DailyCounsel

4th June, 2026

READ: 2 Kings 14:23-29

And I SOUGHT FOR A MAN AMONG THEM, THAT SHOULD MAKE UP THE HEDGE, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.

Ezekiel 22:30

God is looking for somebody who will stand in the gap! To “stand in the gap” is to stand between God and man. Instead of allowing men to encounter the wrath of God, an intercessor will stand and pray to God for mercy.

The wrath of God that brings destruction will be averted because of the man who stands in the gap. Sometimes, the anger of a father can be redirected or soothed because of someone who intelligently speaks to the father.

All through the Bible, God is looking for somebody to stand in the gap.

Many people have answered and said, “Lord, You can depend on me. Lord, I know You need someone to stand in the gap. I am available! Please use me!”

FOR THE LORD SAW THE AFFLICTION OF ISRAEL, THAT IT WAS VERY BITTER: FOR THERE WAS NOT ANY SHUT UP, NOR ANY LEFT, NOR ANY HELPER FOR ISRAEL.

And the Lord said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.

2 Kings 14:26-27

God is looking for someone to help the people! People need the Lord! People need help! Everybody needs a little help to get his life together. There is no exception to this reality! If you are part of this world, you will one day need help. You will be very glad that there is someone who can help you every step of the way.

You will be glad that there will be someone who understands your problem. You will be happy that there will be somebody who can help you climb out of the hole where you have fallen. You will be happy to have somebody who helps you to climb down safely from the mountain where you are stuck.

Will you be the “somebody” who is sent to help someone?

3rd June, 2026

READ: 1 Samuel 15:10-35

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: BECAUSE THOU HAST REJECTED KNOWLEDGE, I WILL ALSO REJECT THEE, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

Hosea 4:6

Saul rejected the word of God. God responded with a fair and just judgment. God’s formula for judgment was implemented against Saul. An eye for an eye! A tooth for a tooth! A stripe for a stripe! Burning for burning! A hand for a hand! And rejection for rejection! Saul rejected God’s word and he received an equal and opposite rejection from being God’s appointed king.

…Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: …I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD. And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: FOR THOU HAST REJECTED THE WORD OF THE LORD, AND THE LORD HATH REJECTED THEE FROM BEING KING OVER ISRAEL.

1 Samuel 15:23-26

When you reject God, He will reject you too. This is the eternal law of judgment! Rejection for rejection! Disregard for disregard! Disrespect for disrespect! Since you have no regard for the word of God, God will have no regard for you and your life and ministry. If you reject His word, God also will reject you.

2nd June, 2026

READ: John 16:16-30

For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.

John 16:27

If you love the Lord, you will love the one whom the Lord sends. You will love Jesus and you will love His messengers.

When you love someone, you love the person’s wife, children and family. Indeed, anything that is close to someone you love represents the person. That is why when the enemy wants to attack you, he may attack someone you love.

Satan understands the principle of representation. Whoever represents you is you! Jesus said, “He who receives you receives me.”

Anyone who welcomes you welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.

Matthew 10:40 (NIV)

Your attitude towards God’s messengers reveals your love for God. A real God-lover is very tender and soft towards God’s messengers. As soon as a God-lover hears that a servant of God is at his door, his attitude will be welcoming and loving. His welcoming attitude reveals his love for God.

Whatever you do to the messenger of God reveals your attitude towards God Himself. People who hate God hate God’s messengers also. It is easy to see the God-haters on social media.

Those who have no respect for God’s servants have no respect for God. There are many people who insult God’s servants. They do not realise that each time they do this they demote themselves further.

Watch out for your attitude towards God’s servants. No matter the denomination they belong to, you must treat God’s servants with utmost respect, love and care. The love and care you show for God’s servant reveals the tenderness, love and affection you have for Almighty God Himself.

