Daily Devotional Archive

20th November, 2024

We so rarely hear about the terror and the fear of God anymore. The vast majority of Christians talk only about a God of love—a God who takes them just as they are and is not moved by their sins. This is not the God of the Bible. God is a two-edged sword with two distinct sides. He is LOVE, but he is also HOLY. God's love means that he is merciful to pardon those who come sincerely to him. But his holiness means he must and will judge all sin because he cannot abide by sin. We must FEAR God. He is not a man and is no respecter of persons. He is God, a great and terrible God, the Bible says. If we love him, we will obey him. If we claim to love him but disobey him, we are hypocrites and will face his wrath.

14th October, 2024

If you're alive today and not in hell, you should not squander the mercy and opportunities the Lord has given you to repent, turn to him, and prepare for your eternity. No one knows the day of his death or the coming of the Lord. Don't play with sin. Don't play with God's grace because eventually, it will run out. While you have breath, repent now. Tomorrow is not guaranteed. NOW is the day of salvation. God is not mocked. Secret sins, hypocrisy, and playing religion lead to hell. Only a true relationship with Jesus as LORD and SAVIOR leads to heaven. This brief life is a vapor. Eternity is forever. Please don't risk it. Please don't gamble with it. Don't wing it. Be sure of where you're going because there are no more chances after death. Hell is a place of regret and torment and it's forever. Eternity is a long time. Please love your soul.

12th October, 2024

Jesus said that the world and church are made up of goats and sheep. They will live together until the last day, when he will separate them. What distinguishes them? Sheep are obedient and humble. They obey their master sheepishly. They don't argue. Goats are rebellious and heady like their master Satan. They want their own way always. Jesus's sheep hear and obey him. They run away from strangers, false prophets, and false churches because they don't recognize their voices. Sheep have discernment. They know their master's voice. Jesus's sheep will stay with him, and he will give them eternal life. He knows them, and they know him. They are despised by the world because they seem foolish, but he loves them and keeps them because they obey him.

27th October, 2024

No unclean thing shall enter
No normal person would allow a bunch of murderers, liars, thieves, adulterers, drunkards, immoral, unpredictable, hateful, mean, perverse, filthy, crude, and hypocritical people to come and live permanently in his home and corrupt his home, wife, and children. And yet many think they can live in sin and pretense, reject God, and still get to enter heaven when they die. Self-deception. If we have standards, how much higher are Gods? He says, "No unclean thing will ever enter (heaven) (Rev 21:27)". We have to be born again and live holy to enter. He will never change his standards for any of us. "Be holy as I am holy (1 Pet 1:16). Without holiness, no man shall see God (Heb 12:14). It is we who must rise to God's standards; he will never come down to ours. Jesus paid the high price of his life for us to be righteous. Where we end up for eternity is all up to us. God is not mocked.

27th September, 2024

The name above all names
At the mention of the name of JESUS CHRIST, every knee bows, every demon scatters, chains are broken, yokes are broken, burdens are lifted, the power of sin is broken, captives are set free, his armies vanquish his foes, darkness flees, Satan trembles, prison doors are open, fetters are broken, mountains melt like wax, witches and wizards scatter, the traps of the wicked are destroyed, wicked tongues are condemned and silenced, justice is wrought, the weapons of darkness are nullified, crooked ways are made straight, highways are made in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. At the mention of the name of Jesus, all things are possible. Call upon his name today! His name is a strong tower!
"that at the name of Jesus, every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." Philippians 2:10-11
"The name of the LORD is a strong tower; The righteous run to it and are safe." Proverbs 18:10 

23rd September, 2024

Without repentance, there is no holiness
Repentance is usually painful. But it produces holiness and the fruit of everlasting life. The man who refuses to repent of sin because of self-deception and self-righteousness is playing with fire. God can never be deceived. Hell awaits all hypocrites and pretenders. It's better to face the music now than face it in hell. No matter the embarrassment or loss that comes from repenting and turning from sin, it is better than eternity in hell. Oh, RIGHTEOUS FATHER, TEACH US TO NUMBER OUR DAYS. SHOW US THE PATHS OF LIFE. DELIVER US FROM SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS AND SELF-DECEPTION IN JESUS NAME.
"For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it." Hebrews 12:11

18th September, 2024

The way is narrow and FEW find it
The road to heaven is narrow, and few find it. The multitudes are not headed there. It is, therefore, folly to console oneself in being part of the majority. Heaven's citizens are not liked by the world because they are not of the world. They are always in the small minority. As Jesus said, “If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you (John 15:19)."
The Christian who hopes to be loved and accepted by the world is not following the way of the master. If he was hated, though perfect, how much more we? This world is not our home. We must never think we will belong if we are truly heaven-bound.

