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25/08/2026

SPIRIT MEAT DEVOTIONAL BY REV OLUSOLA AND REV OYENIKE AREOGUN
Tuesday, 25th August 2026

TOPIC: YOU BECOME THE SERVANT OF WHAT YOU YIELD TO
Romans 6:11–13; Romans 6:16–18

Your daily life is determined by what you consistently yield yourself to. At salvation, you became a partaker of the divine nature and received power to live like a child of God. However, God will not force His nature upon your conduct. He has empowered you, but you must exercise your will. In the face of temptation, you can respond either to the pull of the flesh or to the prompting of the Holy Spirit. Paul said, “Reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.” To be dead to sin means that, although sin calls, pressures, or presents an attractive argument, you refuse to respond. To be alive unto God means that when truth, righteousness, and obedience call, you answer promptly.

The word “let” in the New Testament often points to something under your responsibility. When Scripture says, “Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body,” it means that sin cannot reign without your permission and cooperation. You cannot ask a pastor to lay hands on you so that you will stop choosing lies while you continue planning deceptive answers. No prayer group can exercise your will for you. You must decide what will receive your mouth, mind, hands, body, time, and strength. The same inward effort required to tell a lie can be used to tell the truth. The same tongue that can gossip can pray, encourage, and speak accurately. The same mind that can nurse offence can meditate upon God’s Word. Others may yield to compromise, but you must settle it within yourself: “Others may, but I will not.”

Whatever you repeatedly present yourself to will eventually treat you like a master. If you yield your members to lies, you become a servant of falsehood; if you yield yourself to the Holy Spirit, you become a servant of righteousness. Before salvation, you may have carefully planned what to say whenever you were confronted. Now that you belong to Christ, present that same vessel to truth. Own up when you are wrong, ask for forgiveness, and accept the consequences of your actions. Punishment received for confessed wrongdoing can make you better, but escape secured through a lie twists something inside you and places you under the enemy’s influence. Grace does not excuse continued yielding to sin; grace empowers you to choose righteousness. Therefore, do not wait until temptation becomes intense before deciding. Present yourself deliberately to God each morning. Yield your thoughts, emotions, speech, appetites, and decisions to Him. The nature that dominates your conduct will be the nature you repeatedly obey. Choose truth, remain under God’s government, and keep your feet firmly in the even place.

THOUGHT TO PONDER:
What nature am I strengthening through my repeated choices? Which part of my life must I deliberately present to God as an instrument of righteousness?

PRAYER:
Father, I yield my thoughts, words, body, and decisions to You. Strengthen me to refuse every pull of sin and respond promptly to the Holy Spirit in Jesus’ name.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Job 16:1-19:29, 1 Corinthians 16:1-24, Psalm 40:1-10, Proverbs 22:1
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24/08/2026

SPIRIT MEAT DEVOTIONAL BY REV OLUSOLA AND REV OYENIKE AREOGUN
Monday, 24th August 2026

TOPIC: GUARD THE GATEWAY OF YOUR THOUGHTS
Acts 5:3–4; 2 Corinthians 10:4–5

Every lie is first conceived as a thought before it is spoken with the mouth. Peter asked Ananias, “Why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost?” Satan did not begin by controlling his tongue; he filled his heart with thoughts that Ananias entertained. The land and its proceeds were under his control, but instead of being straightforward, he allowed suggestions concerning fear, money, and self-preservation to run unchecked until deception appeared reasonable. This is why you must guard the gateway of your mind. Thoughts move through the soul just as objects move through the physical environment. You may not stop every thought from passing, but you have authority to decide what will remain, grow, and influence your emotions. Do not permit a poisonous thought to settle merely because it arrived quietly.

The Word of God and the Holy Spirit must become the assessors of every thought. When a thought moves you farther from God, awakens fleshly desires, stirs offence, magnifies suspicion, or presents another person continually in a negative light, do not nurse it. Some people enjoy thoughts that justify their anger. They repeatedly rehearse what another person supposedly meant until offence becomes established, although the original conclusion may be entirely false. A wife can receive a thought against her husband before he returns home, interpret an innocent question through that thought, and begin a quarrel that threatens the peace of the marriage. A church member can assume that a sermon was based on private information supplied by a friend, destroy that relationship, and never realise that the Holy Spirit addressed his secret condition. Satan fills hearts with thoughts so that he can steal, kill, and destroy.

