MORNING WINGS MINISTRY

Sunday, 10 May 2026

THE ACCEPTABLE YEAR OF THE LORD

Let us talk about "The acceptable year of the Lord." Have you heard of that before? There's something like that. There's an acceptable year of the Lord. Those who discern it can take its handle, launch by it and benefit from what it brings.

May we not be without whistle blowers in this life. That's why God sets prophets in the body of Christ. They declare seasons upon people as God desires to bring it on them. Prophets are hearers and whistle blowers on what God wants to do. They hear and they declare. They perceive and they proclaim.

Eccl.11:1-2, KJV

"1 Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.

2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth."

Who would tell us that a season like the one above has come upon us? How do we know that it is time for us to cast our bread upon the waters? Else, we cannot have change of behavior/attitude. The reason is because sowing also cannot just be done. There's a season for sowing. There's a time when sowing is done and it will guarantee bountiful harvest or return. Only God can proclaim that time into existence for people to mark, join its move and then have results according to what God has declared.

Let's look at Isaiah 61:1-2.

"The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn."

There are certain parts of these verses that appeal to what the Lord is saying I should say. Let's cut and bring them out.

First is the tail end of verse 1 that says, "To proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound."

Did it surprise you that the greatest anointed man (Jesus) that ever walked this earth had this as His function/manifestation. He proclaimed liberty to the captives and the opening of the prison to them that were bound.

His declaration was a spirit declaration that created the realities of people. At declaring, people were healed. At declaring, people who had been captives of the devil found freedom and immediately were able to do what they couldn't do before. However, it all started with declaring their liberty and speaking it forth.

In verse 2, the Bible speaks further of the manifestation of the anointing on Jesus - "To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn."

Any anointed man like one walking in the footsteps of his Master - Jesus also has been given to declare, "The acceptable year of the Lord." According to NLT, that place is written as, "He has sent me to tell those who mourn that the time of the Lord's favour has come."

Now, what happens when someone sent of God declares a season which has come upon the world. Realistically, he'll be creating for them an entrance and access into that season. Things might have been difficult for them but it is only till then. They might not have been able to get married till then but it is only until that declaration. They might not have been able to conceive but it is only until then.

Once God's Word comes out or goes forth declaring the acceptable year of the Lord in any aspect, that thing immediately becomes possible for the people it is being declared to.

That word that has been declared will as a matter of fact open a new season for them and usher them into that same new season. Because it is therefore a new season, they can therefore begin to have new experiences that they've never had before. That new season and new experience is therefore brought about because God's mouth has said it.

Look at this place.

Acts 3:6-8, KJV

"6 Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.

7 And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.

8 And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God."

Something happened here when Peter made a proclamation - a lameman stood up and walked. Peter said, "In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk."

That was the declaration. Peter however held him to stir his faith and give him a push. Immediately [following that declaration], the Bible says, "And immediately, his feet and ankle bones received strength."

That's what happens when God proclaims a word. He goes about creating it. That word therefore brings about or creates a new season, new experience and contact for those needing it. Their situation might not have looked like it but once God gives a word, it at once turns their previous situations around into a newly created and predicted one of God.

This is why God needs mouths with which to proclaim "The acceptable year of the Lord" which NLT calls, "the time of the Lord's favour."

Until such declarations are released, you'll be shocked to still see nothing change for people. People can continue in struggle from generation to generation until this year of jubilee and God's favour is declared into effect.

Leviticus 25:10 (KJV)

"And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family."

Until there's a proclamation setting people at liberty and opening prison doors to the bounds, people can't but continue in the region and under the shadow of darkness. Things will continue the way it is until the declaration of those who own it or needs it come. That's why nothing has changed of many people's situations till now. It's because they are in the hold of the devil and they need God's anointing to break them free. But even that is not forthcoming because God's Word is scarce and there are no prophets in the land. So, the devil continues to maruade them since there's no one found of God to proclaim their liberty, the acceptable year of the Lord or the day of God's vengeance on their enemies.

Jesus knows this which is why when He went around, He did one thing which fulfilled what the prophet had said.

Matthew 4:13-16, KJV

"13 And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:

14 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,

15 The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;

4:16 The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up."

Look at what the Bible is proclaiming concerning Jesus. Jesus' relocation to that place means, "the people which sat in darkness are seeing light and those in the region and shadow of death light is sprung or has come."

There are seasons in the spirit and God's oracles are the ones meant to bring it about. They are God's mouthpieces to announce and make those seasons known to God's inheritance. Therefore, it is not all preachers who declare new seasons in a new month, week or as often as the Holy Spirit brings it to them that are incorrect. Many pseudo ministers might have bastardized this act of proclaiming what God will do but God often do give His words indeed in order to usher people into their new seasons by giving them leverage for manifestation through His own spoken words.

