Good-life Daily Devotional

  Rev. Michael Benson Ajayi James 3:10-11 “ And so blessing and cursing come pouring out of the same mouth. Surely, my brothers and sisters, this is not right! “ Rom 3:14 "Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness."    Cursing is the act of using profane or vulgar language , it is a characteristics of the fallen human nature and counterproductive to the new creation in Jesus Christ .    Foul language and cursing is often manifested when we are angry    or impatient . Ecclesiastes 5:2 says “ Do not be rash with your mouth..”       It is difficult manifesting the Christ-like   nature with foul language and cursing   James 1:19-21“ ..understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry. Human anger does not produce the righteousness God desires. “ the words we speak have power and they affect the lives of hearers negatively or positively . Using foul language and cursing while seeking for breakthroughs    resu

     By Rev.  Michael Benson Ajayi Ex 14:13-14 NIV “Moses answered the people, "Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again.  The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still."  Moses was faced with a condition in his leadership carrier were all human formula failed him, he was being chased by Pharaoh and the Egyptian army and the only way forward was through the sea. Death was certain whichever way , except there was a divine intervention.        Sometimes we find ourselves where our best plans fail not because we did not make the necessary calculations but due to circumstances beyond our control, this results in discouragement and depression with suicidal tendencies. Many persons are simply going through the motions of life, they’ve actually lost the will to live. Some of the factors that results in discouragement includes; the hardness of the way (Numbers 21:4): God’

  By Rev. Michael Benson Ajayi James 2:15-17 NLT Bible “ Suppose you see a brother or sister who has no food or clothing, and you say, "Good-bye and have a good day; stay warm and eat well"—but then you don't give that person any food or clothing. What good does that do?   So you see, faith by itself isn't enough. Unless it produces good deeds, it is dead and useless. “          Walking in love demands identifying oneself with another person’s experiences, feelings and emotions, especially in misfortunes. It requires showing compassion and being sympathetic to others with understanding of what they are going through. The scriptures says in 1 Cor 12:25-26 NLT Bible “ This makes for harmony among the members, so that all the members care for each other. If one part suffers, all the parts suffer with it, and if one part is honored, all the parts are glad.”    The believers in Jesus Christ are an extension of God’s loving hands to one another and to the world , the script

   By Rev. Michael Benson Ajayi Luke 1:72-75 KJV    “To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; The oath which he sware to our father Abraham, That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,    In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life. 2 Sam 7:13-16    AMP “He shall build a house for My Name [and My Presence], and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.    I will be his Father, and he shall be My son. When he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the stripes of the sons of men.    But My mercy and loving-kindness shall not depart from him, as I took [them] from Saul, whom I took away from before you.    And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before you; your throne shall be established forever.”             The scriptures says in    Matt 20:30 NKJV “…. two blind men sitting by the road, when they he

  By Rev. Michael Benson Ajayi    “But as for you, Israel my servant, Jacob my chosen one, descended from Abraham my friend, Isaiah 41:8 NLT Bible     Religion is an attempt by man to be in harmony with God while using man's standards of holiness . The scriptures describes the futility of religion and the religious in this light  " and they are not connected to Christ, the head of the body. For he holds the whole body together with its joints and ligaments, and it grows as God nourishes it.   You have died with Christ, and he has set you free from the spiritual powers of this world. So why do you keep on following the rules of the world, such as, Such rules are mere human teachings about things that deteriorate as we use them. These rules may seem wise because they require strong devotion, pious self-denial, and severe bodily discipline. But they provide no help in conquering a person’s evil desires. Colossians 2:19‭-‬20‭, ‬22‭-‬23 NLT Bible.       Religion lacks the power to

   By Rev Michael Benson Ajayi  " You crown the year with a bountiful harvest;    even the hard pathways overflow with abundance." Psalms 65:11 "You have allowed me to suffer much hardship,    but you will restore me to life again  and lift me up from the depths of the earth. "  Psalms 71:20    Grace is commonly defined as unmerited favour.. The Bible describes grace as a divine influence . Influence affects the life of the recipients and comes with it new challenges and opportunities. The opportunities are hidden behind the challenges requiring discernment to see them. Running away from problems is depriving yourself of the opportunities for promotion by grace.    The theology that says grace delivers us from hardship and hard work is contrary to the teaching of the scriptures. Below are scriptures to prove this ;  " A hard worker has plenty of food,  but a person who chases fantasies has no sense." Proverbs 12:11 " Lazy people are soon poor;     har

