27 January “For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, ’Abba, Father!’.” (Romans 8:15) God is our Father. Unlike Okonkwo in Chinua Achebe’s book Things Fall Apart, who betrayed the boy who called him father, in order to...

26 January “And tell Archippus, ’Be sure to finish the task you were given in the Lord’s service.’” (Colossians 4:17) And tell ………… (your name) to finish the task you were given in the Lord’s service. It is important to do this with urgency, for we know not how long...

25 January “I am always aware of the Lord’s presence; he is near, and nothing can shake me”. (Psalm 16:8) Every morning, Laura passed through the World Trade Centre Station to work. She was laid off on Friday, September 7th, 2001, but still planned to go to the unemployment office next...

24 January “Now David was greatly distressed, ….But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God”. (1 Samuel 30:6) 10-year-old Ngozi had just come back from a Secondary School admission interview, discouraged because she was the smallest and youngest of all the students. Her dad told her the story of how David,...

23 January “This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success”. (Joshua...

22 January A PRAYER FOR WEEK 4 “I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit”. (Romans 15:13) Please pray this prayer for others...

20 January “I urge you…..to live a life that measures up to the standard God set when he called you”. (Ephesians 4:1 GNT) Dupe always won the prize for Best House Captain. At her school’s inter House Sports competition, she was cheered by most, in the sack race for house...

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...