Tag: Devotional
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REFUSE TO BE A SON THAT CAUSES SHAME – Day 217
REFUSE TO BE A SON THAT CAUSES SHAME – Day 217 Text: PROVERBS 10:1-32 Memory Verse: He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame (Proverbs 10:5) Message: There are different types of sons and daughters. There are children that makes their parents proud…
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IT SHALL BE AS IT WAS TOLD ME – Day 216
IT SHALL BE AS IT WAS TOLD ME – Day 216 Text: ACTS 27:1-44 Memory Verse: Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me (Acts 27:25) Message: It is easier to believe God and His word when there is no problem or any…
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NO MORE WAR – Day 215
NO MORE WAR – Day 215 Text: 2 CHRONICLES 15:1-19 Memory Verse: And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa (2 Chronicles 15:19) Message: We read in our text today of the despicable predicament Israel found itself as a result of incessant wars and attacks from…
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FOLLOWING HARD AFTER GOD – Day 214
FOLLOWING HARD AFTER GOD – Day 214 Text: PSALM 63:1-11 Memory Verse: My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.” (Psalm 63:8) Message: We cannot amount to much in God when we only follow Him casually and we are not serious with our Christian life. God cannot not do much with us…
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THE SIMPLICITY THAT IS IN CHRIST – Day 213
THE SIMPLICITY THAT IS IN CHRIST – Day 213 Text: 2 CORINTHIANS 11:1-33 Memory Verse: But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ (2 Corinthians 11:3) Message: As children of God, we must not allow…
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FOOLISHNESS KILLS – Day 212
FOOLISHNESS KILLS – Day 212 Text: ECCLESIASTES 7:1-29 Memory Verse: Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time? (Ecclesiastes 7:17) Message: Our memory verse today identified two major reasons why people die before their time. One is wickedness and two foolishness. Those who are wicked will eventually…
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POVERTY DESTROYS – Day 211
POVERTY DESTROYS – Day 211 Text: PROVERBS 10:1-32 Memory Verse: The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty (Proverbs 10:15) Message: Poverty is a destroyer, poverty is not of God. Poverty is one of the aftermaths of the fall of man in the Garden of Eden. That…
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THE LORD OUR KING – Day 210
THE LORD OUR KING – Day 210 Text: ISAIAH 33:1-24 Memory Verse: For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us. (Isaiah 33:22) Message: Today is usually referred to as democracy day in my home country Nigeria and we pray for true democracy in our…
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BE RICH TOWARDS GOD – Day 209
BE RICH TOWARDS GOD – Day 209 Text: LUKE 12:1-59 Memory Verse: But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God (Luke 12:20-21)…
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REWARD IS COMING – Day 208
REWARD IS COMING – Day 208 Text: 2 TIMOTHY 4:1-22 Memory Verse: Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works (2 Timothy 4:14) Message: We serve a God of grace and mercy but He still rewards His people according to their works. We have seen that all over…
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GOOD DEEDS ARE NOT EASILY FORGOTTEN – Day 207
GOOD DEEDS ARE NOT EASILY FORGOTTEN – Day 207 Text: 2 TIMOTHY 1:1-18 Memory Verse: The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain; But, when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found me (2 Timothy 1:16-17) Message:…
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MAKING MARKS THAT CANNOT BE ERASED – Day 206
MAKING MARKS THAT CANNOT BE ERASED – Day 206 Text: MATHEW 26:1-75 Memory Verse: Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her (Mathew 26:13) Message: We are not in this world to…
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THOU SHALL BE A BLESSING – Day 205
THOU SHALL BE A BLESSING – Day 205 Text: GENESIS 12:1-20 Memory Verse: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing. (Genesis 12:2) Message: We have the commandment of God on our lives not only to be blessed…
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NOTHING CAN HINDER GOD – Day 204
NOTHING CAN HINDER GOD – Day 204 Text: 1 SAMUEL 14:1-52 Memory Verse: And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD will work for us: for there is no restraint to the LORD to…
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WEIGHTIER MATTERS – Day 203
WEIGHTIER MATTERS – Day 203 Text: MATTHEW 23:1-39 Memory Verse: Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. (Mathew 23:23)…
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FASTING IS REQUIRED – Day 202
FASTING IS REQUIRED – Day 202 Text: MATTHEW 17:1-27 Memory Verse: Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting. (Mathew 17:21) Message: There is no doubt that as believers we have a great authority in Christ. He gave us the power or authority to use His name. There is power and authority…
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THE FASTING THAT WORKS – Day 201
THE FASTING THAT WORKS – Day 201 Text: ISAIAH 58:1-14 Memory Verse: Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high. Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a…
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MEN OUGHT ALWAYS TO PRAY – Day 200
