Rhapsody of Realities

Rhapsody of Realities

Wednesday, September 14th

See The Good Only

Pastor Chris Oyakhilome PhD

He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD (Psalm 33:5)


       Some people are always fishing for the wrong things; they never see good in anything or anywhere. They know all the bad things happening around, and are prompt to spread gossip, falsehood and negative information. Such people end up twisted in life, because they never see or celebrate the good in anything.

Whereas, there’re those who always think and care about the good; they see good in everything. No matter what it is, they only look out for, and celebrate the good. They’re forever "good-conscious"; not because they’re naïve, but because of the excellence of their personality. That’s how God expects you to live. The Bible says the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord; that’s all you should see—only good things.

People who peddle rumours and bad news, and only see the negative side of everything can’t make much progress in life. Their values keep depreciating, and everyone who wants to make progress avoids them. Successful people don’t want to keep the company of people who are negatively programmed; they avoid them. The Bible says, "Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend" (Proverbs 27:17)

Read the latter part of our opening verse again; it says, "…the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD" (Psalm 33:5). Choose to see the glory and goodness of God in your world. Yes, the Bible says the dark places of the earth are filled with the habitations of cruelty, but it doesn’t change the fact that the earth is full of the goodness of God. Don’t be concerned about the evil reports so much so that they produce the negative response from you; be excited about the goodness of God. The truth is, if all you see and seek is the goodness of the Lord, that’s surely what you’ll experience.

                      Prayer

The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord; thus, I see and experience good things only. My life is a daily manifestation of the glory and beauty of God as I think about His goodness, accept, and celebrate His excellence that I see around me, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

Further Study:

|| Job 22:29; When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person. ||

|| Isaiah 1:19; 19(TLB) If you will only let me help you, if you will only obey, then I will make you rich! ||

|| 2 Chronicles 6:41  Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.||

Daily Scripture Reading

|| 2 Corinthians 13:1-14; Ecclesiastes 6-8||

|| 1 Timothy 1:15-20; Jeremiah 32||

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Rhapsody Daily Devotional

 Rhapsody of Realities

Tuesday, September 13th

    The Excellent Glory

Tuesday, September 13th .

Pastor Chris Oyakhilome PhD

…All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23)

Before Christ came, all men were under the curse of sin, and were therefore subject to condemnation, Satan, sickness, disease, poverty and depravity. This was the consequence of man’s fall in the Garden of Eden. Adam, before the fall, lived in the presence of God. God’s presence was his light; he walked in the presence of God. That connection or relationship was the glory.

However, he was cut off from that glory when he listened to Satan and sinned against God. He died spiritually. Spiritual death is separation from God. Thus, through Adam’s transgression, all men died and became separated from the presence—the glory of God. Now, in Christ, the one who’s born again is made alive and awakened to the fatherhood of God. Romans 5:19 lets us know that because all men were made sinners by Adam’s disobedience, likewise, by the obedience of Christ, we’ve been made righteous.

We’re no longer separated from the life of God. By virtue of the new birth, Christ has taken up His abode in the quarters of our hearts. Christ isn’t around you, neither is He merely with you; He’s in you: “...Christ in you, the hope of glory” (Colossians 1:27). The glory that was lost in Adam has been restored in Christ. We’ve been glorified in Christ. Hallelujah! This glory is even greater than what Adam had in the Garden of Eden. It’s greater than the glory of the Old Testament. Our glory in Christ Jesus is “...the glory that excelleth” (2 Corinthians 3:10); the excellent glory (2 Peter 1:17). 

In the Garden, Adam and Eve heard the voice of the Lord, walking. But with us, the presence of God isn’t just a voice walking around us; that voice is in you. You house the glory of God. He lives in you—in every fibre of your being, in every cell of your blood, and in every bone of your body. It’s the excellent glory. Hallelujah!

                 CONFESSION

My life is a manifestation of the beauty, radiance and excellence of God, because Christ is in me. Therefore, sickness, disease and infirmities have no place in my body. I’m the carrier, as well as the effulgence of the excellent glory of God, and I continually display the virtues, splendour and perfections of our glorious Kingdom, in Jesus’ Name. Amen

Further Study: || 2 Corinthians 6:16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in [them]; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. ||

|| Romans 8:30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. ||

|| 2 Peter 1:3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that [pertain] unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: ||

Daily Scripture Reading

1-Year Bible Reading Plan: 
2 Corinthians 12:1-21,
Ecclesiastes 3-5

2-Year Bible Reading Plan: 
1 Timothy 1:8-14,
Jeremiah 31



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RHAPSODY OF REALITIES DAILY DEVOTIONAL

Move From Believing To Faith

Saturday, September 10th

Pastor Chris Oyakhilome PhD

Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed (1 Peter 2:24).