1st June, 2026

READ: Psalm 90:1-12

But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

1 Corinthians 13:10-11

One day my father said to me, “It’s not as it seems.” Truly I have lived to find out that “It is not as it seems.” The minds of novices are filled with idealism. My views, my sentiments, my outlook, my opinions and my estimations of things are different from when I was younger. It is important to graduate from the way a novice thinks into the way a mature person thinks.

Jacob was not a novice. He had two descriptions for this life. He described life as having only a few days and being evil (Genesis 47:9). Life is indeed short! Life is evil! Men are evil! You will have many evil experiences in this life. Novices do not know this! Billy Graham said that one of his greatest surprises in this life was the “brevity of life”.

A novice must prepare himself for a brief life. When people are invited to serve God, they often think they have a long period of seventy years and beyond ahead of them. “There is more time,” they say to themselves. “There is no need to rush. We need to make some money first and become established in the world.”

However, when you are not a novice you know that life can be much shorter than you ever dreamed of. One day I was driving to the northern part of Ghana and had a terrible accident. All of us in the car almost died in that terrible accident. After the accident, I realised that life was a brief experience. Death had come knocking on my door! I discovered that life was a brief experience that needed to be handled wisely. Number your days!

So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

31st May, 2026

READ: Ezekiel 34:1-16

And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and THE POWER OF THE LORD WAS PRESENT TO HEAL THEM.

Luke 5:17

Jesus did not just experience the power of healing anywhere and anytime. This scripture (Luke 5:17) reveals that the anointing for healing was present at a point when they were assembled.

There must be the assembling of God’s people because it causes the power of God to be present for healing. Healing is a mysterious ministry that takes place when we assemble. The power of God is a mysterious element that we need to learn to cooperate with. Although healings can take place anywhere and at any time, the assembly causes the power to be manifested even more.

Salvation also becomes possible through the power of the Holy Spirit. The assembly leads to the salvation of many people whom Satan has misled (Ezekiel 34:4). No one can change another human being. It is only by the power of God that true salvation can take place. This is the power that is available in the assembly.

On the day of Pentecost, the large crowd assembled to hear Peter preaching (Acts 2:41). The assembling of the people released the power of the Spirit for salvation.

30th May, 2026

READ: Jeremiah 48:11

And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

Mark 4:19

Many ministers have desires and tastes for other things. These desires and tastes destroy them along the line. Part of your preparation for the ministry is to wipe out your desires for other things.

You must wipe out your desires for the things that you do not need. There are things that must not be part of your life and ministry. This is why the Lord said that the taste of Moab had not changed. His taste remained in him (Jeremiah 48:11). God wants you to develop a taste for good, heavenly and spiritual things.

Your tastes speak of the things you like. Your desires and your longings must shift. When you are younger, you have the desire for certain cars, houses and even countries. As you mature and mellow, these tastes will change.

29th May, 2026

READ: Colossians 1:12-29

Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be PARTAKERS OF THE INHERITANCE of the saints in light:

Colossians 1:12

An inheritance is something that is passed on to you easily. Without any effort on your side, you suddenly become the owner of houses you did not build and properties you did not labour for.

In scripture, we are taught that we can actually take part in the inheritance of the saints. It is not that easy to become a partaker of promises and of inheritance. However, it is important to believe that you can receive your spiritual inheritance by blending yourself with the family of God. You can actually merge yourself with another family and take part of their inheritance.

There was a millionaire who used to go to a restaurant to eat. He was widowed and lonely and used to spend a lot of his time at the restaurant. This lonely widower would eat lunch and dinner there every day. The employees of the restaurant and some customers virtually became his family. There was a seventeen-year-old girl who worked at the restaurant as a part-time waitress. If he were late for a meal, this waitress would call him to make sure he was all right. The waitress began running errands for this old man and helping him in his house. Because of his poor eyesight, she often helped him to read his mails and pay his bills. As this kind waitress got deeper into the life of the old man, she became a partaker of his wealth. When he died, he left the little girl a fortune. She had become a partaker of his inheritance.

28th April, 2026

READ: 2 Corinthians 5:10-21

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be RECOMPENSED FOR HIS DEEDS in the body, according to what he has done, WHETHER GOOD OR BAD.

