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20/04/2026

*ABOVE ONLY DEVOTIONAL*

*BY: ARCHBISHOP M. E. BENSON IDAHOSA*

*MONDAY, APRIL 20TH, 2026*

*GIVE FOR THE SPREAD OF THE GOSPEL AND GOD’S KINGDOM*

*MATTHEW 6:19-21 (AMPC)*
*Do not gather and heap up …for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust and worm consume and destroy, and where thieves break through and steal. But gather and heap up …for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust nor worm consume and destroy, and where thieves do not break through and steal; For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.*

There is great joy in Heaven when a soul is saved (Luke 15:7). God wants us to be deliberate about investing our money and resources in things that will bring joy to Heaven and God’s kingdom. Invest your money and resources in things that have eternal value. The Bible speaks about certain women who supported Jesus with their substance (Luke 8:1-3). Paul spoke very highly of the believers at the Macedonian church for how they gave and supported both him and others, (Phil.4:15). They were so willing to give that they gave joyfully even out of their deep poverty, and they were pleading with him for the opportunity to give to bless others (2Cor.8:1-5). It was the revelation of the grace of God that produced this mindset and attitude in them. Do not give to show off or to be recognized by men. Jesus said when you do this, you will not get any reward from God the Father, (Matt.6:1-4).

Be willing to give not just your money, but also your time, your energy, and your talent/skills for the spread of the Gospel and the advancement of the kingdom of God. Salvation is free but preaching the Gospel is not cheap. A lot of resources are needed for organizing crusades, conventions, printing of tracts, books, devotionals, sponsoring missionaries, buying airtime on television and radio, building churches, etc. Give to ministers of the Gospel (1Cor.9:11, Phil.4:14-17).

*FAITH DECLARATION:*
*I AM A FINANCIER OF THE GOSPEL AND Kingdo

17/04/2026

*ABOVE ONLY DAILY DEVOTIONAL*

*BY: ARCHBISHOP M. E. BENSON IDAHOSA*

*FRIDAY, APRIL 17TH, 2026*

*PRAY FOR YOUR HEART TO ENLIGHTENED*

*EPHESIANS 1:18-20 (NIV) I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms,*

One of the greatest needs we have after putting our faith in Christ is for the light (knowledge) of Christ to flood our hearts. In our text above, Paul lists three major things we need revelation light (knowledge) about: the hope (kind of life) to which God has called us, the riches of God’s glorious inheritance in us, and God’s mighty resurrection power at work in our lives.

As you grow in revelation knowledge about these things, your life will be transformed. You will move from glory to glory by the Spirit of God.

God has hope in you. By the Gospel, God has called you to obtain and manifest the glory of Christ on this earth (2Thes.2:14). As you pray this prayer in our text above, this hope will become clearer and more real to you, and it will drive and enhance your life. God’s glorious inheritance in you is vast and abundant. As you grow in your understanding and consciousness of them, you will understand how special and blessed you are, and you will be able to activate the manifestation of this inheritance in various areas of your life. The fruit and gifts of the Spirit are part of your inheritance. This prayer will also increase your understanding and consciousness of the resurrection power of the Spirit at work in your life. By this, nothing will be impossible for you.

*PRAYER:*

Father, please flood my heart with light about the hope to which you have called me, and your glorious riches and power in me.

15/04/2026

*ABOVE ONLY DAILY DEVOTIONAL*

*BY: ARCHBISHOP M. E. BENSON IDAHOSA*

*WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15TH, 2026*

*GOD IS GLORIFYING CHRIST IN YOUR LIFE*

*ACTS 3:11-13a Now as the lame man who was healed held on to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them…greatly amazed. So when Peter saw it, he responded to the people: “Men of Israel, why do you marvel at this? Or why look so intently at us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk? The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified His Servant Jesus*

The reason God healed the lame man through Peter and John was not because of how powerful or godly they were. It was simply because they had faith in Christ and they used the Name (authority) of Christ to address the situation. In verse 16, Peter said “And His name, through faith in His name, has made this man strong, whom you see and know. Yes, the faith which comes through Him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.” He was referring to the faith that fills our hearts as we hear the Gospel of Christ, (Rom.10:16-17).

