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10/09/2025

WEDNESDAY, 10 SEPTEMBER
TEXT: MALACHI 4:1-6
TOPIC: TRUST IN GOD EVEN WHEN HE SEEMS TO BE ABSENT

MALACHI 4:1-6 NIV

1:“Surely the day is coming; it will burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble, and the day that is coming will set them on fire,” says the Lord Almighty. “Not a root or a branch will be left to them.

2:But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its rays. And you will go out and frolic like well-fed calves.

3:Then you will trample on the wicked; they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day when I act,” says the Lord Almighty.

4:“Remember the law of my servant Moses, the decrees and laws I gave him at Horeb for all Israel.

5:“See, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes.

6:He will turn the hearts of the parents to their children, and the hearts of the children to their parents; or else I will come and strike the land with total destruction.”

TRUST IN GOD EVEN WHEN HE SEEMS TO BE ABSENT

God is concerned about His children even when things seem to be moving in a way that bring a lot of questions to our minds.

The wicked seem to prosper while the righteous seem to be suffering.

Some have even abandoned the faith and joined the wicked because they feel that God is missing in action. But God gave a strong assurance of His ever-abiding presence with the righteous whenever they are maltreated by the wicked.

He said that He will act in His usual character by punishing the wicked while the righteous will be saved and celebrated.

This is enough to encourage all of us to continue living a righteous life so as to reap the harvest at the appointed time.

QUESTION: How do you feel whenever God seems to delay in punishing the wicked?

PRAYER: Help me, dear Lord, to persist even when Your works appear to confuse me, in Jesus' name. Amen

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09/09/2025

TUESDAY, 9 SEPTEMBER
TEXT: MALACHI 3:13-18
TOPIC: KEEP TRUSTING GOD EVEN WHEN YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND

MALACHI 3:13-18 NIV

13:“You have spoken arrogantly against me,” says the Lord. “Yet you ask, ‘What have we said against you?’

14:“You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What do we gain by carrying out his requirements and going about like mourners before the Lord Almighty?

15:But now we call the arrogant blessed. Certainly evildoers prosper, and even when they put God to the test, they get away with it.’”

16:Then those who feared the Lord talked with each other, and the Lord listened and heard. A scroll of remembrance was written in his presence concerning those who feared the Lord and honored his name.

17:“On the day when I act,” says the Lord Almighty, “they will be my treasured possession. I will spare them, just as a father has compassion and spares his son who serves him.

18:And you will again see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.

KEEP TRUSTING GOD EVEN WHEN YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND

The world we live in gives us many reasons to live devoid of total commitment to God.

Some people who were once serious in the service of God have turned away because they felt that God had abandoned them and blessed those who do not have a relationship with Him.

Some even ask if this God is truly the one He said He is because things do not add up in their minds. But God expects total obedience to His will even when doing what does not seem to make sense to you as an individual.

He wants you to continue to trust and obey Him so that He will establish His purposes in your life at His own appointed time.

QUESTION: How do you feel when God does not meet your expectations?

PRAYER: Help me, dear Father, to continue trusting You even when things are not moving smoothly. Please guide me on the path of righteousness as I live, in Jesus’ name. Amen.

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08/09/2025

MONDAY, 8 SEPTEMBER
TEXT: MALACHI 3:6-12
TOPIC: STOP ROBBING GOD

Tithing has been a subject of hot debate and controversy among Christians.

Some feel that the person who has the tithe can decide what to do with it while others feel differently.

Some teach that tithing is an Old Testament practice that was done away with in the New Testament. As a result, the average Christian has been confused by the many instructions about this subject.

In today's passage, when God spoke about tithe, He accused His people of not doing what He had prescribed.

He then instructed them to bring all tithes into His storehouse so that there would be food so that they would enjoy all the blessings that come from their tithing.

We must practice tithing the way the Lord prescribed it so as to get His blessings.

QUESTION:
What does tithing mean to you and how do you practice it?

PRAYER:
Dear Lord, help me to stop robbing You by not tithing so that I can enjoy the blessings You have in store for me, in Jesus' name. Amen.

