Good-life Daily Devotional

  By Rev. Michael Benson Ajayi  "Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble."Ecclesiastes 4:9‭-‬10 NLTBible  "A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken." Ecclesiastes 4:12 NLTBible      The Lord wants us to dwell in unity , the body of believers is like the human body that can only function optimally when every part is functioning effectively and contributing its potentials to the other parts of the body.     Disunity is like losing a part of your body , this results in loss in strength and potentials and capacity to perform . The lord wants us to be united. " Dear brothers and sisters, I close my letter with these last words: Be joyful. Grow to maturity. Encourage each other. Live in har...

   By Rev. Michael Benson Ajayi   "Elders who do their work well should be   respected and paid well, especially those who work hard at both preaching and teaching. For the Scripture says, “You must not muzzle an ox to keep it from eating as it treads out the grain.” And in another place, “Those who work deserve their pay!”1 Timothy 5:17‭-‬18 NLTBible   Don’t you realize that those who work in the temple get their meals from the offerings brought to the temple? And those who serve at the altar get a share of the sacrificial offerings."1 Corinthians 9:13 NLTBible     The work of building a soul by a preacher involves giving up time , energy , finances , relationships that can never be gotten back .  Some preachers have paid the ultimate price while doing the work of ministry.  Jesus Christ said to serve you must first lose very important things .  “Yes,” Jesus replied, “and I assure you that everyone who has given up house or brother...

By Rev. Michael Benson Ajayi    " If you are a thief, quit stealing. Instead, use your hands for good hard work, and then give generously to others in need."Ephesians 4:28 NLTBible       There are two ways by which financial problems are solved 1) stealing 2) through honest work .     Growing up as a christian in the 80's whenever a person wanted to dedicate a new vehicle or a house  to God he or she would be required to tell the church his means of income . This served as a check for thieves pretending to be saints and preachers at that period pursued honesty and Christian character over spectacular ministries .       Christians are the living epistles and are mandated to promote honesty in the society . Decay in a society begins when preachers deemphasize the importance of honest work by dedicating homes, cars, businesses without seeking to know the sources of income of parishioners. This is one of the reasons why preach...

  By Rev Michael Benson Ajayi     "A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver." Proverbs 25:11 KJV Bible    True beauty is determined by your speech .The words you speak could either make you appear ugly or beautiful. A woman known for speaking positive words always appears more beautiful than those who speak negativity. This is the reason for the loss of sexual attraction among many married persons . Your life is the sum of the effects of the speeches you have consciously been making about yourself , immediate family , your church , extended family , friends ,community and nation . It is impossible to keep speaking negatively about ones immediate family, church , extended family, community and country and be a happy person making sustainable progress.  Negative speaking is retrogressive resulting in stagnation.      The universe operates by the law of inputs and outputs. If you want a good output then consciously make g...

By Rev. Michael Benson Ajayi    "Once I was young, and now I am old. Yet I have never seen the godly abandoned or their children begging for bread."Psalms 37:25 NLTBible “You parents—if your children ask for a loaf of bread, do you give them a stone instead? So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him." Matthew 7:9‭, ‬11 NLTBible God owns the resources on earth and beyond and as a responsible father he has made provisions for his precious people.        The resources come as either finished or unfinished goods and services. What this means is that some would need to go through a process of preparation (like preparing an egg sandwich ) before it is delivered to us . Some others like the air we breath come ready for our use. In some instances we would be required to play active roles in the processing stage (as in a tailor taking our m...

   By Rev. Michael Benson Ajayi “Do not spread slanderous gossip among your people. “Do not stand idly by when your neighbor’s life is threatened. I am the Lord . “Do not nurse hatred in your heart for any of your relatives. Confront people directly so you will not be held guilty for their sin." Leviticus 19:16‭-‬17 NLTBible     The English dictionary defines gossip or gossiping as :a casual or unconstrained conversation or reports about other people, typically involving details which are not confirmed as true.        It defines slander as : the action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation.        Nations  have gone to war against each other on account of gossips or slander . It is for this reason that God frowns at it.      It is an abomination against God to raise a false report against a child of God. The scriptures says “You must not pass along false rumors. Y...

   By Rev. Michael Benson Ajayi  "How wonderful and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony!" Psalms 133:1 NLTBible    The cry for global peace is at an all time high with far reaching effect on  the stability of nations the world over . It is impossible to attain lasting prosperity in the absence of peace and unity.     The success of any enterprise to a very large extent is a function of the social network of those involved in it. Businesses tend to thrive faster on a well knitted business network or social capital .    The business of spreading the Gospel of the kingdom of God is facilitated by a well knitted network of a body of believers. The church spreads faster when united. Disunited families struggle with untold poverty. The enemy knows this that is why he sows seeds of discord through willing persons to frustrate the process of winning of souls through the preaching of the Gospel   "Can two people walk t...