Word Encounter with Dr. Abiodun

Today's Daily Devotional draws attention to the great joy that is in heaven each time an individual gets saved in Christ Jesus. It emphasizes the importance and the high priority that God places upon the salvation of the souls of men, that prompted Him to send Jesus into the world for the sin of the world. It goes ahead to admonish all believers in Christ to have the same high value for the souls...

It is common to hear people say they will not forgive someone who has offended them until they get to heaven. The truth is that such an individual may not get to heaven in the first place because of an unforgiving spirit. Today's Daily Devotional emphasizes this important truth, admonishing all, especially believers, to imbibe the spirit of forgiveness as this is the only way to please God, and to...

The Bible is unequivocal on the truth that faith is essential in fellowshipping with God and in interacting with Him. It is clear from scripture that, to obtain God's blessings and favour, faith and not unbelief is highly essential. In this podcast, Dr. Charles Abiodun makes it clear that unbelief must be avoided like a plague in order to please God and to receive His blessings. He also enumerates...

Alléluia is often referred to as a heavenly language because it is the song that angels, the twenty-four elders, and the four living creatures continually sing before the throne of God in heaven. It is a word that is universal as it means "Praise the Lord" in virtually every language in the world. Today's Daily Devotional is devoted to this wonderful word of praise, and the Devotional admonishes a...

Today's Daily Devotional is a discourse on Jesus' mission of bringing joy into the lives of individuals He came in contact with while He was on the earth. His mission was that of banishing sorrow, which is of the devil and his evil agents, in the lives of men. He declared to all that God's anointing was upon Him to preach the gospel to everyone, especially the poor in the spirit, and to fill their...

Today's Daily Devotional examines one of God's numerous but unique names. A name that, like other names, describes God's unique attributes and character. El-Elyon, a name that emphasizes God's strength, supremacy, and sovereignty, is a name that demonstrates God as the possessor of heaven and earth, and is a name that demonstrates that God is supreme and cannot be compared with any other god; He i...

God is known to be faithful. He is eternal and He does not change. He changes all things but He remains unchanging because He is the Lord God who remains the same eternally. This is the focus of today's Daily Devotional, that God can be depended upon, that He is reliable, and that He does not disappoint. The Devotional encourages all, especially believers in Christ Jesus, to always put their confi...

Today's Daily Devotional focuses on the importance of men, especially believers, loving, cherishing, embracing, and living by the Word of God. It makes it clear that wisdom demands that one takes heed to God's Word and abide by it. It emphasizes the blessings inherent in making the Word of God the basis of one's lifestyle, letting the Word dictate the manner and the way one lives, and always honou...

One message that rang through the entirety of the New Testament of the Bible is that calling on individuals to repent and be converted. This is the gospel message that Jesus started during His earthly ministry, a message that His apostles faithfully preached after His departure, and a message that believers of today are expected to keep preaching and proclaiming. This is the message of today's Dai...

Today's Daily Devotional is a discourse on God's mercy that is available to all men. It is an encouragement to all that God's tender mercies are available to all who are willing to take advantage of it by calling on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and embracing Him as their Lord and Saviour. The Devotional also makes it very clear that as much as God's mercy is available to all, it is conditiona...

The Son of man is an appellation or title that Jesus loved to use in referring to Himself during His ministry on the earth. It is an appellation that identified Him with mankind whom He came to deliver from the power of sin and of the devil. In this podcast, Dr. Charles Abiodun enumerates the attributes and character of this Son of man, who came into the world to take away the sin of the world; he...

Today's Daily Devotional is an appeal to individuals who are still sitting on the fence of indecision as regards accepting the Lord Jesus Christ into their hearts and acknowledging Him as their personal Lord and Saviour. It warns of the danger of remaining adamant in living in sin when Jesus has made a way of escape for them. The Devotional implores everyone to turn to Jesus for salvation so that...