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07/09/2025

SUNDAY, 7 SEPTEMBER, 2025.
TEXT: MALACHI 3:1-5
TOPIC: WE NEED GOD'S CLEANSING.

Malachi 3:1-5 [NIV]

[1] “I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, will come,” says the Lord Almighty.

[2] But who can endure the day of his coming? Who can stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire or a launderer’s soap.

[3] He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; he will purify the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. Then the Lord will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness,

[4] and the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will be acceptable to the Lord, as in days gone by, as in former years.

[5] “So I will come to put you on trial. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers and perjurers, against those who defraud laborers of their wages, who oppress the widows and the fatherless, and deprive the foreigners among you of justice, but do not fear me,” says the Lord Almighty.

WE NEED GOD'S CLEANSING.

God is interested in raising a godly generation that will represent Him here on earth. Despite the compromises His people made, He planned to bring about transformation amongst them. He do that through the messenger He was going to send.

That messenger will be like a refiner's fire, a launderer's soap. He will purify and refine us so that we can offer acceptable sacrifices to Him. The cleansing process will not be easy. But that is God's way of preparing the people for Himself.

Therefore, we must check and purge ourselves of any sin so that we can seek His face to receive the cleansing that ushers us into His presence.

QUESTION: Have you entangled yourself in sin that has taken you far away from God?

PRAYER: Purge me, O Lord, from any form of contamination and make me a tool in Your hands, in Jesus' name. Amen!

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06/09/2025

SATURDAY, 6 SEPTEMBER
TEXT: MALACHI 2:10-17
TOPIC: GOD HATES DIVORCE

MALACHI 2:10-17 NIV

10:Do we not all have one Father? Did not one God create us? Why do we profane the covenant of our ancestors by being unfaithful to one another?

11:Judah has been unfaithful. A detestable thing has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem: Judah has desecrated the sanctuary the Lord loves by marrying women who worship a foreign god.

12:As for the man who does this, whoever he may be, may the Lord remove him from the tents of Jacob—even though he brings an offering to the Lord Almighty.

13:Another thing you do: You flood the Lord’s altar with tears. You weep and wail because he no longer looks with favor on your offerings or accepts them with pleasure from your hands.

14:You ask, “Why?” It is because the Lord is the witness between you and the wife of your youth. You have been unfaithful to her, though she is your partner, the wife of your marriage covenant.

15:Has not the one God made you? You belong to him in body and spirit. And what does the one God seek? Godly offspring. So be on your guard, and do not be unfaithful to the wife of your youth.

16:“The man who hates and divorces his wife,” says the Lord, the God of Israel, “does violence to the one he should protect,” says the Lord Almighty. So be on your guard, and do not be unfaithful.

17:You have wearied the Lord with your words. “How have we wearied him?” you ask. By saying, “All who do evil are good in the eyes of the Lord, and he is pleased with them” or “Where is the God of justice?”

GOD HATES DIVORCE

God has never compromised His stand against syncretism, divorce and false religion.

Judah got herself entangled with other nations, thereby breaking the heart of God.

The priests also broke faith with the wives of their youth. God did not tolerate these acts.

We must understand that mixing Christianity with other beliefs is seriously against the plans of God and separation and, or, divorce is not accepted by Him.

People, for their own comfort, support these acts even when God says He hates them (Mal 2:16).

We must turn away from any acts that combine God with idols and mend our broken marital relationships so that we can practice pure religion.

QUESTION: How is your relationship with God and with your spouse?

PRAYER: Deliver Your people from the sin of mixing Christ with other gods and help us heal our broken relationships with our spouses, in Jesus' name. Amen.

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05/09/2025

FRIDAY, 5 SEPTEMBER, 2025.
TEXT: MALACHI 2:1-9
TOPIC: DO YOUR MINISTRY IN FAITHFULNESS.

Malachi 2:1-9 [NIV]

[1] “And now, you priests, this warning is for you.

[2] If you do not listen, and if you do not resolve to honor my name,” says the Lord Almighty, “I will send a curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already cursed them, because you have not resolved to honor me.