However, that's not all God said His ministers are anointed to do. Just like they are armed to declare "God's favoured time" on people, they are also equipped and could bring forth God's judgement upon nations and people. That's what KJV calls, "and the day of vengeance of our God..." NLT calls it, "and with it, the day of God's anger against their enemies."

This part is no lie. If you have unrepentant enemies, we know their end. It cannot be good because judgement will always visit them. That part also foreshadows the judgement that will come on those who fail to believe in Jesus at His second appearing which is why Jesus didn't mention it when He said in the NT that, "Today, this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing."

Luke 4:18, KJV

"18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.

20 And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.

21 And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears."

Observe that Jesus only ended His own quotation at, "To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord." That is because that was what the Lord was doing on the earth then. He had not come to condemn anyone (John 3:17). Rather, He came to do good (Acts 10:38). He came to heal, cure, recover, restore and bless.

That was the season Jesus was in at His first coming into the world. He was sent to bring salvation and bring the good news to people.

However, that season would end one day. It will end effectively at His second appearance. That's when, "The day of vengeance of our God" would begin effectively on the unrepentant and the unbelieving.

So, even Jesus knew that these prophecies of Isaiah are seasonal. So, in the first phase, He proclaimed the acceptable year of the Lord while He Himself awaits "the day of vengeance of our God."

I see a new heaven and a new earth! I see a new season upon you. God speaking of Adam says, "It is not good that the man should be alone. I will make him a helpmeet suitable for him" (Gen.2:18). In essence, God declared the closure of a season over Adam and the opening of another.

Revelation 21:1-2, KJV

"1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband."

Say, "the first heaven and the first earth have passed away in my life and there is no more sea."

Old reproaches are being rolled away. The Bible says, "...old things have passed away, behold all things have become new" (II Cor. 5:17).

A new man you are with new experiences! Have you not been able to find a marriageable person consequent upon the hindrances and workings of the devil against you? I see a new heaven over you!

All things are new for you! Your 'flesh' or whatsoever that might symbolize is being restored unto you as that of a new born baby now (II Kings 5:14, 10).

So shall it be! I declare your liberty, your acceptable year of the Lord and the day of the vengeance of our God (on your pursuing, unrepentant enemy). As for you, flourish and find establishment in this new season that has come.

Olusola ADEJUMO,

M'Wings.

Morning Wings Ministry,

Nigeria.

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02/05/2026

11:09pm

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - 10/05/26

SUNDAY - 10TH MAY, 2026

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - Olusola & Oreoluwa ADEJUMO

DEDICATED TO ENQUIRY

Psalms 27:4, KJV

"One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple."

When the essence of life is discovered and its revelation becomes your life, then you won't have difficulty chasing after enquiries all the days of your life. Enquiry is a life long pursuit. That's why the Psalmist says, "one thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after..."

When he says, "that will I seek after, that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life", he reinforces his saying on what he desires from the Lord. As we speak, there are scientists in the lab, maybe people in space, shuttles in the oceans and many endeavors ongoing to find out knowledge, fix one problem or find out a more appropriate way by which something could be done.

Just like I said yesterday, such people have grown beyond the pursuit of food or material gains. Rather, they have shifted to purpose and now put their focus on making their world a better place to live. They have found who they are - knowing their own life's purposes and now, they are giving themselves to it. Some are locked up for days in the lab, research centers just because they wanted to find out for their world cures to certain diseases or functions. These people have overcome the human covetousness of I want to be rich, famous and accumulate all the wealth there is. That may eventually happen to them as they serve and give their lives to discovery - bringing new cures and inventions. However, it is not their primary target.

Another thing that has aided them is external funding for research. Therefore, they've been able to concentrate on discovering a new layer of knowledge. This is another helpful way by which they are kept from not thinking of food and clothing let alone pursuing it unrelentlessly like others out there.

They may not be rich but they are not insecure, restless and full of frets like many. Therefore, they are able to "do only one thing, seeking after the same."

The word for enquiry that we began considering yesterday carries meanings such as "to inquire, to seek diligently, to investigate, to meditate upon, to consider carefully, to search out thoughtfully."

These are all the functions that people who are given to inquiry are given to. They are asking questions in order to know. That is probing. If you see what their thoughts and meditations are centred on, you'll be shocked it's on finding answers for humanity day and night.

The Bible says this.

James 3:7, KJV

"For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind."