Peter described the miracle as God simply glorifying Christ. God is glorifying the Name of Christ in your life right now. With a loud voice, Paul said to a lame man at Lystra “stand up!” and the man leaped and walked, (Acts 14:8-10). When you pray, speak or act in the Name (authority) of Christ, God takes it as if it is Christ Himself doing it. Whatever is possible for Jesus is possible for you too. Remember that you are one with Him and He has given you His Name.

You shall experience the supernatural as you put your faith in Christ and you shall make great impact. Make use of His Name (authority) that has been given to you. Say and do everything you say and do in the Name (authority) of Christ, (Col.3:17).

*ACTION POINT:*

Using the authority of Christ, speak boldly concerning your life or any situation, and see God glorifying Christ now.

06/04/2026

*ABOVE ONLY DEVOTIONAL*
*BY: ARCHBISHOP M. E. BENSON IDAHOSA*

*MONDAY, APRIL 6TH, 2026*

*YOU SHALL SING A NEW SONG*

*REVELATION 5:9-11a (NKJV)*
*And they sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll, And to open its seals; For You were slain, And have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, and have made us kings and priests to our God; And we shall reign on the earth.” Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne,*

By the virtue of the death of Christ, a new song was sung in heaven. It signaled a new season that had dawned. Beloved, the death of Christ has brought you into a new season of the experience of the blessings, glory and power of God in your life. Jesus has opened up your life to the abundant grace and perfect will of God for every area of your life. You have been redeemed unto God and you have been made a king and priest to God. You are now a member of God’s royal family and you will reign on the earth.

As God opens your eyes to the great and glorious benefits of the death of Christ on the cross, you will continue to have joy and sing new songs.

After the song in our text above, there was a very loud shout by over a hundred million angels and elders, saying “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom, and strength and honor and glory and blessing!” Jesus is the Lamb of God that was slain and He was slain for your redemption. He was not slain to receive all these things for Himself; He was slain for you to receive all these things into your life. Therefore, because Jesus was slain for you, you have received power, riches, wisdom, strength, honour, glory and blessings. By all these things, you will reign on earth as a king and priest unto God.

*FAITH DECLARATION:*
*THE DEATH OF JESUS HAS MADE ME TO A KING AND PRIEST. I HAVE RECEIVED GOD'S ABUNDANCE AND I REIGN ON THE EARTH, AMEN🙏🏽*.

05/04/2026

*ABOVE ONLY DEVOTIONAL*
*BY: ARCHBISHOP M. E. BENSON IDAHOSA*

*SUNDAY, APRIL 5th, 2026*

*MADE ALIVE WITH CHRIST*

*Colossians 2:13 (NLT, TPT)*
*You were dead because of your sins and because your sinful nature was not yet cut away. Then God made you alive with Christ, for he forgave all our sins. *This “realm of death” describes our former state, for we were held in sin’s grasp. But now, we’ve been resurrected out of that “realm of death” never to return, for we are forever alive and forgiven of all our sins!*

Easter is not only the celebration of the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ, but it is also the celebration of your death with Christ, your burial with Christ, and your resurrection with Him. You are no more dead in or because of sin; you have been made alive in and unto Christ.

You died and were buried with Christ as a sinner, but you were raised with Him as a saint. Jesus died for your sins, but He was raised for your justification (Rom. 4:25). Now, you are justified in the sight of God. You are a new creature, and God sees and treats you as one who never sinned (Col. 1:21-22). You can now operate in God’s realm of life. A divine exchange has taken place. On the Cross, Jesus became sin for you, and now you have become the righteousness of God (2Cor. 5:21). God did all this for you through Christ, even before you were born, and you received it when you put your faith in Christ and received His life. Now, you must continue to program your mind with this truth. As you let this truth fill and take over your mind, it will begin to reflect in your life.