  By Rev Michael Benson Ajayi  "My child, if sinners entice you,     turn your back on them! They may say, “Come and join us.   Let’s hide and kill someone!  Just for fun, let’s ambush the innocent!  Let’s swallow them alive, like the grave;  let’s swallow them whole, like those who go down to the pit of death.  Think of the great things we’ll get! We’ll fill our houses with all the stuff we take. Come, throw in your lot with us;  we’ll all share the loot.”     "My child, don’t go along with them!   Stay far away from their paths.  They rush to commit evil deeds.  They hurry to commit murder.   If a bird sees a trap being set,     it knows to stay away. But these people set an ambush for themselves; they are trying to get themselves killed.   Such is the fate of all who are greedy for money;  it robs them of life " Proverbs 1: 10-19 NLT Bible    Cultism is described as the activity of worshipping. devotion to the doctrine or a cult or to the practices of a cult. This oft

  By Rev. Michael Benson Ajayi  Life basically involves the process of sowing and reaping ,we cannot escape the consequences of our actions or inactions ,therefore, we should always bear  in mind that our inputs in life have corresponding outputs .    Jesus Christ gave us an example of sowing the seed of forgiveness . “Therefore, the Kingdom of Heaven can be compared to a king who decided to bring his accounts up to date with servants who had borrowed money from him.  In the process, one of his debtors was brought in who owed him millions of dollars.  He couldn’t pay, so his master ordered that he be sold—along with his wife, his children, and everything he owned—to pay the debt. “But the man fell down before his master and begged him, ‘Please, be patient with me, and I will pay it all.’  Then his master was filled with pity for him, and he released him and forgave his debt. “But when the man left the king, he went to a fellow servant who owed him a few thousand dollars. He grabbed him

    By Rev. Michael Benson Ajayi     The idea that a Christian cannot lose their salvation is open to debate . The scriptures teaches that salvation is by grace through faith by the process of substitutionary atonement were one person takes the punishment for the sins of another (Isaiah 53;10)  . This process is conditioned on one's acceptance of the provisions for salvation .   One of such conditions for salvation is forgiveness of those who have offended us , this is not hard to do if one is filled and led by the Holy Spirit . There is no room for hatred in the heart of a born again Christian. Unforgiveness is Satan's strategy to keep many persons out of heaven. Here are Scriptures revealing God's position against unforgiveness . "When you forgive this man, I forgive him, too. And when I forgive whatever needs to be forgiven, I do so with Christ’s authority for your benefit, "2 Corinthians 2:10 NLT "and forgive us our sins, as we have forgiven those who sin

  By Rev Michael Benson Ajayi  Mathew 4:10 "Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. " Was Jesus worshipped ?      The word 'worship' in Mathew 4:10 is the Greek word proskuneō  : it means to kneel or prostration to do homage (to one) or make obeisance, whether in order to express respect or to make supplication like a dog kissing his master's hands.     The Jewish custom was very strict on the worship of God. Worship was to be accorded to God only , therefore , when Jesus claimed divinity by saying he is the son of God it was seen as an abomination and a violation of Jewish customs.      Despite this contradictions , Jesus never rejected worship from his followers,. The Bible says when he was tempted of Satan he said ", Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. "" This means Jesus acknowledged that only God  deserved worship .

   By Rev Michael Benson Ajayi 2 kings 4: 13" And he said unto him,  Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast  been careful for us with all this care;  what is to be done for thee? wouldest  thou be spoken for to the king, or to the  captain of the host? And she answered,  I dwell among mine own people "    Genesis25: 29 "And Jacob sod pottage: and  Esau came from the field, and he was  faint: 30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed  me, I pray thee, with that same red  pottage; for I  am faint: therefore was  his name called Edom. 31 And Jacob  said, Sell me this day thy birthright. 32  And Esau said, Behold, I am at the  point to die: and what profit shall this  birthright do to me? 33 And Jacob  said, Swear to me this day; and he  sware unto him: and he sold his  birthright unto Jacob. 34 Then Jacob  gave Esau bread and pottage of  lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and  rose up, and went his way: thus Esau  despised his birthright."  The word.' birthright' is the He

