Word Encounter with Dr. Abiodun

Today's Daily Devotional brings into limelight the wonderful heart of a father that our God possesses. It highlights God's heart of forgiveness that makes Him always forgiving and loving. The Devotional makes it clear that one of the prerequisites of an intimate fellowship with God is being forgiving and loving in relating to others. It states that this involves being willing to forgive those who...

It is not uncommon in this present world to see people worshipping angels in various ways. At such instances, it is fallen angels or demons that are being worshipped and not God's angels of light. In today's Daily Devotional, the tendency of the devil and other fallen angels of presenting themselves as angels of light to be worshipped is brought into limelight. The Devotional emphatically warned a...

Believe! A believer who desires a victorious walk with God, and who desires to please Him, must learn to live by faith. He must come to terms with the truth that it is impossible to please God without faith. Today's Daily Devotional throws more light on this and makes it abundantly clear that walking victoriously with God demands walking by faith and not by feelings. The Devotional emphasizes that...

Today's Daily Devotional examines the honour and the privilege of God's calling on individuals for His service. It makes it clear that it is God who calls and commissions for His service, and that this calling and its timing are at His discretion. The Devotional admonishes all, especially believers in Christ, to see God's call into His service as a privilege and a great honour, and to serve Him fa...

This podcast is the third installment on the Evil of Corruption. In the first part, the place of The Saviour, our Lord Jesus Christ, was examined as regards corruption, in the second part, sin was examined, and in this third part, the fate of sinners is examined. In the podcast, Dr. Charles Abiodun emphasizes the need for sinners to genuinely repent of their sins, turn to God for forgiveness and r...

It is a biblical truth that the ruler of this present world is the devil, and because he is the one operating in the hearts of men to make them rebellious to God, it is not surprising that there is so much immorality, depravity, and debasement in the world. Today's Daily Devotional examines an aspect of this debasement in the form of marital infidelity, and declares that God will judge men and wom...

God is a God of love and justice in whom there is no iniquity. He relates with everyone in love and makes His grace generously made available to all; He does not discriminate and does not show favouritism to any, loving and honouring those who love Him and honour Him. This is the focus of today's Daily Devotional which emphasizes that God loves all of mankind and desires the best for all, and will...

God is known to be holy and blameless, and He demands that all His children be holy and blameless as this is the only way they can have an intimate fellowship with Him. In today's Daily Devotional, this truth is highlighted, and the need for believers and everyone desiring an intimate walk with God to live holy and blameless is emphasized. The Devotional emphasizes that such believers or individua...

The Bible is consistent in its rebuke of lust in the lives of men, and it consistently admonishes all to do away with it, whether it is the lust of the eye or it is the lust of the flesh. God detests every form of carnality but always takes pleasure in individuals who are spiritual, who walk in the Holy Spirit. This is the message of today's Daily Devotional, emphasizing the need to overcome lust,...

It is often said that every disappointment is a blessing. This is very true for those who believe in Jesus and acknowledge Him as their Lord and Saviour, those who walk in His footsteps, always abiding in His ways. Today's Daily Devotional makes it clear that for such people, who have implicit confidence and faith in God, and in His Son, Jesus Christ, every challenge or trial in life is turned int...

Jesus was known to be humane and always sympathetic to the plights of people during His earthly ministry. One of His reassuring words to those afflicted by one ailment or the other, or those facing unfavourable life challenges was, "Be of good cheer." Today's Daily Devotional brings this common and reassuring words, that Jesus usually declared to His audience, into focus and emphasizes that Jesus...

Today's Daily Devotional is an admonition for all to embrace the work of redemption that Jesus accomplished on the cross by His death and resurrection, acknowledge Him as the Lord and Saviour of their lives, and begin to live a lifestyle of devotion and true commitment to Him. The Devotional makes it clear that to reject Jesus is to reject God, the Father, and to embrace and accept Him is to accep...