2 Corinthians 5:10 (NASB)

Many Christians have lived their lives in Christ doing bad things. At the Judgment Seat of Christ, you will be held accountable for the bad things you have done. We are washed and cleansed by the blood of Jesus and entitled to enter heaven. But you will still account for the bad things you have done. Punishment for Christians will take place at the Bema.

We will all account for the bad things we have done in Christ. Whilst on earth, many Christians live carelessly in sin. They do not obey the word of God and they indulge in everything that worldly people do. There is very little difference between these Christians and worldly people.

Many Christians are steeped in stealing, lying, fornication, adultery and idolatry. Do you think there will be a difference between those who practised all these things and those who did not at the Judgment Seat? Of course there will be! We will be held accountable for our lives at the Judgment Seat of Christ. Those who do not bother to take God seriously will regret it when they stand at the Judgment Seat of Christ.

27th May, 2026

READ: Joshua 1:1-7

Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses.

Joshua 1:3

Joshua carried the people of God into the season of their expansion, extension and enlargement. Joshua entered The Promised Land and into an enlarged place! God had promised them a land flowing with milk and honey! The Promised Land is what you will see in the season of enlargement!

The wisdom of God will manifest in your life and carry you through your season of enlargement. You will emerge as one of the few people who enlarged into God’s purpose of growth and expansion for their lives.

It is important to recognize the season of enlargement when it comes. Many things can initiate a season of enlargement including the death or the absence of someone. The separation from certain individuals will spark the season of enlargement for you.

Death is also God’s mercy to this earth. Can you imagine if all the notoriously evil people in this world like Adolf Hitler, Stalin and Emperor Nero were still alive? Death also signals the handing over of a baton to the next person in the relay. Death and absence signals that a new generation has come of age.

Do not be too sad about the absence of certain people. Do not be too sad about dismissals, the loss of certain people from the fellowship, the end of certain friendships. The end of these things means something! God rules in the affairs of men.

The absence of certain people often means the end of certain evils that were taking place in your life. The absence of certain people often means the end of a chapter in your life. Understand the spiritual meaning of casualties, death, separation, departures, parting, splitting, exoduses, disappearances, exits, removals and absence. Some of these events are simply the beginning of a new season.

ASK FOR MERCY

READ: Mark 10:46-52

And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me.

Mark 10:48

Asking for mercy stirs up the gift of God. Blind Bartimaeus could have demanded a miracle because he was a descendant of Abraham. He could have said, “Abraham’s blessings are mine.” He could have said, “I am a Jew. I am special. I am one of the sons of Jacob.” Indeed, blind Bartimaeus had many rights but he did not mention any of these legal rights when he called on Jesus. He did not even say how long he had been sitting there. He just asked for mercy.

Many years ago, I encountered Kathryn Kuhlman’s ministry. She was once asked what she believed about miracles. Why are some people healed and why are others left unhealed? She explained that she did not know why some are healed and why some are not healed. She just trusted in the mercy of God to touch people.

Initially, you may have reasons why healings must take place. You may have biblical reasons and numerous scriptures to back your claims, demands and requests. With time, you will lean more towards the mercy of God. You will trust in God’s mercy more than anything else. Blind Bartimaeus was clever and he asked for the mercy of God. All he wanted was God’s mercies to be applied to him.

25th May, 2026

READ: Galatians 3:1-11

While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.

Acts 10:44

Peter went to Cornelius’ house and preached to the household. As they listened, their faith was stirred up and they received the Holy Spirit. As you listen to the word of God, your belief in the mighty Holy Spirit will increase. And you will receive unspeakable gifts that you had only imagined beforehand.

Do you not want to receive the anointing of the Holy Spirit to change everything about your life and ministry? Without faith you cannot relate with the Holy Spirit. You must believe in the existence of the Holy Spirit. The more you hear about the Holy Spirit, the more you can receive the anointing. It is important to listen several times to the same message.

