Good-life Daily Devotional

Rev Michael Benson Ajayi  Ephesians 1:11  "In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated  according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the  counsel of his own will:"         God’s plan for us is summarized in 3jn1: 2 " Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in  health, even as thy soul prospereth. " Jesus said in John 10:10.."I  am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more  abundantly."         It is not His plan for us to live a life of barely getting-by but of a life of abundance . It is by His providence that our supplies are guaranteed.  He is not bound by the prevailing economic situation. He created the universe and the laws governing it. He is above every ruler-ship ,dominion and works all things according to His will  (Ephesians 1:11).      He is omnipote...

Rev.Michael Benson Ajayi Psalm42:5-6" Why  art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me?  hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his  countenance. O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore  will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites,  from the hill Mizar."         The word 'Jordan' is a word in the Hebrew which means to descend , to go downwards, to fall , and  Hermonites means 'Peaks '  and Mizar is a word which means petty in size or number.  These three words are an expression of the three phases in human life, namely,  the peak of one's achievement, the period of a downturn and when there is little progress. We may not be able to stop these circumstances  from taking place but we can control how we respond to them.       The Christian life is full of ups and downs by virtue of the fact that a...

 Rev.Michael Benson Ajayi Genesis. 49:3 -4 "Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:Unstable as water, thou shalt not  excel; because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed; then defiledst  thou it: he went up to my couch. "         The theology that says the first-born child going through  life's  difficulties is a victim of the curse of the first born is unfounded in scripture and counter-productive. Those who teach this sight Gen.49:3-4 to buttress their claim. For there to be a curse, there has to be a justifiable cause for it. It is important that a clear distinction be made between a curse and the trials of life. The word  'curse' is the Hebrew word 'Arar' which means to be: hated ,despised as in Genesis 12:3" ..and curse him that curseth thee:.... "  God does not hate the first-born child but loves them (John3:16). Whe...

Rev.Michael Benson Ajayi      2kings 14:5-6 "And it came to pass,  as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his  servants which had slain the king his father. But the children of the  murderers he slew not: according unto that which is written in the  book of the law of Moses, wherein the Lord commanded, saying, The  fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be  put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for  his own sin."           The theology that says God places curses on children because of the sins of their parents and ancestors is unfounded . This theology is derived from a misinterpretation of Exodus 34:7 "Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s...

Rev Michael Benson Ajayi 1Cor.7:5 "Defraud  ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye  may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again,  that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency."       This scripture shows there is a correlation between faith and a persons' sexual habits. Jesus speaking to His disciples in Matthew 17:15-21 said fasting and prayer was a requirement in the development of faith for victorious living , this was said after an unsuccessful attempt to drive out an evil spirit  (Matthew 17:20) .       The process of fasting includes abstinence from sex for a short period of time by mutual consent by married persons. Consensual sex  is the most powerful physical  experience one could ever experience : it unites the spirit, soul and body to form a new personality (1Cor.6:16) it is a major cause of multiple personality syndrome and a major ga...

By Rev. Michael Benson Ajayi “Many evils confront the (consistently) righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all.  He keeps all his bones; not one of them is broken Psalm 34:19-20    The word 'persecute' means to harass, afflict, hunt down, or put to death, especially for religious or political opinions. The world unfortunately celebrates and rewards evil more than  good : this is the reason behind the increase in wickedness in the world. Any person who opposes the promotion of evil will be be persecuted . Despite the prevalence of these anti-Christ ideologies, there exists a remnant who refuse to be overwhelmed by the tidal wave of societal decay and maladjustment.     These persons have made an irrevocable commitment to be agents of the kingdom of God and beacons of hope in a hopeless generation and as in every marathon race, any one who runs against the traffic is most likely to meet with strong opposition.    ...

By Rev.Michael Benson Ajayi Ephesians 4:16 AMP "For because of Him the whole body (the church, in all its various parts), closely joined and firmly knit together by the joints and ligaments with which it is supplied, when each part [with power adapted to its need] is working properly [in all its functions], grows to full maturity, building itself up in love."         The  Christian community functions like the human body with each part adapted to specialized functions and yet working in harmony as one homogeneous entity.  The scriptures says in 1 Corinthians 12:20 AMP "And now there are [certainly] many limbs and organs, but a single body".  The Holy Spirit is the life giving source of the church of Christ; also referred to as heirs of the  kingdom of God .         John 3:5 says" ... Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God."  the body o...