19 January “When the enemy comes in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him”. (Isaiah 59:19b) Blessing’s three children were admitted into hospital with severe malaria. She prayed with this Bible verse, asking God to lift up a standard and take away these floods of...
18 January “And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being”. (Genesis 2:7) As a child, I read the story about dolls that would be alive at night and decided to test it. I placed my dolls near me on...
17 January “Peninnah, her rival, would torment and humiliate her, because the Lord had kept her childless. One time…Hannah…was deeply distressed, and she cried bitterly as she prayed to the Lord…the Lord answered her prayer. (1 Samuel 1:6, 9-10; 19-20.GNT) Caring neighbours frustrated her with recommendations of gynaecologists and medicines that improved fertility. Funmi came into...
16 January “Then God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God relented from the disaster that He had said He would bring upon them”. (Jonah 3:10) Bon was having extramarital affairs with two women, one of whom was married. Both got into a fight over...
15 January A PRAYER FOR WEEK 3 “For this reason we have always prayed for you, ever since we heard about you. We ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will, with all the wisdom and understanding that his Spirit gives”. (Col 1: 9 -12 GNV) Please...
14 January “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you”. (John 14:26) Idah diligently read her Bible daily, sometimes till late into the night, with her Reference Bible spread out to...
13 January ‘For “the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you,” as it is written’. (Romans 2:24) Joke decided to offer some service to her church instead of just being a nominal member, so she joined one of the service groups. She discussed a business proposal with one of...
12 January “And in all matters of wisdom and understanding about which the king examined them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers who were in all his realm”. (Daniel 1:20) When Jude walked out of the A’ level exam hall before the time was up, his teacher was worried about...
11 January “And she said to her husband, ‘Look now, I know that this is a holy man of God, who passes by us regularly. Please, let us make a small upper room on the wall; so it will be, whenever he comes to us, he can turn in there.’” (2 Kings 4:9-10) We...
10 January “Then Peter said, ‘Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.’” (Acts 3:6) On April 20, 1974 at the University of Ife, the Evangelical Christian Union had a Crusade, preceded...