The more I listened and watched Benny Hinn speak about the anointing, the more I began to admire the ministry of the Holy Spirit. I realised how much I had changed. Some years before, I would not have been able to relate with such messages. But through the art of seeing and hearing, I was receiving the Holy Spirit.

You must take a series of messages on an important topic for your life. Soak them in until you are saturated. Keep listening to things you do not understand. You will suddenly begin to understand them. Hearing with faith makes you receive the anointing.

I listened to Kenneth Hagin for ten years before I received the anointing to teach. One night, whilst praying, I put on a tape recorder to play all night. At about 2.00am, something jumped out of the tape and I felt something slip deep into my belly. I heard a voice saying, “From today you can teach.” I had received the Spirit by the hearing of faith! I was anointed! You too can be anointed. You can receive the Holy Spirit by faith. Paul told us how to receive the Holy Spirit (Galatians 3:2).

24th May, 2026

READ: Matthew 8:5-13

For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.

Matthew 8:9

There are different levels of authority in the kingdom. Some pastors have greater authority than others. When I became a doctor, I took an oath that said, “I will respect my teachers.” There are some medical doctors who are great men of authority in their special fields. A novice doctor must be able to recognize senior and experienced authorities in the different medical fields. In the same way, it is important for pastors to recognize different authorities in different fields in the kingdom.

The centurion recognized Jesus’ authority. He realized that Jesus was somebody who could give commands and many people would obey. Just a Word from Jesus would cause many things to be set in motion. That is great authority! You must distinguish between men of great authority and novices. You must distinguish between pastors who are just sharing nice ideas from the pulpit and men who wield great authority.

Jesus taught that there would be eternal regret for not recognizing men of great authority. All through my life, God has led me to men of great spiritual authority. Most of my mentors have been men of great spiritual authority.

A man of authority is a man who has been through a war. He has wounds! He has scars! He has stories! He has testimonies! He has near escapes! He has life and death stories! He has lots of enemies! He has many who love him and many who hate him.

23rd May, 2026

READ: 1 Samuel 8:4-22

Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and PURIFY unto himself A PECULIAR PEOPLE, zealous of good works.

Titus 2:14

Purification takes place so that you will be peculiar. You will undergo some experiences to drive out the tendency to be like everyone else. When God calls you, you will have the tendency to want to be like other ministers. God has a unique and special journey for you.

Everybody has a special race to run! I may be running a marathon, and you may be running a four hundred-metre race. You must make sure that you run your race properly. If you are running a four hundred-metre race you will need to go faster than if you are running a marathon. You must stick to your race!

The problem that the young Israeli nation had was that they wanted to be like everyone else! They wanted to be like all the other nations (1 Samuel 8:5). Do not desire to be like all the others!

When you desire to be like others, you are rejecting God’s plan. God loves you and has a great plan for you. Desiring to be like others is a direct rejection of God in your life. Almighty God made it clear to Samuel that Israel’s request to be like other nations meant that they had rejected Him (1 Samuel 8:5). He told Samuel, “Just do what they want. The truth is that they have rejected me.”

22nd May, 2026

READ: Proverbs 20:6

That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.

Nehemiah 7:2

After you have passed the faithfulness test, you will be qualified for many high positions. It is not easy to find faithful people. Faithful people are constant, unwavering and loyal.

It takes years to prove that you are a faithful person. The faithfulness test takes time. Every time you fail the faithfulness test you start from the beginning again. You cannot prove that you are faithful unless a lot of time has elapsed. Faithfulness is not tested over a three-day period. Faithfulness is tested over years.

Today, I have unfaithful people who want me to trust them and love them in a certain way. But that love and trust is what is given to faithful men. I would like to love you and trust you, but it will take years for you to pass the faithfulness test where I will be sure that I am loving a human being and not a snake.

