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No. 7 ARONDIZUOGU STREET BEHIND STADIUM FEGGE ONITSHA SOUTH ANAMBRA STATE NIGERIA

28/05/2026

GLORY LIFE DEVOTIONAL

DATE: THURSDAY 28TH MAY 2026

TOPIC: Finding Your Place

Jesus endured our rejection that we might have His acceptance with the Father
There is another important stage in achieving acceptance, and that is receiving acceptance from God’s people. This means finding your place in the body of Christ.

You see, as Christians, we are never isolated individuals. We are brought into a relationship with our fellow believers. That relationship is one of the ways in which our acceptance is worked out in our day-to-day living. It is not enough to be accepted by the Father in heaven. That is the first step, and indeed the most important one. However, after that, acceptance has to find expression in our relationships with our fellow believers.

Collectively, Christians constitute one body, with each Christian being a member of that body. None of us can say to our fellow believers, “I don’t need you.” We all need one another. God has created the body in such a way that the members are interdependent. None of them can function effectively on its own. That principle applies to each one of us. It applies to you. You have to find your place in the body of Christ. You need the other members, and they need you. Finding your place in the body makes your acceptance a real, day-to-day experience.

If you are crying out in your heart for this kind of involvement, I suggest that you pray this prayer: “Lord, I long to dwell in Your house, to be part of a spiritual family of committed believers. If there are any barriers in me, I ask You to remove them. Guide me to a group where this longing of mine can be fulfilled, and help me to make the needed commitment to them. In the name of Jesus, amen.”

PRAYERS : Father, thank you for giving us JESUS CHRIST.

27/05/2026

GLORY LIFE DEVOTIONAL

DATE: WEDNESDAY 27TH MAY 2026

TOPIC: Accepting Ourselves

Jesus endured our rejection that we might have His acceptance with the Father
By an act of faith, you must believe what God says in the Bible: that you are accepted in Christ. Scripture tells us that God’s purpose from eternity was to make us His children, and He accomplished this purpose, He made it possible, through Jesus’ death on the cross on our behalf (see Ephesians 1:4–6). When you come to God through Jesus, God accepts you. He will not turn you away.

To make this step toward acceptance, you must accept yourself. Many times, this is the hardest thing for us to do. We look back over a record of failures and false starts, maybe the ways in which we have failed others. You may label yourself “failure,” but God labels you “My son” or “My daughter.” We must accept ourselves because God has accepted us.

When you come to God through Jesus, you are a new creation:

“If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ” (2 Corinthians 5:17–18)

That is the new creation. Do not think about yourself in terms of what you were before you came to Christ, for you have become a new creation.

Let us pray together: “God, I thank You that You love me, that You gave Jesus, Your Son, to die on my behalf. I thank You that He bore my sins, took my rejection, and paid my penalty. And because I come to You through Him, I am not rejected, I am not unwanted, I am not excluded. You really love me. I really am Your child. You really are my Father. I belong to Your family. Heaven is my home. Thank You, God. Amen.”

PRAYERS: Father, thank you for giving us JESUS CHRIST.

25/05/2026

GLORY LIFE DEVOTIONAL

DATE: MONDAY 25TH MAY 2026

TOPIC: Experiencing His Acceptance

Jesus endured our rejection that we might have His acceptance with the Father
To receive God’s provision for rejection, you must grasp two basic facts. First, God did not make a lot of different provisions for each of the various needs of humanity. Instead, He made just one, all inclusive provision that covers all the needs of all people. This cover all provision was the sacrificial death of Jesus on the cross.

Second, what took place on the cross was an exchange that God Himself had planned. All the evil consequences of our sins came upon Jesus so that, in return, all the benefits of Jesus’ sinless obedience might be made available to us. For our part, we have done nothing to deserve this, and we have no merits or rights by which to claim it. It proceeded solely out of the unfathomable love of God.

Therefore, it is futile to approach God on the basis of some merit or virtue that we imagine we possess. Nothing we have to offer of ourselves can be compared with the merit of the sacrifice that Jesus offered on our behalf.

Christ bore our rejection on the cross, along with all of the shame and betrayal, agony and heartache. In fact, a broken heart was the cause of His death. We are accepted because of His rejection. We are accepted in the Beloved. It was an exchange. Jesus bore the evil so that we might receive the good. He carried our sorrows so we might have His joy. The way is opened for man to come to God without shame, without guilt, without fear. Jesus bore our rejection so that we might experience His acceptance.

PRAYERS: Father, thank you for giving us JESUS CHRIST.

GLORY LIFE DEVOTIONAL DATE: FRIDAY 22ND MAY 2026TOPIC: We Are Accepted!Jesus endured our rejection that we might have Hi...
22/05/2026

GLORY LIFE DEVOTIONAL

DATE: FRIDAY 22ND MAY 2026

TOPIC: We Are Accepted!