MEN OUGHT ALWAYS TO PRAY – Day 200 Text: LUKE 18:1-43 Memory Verse: And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint (Luke 18:1) Message: Just as we need to breathe in and out to survive in this world. We must also see prayer…
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TOTAL RECOVERY IS POSSIBLE – Day 199
TOTAL RECOVERY IS POSSIBLE – Day 199 Text: PROVERBS 6:1-35 Memory Verse: Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry; but if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house. (Proverbs 6:30-31) Message: There is a popular saying…
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THE REPROACH OF POVERTY – Day 198
THE REPROACH OF POVERTY – Day 198 Text: Proverbs 14:1-35 Memory Verse: He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his maker; but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor . (Proverbs 14:31) Message: One of the greatest limitations of mankind is poverty; nothing can limit a man like poverty. You can have great plans,…
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DEFRAUD NOT – Day 197
DEFRAUD NOT – Day 197 Text: MARK 10:1-52 Memory Verse: Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother. (Mark 10:19) Message: The only way to please God is to love all that He loves and hate whatever…
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CHILDREN ARE THE HERITAGE OF THE LORD – Day 196
CHILDREN ARE THE HERITAGE OF THE LORD – Day 196 Text: PSALMS 127:1-5 Memory Verse: Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. (Psalms 127:3-4) Message: Today is Children’s day…
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NEVER ALLOW THE ENEMIES TO WEAKEN OR FRUSTRATE YOU – Day 195
NEVER ALLOW THE ENEMIES TO WEAKEN OR FRUSTRATE YOU – Day 195 Text: EZRA 4:1-24 Memory Verse: Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building, and hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until…
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WHAT WILL YOU BE REMEMBERED FOR? – Day 194
WHAT WILL YOU BE REMEMBERED FOR? – Day 194 Text: NEHEMIAH 13:1-31 Memory Verse: Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the offices thereof. Nehemiah 13:14) Message: In our text today, Nehemiah prayed for God to…
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ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY – Day 193
ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY – Day 193 Text: JOHN 9:1-41 Memory Verse: I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. (John 9:4) Message: The language of responsible people is different from that of the irresponsible ones. Responsible people talk of what they must…
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DO NOT OPPRESS YOUR WORKERS – Day 192
DO NOT OPPRESS YOUR WORKERS – Day 192 Text: DEUTERONOMY 24:1-22 Memory Verse: Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates. At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the…
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BE READY TO FIGHT – Day 191
BE READY TO FIGHT – Day 191 Text: DEUTERONOMY 2:1-37 Memory Verse: Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle. (Deuteronomy 2:24) Message: It is…
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SEEK GOD AND PROSPER – Day 190
SEEK GOD AND PROSPER – Day 190 Text: 2 CHRONICLES 26:1-23 Memory Verse: And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper. (2 Chronicles 26:5) Message: God is not a partial God, whatever He…
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OBEDIENCE BRINGS PROSPERITY – Day 189
OBEDIENCE BRINGS PROSPERITY – Day 189 Text: DEUTERONOMY 29:1-29 Memory Verse: Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do. (Deuteronomy 29:9) Message: It is possible to prosper or do well in all our endeavors. Another word for prosperity is to do well. God wants…
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GOD HAS PLEASURE IN YOUR PROSPERITY – Day 188
GOD HAS PLEASURE IN YOUR PROSPERITY – Day 188 Text: PSALMS (35:1-28) Memory Verse: Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant. (Psalms 35:27) Message: As children of God we need…
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YOU SHALL DECREE A THING – Day 187
YOU SHALL DECREE A THING – Day 187 Text: JOB 22:1-30 Memory Verse: Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways. (Job 22:28) Message: Every child of God is on the power line here on earth. We are not ordinary people. God’s…
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LET YOUR LIGHT SO SHINE – Day 186
LET YOUR LIGHT SO SHINE – Day 186 Text: MATTHEW 5:1-48 Memory Verse: Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. (Matthew 5:14,16)…
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BLAMELESS AND HARMLESS – Day 185
BLAMELESS AND HARMLESS – Day 185 Text: PHILIPIANS 2:1-30 Memory Verse: That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world. (Philipians 2:15) Message: It is not the will of our father that we…
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WISDOM MAKES OUR FACE TO SHINE – Day 184
WISDOM MAKES OUR FACE TO SHINE – Day 184 Text: ECCLESIASTES 8:1-17 Memory Verse: Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man’s wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed. (Ecclesiastes 8:1) Message: Wisdom is critically important in this life…
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BEHOLD, I COME QUICKLY – Day 183
BEHOLD, I COME QUICKLY – Day 183 Text: REVELATION 22:1-21 Memory Verse: And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. (Revelation 22:12) Message: To some of us this may look like a portion of the Old Testament because it talks about works…