Author: Ifeoluwa Abolarin (Ifeoluwa Abolarin)

Text: Nehemiah 4:1-3 Memory text: “But it so happened, when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, that he was furious and very indignant, and mocked the Jews.” ‭‭Nehemiah‬ ‭4‬:‭1‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ The presence of enemies is not a sign of failure but a sign that your next level is near. Don’t get worried if...

Text: Isaiah 14:12-16 Memory text: “Behold, I am against you, O most haughty one!” says the Lord GOD of hosts; “For your day has come, The time that I will punish you. Jeremiah 50:31 NKJV Does God change His heart to become an enemy? No, we become His enemy by change of allegiance. To allow...

Text: Numbers 25:1-9 Memory text: “But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit; So He turned Himself against them as an enemy, And He fought against them.” ‭‭(Isa‬ ‭63‬:‭10‬). We often say, “God is on my side” but we hardly ask ourselves, “Am I on the side of God?” We also quote “If God is...

Text: 1 Corinthians 2:6-8 Memory text: “None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.” (1 Cor 2:8). The death of Jesus Christ was a hidden strategy of God to disarm and defeat sin, death, and hell. Satan didn’t see the full...

Text: Genesis 45:1-15 Memory text: “But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive.” ‭‭Genesis‬ ‭50‬:‭20‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ Recently, the world woke to the most unsuspecting news, which was the bombing of three Iran’s...

Text: Daniel 10:10–14 Memory text: “But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days; and behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left alone there with the kings of Persia.” ‭‭Daniel‬ ‭10‬:‭13‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ He had been waiting for weeks. The interview went well. But...

Text: Numbers 22:21–35 Memory text: “Then God’s anger was aroused because he went, and the Angel of the Lord took His stand in the way as an adversary against him. And he was riding on his donkey, and his two servants were with him.” ‭‭Numbers‬ ‭22‬:‭22‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ Everything appeared to have gone wrong that morning,...

Text: Isaiah 62:1-7 Memory text: “Will You not revive us again, That Your people may rejoice in You?” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭85‬:‭6‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ Everybody needs revival to remain spiritually alive, just as the church. Like a lamp needs oil, so our hearts need revival to keep burning. Complacency is the commonest and most deadly enemy of spiritual...

Text: Isaiah 60:1-3 Memory text: “The Gentiles shall come to your light, And kings to the brightness of your rising.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭60‬:‭3‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ Today, let’s consider two other things that are wrongly considered as revival. Revival is not for the unsaved but for the saved who are sleeping or dead. A person must have had...

Text: Luke 10:17-20 Memory text: “Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven.”” ‭‭Luke‬ ‭10‬:‭20‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ Let’s go further today in our study on what revival is not. It’s easy to avoid being swept away by what looks like it...