war against the Philistines because his father in-law refused him access to his wife .Most men live their lives with a 'conquest' mentality and are driven by the desire to impress a woman. Adam ate the forbidden fruit not beca

By Rev. Michael Benson Ajayi Luke 12:58" As you are going with your adversary to the magistrate, try hard to be reconciled to him on the way, or he may drag you off to the judge, and the judge turn you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison". NIV     Money spent on the acquisition of weapons of warfare far exceeds that needed to feed the world, the threat of war is a major reason for the economic downturn of many nations , families with conflicts  tend to  spend more on seeking for alternative sources of recreation than they earn: they are easy prey for false prophets who take advantage of the lack of unity to extort money through fables.. Internal conflicts cripples a nation's finances.Strife opens the door to poverty , demonic oppression and manipulations. Your prosperity has a direct bearing on  the status of your relationships. Healthy relationships is a necessary condition for prosperity.         Jesus had just spoken about relationships befo

By Rev. Michael Benson Ajayi   1Chronicles 29:12 'Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all."      In addition to hard work and striving for excellence ,faith is an indispensable element in attaining success and a fulfilled life, it is for that reason that a commitment to work with God is indispensable in the attainment of good success . Success is incomplete without a healthy relationship with God through Jesus Christ ( Mark 8:36). Success is living according to divine purpose . It never the accumulation of riches . However, riches can come as a result of living according to divine purpose.  The lives of those driven by the anointing of God's favour is characterized by the following virtues : #1.They hunger for God 's kingdom and His way of living through Christ .Psalm 37:4 Mathew 6.34 #2.They are committed to sharing the gospel

By Rev. Michael Benson Ajayi John 5:4 KJV  “ For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.”        The pool of Bethesda was the very opposite of what it’s names means which is the ‘house of grace’ in the Greek . Imagine the scenario; a hospital that only heals the first patient that walks into the doctor’s office. The scriptures says the place was full of sick persons , all waiting to be the first to jump into the water after the angel  troubled the water.         The word angel is the Greek word ‘aggelos’ which means a messenger, pastor. These folks were at the mercy of the pastor much as it is today in many religious settings where people are made to go through harrowing experiences all in a bid to receive healing or deliverance from satanic powers because they fail to embrace the concept of the simplicity of th

Rev.Michael Benson Ajayi Mark 11:13 :20AMP And seeing in the distance a fig tree [covered] with leaves, He went to see if He could find any [fruit] on it [for in the fig tree the fruit appears at the same time as the leaves]. But when He came up to it, He found nothing but leaves, for the fig season had not yet come...."In the morning, when they were passing along, they noticed that the fig tree was withered [completely] away to its roots."     This incidence was a demonstration of the interplay between the humanity and divinity of Jesus  Christ, the first fruit amongst those called sons of God . He was fully God and human as it was in the beginning like the first Adam. The scriptures says in 1 Tim3:16 AMP...we confess, is the hidden truth (the mystic secret) of godliness. He [God] was made visible in human flesh, justified and vindicated in the [Holy] Spirit, was seen by angels, preached among the nations.."     It was not fig harvest seas

By Rev. Michael Benson Ajayi 1 Tim 1:4 “Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do. “KJV 1Timothy1: 4-6         The word ‘Fables’  is the Greek word ’ Muthos’ it means ‘fiction’ or Myth . “Primitive man conceives of the objects around him as possessing his own characteristics. Consequently in his stories, beasts, trees, rocks, etc., think, talk and act exactly as if they were human beings. Of course, but little advance in knowledge was needed to put an end to this mode of thought, but the form of story-telling developed by it persisted and is found in the folk-tales of all nations” ( International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia)        The modern prophetic ministry has gradually delved into using  myth or superstition as a tool to make followers accept the prophet as being sent of God. Common fables or superstitious beliefs in African churches include humans transforming  into cats , sna

By Rev Michael  Benson Ajayi        Gen 22:8,13 KJV " And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.... And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son."        Prophet  Abraham demonstrated the most audacious act of faith by attempting to sacrifice  his son in obedience to God's voice and when asked by his son Isaac about the sacrificial ram his answer was profound "God will provide himself ". This statement was an indication that he understood , that  God did not  just want to provide things for us rather He wants to give himself to and for us which was what happened on the cross of Calvary. The same way God provided a ram, that is how He mysteriously provided a body for the atonement for the sins of man in Christ .

By Rev. Michael Benson Ajayi Gen 26:12 "Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the Lord blessed him".KJV         God created science and is not restricted or bound by its laws.  In Genesis 26: 12 Prophet Isaac defied the laws of agricultural science by growing crops out of a nutrient -free and moisture -free soil. It was a season of severe  famine and supernaturally he received in the same year one hundred- fold against  conventional agricultural  practice .              Prophet Isaac enjoyed a monopoly as a result of the maximum profit out of his farming business. Walking in the consciousness of  God's blessing upon our lives results in uncommon productivity against all odds. The believer in Jesus is  powered by the anointing of God's favour  . You shall prosper in the most difficult business terrain Psalm 65:11-13 NLT says" ..even the hard pathways overflow with abundance. .." God's favou