Evangelist Joshua Orekhie Ministries

EJOM DAILY DEVOTIONAL:

Sunday, October 4, 2026

TOPIC: FOLLOW THE LEADING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

OPENING SCRIPTURES

“For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.” (Romans 8:14)

“Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.” (John 16:13)

“And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.” (Isaiah 30:21)

MEMORY VERSE

“I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.” (Psalm 32:8)

PRAISE AND WORSHIP

Begin today’s devotion with songs that welcome the presence of the Holy Spirit: “Holy Spirit, Thou Art Welcome,” “Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah,” and “Spirit of the Living God.” Bow before the Lord and thank Him for not leaving you as an orphan in this world. Thank Him for the Comforter, the Counsellor, and the Guide who walks with you every day.

Follow The Leading Of The Holy Spirit – EJOM DAILY DEVOTIONAL: October 4, 2026

Beloved, one of the greatest privileges of being a child of God is having the Holy Spirit as your Guide. Every day, life brings decisions before us: decisions about marriage, career, business, ministry, relationships, and so many other things.

Human knowledge is good, but it has its limits. You can only see today; you cannot see tomorrow. But the Holy Spirit sees what you cannot see. He knows the end of every road before you step on it. That is why, in everything you do, you must make sure you are led by the Spirit of God.

When the Spirit of God is leading you, you will not walk into avoidable mistakes. When the Spirit of God is leading you, He covers you with safety and protection. When the Spirit of God is leading you, you will do the right thing at the right time.

God has promised, “I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye” (Psalm 32:8). Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life” (John 14:6).

Because He is the way, He will show you the right road to take. Because He is the truth, He will tell you the truth about your life and your journey. Because He is the life, He will give you life and keep you alive.

You cannot hide from Him. “Whither shall I go from thy spirit?” (Psalm 139:7). Even when you feel lost and confused, if you will turn to Him, He will still bring you through the gate of your salvation.

And understand this: no man can give you a solution unless God permits it. “A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven” (John 3:27). Not everything that looks good is God’s choice for you.

There are things that look beautiful to our eyes, but in the eyes of God, they are traps dressed in fine clothes. God warned Adam in the garden: “But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die” (Genesis 2:17).

Yet when the serpent came, the woman “saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes” (Genesis 3:6). It looked good, but it was death. What looks good is not always what is good.

It is one thing for God to warn you; it is another thing for you to obey. God is not looking for people who only hear; He is looking for people who act on what He says. “But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves” (James 1:22).

If you become an obedient child of God, one who acts promptly on His instructions, you will walk in the love and favour of Christ. Jesus said, “He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him” (John 14:21).

Let me tell you the truth. Many people have lied about the Holy Spirit to cover their own choices. They say, “The Holy Spirit told me to marry this man,” or “The Holy Spirit told me to marry this woman,” when it was their flesh that chose.

Some say the Holy Spirit asked them to take a second wife because of the issue of children. Some say the Holy Spirit told them to take that job, or they blame their pastor for pushing them into a wrong move.

Beloved, be careful. Ananias and Sapphira lied to the Holy Ghost, and it cost them their lives (Acts 5:3). Do not use the name of the Holy Spirit to approve what your flesh desires.

Remember, many voices speak to the mind of man at the same time. “There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world” (1 Corinthians 14:10). There is the voice of God, there is the voice of Satan, and there is the voice of your own heart and desires.

You must learn to recognise each of them. “Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God” (1 John 4:1). Even when your pastor or a prophet confirms something to you, you still need the Holy Spirit to bear witness in your own spirit.

Remember the young prophet in 1 Kings 13. God gave him a clear instruction, but an old prophet came and said, “I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the LORD.”

The Bible says, “But he lied unto him” (1 Kings 13:18). The young prophet believed the old man instead of the word God had given him, and he lost his life on the way. It is not every food that someone serves you that you must eat. Sometimes wisdom says, “Pause, and leave it.”

The reason many people are still stuck where they are today is that a wrong voice misled them. Some were shocked when the friends they trusted betrayed them with false information.

“Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me” (Psalm 41:9). Not everything people tell you is genuine. “The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going” (Proverbs 14:15).

So find time to hear from God. Let God lead you. Let God confirm a matter to you before you act on it. Even when you want to give something to someone, ask God first.