This verse chronicles the achievement of a certain generation which over and over some other generations have worked on. Have you asked yourself how the earlier man tamed and domesticated wild horses, using it for transport, races and war? Dolphins are creatures of the sea yet man has made an incredible thing out of them. From acrobats to performances that surprise and tickle the fancy of men, these fishes have been tamed and trained to surreal viewers.

Someone or some people made those discoveries. They did the taming so that all of us could benefit and enjoy what comes from having tamed their natural raw power or abilities. This is how our world becomes a better place to live when discoveries and researches are done. Enquiries haven't stopped. Rather, it continues.

PRAYER: Open thou my lips and I will ask questions. Quicken my heart to enquiry.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 1 Samuel 8:1–9:27, John 6:22–42, Psalm 106:32–48, Proverbs 14:34–35

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Saturday, 9 May 2026

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - 09/05/2026

SATURDAY - 9TH MAY, 2026

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AND TO ENQUIRE IN HIS TEMPLE

Psalms 27:4, KJV

"One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple."

I asked a question yesterday, "If man had all his needs met (put yourself in the cockpit of that question), what would be his next pursuit?"

Many of us are only existing, we've not been living. We would not know this until we answered that question. The Bible says, "And having food and raiment let us be therewith content." What if you have assurance of money, food and whatsoever you could think of very enough, what other races would your pursuits be all about?

The difference between advanced nations and the developing ones is that one has discovered the purpose of life and is living it while the other is still grappling with meeting of their basic needs. Nobody is rejecting food, shelter, clothing or security. They are all fundamental human needs. However, if you're only occupied with them and absorbed by them, I tell you, you will never have time or time enough at hand to explore your world, ask questions on life, God, justice, beauty and answer them for your world to see.

When God created man, He created him to be an enquirer. I believe you know that God would often come to commune with man in the cool of the day. Man fulfills that verse we're considering through fellowship. The Bible says, "One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple."

That place says, "...that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life..." This happened to Adam. He stayed before the Lord's presence. He enjoyed God's beauty. He inquired, explored in God and found answers.

Let's talk. When the Psalmist says, "...to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple", what do you think it means? Pay attention to the word, "enquire." Do you know what it means? It is the Hebrew word, "baqar."

It carries meanings such as to inquire, to seek diligently, to investigate, to meditate upon, to consider carefully, to search out thoughtfully."

I'll like to pick the last interpretation we have there - "to search out thoughtfully." Searching out thoughtfully is not only what a meditative heart does in/before God. Without a heart to search out, man wouldn't have advanced in every endeavour. Think of everything that has made life easier for you, from domestic tools to industrial gadgets and machineries. They are products of the "enquiries" of some people. Think of invention and human travels to other planets like man's ongoing plan to colonise Mars, it was possible because man is an inquirer. The Sciences, Art and every endeavour you know has prospered because men enquired, pushing the boundaries of knowledge and discovering new things. These are the things that led to medical or technological breakthroughs. All because people enquired. Enquirers are thinkers, deep meditators and researchers. It is the products of their quiet concentration in the lab, in space, in the academia that leads to the published bodies of knowledge that we now enjoy or have in books. Think of a movie that you contemplate on as you watched or a novel or poem that is written to elicit human behavior and realities. All those are products of people's enquiries. They were found because they were sought. God didn't create man to stay at the level of food only. Speaking, the Bible says, "Is life not more than bread and the body than clothing? - Luke 12:23. If the Psalmist got to a place where his aspiration, his utmost pursuit became dwelling in the house of the Lord all the days of his life, to behold the beauty of the Lord and to enquire in His temple, then we're been challenged on why we would only settle at the basic human needs levels?

I made a statement earlier that a developing nation is in trouble. When a nation by bad government, civil war or terrorism is reduced to a broken one that has no ample time to search out knowledge or the world around her, they are kept stuck from developing! They will never fulfill their true potential. There will be yearnings inside of them but since they haven't put food on the table first of all, they cannot practically go in that direction. Developed nations make searches! Undeveloped ones even if it's not by their design only busy with what to eat and drink. So, they never left that threshold.

Brethren, do you want to become great, tangible beyond this world, leaving a legacy behind? Then, define for yourself what success is. It is not the accumulation of money or making millions. It is not until you have all your needs met or have every latest thing that makes life comfortable. Real success is at the level of enquiry where you contribute to your world as a producer and not an ordinary consumer. Would you from this day begin to contemplate and search out? Or you'll leave the task of finding out, inventing and creating to certain people only?

PRAYER: Lord, open my mind to see that Science, Art, Culture and every human endeavors are meant to be enquired into.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 1 Samuel 5:1–7:17, John 6:1–21, Psalm 106:13–31, Proverbs 14:32–33

Friday, 1 May 2026

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - 01/05/2026

FRIDAY- 1ST MAY, 2026

Happy New Month!!!

