CAN YOU DEAL WITH YOUR “SELF” ❓

DOUBLE DESTINY DAILY DEVOTIONAL

Thursday 25 March 2020

Text :
Luke 19:1 – 10

Topic :
CAN YOU DEAL WITH YOUR “SELF”❓

Memory verse:
Matthew 16:24

Massage:
The human nature is naturally selfish. It is the most among creatures. A man naturally will want every good things to himself before others. But the life of a child of God should be different. Like the master, our Lord Jesus Christ, who laid down His precious life, every child of God should be able to put to put his ‘Self” after others. It means, according to our key verse today, that  the person will have to deny himself a lot to please others and the master. This may involve letting go what others hold so tenaciously, what others call enjoyment, way of success, adorable, etc. He will go for those things that will glorify his Maker.

The man Zacchaeus in  our main text today, is a wealthy man. He was a good example of who is able to deny himself of the ‘Self’ in him to be able to walk with the Master. He says, Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor;  and if I have taken anything from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold; By this Zacchaeus means to get go every wealth he acquired through fraudulent means. This may means losing so much of his wealth, but that did not mean much to him anymore. He wanted to deal with his excessive greed and materialism. He realized his lost state. He did not want to lose the previous opportunity at his disposal; he could not let it pass by, even if it meant losing a chunk part of his wealth.

Salvation and a walk with God is much important than every wealth in the world put together. The one person that can limit you is ” You” your “Self” . Can you, today like brother Zacchaeus, tame your “Self”? If you are heaven bound, yourself, greedy, proud, adulterous, lustful, quarrelsome ” Self” must be dealt with and the time is now. Being to Him about them all now. He is right here

CONTROLLING THOUGHTS :
The “Self” in you must for salvation to take over.

PRAYER:
I know it is not easy to deal with my “Self”  but give me the grace, oh Lord to do it for heaven’s sake Amen

BIBLE READING FOR THE YEAR :
Job 36- 37; 1 Corinthians 12

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IS IT WISE TO DIE LIKE A FOOL❓

DOUBLE DESTINY DAILY DEVOTIONAL

Tuesday 24 March 2020

Text :
2 Samuel 3: 31 – 39

Topic :
IS IT WISE TO DIE LIKE A FOOL❓

Memory verse:
1 Sam. 3: 33

Message:
The Bible admonishes Christians to be cautious and wise, so as not to fall prey to the innumerable traps of the wicked and the devil on heavenly journey. In the above text, David lamented over the death of Abner because the scripture has provided a remedy for all who killed in self-defense. If the murderer runs into a City of Refuge and remains, he is safe. If the person comes out, anything that happens to him is of his making. He did not take advantage of God’s provision for his security. Abner knew that quite well. He flouted the guideline as he killed Asahel, Joab’s brother. Abner actually, died as a fool (Num. 35 : 6).

Many Christians today know God’s provisions in the Bible on several issues. We are found wanting at the point of putting them to action. We know sanitary rules but fail altogether to observe them. We teach about security and defense procedures but take them for granted. We seek medical advice and medications yet fail to live true to prescriptions. We get information on appropriate feeding formulate, we simply dismiss it as a joke. We are counseled on addictions but wave them aside as normative. These are examples of knowing but not doing. They are cousins to dying as a fool.

We must not forget about, a Minister with RCCG in Abuja, who committed suicide as a result of accommodation problem on Tuesday, May 14, 2019. Michael Arowosaiye was his name. For an unbeliever to attempt suicide is not tasteful by any standard, but a Minister to take his own life is an inconceivable foolishness. Although there may be more to it than meets the eye. No matter the problem calling for attention, it will expire eventually; suicide is not an option at all. Do not die like a fool. God is still on the throne.

CONTROLLING THOUGHTS :
Wisdom is the principal thing for a successful life; get wisdom.

PRAYER:
Lord, grant me wisdom and understanding in all my life endeavours.