Let Him tell you what to do, when to do it, and how to do it. “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths” (Proverbs 3:5–6).

Beloved, some people have ended up in prison because of the food or drink they served to others was alleged to have caused death. Some have landed in deep trouble because of one careless word, one wrong visitor, or one secret affair. So be careful what you say.

Be careful whom you accommodate in your house. Be careful whom you follow, lest they lead you down the wrong path. Be careful of secret affairs, for “be sure your sin will find you out” (Numbers 32:23).

Beloved, how then do you know when it is truly the Holy Spirit speaking? Let me open your understanding. The voice of the Holy Spirit will always agree with the Word of God. The Spirit who wrote the Bible will never tell you to do what the Bible forbids.

If a voice tells you to steal, to lie, to leave your lawful spouse for another, to cheat in business, or to take what does not belong to you, that voice is not from God, no matter how sweet it sounds. Even Satan can come as an angel of light (2 Corinthians 11:14).

That is why you must hide the Word in your heart. “Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee” (Psalm 119:11). The more of the Word you carry, the faster you will recognise a false voice.

The voice of the Holy Spirit brings peace, even when the instruction is difficult. The Bible says, “But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated” (James 3:17). But the voice of the enemy brings confusion, pressure, and fear.

The devil always rushes people. He says, “Do it now, or you will miss it. Sign it today. Marry quickly. Do not tell anybody.” Beloved, any voice that rushes you and tells you to hide it from godly counsel should be treated with suspicion.

“He that believeth shall not make haste” (Isaiah 28:16). “He that hasteth with his feet sinneth” (Proverbs 19:2). God is not in a hurry to destroy you, so He will not push you into a decision without giving you time to confirm it.

The voice of the Holy Spirit convicts you to bring you back, but the voice of the devil condemns you to push you away. When the Holy Spirit shows you a wrong, He calls you to repent and come closer to God.

When the devil shows you a wrong, he tells you that you are finished and that God is tired of you. “There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit” (Romans 8:1). Learn the difference.

And there is the voice of your own heart. Your flesh will always speak about what you want, what feels good, and what will make you look important. Your flesh will tell you what you want to hear.

That is why the Bible warns, “Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life” (Proverbs 4:23). When your desire is very strong, be extra careful, because a strong desire can easily sound like the voice of God.

Look at King Ahab. He gathered four hundred prophets, and all of them told him what he wanted to hear: “Go up, for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king.”

But Jehoshaphat was not satisfied, and he asked, “Is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we might enquire of him?” (1 Kings 22:7). There was one man, Micaiah, who told the truth, and Ahab hated him for it.

Ahab followed the voice of the majority, went to battle, and died. Beloved, the majority is not always the voice of God. Sometimes the true voice is the lonely voice.

Look at Balaam. God clearly told him, “Thou shalt not go with them” (Numbers 22:12). But when the king offered him more money and more honour, he went back to ask God again, as if God would change His mind.

Many people do the same today. God has already said no, but because their heart is set on that man, that woman, that contract, or that money, they keep praying and fasting until they convince themselves that God has said yes.

Balaam went on the journey, and an angel stood in the road with a drawn sword to stop him. It took a donkey to open his eyes. Do not let your desire make you deaf to what God has already said.

Look at Pilate. While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent a message to him saying, “Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him” (Matthew 27:19).

God sent a warning through a dream, through his own wife. But Pilate feared the crowd more than he feared the warning, and he delivered Jesus to be crucified.

Many people have received warnings through dreams, through their spouse, through their spirit, or through a man of God, but they ignored them because of pressure from people. Beloved, when God warns you, take it seriously.

Now look at those who waited on God and prospered. When Abraham’s servant went to find a wife for Isaac, he did not choose by beauty alone.

He prayed and asked God for a sign, and God led him straight to Rebekah. He said, “I being in the way, the LORD led me” (Genesis 24:27). When you put God first in the search, He will lead you to the right person and the right place.

Esther did not rush into the king’s presence. She called for three days of fasting before she acted (Esther 4:16), and God gave her favour that saved a whole nation.

Nehemiah stood before the king with a heavy heart, and before he opened his mouth, the Bible says, “So I prayed to the God of heaven” (Nehemiah 2:4).