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - Olusola & Oreoluwa ADEJUMO

DELIVERANCE FROM SIX-SEVEN TROUBLES

Job 5:19, KJV

"He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee."

We thank God for His deliverance. It is this work that He does and has done for us that has kept us alive.

If not for God's deliverance (or salvation), how should we have continued till now? The Bible says, "With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation" (Psalms 91:16, KJV).

The salvation mentioned here translates "deliverance." We have therefore continued till now and have hope of long Life because God will not stop showing us His salvation.

Our body can become sick unto death but if it is recovered and we're restored, that would be being delivered from trouble. This way, one can't but have long life irrespective of what he enters into or faces.

Our verse of the day in Job says, "He shall deliver you from six troubles and in seven, there shall no evil touch you."

That place is assuring you of salvation quietly but assuredly. When counting it, troubles can come. They can occur in their varieties or phases. "Seven" as used there talks of completion - describing to perfection the generality of evils that can befall any man. Yet it says, "There shall no evil touch you."

The reason is simple. It is because of God's work or better still His deliverance. God often does step in to redeem us from trouble.

When the Bible says, "On their hands they'll bear you up lest you dash your foot against a stone" (Psalm 91:12); it talks of divine stepping in. It talks of God's emissaries sent of Him to do the work of aiding you - bearing you up lest you fall. It means without their stepping in, redeeming you or bringing you immediate aid, you might find yourself at the rock bottom of the pit, fallen and scattered.

They had to "bear you up" because you were coming down previously. If by urgency, they do not attend to you, God forbid, may we not have a testimony of your soul being left in hades.

Therefore I pray that in six or seven troubles, God will save you. In marital crisis, court cases, economic trouble etc, God will bring you out. Even in betrayal, famine, war, drought, pestilence, you shall be borne up. You won't touch the ground!

PRAYER: I will not touch the earth (ground). I am borne up.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Judges 13:1–14:20, John 1:29–51, Psalm 102:1–28, Proverbs 14:15–16

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Saturday, 25 April 2026

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - 25/04/2026

SATURDAY - 25TH APRIL, 2026

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - Olusola & Oreoluwa ADEJUMO

WHAT SHALL BE ON THE MORROW

James 4:13-14, KJV

"13 Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:

14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away."

God would want me to ask you. Do you know what shall be on the morrow? Do you have an inkling, glimpse, hint and insight into what your world and the global stage might hold tomorrow? Can you forecast it? Can you predict it? Have you seen it all?

No matter your professionalism and the kind of accuracy you choose to profess, I believe you don't know what tomorrow holds except it's granted to you. Nobody actually knows what tomorrow holds is a true saying. That's because instability could rock when we anticipate peace and peace can be maintained when we anticipate destabilization. That's why that Bible verse says, "Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow...even your life can be taken." That saying is to those who are boastfully speaking, "They shall do this and that - be in that city or that other one without acknowledging God in their thinking." This is not about not taking thought to plan but rather it is the exclusion of acknowledging God in one's plans.

Speaking of not knowing what might happen tomorrow as that passage says, I'll have us look at Elisha and the sons of the prophets. They suggested enlarging where they dwell. Elisha wouldn't have followed them until someone had asked that he should be pleased to follow them. They never anticipated that something would go wrong. In all their futuristic plans, they couldn't have known that someone's axe head would be lost in the water. Even the axe head was borrowed. What if Elisha had not been asked to follow? What if they had acted unilaterally all alone without acknowledging God in his life?

II Kings 6:5, KJV

"But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed."

Rather the Bible is teaching us humility and acknowledgement of the divine. Instead of boastful railings, it says, "But ye ought to say, if the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that."

This last verse should communicate something deeper to us. Our life depends on God. He even controls what we're able to do. Your existence tomorrow is not even guaranteed. It depends on God. This is a direct challenge to human confidence and independence.

"If the Lord wills" is not a mere confession. It is rather the posture of your heart. It is a constant awareness that God decides and not you. Look at the Bible.

Psalm 37:5

"Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass."

Another place says in Proverbs 21:31, "The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD" (KJV).

Human responsibility is key but divine sovereignty cannot be forfeited. May you have the heart that acknowledges God in all his ways. May you always remember your Creator even in the tiniest details of your life.

PRAYER: May this awareness be in me that you're the Lord. Therefore, let your name be glorified.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Judges 4:1-5:31, Luke 22:35-53, Psalm 94:1-23, Proverbs 14:3-4

Friday, 24 April 2026

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - 24/04/2025

FRIDAY - 24TH APRIL, 2026

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RESILIENCE!

