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This is Fresh Fire, a God’s Favourite House Devotional by Femi Monehin

Keys

MONDAY, 19TH JULY 2021

John 3:30 “He must become greater and greater, and I must become less and less.”

Jesus was an equalizer he came to show man that nobody is better than anybody. In Luke 14:7-11 [please read], Jesus advised that when you go to a party, do not take the front seat because someone greater than you can come. Jesus is saying, people are on different levels. When you fail to recognize that, they will humble you and take you to the back where you belong. John 3:30 “He must increase, but I must decrease.” (NKJV]. Your greatness is tied to the person or persons for whom you must decrease. This is huge. Your greatness is tied to the person or persons for whom you must decrease. John the Baptist’s greatness was tied to Jesus. As he served Jesus' greatness, his own greatness became secure.

Matt.11:11a “I tell you the truth, of all who have ever lived, none is greater than John the Baptist…” (emphasis added). Isaiah, Elijah, Moses, Adam, Noah, David, Solomon; Jesus says, of all that have ever lived no one is greater than John the Baptist. How did John attain that greatness? ‘I must decrease, He must increase.’ There are people that, your job, what heaven requires of you is to just sit down and intercede for other people to be successful. ‘But it is not fair, why can't I be the one…’ Listen, you cannot compete with a fish swimming in water. People are crafted for different purposes and you need to get that.
Let me try and bring this home; the greatest companies on earth are those who recognize the customers they need to serve and serve them with everything they have. They literally become their servants. Some companies feel they are only called to some certain clients and for some, it is only the blue-chip companies they serve because they are the ones that can pay their bills. So, their greatness is tied to serving those companies. There are organizations today that have the potential to be great, but they do not have a culture of service. Service simply means, I am here to do your bidding. If you are a businessperson, if you want to be great and you want your company to be great, then identify your customers and serve them. If they cough, ‘Sir, I heard you cough. Here, please take some cough syrup.’ This may sound funny but that is what serving means. I am not saying you should be anybody’s boy but remember, Your destiny is tied to who you serve, who you choose to serve, or who you refuse to serve. Enough said.

I know it feels like you are drinking from a fire hydrant. While you are still grinding on one thing, another one hits you. I understand that, but you must take these truths, sit with God, and wrestle with them. Know who you are, so that you can know who you are not. Recognize those who are greater than you. Recognize who you must decrease for because your greatness is tied to the person or persons for whom you must decrease and to who you choose to or refuse to serve.

Prayer: Father, let these truths that I have learnt today indeed become keys in my hand that I will use to unlock the greatness You have stored up for me, in Jesus Name. Amen!

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Fresh Fire Devotional Ps.40:7-8 “Then I said, “Look, I have come. As is written about me in the Scriptures: I take joy in doing your will, my God, for your instructions are written on my heart.”

This is Fresh Fire, a God's Favourite House Devotional by Femi Monehin

Light Gift

MONDAY, 12TH JULY 2021

John 3:16-17 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.” (KJV]

John 3:18 “There is no judgment against anyone who believes in him. But anyone who does not believe in him has already been judged for not believing in God’s one and only Son.” Jesus came to save not to condemn. Unfortunately, the image of the Church particularly in the Western world, in the US and other western nations, is that the Church is judgmental. The polls are horrible. If you ask an average millennial what comes to mind when they hear the word church. Most of them say, ‘They are judgmental people who judge and condemn people.’ But that is so opposite.

Jesus says, “I have not come to judge.” Jesus came to save. So, where is judgement? The judgement is this; the world is already in darkness. Jesus came and if you look to Him, you will find life. But if you reject Him, you continue in your normal state of darkness. John 3:19-21 “And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil. For all who do evil hate the light and do not come to the light, so that their deeds may not be exposed. But those who do what is true come to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that their deeds have been done in God.” (NRSV]. This is so important, and you have to get it.

Imagine a school that is engulfed in darkness; the halls, classrooms, and hostels are in darkness. Then the Principal brings his generator, plugs it to the assembly hall, powers it up and there is light. So everywhere except the assembly hall is filled with darkness. The principal then says, everyone who wants light should come into the assembly hall. When you come into the assembly hall, what do you find? Light. When you stay back in the dormitory or the classrooms, what do you have? Darkness. The assembly hall that is filled with light is like Christ; when you put your faith in Him, you have light. When you do not, you are in darkness already.

