Dearly Beloved, “EVERYTHING IS PERMISSIBLE” “‘Everything is permissible for me’ — but not everything is beneficial. ‘Everything is permissible...
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Bayo Afolaranmi
spiritualdigest
May 30, 2011 8:23 am
Dearly Beloved, DO YOU HAVE A STORY? “Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for...
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Bayo Afolaranmi
spiritualdigest
Jun 4, 2011 6:46 pm
Dear Beloved, EVERYONE IS IMPORTANT “Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we...
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Bayo Afolaranmi
spiritualdigest
Jun 11, 2011 7:28 pm
Dearly Beloved, A FRIEND IN NEED... “And Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself” (1 Samuel 18:3 NIV). Jonathan, the son of...
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Bayo Afolaranmi
spiritualdigest
Jun 18, 2011 5:53 pm
Dearly Beloved, OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN “Pray then like this: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name” (Matthew 6:9 RSV). Jesus Christ was...
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Bayo Afolaranmi
spiritualdigest
Jun 25, 2011 7:44 pm
Dear Beloved, IS THE LORD'S ARM TOO SHORT? "The LORD answered Moses, 'Is the LORD's arm too short? You will now see whether or not what I say will come true...
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Bayo Afolaranmi
spiritualdigest
Jul 2, 2011 5:39 pm
Dearly Beloved, HE KNOWS WHAT HE WOULD DO! “Then Jesus lifted up His eyes, and seeing a great multitude coming toward Him, He said to Philip, ‘Where shall...
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Bayo Afolaranmi
spiritualdigest
Jul 9, 2011 7:02 pm
Dearly Beloved, TO GOD BE THE GLORY “To the only wise God be glory for ever through Jesus Christ! Amen” (Romans 16:27 NIV). The hymn “To God Be the...
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Bayo Afolaranmi
spiritualdigest
Jul 16, 2011 8:41 pm
Dear Beloved, WICKEDNESS FOR GOODNESS "But as soon as Jeremiah finished telling all the people everything the LORD had commanded him to say, the priests, the...
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Bayo Afolaranmi
spiritualdigest
Jul 23, 2011 6:01 pm
Dear Beloved, "FIRE FOR FIRE" "God is just: He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you" (2 Thessalonians 1:6 NIV). The Nigerian Police used to have an...
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Bayo Afolaranmi
spiritualdigest
Jul 30, 2011 7:18 pm
Dearly Beloved, WAIT PATIENTLY FOR THE LORD “I waited patiently for the LORD; he turned to me and heard my cry” (Psalm 40:1 NIV). After God rejected Saul...
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Bayo Afolaranmi
spiritualdigest
Aug 6, 2011 7:51 pm
Dearly Beloved, YOUR REAR MIRROR “Do not [earnestly] remember the former things; neither consider the things of old” (Isaiah 43:18 AMP). “Not that I have...
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Bayo Afolaranmi
spiritualdigest
Aug 13, 2011 6:57 pm
Dearly Beloved, WHERE IS YOUR DWELLING PLACE? “He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty” (Psalms 91:1 NIV). ...
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Bayo Afolaranmi
spiritualdigest
Aug 20, 2011 6:59 pm
Dear Beloved, GOOD, BETTER, BEST “Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which...
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Bayo Afolaranmi
spiritualdigest
Aug 27, 2011 7:34 pm
Dearly Beloved, WILL YOU NOT PRAISE HIM? “I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live” (Psalm 146:2 NIV). Recently I...
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Bayo Afolaranmi
spiritualdigest
Sep 3, 2011 7:46 pm
Dear Beloved, IDOLS OF THE HEART "You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters...
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Bayo Afolaranmi
spiritualdigest
Sep 17, 2011 6:23 pm
Dear Beloved, GIFTS FOR EQUIPPING OTHERS "[God gave spiritual gifts] to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up...
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Bayo Afolaranmi
spiritualdigest
Sep 24, 2011 7:36 pm
Dear Beloved, THE RACE IS NOT TO THE SWIFT "I again saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift and the battle is not to the warriors, and neither is...
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Bayo Afolaranmi
spiritualdigest
Oct 1, 2011 8:41 pm
Dearly Beloved, “WILL YOU STAY WITH ME?” “Don't panic. I'm with you. There's no need to fear for I'm your God. I'll give you strength. I'll help you....
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Bayo Afolaranmi
spiritualdigest
Oct 8, 2011 8:07 pm
Dear Beloved, THE WEALTH OF THE WICKED "Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; do not fret when men succeed in their ways, when they carry out...
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Bayo Afolaranmi
spiritualdigest
Oct 16, 2011 4:30 am
Dearly Beloved, WISDOM IS BETTER THAN STRENGTH “So I said, ‘Wisdom is better than strength.’ But the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are no...
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Bayo Afolaranmi
spiritualdigest
Oct 22, 2011 7:32 pm
Dearly Beloved, “THE HIGH PLACES” “Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the years Jehoiada the priest instructed him. The high places,...
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Bayo Afolaranmi
spiritualdigest
Oct 29, 2011 6:47 pm
Dearly Beloved, THE EIGHTY-SIXTH PSALM “Hear, O Lord, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.... Hear my prayer, O Lord; listen to my cry for mercy” (Psalm...
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Bayo Afolaranmi
spiritualdigest
Nov 5, 2011 7:41 pm
Dearly Beloved, NOW THANK WE ALL OUR GOD “Now, our God, we give you thanks, and praise your glorious name” (1 Chronicles 29:13 NIV). “Thanks be to God...
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Bayo Afolaranmi
spiritualdigest
Nov 12, 2011 6:17 pm
Dearly Beloved, SODOMY: THERE IS NO OTHER WORD FOR IT “Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations...
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Bayo Afolaranmi
spiritualdigest
Nov 26, 2011 6:56 pm
Dearly Beloved, FROM OBSCURITY TO LIMELIGHT “You have changed my sadness into a joyful dance; you have taken away my sorrow and surrounded me with joy”...
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Bayo Afolaranmi
spiritualdigest
Dec 3, 2011 7:05 pm
Dearly Beloved, On December 3, 2006, I first sent out the message below to commemorate that year's World AIDS Day. There were many reactions both for and...
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Bayo Afolaranmi
spiritualdigest
Dec 10, 2011 8:07 pm
Dear Beloved, THEY RISKED THEIR LIVES "Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus. They risked their lives for me. Not only I but all the...
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Bayo Afolaranmi
spiritualdigest
Dec 17, 2011 6:45 pm
Dearly Beloved, THE MYSTERY OF THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And...
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Bayo Afolaranmi
spiritualdigest
Dec 24, 2011 7:42 pm
Dearly Beloved, GOD IS STILL FAITHFUL! “It is because of the Lord’s mercy and loving-kindness that we are not consumed, because His [tender] compassions...