Ecclesiastes 4:12, KJV

"And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken."

I once talked about building a multilayered system into one's life. When you do, you can endure, withstand and defend against collapse. When the Bible says in Ecclesiastes 11:2, "Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth", what the Bible is teaching us is resilience.

A man who has shares or investment in one organization only still doesn't have economic resilience. A man who only has one stream of income hasn't built resilience either. Resilience is if the brook dries up, do you have a widow of Zarephath as another stream of income that can feed you and family for many days. Continuity and survival is why we build resilience. Resilience comes from building a multidimensional system so that one can kickstart as soon as the other(s) fails. This way, you can never crash or experience disappointment. Rather, you'll always be borne up instead of dashing your foot on a stone. Instead of being disgraced and broken, you'll rather receive aid and intervention from where else you have sown and invested something in your days of abundance.

That is building resilience. It is moulding a system that will ensure your continuity even when collapses begin - irrespective of what type it is. The dictionary has defined the word "resilience" in a number of ways. Let's see some. "The physical property of material that can resume its shape after being stretched or deformed; elasticity."

"The positive capacity of an organizational system or company to adapt and return to equilibrium after a crisis, failure or any kind of disruption, including: an outage, natural disasters, man-made disasters, terrorism, or similar (particularly IT systems, archives).

"The capacity to resist destruction or defeat, especially when under extreme pressure."

All those three definitions explain something great about resilience - the life that can persist and not collapse when besieged on all sides. The Bible verse for today says, "And if one prevails against him, two shall withstand him..."

This part begins to show us the importance of building an anti-fragility system. Brittleness will collapse and cannot withstand. We all know that one man can easily get beaten up or bullied. But when they are two, they can easily stand against their bully and defend against him. That is the importance of not being alone but more importantly, building resilience. That second layer (second person) that is added to yourself is your layer for resilience. Then, the Bible takes it further by saying, "A threefold cord is not easily broken..."

People have mostly applied this to couples in marriage and God as the third cord. We may not debate that but that verse is only telling us an obvious truth. If you weave a yearn of three threads together, how easily snapped are they? It'll be hard to snap them. That's because each of the yearns serves as a buffer and aid to the other from being broken. So, resilience is actively being portrayed in that. In the face of pressure, you'll continue because you're not alone but are in a working relationship where partners who can help you bounce back and continue when crisis strikes.

A single tree doesn't make a forest. You can't have a poem in an anthology. In building any system that will resist collapse and defend against it, it must be a multilayered system - woven together to stand in unison to defend against pressure or crisis. Let me show you what it's like to build such a thorough system that doesn't fail or allow any defeat.

I Kings 19:15-17, KJV

"15 And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria:

16 And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.

17 And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay."

These verses are about God's coming judgement. The "sword" is symbolic of judgement. At this time, Israel had gone deep into idolatry under Ahab and Jezebel and God is seeking to do a cleansing - a deep one.

Hazael symbolizes the external pressure (war from Syria). Jehu is an internal military (he overthrew Ahab’s house violently). Elisha is the prophetic authority (God’s word exposing and confronting sin).

Together, they form a kind of complete system, like a net no one can slip through. If anyone in rebellion or idolatry escapes the judgement the first one brings, they can't possibly escape the second 'sword' but if that still happens, the third set-up will deliver and implement the will of God.

That is building a system that can endure, keep continuity and performance of its purpose no matter what comes. God wants you to build this kind of buffering system into your life. When you build it spiritually (having spiritual partners), financially (having streams of income) and in other needful areas, what will break you will be tired out. You can then always win or endure until aid comes!

PRAYER: Lord, show me critical relationships to sharpen for resilience. Teach me the company of wealth and its building.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Judges 2:10-3:31, Luke 22:14-34, Psalm 92:1-93:5, Proverbs 14:1-2

Thursday, 23 April 2026

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - 23/04/2026

THURSDAY - 23RD APRIL, 2026

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - Olusola & Oreoluwa ADEJUMO

INSURED!

II Kings 7:8, KJV

"And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and came again, and entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it."

What you do with resources when it comes into your hands is more powerful than having that resources itself. Also, what we do with abundance in its season is a greater wisdom signalling our survival in days to come.

When the seven years of abundance came upon Egypt, the advice of Joseph was to take the fifth part of everything harvested and store it up. In his words, "it'll be food for the coming seven years of famine" (Gen. 41:34-36).

God is not unjust. He seeks to equate you to the challenge. That's why the Bible says in I Corinthians 10:13, "There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it."

