Category: Inspiration

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Wake up and pray!

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And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. [ Luke 22:46 KJV ]

Temptations are never far from us; they surround us daily. But whether we fall into them or stand firm is largely determined by the temperature of our prayer life. Prayer deeply influences not only howtemptations come, but also how we respond when they arrive. And even though prayer does not remove temptation, it restrains its power. It does not cancel the battle, but it equips us to win it. When we pray, we place spiritual boundaries around our lives. And when temptation approaches our doorstep, grace is already present—strength is already supplied—to resist the fall. Every time we pray, we are signaling to God that we recognize our weakness and acknowledge that our strength is insufficient for the pressures and enticements of life. Prayer is our confession of dependence. It is our admission that without God, we cannot stand. But when we are spiritually asleep, we leave our doors wide open—to temptation, to compromise, and ultimately to destruction. Spiritual sleep robs us of the blessings, the protection, and the privileges God has reserved for those who watch and pray. What prayer secures, sleep carelessly surrenders. So stop sleeping. Wake up and pray. Stay alert and stay watchful, because temptations are not distant—they are looming all around us.

Prayer_Bead: Father, thank you for the opportunity to pray so that I will not fall into temptation. 

Wisdom_Quote: What prayer secures, sleep carelessly surrenders!

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Crossing impossible gates

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So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out, and my lord is old, shall I have pleasure?” [ Genesis 18:12 NIV ]

Sometimes, as human beings, we reach conclusions that God has never reached. We close cases that heaven has deliberately left open. We stack up evidence—reasonable, logical, convincing evidence—to prove that what God seems to be promising us cannot possibly happen. We disqualify ourselves with facts. We convince ourselves that we are not qualified candidates for the season God is announcing. Sarah did the same. And to be honest, her reasoning was sound. Everything she said about herself and her husband was true. By every natural standard, the miracle was impossible. Time had passed. Strength had faded. Biology had spoken. Her conclusions were valid—yet they were incomplete. So she laughed. Not out of mockery, but out of the sheer absurdity of the promise. And many of us have laughed too. We laugh quietly when God’s Word confronts our reality. We smile to ourselves when the promise sounds good but feels unrealistic. We laugh because, given the facts we know, the outcome seems ridiculous. Have you ever been there? A place where God’s Word feels almost impossible to fulfill? A moment when even entertaining the promise feels humorous? Yet God remains the God of all possibilities. He does not consult our timelines, our limitations, or our qualifications. He specializes in eleventh-hour interventions—when the case is closed, the evidence is final, and hope seems unreasonable. The real question is not whether the miracle is possible. The question is this: when God speaks beyond your conclusions, will you believe Him?

Prayer_Bead: Father, thank you for your sure promises. I trust that you are able to do exceedingly abundantly and above. 

Wisdom_Quote: The word of God does not fall to the ground. 

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Remember Adam’s wife

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So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate. [ Genesis 3:6 NIV ]

Adam and his wife, Eve, had always walked in the perfect harmony of the Garden of Eden. They knew its every corner, every tree, every animal, every sound. Life was complete and filled with God’s presence. Yet, there came a day when Eve’s heart would be tested, a day that would reveal the deepest desires of her soul—and the choices she would make would echo across all of humanity. On that day, she saw something she had never noticed before. Her eyes were opened—not to truth, but to illusion. She was deceived into believing that something good could emerge from a path where God was absent. And yet, God had clearly spoken: “Do not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.” He was not part of that act, and where God is absent, nothing good can ever come. Consider Nathaniel, who once asked, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” (John 1:46). The answer came not from human logic, but from divine orchestration: the Messiah indeed come from there, because God was at work. But when God is removed from a plan or a choice, destruction follows. That is exactly what happened to Adam and Eve—and by extension, to the human race. Eve saw the tree and desired it: it was pleasing to the eye, it seemed good for food, it promised wisdom. And she ate. But how did she know this? Not from God, but from the tempter, the deceiver. She embraced a counterfeit knowledge, one that contradicted God’s original instruction. So I ask you, what knowledge are you accepting today that contradicts God’s word? What voices are shaping your desires away from the truth you once knew? Before you believe a lie masquerading as wisdom, remember Eve—the woman whose inner longings were exposed by deception, and whose choice became the gateway for humanity’s fall. Guard your heart. Test every message. Seek only the wisdom that comes from God Himself.