[3] “Because of you I will rebuke your descendants ; I will smear on your faces the dung from your festival sacrifices, and you will be carried off with it.

[4] And you will know that I have sent you this warning so that my covenant with Levi may continue,” says the Lord Almighty.

[5] “My covenant was with him, a covenant of life and peace, and I gave them to him; this called for reverence and he revered me and stood in awe of my name.

[6] True instruction was in his mouth and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many from sin.

[7] “For the lips of a priest ought to preserve knowledge, because he is the messenger of the Lord Almighty and people seek instruction from his mouth.

[8] But you have turned from the way and by your teaching have caused many to stumble; you have violated the covenant with Levi,” says the Lord Almighty.

[9] “So I have caused you to be despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not followed my ways but have shown partiality in matters of the law.”

DO YOUR MINISTRY IN FAITHFULNESS.

God always uses men to accomplish His purposes on earth. He chose the tribe of Levi to be His mouthpiece. They were responsible for providing spiritual leadership by instructing the people about God.

The priests, however, decided to do things their own way and relegated God's desires to the background. This singular act made God address them as He did in today's passage. It is important to know that everyone called to God is expected to fulfill His mandate for their lives.

Anything we do other than meeting God's desires has consequences. God caused the priests to be despised and humiliated. He can also make anyone who despises His call upon his life face similar challenges. You need to check what you are doing as a servant of God.

QUESTION: Do you faithfully do the things that God has called you to do?

PRAYER: Forgive me for allowing my interest to override Your desires for my life and help me to return to the place You called me to, in Jesus' name. Amen!

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04/09/2025

THURSDAY, 4 SEPTEMBER, 2025.
TEXT: MALACHI 1:6-14
TOPIC: HONOUR GOD.

Malachi 1:6-14 [NIV]

[6] “A son honors his father, and a slave his master. If I am a father, where is the honor due me? If I am a master, where is the respect due me?” says the Lord Almighty. “It is you priests who show contempt for my name. “But you ask, ‘How have we shown contempt for your name?’

[7] “By offering defiled food on my altar. “But you ask, ‘How have we defiled you?’ “By saying that the Lord’s table is contemptible.

[8] When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is that not wrong? When you sacrifice lame or diseased animals, is that not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you? Would he accept you?” says the Lord Almighty.

[9] “Now plead with God to be gracious to us. With such offerings from your hands, will he accept you?”—says the Lord Almighty.

[10] “Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would not light useless fires on my altar! I am not pleased with you,” says the Lord Almighty, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.

[11] My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place incense and pure offerings will be brought to me, because my name will be great among the nations,” says the Lord Almighty.

[12] “But you profane it by saying, ‘The Lord’s table is defiled,’ and, ‘Its food is contemptible.’

[13] And you say, ‘What a burden!’ and you sniff at it contemptuously”, says the Lord Almighty. “When you bring injured, lame or diseased animals and offer them as sacrifices, should I accept them from your hands?” says the Lord.

[14] “Cursed is the cheat who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but then sacrifices a blemished animal to the Lord. For I am a great king,” says the Lord Almighty, “and my name is to be feared among the nations.

HONOUR GOD.

Our understanding of God is manifested in the way we relate with Him. Some people see God as the ultimate and give Him the best of their life. Others see as a person they can play around with and do whatever they want to do to Him.

God expressed His displeasure with the attitude of the Israelites, especially, the sacrifices they bring to Him. They take the best and give Him the bad ones. Because that was dishonourable and disrespectful, He drew their attention through a very serious rebuke.

We should understand that the God we serve deserves the greatest honour and respect for Him to bless us.

QUESTION: Do you honour God in all aspects of your life?

PRAYER: I bow in repentance, dear Lord, for not honoring You. Help me to give You the respect You deserve, in Jesus' name. Amen!

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03/09/2025

WEDNESDAY, 3 SEPTEMBER
TEXT: MALACHI 1:1-5
TOPIC: TRUST IN GOD’S LOVE

MALACHI 1:1-5 NIV

1:A prophecy: The word of the Lord to Israel through Malachi.

2:“I have loved you,” says the Lord. “But you ask, ‘How have you loved us?’ “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet I have loved Jacob,

3:but Esau I have hated, and I have turned his hill country into a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.”