Censor every thought before it hooks itself onto your emotions and begins to dictate your behaviour. Ask: Does this agree with Scripture? Does it produce Christlikeness? Is there evidence for this conclusion, or am I building upon suspicion? Does this thought move me towards truth, love, obedience, and peace, or towards deceit, anger, fear, and separation? Do not blame the devil after you have willingly hosted what he introduced. He is doing his work; you must exercise your authority. Your recreated spirit has received the nature of God, but that nature must be strengthened as you yield to truth. Reject thoughts that prepare excuses for lying, revenge, immorality, gossip, or disobedience. Replace them immediately with what God has said. Be deliberate about what you permit to remain within your mind. The even place begins within. Before your words become crooked and your actions become destructive, a thought has usually shifted your heart. Keep your inward gate under the government of the Spirit of Truth, and Satan will find no room to fill your heart.

THOUGHT TO PONDER:
What thoughts have I allowed to shape my emotions towards others? Does my present pattern of thinking agree with God’s Word and produce Christlikeness?

PRAYER:
Father, make Your Word and Spirit the guardians of my thoughts. Help me to reject every suggestion of Satan before it corrupts my emotions, words, or actions in Jesus’ name.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Job 12:1-15:35, 1 Corinthians 15:29-58, Psalm 39:1-13, Proverbs 21:30-31
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24/08/2026

SPIRIT MEAT DEVOTIONAL BY REV OLUSOLA AND REV OYENIKE AREOGUN
Sunday, 23rd August 2026

TOPIC: WHEN FEAR TEMPTS YOU TO HIDE THE TRUTH
Genesis 12:11–13; Genesis 26:7–10

Fear is one of the strongest pressures that can push a believer into falsehood. Abraham entered Egypt, afraid that men would kill him because of Sarah’s beauty. Instead of trusting God, he asked her to say that she was his sister. There was a natural relationship behind the statement, but it concealed the truth those men needed to know: Sarah was his wife. This is how many people lie without using entirely false words. They answer a different question, present only the convenient part of the facts, or speak diplomatically so that another person reaches the wrong conclusion. Yet a technically correct statement deliberately used to obscure truth is still deception. God does not only examine your vocabulary; He examines the impression you intended to create. Half-truths do not become acceptable merely because every individual word can be defended.

Isaac later repeated a similar pattern concerning Rebekah, saying, “She is my sister,” because he was afraid for his life. Fear moved both father and son to protect themselves by exposing others to danger. Pharaoh’s household suffered because of Abraham’s concealment, and Abimelech told Isaac that one of his people might have taken Rebekah and brought guilt upon them. Your lie rarely affects only you. False information can cause another person to make a wrong decision, enter an unsafe arrangement, accept a responsibility unknowingly, or become implicated in something he would have avoided if he knew the truth. When fear persuades you to hide relevant facts, you may call it self-preservation, but heaven sees the danger into which your concealment places others. The even place requires you to consider not only what protects you, but also what is truthful and righteous before God.

Whenever you feel pressure to distort facts, identify the fear behind it. Are you afraid of punishment, rejection, financial loss, embarrassment, or losing an opportunity? Bring that fear to God instead of using falsehood to manage it. Faith does not mean behaving foolishly or disclosing confidential matters to everyone. There is a legitimate place for discretion, wisdom, and silence, but discretion must never become a respectable name for deception. You may decline to answer what someone has no right to know, but you must not manufacture a false answer or intentionally lead them away from the truth. If fear has already caused you to tell a half-truth, do not continue building upon it. Correct the impression and accept whatever consequence follows. A lie may seem to provide immediate safety, but it removes you from the place where God can defend you righteously. Trust Him enough to be straightforward. The God who sees the danger can preserve you without using the devil’s method.

THOUGHT TO PONDER:
What fear tempts me to conceal or distort the truth? Have I used technically correct words to create an impression that I know is false?