Most often, God will always visit you with the way of escape before the problem comes. It may be by preparing you for hard days or by giving you superfluous abundance that could be invested for days of stringencies.

Look at these lepers. They know they are thrusted out people. They know they have no inheritance in the city. They know they are left to plan for themselves. And guess what they do in the day of abundance.

After they had met their primary and most pressing need of eating and drinking, they immediately insured themselves. The Bible says, "...and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and came again, and entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it."

Do you see what they did? They didn't insure themselves once. They did it over and over again. They hid silver, gold and raiment. These are useful items that they can fall back on when the season of abundance the prophet prophesied and which has come is over.

That reminds me of this same principle of "repeated action" that Elijah did on Mount Carmel. When it was time to pour water round the altar, he told them to do it over and over again. What you do over and over again is what has effective potency to save you. Once is not enough. Saving and investing must become your habit. That's the only thing that can leave a mark on you or be resilient to stand in hard times.

I Kings 18:33-35, KJV

"33 And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.

34 And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time.

35 And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water."

You see, if Elijah had only filled the trench with water once or twice, he might not have the testimony of water running round about the altar as recorded. It was his repeated actions that gave him that kind of overflowing or bustling abundance.

In insuring yourself against the harsh economic weather of the future, it is not what you do once. You must do it over and over again. Even the Bible says, "Joseph gathered grains like the sands of the seashore until he left counting" (Gen. 41:49).

You must have enough bustling and resilient investment/savings that can tackle the cold winter that's coming. All days will never be the same. Seasons will change. Interruptions will happen. That is why you must invent how to continue when those interruptions or shake ups happen. Your survival is a priority to God. So, keep saving. Keep investing! Carry out and hide. Carry out again and hide until it flows and run roundabout.

PRAYER: Lord, I lay and pile up embarkment for the future.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Judges 1:1-2:9, Luke 21:29-22:13, Psalm 90:1-91:16, Proverbs 13:24-25

Wednesday, 22 April 2026

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - 22/04/2026

WEDNESDAY - 22ND APRIL, 2026

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - Olusola & Oreoluwa ADEJUMO

YOUR COORDINATES!

Genesis 19:1, KJV

"And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground."

The Bible says, "And there came two angels to Sodom at evening and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom..." Your coordinates is everything.

A lot of people aren't locatable at all. These angels are divine emissaries. They have come to confirm if the evil that has ascended to the Lord of Sodom and Gomorrah is as it has ascended. They could have bypassed everybody. Nobody could have seen them let alone stop them. However, at their appearance/arrival, they came falling into Lot's hands. As if he had a witness concerning them; he didn't lose them at all. Rather, the Bible says, "And Lot seeing them, rose up to meet them..."

You see, Lot is well positioned. He was at the gate. Those divine emissaries didn't pass him by. Even while at the gate, he is both aware and awake. He is sensitive and full of ears around his body. He could discern that these men should be convinced to dwell with him.

In short, what God was sending to Sodom and Gomorrah met him well positioned and ready to receive them. It is this divine perception and welcoming of these divine guests that leads to the saving of his house amidst a corrupt and perverted generation.

The Spirit is asking, "What is your coordinates? Are you at all well positioned? Are you where you should be? Are you hale and hearty spiritually? Do you still have ears and discernment all over your body? Or, you have been shifted or taken away from your position?"

There are those that would have been taken away before such a visitation of God. We read of the first family who at visitation time God couldn't locate. They were nowhere to be found in the presence of God. God had to raise an alarm. He had to begin to call them. Why? They were not locatable because they have sinned and have gone to hide themselves having discovered themselves - in the shame and guilt that sin brought.

Genesis 3:8-9, KJV

"8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.

9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?"

Their coordinates ought to be in the presence of the Lord. That's where they ought to dwell and be all the days of their lives. That's where they should have been found. However, they lost their bearings. They couldn't find their coordinates. So, they wandered off. They took off and hid themselves away. This made God begin to beg to have their coordinates. The Lord Almighty begins to call, "Where are you? Let me meet you. Let me see you. Let me know where you are. We have discussions. We need to talk." Imagine that!

A lot of people have absconded from God's presence like Adam and Eve did. God is saying, "The last time we came, they were here. What could now have happened to them? Where are they?" You see, they have lost their coordinates. They are no longer locatable. Heaven can no longer detect them before God. They have lost their bearings. It is disastrous because they won't be able to receive any incoming that God is sending. Just like Adam couldn't welcome God upon His appearance, they also having lost capability to hear or discern God will miss God.

