A SERMON titled - Let The Dead Bury Their Own Dead: Series 003

 

 

A SERMON titled - Let The Dead Bury Their Own Dead: Series 003

A SERMON titled - Let The Dead Bury Their Own Dead: Series 002

 

A SERMON titled - Let The Dead Bury Their Own Dead: Series 002

A SERMON titled - Let The Dead Bury Their Own Dead: Series 001

 

A SERMON titled - Let The Dead Bury Their Own Dead: Series 001

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - 19/09/2025

FRIDAY - 19TH SEPTEMBER, 2025

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - Olusola & Oreoluwa ADEJUMO

DIP AND BE CLEAN! - Beyond The Common Series 009

II Kings 5:13, KJV

"And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?"

What's complicated in a simple instruction, "go and bathe in River Jordan and you shall be clean." I thought Naaman would glorify God for that but that's not how many proud or big people see things. They rather wanted to be billed. They want to pay. They would want the man of God to make demands on them. This effort is to prove themselves and it shows how carnal and fleshly they are. 

Only God knows how many days the instruction of Elisha tarried before Naaman went to carry it out. He was expecting something out of this world. He was expecting to hear a request that'll correspond with the seriousness of the healing he was looking for. If the prophets had said, give a hundred camels, goats, sheep, horses, yards of cloth, he would have had immediate regard for Elisha. 

This is the corruption in the human soul that false prophets who preach another gospel - of prosperity leveraged on to cheat people out of their resources.. They'll tell them to sow a seed that corresponds with their problems. So, the people have been accustomed to paying for something, buying something, giving something and yielding something up. It has come to be etched in their memory that something isn't for nothing. So, when it concerns salvation and the gospel of Christ, people generally do have the same perspective of it. 

There are people that the gospel of Christ has been preached to - poor and wealthy who said it was too simple. They were themselves asking what else they should do even after receiving Christ. They were willing to pay even with their possessions. That's not what the gospel demands of anyone. It is rather, "believe and be saved." The instruction of Elisha to Naaman is summarized in the words that his servants speak to him, "how much more when he says, wash and be clean."

The Bible says in Romans 10:9-10, "9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation."

Did you see? With the heart you're to believe unto righteousness (or justification) and with the mouth, confession is made unto salvation (being born again)! Jesus died for you as I've overemphasized in the course of this series. Confess your belief now!

Say, "I believe you died for me Jesus and rose again also! I believe! I believe! Come and live in my heart and cause everything to be new."

PRAYER: Thank God for your salvation and the rights of sons given to you.

BIBLE IN A YEAR

I Thess. 3, Isaiah 1-3

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MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - 18/09/2025

THURSDAY - 18TH SEPTEMBER, 2025

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - Olusola & Oreoluwa ADEJUMO

THOSE WHO FIGHT TO BE WASHED IN ABANA AND PHARPAR - Beyond The Common Series 008

II Kings 5:12, KJV

"Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage."

You need to be humble to receive the will of God. The will of God is not always the will of man. As a matter of fact, there's an intersection or collision of wills - where will struggles and fights will. 

However, if you'll prosper, you'll let go of your will like Jesus role modelled to us to embrace His Father's will (Matthew 26:39). 

Here's Naaman. He's a great man but a poor man also. He has a great resume but it's dotted by a problem. By Him, God has given victory to Syria but he's a leper. What a problem! Though it may not look conscupious once his dress or military regalia covers his leprosy but he's still a leper. 

As if God was setting him up for healing, they brought with them a young Israelite when they went on a raid. She attends to Naaman's wife. Out of her generosity and responsibility to share 'the gospel', she declares, "only if my master would be with the prophet in Israel, he would recover him of his leprosy." This was heard and recounted. Long story cut short, here's Naaman, the captain of the Syrian army at the gate of Elisha, the prophet. Elisha didn't send him any heavy to do instructions. He only said, "go and wash in Jordan seven times and you shall be clean."

Simple instruction! I thought Naaman would rush at it. However, his pride wouldn't allow. He's not different from many big and influential people who will get angry at you and think it diminutive when you tell them salvation is free - only believe and be saved. That's the problem of Naaman. He said it out. 

II Kings 5:11, KJV

"But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper."

You see, he wanted the man of God to come and weave his power - to come and look powerful before him. Why is it that the human senses always looks for things to satisfy themselves with? Why is it that when you're simple, people reject you and would want and desire sermons that'll complicate their lives. If Elisha had told Naaman to give him 500 bulls, he would have done so without having gotten angry. How much more, "bathe and be clean?" How much more, "believe and be saved?"

And why should anyone have any problem with the choice of God on how to meet their needs or solve their problems? God chose River Jordan as the cleansing or purifying water for Naaman, why did Naaman fill himself with the thoughts of Abana and pharpar and would have had that recommended for him? Is he God? 