4:Edom may say, “Though we have been crushed, we will rebuild the ruins.” But this is what the Lord Almighty says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Wicked Land, a people always under the wrath of the Lord.

5:You will see it with your own eyes and say, ‘Great is the Lord—even beyond the borders of Israel!’

TRUST IN GOD’S LOVE

God's love is beyond human comprehension. Hence, the need for everyone to be patient to learn and understand His love for us.

The Israelites doubted the love of God which implies that they doubted God Himself. God is love and all that is around Him is love.

It is important to understand that even when we pass through challenges and it looks as if God is far away, we need to know that His love is there and the challenges of life are necessary to prune and make us better people.

Learn to trust God even when you don't seem to see His love. Then, you will be a better child who trusts in God not based on the things you see but on the revelation from His word.

QUESTION: How do you feel when things don’t go your way?

PRAYER: Help me, dear Lord, to understand Your love amid the challenges of life. Amen.

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02/09/2025

TUESDAY, 2 SEPTEMBER
TEXT: JOHN 8:48-59
TOPIC: FALSE ACCUSATIONS

JOHN 8:48-59 NIV

48:The Jews answered him, “Aren’t we right in saying that you are a Samaritan and demon-possessed?”

49:“I am not possessed by a demon,” said Jesus, “but I honor my Father and you dishonor me.

50:I am not seeking glory for myself; but there is one who seeks it, and he is the judge.

51:Very truly I tell you, whoever obeys my word will never see death.”

52:At this they exclaimed, “Now we know that you are demon-possessed! Abraham died and so did the prophets, yet you say that whoever obeys your word will never taste death.

53:Are you greater than our father Abraham? He died, and so did the prophets. Who do you think you are?”

54:Jesus replied, “If I glorify myself, my glory means nothing. My Father, whom you claim as your God, is the one who glorifies me.

55:Though you do not know him, I know him. If I said I did not, I would be a liar like you, but I do know him and obey his word.

56:Your father Abraham rejoiced at the thought of seeing my day; he saw it and was glad.”

57:“You are not yet fifty years old,” they said to him, “and you have seen Abraham!”

58:“Very truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “before Abraham was born, I am!”

59:At this, they picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus hid himself, slipping away from the temple grounds.

FALSE ACCUSATIONS

Our lives are full of uncertainties. Some people falsely accuse others just because of what they were told about that person or even through what they just imagined about the individual.

Jesus addressed the Jewish leaders who were misinformed or for their lack of proper understanding of His personhood.

They saw Him as an ordinary man whom they could confront and not necessarily as the Saviour He is.

We must have a deep knowledge of Christ as well as seek to know things in their fullness before reaching any conclusions so as to avoid having the wrong impression about brethren and damage the sweet relationship that God has called us to enjoy.

QUESTION: What was your response to the negative rumours you heard about another Christian?

PRAYER: Help me, dear Lord, to close my ears to any negative comment aimed at making me accuse a fellow believer and grant me the grace to always stand by the truth. Amen.

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01/09/2025

MONDAY, 1 SEPTEMBER
TEXT: JOHN 8:31-47
TOPIC: STANDING FOR THE TRUTH

JOHN 8:31-47 NIV

31:To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples.

32:Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

33:They answered him, “We are Abraham’s descendants and have never been slaves of anyone. How can you say that we shall be set free?”

34:Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.

35:Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever.

36:So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

37:I know that you are Abraham’s descendants. Yet you are looking for a way to kill me, because you have no room for my word.

38:I am telling you what I have seen in the Father’s presence, and you are doing what you have heard from your father.”

39:“Abraham is our father,” they answered. “If you were Abraham’s children,” said Jesus, “then you would do what Abraham did.

40:As it is, you are looking for a way to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do such things.

41:You are doing the works of your own father.” “We are not illegitimate children,” they protested. “The only Father we have is God himself.”

42:Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on my own; God sent me.

43:Why is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say.

44:You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

45:Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe me!

46:Can any of you prove me guilty of sin? If I am telling the truth, why don’t you believe me?