BIBLE READING FOR THE YEAR :
Proverbs 3-5; 1 Corinthians 15:1-28

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HAVE YOU DISCOVERED YOUR TALENT ❓

DOUBLE DESTINY DAILY DEVOTIONAL

Monday 23rd March, 2020

*TOPIC:*
HAVE YOU DISCOVERED YOUR TALENTS❓

Memory verse:*
“For the one who has will be given more and he will have more than enough. But the one who does
not have even what he has will be taken from him” (Matt. 25:29, NET).

TEXT:

MATTHEW 25:14-30

MESSAGE:

God has given and put in everyone all that they require to fulfill their destiny in life. There is none that is barren. What we do or fail to do in our various lives is our personal choices not God’s. The three employees were given talents, as the passage relates, according to the proven capacities of each person. The instruction was given them at the same time and place. The third employee hid his talent in the napkin of selfish ambition. He never used it for the benefit of the Master nor himself at all. He was in contemplation until time caught up with him. He was a loser.

LESSONS
📌Use what God has given you. God gave it to you so that you won’t be disturbing Him every moment.

📌Use your abilities and capacities to work to the best of your strength. God will come in with help at your wits end.

📌Thinkers rule the world not passive spectators. If you only pray and do
nothing you are abusing this divine privilege. Do something afterward.

📌 The mind is limitless, you only stop its scope. Most of the life’s inventions
and discoveries are products from people who overstretched the minds
beyond the ordinary folks, refused to give up on their efforts and later had results.

📌 Size does not define a man but the content. Show what is in you.

📌 If you only feed your body without feeding your mind, it is a waste of valuable resources. You are only adding to excretory products.

📌 Use every opportunity God has given you. The third employee was the net loser in the Christ’s parable. Don’t be like him.

CONTROLLING THOUGHTS

Every grace that you require is available for you. Don’t hide it.

PRAYER:

Lord, remove laziness from me. Amen.

BIBLE STUDY IN ONE YEAR:
Proverbs 1-2;
1 Corinthians 14:21-40..

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WHAT IS IN YOUR MIND ❓

DOUBLE DESTINY DAILY DEVOTIONAL

Friday 20 March, 2020

Text:
Proverbs 4:23-27; Proverbs 26:6-8

Topic:
WHAT IS IN YOUR MIND❓

Memory verse:
Proverbs 23:7

Message:
The Scripture above admonishes believers to be mindful of what they think. Every child of God by what Jesus did at the Cross of Calvary has been cleansed and sanctified for the Master’s use. However, quite a good number have not come to terms with this truth. Some of us still see ourselves as unworthy to be called God’s children and as earthworms who should not call the Holy Name of the Almighty. When we negatively programme our minds with such low-level philosophies, the interplay of these feeds will manifest in the dreams, speeches, reasoning and shape our total environment. The law of attraction states, “That which you constantly think, tends to happen, going to happen or rather will happen.”

Thoughts have power. By carefully working patiently and intelligently on his thoughts, man will recreate his life and transform his circumstance. The opposite is also applicable. Nurture your mind with great thoughts for no man can grow above his thoughts. You will soon become what you watch, read, listen to or enjoy thinking about.

A Chinese student in England, was ever thinking that he was not going to make it in his final degree examinations. He never remembered what his scores and general performances had been. Just after the last paper, he thought his fears had come true. He went to Magdalene Bridge and jumped into the river. Before any help could come he was drowned, a son of a Hong Kong Billionaire.

The irony was that when his result came out he made First Class Honours. It is only fear of the unknown that made him commit suicide. Everyone has a destiny and a purpose to fulfill on this earth. No one can take your place or destiny. It is only in your own hand.

CONTROLLING THOUGHT:
Balance your thoughts. Let it not be one-sided.

PRAYER:
Oh Lord, help me to nurture my mind with great thoughts for that is where my tomorrow is. Amen.

