My Rhapsody and I

𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 “𝐒𝐎𝐍” 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐖𝐎𝐍’𝐓 𝐒𝐄𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐃𝐎𝐖𝐒

⚫️A young woman who had been sick for several years and finally been given up to die came into one of our meetings some years ago.

⚫️While she was seated in the hall, diseased and in pain, there was such glorious worship going on that she thought to herself: This is wonderful.

⚫️If I ever have the opportunity to worship God in my life, this is it!

⚫️At that point she looked away from her sickness and up to God.

⚫️She worshipped the Lord with all of her heart, in spite of the pain racking her body.

⚫️Suddenly, she noticed that she was lifting her hands.

⚫️These were the same hands she couldn’t move before.

⚫️For a moment she thought, How come my hands are going up? Then it dawned on her that she’d been healed, and she ran out to give her testimony.

⚫️She was just worshipping!

⚫️What wonderful miracles can take place when you turn away from your problems and look instead to the Lord in worship and praise!

⚫️Helen Keller rightly said that those who look at the sun do not see the shadows.

—⭐️How true!

⚫️When you worship God, your heart goes to Him and you don’t see the evil around you.

⚫️Jesus is the Sun of righteousness (Malachi 4:2).

—⭐️If you gaze at Him, your troubles will vanish.

⚫️The Canaanite woman whose daughter was grievously vexed with a devil had to turn away from her problems and worship the Master.

⚫️When she first came to Him, all her attention was on her problem—her daughter who was vexed with a devil—but the Lord answered her not a word until she worshipped (Matthew 15: 21-28).

⚫️Thank God she had enough sense to take her eyes off her problems to look upon the Master in worship.

⚫️It got His attention and she got her miracle.

⚫️We read another beautiful account in Luke 7:36-47 about a woman who poured her expensive perfume on Jesus’ feet.

⚫️As its sweet scent pervaded the house, her sacrifice was accepted of God because it was from a heart full of worship; and her many sins were forgiven in a moment.

⚫️Many generations after, we still read about her and learn from her remarkable act of worship.

⚫️You need to know that you’re accepted of God as you speak to God in praise and adoration.

⚫️There’s so much to thank Him for; so learn to lift your hands in worship to Him in acknowledgement of His majesty, not just because you want to ask for something.

⚫️Learn to constantly glorify Him for who He is.

✅Hallelujah!!!

Díviɳҽ 卄ealtɧ Cσnfҽssiσɳs
June 23rd 2026

I walk in absolute health, safety, and wellness because I am in Christ. Christ is my life! His wisdom, righteousness, peace, glory, and joy are resplendent in me and expressed through me today and always. Glory be to God.amen I’m alive!!!

𝐆𝐎𝐃 𝐌𝐀𝐘 𝐇𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐒𝐀𝐈𝐃 𝐈𝐓 𝐁𝐔𝐓 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄 𝐈𝐓!

⚫️Through prayers we can prevail on circum- stances.

God has shown us in His Word that we can change anything, including things that were divinely destined to be.

⚫️This may sound incredible to you but it’s in the Bible!

⚫️God may have said you’re going to have it one way, but if you discover you don’t want it that way, you can change it.

⚫️It’s amazing, but it’s true.

⚫️The only reasons something can happen to you as God said it would are when:

⭐️I. You want it to happen

⭐️II. You don’t know it’s going to happen

⭐️III. You know it’s going to happen, but you don’t know what to do to change it

⭐️IV. You don’t do what you should do, even though you know it’s going to happen.

⚫️God doesn’t run our lives the way we think He does.

⚫️Whenever He wants to do something nobody can change, nobody gets to know about it until it’s done.

⚫️Moses said the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children, but the things that are not revealed belong to God (Deuteronomy 29:29).

⚫️So when He doesn’t want any human influence on it, and when there can be no human influence on it, He doesn’t reveal it!

⚫️But if He reveals it to you, He is telling you if you want to change it, you can!

⚫️And you can only change it when you pray, and pray the right way!

⚫️There are several accounts in the Scriptures of men who changed the mind of God from what He had determined to do.

⚫️One of such accounts is in Exodus 32:7-14 where we read of how Moses stood between God and the children of Israel.