Prayer_Bead: Almighty Father, thank you for your instructions which are guiding my path and my ways.  

Wisdom_Quote: The heart’s contents are always exposed by external things.  

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Led by God. 

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For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. [ Romans 8:14 KJV ]

Our free will as humans often gives us the feeling of complete autonomy. Yet from the beginning, free will was never meant to stand alone. It was designed to function within the life and nature of God. It was given to us not to exalt our independence, but to be willingly surrendered back to Him. Think of it like a parent who gives a child biscuits. Later, while the child is eating, the parent asks for one. In most cases, when the child gives it freely, the parent returns the biscuits—sometimes with even more. But there are children who refuse to give what was first given to them. That simple picture reflects our relationship with God. He gave us free will so that we could live fully in His likeness and nature, yet many of us choose to exercise that will outside the boundaries of who He is. When free will steps outside of God’s nature, it becomes destructive. At that point, we are no longer being led by His Spirit. And Scripture is clear: if we are not led by the Spirit, then we are not living as God’s children. The only way God is truly revealed is when a life is led by God Himself. This is why no one has ever revealed God more perfectly than His Son, Jesus Christ. Jesus did not lack a will of His own; He had one. But He consistently submitted it to the Father. He lived fully yielded, fully led by the Spirit. That is the pattern God desires for us—not a life driven by independence, but one flowing from relationship. God is calling us to live from communion, not self-direction. When we walk with Him in such a way that He takes the lead in every area of our lives, we begin to be absorbed into His nature and His life. So the question remains: are you being led by the Spirit of God, or by your senses?

Prayer_Bead: Gracious Father, thank you for leading me by your Spirit. 

Wisdom_Quote: The Spirit of God tracks the children of God.

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Remember Lot’s wife

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But Lot’s wife, behind him, looked back, and she became a pillar of salt. [ Genesis 19:26 NIV ]

Even though Scripture teaches that a husband and wife become one in marriage, God still engages with each partner individually in their personal relationship with Him. Some spouses take comfort in the devotion of their significant other to God, yet they themselves remain distant from that divine connection. But, as we saw yesterday, the fires of life—whether literal or figurative—have a way of exposing what lies hidden beneath the surface of pretense and hypocrisy. Note that, when given the opportunity to choose while journeying with Abraham, Lot selected the land that was well-watered and seemingly prosperous (Genesis 13:10-11). This choice reveals his inclination toward comfort and the finer things of life. Over time, Lot accumulated wealth and possessions in Sodom—not inherently wrong, but the problem was that he lived and acquired these things for himself. He forgot a simple truth: he was not the owner, only a steward. And then there is Lot’s wife. For much of the record, we hear little about her, but when the moment of testing came, her heart was revealed. The Scripture tells us she “looked back”—she lagged behind, unable to let go of the possessions and comforts that were being destroyed by the fire. Her attachment, her lust for what was passing, blinded her to God’s command. In the end, she perished alongside the very things she could not part with. Let Lot’s wife serve as a warning. When our hearts cling to possessions, comforts, or desires more than we cling to God, the fire of life will reveal the truth. And what we cannot release may very well be what destroys us.

Prayer_Bead: Father and Lord, thank you for daily satisfying me with your word and presence. Help me to be content with you always. 

Wisdom_Quote: The fire of God reveals everything hiding in the blind side of our hearts. 

