The Word

Theme: The Act of Love Text: 1 John 3:16&17 16 By this we know love because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 17 But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him? The text for today aims at explaining or defining what love is to us. Most often people try to equate love to some sort of feeling but love is not really that. Love is demonstrated in deeds and the perfect example is when Christ laid down His life for us; the innocent condemned that we the guilty ones will be granted liberty. We ought to also lay down our lives for the brethren not necessarily dying for them. What we can do is to be generous to people and support one another. Dear beloved in the Lord, the mark of love is compassion. Being compassionate towards others drives us to seek their interest and strive to live peaceably with them. A person who is not compassionate is mean ...

Theme: Passed From Death to Life Text: 1 John 3:14&15 14 We know that we have passed from death to life because we love the brethren. He who does not love his brother abides in death. 15 Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. Being in Christ is an amazing thing because our lives see no corruption or decay but rather a full manifestation of life. Love defines us and love is shown by the living not the dead. We have passed from death which is the stage of sin where we burn with anger, rage, revenge, and unforgiveness towards people who have offended us. The seed of hatred produces murder which is why Cain killed Abel despite being cautioned by God beforehand. So if you harbor hatred, bitterness, unforgiveness, and all forms of malice in your heart towards others, then you are a product of damnation in simple terms a murderer. Be informed no murderer has eternal life abiding in him because he does not have the fruit of...

Blessings from the anointed of the Lord speak powerfully into the lives and generations that it concerns. Before the death of Moses, he blessed all the tribes of Israel. Our focus today will be the blessing on the tribe of Reuben which can be found in Deuteronomy 33:6 “Let Reuben live, and not die, n or let his men be few.” There is a blessing for longevity and to populate. You can confess this blessing over your life and family and speak prophetically into generations unborn rebuking the spirit of untimely death and barrenness.  Declare, "In the Name of Jesus Christ, every yoke of premature death and barrenness in my life and family is broken. My family and I shall live and not die by the efficacy of the Blood of the Lamb of God that has ransomed us. The schemes of the wicked against our lives shall be brought to naught. We receive the grace to multiply and to take dominion in all spheres of our lives. This week and beyond, we shall celebrate good news in our health, marriage...

The name, Zipporah is a Hebrew name meaning "Bird". She was an Ethiopian. She was the wife of Moses and the daughter of Jethro. She was a shepherd. Some Characteristics of Zipporah: ✔ She was a shepherd. It was while she was keeping her father's flock she met Moses. We ought to get ourselves busy with work for doors of opportunity to open unto us.  ✔ She saved her husband and son by circumcising the foreskin of her son and touching the feet of her husband with it so the Lord could not kill Moses. We ought to gain insight into the things of God so that we do not become ignorant of what is required of us to do.   ✔ She bore two sons for Moses. They are Gershom and Eliezer.  ✔ She was an understanding wife who permitted her husband to embark on missions for God while she stayed with her father. Later her father reunited her with her husband. Couples should be supportive of their partners and encourage them to accomplish every mandate God has assigned the other. ...

Theme: Does the World Hates You? Text: 1 John 3:13 13 Do not marvel, my brethren, if the world hates you.  Do you feel the people around you seem not to care about you? Do you feel different from the rest? If your response is a yes and the cause is linked to your relationship with Christ, then do not marvel. The text for today encourages us not to marvel when the world (those not in the Lord) hates us. Accepting to walk with Christ is a choice to walk in light where evil deeds cannot reside. Therefore those who love evil cannot associate with you nor love you since your light may bring their deeds to the known. Count it all joy when the world hates you while faithfully abiding in God. Let nothing surprise you any longer when it has to do with the actions of those in the world. In so doing, you will have a comfortable lead.  Let us Pray: Lord let me only marvel at Your glorious deeds in my life but never let me for once be surprised by the actions of the people of the world. S...

Theme: Your Works  Text: 1 John 3:11&12 11 For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another, 12 not as Cain who was of the wicked one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil and his brother’s righteous. We leave footprints wherever we have trodden upon and usually, they are either positive or negative in the heart of those we walked with. Sometimes those from afar judge us by our works and do not necessarily need to draw close to us. Cain had a record of murder the first of its kind in human history. It tainted his image and he felt miserable about it. His descendant Lamech committed the same act simply because he was wounded. The root of unrighteousness is bitterness, hatred, and envy. It is in this vein we are admonished to love that the root of righteousness shall sprout from us. Our works of righteousness are evident just as those of evil, therefore, let us guide every action taken by love ...

Theme: Love & Righteousness Text: 1 John 3:10 10 In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother.   Usually, we use ascents to determine where an individual is from. Amazingly in my part of the world specifically Ghana, it is easy to tell where a person hails from by their ascent either while speaking his native dialect or another dialect. It is a natural manifestation of our true identity so it is with our manifestation either as children of God or the devil.  In the previous devotion, we learned whoever yields to sin is of the devil and does not walk in the will of God. To be identified as a child of God, the love and righteousness of Christ must manifest in us. It is when His love manifests in us that men will know who we are. Love urges us to keep walking in righteousness and to strive to do the will of God. How well do you relate with your broth...