BIBLE READING FOR THE YEAR:
Job 38-40; 1Corinthians 13

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ARE YOU ENCOURAGING OTHERS ❓

DOUBLE DESTINY DAILY DEVOTIONAL

Friday 13  March 2020

Text :
Act 18:24-28

Topic :
ARE YOU ENCOURAGING OTHERS❓

Memory verse:
Phil. 1:7

Message:
Encouragement, according to Online Dictionary.com, is the act of giving hope or support to someone; the expression of approval and support. That which serves to incite, support, promote or advance, as favour, countenance. The newspapers and indeed the news media are filled with discouraging pieces of news items. At home and business locations, the story is the same. Even among the elects, the scenario is not different. There is vacancy for ENCOURAGERS in the body of Christ. Paul and Timothy in spite of their experience and out-of- this-world anointing, they acknowledged the encouragement Brother Philemon meted out to them (Phil 1:7). Our text talks about encouragement. You will quickly notice that Priscilla and Aquila’s family provided the platform Appollos needed to boost his ministry. In later development, Appollos and Paul were evenly classified by the churcges in Corinth. Imagine if the encouragement of the Aquila’s was not in place.

For several generations on the West African sub region, the rites of passage from boyhood to adulthood among the various tribes included words of impartation. The traditional words of the fathers to their sons have been, “Do not be afraid.” “Be courageous.” This was succinctly captured by Camara Laye in his book “African Child”, where he relived his own solitude in the woods. Along with other boys he kept vigil in a forest filled with night noises and nocturnal animals. It was a terrifying experience to the boys because each one was not sure what will happen next. The boys will always remember the words of encouragement of their fathers whenever the temptation to retreat and surrender filled their hearts. At the break of the day, each boy discovers that he was never really alone, for their fathers kept vigil with weapons, to ensure no harm befalls their sons. The boys were never told in advance. All they were told was, ” Be courageous and be not afraid.” By this a boy becomes a man when he trust his father’s words enough not cry or scream throughout the night even when afraid.

A Christian becomes mature when he trusts and obeys the word of God. We have been helped to help others, encouraged – to pass it on. Don’t break the flow at your corner especially the newly converted brethren and those going through difficult times.

CONTROLLING THOUGHTS :
You are encouraged to encourage others. Don’t be a circuit- breaker

PRAYER:
Father, help me to take your words to heart. Amen.

BIBLE READING FOR THE YEAR :
Job 22- 24; 1 Corinthians 8

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HAVE YOU INVITED GOD ON YOUR CASE ❓

DOUBLE DESTINY DAILY DEVOTIONAL

Thursday 12  March 2020

Text :
John 5:2 -9

Topic :
HAVE YOU INVITED GOD, ON YOUR CASE❓

Memory verse:
Psalm 46:1

Message :
A testimony was shared of a particular lady who received an extraordinary miracle because she trusted her God and persisted. Her sister/friend entered secondary school in one of the states in the north. She was an Igbo girl. She had decided to read any science related course in the university. So she chose science in her class 3 (then there was no Junior secondary and senior secondary). She was born-again and in charge of the school fellowship. She knew she was not too good in sciences but because of her future ambition she took sciences and decided to work extra hard.

After exams for first, second and third terms, she failed physics woefully but managed to just pass Chemistry and Biology. When the same thing happened again at the end of class four, some friends advised her to take to Arts instead. But she continued, both to pray for God’s intervention and to study even harder. To the amazement of every staff and students of the school, when their WAEC result was released, she emerged the best student, not  only in her school but in the whole state. She did not succeed so extraordinarily just because she studied very hard but because she also invited the ever present help, the Lord, strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle, into her case.

The story of the man with infirmity for thirty-eight years from the passage we read, is another good example of the demonstration of the power of our Captain over failure. The man had tried several years to step into the pool first after the move of the angel but failed at each attempt. But when the Captain who has no failure in His record appfailureon Lord before whom there is no impossibility, his situation changed for good. He got what he could not get in over thirty years in a flash.

Are you in need of help? Have you tried severally in  the business, exam, marriage, admission into  higher institution, skill acquisition and a lot more and failed, turn to our super Captain who is Omniscient and omnipotent, He will help you today. If the sister in our story excelled at the end after her previous failures, the man at the pool succeeded after several failure don’t be afraid of your past failures; hold on, your victory is at the door.

