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Yielded to the Father

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For I did not speak on my own, but the Father who sent me commanded me to say all that I have spoken.[ John 12:49 NIV ]

The Lord Jesus Christ stands as the perfect expression of God’s pleasure and God’s desire for humanity. In His life, we see the very heart of the Father revealed. He did nothing out of self-will. He did nothing independently. At every moment and in every matter, He yielded completely to the Father. Jesus showed us that the pathway to the heart of God is love. And to love the Father is not merely to speak affectionate words—it is to obey His commands. True love for God is expressed through submission. It is demonstrated through obedience. And as we walk in obedience, we begin to reflect His nature and His essence. His character is formed in us. His life is revealed through us. And everyone around us begins to see that we are no longer the same. Our Lord exemplified this truth perfectly. So when the prince of this world came against Him, he found nothing in Him—nothing to accuse, nothing to exploit, nothing to corrupt. “I will not speak with you much longer, for the prince of this world is coming. He has no hold over Me, but he comes so that the world may know that I love the Father and do exactly what My Father has commanded Me.” (John 14:30–31)

Jesus turned the moment of satanic testing into a testimony of divine love. What was meant to be an attack became a revelation. The enemy’s coming became proof of Christ’s obedience. Satan arrived, not to defeat Him, but to confirm that He truly loved the Father. In the same way, for all who desire to live like Jesus, temptation is not merely a danger—it is an opportunity. It is a moment to demonstrate our love for God. It is a chance to declare, through our choices, that we will not compromise. It is the opportunity to show that the devil has nothing in us. Jesus had the power to do whatever He wanted, whenever He wanted. Yet He chose submission. He chose obedience. He chose alignment with the Father’s will. You, too, are free to do whatever you desire. But if you truly love the Father, you will choose only what pleases Him. If you love Him, you will not be governed by convenience, pressure, or passion—you will be governed by His will. And as you live this way, your life will become a living testimony: A witness that the Father is loved. A witness that Christ is formed in you. A witness that the enemy has no place in your heart.

Prayer_Bead: Father, thank you for the privilege to learn from the example of Jesus. Help me to yield to you wholly as He did. 

Wisdom_Quote: True love for God is expressed through submission and not affectionate words. 

Salvation Prayer: Dear Jesus, I yield and surrender to you as you did to the Father. Be my Lord and Saviour. 

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Charity or Not

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“Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven. [ Matthew 6:1 NIV ]

The Bible does not only commend good works; it also gives clear instructions on how those works are to be done so that they carry eternal value. Among these is the call to charitable deeds. There is nothing wrong with generosity—indeed, Scripture commands it. But God is not only concerned with what we do; He is deeply concerned with why and how we do it. Charity that is done for display may impress people, but it does not move heaven. When we give merely to be seen, applauded, and celebrated, we may receive the praise of men—but that applause becomes our full reward. Heaven adds nothing to it. God owes no further blessing to a heart that sought human attention instead of divine approval. Every genuine act is rewarded by God, but only when it follows His divine order. Intention matters. Motive matters. The posture of the heart matters. If our desire is to catch the attention of heaven, then we must be willing to lose the attention of men. If we want God’s reward, we must resist the temptation of public recognition. We must learn to please God by doing what He desires, in the way He desires it. That is why Scripture begins with a solemn warning: “Take heed.” In other words, be alert. Be careful. Pay attention. Examine your motives. Guard your heart. God is calling us to more than visible service—He is calling us to sincere devotion. So let us listen to His instruction and walk in obedience, that our labour will not only be seen on earth, but also be honoured in heaven. When our service is pure, our reward is sure.

Prayer_Bead: Father, thank you for showing me how to be divinely relevant through your word. Help me to obey them accordingly. 

Wisdom_Quote: When our service is pure, our rewards are sure. 

Salvation Prayer: Dear Lord Jesus, I yield my heart to you and I surrender my will to you. I choose you this day as my Lord and Saviour. 

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Do you really believe?

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Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his promises to her!” [ Luke 1:45 NIV ]

In our walk with God and in our daily interaction with Him, we must understand the foundational principle that governs our relationship with heaven. That principle is faith. Scripture declares that without faith, it is impossible to please God. Faith is not optional in the kingdom—it is essential. Where faith is present, possibilities are awakened, and what once seemed unreachable becomes attainable. This is why our first concern must not be the size of our need or the weight of our circumstance, but the health of our faith. Before we examine the promise, we must examine our belief. Before we magnify the problem, we must strengthen our trust in God. For when faith is alive, no situation is truly dead. Even when our faith appears small, cut down, or weakened, at the scent of genuine trust in God, dry places begin to breathe again, and hopeless situations rise to life. We survive in the kingdom of God on the platform of belief. Faith is the currency of heaven. What we believe drives our actions, shapes our perseverance, and determines how far we journey with God. Our theology becomes our testimony, and our convictions become our conduct. When we believe that God is faithful, He proves Himself faithful. When we trust that He will honour His Word, He honours it down to the very letter. Heaven responds to confident faith. So I ask you today: Has God spoken a word over your life? Has He given you a promise concerning your future, your family, your calling, or your destiny? Then stand on it. Hold fast to it. Believe it without wavering. For God will perform what He has spoken, and He will deliver on His Word according to your faith.