Jesus endured our rejection that we might have His acceptance with the Father
Rejection, simply defined, is the sense of being unwanted or the sense that, although you want people to love you, no one does. Or it can be the desire to belong to a group from which you feel excluded—it seems you’re always on the outside looking in. One reason that so many people today suffer from the problem of rejection is the form of our society and its pressures, particularly those causing the breakup of family life.

What is the opposite of rejection? It is acceptance. I love the last part of Ephesians 1:6, which says:

“He [God] has made us accepted in the Beloved.”

Jesus, God’s true and only begotten Son, was rejected so that we, who were unworthy rebels, might have His acceptance with the Father. The surest remedy for our problems is to believe that Jesus bore our rejection that we might have His acceptance with the Father.

God’s family is the best family. There is none equal to it. Even if your own family did not care for you—perhaps your father rejected you or your mother never had time for you—God still wants you. You are accepted. You are the object of His special care and affection. Everything He does in the universe revolves around you.

When God says that we are accepted, He does not mean that we are merely tolerated. We never take too much of His time. The only thing that upsets Him is when we stay away too long. He does not push us off into a corner and say, “Wait. I’m too busy. I don’t have time for you.” Rather, He says, “I’m interested in you. I want you. You’re welcome. Come in. I’ve been waiting a long time for you.”

PRAYERS: Father, thank you for giving us JESUS CHRIST.

21/05/2026

GLORY LIFE DEVOTIONAL

DATE: THURSDAY 21IST MAY 2026

TOPIC: Ordained for Glory

Jesus bore our shame that we might share His glory

“Those God foreknew He also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified. What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but gave Him up for us all—how will He not also, along with Him, graciously give us all things?” (Romans 8:29–32, NIV)

When we are identified with Jesus in His death, we enter into His abundant inheritance. We become heirs of God and joint heirs with Jesus Christ. But there is a process. Five stages were outlined by Paul, all of which are in the past tense. The first two steps took place in eternity before time began: God foreknew us and predestined us. Then, God called us through the preaching of the gospel. When we responded to the call, He then justified us. But He didn’t stop there; He also glorified us. He brought us up to share glory with Jesus in heaven as kings and priests. Not in the future, but in the past.

“Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.” (Colossians 3:1–4, NIV)

We already share Christ’s glory, but it is in the unseen, invisible world. Where Jesus is, we are.

PRAYERS: Father, thank you for giving us JESUS CHRIST.

20/05/2026

GLORY LIFE DEVOTIONAL

DATE: WEDNESDAY 20TH MAY 2026

TOPIC: THE ALL POWERFUL GOD

TEXT:Genesis 17:1

MEMORY VERSE:Psalm 62:11

Our God is called the Almighty one in the Bible.
He did not just call Himself Almighty,other people identified Him as so.
The word Almighty implies that He has limitless power and ability.
Power is the ability or capacity to determine or influence outcomes.
It is the ability to alter the course of events.
Power is the ability to control circumstances,people and resources.
This means that a person of power has a say in how things happen around him.
He doesn't just take anything that comes to him.
A person of power controls activities and events around him or her.

The Bible says in our memory verse that power belongs to God:
"God hath spoken once;twice have I heard this;
that power belongeth unto God"
(Psalms 62:11)
I like the way the New Living Translation renders it:
"God has spoken plainly,and I have heard it many times: Power O God, belongs to you"
(Psalms 62:11,NLT)
Power belongs to God,meaning that He is the ultimate source and owner of power.
He has the ability to determine outcomes.
In our text as well,He calls Himself the Almighty God:
"And when Abram was ninety years old and nine,the LORD appeared to Abram,and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect"
(Genesis 17:1)

One day,Abraham,then Abram was in his tent in the plains of Mamre.
Suddenly,as he lifted up his eyes,he saw three men approaching him.
He ran to meet them,and compelled them to come to his place to rest and have some meal.
After some arguments,the men followed Abraham to his tent.
Abraham,with his wife Sarah quickly got some meal ready for the guests.
After the meal,the men asked Abraham where his wife Sarah was.
Sarah was inside the tent listening while the discussion was going on.
They told Abraham that his wife Sarah would get pregnant and have a child in one year's time.
Sarah laughed where she was inside the tent.
(Genesis 18:1-12,Paraphrased)

Sarah's laughter in this place was a laughter of unbelief,or better put,disbelief because,at that time,Abraham was ninety nine years old,and Sarah eighty nine.
Sarah was actually wondering how it would be possible that at that age,herself could conceive.
The LORD,who came to Abraham with two angels as men,asked Abraham why Sarah was laughing.
Sarah denied the statement.
She said and insisted that she did not laugh.
The LORD told her that she laughed,and made a statement I would like us to pay attention to:
"Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son"
(Genesis18:14)