Even in the middle of a conversation, he paused to consult God. That is the life of a man led by the Spirit. Before you speak, pray. Before you sign, pray. Before you agree, pray.

And what about the secret affair I spoke of? Look at Joseph. Potiphar’s wife pressed him day after day, and nobody was in the house. It looked like a secret that would never come out. But Joseph knew that God was watching, and he “left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out” (Genesis 39:12).

Beloved, when the Holy Spirit tells you to run, do not stay to negotiate. Some people lost their marriage, their ministry, their job, and their reputation because they stayed too long in a place God told them to flee.

So how do you become sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit? First, give Him time. You cannot hear God if you never sit still. Switch off your phone, open your Bible, and wait before Him.

Like Habakkuk, say, “I will stand upon my watch… and will watch to see what he will say unto me” (Habakkuk 2:1). Second, live a clean life, because sin makes the ears of the spirit heavy.

Third, fast from time to time, because fasting quiets the noise of the flesh. Fourth, write down what God shows you and test it with the Word. Fifth, seek counsel from mature, godly believers, but let the final witness come from the Holy Spirit in your own spirit.

And sixth, obey quickly in small things, because the one who obeys in small things will be trusted with greater instructions. Jesus said, “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me” (John 10:27).

And He also said, “And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers” (John 10:5). Beloved, as you walk with God, you will know His voice so well that the voice of the stranger will sound strange to you.

“Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation” (Matthew 26:41). “If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land” (Isaiah 1:19).

And above all, be careful of how many times you have disobeyed the voice of God. Every time you ignore Him, it becomes easier to ignore Him again. Today, return to the place of listening and obeying. Let the Holy Spirit lead you, and you will never walk alone. Remain blessed in Jesus’ name.

Let us pray. Father, in the name of Jesus, I thank You for the gift of the Holy Spirit. Forgive me for every time I ignored Your voice and followed my own desires or the voice of men. Open my spiritual ears to hear You clearly.

Give me the grace to recognise Your voice, the voice of the enemy, and the voice of my flesh. Deliver me from every false voice, every wrong counsel, and every trap disguised as a blessing. Give me the courage to obey You promptly, even when it is difficult.

Lead me in my marriage, my career, my business, my ministry, and every relationship. From today, I will not move until You lead me, and I will not stop until You tell me to stop. I am Your sheep, I hear Your voice, and I will follow You all the days of my life, in the mighty name of Jesus. Amen.

PERSONAL CHALLENGE

Set aside at least thirty minutes today, away from your phone and all distractions, to sit quietly before God with your Bible. Bring one pending decision before Him and ask for His direction. Write down whatever He impresses on your heart, test it against Scripture, and share it with a mature believer for confirmation before acting.

EVANGELISM CHALLENGE

Like Philip, ask the Holy Spirit today to lead you to one person who is ready to receive the gospel. Be sensitive throughout the day, and when He prompts you, go near and share Jesus with that person.

FURTHER STUDY

 Romans 8:1–17; John 14:15–26; John 16:7–15; Galatians 5:16–25; Isaiah 30:19–21; Psalm 32:8–9; Numbers 9:15–23; Acts 8:26–40; Acts 10:9–23; Acts 16:6–10; Acts 27:9–26; Joshua 9:3–16; 1 Kings 19:9–13; 2 Samuel 5:17–25; 1 Samuel 3:1–10

PRAYER ASSIGNMENT (MORNING)

1. Father, I thank You for the gift of the Holy Spirit, the Comforter, the Counsellor, and my Guide.

2. Thank You, Lord, for every time Your Spirit warned me, protected me, and redirected my steps.

3. Holy Spirit, forgive me for every time I grieved You or ignored Your voice, in the name of Jesus.

4. Lord, cleanse me from every sin that has dulled my spiritual sensitivity, in the name of Jesus.

5. Holy Spirit, I welcome You afresh into my life; take full control of my spirit, soul, and body.

6. Lord, as many as are led by the Spirit of God are the sons of God; lead me as Your son today (Romans 8:14).

7. Spirit of truth, guide me into all truth and show me things to come (John 16:13).

8. Lord, let my ears hear a word behind me saying, “This is the way, walk ye in it” (Isaiah 30:21).

9. Instruct me and teach me in the way I should go; guide me with Your eye (Psalm 32:8).

10. Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God; Your Spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness (Psalm 143:10).