Prayer_Bead: Dear Lord, thank you for honouring your every word in my life. 

Wisdom_Quote: At the scent of your trust in God, faith comes alive. 

Salvation Prayer: Lord Jesus, thank you for the opportunity to trust in your salvation. Please save me and make me a child of God. 

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Our future identity

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Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.[ 1 John 3:2 NIV ]

The full manifestation of our identity in Christ has not yet been revealed. We are truly children of God, yet we are not meant to remain children forever. We are growing—being shaped and formed—into the image and stature of Christ. This is why Scripture declares that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him. And the reason we shall be like Him is this: we shall see Him as He truly is. Until that day, our vision is still incomplete. We do not yet see Him fully as He is. Many layers of lenses distort our sight—societal pressures, cultural expectations, human traditions, and worldly values. These things cloud our understanding and limit our perception of His true identity. But there is a revelation of Jesus that transforms without resistance. When Christ is truly revealed to a person, He reshapes that life. He reforms the heart. He reproduces His image within us. This is the kind of encounter Moses experienced on the mountain. When he met God, he did not return the same man. He was changed—marked by glory, transformed by presence, altered by revelation. In the same way, right now, we carry within us the seed of our true identity in Christ. That seed has been planted by grace. It has been watered by the Spirit. And it is waiting for the appearing of Jesus to blossom into full glory. What we are now is only the beginning of what we shall become. So while we wait to be fully clothed with that heavenly identity, as the apostle Paul teaches (2 Corinthians 5:2-4), we must be mindful of how we live. We must be conscious of how we speak, how we walk, and how we represent the kingdom to which we belong. For we are not citizens of this world first—we are citizens of the Kingdom of God. And until the day our identity is fully revealed in glory, let us live as worthy ambassadors of Christ, reflecting His character, displaying His nature, and preparing our hearts for the moment when we shall see Him face to face and be like Him forever.

Prayer_Bead: Father, thank you for my true identity in you. As I wait to be clothes, help me to remain faithful and allegiant to you. 

Wisdom_Quote: The lens you’re wearing determines what Christ looks like.

Salvation Prayer: Lord Jesus, I believe in your identity as Saviour and Lord. Save me and clothed me with a new identity. 

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Prepare the way

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After these things the Lord appointed seventy others also, and sent them two by two before His face into every city and place where He Himself was about to go. [ Luke 10:1 NIV ]

John the Baptist was sent ahead of Jesus to prepare the way for Him. A forerunner does not merely arrive first; he makes the work of the One who follows easier. He clears obstacles, softens resistance, and makes hearts ready. Because of this preparation, when Jesus finally spoke, His words did not sound strange. They sounded familiar. They resonated. They found prepared ground. In the same way, whenever we go out with the gospel, the Spirit of the Word goes ahead of us. Before our voices are heard, the Holy Spirit is already at work. He is stirring hearts, opening minds, and awakening spiritual hunger. He prepares people inwardly so that when the Word finally reaches them through us, it does not fall on deaf ears. It feels recognizable. It feels right. It brings comfort, conviction, and transformation. This was the very pattern of Christ’s own ministry. Jesus often sent His disciples ahead of Him into towns and villages He would later visit. Their assignment was not merely to speak—it was to prepare. They were cultivating spiritual soil. And when Jesus Himself arrived, He met hearts that were already open and ready to receive Him. So it is with us today. When we speak to someone about Christ, we are not just sharing information. We are participating in divine preparation. We are cooperating with the Holy Spirit in shaping a heart for salvation. And it does not end with our words. After we have spoken, the Spirit continues the work. He follows up. He reveals truths they could not have known on their own. He brings conviction, understanding, and faith. So, every time you speak about Jesus, understand this: you are preparing the way for the Spirit of Truth. You are opening a door for heaven to visit a human heart. You are setting in motion a process that God Himself will complete. So speak boldly. Speak faithfully. For when you prepare the way, God will surely come.

Prayer_Bead: Father, thank you for making me a partner in your reconciliation work. As I speak to people, thank you for visiting them in a unique way. 