47:Whoever belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.”

STANDING FOR THE TRUTH

Truth has become a stranger to many people, including those who are called to live for God and serve His purpose.

Many who have professed Christ would rather tell a lie to please men than stand for the truth. To them, truth is relative rather than absolute.

In this passage, Jesus confronts the Jewish leaders with truths that didn’t seem to sit well in their hearts. He also informed them that they were children of the devil and not of Abraham because of their life styles.

We must learn to practice truthful living in this corrupt world so as to impact the world that Jesus has called us to win to Him.

QUESTION: How do you react to the lies that have infiltrated the Church and how can we overcome them?

PRAYER: Help me, dear Lord, to understand that You are the truth and grant me the grace to live by the truth, no matter the consequences, in Jesus’ name. Amen.

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31/08/2025

SUNDAY, 31 AUGUST
TEXT: JOHN 8:21-30
TOPIC: WHERE IS YOUR PERMANENT ADDRESS?

JOHN 8:21-30 NIV

21:Once more Jesus said to them, “I am going away, and you will look for me, and you will die in your sin. Where I go, you cannot come.”

22:This made the Jews ask, “Will he kill himself? Is that why he says, ‘Where I go, you cannot come’?”

23:But he continued, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.

24:I told you that you would die in your sins; if you do not believe that I am he, you will indeed die in your sins.”

25:“Who are you?” they asked. “Just what I have been telling you from the beginning,” Jesus replied.

26:“I have much to say in judgment of you. But he who sent me is trustworthy, and what I have heard from him I tell the world.”

27:They did not understand that he was telling them about his Father.

28:So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he and that I do nothing on my own but speak just what the Father has taught me.

29:The one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, for I always do what pleases him.”

30:Even as he spoke, many believed in him.

WHERE IS YOUR PERMANENT ADDRESS?

If you are used to filling official documents you will be familiar with filling a blank space requiring you to give your permanent address, that is, where you reside. This is usually an apartment, house or any address that describes where you live.

The truth be told, there is no permanent address on this side of eternity. You are either from below or from above, you are of this world or a citizen of heaven (John 8:23).

The only permanent address that is everlasting is heaven above or hell fire. There is no permanent address on this terrestrial ball.

The cliché we often hear about permanent employment, permanent secretary, permanent cure, permanent campus, etc, are very misleading. "For we are strangers ... Our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no abiding'" (I Chronicles 29:15).

Anyone who does not believe in Jesus will die in his or her sins and will be assigned a permanent address of perpetual existence without God.

QUESTION: If your heartbeat stops now, where will your permanent address be?

PRAYER: Dear Lord, give me the courage to choose heaven as my permanent address, in Jesus' name. Amen.

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29/08/2025

FRIDAY, 29 AUGUST, 2025.
TEXT: JOHN 8:1-11
TOPIC: LAW BREAKERS PROSECUTING A FELLOW LAW BREAKER.

John 8:1-11 [NIV]

[1]:but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.

[2]:At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them.

[3]:The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group

[4]:and said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery.

[5]:In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?”

[6]:They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him. But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger.

[7]:When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.”

[8]:Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground.

[9]:At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there.

[10]:Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?”

[11]:“No one, sir,” she said. “Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.”

LAW BREAKERS PROSECUTING A FELLOW LAW BREAKER.

“Do not commit adultery” is the seventh of the 10 commandments that attracted death by stoning based on the Mosaic Law.

The Pharisees and the teachers of the Law caught a woman in the very act of committing adultery. They are not concerned about the spiritual life of this woman and what adultery does to one's family. The Pharisees and teachers of the Law paraded this woman while pretending to be champions or guardians of God’s Holy Laws. But Jesus knew that they left out the adulterer and brought the adulteress as a specimen to trap Him.

In Africa corrupt politicians, auditors, EFCC, etc, are the ones condemning those who are caught stealing chickens and goats while they themselves are the biggest thieves.

QUESTION: Before you condemn someone for stealing, adultery or any fraudulent activities, do you look at yourself in the mirror?

PRAYER: Please Lord, deliver me from hypocrisy, in Jesus’ name. Amen!

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