  By Rev. Michael Benson Ajayi  Judges 9 :9" But the olive tree  said unto them, Should I leave my  fatness, wherewith by me they honour  God and man, and go to be promoted  over the trees? 10 And the trees said to  the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over  us. 11 But the fig tree said unto them,  Should I forsake my sweetness, and  my good fruit, and go to be promoted  over the trees? 12 Then said the trees  unto the vine, Come thou, and reign  over us. 13 And the vine said unto  them, Should I leave my wine, which  cheereth God and man, and go to be  promoted over the trees? 14 Then said  all the trees unto the bramble, Come  thou, and reign over us.  15 And the  bramble said unto the trees, If in truth  ye anoint me king over you, then come  and put your trust in my shadow: and  if not, let fire come out of the bramble,  and devour the cedars of Lebanon."     After the death of Gideon it was expected that his successor would come from one of his sons according to tradition

  By Rev Michael Benson Ajayi  " Therefore thus saith the Lord, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale." Isaiah 29:22 "For thus saith the  Lord, Ye have sold yourselves for  nought; and ye shall be redeemed  without money.' Isaiah 52: 3      The word ' redeemed ' in this scripture is the Hebrew word pâdâh : it means to sever, that is, ransom ; generally to release, preserve:.  What was Abraham released from.? Abraham leaved 430 years before the law of Moses was instituted and as such there was no written code to break , however , there was the law of the human conscience . This law is as valid as the written code.    The bible says "For when the  Gentiles, which have not the law, do by  nature the things contained in the law,  these, having not the law, are a law  unto themselves: Which shew the  work of the law written in their hearts,  their conscience also bearing witn

   By Rev Michael Benson  Matthew12;12 -13 " And  Jesus went into the temple of God, and  cast out all them that sold and bought  in the temple, and overthrew the tables  of the moneychangers, and the seats  of them that sold doves, And said  unto them, It is written, My house shall  be called the house of prayer; but ye  have made it a den of thieves."        Acts 13:1-2:" Now there were in the church that  was at Antioch certain prophets and  teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon  that was called Niger, and Lucius of  Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been  brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and  Saul.  As they ministered to the Lord,  and fasted, the Holy Ghost said,  Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the  work whereunto I have called them".     The religious people In Jesus' time as they are today monetized the worship of God. Worshippers had to pay money for the temple services , prayer was for sale as it is today . You paid money to be  prayed for . Prayer became

       By Rev. Michael Benson Ajayi       The biblical records of creation forms the bases for the gospel and during His earthly ministry Jesus made ample reference to them ( John 5:46,47,Matthew 19:4,5) . The universe was created and is sustained by God’s com.ken word (Hebrews 1:3,11:3,Ps.33:6,Col.1:17)        God owns and rules the universe and can do whatever He desires  (Psalm 135:5-7) He is sovereign.The scientific ' law of cause and effect ' says to every effect there is a cause. Logic does not allow for multiple causes to an effect just as two women cannot be pregnant with the same baby .The universe is the effect of God's creation and God is the cause therefore He cannot be created.  There is no other God above Him and none besides Him (psalm 95:3, Jer.10:11-13) therefore He demands recognition and deserves reverence from His creations ( psalm148:5,Isaiah 48:12-13 ) because He has rights of ownership (Psalm 50:10-12) . It is therefore an exercise in futility to stri

    By Rev Michael Benson Ajayi John 1:3 "All  things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made  that was made." Psalm 53:1 "The fool hath said in his heart,  There is no God. Corrupt are they,  and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good."           The concept of evolution as postulated by atheists is that which teaches that through the process of abiogenesis the smallest possible organic matter was formed by atoms coming together abruptly and without a cause. And from this cell, life on earth in all its complexities evolved. This process they claim ,was preceded by a sudden explosion known as the 'big bang' which led to the creation of the universe and out of it came the first cells from where life on earth began. To believe in this theory is tantamount to believing that  mobile phones emanated from the desert .  If evolution is true then it should be a continuum with evidence of the over one billion species of living o