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Tuesday, 21 April 2026

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - 21/04/2026

TUESDAY - 21ST APRIL, 2026

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - Olusola & Oreoluwa ADEJUMO

WHEN MERCY EXTENDS ITS ARM TO YOU

Genesis 19:12, KJV

"And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place:"

Mercy can call for an extension (extending its arm to you) but the question is, "Will you take it?" I pray for you that you will be hale and hearty spiritually to hear the voice of mercy when it calls. May you not say "no" on the day of salvation.

The divine emissaries that were sent to check for God if what has become of Sodom and Gomorrah was so were accommodated by Lot. They owe Lot and they show their gratitude to him by letting him into what the Lord has set to do.

They told Lot, "Do you have anyone here besides?" They even listed names. "Son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place:"

The matter is urgent. It has to be attended to immediately. As a matter of fact, they had to hurry him up when he began to be reluctant (Gen. 19:16).

When those angels asked if Lot had anyone in town that needed to be saved also; was it that they saw that he had sons in law? I asked because they mentioned specifically, "sons in law." The truth is that they could have judged using the marriageable age/stature of Lot's daughters. Whether that was true or not, God is committed not only to saving you but your household. When God saved Noah, he wasn't the only beneficiary. His family was part. Whenever God moves in this manner, it is to your saving and your household. At times, the salvation of the Lord can cover friends and relatives. Consider Cornelius - the centurion (Acts 10:24, 44-45). It can even include extended family members. Consider Rahab - the harlot (Joshua 6:23).

The sons in law of Lot aren't covenant people. They are Sodom and Gomorrah people. However, their association with Lot is beginning to pay off. They're beginning to reap the dividend of having known Lot and having desired to marry his daughters. As of this time, Lot's two daughters are betrothed to them. So, they are potential sons in law but in truth they are already family because they've formed special closeness and ties with Lot's daughters/family. So, such people can no longer be ignored or left to perdition. That made the angels include them in the plan. "Do you have anybody else here? Son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place:"

It was mercy that included them. It was mercy that added them to the list. It was mercy that chose them. Mercy offered them an opportunity to escape destruction of sinners. Mercy gave them an extended arm. However, they treated it with levity and rejected it.

What does the Bible say?

Genesis 19:14, KJV

"And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law."

Did you see that later part? It says, "But was as one that mocked [played, joked] unto his sons in law."

It is on this basis that they reject God's salvation. They are part of God's salvation plan. Because of Lot, God had to count them in. People can be given to you or redeemed for your sake. That happened frequently in the Bible.

I pray for you that mercy will always be extended to you. They actually didn't deserve it but at least, God's mercy still came to patronize them in order to give them an exception. They obviously are not as corrupt as other indigenous people because they have plans to get married [to women - Lot's daughters and not men]. They were heterosexuals (not homosexuals). That shows they are not gays. However, they aren't believers. If they were believers - believing in the God of Abraham or had witnessed His acts for once, they wouldn't have doubted that such a thing could happen. Lot wouldn't have looked like a joker to them. That rather happened because in their thinking, where would destruction come from?

God wants you to cry out to Him this morning that you won't miss the appearance of His mercy. May you not be a mocker and a waster of divine things when they are lowered or made available to you. May you rather jump at it, grasping and grabbing it and using it for your benefit and to God's glory.

As for you, you'll have been gone before the sword and predicted destruction comes. I see you on the mountain. I see you far off - in the distance (separated from the wickedness of the wicked).

PRAYER: Lord, may Your Word not look like rubble to me. May I not lack discernment of times and seasons. I escape to the mountain. I am saved/safe in Christ.

BIBLE IN A YEAR: Joshua 22:21-23:16, Luke 20:27-47, Psalm 89:14-37, Proverbs 13:17-19

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Monday, 20 April 2026

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - 20/04/2026

MONDAY - 20TH APRIL, 2026

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - Olusola & Oreoluwa ADEJUMO

THE HEAD LAMP!