When did those who should receive instructions and abide by it begin to dictate to God what He should have done? Is this how to be perfected or made whole? Some of you are telling God, you should have chosen for me that other fellow? "Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus better than all the waters in Israel?" Some are saying, "God, you should have chosen for me from my tribe? Are my tribe's men not better than others?"

Even if they are, the problem is they aren't the choice of God. In like manner, Muhammad, Buddha, Confucius and a host of them that people follow or have come to put their faith in are not the choice of God. The choice of God - the River Jordan of God is Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour. To cement this, John detected Him so while He was baptizing in River Jordan. When John baptized Jesus in the Jordan River (the same in which the salvation of Naaman is), the spirit descended, rested and stayed on Him. This immediately confirms for John what God has said to him about who the Messiah is (John 1:32-33).

So, when Elisha told Naaman to go and bathe in River Jordan, he was sending Him to Jesus - the author and finisher of our faith. He was sending Him to the One that has been identified through baptism as the Saviour and salvation of the whole world. 

Eventually, after his ego was appealed, he went and was cleansed. Stop saying, "are not Abana and Pharpar better rivers than all the waters of Israel? Muhammad or Buddha may look pretty to you because of the rituals attached to them but Jesus is the real deal. In Him, you'll bathe and be cleansed of all sins. When you take a dip, your sins will no longer remain or be remembered. Rather, you'll be as new as a clean slate (II Corinthians 5:17). 

PRAYER: Lord, choose me amidst many. Thank You for the plan for salvation that came through Jesus alone. Pray for family members to come and be washed in Jesus - the River Jordan and be clean.

BIBLE IN A YEAR

I Thess. 2, Songs 7-8

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MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - 17/09/2025

WEDNESDAY - 17TH SEPTEMBER, 2025

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - Olusola & Oreoluwa ADEJUMO

WHAT GOD HAS CLEANSED! - Beyond The Common Series 007

Acts 10:15, KJV

"And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common."

One time, I was under the ministration of Venerable Johnson Oyebode of Ijebu Anglican Diocese, Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion. This man has an unusual ministry and anointing though in an orthodox church. His insights into the Bible and the prophetic operation of God on him are convicting. Often, God testifies to all these even with signs and wonders. 

On that occasion, he was teaching on a topic I couldn't recall for now but I do remember one of the real live stories he shared. He talked of a particular sister who was a friend to his wife. At the time when this event happened, he was not married to his wife. They were still courting. His wife was still in a higher institution then. 

His wife's friend (then) had received a proposal from one unnamed brother. That was while the sister was in a college of education. However, she wouldn't budge. She wouldn't agree to it. Often, the brother would return to the sister asking if she had considered his proposal. All met with a no. 

The brother was convinced and met God on many occasions to confirm this to the sister. After many attempts with no positive response, the brother on one occasion he was praying bluntly told God, "I cannot go on like this. This is the last time I'm praying to You to turn the heart of this sister. This is the last time God!"

Don't take your words for granted. When you pray, God actually hears. It was as if that brother had spoken into a different microphone other than the one he had been speaking into. Though God had severally convicted this sister of that brother, she just wouldn't budge. She wanted someone who in her definition and standards would be better. For short, she was rating the brother after the flesh. She refused to see him in the light of what God has shown her (which she now lives in its denial). 

After that blunt prayer, the brother went away and refused to attune his heart to matters concerning that sister again. He stopped sending letters to ask, "if she had changed her mind or visiting to ascertain the same." He just cut off like a broken line. Then, the sister had a vision or a dream (either of the two). She saw a telephone that was ringing and ringing continuously. The telephone rang to the point of disturbance or weariness but the sister (though hearing the rings) didn't pick it. She was conscious of the ringing but she just didn't pick it up. Then suddenly, the ringing stopped and no call came in again. 

How seared and foolish the heart of this sister has become? It's not different from Balaam's whose heart has been so drawn to greed and seared in conscience so much more that it took the voice of a miraculous donkey to stop him in his tracks. 

II Peter 2:16, KJV

"But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet."

Even at that, he still shows disposition to go and wouldn't recognize God's permissive will but go. Don't be dead at heart like this. If you struggle with God over a matter like this and you don't let Him win, you can have this same experience. 

You'll have thought this sister would be able to relate the vision to that brother. She just couldn't. She thought it was God saying something else to her. She shared this with Mummy Oyebode who at that time was simply called Sis. Bose. She was the one who assured her she would share it with Bro. Johnson (now Venerable Johnson Oyebode). 