God is looking for people who will take their stands in His presence. Irrespective of what the pursuit of bread becomes, God still doesn't want anything to dislocate them or relocate them away from His presence. God is saying, "I am not done with them. My mercy is given every morning. The words that I speak are very often (Matt.4:4). They ought to be available in my presence, in the spirit and in the Lord to hear/receive it and trap it." Abraham has that testimony. The Bible says, "And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD" (Genesis 18:22).

These were the same divine emissaries that came to inspect and met Lot at the gates. Abraham was standing well established where he could make contact with heaven. That place says, "Though they departed from Abraham, yet Abraham stood yet before the Lord." Why? Business is not over. Abraham knows transactions could still be done. God's presence is where communication is sent and is received. It is where things are influenced or changed in the Spirit. It is the place where you can have a discussion with the Lord to save people alive. That's the place Abraham was when he was bantering that God should spare Sodom and Gomorrah for the righteous people in it.

You must find your coordinates - be at your bus stop. Elijah found his - standing in God's presence undebatably.

I Kings 17:1, KJV

"And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word."

Mind the phrase, "Before whom I stand." The question is, "Before who do you stand?" Are you standing in God's presence or before another god? May you have the testimony of someone who stands before God's presence continually. Elijah couldn't have overblown it more than that. He said, "As the Lord God of Israel lives, before whom I stand."

May you not lose your standing! May you not be found to have departed from the faith - losing your standing because of compromise and sin. May you not concede grounds to the devil. May you maintain your integrity like Job. May you be like Mount Zion that cannot be shifted but abides forever.

PRAYER: Lord, where has my relationship and spiritual standing with you come under attacks. LIBERATE me!

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Joshua 24:1-33, Luke 21:1-28, Psalm 89:38-52, Proverbs 13:20-23

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

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

Saturday, 11 April 2026

BRO. SOLA, WHO'S A PASTOR?

Somebody asked me, "Bro. Sola, who's a pastor?"

I said, "Somebody who can cultivate others."

I thank God for my education - not basically and importantly the one I got in school.

Self education I mean.

I've studied.

There's no day I don't read.

And I don't mean the study of the Bible only.

If I don't have time to read, I'll watch videos - maybe sermons or whatever, listen to news and analysis of global trends or watch movies.

When I watch movies, I analyze, interpret and apply them to real life situations. My study of English Literature has made me an analyst and then an applier. That's why I'm progressing into the niche of global and geopolitical analysis, trends etc.

I hope you're not offended at my watching movies. I'm trained to watch movies and benefit from them. Watching a movie on critical themes and paying attention to lessons in them could mirror and prepare for real life.

For instance, I recently taught on Persecution, Suffering and Signs of the End Time. To complement my studies, I had to watch movies on End Time Crisis and how lawlessness is mirrored.

It's like running a simulation before the real event.

Then, I keep a good record.

I have a lot of diaries (note pads I intend) where I jot things down.

I'm not one of the people who listens to a speaker or reads and don't write things down.

I cultivated that habit before my campus days and mandated it for all the excos that served with me while I was President in TASUED.

I can bet it with you, many might have forgotten them.

A pastor is a cultivator - feeder of people with knowledge and understanding. Where you're ignorant, you'll remain a captive. A pastor frees you by the truth he teaches and the light you receive from that teaching which helps you to live in breakthrough in that area. Check Jeremiah 3:15.

"And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding."

A pastor must be able to PROSPER his congregation in all ramifications of life. The success of a good pastor is seen in the growth of his congregation in every ramifications of their lives. For instance, when someone who's a spendthrift by teaching and counselling becomes a wise spender, now saves, invest and grows wealth; you'll say he has been prospered because he was taught.

Look at III John 1:2, KJV. See the wish, desire and pursuit of a pastor for his congregation.

“Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.”

Only a pastor thinks comprehsively about his congregation this way. When you want people to prosper and be in health in all things, then you teach them on how to prosper and be in health. When they abide by them (not being hearers only but doers of those taught things), then they'll have their breakthroughs and situations turned around.

See the Amplified Version.
"Beloved, I pray that in every way you may succeed and prosper and be in good health [physically], just as I know your soul prospers [spiritually].”

ESV says, "Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul."

It's a pastor who can furnish or sensitize you to everything that'll require your prospering in all things this way. He doesn't want you to lag behind or lack in anyway. He rather wants all things (make a list of things that concerns you) to go well with you. As a pastor therefore teaches you that, he also teaches you this - so that by them you may wage a good warfare and prosper. A pastor literally fulfills what Paul says here. See:

Acts 20:20 (KJV)
"And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publicly, and from house to house."

Acts 20:27 (KJV)
"For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God."

