Good-life Daily Devotional

   By Rev .Michael Benson Ajayi    Everyone must submit to governing authorities. For all authority comes from God, and those in positions of authority have been placed there by God. So anyone who rebels against authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and they will be punished. For the authorities do not strike fear in people who are doing right, but in those who are doing wrong. Would you like to live without fear of the authorities? Do what is right, and they will honor you."  Romans 13:1‭-‬3 NLT      The scriptures confirm that power for leadership comes from God. God puts people in power so that his people will prosper and his righteous will done on earth. Good governance results in the rapid spread of the gospel while bad governance results in increase in backsliding and sin in society (psalm 125:3)           It is against this backdrop that Christians are expected to be very active in the elector...

   By Rev Michael Benson Ajayi   "So it is God who decides to show mercy. We can neither choose it nor work for it. " Romans 9:1   "Although the fig tree shall  not blossom, neither shall fruit  be in  the vines; the labour of the olive shall  fail, and the fields shall yield no meat;  the flock shall be cut off from the fold,  and there shall be no herd in the stalls:  18 Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy  in the God of my salvation." Habakkuk 3:17      The born again life is determined by the holy Spirit. The Bible says them that are led by the Holy Spirit are sons of God. Being led by the Holy Spirit does not mean a person would no longer use their brain. Failure to use common sense ( wisdom) in our daily judgments and dealings can be disastrous.      One way of putting aside wisdom is the fallacy of denying the antecedent. This is what is used by many self acclaimed prophets as an...

   By Rev Michael Benson Ajayi " In the beginning God created the  heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth  was without form, and void; and  darkness was upon the face of the  deep. And the Spirit of God moved  upon the face of the waters. 3 And God  said, Let there be light: and there was  light. Genesis 1;1-3   The word 'light' in verse three is the Hebrew word   ôr  it means illumination or (concretely)  luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc ) and the word 'darkness ' is the Hebrew word chôshek it means the dark ; hence (literally) darkness ; figuratively misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness: -      The light and darkness mentioned here is repeated in Isaiah 60:1 "Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and  the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.  2 For, behold, the darkness shall cover  the earth, and gross darkness the  people: but th...

  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...