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Remember Job’s wife 

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Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die.” [ Job 2:9 NIV ]

Often, we carry carefully formed opinions about who we are—until life puts us on trial. It is in the furnace of experience that the truth about us is revealed. The specialist who administers such tests answers to many names, but in this line of work he is best known as the Accuser of the Brethren—Satan himself. In the opening chapter of Job, Scripture tells us that Satan was roaming to and fro upon the earth (Job 1:7). When Job’s name was brought before him, Satan challenged the integrity of the man God had commended. He sought permission to test Job, not to refine him, but to invalidate God’s testimony concerning him. Permission was granted, and the testing began. What followed were trials so fierce and relentless that few would have survived them. Yet when the fires had done their work, Satan found no fault in Job. Just as Jesus declared, “the prince of this world is coming, and he has nothing in Me” (John 14:30), so it was with Job—Satan found nothing of himself in him. No hidden allegiance. No compromised loyalty. But while Job stood firm in the flames, someone else was exposed. The fire that failed to consume Job revealed what lay buried in the heart of his wife. The pressure uncovered her true attachment—not to God, but to the things that had been lost. In much the same way, when Paul gathered sticks and laid them upon the fire on the island of Malta, the heat did not invent the serpent—it exposed it (Acts 28:3). The flames always reveal what was hiding beneath the surface. So we must ask ourselves: What would the fire expose in us?

What is that thing—comfort, status, security, relationships—that could rob us of our integrity? What might tempt us to trade faithfulness for relief, or devotion for preservation? That very thing may be what costs us fellowship with God, just as it did Job’s wife. The fire is not sent to destroy the faithful—but it will always reveal where our hearts truly rest.

Prayer_Bead: Father, thank you for the grace to continue to have a working relationship with you. Help me not to trade my integrity on the bed of material things. In Jesus name. 

Wisdom_Quote: The value of your integrity is determined in the day of adversity. 

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Creation’s habitat

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for in Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also His offspring.’ [ Acts 17:28 NIV ]

God is the environment of existence itself, the great ecosystem in which all creation lives, moves, and has its being. He sustains all things. And that is how we understand that the Garden of Eden was more than a geographical location. It was the circumference of God. It was not merely a place God visited; it was a revelation of who God is. The garden portrayed the content of God, expressing different dimensions of His life and nature. That is why within the garden stood the Tree of Life—and later, in the fullness of time, Jesus would declare Himself the Bread of Life. There was also the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, alongside many other reflections of the varied expressions of God’s being. Adam and Eve were not merely placed near God; they were living in God, dwelling within His boundaries. This is also why, when they were driven out of the garden, cherubim and seraphim were stationed to guard the way. They were not simply guarding land; they were guarding access to divine life. God Himself is the solid Rock upon which we stand. Every other ground, every other promise, every other “opportunity” is sinking sand. We are who we are, and we are sustained as we are, because we dwell within the borders of the person of God. Outside those borders there is only emptiness and void. It was so in the beginning of creation. Outside God, darkness and chaos covered everything. But the Spirit of God hovered over the deep, mapping the chaos, and then God spoke Himself into it. His Word swallowed the void, introduced order, and released light. From that moment until forevermore, this has been the reality: in Him we live, and move, and have our being. All creation, the entire universe, is God’s offspring. He is the source of all that is and all that ever shall be.

Prayer_Bead: Creator and Father, thank you for being my ecosystem so that in you I live and move and have my being. 

Wisdom_Quote: There is absolutely nothing outside of God. 

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When God is on your side.