Don't forget, I had said earlier, Venerable Oyebode was still courting Mummy Oyebode at that time. So, when Bro. Johnson came around, Sis Bose told the story. I can't recall whether the said sister was there. But Bro. Johnson's response was, "who has been patronizing you with something that you wouldn't give an answer to? You'd better go and give an answer. You'd better pick the call lest the incoming call stops coming in. You'd be grinded!"

It was at this point this sister whose heart has been fatigued could then relate. Eventually, she gave the brother the long awaited opportunity only to discover that the brother had decided he would not look towards her again. This way, her vision corresponds with the decision of the brother. 

That vision God gave her was her last lifeline. Thrice God speaks to Peter saying, "rise, kill and eat." But after that, the sheet was taken back. Some opportunities can only stay for a while. They'll eventually go. Some of you are in the shoes of this sister. You're already running on extra time. You're at the edge of the cliff. If I may, I would say, you're already running late and I pray, may it not be too late for you. 

In Christ, we don't see or regard men after the flesh. Any divide, bias or prejudice fall. We see them according to the recommendation of God to us. He knows what we don't know about them and knows what they'll become after a while. Don't forget, He is a God who can declare the end from the beginning. Please, stop calling common and unclean what God has cleansed and have sure proofs for. 

PRAYER: Lord, teach and reveal to me who men really are. I see and believe Your report and testimony about men. Grant me the humility of Your heart to receive what you have prepared for me.

BIBLE IN A YEAR

I Thess. 1, Songs 4-6

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MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - 16/09/2025

TUESDAY - 16TH SEPTEMBER, 2025

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - Olusola & Oreoluwa ADEJUMO

DO NOT CALL COMMON! - Beyond The Common Series 006

Acts 10:14, KJV

"But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean."

Surprisingly, some will still not let the sleeping dog lie. They rather are debating God. They are still full of jangling and will do anything to resist - even unto the shedding of blood. 

Continuing from Peter's trance that was deeply examined yesterday; God still has some people in mind. They must not escape the sword of God's Word. It must divide right into their hearts and thoughts - discerning all that is hidden. 

As the Holy Spirit is persuading me, I'm still hearing, "there are those who still say, I have never eaten anything unclean or common."

God is saying, "stop that!" Let that go. A change has come now. A new era! What I'm bringing to you is my will. I'm the initiator and I want you to receive it. I want you to accept it, love it and live with it. Many of you, God has brought you someone to marry or speak to about love but your response has been, "Lord, that one is not my size! We can't fit!" What you must know is that if it was the Lord who truly recommended the fellow, he or she would fit. You may not like it now but if you'll agree with it and go on this journey with the choice fellow, you'll see all the reasons and the joys that'll lace your journey. 

While you're busy arguing, opening book after book, raising one argument after the other, God keeps saying also, "what I have made clean, call not common."

Let this rebuke, correction and God's insistence suffice. Don't push things further or else, you might miss God somewhere, join the wrong bus and be driven to a wrong destination that God never had in mind for you in particular. For anyone still arguing and saying, "I can't have to do with that person/people or place", your big time reply is, "what God has cleansed or where God has prepared, don't regard in the flesh." You can marry a Middle-Easterner (An Arab, Palestine or even a Jewish). You can marry any of the five races or the tribes that are on earth. You can live in a place that till now looks like a forbidden kingdom. As long as it's the Lord saying, go there or turn thee eastward, how can it be strange. 

Stop seeing it as ordinary. Stop seeing that sister as all that appears. Stop believing that's how that brother will be economically and in other ramifications. Doing that is regarding men after the flesh. It's not knowing them in the correct picture that God would like you to see them - which He has given you of course. God might have told you to settle somewhere that doesn't fit your plan or fancy, I'll advise you to do just that whether a city or a town. Only Him knows the reasons and in the years to come, you'll uncover the same as you walk with Him.

Has God even called you to submit to someone as your discipler or mentor? Don't rate him as not being big enough. If it was God's mouth that said it, do so. If the sheet that came down came from heaven and not any other place, it's a reason for your Peter not to doubt. This is the Lord's doing if you're a Muslim or one of other belief/religion but God is saying, "come out of that now and put your faith in Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son who died and rose for your sake." You'd better do so. Let go of the traditions and belief system that has ruled you till now. Let go of the fear of death and contrariness from persecutors from your [former] religion. There's no temptation that has taken you that's not common to men. Peter faced the same things for checking in with the Gentiles but everything was well later on (Acts 11:1-18). He who gave the vision will defend Himself before men when you're challenged. Summarily, what God has cleansed, don't call common. Stop regarding or knowing people in the flesh when God sees them differently, even as befitting people for you.

PRAYER: Lord, I submit to Your will. What you have cleansed (by way of preparation), I will not call common or regard as impossible.

BIBLE IN A YEAR

Colossians 4, Songs 1-3

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