Dear friend, the faithfulness test simply takes a lot of time. You cannot be given the faithfulness certificate after being around for just three months. You cannot be given the faithfulness certificate just because you have been consistently making promises over the past six months. No matter who you are, you need many years behind you to show that you have passed the faithfulness test. You need many years behind you before you can be trusted fully.

However, despite being around for twenty years, you could still fail the faithfulness test because of your actions over the period.

That is why you must rise and honour someone who has survived ten years, twenty years, thirty years, forty years and even fifty years of faithful ministry (Revelation 2:10).

21st May, 2026

READ: Job 26:1-3

How hast thou helped him that is without power? How savest thou the arm that hath no strength?

Job 26:2)

The Lord is looking for someone to help people who do not have strength. Many people know what to do! Many people know the scriptures! But many do not have the strength to do what is right.

One day, I spoke to a young Christian lady who had fallen in love with an unbeliever guy. As I spoke to her, I realised that she was very attached to this unbeliever. Her life was one of endless fornication with this guy who had no intentions of marrying her.

“Are you doing the right thing?” I asked her.

She said, “No, but I don’t have the strength to stop doing it. I keep falling. I can’t help myself.” I knew immediately that she was without strength and power. As the scripture said, “How hast thou helped him that is without power? How savest thou the arm that hath no strength?” (Job 26:2) Indeed, the work of a shepherd is to help people who have no strength to do what is right. Through the counsel she received, she became strong enough to break away from this destroyer of her life.

Once, a sister in the church was totally in the grips of a boyfriend. She had no strength to say “No” to this man. Her boyfriend had the keys to her apartment. She confessed that this man came and went at will and did whatever he wanted to her. The shepherd decided to help this lady who was without strength to change her situation. He went to the house with a carpenter and changed the locks on the door. Through the intervention of this shepherd, this sister without power and strength was delivered from the grips of the dragon.

20th May, 2026

READ: Exodus 33:1-20

One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple.

Psalm 27:4

Moses sought to go deeper and experience the glory of God. “Show me thy glory” was his prayer.

And he said, I BESEECH THEE, SHEW ME THY GLORY. And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.

Exodus 33:17-19

David wanted to dwell in the house of the Lord and not just to visit once a week (Psalm 27:4). That is how to go deeper. Do not visit the house of the Lord once a week. Dwell in the house of the Lord and you will see His beauty and His glory.

When you go deeper, you will experience the glory of God. God does not reveal His glory to just anyone. Many rich and prosperous people do not reveal or expose their true wealth and glory. Some people show off their riches and glory. Usually, that is a sign that there is not much else hidden away.

Truly wealthy people do not show off their wealth. For instance, Switzerland, a very small country, has one of the highest numbers of millionaires and billionaires in the world. Walking through Switzerland, you would hardly believe that there are so many millionaires and billionaires there. Switzerland, which has a low population of 8.5 million people has more millionaires than India with a population of 1.4 billion people. You would have to go deeper in Switzerland to understand how beautifully rich the people are and how much gold and wealth is in their country.

19th May, 2026

READ: Mark 4:18-19

And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

Mark 4:19

To serve God is to love the Father. Loving the Father means that all these lusts cannot flourish or thrive in you. It is important for every minister to search his heart and see what kind of lusts are in him. What do you desire?

One minister said to me, “I like money.”

I thought to myself, “This person is not going to go very far with God.”

Another minister said, “I like cars. I love to have different kinds of cars.”

Other men of God desire to be in Europe or America. The lusts of other things always quench the call of God. I remember a man of God who started a church, which flourished and many people attended his services. The church prospered so much that they bought a bus to convey church members and instruments to the church. They painted a big banner on the church: “Victory. Success. Glory”.

As the victory, success and glory continued in this church, the pastor applied for a visa to go to America. He had never travelled outside his home country. The victory, success and glory continued to work and he received a visa to the United States of America. Unfortunately, when this brother saw the glittering glitzy riches of America he was completely overwhelmed by his desire for the wealth of the western world. He never returned to his “Victory. Success. Glory” church! It is true that the lusts of other things really do quench the call of God.