II Kings 8:1, KJV

"Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years."

Predictive prophecy can come to you yourself or to someone with a recognized function in your life in order to give it to you. This woman didn't receive a prophecy from a stranger. She received one from Elisha and as far as we know, they've been in a spiritual relationship for years. If you can't remember right away, this is the Shunem woman who sees Elisha passing, perceives him as a holy man of God and speaks to her husband on bringing Elisha into their home. Later on, they built a place for Elisha and furnished it (II Kings 4:10).

So, this woman is not a stranger to Elisha and Elisha isn't a stranger to her. It was even through Elisha's prophecy that she now carried a son (II Kings 4:16-17). So, she is a beneficiary of the prophetic stream of Elisha. She has tasted his ministry first hand and there's no confusion that Elisha is a holy man of God.

On this occasion however, Elisha is saying a famine is coming and she should flee to sojourn wherever she may find. This is the importance of the head lamp. Do you know what the head lamp does? It sees far into the distance that the tyres will soon come to tread. A driver sees into the distance stretched before him through the aid of the head lamps. Without the head lamps, where to turn or go is usually unclear.

The prophecy of Elisha to her here is coming from a place of relationship and having served as her cover. This woman is enjoying the prophet. Seeds that she has sown even when she never had the heart that it would one day bring her blessings ended up doing more than enough for her. First, she received a child through that and now she's receiving a much needed guidance again.

The prediction says, "Go, thou and thy household. Go and live wherever you may find, for the Lord has called for a famine and it will last for seven years."

We have entered into a time where you have to see it to escape it. Without seeing it, you can't but be trapped. I'll keep saying it. The Bible says, "The prudent man foresees the evil and he hides himself but the simple passes on and are punished" (Prov. 22:3).

Break off from being without guidance and instruction. Either it comes to you through your constant relationship with God or it is complemented by the relationship you have with other brethren or ministers. You must always be in the know of what tomorrow says.

That place says, "...for the Lord hath called for a famine..."

It means it is inevitable. It means it is established by the Lord to happen. That is why she had to pack her bags and leave because danger was coming. May you not be without warning. May you not continue to live without a change of attitude. Those who have no instruction or those who are disobedient to it are those who will be trapped by its consequences. The Bible says, "For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark."

Did you see that? Despite Noah warning them, they didn't change their attitude. They rather kept on in their debauchery. They never had a change of heart. They never were serious. They never were contemplative for once. They never regretted their actions until Noah entered the ark and the flood came. The Bible says, "...until the day that Noah entered the ark." It was that day that heralded consequences. It was only then they saw the harms of having despised warnings. It was then they cried, shouted for salvation without any help being near. You can know too late.

What instruction or warning is coming to you lately? What has the Lord told you lately? Heed warnings. Be guided! Take actions by them. Only then can you escape the imminent dangers.

PRAYER: Father, I am open to whatever you want to communicate. May I not be alone without Words that come from Your mouth.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Joshua 21:1-22:20, Luke 20:1-26, Psalm 89:1-13, Proverbs 13:15-16

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - 19/04/2026

SUNDAY - 19TH APRIL, 2026

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - Olusola & Oreoluwa ADEJUMO

DIVINE COINCIDENCE!

II Kings 8:5, KJV

"And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life."

Say, "Mine will not be difficult to accomplish!" Say, "Mine happens with ease." Say, "Before arrival, God's angels go ahead of me to make mine possible."

That's exactly how it happened for the Shunemite woman. According to God's Word, she left to sojourn in the land of the Philistines because of a predicted famine. She dwelt in that place for seven years - leaving home, leaving farms.

At the end of seven years, she returned home but things were not the same again. She would need to now appeal to the king for the release of her properties. She was in the process of doing that when she met with divine coincidence. Ask what it is.