⚫️ God had determined to destroy them for their rebellion and stubborness and raise a new generation from Moses, but Moses prevailed on God and prevented Him from doing as He had purposed.

⚫️We see another instance in 2 Kings 20 where one man changed the course of an event that had been divinely ordered of God.

⚫️King Hezekiah had been sick to the point of death, and one day, the prophet Isaiah walked into his room and declared, “...Thus saith the Lord, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live” (2 Kings 20:1).

⚫️This was undoubtedly the Word and mind of God concerning Hezekiah’s situation.

⚫️He was doomed to die by none other than God Himself, and there seemed to be no way out.

⚫️But in the next verse, we read that “he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the Lord...” (2 Kings 20:2).

⚫️King Hezekiah pleaded his case with God and the Bible says, “And it came to pass afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the Lord came to him, saying, Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the Lord.

⚫️And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

⚫️And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered” (2 Kings 20:4- 7).

⚫️Talk about changing a hopeless situation!

✅Hallelujah!!

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐈𝐆𝐍 𝐎𝐅 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐇

🟤Man died spiritually and right from then on death reigned over him.

—⭐️📖Romans 5:12, 14, 17, 21, “ Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: ...Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the simili- tude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come ...For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abun- dance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ...That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.”

🟤By one man’s sin death reigned over all men.

Death gained the dominion over all men, and from Adam to Jesus, sin gained the mastery over man’s spirit, and sickness came in, leading to physical death.

🟤Thus the reign of sin and sickness began in man’s spirit and ended up in his body, such that the human body could now experience death.

🟤But happy are you if you’re born again, be- cause death no longer reigns over you!

—⭐️📖Romans 5:16-21, “And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification. For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abun- dance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to con- demnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteous- ness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.”

🟤Praise the Lord! By the righteousness Jesus ob- tained for us, the full gift of righteousness came upon us unto life.

🟤The reign of sin and sickness over us has ended, and so has the dominion of disease.

🟤This is why any of the diseases that afflicted the Egyptians, or any other disease that afflicts man should not af- flict us.

✅Hallelujah!!!

RHAPSODY OF REALITIES DAILY DEVOTIONAL

PASTOR CHRIS OYAKHILOME Dsc. Dsc. DD.

SATURDAY JUNE 20 2026

THE POWER IS IN THE GOSPEL

For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth… (Romans 1:16).

The Gospel of Jesus Christ is a marvellous message, extraordinary, not only for what it says but for what it does. The Bible declares that it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believes. This means God’s saving power is wrapped in the message of the Gospel.

There’s a miracle-working power in the Gospel such that when it’s proclaimed and believed, a transformation takes place in the one who hears it and receives it. The individual knows within himself that something has changed. This is the power of God at work through the message.

What makes this so remarkable is that the power is in the announcement itself. One person proclaims the message, another hears it, believes it, and instantly the power of God is activated in that person’s life, resulting in salvation. And beyond that, healings take place; blind eyes are opened, deaf ears are unstopped and even those who were hitherto paralyzed and bedridden get off their beds (Acts 9:32-35).

This is why the Lord commanded us to preach the Gospel to every creature. The power is not in human persuasion or ability; it is in the message itself. Paul said, “And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power” (1 Corinthians 2:4). The message may be simple, but it’s backed by all of heaven’s authority.

When you understand this, it gives you confidence. You know that whenever you share the Gospel, it will produce results. No one is beyond the reach of the Gospel. If it worked in you, it will work for anyone. This is why we can’t keep it to ourselves. The Gospel must be told everywhere because wherever it is proclaimed and believed, the power of God is manifested.

PRAYER / CONFESSION

Dear Father, thank you for the power of the Gospel that’s transforming lives all over the world. I am bold and unashamed to proclaim this message everywhere, knowing that your power is at work in everyone who hears and believes, and they’re thus translated from death to life, from sin unto righteousness, and from the power of Satan unto God, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

FURTHER STUDY

Mark 16:15-16; 1 Corinthians 1:18 NIV; Acts 26:16-18

1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN

Acts 9:1-31; 2 Chronicles 35-36

2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN

2 Corinthians 6:11-18; Isaiah 7