What I want us to pay attention to here is the statement "Is there anything too hard for the LORD?"
The question basically illustrates the almightiness,or the all powerfulness of God.
Nothing is too hard for the LORD,meaning that the Lord can influence anything,and alter any course.
The LORD repeated this statement to Jeremiah the prophet:
"Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah saying,
Behold,I am the LORD,the GOD of all flesh:is there anything too hard for me?"
(Jeremiah 32:16-17)
Actually,both in Genesis and in Jeremiah,the LORD was not essentially asking questions,He was making a statement.
He Himself was asserting that nothing was too hard for Him.

And of course,nothing is too hard for Him to do.
Jesus repeated this statement in His earthly ministry:
"And Jesus looking upon them saith,with men it is impossible,but not with God: for with God all things are possible"
(Mark 10:27)
All things are possible with God.
God is all powerful,power belongs to Him.
There is nothing too hard for Him.

Recite the memory verse

FROM NOW SITUATIONS WILL BEGIN TO RESPOND TO THE POWER OF GOD IN YOUR LIFE.
THE POWER AND GREATNESS OF GOD WILL BECOME UNDENIABLY VISIBLE IN YOUR LIFE FROM NOW
ENJOY THE MANIFESTATION OF GOD'S POWER ON EVERY SIDE FROM NOW.

I CALL YOU BLESSED♥️

18/05/2026

GLORY LIFE DEVOTIONAL

DATE: MONDAY 18TH MAY 2026

TOPIC: The Joy Set before Him

Jesus bore our shame that we might share His glory

Hebrews 12:2 calls Jesus the “author and finisher of our faith.” The same verse in both the New International and New American Standard Bible versions refers to Jesus as the “originator and perfecter” of our faith.

Let me encourage you with those words. Whatever Jesus begins, He is going to complete. If He has started something in you, He will complete it. That is His faithfulness—not our cleverness.

Hebrews 12:2 continues, saying that Jesus, “for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.” On the cross, Jesus endured shame, but He did not let it deter Him. For the joy that was set before Him, He did not consider shame a worthy reason to turn away from His purpose. What was “the joy that was set before Him”? The joy of bringing many sons to glory. In order to bring you and me—and millions and millions of others like us—to glory, Jesus Christ endured the shame of the cross.

There is no form of death more shameful than crucifixion. It is shameful because it is the lowest form of punishment reserved for the most debased of criminals. It is shameful because of the very way in which the death occurs. The Scriptures state clearly that the Roman soldiers took all of Jesus’ clothing away from Him. Jesus hung naked on the cross before the eyes of the people for three hours or more. People walked past and made fun of Him. How would you feel in that situation? In a single word: shameful. Jesus endured the shame because He saw that through it, He could bring us to glory.

PRAYERS: Father, thank you for giving us JESUS CHRIST.

16/05/2026

GLORY LIFE DEVOTIONAL

DATE: SATURDAY 16TH MAY 2026

TOPIC“Despising the Shame”

Jesus bore our shame that we might share His glory

Here is a brief account of what happened after Jesus’ arrest in the garden of Gethsemane. Pontius Pilate had handed Jesus over to the soldiers to take Him out to be executed.

“Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole garrison around Him. And they stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him. When they had twisted a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a reed in His right hand. And they bowed the knee before Him and mocked Him, saying, ‘Hail, King of the Jews!’ Then they spat on Him, and took the reed and struck Him on the head. [Remember, every blow of that reed pressed the crown of thorns deeper into His skull.] And when they had mocked Him, they took the robe off Him, put His own clothes on Him, and led Him away to be crucified... Then they crucified Him, and divided His garments, casting lots, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet: ‘They divided My garments among them, and for My clothing they cast lots.’ Sitting down, they kept watch over Him there.” (Matthew 27:27–31, 35–36)

Jesus was actually exposed naked two times in that scene. And they sat and watched Him on the cross for three hours. Most depictions of Jesus on the cross show Him wearing a little loincloth. But there was no loincloth; He was exposed naked. His shame was exposed to everybody who passed by, mocking Him.

The epistle to the Hebrews emphasizes this truth:

“Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith... for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame” (Hebrews 12:2)

PRAYERS: Father, thank you for giving us JESUS CHRIST.