11. Lord, open my spiritual ears to hear Your still small voice (1 Kings 19:12).

12. Every spiritual deafness in my life, be healed by the power of the Holy Ghost, in the name of Jesus.

13. Every spiritual blindness that makes me miss divine direction, be removed, in the name of Jesus.

14. Every noise and distraction drowning out the voice of the Spirit in my life, be silenced, in the name of Jesus.

15. Lord, give me a quiet and teachable heart, in the name of Jesus.

16. Every spirit of stubbornness and pride that resists divine leading, be cast out of my life, in the name of Jesus.

17. Lord, make me meek, for the meek will You guide in judgement (Psalm 25:9).

18. Every spirit of impatience that makes me move before God speaks, depart from me, in the name of Jesus.

19. Every work of the flesh fighting against the Spirit in my life, be crucified, in the name of Jesus (Galatians 5:17).

20. If I live in the Spirit, let me also walk in the Spirit (Galatians 5:25).

21. Lord, let the peace of God rule in my heart as an umpire in every decision I make (Colossians 3:15).

22. Holy Spirit, bear witness with my spirit concerning every step I take today (Romans 8:16).

23. Every voice of deception pretending to be the voice of God, be exposed and silenced, in the name of Jesus.

25. Lord, give me grace to try every spirit and discern what is of God (1 John 4:1).

26. Every Gibeonite deception assigned to my life, be exposed before I make any covenant, in the name of Jesus (Joshua 9).

27. Lord, deliver me from choosing by sight like Lot; let me choose by Your Spirit (Genesis 13:10–11).

28. I shall not trust human expertise above divine instruction, in the name of Jesus (Acts 27:11).

29. Lord, lead me away from every way that seems right but ends in death (Proverbs 14:12).

30. Holy Spirit, forbid me from going anywhere You have not sent me (Acts 16:6–7).

31. Every door You have closed, Lord, help me not to force it open.

32. Every door You have opened, give me courage to walk through it without fear.

33. As Philip obeyed the Spirit and found the Ethiopian, let my obedience today connect me to divine assignments (Acts 8:29).

34. As Peter followed the Spirit to the house of Cornelius, lead me to my place of open doors (Acts 10:19–20).

35. As Simeon came by the Spirit into the temple at the right time, let me be at the right place at the right time (Luke 2:27).

36. Lord, as You led Jesus into the wilderness and brought Him out in power, let every season You lead me through end in power (Luke 4:1, 14).

37. Lord, let me hear the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees before I move (2 Samuel 5:24).

38. Holy Spirit, lead me in my marriage, my family, and every relationship, in the name of Jesus.

39. Holy Spirit, lead me in my career, business, and finances, in the name of Jesus.

40. Holy Spirit, lead me in my ministry and calling, in the name of Jesus.

41. Holy Spirit, show me whom to trust and whom to avoid, in the name of Jesus.

42. Holy Spirit, teach me when to speak and when to keep silent, in the name of Jesus.

43. Lord, give me the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of You (Ephesians 1:17).

44. There is a spirit in man, and the inspiration of the Almighty gives understanding; Lord, inspire me today (Job 32:8).

45. Let the candle of the Lord search my heart and light my path (Proverbs 20:27).

46. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me (John 10:27); Lord, I hear and I follow.

47. O Lord, expose every hidden danger in any option before me, in Jesus’ name.

PRAYER ASSIGNMENT (NIGHT)