CONTROLLING THOUGHTS :
Where Jesus is, there is no permanent defeat for His children

PRAYER:
Even after several failures, oh Lord give me strength to hold on and march  forward. Amen.

BIBLE READING FOR THE YEAR :
Job 20 – 21; 1 Corinthians 7:20-40

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ARE YOU STILL IN DARKNESS ❓

DOUBLE DESTINY DAILY DEVOTIONAL

Wednesday 11 March, 2020

Text:
Matthew 5:13-18

Topic: ARE YOU STILL IN DARKNESS❓

Memory verse:
Matthew 5:16

Message:
Anything compared with light must be something that direct the paths of others. When the Bible says, “We are the light of the world,” that means the world is in total DARKNESS and people that live there need help. They need helping hands to show them the way, the way to walk, work, and dress, even to eat. Nothing good and reasonable can be done in the dark because it is a hopeless situation. But, immediately light shines, everywhere, everybody even children are turned on.

The Bible passage puts it very clearly that we are the light of the world. No reasonable person lights a lantern, puts it inside a cupboard and locks the cupboard up. The lantern will be useless because it cannot serve it’s real purpose likewise every child of God. You cannot claim to have received Christ into your life as your Lord and personal Saviour, spirit-filled and still walk in darkness or lead others into darkness. Yes, when you cannot forgive others, you lie, bear false witness, steal, keep malice, fight one another and do a lot more. The unbelievers around you will then feel everyone does the same thing. You become a stumbling block to those who may have seen or heard you mention the name of the Lord.

Child of God, begin to radiate the light in you so that men around you can see and glorify your Father in heaven. Come off those ugly lives that bring shame to your Father and leave the ungodly in perpetual darkness. Let this song be your song today. “This little light of me, I’m gonna let it shine, let it shine, let it shine…”

CONTROLLING THOUGHT:
Do not put your light under a bushel.

PRAYER:
Remind me always, my Father, that I must shine forth to your praise and glory. Amen.

BIBLE READING FOR THE YEAR:
Job 17-19; 1 Corinthians 7:1-19

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WHAT SERVICES CAN YOU RENDER TO YOUR GENERATION ❓

DOUBLE DESTINY DAILY DEVOTIONAL

Sunday 8 March, 2020

Text:
GEN. 2:15 -16

Topic:
WHAT SERVICES CAN YOU RENDER TO YOUR GENERATION❓

Memory verse:
Act 13:36

Message:
Every man is where he is by God’s eternal purpose. The reason God places man where He decides is for man to be instrument of life, progress and encouragement in his environment. If man resolves otherwise, God’s purpose can be delayed but cannot be thwarted, though man may harm himself by so doing.

In the text above, God placed Adam in a garden and directed him on what to do, namely, dress the garden, keep the garden and He rewarded his labour. This is the principle of life – work and reward.

David served his generation by the will of God. Some serve through self-will (selfishness), others serve the devil by destruction of lives, properties and reeling pains and misery on their environments and themselves.

When we yield ourselves as instrument of righteousness, certain things will result:

* Our generation will be better than we met it.
* People will be happy to meet us.
* Live will be secured.
* Properties will be secured as well.
* We will see our services as privileges.
* Many will seek God.
* God will be happy for a life well lived.

The story of Jean Basquiat, a black American Artist, will always come to mind. Highly talented and passionate on his calling but due to carelessness and misplacement of priorities, he died a miserable death as a drug addict in his twenties. After 29 years of his death, one of his artworks was sold for over $50 billion in 2017; in the previous year 2016, a similar artwork of his garnered about $25 billion purchased by an Asian business tycoon. Mr Jean lived a self-willed life. His lifestyles hurt him but God’s word was unscathed. The choices is ours.

CONTROLLING THOUGHT:
If we yield ourselves as instruments of righteousness, our world will be better.

PRAYER:
Lord, help me to be an instrument of righteousness and progress. Amen.