          Some Christians find themselves having a conflict between what the Word says and their actual experience. For example, they’ve read and believed our opening verse, yet they’ve battled one ailment after the other and now they’re asking,"What am I supposed to do that I’m not doing?"

A dear lady asked me a similar question, drawing attention to 2 Corinthians 8:9 that says Jesus was made poor that we might be made rich. Then she asked, "If this is true, how come so many Christians are still poor?" She wanted to know what could be done to make that scripture real in their lives.

Here’s what you need to know: When you were born again, you were brought into a life of absolute prosperity, absolute health, strength and victory; it’s been done already. Whether or not you’re enjoying it is your responsibility. The Bible says, "…work out your own salvation…" (Philippians 2:12); meaning that you must live the Word of salvation. Act according to the Word. In Christianity, we do the Word; we’re Word practitioners. You must personalise the Word for yourself and act accordingly.

You’re the one to make the Word real in your life. You’re the one to subdue the circumstances around you. You’re the one to subdue the forces that come against you and the symptoms that try to attack you. You’re the one to use the Word to effect changes.

Things won’t change by themselves; they won’t change because you believe. Believing isn’t enough; to effect the change you need in any area of your life, you MUST go from believing to faith! You must fight the good fight of faith. The fight of faith is when you consciously live according to the Word of God, irrespective of the circumstances around you and what your senses tell you. It’s when you insist on the Word and hold on to it as the only reality.


               PRAYER

I experience the reality of the Word of God as I meditate on, and live in, the Word! I’m making progress, and circumstances are subdued to conform to the reality of God’s Word for my good. The Word of God has the pre-eminence in my life, and it continually produces in me what it talks about, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

Further Study:
||Hebrews 10:23; Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)||

||Hebrews 11:1; Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.||

||Romans 4:19-20; And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb:

 20  He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;||

Daily Scripture Reading

|| 1-Year Bible Reading Plan: 2 Corinthians 10:1-18; Proverbs 27-28||

|| 2-Year Bible Reading Plan: 2 Thessalonians 3:1-10; Jeremiah 28||

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Be On The Offensive Against Satan 

Friday, September 9th

Pastor Chris Oyakhilome PhD

Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil (Ephesians 6:11). 

You don’t need to pray, “Oh Lord, make me strong; help me to overcome temptations; help me to stand against the devil.” Such a prayer is unnecessary, because He already told you what to do to stand: “Put on the whole armour of God….” With your armour on, you’ll be able to stand your ground and resist every onslaught from the enemy; you’ll not succumb to fear, irrespective of what happens around you.

However, if you don’t put on the armour, it doesn’t matter how intensely you pray; it’ll not work. The instruction is to put on “the whole armour of God,” not some of it. And notice also that it doesn’t say, “So that you may be able to stand against the power of the devil”; that’s because the devil isn’t a factor; he has no power. The new creation is superior to him. The reason you’re to put on the armour of God is for you to be able to stand against “the wiles of the devil,” not his power.

The underlined word is “methodeia” in Greek, from where the English got the word, “method.” It refers to the travesties, stratagems, schemes, and manipulations of the devil. When you’re kitted with the whole armour of God, you’ll have the ability to frustrate and nullify these stratagems and deceptive mechanisms of Satan.

There’re people who aren’t able to stand when troubles come; life becomes miserable for them. Don’t be that way. The Bible says, ...having done all to stand, stand therefore. (Ephesians 6:13-14); in other words, endure to the end. Don’t give in; don’t give up. Wear the devil out. He doesn’t have what it takes to withstand you; resist him and he’ll flee from you. How do you resist him? It’s with the spoken Word; that’s part of your armour; it’s called the sword of the Spirit (Ephesians 6:17). Use it and the rest of the armour to keep Satan where he belongs—under your feet!

                   PRAYER

Dear Father, thank you for the instructions in your Word; they’re life to me. I’m fully kitted with the whole armour of God, steadfast, unwavering, firmly rooted, grounded, and unmovable in the face of staggering opposition or contrary circumstances. I render futile the wiles, tactics, manipulations, and strategies of the devil, with my shield of faith, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.


Further Study: 

|| Psalm 37:39 But the salvation of the righteous [is] of the LORD: [he is] their strength in the time of trouble. ||

|| 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward [man] is renewed day by day. 17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding [and] eternal weight of glory; 18 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen [are] temporal; but the things which are not seen [are] eternal. ||

Daily Scripture Reading

1-Year Bible Reading Plan: 2 Corinthians 8-9,
Proverbs 24-26

2-Year Bible Reading Plan: 2 Thessalonians 2:11-17,
Jeremiah 27

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