Wisdom_Quote: A forerunner does not merely arrive first; he bears responsibilities.

Salvation Prayer: Lord Jesus, I believe in you as Saviour and Lord. Save me. 

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Break the Jar!

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Dividing the three hundred men into three companies, he placed trumpets and empty jars in the hands of all of them, with torches inside.[ Judges 7:16 NIV ]

When Gideon was called by God to lead his nation into battle, his first response was not courage but retreat. He fled from the call because the assignment sounded impossible—unthinkable even in a million lifetimes. Yet the angel who confronted him addressed him with a startling title: “Mighty man of valour.” Gideon did not feel mighty, and nothing about his circumstances suggested valor. That declaration was not a description of what Gideon appeared to be, but a revelation of what God had already placed within him. The call exposed an internal reality that had not yet manifested outwardly. And once Gideon embraced that call, he reproduced the same divine strategy among the three hundred men who stood with him. Gideon recognized something profound: there was a light, a torch, burning inside him that needed to be announced with a trumpet. So he instructed the three hundred to take trumpets in one hand, and empty jars in the other, with torches hidden inside. A torch concealed in a clay jar gives no hint of the light it carries—until the moment it is revealed. The enemy could not see the light until it was too late. The New Testament gives language to what Gideon intuitively understood:

“But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.” (2 Corinthians 4:7) When the three hundred broke the jars, lifted the torches, and sounded the trumpets, victory came—not because of their strength, but because God’s power was on display. They understood that the triumph did not originate in them; it flowed through them. So it is with the believer. We are a city set upon a hill that cannot be hidden. Wherever the believer goes, whatever the believer does, the light within cannot remain concealed. But we must be quick to recognize this truth: it is not our brilliance, our skill, or our strength on display—it is the power of God at work in us. There is a treasure inside you. Break the jar. Lift the light. Let the world see it.

Prayer_Bead: Father, thank you for the treasure you have hidden in me. Let the jar break so that your light will benefit my world. 

Wisdom_Quote: There is a light inside of you, concealed by a clay jar—break the jar!

Salvation Prayer: Dear Lord, thank you for breaking everything covering me from truly seeing your light. I accept you as my Lord and Saviour from this day forward. Come and dwell in my heart and life. Amen. 

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Do you believe in Jesus?

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Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. [ John 14:12 NIV ]

What is the true proof that a person believes in Jesus? According to our Lord Himself, the evidence of belief is not merely in words spoken, but in works done. Jesus said that those who believe in Him will do the works that He did. Yet too often, we measure salvation by how loudly someone can “speak Jesus,” while their life bears little resemblance to His. That is a deeply flawed and dangerous standard. Belief is not proven by confession alone; it is revealed through imitation. When our lives begin to mirror the works and deeds of Christ, then—and only then—can we confidently say that we believe in Him. This is how belief works in every other area of life. When we truly believe in a person, we absorb their ways. Over time, their mindset shapes our thinking, their values influence our choices, and eventually, their actions are reproduced in us—even before we ever sound like them. So do you believe in Jesus? You don’t need to answer that question with your mouth. Your life is already answering it. If you truly believe Him, your life will echo His works. His deeds will announce your faith long before your words do. And beyond that, you will do even greater works—not because you are greater, but because Jesus is with the Father. Therefore, do not merely proclaim your belief in Christ. Live it. Let the life you live testify to the Christ you believe in. Let your obedience preach. Let your works speak. Let your life become the megaphone through which the revelation of Jesus is made known to the world.

Prayer_Bead: Father, thank you for doing the works of Jesus through me because I believe in Him. 

Wisdom_Quote: The life you live testifies to the person you believe in. 

Salvation Prayer: Lord Jesus, I believe that you are the Son of God and that you came into the world, died and was buried. On the third day you resurrected for my justification. I accept your offer of eternal life. Reign in my life now and forever. 

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God’s megaphone: the power of the Cross

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For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel—not with wisdom and eloquence, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power. [ 1 Corinthians 1:17 NIV ]

When the gospel of Christ is proclaimed through the megaphone of human wisdom and eloquence, the cross of Christ is emptied of its power. What saves, transforms, and delivers is not the brilliance of our speech but the weight of the cross itself. Every preacher of Christ—indeed, every believer—must understand what we have been called to do and commit to doing exactly that. The Lord Jesus, by His Spirit, supplies everything necessary for the faithful delivery of His message. Any method, tool, or approach that replaces His design ultimately weakens the message. This is His gospel, and it must be preached the way He has instructed—not adjusted to suit our confidence, intellect, or performance. The moment we begin to rely on our words, our intelligence, or our speaking ability rather than on the power released through the cross, we rob our hearers of something sacred. We deprive them of an encounter with the power of Christ—the very power that transforms hearts, restores lives, and brings salvation. Remain anchored to the strategy God has entrusted to you for representing Him and disseminating the gospel. When we stay aligned with His way, the power of God rests upon His strategy, and lives are changed. Do not merely teach, preach, or speak about Jesus casually or carelessly. Speak of Him as one who is painting a living picture. Let the influence of Christ in your life be the colours on the canvas, and let the cross remain the centerpiece that gives the painting its power.