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What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? [ Romans 8:31 KJV ]

It often seems, at first glance, that so much in this world stands against the man or woman who chooses to walk with God. Yet the one who truly walks with Him can rest in this unshakeable assurance: if God is for you, nothing is against you. Anything that dares to rise against you must first rise against the God who walks beside you and that, it cannot do. God is intentional about His people. He has made deliberate plans, rich provisions, and divine arrangements for our success, our comfort, and our protection. And to anchor our confidence in Him, He even allows certain challenges, not to break us, but to prove to us that if God is with us, nothing—absolutely nothing—can stand against us. But the opposite is also true: when God Himself stands against a man or a woman, then all of life seems to rise up in opposition. Yet for those who have God on their side, the story is different. You may pass through storms, but they will not sweep you away. You may face threats, but they cannot cut your life short. Every trial has an expiration date, because God is with you in the midst of it. Just as He was with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the furnace—not keeping them from the fire, but keeping the fire from them—so He will be with you. The flames may roar, but they will not consume you. The heat may rise, but it will not harm you. For when God is for you, nothing can prevail against you.

Prayer_Bead: Father, thank you for being for me in all things. 

Wisdom_Quote: If God is for you, the world can be against you and it wouldn’t matter. 

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Unpredictable God.

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For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts. [ 2 Kings 3:17 KJV ]

We live in a world that has become very predictable. You can tell what the weather will be before you step out the door. You can almost guess the ads that will appear on your social media feed. You even know the breakfast options waiting for you at the cafeteria. Little by little, our minds have been trained to anticipate outcomes with impressive precision. With enough data, we can sketch not only tomorrow, but decades into the future. These predictions come easily because the world leaves clues—patterns, signs, trends. And with the rise of endless analytics, we have learned to read these signs so well that we often trust them more than anything else. But here lies the danger: an overreliance on what is predictable can slowly numb our faith in the God who is not bound by prediction. When we already know the weather forecast, we forget to thank the God who commands the rain. When miracles occur, we quickly search for explanations—scientific, psychological, statistical—anything that keeps us from acknowledging that God Himself stepped in. We begin to treat the supernatural as ordinary, and the hand of God as coincidence. But in our anchor text, God confronts this tendency. He declares that He will move in ways that defy signs, break patterns, and silence predictions. He says, “You shall not see wind, and you shall not see rain; yet the valley shall be filled with water.” In other words, I will give the result without the usual clues. I will bring the outcome without the indicators you depend on. Why? So that we may know that He alone is God. So that no forecaster, no algorithm, no data pattern, no human reasoning can take His glory. When God decides to act, He does what only He can do—and He does it in a way that leaves no doubt who is truly sovereign. May our faith rise above what is predictable, and fix itself on the God who fills valleys without rain and brings breakthroughs without warning.

Prayer_Bead: Omnipotent Father, thank you for doing the things only you can do. 

Wisdom_Quote: God walks into rooms without using the door and through doors without keys. 

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The reign of pride 

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When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom. [ Proverbs 11:2 NIV ]

Wisdom is never loud, never flashing for attention. It is often concealed—hidden from arrogant eyes and unreachable to impatient feet. Scripture shows us that wisdom prefers the marketplace of the simple, the quiet paths walked by those who are willing to learn. And whenever wisdom is on the move, it is humility that goes before it. When humility walks through the door, you can be certain that wisdom is following close behind. Pride, however, never travels quietly. It comes with an entourage—and disgrace sits boldly in its front row. This is the spiritual order set in life: humility ushers in wisdom, pride ushers in disgrace. So you don’t need to chase wisdom to find it, nor do you need to seek disgrace to meet it. All you must do is look for their heralds, their torchbearers. Wherever humility settles, wisdom will not be far. Wherever pride takes root, disgrace is already waiting. No one wakes up and goes searching for disgrace; they simply cling to pride, and disgrace finds them. Likewise, no one becomes wise by striving after the title “wise”—they simply walk with humility, and wisdom opens her doors to them. Understanding this divine arrangement, it becomes clear: whether we fall into the arms of disgrace or are welcomed by the gentle hands of wisdom depends on the companion we choose—pride or humility. Yet we must never forget this unchanging truth: we choose our path, but we do not get to choose its consequences.

Prayer_Bead: Omnipotent, Omniscient Father, thank you for the revelation from your word. Help me to be guided by them. 

Wisdom_Quote: Nobody goes to the market to buy disgrace. 

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