Word Encounter with Dr. Abiodun

Today's Daily Devotional draws attention to the importance of godly meditation. It emphasizes the need for all, especially believers in Christ, to develop the habit of regularly meditating in the word of God and in the things that promote godly lifestyle. It concludes by declaring that meditating in God's Word produces wholesome living and peace. January 5, 2024.

Today's Daily Devotional is an interesting discourse on a common practice that many often engage in at the beginning of every new year. It highlights the usual tendency for individuals to make new year resolutions at the beginning of each new year, and the common observation that these resolutions are often not kept. It concludes that much as new year resolutions are good, a daily resolve to walk...

God detests idolatry and strongly condemns it and the worshippers of idols. The Bible affirms that idol worshippers are demon-worshippers and that they glorify God instead of glorifying God, their Creator and the eternal One. This is the focus of today's Daily Devotional which strongly condemns idolatry and admonishes all to flee from it and its destructiveness, and worship God, the true and the l...

In navigating the affairs of life, there is the need for not just the natural wisdom and understanding, there is the need for spiritual insight and understanding in order to always have good outcomes. Today's Daily Devotional emphasizes this need for dependence on the spiritual insight that comes from God opening one's eyes to see beyond the human or natural horizons. January 2, 2024.

God, no doubt, is a God of newness, freshness, new beginnings, and a second chance. He is loving and does not always keep His anger for long even for those who err; His mercy is always available. Today's Daily Devotional emphasizes this truth about God and encourages all to draw upon God's love and mercy in always obtaining His favour in their situations and circumstances. January 1, 2024.

In this week's podcast, Dr. Charles Abiodun discusses the necessity of not only being free in Christ through confessing Him as Lord and Saviour and becoming a citizen of His Kingdom of light, but also of being relevant, and maintaining such relevance, in the Kingdom. He enumerates areas that the believer needs to pay attention to in order to maintain his freedom and relevance in Christ's Kingdom a...

Today's Daily Devotional highlights the reason for Jesus' coming into the world, His coming into the world to suffer and to die on the cross. The Devotional makes it clear that His coming was of tremendous blessing to man by destroying the wall of separation and of hostility between him and God. All are admonished to embrace the peace with God that Jesus has made available to all by His redemption...

Today's Daily Devotional is dedicated to a discourse on the coming marriage of the Lamb where Jesus, the Lamb of God, will be joined in marital union to His bride, the church. The Devotional emphasizes the urgent need for all, especially believers in Christ, to be faithful in their walk with God so that they can partake in this marriage of the Lamb with His church that is without blemish or wrinkl...

Faithfulness in marriage is highly essential and is commanded by God who hates separation or divorce. God frowns at martial infidelity and does not condone it. This is the focus of today's Daily Devotional which emphasizes the sacred nature of marriage and admonishes couples to be loving and faithful to one another as this is God's expectation and command concerning them. December 29, 2023.

Today's Daily Devotional highlights the need for believers in Christ not only to have faith in God and in His Word, but also to learn to activate the faith. The Devotional admonishes believers not to allow their faith in God to become redundant, ineffective, or even dead from lack of activation. December 28, 2023.

Today's Daily Devotional focuses on healing that God, in His love and mercy for mankind, has made available to everyone who believes. God has made healing and divine health available through the work of redemption that Jesus accomplished by His death and resurrection. All are therefore admonished to lay hold on this kind gesture of God and claim their healing in Christ Jesus. December 27, 2023.

Today's Daily Devotional is an affirmation of the second coming of Jesus no matter what the world believes. It affirms that Bible prophecies concerning the second coming of Jesus will be fulfilled as prophesied, and whether the world believes it or not does not matter. All, especially believers, are admonished to be prepared for this great event. December 26, 2023.

Jesus' birth, and first advent, brought mankind peace, joy, and goodwill from God. Jesus' sacrificial love of leaving His throne of glory in heaven, coming to the earth in the form of man, and dying an agonising death on the cross, is indeed an epitome of God's unrivalled love for man. This is the focus of today's Daily Devotional which categorically declares that Jesus' coming is indeed a blessin...

This is another season of celebrating the personality that is the reason for the season. This is Christmas, the season of joy to the whole world, the season of celebrating God's love to mankind, and Jesus' birth and sacrificial death to redeem mankind from the destruction of sin and death. In this podcast, Dr. Charles Abiodun emphasizes the significance of the birth of Jesus, the reason for the se...

God created man as an object of His love. He loves man without regard to age, colour or race and will not discriminate against the old, the young, or the child. Today's Daily Devotional highlights this truth and compels the youths to draw nearer to God, not forgetting Him in their youthful years so that it may be well with them in their later years. December 24, 2023.

Today's Daily Devotional is a reminder to all that the calling of God on individuals is irrevocable, as God does not often change His mind concerning His call upon His people. The Devotional admonishes all, especially believers, not to resist God's call on their lives as it is always rewarding and fulfilling. December 23, 2023.

Today's Daily Devotional is a call to all, especially believers, to learn to tame their tongues so that they can reap the benefits of a wholesome and godly tongue. It emphasizes the biblical truth that the tongue, though a little organ of the body, possesses the power of life and of death. December 22, 2023.

The Bible strictly warns believers against engaging in unholy alliances with the world. This is because doing so will lead to their being compromised, polluted, and falling out of favour with God. Today's Daily Devotional focuses on this important warning and admonishes the believer to steer clear of an unholy alliance as it will ultimately lead to destruction. December 21, 2023.

It is clear from scripture that God is unlimited in resources, He is full of compassion for mankind, especially for His children, and He is always eager to provide for them. Today's Daily Devotional makes it clear that God's provision is available to His people and that as long as they keep trusting Him for their needs, and do not doubt, He will not disappoint them. December 20, 2023.

Today's Daily Devotional focuses on the trials of faith that believers often experience and makes it clear that they are not for the purpose of destroying them but refining them for God's use. It makes it clear that these trials may be unpalatable when they occur, they are nonetheless needed for the maturing of the saints. December 19, 2023.

A study of the New Testament of the Bible and the ministry of our Lord Jesus while on earth makes it clear that He was never presumptuous, and He was always transparent with His audience. He always asked what individuals seeking His help actually desired and did not minister to them on the basis of assumption. This is what today's Daily Devotional brings into limelight, emphasizing the need for me...

The Bible makes us understand that the Kingdom of God is not like the kingdom of this world that is given to the things of the flesh and other frivolities; it is Holy Spirit inspired and directed. In this podcast, Dr. Charles Abiodun speaks about this wonderful Kingdom that God desires for all men, and that made Jesus to die on the cross. It is a Kingdom of light where there is no darkness, and it...

Today's Daily Devotional brings into limelight one of the gifts of the Spirit that is so essential to the church that the Bible admonishes believers to covet and desire it. It is a gift that edifies, exhorts, and comforts the church, and as such is quite important to the church. The Devotional makes it clear that this gift, like others, may be desired, but obtaining it is at the discretion of the...

There is nothing in this world more reasonable and rewarding than trusting in God and leaning on His wisdom and understanding in running the affairs of life. This is the focus of today's Daily Devotional which encourages all to acknowledge God and depend on His wisdom and understanding rather than on one's own wisdom and understanding in handling the affairs of life. December 16, 2023.

The Bible likens rebellion to the sin of witchcraft and utterly condemns it. The devil got kicked out from heaven and from the presence of God because of rebellion, and king Saul of Israel was rejected from continuing as king because of disobedience and rebellion. Today's Daily Devotional highlights these biblical truths and admonishes all, especially believers, to avoid every form of rebellion to...