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SINCERE MILK THURSDAY JULY 30, 2020 TOPIC: BEWARE OF FALSE TEACHERS TEXT: EPHESIANS 4:14 Key Verse: "That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive" (Ephesians 4:14).      A Christian family, living peacefully in a community, were preparing for fellowship one evening when they heard a knock on their front door. The father opened the door and saw a man and his 10-year-old son standing outside.      He told them that they were on their way out, but the visitors pleaded for just five minutes. They started preaching and at a point, the man said, "Do you know there is no hell fire in the Bible?"      The father looked straight into the preacher's eyes and said, "Whether you believe it or not, there is hell." He quickly opened his Bible to Revelation 20:15 which states clearly that there is hell. ...

HIGHER EVERYDAY  THURSDAY JULY 30, 2020 TOPIC: ROBE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS TEXT:REVELATION 19:1-9 MEMORY VERSE: "And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints" (REVELATION 19:8).      Symbolisms and allegories are variously used in the Bible to provide a veiled description of a much loftier concept and/or person. In Revelation 19:6-8, an allegory presents "the marriage supper of the Lamb...and his wife," referring to our Lord Jesus Christ (the Lamb), who would ultimately be united with His Church (wife), the body of saints.      Thus, we have a clear interpretation of 'fine linen' - "righteousness of saints." The hymn writer echoed this theme in a stanza of his hymn, "Called Unto Holiness," thus: "Called unto holiness," children of Light, Walking with Jesus in garments of white; Raiment unsullied, nor tarnished with sin, God's Holy Sp...

DAILY MANNA THURSDAY JULY 30, 2020 TOPIC: DON'T HOLD BACK THE WAGES TEXT:LEVITICUS 19:1-13 KEY VERSE: "Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning" (LEVITICUS 19:13).      The story is told of a notable business tycoon in the habit of hiring contractors to work for him. At the onset, he paid 80% of the contract sum, with a promise to pay up the balance on satisfactory completion. Since the profit margin was always less than 20%, the contractor usually would have to borrow additional funds to complete the work.      On satisfactory completion, paying that balance became a problem. To assuage the contractor, more and more jobs were given to him. So, the 20% kept accumulating into millions of unpaid debts.      Attempts to get the money were usually rebuffed with the threat that the contractor should go to court. And since the judicial pro...

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL DATE: THURSDAY 30TH JULY 2020. THEME: WHO’S YOUR DADDY? MEMORISE: For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. 1 Corinthians 4:15  READ: 2 Kings 3:11-12 11 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, that we may enquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of Israel's servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah. 12 And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him. MESSAGE: These days, people just call anyone “Daddy” in the church, and not necessarily out of respect as it is done in the Yoruba culture. You need to be careful who you call your father; Apostle Paul told the church in Corinth that they have only one father but many instructors, as seen in our memory verse for today. ...

HIGHER EVERYDAY MONDAY JULY 27, 2020 TOPIC: LESSONS FROM THE LEPERS TEXT:2 KINGS 7:8-16 MEMORY VERSE: "Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace...now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king’s household" (2 KINGS 7:9).      Leprosy, according to Webster's dictionary, is a chronic infectious disease caused by a myco-bacteria. Because of its infectious nature, lepers are usually kept away from living among people.      The lepers in our text did not have any better deal. They lived outside the gates of Samaria and were not to mix with fellow countrymen. Samaria at that time was under a siege by the Syrians. The result was severe famine in the city.      It was at this time that the lepers ventured into the Syrian camp and discovered abundant provision abandoned by the fleeing Syrian army. A perfect picture of God's mercy available for all unworthy sinners. Read T...