PRAYER:
Father, deliver me from every fear that produces deception. Give me wisdom without crookedness and courage to remain straightforward, trusting You to preserve and defend me in Jesus’ name.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Job 8:1-11:20, 1 Corinthians 15:1-28, Psalm 38:1-22, Proverbs 21:28-29
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24/08/2026

SPIRIT MEAT DEVOTIONAL BY REV OLUSOLA AND REV OYENIKE AREOGUN
Saturday, 22nd August 2026

TOPIC: YOU DO NOT NEED TO LIE ABOUT YOUR PAST
1 Timothy 1:12–16; 2 Corinthians 5:17

You do not need to lie about your past after you have genuinely received Christ. The new birth does not mean that nothing ever happened; it means that the blood of Jesus has forgiven you and God has given you a new beginning. Some people enter serious relationships carrying important facts that they deliberately conceal. They rename a child as a younger sibling, hide a previous marriage, deny past choices, or project themselves as though they have never made a mistake. They may deceive others for some time, but truth has a way of coming into the light. It is better for someone to reconsider a relationship because you spoke honestly than for a marriage to collapse years later when concealed facts are uncovered. Do not build a new season of your life upon an old matter wrapped in fresh deception.

Paul did not pretend that he had always lived correctly. He openly acknowledged that he had persecuted the Church and described himself as the chief of sinners. However, he did not speak about his past to glorify sin or remain imprisoned by shame; he used it to reveal the exceeding grace of God. His testimony showed that Christ could forgive a persecutor and make an apostle out of him. That is how you must handle your past. Do not conceal what a person with whom you are entering a covenant has a right to know, but neither should you announce private matters indiscriminately to everyone. Truth does not require careless exposure. There is a difference between honesty and broadcasting what the blood of Jesus has covered. Seek sound pastoral guidance, speak to the appropriate person at the appropriate time, and present the truth without excuses, manipulation, or unnecessary details.

Once you have confessed, received forgiveness, made necessary disclosures, and completed whatever godly restoration is required, move forward. Do not repeat your story endlessly as though the blood of Jesus has not worked. The past is past, and you must not allow shame to keep you bowed after God has raised you. At the same time, anyone considering marriage or another serious commitment must learn to recognise genuine transformation. Do not condemn a person whom Christ has forgiven merely because their history is not spotless. Look for present evidence of salvation, truthfulness, stability, and growth. Grace does not erase wisdom, but neither does wisdom cancel redemption. You cannot change yesterday, but you can decide that no lie will enter tomorrow because of it. Let your past magnify God’s mercy rather than become the foundation of continuing deception. Stand in the even place: be truthful about what must be known, discreet about what need not be public, and confident that the grace which saved you is powerful enough to give you a future.

THOUGHT TO PONDER:
Am I hiding any important part of my past from someone who has a right to know? Have I received God’s forgiveness enough to move forward without shame?

PRAYER:
Father, give me courage and wisdom to handle my past truthfully. Deliver me from deception and shame, and let my life display the transforming power of Your grace in Jesus’ name.

21/08/2026

SPIRIT MEAT DEVOTIONAL BY REV OLUSOLA AND REV OYENIKE AREOGUN
Friday, 21st August 2026

TOPIC: TRUTH SHARPENS YOUR DISCERNMENT
Hebrews 5:14; Philippians 1:9–10

A commitment to truth does more than preserve your reputation; it sharpens your spiritual discernment. The more you live truthfully, the easier it becomes for your spirit to recognise what is false. You may not be a prophet, but when truth has become your settled nature, there will be an inward registration when something does not agree with God. Conversely, if you enjoy exaggeration, manipulate facts, or regularly give wrong impressions, your discernment will become weak, especially in matters that concern you personally. A person cannot keep adjusting the truth to suit himself and expect to hear God accurately. The same inward instrument through which the Spirit of God warns and guides you is disturbed whenever you refuse to be straightforward. When you continually silence truth, you also dull the alarm that should alert you to deception.

Consider an evangelist who ministers to fifty people but later reports that hundreds upon hundreds attended. He may call it enthusiasm or an attempt to glorify God, but it is still exaggeration. When the same man later needs divine direction, things may become blurred because he has trained himself to enlarge what he sees and hear what he prefers. His imagination can begin to sound like revelation, and his desire can masquerade as leading. This is why lies rob a person of more than he realises. When you repeatedly distort natural facts, you weaken your capacity to judge spiritual matters accurately. You may then believe false prophecies, follow dubious people, or mistake a flattering message for God’s voice because your inward scale is no longer accustomed to exactness.

