14TH OCTOBER A SEED MUST DIE TO GERMINATE “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.” (John 12:24) When a seed is planted in the ground, it dies as a...
13TH OCTOBER A SEED IS ALIVE “For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two- edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.” (Hebrews 4:12) The Word of...
12TH OCTOBER RELIEF FOR PRISONERS “I was in prison and you came to me.” (Matthew 25:36) In ancient times, the sole purpose of imprisonment was retribution – that is, punishment for crimes against society. However, in more modern societies the purpose includes deterrence, incapacitation and rehabilitation. There are many...
11TH OCTOBER MAKE TIME FOR THE SICKMAKE TIME FOR THE SICK “I was sick and you visited me.” (Matthew 25:36) In our youth, many of us work long hours. Some party till the early hours of the morning and eat any kind of food – junk or healthy; yet,...
10TH OCTOBER YOU CLOTHED ME “I was naked and you clothed me.”(Matthew 25:36) Except for some mad people we see occasionally on the streets in our dearcountry Nigeria, it is difficult to meet people who are literally naked. However, there are many sane people who wear washed out and tattered...
9TH OCTOBER TAKE THEM IN “I was a stranger and you took me in.”(Matthew 25: 35) In our world of today, it might be a dangerous venture to just go out into thestreets and literally take strangers into our home. To “take in”, as used in our text, may mean...
8TH OCTOBER WATER IS LIFE “I was thirsty and you gave me drink.”(Matthew 25:35) How long can we go without food? Three weeks! Mahatma Ghandi is said tohave survived 21 days of complete starvation. How long can we go withoutwater? Three to four days but one week maximum! The first...
7TH OCTOBER CARING FOR THE NEEDY “For I was hungry and you gave me food.”(Matthew 25:35) I remember when I first started receiving revelations for The Roses, I kepthearing the Lord say, “Feed my people”. I interpreted this as physical food and thought of several ways in which I could...
6TH OCTOBER WORDS ARE SEEDS “A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell alongthe path and was trampled underfoot, and the birds of the airdevoured it. ……And some fell into good soil and grew and yielded ahundredfold.” As he said these things, he called...
5TH OCTOBER THE SPIRITUAL ROCK “For they drank from the spiritual Rock that followed them, andthe Rock was Christ.”(1 Corinthians 10:4, NKJV) The first time the Israelites complained about thirst while journeying in thewilderness, Moses prayed to the Lord and he answered. Moses struck the Rock at Horeb with his...