Crying for help makes you look weak, doesn’t it?Well here is God’s counsel.Find the corresponding bible verses below: Readings 05/02/2025: Devotional Job 36:13-14 NIV[13] “The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when he fetters them, they do not cry for help.[14] They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.” Why do weContinue reading “Crying for Help”
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Staying rooted
Let’s say you found favour and, unlike your counterparts, you are now staying alone in a rented apartment or owned and icing of a beautiful car. It’s a fantasy of every young man. You have done exceptionally well, you now have the freedom to invite any girl to your place. Isn’t that tempting?
No ring, fair game principle
To my brothers out there, Be sure about this, there is no rule biblically, morally or legally that forbids you to talk to someone’s girlfriend. Where are you heading brother? You wonder!I am saying she might have realized along that current relationship that she is stuck and might be open for more fruitful engagements. HowContinue reading “No ring, fair game principle”
The meaning you give to your experiences
It’s not what happened to you that destroyed you, it’s the meaning you gave to what happened, Just change the meaning and give it a new connotation through the lens of Christ. Whatever meaning you give should work in your favor. And we know that all things work together for good to those who loveContinue reading “The meaning you give to your experiences”
Who are your true friends?
Have you discovered that it is easier to turn your clients into friends than bending your friends into clients?This is because as we grow, we tend to be drawn more to people who place value on the energy we are offering to the world. Those you will attract based on your calling or profession willContinue reading “Who are your true friends?”
Money as the means
For us believers, money should rightly be a means by which to serve God, who is the destiny or the source. When money is empowered as a source of life, then God becomes how Christians hope to get money.
Dealing with mixed signals
You shall take mixed signals as an unmistakable NO. If what is being said and the subsequent action is in contrast, you shall assume actions to be the best indicator. Words are cheap, people use them to gain access.
About gossip and backbiting
Do not gossip or backbite anyone close to you. The mind resets and updates itself every time to your confession. So when you release words of hate about someone close , soon your mind will shift and close off. Though you will try to pretend to them there will be a negative energy and impasseContinue reading “About gossip and backbiting”
The beauty of testifying
Last Sunday l had the privilege to testify after a long time (approximately 4 years). In that testimony l spoke about something that had happened 4 years ago that l felt like l had not thanked God for. I had been procrastinating on testifying for a long time and when l eventually did, l feltContinue reading “The beauty of testifying”
“l do not believe in love”
Through conversation with some friends and different individuals, l realised that people had different views on love(between a man and a woman). A couple of them would argue that true love doesn’t actually exist with a few describing it as a concept, just like perfection, that it was unattainable. Of course, l always was againstContinue reading ““l do not believe in love””
When faith is the only option
One thing l have realised as a young Christian is that it’s really easy for me to have faith when options are there. Two, three or four maybe, but when the number gets to 1 or even less than that, it gets tricky. Doubt kicks in, l become a bit unsettled and even though lContinue reading “When faith is the only option”
Robbed or Ignorant?
There was a man who stayed far away from the city.Let is call him Robert, he had a leather bag he valued so much even though he had not bought it for much($10). One day he decided to wander into the city to spoil himself and hopefully meet new people . On the bus, thereContinue reading “Robbed or Ignorant?”
The Power in numbers
“Again truly l tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for it will be done for them by my father in heaven 20.For where two or three gather in my name there lam with them” – Matthew 18:19-20
Held together by God
Science tried to find explanations to the world around us; the galaxies, the seasons, the creatures, the plants, and yet with all their findings it is still evident that there is a greater force behind existence
Your heart before your needs!
Life after victory,
21]The king of Israel went out and smote [the riders of] the horses and chariots and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter. [22]The prophet came to the king of Israel and said to him, Go, fortify yourself and become strong and give attention to what you must do, for at the first of nextContinue reading “Life after victory,”
Salvation is the only way!
3]Jesus answered him, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, that unless a person is born again (anew, from above), he cannot ever see (know, be acquainted with, and experience) the kingdom of God. -John 3:3
The beginning.
[30]When Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, It is finished! And He bowed His head and gave up His spirit. -John 19:30
Who do you obey?
14]The command which Jonadab son of Rechab gave to his sons not to drink wine, has been carried out and established [as a custom for more than two hundred years]. To this day they drink no wine, but they have obeyed their father’s command. But I, even I, have persistently spoken to you, but youContinue reading “Who do you obey?”
Wisdom for the rough times
21]And said, Naked (without possessions) came I [into this world] from my mother’s womb, and naked (without possessions) shall I depart. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; blessed (praised and magnified in worship) be the name of the Lord! [22]In all this Job sinned not nor charged God foolishly. -Job 1:21-22
Your works testify before God
10]For God is not unrighteous to forget or overlook your labor and the love which you have shown for His name’s sake in ministering to the needs of the saints (His own consecrated people), as you still do. -Hebrews 6:10
A time of birthing
9]Shall I bring to the [moment of] birth and not cause to bring forth? says the Lord. Shall I Who causes to bring forth shut the womb? says your God. -Isiah 66:9
The spirit rules
63]It is the Spirit Who gives life [He is the Life-giver]; the flesh conveys no benefit whatever [there is no profit in it]. The words (truths) that I have been speaking to you are spirit and life -John 6:63
A gift from God
[5]For behold, you shall become pregnant and bear a son. No razor shall come upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from birth, and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hands of the Philistines. [8]Then Manoah entreated the Lord and said, O Lord, let the Man ofContinue reading “A gift from God”
God is our peace
3]You will guard him and keep him in perfect and constant peace whose mind [both its inclination and its character] is stayed on You, because he commits himself to You, leans on You, and hopes confidently in You. [4]So trust in the Lord (commit yourself to Him, lean on Him, hope confidently in Him) forever;Continue reading “God is our peace”
By grace, not by works,
[8]For it is by free grace (God’s unmerited favor) that you are saved (delivered from judgment and made partakers of Christ’s salvation) through [your] faith. And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [of your own doing, it came not through your own striving], but it is the gift of God; [9]Not because of works [notContinue reading “By grace, not by works,”
Whoever believes shall not perish!
For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten (unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life -John 3:16
God sees the heart
Search me [thoroughly], O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there is any wicked or hurtful way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting -Psalm 139:23-24
What do you glory in?
Thus says the lord, let not the wise and skillful person boast in his wisdom and skill; let not the mighty and powerful person glory and boast in his strength and power; let not the person who is rich [in physical gratification and earthly wealth] glory and boast in his [temporal satisfactions and earthly richesContinue reading “What do you glory in?”
Rend your heart
“Therefore also now, says the lord, turn and keep on coming to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning(until every hindrance is removed and the broken fellowship is restored) Rend your hearts and do not your garments and return to the lord, your God, for he is graciously and merciful,slowContinue reading “Rend your heart”
Be diligent!
“Do you see a man diligent and skillful in his business? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men”- Proverbs 22:29
Pray or you will be prey,
Be well balanced (temperate, sober of mind), be vigilant and cautious at all times; for that enemy of yours, the devil, roams around like a lion roaring [in fierce hunger], seeking someone to seize upon and devour. -Peter 5:8
God wants you to hear
So I went with him, and when we were climbing the rocky steps up the hillside, my beloved shepherd said to me] O my dove, [while you are here] in the seclusion of the clefts in the solid rock, in the sheltered and secret place of the cliff, let me see your face, let meContinue reading “God wants you to hear”
Youths In Christ 