Men of truth develop sharp discernment. They do not accept everything simply because it sounds spiritual, comes from a popular person, or promises what they desire. Their conscience has been trained by truth, so it tests words, motives, opportunities, and relationships against the Word and the witness of the Holy Spirit. Make accuracy a spiritual discipline. Do not inflate numbers, embellish testimonies, alter reports, or claim greater results than actually occurred. When you are unsure, say so. When you do not know, admit that you do not know. Do not manufacture certainty to impress people. The temporary admiration gained through exaggeration is too small compared with the spiritual clarity it can cost you. God’s truth always prevails for the truthful. Even when others misrepresent or cheat them, God ultimately exposes falsehood and vindicates those who remain on His side. Keep your conscience clean and your account straight. As truth becomes established within you, the Holy Spirit will have a clearer channel through which to warn, direct, and preserve you from deception.

THOUGHT TO PONDER:
Have exaggeration or personal desire weakened my spiritual discernment? Can I admit uncertainty instead of manufacturing an impressive but inaccurate answer?

PRAYER:
Father, establish truth and accuracy within me. Purge me of exaggeration, sharpen my discernment, and help me recognise every voice and influence that is not from You in Jesus’ name.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Job 1:1-3:26, 1 Corinthians 14:1-17, Psalm 37:12-29, Proverbs 21:25-26
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21/08/2026

SPIRIT MEAT DEVOTIONAL BY REV OLUSOLA AND REV OYENIKE AREOGUN
Thursday, 20th August 2026

TOPIC: EVERY LIE PRODUCES A HARVEST
Galatians 6:7–8; Luke 6:37–38

Lying is a seed, and every seed produces a harvest after its kind. When you deliberately deceive others, you may think you have escaped an uncomfortable consequence or gained a temporary advantage, but something has been sown into your life. The harvest often results in greater exposure to deception. You become more vulnerable to false information, dishonest people, fraudulent opportunities, and the lies of the devil. The more you practise falsehood, the more familiar its language becomes, until you struggle to recognise it when it is spoken to you. This is one reason lying is never profitable. The person you deceived may not discover the truth immediately, but you have weakened something within yourself and opened your life to a company you do not want. What you celebrate as an escape today may return as bo***ge tomorrow.

Men of lies attract men of lies. A husband and wife can keep deceiving one another and wonder why trust has disappeared from their home. Business partners can manipulate records and later discover that each person has been secretly manipulating the other. A believer may exaggerate testimonies to impress people, only to become a victim of impressive but false spiritual claims. These are harvests of the same seed. The measure a person gives will return to him. If you sow deception, do not be surprised when deception surrounds you. The devil is the father of lies, and every lie creates some agreement with his system. You cannot continually use his tools and expect to remain untouched by their consequences. If you want a household, career, ministry, and destiny established in truth, you must plant truth consistently in every one of them.

Truth also produces a harvest. The more you commit yourself to absolute truth, the harder it becomes for Satan’s lies to trap you. Truth sharpens your inward discernment because your conscience is accustomed to straightness. Even when you cannot explain immediately what is wrong with a proposal, relationship, prophecy, or opportunity, something within you will register that it does not agree with truth. Therefore, begin sowing the right seed deliberately. Speak accurately, fulfil promises, refuse dishonest gains, and correct misleading impressions. If you have maintained deception in a relationship, stop adding fresh lies to preserve the old ones. Bring the matter before God, receive wise pastoral guidance where necessary, and take the steps required to return to truth. You may face consequences, but truth gives God a righteous foundation upon which to help and restore you. Ask yourself what kind of people, opportunities, and spiritual influences your present words are inviting. Sow truth consistently, and you will reap clarity, trust, discernment, honour, and divine vindication. Let every word you speak keep you in the even place where the God of truth can stand openly with you.

THOUGHT TO PONDER:
What kind of harvest are my present words producing? Have I planted any seed of deception that I must uproot by repentance and correction?

