Good-life Daily Devotional

By Rev Michael Benson Ajayi Mark 10:49 NIV “Jesus stopped and said, "Call him." So they called to the blind man, "Cheer up! On your feet! He's calling you."               The world’s belief system runs contrary to God’s principles of faith and thrives on rebellion and oppression. It celebrates those who make a mockery of the sacred and vilifies defenders of the Christian faith.The God's kind of Faith is volitional, intellectual and emotional ; expressed through positive emotional outbursts like the blind man in Mark 10:43-48.T he world consider s this offensive.            The life of  faith in Christ is laterally inverted and diametrically opposed to popular worldview (Eph2:2)It is like running against the crowd in a marathon race. A lot of people have missed out on their purpose and the reward of a fulfilled life by trying to please the crowd: such persons wou...

  By Rev.Michael Benson Ajayi    Matt 20:23“And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.”     The Greek word for the phrase ‘ye shall drink’ is “pino”   it means to “imbibe” " It means : to receive into the mind and retain as moral principles, assimilate or take into solution like a sponge absorbs moisture _   Merriam-Webster dictionary . As Christ’s disciples, we will indeed be plunged into the same sufferings that He experienced.          Suffering is part of the Christian life, it is caused by(1) God (trials)(2)Self: as a consequence of disobedience and(3) Satan(temptation). Regardless of its origin sufferings end up working out for our greater good .       ...

Rev Michael Benson Ajayi   Matt 20:12 KJV ” Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day”.          Many persons are of the notion that God has favorites among His children upon whom He has bequeathed special gifting or grace than others, thus making these persons the standard for the measurement of success.This theology opens the door for the systematic indoctrination and manipulation of God’s people by so-called “super apostles" ( 2Cor.11:5) like the apostle Peter: the first general overseer of the church of Christ ;he was for a moment friendly with the non- Jewish Christians who were traditionally considered as unclean and outcasts by the religious Jews. In the absence of his fellow Jews, Peter ate freely with these non -Jews but whenever he was amongst his tribesmen he treated these non- Jews as outcasts and inferior to the cha...

Rev. Michael Benson Ajayi   . Mark 10:25 NIV “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."            This scripture has been quoted out of context by many to mean there is no place for the rich in heaven. Some have embraced a life of depravity and abject poverty for the fear that material riches could hinder a person's salvation. Sin or righteousness are spiritual conditions which can not be measured by the statement of one's bank account.          This theology is contrary to God’s will for His people. The scriptures says the blessings of the lord makes a person rich spiritually and materially (Prov10:22) .   An example of this is Abraham who in obedience to God’s instructions left his kindred, journeying through desert regions with his entire family .He was declared blessed( empowered to be fruitful ) ...

By Rev. Michael Benson Ajayi Matt 19:20 NIV   "All these I have kept," the young man said. "What do I still lack?"                              There are two types of Christianity, (1) the born-again Christianity where a person’s salvation is by grace through faith in Jesus Christ and (2) religious Christianity characterized by external display of man-made religious standards :religious Christianity is devoid of the substance  and the virtues of a saved life namely righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Ghost (Rom14:17). Followers lack a sense of self worth before God and always need a human mediator to access God's provision. A typical testimony of a religious Christians always says "after i did that God did this" while grace says "I am grateful that God did this all by Himself from the beginning to the end" ...

By Rev Michael Benson Ajayi   Matt 19:7-10 NIV..”The disciples said to him, "If this is the situation between a husband and wife, it is better not to marry."          Under the Old Testament women were considered as spoils of war. They were seen as objects of pleasure, the scriptures says in Deut 21:11-14 “ And suppose you see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you are attracted to her and want to marry her…. ” But if you marry her and she does not please you, you must let her go free. You may not sell her or treat her as a slave, for you have humiliated her” Based on this, women are considered inferior to their male counterparts.       Every male was conceived by a female just like a mango tree produces fruits; therefore, it is illogical to say that the fruit is superior to the tree t. In the beginning, God cloned a woman out of a man’s body part therefore none is inferior to the other. Societies that enco...

By Rev. Michael Benson Ajayi  Josh 14:11 KJV “As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come in.”         Caleb was promised a portion of land as a forty-five year old soldier and it took forty years for this to materialize .At age eighty five, he was willing and ready to engage the enemy in a battle to claim the promised land. What optimism!How long have you been waiting for the fulfillment of a promise in your life ?         Following Jesus Christ requires walking by faith and this requires being optimistic. An optimist is a person with a positive outlook on life. He or she always looks out for the good in a situation no matter how bad it may seem; the opposite is a pessimist. Optimism is a mental attitude or perspective . A common idiom used to illustrate optimism against pessimism...