BIBLE READING FOR THE YEAR:
Job 5 -7; 1 Corinthians 3

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IS IT BY YOUR STRENGTH ❓

DOUBLE DESTINY DAILY DEVOTIONAL

Thursday 5 March 2020

Text :
1 Sam. 17:45-47; Zech. 4:5 – 8;  1 Cor. 1:26 -29,

Topic :
IS IT BY YOUR STRENGTH❓

Memory verse:
Zech 4:6

Message :
Many people in the world today credit their success, victory and every progress of life, to themselves. They claim that they succeeded by their struggle, hard work, knowing many influential people (nepotism). But any child of God that reasons that way has become a God to himself/herself. God created and expects man to place his total dependency on Him.

God spoke in Zech. 4:6-7 that it was not by the power of Zerubbabel but He, the all-powerful God, will make plain, every mountain that stood or that will rise against him. God also makes it clear that it is not Zerubbabel’s power but by His grace. Where we read also in 1Cor. 1:26-29, the Bible reminds us that God does not regard the mighty but chooses the weak and foolish things of the world to attain unbelievable achievements on earth. That is why He could not use any of David’s older brothers, the ones known and recognized by even President Saul as trained soldiers. He chose to bring down Goliath through David, the almost insignificant among his brethren lest they rise up to boast that it was by their military skill and power. It could only take the power of God to kill such a giant that made the whole army of Israel quake and David acknowledged that. He says, “This day will
the Lord deliver thee into mine hand…”

Do you want God to demonstrate His power through you? Then you must be ready to become a tool in His hands. You must be ready to carry out His instructions to the latter, even if they sound or appear foolish. Bury your wisdom, strength and ability in His all-powerful strength. Submit totally to Him and see Him use you to crush even seeming insurmountable problems to His glory.

CONTROLLING THOUGHTS :
No flesh should glory before God.

PRAYER:
Oh Lord, help me to always recognize that it is only by Your  strength. Amen.

BIBLE READING FOR THE YEAR :
Job 1-2; 1 Corinthians 1

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ARE YOU AMONG THE CHAMPIONS❓

DOUBLE DESTINY DAILY DEVOTIONAL

Wednesday 4  March 2020

Text :
1 Samuel 17:20-26

Topic :
ARE YOU AMONG THE CHAMPIONS❓

Memory verse:
1 Samuel 17:25

Message :
Champions are superstar. They are the ones who hold first place in contest. They are people who are dazzlingly skilled in any field; people who have won first place in competitions or people who fight for good cause. David was qualified as he was one of such people.

From the above scripture, there are vital issues that stand out on the emergency of David as a champion. The same is true on the championships of others. They include:
📌 The opportunity was universal.
📌The knowledge of the benefits wasn’t hidden.
📌 The deadly threat was prohibitive as it was a suicide mission.
📌 The  line of demarcation between the Victor and the vanquished was very slim.

WHY DID DAVID EXCEL?
The following are some of the reason he excelled:
📌 The world is ready to remember those who can solve her numerous besieging problems, the colour of such people notwithstanding.

📌 He was prepared ahead of time, not one minute launch pad.

📌He was a passionate producer not an armchair theorist.

📌The motivation could have been external but his strength came from within.

📌 Those who are neither hot nor cold are objectionable to the Lord.

📌The way we handle negative things that happen around us determine the result we produce in life.

📌 Every problem looks like it’s solution. Goliath started fighting from his youth and the legend- killer David was but a youth.

📌 Goliath trusted himself and his god and David trusted the God of Israel and himself ( vs. 34-35)

📌 It is problem that produces champions.

📌 The list of champions never ends.

Can you be enlisted with the CHAMPIONS?

CONTROLLING THOUGHTS :
Anyone can emerge as a champion if he/she pays his/her dues.

PRAYER:
Lord, grant me the inner strength to be resolute and to act on my personal convictions . Amen.

BIBLE READING FOR THE YEAR :
Exodus 39-40; James 5

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