Shortly before her arrival, Gehazi had been recounting to the king the great deeds of Elisha as demanded of him. As a matter of fact, they were on her case. Gehazi was telling him about the woman whose child was raised from the dead (II Kings 4:35). That's the story and narration Gehazi was talking about when this woman entered the palace and appealed to the king for the recovery and release of her properties.

II Kings 8:3-4, KJV

"3 And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.

4 And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done."

How lovely that is? How timely that is? Imagine walking in flesh and blood to concretize what someone pines to hear about you. Nothing like this affirms and serves as convincing evidence. The king not only heard the story, he saw the woman and the child on whom the miracle was wrought. How blessed his eyes are! Gehazi said, "...my Lord O King, this is the woman and her son, whom Elisha restored to life."

To preachers, you will not only preach, tell narratives but rather it'll be backed up by power and evidence. May you have evidence to present. That's when it'll be undeniable. That's when you can convincingly win your hearers to yourself. Even if the king doubted the story of Gehazi before the woman's arrival, her arrival in flesh and blood settles and clears his doubt. Imagine just having the evidence of your ministry walk in where there's doubt, arguments and contention about how effective or great you have worked the calling. This is how God will shut those asking and querying you for the fruits of your ministry up. God will bring an undeniable proof to seal the truth you have said or that you will teach. You will not only be a story teller but an evidence giver. You'll also be able to say, "...this is the woman and her son whom Elisha restored to life."

At this point, doubt is cleared and denial is exterminated. So shall it be!

PRAYER: Father, back me up with proofs. May I not be alone without evidence.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Joshua 19:1-20:9, Luke 19:28-48, Psalm 88:1-18, Proverbs 13:12-14

Wednesday, 15 April 2026

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - 15/04/2026

WEDNESDAY - 15TH APRIL, 2026

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - Olusola & Oreoluwa ADEJUMO

THE COST OF BEING A DESERTER

Acts 15:38, KJV

"But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work."

There are two types of students. The conscious and unconscious learners. The truth is that discipleship is happening on a daily basis and if you apprentice yourself to masters, you'll be able to learn one thing or the other.

That's what they call mentoring or internship as the case may be in our organizations nowadays. If you submit yourself to an internship for instance, it'll be a form of mentoring you and making you into a trained personnel to do certain things.

So also, when Paul and Barnabas travel, they don't go alone. They take other Christian brethren with them to learn, witness and do their works as well.

Acts 15:37, KJV

"And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark."

The Bible says Barnabas was determined to take John Mark with them. For what purpose? To assist them in ministry. However, he'll not only be assisting, he'll be learning. If John Mark had been successfully concluded on, he would have been likened to a student surgeon watching a master surgeon do surgeries in the theatre. He'll not only help the master surgeon pick tools but he'll be learning as an active, conscious apprentice in order to replicate those same procedures one day.

Unfortunately, John Mark missed all these opportunities. On what reason?

Acts 15:38, KJV

"But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work."

Did you see that? John Mark is a deserter. He left them to the work when they needed him. They must have suffered for his sudden deserting. He couldn't pay the sacrifices that goes with the work. Though Barnabas, his uncle was willing to give him another chance, yet Paul has learnt from history and he wouldn't want it to repeat itself.

For this reason, Paul would not have a deserter join them in their missionary journey and work. He protested and this refusal led to a sharp contention between himself and Barnabas.

Brethren, are you a friend who sticks closer than a brother? Do you endure when the road is rough? Do you give your due diligence to the appearing of all? Can others confirm your attitude and behavior as fitting of a brother? If not, you might reap that fruit one day.

John Mark thought he had gotten away with being a deserter until he was refused on the ground of not being able to endure, suffer and persist in the way. What are you reputed for? Hope it's good.

