Good-life Daily Devotional

  By Rev Michael Benson Ajayi     "  I collected great sums of silver and gold, the treasure of many kings and provinces. I hired wonderful singers, both men and women, and had many beautiful concubines. I had everything a man could desire!    So I became greater than all who had lived in Jerusalem before me, and my wisdom never failed me.   Anything I wanted, I would take. I denied myself no pleasure. I even found great pleasure in hard work, a reward for all my labors.   But as I looked at everything I had worked so hard to accomplish, it was all so meaningless—like chasing the wind. There was nothing really worthwhile anywhere. "Ecclesiastes 2:8-11.   "High and low,   rich and poor—listen!  They trust in their wealth   and boast of great riches.  Yet they cannot redeem themselves from death     by paying a ransom to God. Redemption does not come so easily,   for no ...

  By Rev Michael Benson Ajayi  " And it came to pass, when Samuel was old,  that he made his sons judges over Israel.  Now  the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name  of his second, Abiah: they were judges in  Beer-sheba. And his sons walked not in his  ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took  bribes, and perverted judgment." 1 Samuel 8.1-3     Prophet Samuel was one of the most revered prophets in old testament times. He was groomed by a faithful mother Hannah who vowed to give him to God in appreciation for breaking the yoke of her barrenness. The Bible says in 1 Samuel 2:21' And the Lord visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the Lord."    Women have a major role to play in a person's spiritual development  because they naturally spend more time with children during the formative years  and claim more ownership to their childre...

  By Rev Michael Benson Ajayi  John 14:23 "Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. "   There is a difference between love of God and Love for God .The first is God expressing his love through a person to others even if you do not have a passion for them . Case in point , is God using Jonah to save Nineveh . He did not like the Ninevites because they were known terrorists (Assyrians in present day Iraq , the forerunners of ISIS terrorists group)    Given a choice he would have preferred they perished in their sins, but God had a different idea to teach humanity the power of his love through forgiveness. The cure for sin is forgiveness and it is the greatest expression of God's love to humanity .    Humanly speaking, it is difficult to love someone who deliberately hurts you . However, it is possible if we have love for God demonstrated...

  By Rev Michael Benson Ajayi Ruth  1;16 And Ruth said, Intreat  me not to leave thee, or to return from following  after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and  where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall  be my people, and thy God my God:  17 Where  thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the  Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but  death part thee and me. 18 When she saw that  she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then  she left speaking unto her.     Proverb 15:22 '"'Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established."     The scriptures says councillors are important for the fulfilment of the divine purpose. That was what Ruth sought to get from her mother in law resulting in her marriage to Boaz a prosperous God fearing man after the death of her husband     A godly role model in marriage must be ki...

   By Rev Michael Benson Ajayi  "Even Gentiles, who do not have God’s written law, show that they know his law when they instinctively obey it, even without having heard it.  They demonstrate that God’s law is written in their hearts, for their own conscience and thoughts either accuse them or tell them they are doing right" . Romans 2:15    Jesus Christ did not come to introduce or promote another religion neither is he a member of any religion or sect because God hates religion because it makes man proud and promotes hatred for God and man (Mathew 23, Colossians 2:19-23) Jesus Christ came to fulfill prophesy and to fulfill the demands of the laws of Moses.  Jesus Christ did not follow the laws of Moses ( he healed on the Sabbath day Matthew 12:11-12) neither did the other prophets and Abraham    Under the new order of salvation by grace where a man is made right right with God not by self effort but by God's unilateral amnesty by reason of ...

    By Rev Michael Benson Ajayi  Acts 8:18 -23" And when Simon saw  that through laying on of the apostles’  hands the Holy Ghost was given, he  offered them money,  Saying, Give  me also this power, that on  whomsoever I lay hands, he may  receive the Holy Ghost. But Peter  said unto him, Thy money perish with  thee, because thou hast thought that  the gift of God may be purchased with  money. Thou hast neither part nor  lot in this matter: for thy heart is not  right in the sight of God.  Repent  therefore of this thy wickedness, and  pray God, if perhaps the thought of  thine heart may be forgiven thee.   For I perceive that thou art in the gall of  bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity. "     Verse 8 describes Simon in this light  " But there was a certain  man, called Simon, which beforetime in  the same city used sorcery, and  bewi...

  By Rev Michael Benson Ajayi " Then  certain of the vagabond Jews,  exorcists, took upon them to call over  them which had evil spirits the name of  the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you  by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.  And there were seven sons of one  Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests,  which did so.  And the evil spirit  answered and said, Jesus I know, and  Paul I know; but who are ye?  And  the man in whom the evil spirit was  leaped on them, and overcame them,  and prevailed against them, so that  they fled out of that house naked and  wounded."  Acts 19: ,13-16     'And these signs shall  follow them that believe; In my name  shall they cast out devils; they shall  speak with new tongues;" Mark 16:17    Demons are fallen angels on a mission to fulfill the devil's mission to kill , steal and destroy .Jesus Christ gave the born again believer p...