This is a follow-up podcast to that of the previous week, that is, the second part of the podcast titled The Evil of Corruption (Part 1) -- The Saviour. While the previous week's podcast examines the position and the disposition of The Saviour, our Lord Jesus Christ, as regards the evil that corruption brings into the church and into the world, this second part examines the destructive nature that...

Today's Daily Devotional is a warning to all, especially believers, to be careful where they seek for help when they are going through trying or challenging moments. It is a warning to be careful not to seek help where there is no help as such can lead to displeasing God and losing favour with Him, and also have disastrous outcomes. The Devotional admonishes all to always seek the face of God in w...

God has never be known to fail or to disappoint. He is a covenant-keeping God who will always deliver on His promises and will not say what He will not do. Apart from being a covenant-keeping God, One who keeps His word, God is also known to be a perfect time-keeper. Today's Daily Devotional draws attention to these great attributes of God, highlighting His unrivalled time management ability and H...

Valentine's Day is here again, and it is usually referred to as the season of love. Today's Daily Devotional focuses on this popular and age-long "feast of love" and highlights the abuse that the season has been subjected to. The devotional makes it clear that in the pretence of promoting love, the season has become synonymous with various forms of sexual immorality especially among the youths. Th...

One of the beautiful things that Jesus came into the world to accomplish for mankind as the Saviour of the world was the redemption of mankind from the curse of the law that was active over mankind since the fall. Today's Daily Devotional makes it clear that part of the curse of the law from which Jesus redeemed mankind was poverty. The Devotional affirms that Jesus delivered mankind from poverty...

Today's Daily Devotional is a discourse on the need for parents to train their children in the way of God, to nurture them with the Word of God. The Devotional makes it clear that it is God's desire for the little ones to know Him and grow up loving Him and serving Him so that He can use them greatly in destroying the works of darkness and glorify Himself through them. It concludes that it is the...

Today's Daily Devotional is a clarion call to all to remember that a life without Jesus is a disaster in the hereafter. The Devotional is unequivocal in drumming it into everyone's ears that anyone who rejects the Lord Jesus as his or her Saviour in this present world is inviting a life of eternal damnation in the lake of fire. The Devotional admonishes all to embrace the salvation that comes thro...

It is not unusual for people to forget God's goodness and blessings to them in the past when faced with challenges or difficulties. At such moments rather than trusting God and seeking His face for solution and relief, they begin to complain and murmur to God. Today's Daily Devotional makes it clear that such an attitude is not expected from God's people; that they are expected to always appreciat...

It is a well-known truth, from scripture, that man traded his innocence and freedom for corruption and bondage to the devil in the Garden of Eden, and that this corruption and bondage have become the lot of all of mankind ever since with the devil usurping man's God-given authority over the earth. In this podcast, the first of a four-part podcast, Dr. Charles Abiodun highlights the evil that corru...

God, over the ages, has revealed Himself to His people through His numerous covenant names. These covenant names usually reveal an aspect of God's various unique characters. They are names that reveal to His people who He is, and what He is capable of doing. In today's Daily Devotional, one of such covenant names by which God revealed Himself when David and the children of Israel defeated the Phil...

Today's Daily Devotional is a reminder to all believers in Christ that help is always nearer than they can imagine. It is a reminder and an encouragement for all who believe in the redemption work of our Lord Jesus Christ that God is a present help in the time of need and in the time of trouble, and that He has promised not to leave nor forsake His people. The Devotional admonishes all who believe...

The Bible is very clear about believers in Christ -- Christians -- not being of this world but citizens of heaven. Our Lord Jesus declared while on the earth that they are in the world but are not of the world. This is the message of today's Daily Devotional, calling on believers to have a proper knowledge of their identity in Christ Jesus. The Devotional encourages believers to live as sojourners...

In today's Daily Devotional, an insight is given concerning God as being a faithful promise-keeper. God is described in the Devotional as a covenant-keeping God, and all are made to realise that He is very unlike man who breaks his promises to his fellow men without being remorseful about it. The Devotional emphasizes the truth that God always stands by His promise and that He will do whatever He...