PRAYER: Lord, I receive enduring grace to finish the work I'm called to and the calling entrusted to me.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Joshua 11:1-12:24, Luke 17:11-37, Psalm 84:1-12, Proverbs 13:5-6

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Tuesday, 14 April 2026

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - 14/04/2026

TUESDAY - 14TH APRIL, 2026

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - Olusola & Oreoluwa ADEJUMO

CONSIDERATE LEADERS

Acts 15:28, KJV

"For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things."

In an interview with one of the heads of state of AES, it is revealed how the state cushions the inflated price of petroleum by paying for it herself so it doesn't lead to increment in prices of goods and services. Then, that head of state noted that they could have chosen not to have done that because they are not an oil producing nation but yet they had to take that step because the happiness of their citizens is at the centre of their agenda.

Yet, there's a contradiction in many other places. Even countries that produce oil and have refineries and plants couldn't survive the rising cost. Instead of absorbing it for their citizens, they have rather spread it over to them. This has led to higher costs of living in groceries, transportation and fuel etc. This obviously has led to the difficult life being experienced in those countries.

These two experiences I just shared have a thing to do with what the apostles did for the church in Antioch. Amidst the doctrinal controversy and confusion on circumcision, they wrote them a letter only demanding that they abstain from things polluted, sacrificed to idols, strangled, or of blood and then from fornication.

In the statement of the apostles, they said it pleased the Holy Ghost and them not to lay any greater burden on the Gentile brethren apart from those petty demands they have made on them in order to keep them pure and distinct from their idolatrous world.

The question is, how many leaders have such hearts not to extort people? They could have pushed things to the extreme. Even as some which are of the sect of the Pharisees amidst the apostles said, they could have been made to observe the laws of Moses - every bit of it. However, Peter defends against that by recalling the impracticality of that to them this way.

Acts 15:10, KJV

"Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?"

Many times, what hypocrite leaders want their followers or citizens to do is what they themselves struggle with. It is what they can't cope with or survive. One will think that'll serve as enough deterrent to hinder their going ahead. However, these hard and difficult leaders instead of relieving their citizens and followers of killing burdens will rather put much on them.

But in the midst of all, I'm hearing another voice that tends to challenge the selfish and hypocrisy demands of the Pharisees that lay heavy burdens on people without lifting it with even their own finger. The voice I hear speaks of good to the benefit of the society and it says reassuringly, "For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things."

If the Holy Ghost struggles with you to stop bothering and extracting your members for financial gains, why isn't it pleasing to you? Why haven't you stopped? As for the apostles, the Holy Spirit's will is their command. First, it seemed good to the Holy Spirit that no extra charges or burdens be laid on the Gentile brethren. Immediately, it pleases the apostles also.

Do we have this type of leaders in our churches and nations? Leaders who want to relieve the burdens of the people. Leaders who want people to have a gracious life under the law of liberty. It is left for you to answer. I pray that what pleases the Holy Ghost to do will also please you to do.

PRAYER: Father, give me a true heart for leadership. A heart that wants to serve sincerely and honestly, not for gains.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Joshua 9:3-10:43, Luke 16:19-17:10, Psalm 83:1-18, Proverbs 13:4

Monday, 13 April 2026

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - 13/04/3026

MONDAY - 13TH APRIL, 2026

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - Olusola & Oreoluwa ADEJUMO

MAY YOU NOT BE ALONE!

Acts 15:32, KJV

"And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them."

May you not be alone. More so, may God encourage you. May God give you those who actively hear from the Lord in the now and could speak to you God's mind in the now. That's what a prophet does.

Over the years, I've said a prophet is not only the one who brings predictions. That's the popular manifestation of a prophet that people know but that is not all. A prophet could bring predictions but also, a prophet is an exhorter. I function in that office myself. So, I ought to know.

A prophet is someone with constant revelation on what God wants His people to hear or know. He can bring a word for God's people in the now. That word may come from a teaching that comes to meet their needs. It will be revelational and insightful.