He wants you to be robust, all rounded and robustly attended to. He wants every areas of your life to prosper - mental/emotional, financial/economic, family, spiritual etc. Only that "profitable" as used in that Acts 20:20 only defers to spiritual growth or soundness. Yet, it carries the flavour of thoroughness and all roundedness.

I think we need to study certain Greek words in that III John 2. Let's see some good revelation so that you can decipher good pastors from those naming themselves as one.

Key Greek Words Explained

1. “Prosper” - euodoō. It means all these:

- To have a good journey

- To succeed in life’s path

- To be led along a good road

This is the breakdown of that word.

"eu" means good / well

"hodos" is road / way

The literal picture this paints is like somebody waving at you and saying, "May your journey in life go well.” This is NOT just money. It means success in decisions, favor in direction and progress without obstruction. That's what a pastor desires for you as he stands in the pulpit and teaches you.

2. "Be in Health" - hygiainō. It means to be sound, whole, healthy. It is the root of the English word, "hygiene." This is NOT just the absence of sickness but it refers to:

- Physical strength

- Wholeness of body

- Stability of condition

It also implies or means a life that is functioning properly - not breaking down.

3. "Soul" — psychē. It means inner life. It encapsulates your mind, will and emotions. We're referring to your seat of personality. Not just your "spirit" but also:

- Your thinking

- Your desires

- Your emotional state

This is your inner operating system.

4. "Prospers" (Soul prospers). The same word again - euodoō. It means your inner life is on the right path, flourishing.

All together, that verse is really saying, "I pray that your external life (health + success) will match the quality of your internal life (your soul’s alignment and growth)." Imagine that! That's all round prosperity and only one person teaches you to have such all round prosperity - a pastor! That's why you must see your local church as school. Always have writing materials - soaking everything and recording things down for later visitation. If you won't be a mere hearer, then you have to record things down in writing or you buy the tape so that you can revisit them and by them lead a prosperous life.

Why did I say that? Because every instruction you forget cannot prosper you. That's why we have many hearers and not doers. Many look at their faces in the mirror, depart and forget what they look like in a second. Such will never be prosperous because they have refused to take heed and live by the truths that are shared.

That verse sets a divine order:

1. Soul prosperity (INNER LIFE)

2. Physical health

3. External success

Now, let me ask you, "Who do you think can help you achieve all these? Who can you be accountable to - monitoring your progress, helping your discouragements and cheering you to success?" That's what a pastor does. A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep by sacrificing for them in these manners that we have explained. He seeks the prosperity of his members. He wishes them well and sees to their progress.

Apart from God, he's the one who has thoughts of good towards you, seeking that you have a hope and a future (by what he teaches you and arms you to do life with) - Jer. 29:11.

So, he could acquire knowledge in all those areas of life or know something about them.

For short, he is a body of knowledge - a library or bank of information in one person. He must be able to diagnose and apply truth to your situation. Without consciously taking thought for how to do this every time, the Holy Spirit will lead him into the discovery of what is utmost that his congregation needs to hear, know or take action by. God will often give him teachings towards those areas. He could then complement that/those inspired teaching(s) with what he has gathered during his personal education and from his experiences.

He must be able to arm them with truths that are doable as he communicates spirit and life (John 6:63) while bringing in practical, life, historical and day to day events to supplement it etc.

That's why the office of a pastor is not usually alone. To a very good extent, every pastor is a teacher. He will be able to preach/teach. As a matter of fact, Ephesians 4 that talks about ministry offices or what we popularly call 5 fold offices in truth are 4. Let's see.

Ephesians 4:11, KJV

" And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers..."

Note this, "...and some, pastors and teachers."

They are together - intertwined though distinct rivers. They go hand in hand.They flow to meet into one. It is pastor and teacher. A pastor must be able to teach.

Let me say if you're serious with ministry or have your eyes on ministry (probably you're desiring the office of a bishop), you must give yourself to study and knowledge.

Because by it, your congregation will prosper.

Most of the educated people on earth are ministers - pastors especially. That's because they minister and pastor men from all walks of life, backgrounds, professions and education. Yet, they are relevant to their experiences and expectations when they teach or talk.

Imagine having a congregation of a hundred men yet when you speak, you meet their needs always. Yet, they aren't of one background, tribe, nationality, view, training or prejudice etc.

Imagine how difficult that should have been!

However, what makes them (those pastors) that relatable and important? The things we've been saying. The fact that they have or can teach what every human needs or is looking for.

At times, I wonder where all the things I know and have learnt would find application.

But what matters is to be faithful where one is.

Wider opportunities will come.

Olusola ADEJUMO,
M'Wings.
Morning Wings Ministry,
Nigeria.
+234 81 3704 6812
morningwingministry@gmail.com
11/04/2026