His Voice Devotional

TEXT : Romans 4:19   *And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb:*   *God's promise is Yes and Amen always. He has never failed because He can never fail.*  But for every of His promise to you, you need faith to receive it. Little wonder Hebrews 11:6 says *without faith it is impossible to please God, for whoever comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who diligently search for him.*  Faith is one commodity you can't afford to joke with as a child of God.  By nature, man only believes in what he can see and touch. But as a child of God,  you are not supposed to dwell within the natural realm but in the spiritual.  In God's kingdom, we live by Faith and not by sight. 2 Cor. 5:7.  A number of times, we are been limited and cheated because of the "seen realities".   *When you dwell on your senses, ...

Text: 1 John 2:16   *For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.*  The last content of "All that is in the world" we shall be looking at today is Pride of life.   *The motive behind many people's strive for achievements and status is pride of life.*  In Genesis 3:6, Eve saw the tree (of the knowledge of good and evil) as a _tree desirable to make one wise_ , she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate. Eve and Adam took from the tree because of their desire to be wise. The serpent had deceived them. The very people that were created in the likeness and image of God had been deceived. Satan lied to them that their eyes needed to be opened to be like God. That was a great deception you know. He deceived them by painting this lies: " _For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like ...

Text: Luke 5:24   *So I will prove to you that the Son of Man has the authority on earth to forgive sins." Then Jesus turned to the paralyzed man and said, "Stand up, pick up your mat, and go home!"*   *Healing is part of God's programme of salvation.* Sin is the root cause of all the problems encountering man, hence if the Lord has given forgiveness, then He has also given healing. When Jesus declared forgiveness of sin upon the paralytic man, he perceived the thoughts in the hearts of the pharisee, and he said to them:  "Why do you question this in your hearts?" Luke 5:22. He thereafter proved to them that He has the authority to forgive sins on earth. He proved his authority by asking the young man to stand, pick up his mat and go home. (Luke 5:24)  *Healing is simply a proof that Jesus forgives sins. So, if you believe in Jesus' authority to forgive sins, then you also must believe that He heals as well.*   *Forgiveness of sin is a package whi...

Text: John 10:4   *When he has driven out all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they recognize his voice.*   *As a Father, God is always speaking to His children. The question is, do you hear Him speak?*  Often, you hear questions like, how can I  hear God speak to me? How do I  know if it is the voice of God? Does God speaks to everyone? Just imagine that you are a father with five children, would you speak to two of your children and never have anything to do with the other three? Under normal circumstances, every Father wants to have good rapport with his children. Much more than an earthly father, God desires a very good rapport with all His children.  Because many do not have a good working relationship with their earthly fathers, who ought to model a good and loving father figure to them, a lot already have a distorted idea of the fatherhood nature of God.   *One of the ploys of the enemy is to make m...

Text: Revelation 2:4  *Nevertheless I have [this] against you, that you have left your first love.*  Our Lord Jesus Christ delivered seven letters to the seven churches in Asia, present-day Turkey, through the hands of seven angels unto John. It is worthy to note that all the seven churches are located quite close to one another. This means that many churches/believers can be in the same city and be responding to God's commands at different frequency. The messages to these seven churches remain ever-true messages for churches(Believers) throughout all ages. Hence, we must pay close attention to each of the messages so we will not fall victim of the same  predicament. For the church in Ephesus, Jesus has this to say: 1."I know your works, 2. I know your labor, 3. I know your patience, and 4.  I know that you cannot bear those who are evil.  5.And you have tested those who say they are apostles and are not, and have found them liars; 6. You have persevered, 7.You ...

Text: James 1:25.  *But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.*   *No one looks into the mirror expecting to see the reflection of another person,  the word of God is like a mirror,  how much of yourself are you seeing there?*  The word of God is a mirror. When you look into it, you are expected to see yourself and make ammendments.  James 1:23&24 say, if anyone hears the word but is not obedient to it, he is like a man who looks at himself in a mirror,  and studies himself carefully, and then goes off and immediately forgets what he looks like. On a norms, when you look at yourself in the mirror and noticed some imperfections be it in your dressing or your body, the normal thing to do is to right the wrongs.  It will be sheer madness to look at yourself in the mirror and refused to make adjustments where such is...

Text : Mark  12:30.  *And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.*  A lawyer of the Pharisees came to Jesus with the big question- what is the greatest commandment in the law? In response to his question, Jesus gave what I refer to as the love triangle.  Without mincing words,  Jesus said “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. ’Mathew 22:37. This is the first arm of the triangle.  Here,God is demanding for your 100% love.   *Can you honestly say you love the Lord with ALL YOUR HEART, SOUL, MIND AND STRENGTH?* This is the kind of love God is demanding of you. Love is all-encompassing, when you are truly in love, you trust easily and you can go to any length for your lover.  *You can gauge your love for God by how much you trust Him with your life.*  While the lawye...