We read of Judas and Silas. The Bible says, "...being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words and confirmed them." I Corinthians 14:3 speaks further on this. A prophet brings edification, exhortation and comfort. He speaks by the Spirit of God. So, these two prophets were not just messengers sent to deliver a letter but vessels who discerned the mind of God and spoke it into the ongoing debate of "Should Gentile believers be circumcised?"

The word, "exhorted" reveals something about what a prophet does. To exhort means to encourage, to strongly urge or persuade. It involves a great deal of stirring up to action. That stirring up also comes with a breathed energia to do what is being taught. As they speak, they strengthen the brethren inwardly.

Then, the Bible says, "With many words..." This is where teaching and repeated teaching comes in. You'll have thought they'll just drop some encouragement and leave. No! They exhorted the brethren with many words. They taught and taught until it got to a place where the Bible says, "...and confirmed them."

The word, "confirmed" means to establish. It's to make to stand firm. That's what strong encouragement or teaching that is done repeatedly birth. The brethren were rooted and grounded after their exhortation. Picture a tree with established roots in the ground, that tree can withstand the storm. The same is what happened here.

That made me pray that you won't be alone earlier. You will have exhorters in your life. And not only exhorters, but those given to teachings that can grind you in faith and establish you.

PRAYER: Lord, I am opened to those You have raised and sent to me. May I by them by exhorted and established.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Joshua 7:16-9:2, Luke 16:1-18, Psalm 82:1-8, Proverbs 13:2-3

Sunday, 12 April 2026

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - 12/04/2026

SUNDAY - 12TH APRIL, 2026

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - Olusola & Oreoluwa ADEJUMO

THE CENTRE SHOULD STILL HOLD

Acts 15:22, KJV

"Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren..."

In Nigeria, there's an organization called Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON). It endorses every product that is rolled out as fit for public consumption or use. Having tested it in its labs, it knows whether the said product is fake or healthy for use. That's the exact thing the Jerusalem council or the congregation of disciples (apostles) in Jerusalem are to the course of Christ - especially on doctrine.

When there arose debates on whether Gentiles (who are now believers) should be circumcised according to Moses and abide by his law, the church in Antioch had to send Paul and Barnabas to the Jerusalem church to go and learn for them which to practice.

Though Paul and Barnabas have tried to persuade them on what is right to practice yet because of its futility because they were being confused, they still needed to find out the truth and hold unto that which is truth.

Acts 15:1-2, KJV

"1 And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.

2 When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question."

We thank God for the centre that still holds. Unlike some denominations today, it's from the centre they lay heavy burdens hard to bear on people. They strip them of their hard earned money as they endorsed the transactional gospel. However, the apostles beg to differ. Look at their response.

Acts 15:19-20, KJV

"19 Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God: 20 But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood."

James means don't burden Gentiles believers with the full Jewish law. They are already accepted by grace. To abstain from pollution of idols means to abstain from idol worship and foods sacrificed to idols. That's because idolatry contradicts loyalty to God. To abstain from fornication is necessary because God requests for our moral transformation. At that time, fornication was common in the Gentile culture. From things strangled means meat from animals not properly drained of blood. From blood means not drinking blood directly or eating it in meat.

They were only commanded to keep all these to keep them distinct from their idolatry world and the prevalent acts in their day. They didn't bind a heavy religious burden on them. Never!

Let's ask ourselves. Is this how our group of elders in the local church does? Is this how our leaders at the headquarters write and send letters to save people far away from the centre from being made slaves of - believing another gospel and being subjugated by unrighteous men? Or is it those at the centre who are trusted with the preservation of doctrine that perverts it for filthy lucre?

We need to check ourselves. As you do, may God wash you clean and set you right. May you stand as a watchman indeed. May you fight for the cause of Christ's sheep which He redeemed with His blood.

PRAYER: Lord, let our watchdogs stand as one indeed.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Joshua 5:1-7:15, Luke 15:1-32, Psalm 81:1-16, Proverbs 13:1