The Oscar Ajoku Blog: Daily Vitamin Devotional

  DAILY VITAMIN - Speak Positive Words Only "Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable." (PSALM 19:14) The words we speak define who we become. They are like the sculptor's chisel, shaping us each day till we are brought into the form of what we always affirmed we were. This is why the things we say matter a lot. It took God only words to create everything except man. Scripture says He speaks into existence things that were not (Romans 4:17). In the same vein, we can bring into our lives or cast out of it things we don't want through words of affirmation. Little wonder why we'll be judged even by our idle words. Jesus said by our words we shall be redeemed or condemned (Matthew 12:37). Hence, what have you been uttering about yourself? Remember that you are a being of authority and every word you say is a proclamation, even the negative ones. That's why you need to stop with all the negative words and thoughts and incline yourself

  DAILY VITAMIN - Don't Give In To Fear "What time I am afraid, I will trust in you." (Psalm 56:3) It's impossible to live life without fears. But we sure can learn to live above them. Believe me this world can be really scary. The thoughts of what might happen while you are here, or when you're not anymore; the thoughts of how your family feels right now or how they might feel if things don't work out; these things are enough to have think you've had enough. I've been there, and if I'm being honest I think I'm still there sometimes. The thing is I've been ill for sometime, but what's worse is that I don't know what the definite cause is. I like to think I'm only living on what many call borrowed time but what I like to call God's grace. The way I feel bodily makes me know it's true. And that alone makes me scared. Not just for myself but for my loved ones as well. As a result, I spent most days largely depressed thinkin

  DAILY VITAMIN - Keep Your Eyes On The Lord "If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable." (1 Corinthians 15:19) Of all things in this world, only two things are certain. One is that some day we would all die, and two that after we die we'll all go on somewhere else. These two are a constant, every other thing is a variable. Others are a choice, these are a given. For instance, I could be a billionaire and still choose to never own a car. That's a choice. I can choose to stay unmarried. I can choose to never have children. In fact, people even choose who they want to love these days; but no one can choose if they are going to die at the end or not. And no one can choose not to end up where they deserve according to their works. The Bible tells us that at that time some will be sentenced to everlasting life and others to everlasting damnation (Daniel 12:2). So truly at the end there is somewhere we are going to be. Isn't this one

  DAILY VITAMIN - Choose To Forgive "Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering; forbearing one another, and to forgive one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do you." (Colossians 3:12-13) There's the popular saying to forgive and forget ; but the fact is no one truly forgets. Not even God. Yet as strange as this truth seems, that's what makes the concept of forgiveness so beautiful. You see, forgiveness isn't about forgetting what someone did to you. No. It's you finally accepting it happened but still willing to love them as you always have because you know that's exactly what you'd want for yourself. Forgiveness is about giving others or yourself a second chance. And that's important because it changes you. Years after Paul approved the killing of Stephen, he still didn't play the ignorant card. He knew wha

  DAILY VITAMIN - Live A Life Worth Remembering "Therefore, let your light shine so that men may see and glorify your Father in heaven." (Matthew 5:16) I've always been a firm believer of the truth that life, true life isn't measured in years but in deeds. Not in how long you live but in how well. I don't believe in dying too soon or at the "right" time, I believe in dying fulfilled or not. I believe at the end all that matters is that we were fit and useful for the purpose intended when created while we had breath.  Everybody dies; so death isn't really the Crux of the matter or the defining point. Life is, because not everyone lives; at least not how they were born to live. Many come into the world, but only a few become what they were here for. And we have to be a part of that set of persons. God has a plan for everyone. There are events we are meant to partake in, without which other great phenomenon might never happen. Imagine if Elijah hadn'