15/05/2026

GLORY LIFE DEVOTIONAL

DATE: FRIDAY 15TH MAY

TOPIC: Freed from Shame

Jesus bore our shame that we might share His glory

Shame is a cruel and ugly emotion, and it is found even among Christians. It is often the result of sexual abuse or emotional abuse, such as being ridiculed at school. I once read a story about a headmaster who singled out one boy and told him to stand up, then said to the whole class, “All of you have passed your exams except him.” How could this young man feel anything but shame? Many experiences of childhood can cause shame. Those that happened longest ago are sometimes the hardest to uproot. First in is often last out.

Perhaps the most common source of shame in our Western civilization is sexual abuse (even by professing Christians). I have dealt with countless victims in this regard. Only when they come to the cross will they be set free from that shame.This prophetic utterance describes what Jesus did for us:

“The Lord God has opened My ear; and I [Jesus] was not rebellious, nor did I turn away. I gave My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who plucked out the beard; I did not hide My face from shame and spitting.” (Isaiah 50:5–6)

Jesus said, “I gave My back.” He could have saved Himself; He could have called for twelve legions of angels to rescue Him (see Matthew 26:53). But He did not. He gave His back. The depictions we see of the scourging of Jesus have very little to do with our own familiar reality. It was a horrible scene because the scourge had little pieces of metal or bone embedded in the thongs. When they fell on a man’s body, they tore away the skin and exposed the raw flesh. That is what Jesus endured for our sake. And He did not hide His face from shame and spitting. On the cross, Jesus bore our shame.

PRAYERS: Father, thank you for giving us JESUS CHRIST.

14/05/2026

GLORY LIFE DEVOTIONAL

DATE: THURSDAY 14TH MAY 2026

TOPIC: Enjoying the Blessing

Jesus endured our poverty that we might share His abundance

Let’s look at the list of curses in Deuteronomy 28. Read this entire chapter for yourself, considering whether you are enjoying a blessing or enduring a curse. If we are redeemed children of God, the curses do not belong to us, but the blessings do. Let us focus particularly on those blessings and curses related to wealth and poverty:

“If you do not obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments and His statutes which I command you today, that all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:... Cursed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl... You shall grope at noonday, as a blind man gropes in darkness; you shall not prosper in your ways... Because you did not serve the Lord your God with joy and gladness of heart, for the abundance of everything, therefore you shall serve your enemies, whom the Lord will send against you, in hunger, in thirst, in nakedness, and in need of everything; and He will put a yoke of iron on your neck until He has destroyed you.” (Deuteronomy 28:15, 17, 29, 47–48)

The will of God is expressed in verse 47—that we should serve the Lord our God with joy and gladness of heart for the abundance of all things. Abundance is a beautiful word that occurs many times in the Bible. In essence, it means you have all you need, and then some—you have blessings left over for others. The will of God is that we, as His people, should serve Him with joy and gladness for the abundance of all things He gives to us.

PRAYERS: Father, thank you for giving us JESUS CHRIST.

GLORY LIFE DEVOTIONAL DATE: WEDNESDAY 13TH MAY 2026TOPIC: Meeting God’s ConditionsJesus endured our poverty that we migh...
13/05/2026

GLORY LIFE DEVOTIONAL

DATE: WEDNESDAY 13TH MAY 2026

TOPIC: Meeting God’s Conditions

Jesus endured our poverty that we might share His abundance

We must make an important, logical distinction between earning God’s grace, which is impossible, and meeting God’s conditions, which is obligatory. We cannot earn God’s abundance, which comes only through grace; however, we are required to meet the conditions God has laid down for receiving His abundance through faith. If we do not meet these conditions, our faith has no scriptural foundation. In fact, it is merely presumption. To meet God’s conditions, our motives and attitudes must be right. We would all do well to examine our motives very carefully, especially concerning monetary gain. Impure motives concerning money include:

1. Idolizing wealth (“Covetousness…is idolatry” [Colossians 3:5]; “The love of money is a root of all kinds of evil” [1 Timothy 6:10]);
2. Pursuing wealth by sinful methods (“Like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay is the man who gains riches by unjust means” [Jeremiah 17:11, NIV]; [see also Proverbs 28:8]);
3. Trusting ultimately in wealth for security and well-being (“He who trusts in his riches will fall” [Proverbs 11:28]; “Let not…the rich man glory in his riches” [Jeremiah 9:23]);
4. Using wealth for selfish gain and self-serving interests (“There is one who withholds more than is right, but it leads to poverty” [Proverbs 11:24]).

In Luke 12:16–21, Jesus related the parable of the rich man who built bigger barns and filled them with his produce. But the Lord said to him:

“Fool! This night your soul will be required of you” (verse 20)

Jesus then added:

“So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God” (verse 21)

The first direction in which we need to be rich is toward God.

PRAYERS: Father, give us wisdom in line with your will for our lives in Jesus name, Amen 🙏

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