PRAYER:
Father, forgive every seed of falsehood I have sown. Help me to speak and practise truth consistently, and let my life produce a harvest of integrity and divine vindication in Jesus’ name.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Esther 8:1-10:3, 1 Corinthians 12:27-13:13, Psalm 37:1-11, Proverbs 21:23-24

19/08/2026

SPIRIT MEAT DEVOTIONAL BY REV OLUSOLA AND REV OYENIKE AREOGUN
Wednesday, 19th August 2026

TOPIC: GIVE THE LYING SPIRIT NO HANDLE
1 Kings 22:21–23; Ephesians 4:25–27

A lying spirit does not ordinarily find rest in a life that is committed to truth. It looks for a handle: repeated exaggeration, deliberate concealment, false impressions, or outright lies that a person has practised until his conscience no longer protests. The prophets around Ahab had become accustomed to telling the king what he wanted to hear. Because they had chosen a nature of falsehood and preferred acceptance to truth, it became easy for a lying spirit to operate through their mouths. One of them even produced what appeared to be a prophetic drama, but it did not come from the Spirit of God. This is why you must never treat lying as a small weakness. What begins as an action of the flesh can eventually create room for an evil influence to strengthen that pattern.

When a person repeatedly indulges a wrong desire, the spiritual force behind that desire begins to gain greater access. Someone may first tell lies consciously to avoid punishment or to impress others. If he continues, he may reach a point where lying becomes almost automatic. Even when the facts are clear, and everybody knows the truth, he keeps insisting upon the falsehood. His conscience has been silenced, his reasoning has become twisted, and what he once chose now appears to control him. The same principle operates with other sins: repeated yielding builds an appetite and provides a foothold for bo***ge. Therefore, do not wait until you feel overpowered before you respond. The moment the Holy Spirit exposes a lie, repent, correct it, and withdraw every permission you have given the enemy through falsehood.

If a lying spirit comes against a man of truth, it should find everywhere slippery, with nothing to hold on to. Build your life so that the enemy cannot discover an agreement with his nature inside you. Do not use lies as a tool to escape tight corners, protect your image, make money, or keep relationships. Every falsehood brings you closer to the camp of the father of lies, but every act of truth strengthens your alignment with God. Examine not only your words but also the impressions you create, the reports you submit, the promises you make, and the stories you repeat. Renounce every enjoyment of exaggeration and every habit of saying what people want to hear. Where deception has become compulsive, seek serious pastoral help, submit to the Word, and make complete corrections as the Holy Spirit directs. Tell the truth and let the devil be put to shame. When your conscience is clean, your mouth is straight, and your heart has no secret partnership with falsehood, the enemy loses the handles by which he seeks to manipulate your life.

THOUGHT TO PONDER:
Is there any habit of falsehood that gives the enemy a handle in my life? What lie or misleading impression must I renounce and correct today?

PRAYER:
Father, expose and remove every agreement with falsehood in me. Let the enemy find no handle in my life, and establish my heart and mouth firmly in truth in Jesus’ name.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Esther 4:1-7:10, 1 Corinthians 12:1-26, Psalm 36:1-12, Proverbs 21:21-22
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18/08/2026

SPIRIT MEAT DEVOTIONAL BY REV OLUSOLA AND REV OYENIKE AREOGUN
Tuesday, 18th August 2026

TOPIC: CAN GOD TELL YOU THE TRUTH ABOUT YOURSELF?
John 16:12–14; Proverbs 9:8–9

One evidence of spiritual maturity is your capacity to receive the truth about yourself, especially when it is unpleasant. Some people enjoy hearing the promises of God but become angry when His Word exposes their wrong attitudes, habits, or decisions. They interpret every correction as condemnation and every honest observation as rejection. Jesus told His disciples, “I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.” He was not unwilling to speak; they had not developed the capacity to receive everything on His heart. Is there something God cannot tell you at your present level because you cannot bear it? If truth repeatedly makes you defensive, quarrelsome, or suspicious of those who speak it, you may be suffering from truth intolerance. Remaining in that condition for too long will hinder growth and eventually open the door to backsliding.

Truth may come to you through the Scriptures, the inward witness of the Holy Spirit, your pastor, spouse, parent, leader, or even an ordinary observation from someone around you. The important question is not whether the person spoke exactly as you preferred, but whether there is truth in what was said. A spiritually immature person quickly responds, “They do not like me,” “Why are they condemning me?” or “How can they speak to me that way?” Such reactions prevent him from examining himself. Do not allow your emotions to reject the medicine your destiny needs. The Holy Spirit is the One who can tell you the most accurate truth about yourself because He speaks what He hears from Jesus. He is not trying to disgrace you; He wants to guide you into all truth. When He exposes impatience, pride, dishonesty, selfishness, or rebellion, He is showing you what must be removed so that Christ can be formed more fully in you.

