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

Nothing Except

SATURDAY, 17TH JULY 2021

John 3:27 “John replied, “A man can receive nothing [he can claim nothing at all] unless it has been granted to him from heaven [for there is no other source than the sovereign will of God].” (AMP, emphasis added).

A man [born again or not] can receive nothing, except it is given to him from above. Yesterday we looked at the first two implications of this statement. The first implication is, Look To God And God Alone As Your Source. The second implication of this is, Do Not Be Jealous Of Any Man. You find your security not in what you have but in whom you are, I am a child of the Living God. Guess what? If I really want that thing that you have, I will ask the Person that gave you because He is my Dad and He will give it to me. That is how it works. If you have something that I want, I am going to be your friend. I am going to celebrate with you because you attract what you celebrate. If somebody has what you want and you are beefing the person, eyeing the person, you are repelling the things that you want.

I will become your friend; I want to know what makes you able to attract this kind of thing. I will learn everything I can learn from you, that is how I am. Do not be jealous of any human being, do not be afraid of anybody. Why? A man can receive nothing except it is given to him from above. A man can receive nothing, nothing! Isa.51:12 “I, yes I, am the one who comforts you. So why are you afraid of mere humans, who wither like the grass and disappear?” You can replace the word afraid with any negative emotion. Why are you afraid, why are you jealous, of mere human beings? There is no reason to be jealous even if the person has more money than you, there is no need to be jealous. God says, “I, yes I, am the one who comforts you… Olufemi Monehin. Put your name there.

Look to God alone as your source and do not be jealous of any man. You have six children, but you see somebody that has twelve and you are jealous. Why are you jealous? I know what you are thinking; you have six, you see somebody that has two and you are jealous. I know that is what you are thinking; you are not jealous of twelve, you are jealous of quality and not quantity. You are wondering why you did not stop at baby number two so that you can be enjoying your children and growing together. Whichever way, there is no need to be jealous because a man can receive nothing except it is given to him from God.

The third implication is, It Does Not Make Sense To Be Arrogant. Pride does not even make sense. I went to minister in one of our churches and the Pastor for some reason felt he needed to eulogize me. So, I go up and I say something like, ‘let's put our hands together for Jesus.’ But they were not clapping the way I really wanted so I had to stop them. I said, “When we say that we are nothing without Jesus, it is not a statement of humility, it is a statement of fact.’ We are not trying to be humble; we are nothing without Jesus, we are merely stating the obvious.

Prayer: Father, I thank You because every good and perfect gift comes from You alone. I will look to You alone, I will not be jealous or arrogant, in Jesus Name. Amen!

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

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

From Heaven

FRIDAY, 16TH JULY 2021

John 3:28 “You yourselves are my witnesses that I said, ‘I am not the Messiah, but I have been sent ahead of him.’” (NRSV]

John the Baptist know who he was. There is nothing as good as being comfortable in your skin. There will be only one Messiah and His Name is Jesus. The fact that your son is not the Messiah does not mean he will not fulfil His destiny. Some people cannot even bear the fact that their sons will play a role like John the Baptist and be preparing a way for somebody that is greater than him. They will say to him, ‘Is Jesus not your mate? You are even older than Him. How come you are the one to be His boy?’ We infuse unhealthy competition into the lives of our children. What if God has just called that boy to carry Jesus' sandals? What if that is his destiny? You pressure him out of his destiny, he becomes miserable, gets on drugs, and gives you problems. Instead of you to allow him to carry Jesus' shoes.