A backsliding heart is a terrible heart that a believer must never entertain. It is a heart that ultimately leads to a backslidden life that results in losing favour with God and at the end leads to destruction. This is the type of heart that today's Daily Devotional is encouraging believers not to entertain. It is a heart that, according to the Devotional, leads to regrets, and despises God's gra...

Today's Daily Devotional draws attention to Jesus' unique attribute as the Lion of the tribe of Judah. The Devotional brings into limelight the truth and the significance of Jesus being the Lamb of God, and also the Lion of the tribe of Judah. Jesus, as the Lamb, is known to have taken away the sins of the world, and as the Lion, has overcome the powers of the devil over mankind and restores to ma...

Today's Daily Devotional extols our Lord Jesus Christ as the true King of kings, and the Lord of Lords. The Devotional emphasizes that Jesus, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, is sovereign and has all power and capacity to exercise His dominion over all the earth. The Devotional concludes that, by virtue of Jesus being the King of kings and the Lord of lords, He, with the other Persons of the h...

Today's Daily Devotional calls to attention an evil that is commonplace in today's modern world. It is an evil that all, not only believers, are to shun and discourage. The Devotional talks about parental evil manipulation of their children for selfish purposes and ungodly profiting and gains. It is a situation where parents push their children into unacceptable and ungodly situations, and sometim...

It is God's expectation that His people are not only faithful in their walk with Him and in their service to Him, but that they are always firm and resolute in their convictions and faith in Him. He is delighted when they stand their grounds in their faith in Him even in the face of external pressure and hostilities. Today's Daily Devotional emphasizes the importance of this great virtue that God...

The Bible is clear about the judgment seat of Christ as the reward time for faithful believers. The Lord Jesus is going to use this period to appreciate and reward His servants who have been faithful in their service to Him. The significance of this judgment seat of Christ is what today's Daily Devotional is emphasizing, making it clear that it is the type of judgment that everyone should desire b...

The Bible is unequivocal in its assertion that righteousness exalts. There are great blessings inherent in a righteous living, and this is not exclusive to just nations but also to individuals who choose the path of righteousness with God. In this podcast, Dr. Charles Abiodun draws attention to the need for both nations with their leaders, and individuals to embrace righteousness in their daily li...

Today's Daily Devotional is a reminder to all believers of the great privilege and honour that God has bestowed on them for embracing the Lord Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour. It is the honour of being adopted into God's family whereby they become sons and daughters to God and no longer slaves. It is a truth that every believer has to live in the consciousness of so that God's love and grac...

The Bible is very clear on the truth that Jesus Christ was in the world to destroy all the works of the devil in the lives of men. He came so that all mankind could become free from his power and the accompanying power and dominion of sin. Today's Daily Devotional is equivocal on this truth that the coming of Jesus has set free everyone who believes in this redemption work and appropriates it into...

Life is full of challenges and trials which, most often, are attributed to, or blamed on, God. The Bible makes it clear however that this is not true, as God is loving and caring, and will not do evil to any. This is the matter that today's Daily Devotional addresses by making it clear that when people fall into challenging or trying situations it is often of their own making, by giving a foothold...

Jesus came into the world to draw attention to the establishment of the new covenant of God's grace and love, which was a was the fulfilment of old covenant that was supposed to be a tutor to believers until the unveiling of the new covenant. Today's Daily Devotional is unequivocal in declaring that with the advent of the new covenant initiated by the death and resurrection of Jesus, God's grace n...

God has given mankind, and animals, the ability to see by the use of the eyes. The eyes are the primary organs of vision, and to have them diseased or damaged is to be blind. Today's Daily Devotional makes it clear that as important as the physical eyes are to the vision and the wellbeing of man, the eyes of faith, which are the spiritual eyes, are much more important. It admonishes all to pray fo...

Today's Daily Devotional asks everyone, especially believers, a pertinent question of what Jesus would do when faced with some particular challenges or situations of life. It encourages all to always act on the basis of what Jesus would do when faced with these challenges or situations, to always act like Him. It affirms that believers have been called by God to walk imitating Jesus, and being lik...