Month: May 2023

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DWOJ Daily Words of Jesus Devotional Post May

THIS MOUNTAIN (3)

Mountain talks about challenges e.g., financial challenges, health challenges, accommodation challenge, school admission challenge, academic challenge, etc. Don’t forget: The strategy to be deployed to surmount a mountain is determined by God, and not you…

DWOJ Daily Words of Jesus Devotional Post May

THIS MOUNTAIN (2)

After working for some time as a private school teacher, I enrolled with ICAN. I passed my ATS and moved up to the PE… Midway, I enrolled for a degree in Religious Studies/Theology in a Theological Seminary which was affiliated with OOU. I was running both together…

DWOJ Daily Words of Jesus Devotional Post May

THIS MOUNTAIN (1)

Evangelist Niyi Adebayo said: I wrote JAMB after my WAEC and got the first admission to Federal Polytechnic Ede. I couldn’t get anyone to fund my study so I couldn’t go. I tried again the next year. I got another admission to UNILORIN…

DWOJ Daily Words of Jesus Devotional Post May

WHAT MANNER OF LOVE

Benavidez requested assignment to Detachment B-56, under the control of the Military Assistance Command Vietnam, Studies and Observation Group (MACV-SOG). In April 1968, Benavidez narrowly escaped a patrol with his life thanks to Sgt. 1st Class LeRoy Wright’s intervention…

DWOJ Daily Words of Jesus Devotional Post May

ROY PEREZ BENAVIDEZ: HE REFUSED TO QUIT

Credit to the works of Jonathan Curran. Roy Perez Benavidez. (August 5, 1935 – November 29, 1998) lost both of his parents by the age of seven and was raised by his aunt and uncle. At the age of 15, he dropped out of school to help support his family…

DWOJ Daily Words of Jesus Devotional Post May

DON’T QUIT

To quit is to surrender to discouragement. It means to surender to depression. It means to surrender to defeat in the battles of life. To quit is to handle the steering wheel of your life to your enemy. To quit is to stop boxing while your opponent is still kicking you hard in order…

DWOJ Daily Words of Jesus Devotional Post May

WAY OUT OF UNHAPPINESS?

One dictionary describes the word ‘misearable’ to mean a person who is wretchedly unhappy or uncomfortable. It is a pitiable state of distress or unhappiness. With Global economic meltdown, many people are becoming more miserable and unhappy. There are bills to be settled, mouths to be fed, fees to be paid, projects to be finished, aged parents to be cared for, etc. Sometimes, it might just be too overwhelming resulting in stress, indignation, mental fatigue, and ultimately depression. Hear me beloved: Only the living can share a testimony. If you don’t want to end up early in the grave, or become hypertensive or become stressed out, you must guard your happiness with all diligence…

DWOJ Daily Words of Jesus Devotional Post May

HOW TO MAKE YOURSELF MISERABLE

Credit to the insight of Dr. D.K. Olukoya. You are not a failure when you fall, you become a failure when you remain on that floor. A lot of people are becoming really miserable. Because of that, they are always thinking about themselves and measuring themselves in the mirror of others…

DWOJ Daily Words of Jesus Devotional Post May

REACH OUT TO YOUR FRIENDS

A dear friend of mine happened to not show up for me when I was down. Not that he did too little, he did nothing at all. In the heat of the moment, I apparently didn’t notice but you see as soon as the whole buzz of initial grief was over and his name came up while my brain took inventory…

DWOJ Daily Words of Jesus Devotional Post May

WHEN IMMORALITY COMES BACK ON AIR

As of the time of writing this devotional, a notorious programme just came back on air on satellite TV. In this televised programme – which is held yearly – participants are allowed to sleep with the opposite sex live before the whole world. Did you just read that?…

DWOJ Daily Words of Jesus Devotional Post May

PLANT THE SEED OF GOODNESS WHEREVER YOU GO

In England in 1920 there was a graduation ceremony for a batch of new doctors. It was attended by the British Prime Minister of that time. During the ceremony, the lead doctor who was in charge of that batch gave the necessary advice to these new graduates…

DWOJ Daily Words of Jesus Devotional Post May

THE PARABLE OF A “MAD MAN”

People called him mad man but I was surprised when he moved close to me and said, “Can I ask you a very important question?” I nodded in acceptance, and then, he asked, “Am I a mad man?” The obvious answer from a sane person will be, “no”, and that was what I said. “Thank you!”, he replied…