You have passed from death to life, and you will not come into condemnation (John 5:24). This is why you can put to death the evil deeds of the body (Col. 3:1-5). This is why you can walk in love (1John 3:14). This is also the reason you can walk in newness of life (Rom. 6:1-7).

*Prayer:*
*Father, I thank you for including me in the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ. Thank you for making me alive with Christ, Amen 🤲*

03/04/2026

*ABOVE ONLY DEVOTIONAL*

*BY: ARCHBISHOP M. E. BENSON IDAHOSA*

*FRIDAY APRIL 3RD, 2026*

*JESUS DEFEATED DEATH*

*2 TIMOTHY 1:9–10 (LB)*

*It is he who saved us and chose us for his holy work not because we deserved it but because that was his plan long before the world began—to show his love and kindness to us through Christ. And now he has made all of this plain to us by the coming of our Savior Jesus Christ, who broke the power of death and showed us the way to everlasting life through trusting him.*

The result of Adam disobeying God because of the devil was that death came upon all men. “When Adam sinned, the entire world was affected. Sin entered human experience, and death was the result. And so death followed this sin, casting its shadow over all humanity, because all have sinned,” (Rom. 5:12, TPT). Death here refers to separation from God and all the negative effects that follow this separation. This is how sin, sickness, fear, poverty, and all kinds of evil came into the world.

But thanks be unto God that by His death, Jesus has defeated death (and all its negative effects) and brought every man who believes in Him into the realm of God’s life and abundance (John 10:10). We no longer have any reason to fear. “Since we, God’s children, are human beings—made of flesh and blood—he became flesh and blood too by being born in human form; for only as a human being could he die, and in dying break the power of the Devil who had the power of death. Only in that way could he deliver those who through fear of death have been living all their lives as slaves to constant dread” (Heb. 2:14–15, LB). “For the sin of this one man, Adam, caused death to rule over many. But even greater is God’s wonderful grace and his gift of righteousness, for all who receive it will live in triumph over sin and death through this one man, Jesus Christ” (Rom. 5:17, NLT). Hallelujah!

*FAITH DECLARATION:*
*BY HIS DEATH, JESUS DEFEATED DEATH, AND BY MY FAITH IN HIM, HE HAS BROUGHT ME INTO THE REALM OF GOD'S LIFE AND VICTORY, AMEN 🤲*.

Welcome to the Month of April
01/04/2026

Welcome to the Month of April


01/04/2026

*ABOVE ONLY DAILY DEVOTIONAL*

*BY: ARCHBISHOP M. E. BENSON IDAHOSA*

*WEDNESDAY APRIL 1ST, 2026*

*DON’T YIELD TO THE PRINCE OF THIS WORLD – 1*

*JOHN 14:30-31 (AMPC)*

*I will not talk with you much more, for the prince (…) of the world is coming. And he has no claim on Me. [He has nothing in common with Me; there is nothing in Me that belongs to him, and he has no power over Me.] But [Satan is coming and I do as the Father has commanded Me] so that the world may know (…) that I love the Father and that I do only what the Father has instructed Me to do.…*

The major reason the devil is called the prince of this world is that he influences and controls the minds and evil systems of the people of this world. “And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins,
in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience” (Eph. 2:1-2, NKJV).

When Jesus said the prince of this world was coming, He was referring to how the devil was going to influence people to crucify Him. The Bible says, “But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory” (1Cor. 2:7-8). Those who crucified Jesus were ignorant of the wisdom of God (The glory that would accompany the death of Christ, 1Pet. 1:11), and they didn’t know they were being influenced by the devil, just like the brothers of Joseph (Gen. 50:20). Many people do not know that when they yield to the temptation to be wicked to others, they are yielding to spiritual wickedness in high places (Eph. 6:12). When you try to retaliate by being wicked, you are allowing those wicked spirits to influence you also. Yield to God and overcome evil with good (Rom. 12:21).

*PRAYER:*
Father, I receive your grace to yield to your Spirit, so that I walk in love and overcome evil with good always.