However, light exposes. When people come to light, they see that they are dirty, and they want to run back to darkness. But God says, ‘Stay in the light.’ The mistake a lot of people make is, they do not understand that the Person that provided light also provided soap and cleansing. The soap makes you whiter than snow. The hyssop, the disinfectant that He uses to take away the disease is the Blood of His Son, Jesus. He does not only provide light, He provides cleansing. Guess what? You may be cleansed but your clothes are stinking. He does not only provide light and cleansing, He provides clothing. He wants to robe you in white. There is no amount of good works you can do, when you come into light, it is like filthy rags. Your attempt to please God with good deeds should end today. Why? The best of our works, when it comes into light, is as filthy rags.

Prayer [Hymn]: To God be the glory, great things He has done. So loved He the world that He gave us His Son. Who yielded His life an atonement for sin. And opened the life gate that all may go in. Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, Let the earth hear His voice… Amen!

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Fresh Fire Devotional 1 John 4:6 “But we belong to God, and those who know God listen to us. If they do not belong to God, they do not listen to us. That is how we know if someone has the Spirit of truth or the spirit of deception.”

This is Fresh Fire, a God's Favourite House Devotional by Femi Monehin

Of The Spirit

SATURDAY, 10TH JULY 2021

John 3:5 “Jesus replied, “I assure you, no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit.” (emphasis added)

John 3:8 “The wind blows wherever it wants. Just as you can hear the wind but can’t tell where it comes from or where it is going, so you can’t explain how people are born of the Spirit.” It also means that you cannot explain the operations of people that are born of the Spirit. People that are born of the Spirit follow the Spirit so you cannot predict them, the same way you cannot predict the Spirit of God. Every Christian is supposed to be born of the Spirit.

The word Spirit in Greek is Pneuma and in Hebrew it is Ruah. Interestingly this is one word in Greek and Hebrew that means the same thing. It means both Spirit and Wind. It means breath, it means wind. The Spirit, which is like water, is also like wind. You can hear it, you can see its effect, but it remains invisible. You can hear the Spirit, you can see the effect of the Spirit, but you cannot see the Holy Spirit. Many people can hear the Holy Spirit, and many have seen the effects of the Holy Spirit – healings, salvations. But nobody has seen the Holy Spirit. “…Just as you can hear the wind but can’t tell where it comes from or where it is going…”

By the time we get to John 3:9, we see that Jesus had pulled the rug off Nicodemus’ feet. Nicodemus was flat on his face and all he could say was, ““How can these things be?” [John 3:9, NRSV]. Picture all the things we have been explaining for the past few days, these things were coming at Nicodemus in a matter of seconds and all he could say was, “How are these things possible?” John 3:10 “Jesus replied, “You are a respected Jewish teacher, and yet you don’t understand these things?” The New Revised Standard Version puts it this way, “Jesus answered him, “Are you a teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand these things?” The term teacher of Israel is a technical term used to address the Pharisees. The Pharisees call themselves, teachers of Israel; they brandish the name and title. Jesus is saying, Mr. Nico, you are a teacher of Israel and you do not understand these things? Nicodemus was expected to understand the concept of rebirth because the concept was not new.

God prophesied about it in Eze.36:26 “A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I will put within you; and I will remove from your body the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.” (NRSV]. Nicodemus was confused and Jesus was frustrated. Knowing this makes me a little bit easy on myself because sometimes I get frustrated with some people that are expected to know somethings, but they do not know it. And I am wondering, should you not know this thing? That is where Jesus was here. John 3:11 “I assure you, we tell you what we know and have seen, and yet you won’t believe our testimony.” The first two references of ‘you’ are singular and the third one is plural. Jesus was saying, what if I use things that you cannot even relate to?

Prayer: Holy Spirit, You are the Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding, I ask that You infuse me afresh with wisdom and understanding as I engage God’s Word, in Jesus Name. Amen!

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Fresh Fire Devotional 1 John 4:6 “But we belong to God, and those who know God listen to us. If they do not belong to God, they do not listen to us. That is how we know if someone has the Spirit of truth or the spirit of deception.”