Come to a place where everything on the Father’s heart can be spoken freely to you. That level of intimacy will require humility and time. Before defending yourself, pause and ask, “Lord, what are You showing me through this?” Even if the correction was poorly presented, separate its manner from its message and receive whatever agrees with the truth. Do not demand that everybody flatter you before you feel loved. A person who always rejects correction will gradually surround himself with people who tell him only what he wants to hear, and that is dangerous. Let the Spirit of Truth take over your thinking, reasoning, emotions, and will. Thank God for those who love you enough to speak honestly, and do not punish them for helping you. The even place is not merely where you tell others the truth; it is also where you willingly receive truth about yourself. When God finds that He can correct you without losing you, He can safely reveal more of His heart and entrust you with greater responsibility.

THOUGHT TO PONDER:
Can God speak freely to me about every area of my life? Do I examine correction sincerely, or dismiss it because its delivery makes me uncomfortable?

PRAYER:
Father, deliver me from every intolerance of truth. Give me a humble and teachable heart that receives correction and responds promptly to Your dealings in Jesus’ name.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Esther 1:1-3:15, 1 Corinthians 11:17-34, Psalm 35:17-28, Proverbs 21:19-20
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18/08/2026

SPIRIT MEAT DEVOTIONAL BY REV OLUSOLA AND REV OYENIKE AREOGUN
Monday, 17th August 2026

TOPIC: PUT YOUR NATURE ON A DIET OF TRUTH
John 17:17; Psalm 119:9–11

The Word of God does more than change difficult situations; it can change the wrong tendencies operating within you. Some believers keep confessing, “I am short-tempered,” “I am naturally impatient,” “I cannot control my desires,” or “That is simply the way I am.” They speak as though an ungodly disposition is a permanent part of their identity. But there is nothing you are dealing with in your nature that the Word cannot handle. When you gave your life to Christ, you received the nature of God. Therefore, anything in your conduct that contradicts Christ is not something you should excuse or protect; it is something you must bring under the sanctifying power of truth. Jesus prayed, “Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.” The Word can purge what is impure, straighten what has become crooked, and cultivate the nature of Christ within you.

If you are struggling with immorality, put yourself on a diet of purity from the Word. Find Scriptures that reveal God’s standard for your body, thoughts, and relationships. Read them, meditate upon them, confess them, and obey them continually. If stinginess has a hold upon you, search for Scriptures concerning God’s generosity and the grace of giving. If anger controls you, feed upon the portions of Scripture that reveal meekness, patience, self-control, and the character of Christ. Do not read casually and move on. Take the Word as medicine and remain on the prescription until the wrong nature loses its grip. A person who was once quick-tempered can become calm and meek. An impatient person can develop endurance. A selfish person can become generous. Truth is not powerless information; it is spiritual substance carrying the nature and life of God into the believer who receives it.

Let the Word grow in your spirit until the culture of God’s Kingdom becomes stronger than the patterns you inherited from your family, environment, or past life. Do not excuse fleshly behaviour by saying, “That is how people from my background behave,” or, “Everyone in my family is like this.” Your new birth has brought you into another family, and God’s Word reveals its nature. However, transformation requires more than quoting a verse occasionally. You must remain with the truth, submit to its correction, and practise what it demands. The devil attacks the Word because he knows it is the core of your light and Christian strength. He wants you to believe that change is impossible so that you will tolerate what Christ died to deliver you from. Refuse that lie. Identify the wrong tendency, locate God’s prescription, and stay faithfully on the diet of truth. As the Word enters, light will increase, your conscience will become sharper, and the nature of Christ will become increasingly evident in your daily life.

THOUGHT TO PONDER:
What negative trait have I wrongly accepted as part of my identity? Which Scriptures must I consistently receive and practise until Christ’s nature replaces it?

PRAYER:
Father, sanctify me through Your truth. Let Your Word purge every ungodly tendency and cultivate the character and nature of Christ within me in Jesus’ name.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Nehemiah 12:27-13:31, 1 Corinthians 11:1-16, Psalm 35:1-16, Proverbs 21:17-18

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