1. Father, I thank You for leading me through this day by Your Spirit.

2. Holy Spirit, forgive me for every moment today when I followed my flesh instead of You.

3. Lord, show me any wrong step I took today, and give me grace to correct it.

4. Holy Spirit, speak to me in the night seasons and instruct me (Psalm 16:7).

5. Lord, pour out Your Spirit upon me and let me receive divine dreams and visions (Acts 2:17).

6. Every satanic dream designed to confuse my direction, be cancelled by the blood of Jesus.

7. Every evil voice that speaks to me in the night to mislead me, be silenced, in the name of Jesus.

8. Every familiar spirit pretending to bring revelation into my life, be exposed and cast out, in the name of Jesus.

9. Lord, as You warned the wise men in a dream, warn me of every danger ahead (Matthew 2:12).

10. As Paul received the vision of the man of Macedonia, show me my next assignment (Acts 16:9).

11. Every spirit of forgetfulness that steals divine revelations, be broken, in the name of Jesus.

12. Lord, help me to remember and understand every dream You give me.

13. Every power that wants to lead me into wrong decisions tomorrow, be frustrated, in the name of Jesus.

14. Every evil counsel that will be presented to me tomorrow, be exposed by the Holy Spirit, in the name of Jesus.

15. Every Gibeonite approaching my life with deception, be revealed tonight, in the name of Jesus.

16. Every snare set on my path for tomorrow, be broken before I get there, in the name of Jesus.

17. Holy Spirit, prepare my heart tonight for every encounter You have arranged for tomorrow.

18. Lord, let my spirit remain awake to You even while my body sleeps (Song of Solomon 5:2).

19. Every spirit of slumber and spiritual dullness, be broken by the fire of the Holy Ghost, in the name of Jesus.

20. Holy Spirit, I will not quench Your fire in my life (1 Thessalonians 5:19).

21. Lord, let the voice of the Spirit be louder in my life than the voice of fear, the flesh, and the world.

22. Every hardness of heart that resists divine instruction, be melted, in the name of Jesus (Hebrews 3:8).

23. Lord, as the pillar of fire led Israel by night, lead me through every dark season (Exodus 13:21).

24. Holy Spirit, reveal to me the deep things of God concerning my destiny (1 Corinthians 2:10).

25. Lord, where I have missed my way, bring me back to Your perfect will, in the name of Jesus.

26. Every delay caused by my disobedience, Lord, redeem it by Your mercy.

27. I cover my sleep, my dreams, and my household with the blood of Jesus

28. Every secret sin dulling my spiritual ears, I renounce you today, in the name of Jesus.

29. Holy Spirit, lead me in my marriage and family, in the name of Jesus.

30. Holy Spirit, lead me in my career, business, and finances, in the name of Jesus.

31. Holy Spirit, lead me in my ministry and calling, in the name of Jesus.

32. Holy Spirit, show me whom to trust, whom to accommodate, and whom to avoid, in the name of Jesus.

33. Every friend or associate assigned to betray me with false information, be exposed before they can harm me, in the name of Jesus (Psalm 41:9).

34. Lord, give me discernment concerning what I eat, what I drink, and what I serve to others.

35. Father, guard my mouth; let me be careful about what I say and to whom I say it (Psalm 141:3).

36. Lord, show me when to give, what to give, and to whom to give, in the name of Jesus.

37. Every wrong voice that has kept me stagnant for years, I disconnect from you now, in the name of Jesus.

38. Every wrong decision that has kept me in one place, Lord, turn it around for my good (Romans 8:28).

39. Lord, give me ears to hear and a heart to obey, for obedience is better than sacrifice (1 Samuel 15:22).

40. Father, make me a doer of Your Word and not a hearer only (James 1:22).

41. Lord, help me to obey promptly in small things, so You can trust me with greater instructions.

42. Like Habakkuk, I will stand upon my watch and wait to hear what You will say to me (Habakkuk 2:1).

43. Holy Spirit, speak to me through Your Word, through dreams, through the inner witness, and through godly counsel.

44. Lord, as I keep Your commandments, let me walk in Your love and favour (John 14:21).

45. Lord, I trust You with all my heart and lean not on my own understanding; direct my paths (Proverbs 3:5–6).

46. I decree that from today, I will not move until You lead me, and I will not stop until You tell me to stop, in the name of Jesus.

47. Every evil counsel that has entered my heart and is pushing me toward destruction, be uprooted, in the name of Jesus.

48. Every spirit of rebellion against divine instruction, be cast out of my life, in the name of Jesus.

49. Every spirit of familiarity that makes me treat the voice of God lightly, depart from me, in the name of Jesus.

50. Lord, let me never become too busy to hear You.

51. Every distraction stealing my quiet time with God, be removed from my life, in the name of Jesus.

52. Lord, give me hunger for Your presence and thirst for Your Word.

53. Holy Spirit, lead my children and let them be taught of the Lord; great shall be their peace (Isaiah 54:13).

54. Holy Spirit, lead my spouse and every member of my household into God’s perfect will.

55. O Lord, let me not lean on my own understanding in any decision I make, in Jesus’ name.