9th September, 2024

Watch and Pray
When a church or an individual stops praying, the enemy walks in and sets up camp. What follows is defeat and backsliding. A prayerless church is a powerless, cold church. A prayerless Christian is a powerless Christian. We cannot defeat Satan with empty professions of faith, only with fervent prayer. The word of God alone without prayer is a dead letter. Even Satan uses the word of God for his purposes. The Bible without prayer has no power. It is prayer that quickens God's word and sends it forth to work. Without prayer, the Christian cuts himself off from God's power and is on his own—easy prey for Satan. 
Not all prayers are equal. A Christian who only prays for a few lifeless minutes is no match for the devil. Jesus spent hours in prayer; he groaned in prayer until his sweat was like large drops of blood. He asked his disciples, "Could you not watch with me an hour?" James tells us that the "EFFECTUAL, FERVENT prayer of a RIGHTEOUS man avails much." Fervent prayer is hot, passionate prayer; it is a prayer that has intent and focus. Lifeless, cold prayers do not affect Satan one bit. A man who prays with serious intent, knowing why and who he is praying to, will send armies to flight. We cannot defeat the enemy with wimpy, weak, distracted prayers. Christians are weighed down by sin and defeat because they do not pray.

27th August, 2024

Work out your OWN salvation with fear and trembling.
We shall all give an account of ourselves to God. No one will say, "My pastor said, my mother said, or my church taught." We must each contend for our own salvation by seeking the Lord, meditating on his word, purposing to obey him, and listening to the Holy Spirit. The way is narrow. Jesus said that in the last days, even the elect will be deceived, if possible. No one is immune from Satan's attacks and deceptions. We must abide in the vine, who is the Lord Jesus, and cling to him above all. Fix our eyes on him, the author and finisher of our faith, the only one who can grant us safe passage into heaven.
"Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling." Philippians 2:12

20th August, 2024

Just as God acts through human agents, so does the devil. When Satan wants to get you to sin, he will use people to bait you and trigger you. Most will be used without knowing it. And so when someone tries to offend you, annoy you, hurt you, and so forth, watch your reactions because the devil is out to get you into the flesh so that you sin against God. We do not wage war against humans but against the demons, principalities, and powers behind them. Our weapons are not carnal but spiritual. We fight back, not by getting angry, offended, gossiping, criticizing, bitter, malicious, etc., which is what Satan wants. We fight back through love, mercy, forgiveness, blessing, and prayer.
"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places." Ephesians 6:12

 

26th June, 2024

“Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy” Matthew 5:7

Empathy is putting yourself in another's shoes and seeing things from his perspective, even if he is an enemy. It's not justification; it is compassion and pity. Only by having compassion can we love, bless, and pray for our enemies, as Jesus commanded, rather than hate and condemn them. And isn't this what God does for each of us daily? We all deserve hell, but God is merciful and compassionate, giving us TIME to repent and OPPORTUNITIES to do so. If God treated us like we treat one another, all of us would be in hell right now because we have sinned greatly against him. If we have been shown mercy, why can't we show mercy? Are we better than God?

9th April, 2024

The Overcomers

Jesus died for us and overcame this world, so we who believe in him may also overcome the world (sin, Satan, and his corrupt system) and not be overcome by it. Heaven is the city of the redeemed—the overcomers who made up their minds to follow the Lamb, who gave his all for them. From the very beginning of the last book of the Bible, Revelation, Jesus addresses the overcomers as his chosen, not those who have been overcome by the world. He is coming for an overcoming and glorious bride. Jesus said while on earth, "I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." His bride is that church, and he left her with these words of comfort, "Be of GOOD CHEER, I HAVE OVERCOME THE WORD."

"He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son." Rev 21:7

25th March, 2024

A Vessel of Honor

Purge yourself of all that is not pleasing unto the Lord in your life, and you shall come forth as pure silver. There is treasure in each of us usually buried underneath a lot of sin and negative habits. Let the person God created you to be come forth. Turn from what's not worthy.
"Remove the dross from the silver, and a vessel for a silversmith will come forth." Proverbs 25:4
"So if anyone cleanses himself of what is unfit, he will be a vessel for honor: sanctified, useful to the Master, and prepared for every good work." 2 Timothy 2:21

19th March, 2024

In Your Own Sight

"And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we WERE in OUR OWN SIGHT AS GRASSHOPPERS, and SO WE WERE IN THEIR SIGHT." Num 13:33
How you see yourself will determine how others see you and how the world and circumstances respond to you. The spies Moses sent to spy out the promised land all saw themselves as grasshoppers, with the exception of Caleb, of whom God said he had a "DIFFERENT SPIRIT" (Num 14:44); he saw himself as an overcomer and conqueror. As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he. Most battles are first won within, in our own self-perception.

 

11th March, 2024

Heaven in view

A Christian who does not have heaven as a real and vivid goal, and as his/her sole ambition in this life that governs all else, will soon find themselves compromising, lukewarm, worldly, and having made a shipwreck of their faith. It is very easy to wander onto the broad way, especially in these last days. The true Christian must be vigilant, sober, and watchful, fleeing sin and compromise as a hot flame.

"Those who sleep, sleep at night; and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and the helmet of our hope of salvation." 1 Thessalonians 5:7-8