THE SEED
If indeed you have heard Him (Christ) and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus: that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness. Ephesians 4:21-24
Jesus is the absolute truth and both He and the way He lived His life are the perfect example for us. As Christians we are the Lord’s followers and we should learn from Him. We need to renounce our old life styles and to completely put off our former nature. The lusts of our carnal nature, led us to sin and corrupted our old self. But God made our restoration possible by the renewing of our minds. By the revelation of God’s Word, through the Holy Spirit, the sinful old way of thinking is being replaced with God’s truth. The more we change the way we think, replacing the worldly mindset with God’s way of thinking, the more we change for the good and sin less. God’s Word is powerful and as it is revealed to us by the Holy Spirit, it works out our transformation and we become the person that God created us to be. The more we mature spiritually, the more we will have of the righteousness and holiness that come from God’s truth.
BIBLE READING: PSALM 139:23-24
PRAYER: Help me Lord to live accordingly to Your will and become more and more the person that You created me to be, having true righteousness and holiness in the Name of Jesus. Amen.
ONA IRONU
IRUGBIN NAA
Nitõtọ bi ẹnyin ba ti gbọ́ tirẹ̀ (Kristi) ti a si ti kọ́ nyin, gẹgẹ bi otitọ ti wà ninu Jesu: ki ẹnyin ki o si bọ́, niti ìwa nyin iṣaju silẹ, ati ọkunrin atijọ ti o ndagba ibaje gẹgẹ bi ifẹkufẹ arekereke, ki ẹ si sọ di titun niti iṣe nyin atijọ. Ẹ̀mí ọkàn yín, àti pé kí ẹ gbé ènìyàn tuntun wọ̀, èyí tí a dá ní ìbámu pẹ̀lú Ọlọ́run, nínú òdodo tòótọ́ àti ìwà mímọ́. Éfésù 4:21-24
Jesu ni otitọ pipe ati pe oun ati ọna ti O gbe igbesi aye Rẹ jẹ apẹẹrẹ pipe fun wa. Gẹgẹbi awọn Kristiani awa jẹ ọmọlẹhin Oluwa ati pe a yẹ ki o kọ ẹkọ lati ọdọ Rẹ. A nilo lati kọ awọn aṣa igbesi aye atijọ wa silẹ ati lati pa ẹda wa atijọ kuro patapata. Ìfẹ́kúfẹ̀ẹ́ ti ẹ̀dá ti ara, ó mú wa ṣẹ̀, ó sì ba ara wa àtijọ́ jẹ́. Ṣùgbọ́n Ọlọ́run mú kí ìmúpadàbọ̀sípò wa ṣeé ṣe nípa títún èrò inú wa ṣe. Nipa ifihan ti Ọrọ Ọlọrun, nipasẹ Ẹmi Mimọ, ọna ero atijọ ti ẹṣẹ ti wa ni rọpo pẹlu otitọ Ọlọrun. Bí a bá ṣe ń yí èrò wa padà, tí a ń fi ọ̀nà ìrònú Ọlọ́run rọ́pò èrò inú ayé, bẹ́ẹ̀ náà ni a ṣe ń yí padà sí rere tí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ sì kéré sí i. Ọrọ Ọlọrun lagbara ati pe bi a ti fi han wa nipasẹ Ẹmi Mimọ, o ṣiṣẹ iyipada wa ati pe a di eniyan ti Ọlọrun da wa lati jẹ. Bí a bá ṣe túbọ̀ ń dàgbà nípa tẹ̀mí, bẹ́ẹ̀ náà ni a óò ní ti òdodo àti ìwà mímọ́ tí ó ti ọ̀dọ̀ òtítọ́ Ọlọ́run.
BIBELI KIKA: Sáàmù 139:23-24
ADURA: Ran mi lọwọ Oluwa lati gbe ni ibamu si ifẹ rẹ ati siwaju ati siwaju sii siwaju sii eniyan ti O da mi lati jẹ, nini ododo ati iwa mimọ ni orukọ Jesu. Amin.