John 3:27 “John replied, “A man can receive nothing [he can claim nothing at all] unless it has been granted to him from heaven [for there is no other source than the sovereign will of God].” (AMP, emphasis added). A man can receive nothing except it is granted by the Sovereign will of heaven, except it is given to him from above. A man can receive nothing, nothing except it is given to him from above. A man, born again or not, a man; the president of your nation could never have been president if it was not granted from above. When you see things the way God sees them, you stop fighting what you have no business fighting. You need to understand that a man can receive nothing except it is granted to him from above. There are three implications to that statement and John the Baptist unpacked it beautifully for us. The first implication is, Look To God And God Alone As Your Source. A man can receive nothing except it is granted from above, so look to God as your source. James 1:17 “Whatever is good and perfect is a gift coming down to us from God our Father, who created all the lights in the heavens. He never changes or casts a shifting shadow.”

The second implication of this is, Do Not Be Jealous Of Any Man. Do not be jealous of any man. I have been saying this for over twelve years that I have been pastoring. By the grace of God and the grace of God alone; there is no man under heaven that I am jealous of. It does not exist; I am not jealous of anybody. Note that I did not say that there is no man under heaven that is better than me - two different things. There will always be someone better than you in one area. You are beautiful, there is someone more beautiful that makes your beauty look like rags. You are tall, there is always someone taller. You are slim, athletic, fast, intelligent, wealthy there is always somebody out there that is slimmer, more athletic, faster, more intelligent, and has more wealth than you. The issue of not being jealous is not because you have everything, it is because you are secure in your Father, in your God, in your Maker.

Prayer: Father, I will look to You and You alone as my source and by Your grace, I will be secure in You my Father, my God, in Jesus Name. Amen!

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

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

Big Picture

THURSDAY, 15TH JULY 2021

John 3:28 “You yourselves know how plainly I told you, ‘I am not the Messiah. I am only here to prepare the way for him.’”

When we do not know who we are, we do not know who we are not supposed to be. So, we try to be who we are not supposed to be because we do not know who we are. But when we know who we are, we will know who we are not. And because we already know who we are, we would not be trying to be who we are not. The first place I started Pastoring years ago was in a redbrick building. God blessed us and we had a lot of air conditioning units. However, when we left the place to the land, we packed up the cooling units because we knew that we were going to use them when we built and there was no point buying new air conditioners. So, we put them in the store. I drove past the former location often and I noticed a new church had begun to use the building. But I looked and there were no air conditioners, I could only see fans.

I know that building, it can get very hot in there because the air circulation is poor. So, I kept wondering how they were coping. Each time I passed, I would pray for the church and go. Time passed, months passed, and they did not have air conditioners. I said to myself, ‘You have air conditioners in the store, and your brothers are having fellowship and sweating in the heat. Does that even make sense?’ I called the Pastor even though I had never met him before that time, I told my team to deliver all the air conditioners to him, about twenty-two split units and they did. He was shocked and said, ‘I have never seen anything like this. You are a Pastor and I am a Pastor; even with Pastors in our own denomination, the competition is so strong. They can never give me air conditioners; they would instead leave us to sweat and suffer. But you just gave us everything?” I smiled and said, “The reason is because you are my brother. We are not competing.” He says, ‘Pastor, do you know the cost of all these air conditioners?’ We did not take a dime from them; we did not even ask for a fraction of what the unit’s cost. It is not required.

When I saw that he was still struggling, I asked him to follow me and I showed him a large piece of land. I said to him, “If the church I pastor has an auditorium as big as this large piece of land, it would be filled with people.” He said, “Amen” and I said, ‘There will still be people out there that need Jesus and it is only you that can reach them.’ There are people I cannot reach; I am not deceived. But if I can empower my brother that can reach them, have we not reached them? We have reached them, and the Kingdom of God is better off. Unfortunately, it is 'dog eat dog'. There are people that have told me about Pastors that go on their pulpits and say horrible things about me, even though they do not know me. Some Pastor came to me and said, ‘Why is it that when people go to your church, they do not want to come back?’ So, I said, ‘I do not know; maybe they find God? What do you think?’ I did not know how to answer him. We must be different; we are not in competition with anybody, our DNA is unique.

Prayer: Holy Spirit, please help me to run my own race, in Jesus Name. Amen!

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