*It's now going to be a full Easter week, the climax is on Sunday*Do well to be connected spiritually and physically.
24/03/2026

*It's now going to be a full Easter week, the climax is on Sunday*

Do well to be connected spiritually and physically.


23/03/2026

*ABOVE ONLY DEVOTIONAL*

*BY: ARCHBISHOP M. E. BENSON IDAHOSA*

*MONDAY, MARCH 23RD, 2026*

*YOU HAVE GREAT POWER AND AUTHORITY*

*JOHN 1:12 (KJV, AMPC, TPT)*
*But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe in his name: *“But to as many as did receive and welcome Him, He gave the authority (power, privilege, right) to become the children of God, that is, to those who believe in (…) His name—" *But those who embraced him and took hold of his name were given authority to become the children of God!*

Most times when we read the scripture in our text above, what we see is that by receiving and believing in Jesus, we become children of God. But there is something more than that being communicated to us there. When you became born again, you did not just become a child of God; you received the power and authority that goes with being a child of God.

Have you noticed that there are very few places in the Old Testament where the Israelites are referred to as the children of God? In fact, in most places where the term sons of God is used in the Old Testament, like in Genesis 6:2, it does not refer to mere human beings. The Contemporary English Version uses the term supernatural beings. In Job 1:6, the Contemporary English Version translates the sons of God as angels. But on the contrary, in the New Testament, there are several places where we are referred to as ‘sons of God’ because of our faith in Jesus. Here’s how 1 John 3:1 expresses this joy and privilege we have: “Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God…” This is why Jesus said the least in the kingdom is greater than John the Baptist and all who were before him (Matt. 11:11). As a believer in Christ, you are greater than every person in the Old Testament, and you have power and authority over every power of the enemy (Luke 10:19).

*PRAYER:*
*I THANK YOU FATHER, THAT BY MY FAITH IN CHRIST, I

16/03/2026

*ABOVE ONLY DEVOTIONAL*
*BY: ARCHBISHOP M. E. BENSON IDAHOSA*

DATE:

*MONDAY, MARCH 16TH, 2026*

TOPIC:

*YOU ARE PATIENT*

TEXTS:

*GALATIANS 5:22 (GNB, KJV, CEV, TPT); HEBREWS 6:10 (TPT)*

GALATIANS 5:22.(GNB)

*But the Spirit produces... patience...

(KJV)

*But the fruit of the Spirit is... longsuffering..

(CEV)

*God’s Spirit makes us… patient....

(TPT)

*But the fruit produced by the Holy Spirit within you is… patience that endures...

HEBREWS 6:10. (TPT)

*So don’t allow your hearts to grow dull or lose your enthusiasm, but follow the example of those who fully received what God has promised because of their strong faith and patient endurance.*

MESSAGE:

God is at work in you by His Spirit, making you willing and able to always be as patient as He is (Philippians 2:13). God’s nature of patience in you enables you to endure, persist, and persevere in every circumstance, just like God does. It enables you to bear your circumstances, no matter how long it takes. The Amplified Bible uses both the phrase “an even temper” and the word “forbearance” to expand the meaning of the word patience. Some versions of the Bible use the word “leniency.”
You have the ability to be patient towards God, patient with people, and also patient in various situations.

Despite how long it was taking for God’s promise of a child to manifest in the life of Abraham, the Bible indicates that he did not stagger at God’s promise. Instead, Abraham remained strong in faith, giving glory to God. He was fully persuaded that God would perform what He had promised him (Romans 4:20–21).
Beloved, God will perform what He has promised you because God is faithful. Remain steadfast in your faith and continue giving glory to God. Maintain a good attitude. As you wait upon God, He will continue to renew your strength (Isaiah 40:31). The testing of your faith is putting your patience to work (James 1:3–4), and it is building your character in preparation for the manifestation of your desire. Keep trusting in God’s great love for you (Romans 5:3–5).

*FAITH DECLARATION:*

*I AM PATIENT. GOD’S NATURE OF PATIENCE IN ME ENABLES ME TO ENDURE, PERSIST, AND PERSEVERE IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES. AMEN.🙏🏽*

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