Prayer_Bead: Father, thank you for sending your word into my life to transform me. 

Wisdom_Quote: The power of God rests on His strategy 

Salvation Prayer: Dear Lord, thank you for your word of truth. I believe you are the Son of God and you came into the world for my justification and redemption. Be my Lord and save me. 

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Remember Egypt. 

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Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and follow carefully these decrees. [ Deuteronomy 16:12 NIV ]

One of the most critical keys to growth and lasting progress is the discipline of remembrance. We often forget too quickly where God has brought us from, and that forgetfulness comes at a great cost. When memory fades, momentum is lost. Many people find themselves trapped in a painful cycle of despair and frustration, repeatedly returning to old places and patterns, not because deliverance failed, but because remembrance did. When we lose sight of where we came from, we slowly drift back toward it. To guard His people against this danger, God commanded the Israelites—and by extension, He instructs us—to remember that they were once slaves in Egypt, a picture of our former bondage to sin. Forgetfulness causes free people to live with a slave’s mindset. When they forget their history, they begin to carry the posture, fears, and limitations of bondage into a season of freedom. This is why God insisted that they remember: not to shame them, but to anchor them in their new identity. They were no longer slaves. But remembrance alone was not enough. God also commanded them to keep His decrees. This was the surest way to prevent their souls from wandering back into captivity. In slavery, they lived under the decrees of taskmasters; in freedom, they were to live under the decrees of their God. Every life lives under a governing word—either the voice of bondage or the word of liberty. The same truth applies to us. We were once slaves to sin and its dark influence, but God set us free through the blood of His Son. The way to remain in that freedom is clear and uncompromising: remember where you have been delivered from, and submit yourself to the Word that now governs your life in the light. This is the guarantee of staying free. Do not take your redemption lightly. Guard it with obedience. Treasure it through remembrance. Become a student of the Word. Freedom is sustained by those who remember their deliverance and choose, daily, to live under the rule of God’s truth.

Prayer_Bead: Father, thank you for the privilege of freedom. Help me to keep your decrees. In Jesus’ name. 

Wisdom_Quote: Freedom is only complete when the mind of the slave is free. 

Salvation Prayer: Dear Lord Jesus, thank you for the price you paid to free me from darkness. I embrace your love and accept this provision. Be my Lord, now and forever. 

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Repair your mind

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Because she thought, “If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed.” [ Mark 5:28 NIV ]

When Elijah stepped into confrontation with the prophets of Baal, he did something deeply instructive—something easily missed if we read too quickly. After the prophets of Baal had exhausted themselves with rituals, noise, and desperate theatrics, the moment came for Elijah to call on his God. Scripture records it simply: “Then Elijah said to all the people, ‘Come here to me.’ They came to him, and he repaired the altar of the LORD, which had been torn down” (1 Kings 18:30). Notice the order. Elijah did not continue from where the prophets of Baal stopped. He did not attempt to sanctify what had already failed. He did not build on a broken foundation, even though he could have argued—correctly—that God is able to do anything. Yes, God is able to do all things, but He does not do everything. His power does not bypass His order. Before Elijah called for fire, he repaired the altar. Before heaven responded, the foundation was restored. God does not pour new wine into old wineskins. If we want the new, we must release the old. If we desire fresh fire, there must be repaired altars. Growth often demands that we outgrow what once carried us. This principle appears again in the woman with the issue of blood. While others saw only the humanity of Jesus, she discerned His divinity. When her condition should have trained her to accept permanence, she chose faith instead. She said within herself, “If I just touch His clothes, I will be healed.” And she believed it. And precisely what she believed, she received. Your expectation is not too much for God. But it may require a renewed mind. It may require repairs on the altar of your thinking. Before you ask for fire, pause. Let God renew your perspective. Repair what has been broken in your understanding and then call on Him.

Prayer_Bead: Father in Heaven, thank you for showing me this timeless truth. Help me to have my mind renewed in your word. 

Wisdom_Quote: The man goes where his mind went. In other words, you’re the shadow of your mind. 

Salvation Prayer: Lord Jesus, thank you for saving me because I believe in your salvation. 

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