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Talk to Jesus

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When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” [ Mark 10:47 NIV ]

How often we burden ourselves with unnecessary suffering, stress, and pain. We carry weights that were never assigned to us, simply because we refuse to talk to Jesus. Many of our struggles persist not because they are unsolvable, but because they are unspoken. There was a moment when the disciples were with Jesus at sea, and suddenly a violent storm arose. Jesus, however, was asleep in the lower part of the boat. Before they cried out to Him, the disciples attempted to manage the crisis on their own. After all, most of them were seasoned fishermen. They relied on experience, skill, and strength—but all of it proved fruitless. Only when they were exhausted and overwhelmed did they call out to Jesus, saying, “Do You not care that we are perishing?” Jesus arose, spoke to the wind, and instantly there was calm. One word from Him succeeded where all their effort failed. Imagine how much distress they could have spared themselves if they had spoken to Jesus sooner. Consider also the man known as Blind Bartimaeus. He had lived in darkness for many years. One day, he heard that Jesus was passing by. This was not a moment to be silent. He cried out to Jesus with urgency and faith. Even when the crowd tried to silence him, he refused to be stopped. He spoke directly to Jesus and made his request known. Immediately, his eyes were opened, and he began to see. What he had lacked for years came in a moment because he seized the opportunity to talk to Jesus. How many answers are delayed because we remain silent? Jesus told His disciples, “Until now you have asked nothing in My name.” Then He invited them to ask, promising that their joy would be full. Yet too often, we exhaust ourselves striving, struggling, and attempting to fix what only God can resolve. Stop carrying burdens that conversation with Jesus can remove. Stop wrestling with storms that one word from Him can calm. Speak to Jesus. Ask. Cry out. Your breakthrough may not require more effort—only more prayer.

Prayer_Bead: Heavenly Father, thank you for the provisions you have made for me in Christ Jesus. 

Wisdom_Quote: It is unwise exhausting yourself to fix what only God can fix. 

Salvation Prayer: Dear Jesus, thank you for the provision you have made for my salvation through your sacrifice on my behalf. I accept you as my Saviour and Lord. 

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The cost of ignorance 

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“His master replied, ‘You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed? [ Matthew 25:26 NIV ]

The cost of ignorance is not merely high—it is immeasurable, deeply regrettable, and spiritually bankrupting. Ignorance does not always announce itself as rebellion; sometimes it comes clothed in sincerity. Yet its consequences are just as severe. In the parable of the talents, the servant who received one talent did not lose everything because he lacked opportunity, but because he lacked understanding. He was ignorant of the true nature of his master. Convinced that his master was harsh and exploitative—one who reaped where he did not sow—he acted on a false conclusion. What he believed to be a reasonable fear was, in reality, a fatal misjudgment. That ignorance cost him his gift, his position, and ultimately his life. What makes his failure even more tragic is that his distorted view of the master blinded him from thinking creatively or responsibly. His heart was so occupied with fault-finding that he could not see a wiser response. Ironically, the master himself later revealed what the servant should have done—at the very least, he could have invested the money and returned it with interest. But ignorance had already paralyzed initiative and buried potential. In the kingdom of God, ignorance is not an exemption from accountability. This is why knowledge is not optional; it is essential. Scripture warns us plainly that God’s people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. When we neglect our responsibilities under the excuse of ignorance, the consequences do not disappear. Obligation remains, judgment remains, and loss remains. Ignorance may feel harmless, but in the kingdom, it is costly.

Prayer_Bead: Father, thank you for showing me not to lean on ignorance in my walk with you. 

Wisdom_Quote: Ignorance is a brilliant leader of destruction. 

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Don’t forget Jesus

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When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” They said to him, “Twelve.”[ Mark 8:19 NIV ]

Whenever we read or hear that five loaves of bread and two fishes fed five thousand men—excluding women and children because they could not be counted—we must remember that such a miracle never happens in isolation. Miracles are often told as stories of outcomes, while the Miracle Worker is quietly left out. But no matter the size or nature of a miracle, one constant remains: the Miracle Worker can never be ignored. Five loaves and two fishes, by themselves, are not enough to feed five thousand men. Without Jesus, they are simply lunch. It is His presence that turns scarcity into abundance. We must never leave out Jesus. The reason many people are not seeing or experiencing miracles is not because miracles have ceased, but because they want the miracle apart from the Miracle Worker. And that can never happen. Jesus is not an add-on to the miracle—He is the miracle package Himself. Nothing multiplies without the Multiplier. So while many chase signs, wonders, and supernatural outcomes, wisdom teaches us to seek the One who produces them. Find the Miracle Worker, not just the miracle. Look for Jesus, for He is the miracle within the miracle. Do not forget Him in your pursuit of what He gives, because without Him, what you seek does not—and cannot—exist.

Prayer_Bead: Father, thank you for the privilege to see you as my Miracle. 

Wisdom_Quote: Jesus is the Miracle in every miracle. 

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A time to sow

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Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. [ Galatians 6:7 KJV ]

We must be careful about the kind of seeds we sow, especially at the beginning of a new year or as we step into a new season. Seedtime and harvest are inseparably connected—what we sow is exactly what we will reap. Because of this, we cannot afford to sow carelessly. In due time, a harvest will come, and it will reveal the nature of the seeds we planted, whether or not we considered the outcome. What is planted will grow, and what grows will be reaped. So let us not be deceived: whatever a person sows, that is what they will reap in due season. No one sows weeds and expects wheat. No one plants rice and anticipates grass. This is a principle God embedded into His creation, and because it comes from Him, it cannot be mocked or bypassed. What God put in place is what we experience. No one can truthfully say they sowed one thing and reaped another. This is why the man with one talent, who refused to invest it, received nothing more in return. He harvested exactly what he sowed. After many years, all he had to show was what he originally buried. The harvest simply revealed the seed. So choose your seeds carefully, because the ground is faithful, time is relentless, and the harvest is inevitable.

Prayer_Bead: Incredible God, thank you for your order. As I sow faithfully, I appreciate you for the bountiful harvest. 

Wisdom_Quote: What a man sows is what they reap.  

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Stand firm

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Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. [ Galatians 5:1 KJV ]

The Lord Jesus purchased our freedom by paying the full and final price. Through His sacrifice, He handed us the legal proof of our release. We are no longer slaves to the law that once condemned us; its hold over us has been broken by the cross. Yet here is the sober truth: freedom must be guarded. Like a precious jewel, it can be mishandled, neglected, or even lost if it is not protected. This is why Scripture urges us to stand firm in the freedom Christ has secured for us. To stand firm means to resist every attempt—whether from the pressures around us or the desires within us—that seeks to drag us back into the bondage from which we were delivered. Do not allow yourself to be entangled again with a yoke of slavery after Jesus has paid so dearly for your release. Christ has done His part fully and perfectly. Our responsibility now is to maintain what He has secured. We are called to stand our ground, to guard our liberty, and to refuse every invitation to return to chains we no longer belong to. So stand firm in the freedom you have received. Do not lose what was purchased for you at such a great cost. Hold fast to your liberty—and live as one who is truly free.

Prayer_Bead: Father, thank you for the privilege to be set free from the yoke of bondage. 

Wisdom_Quote: Freedom came through Jesus, but living in freedom requires our compliance. 

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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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Divine Seekers

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In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? ( Luke 24:5 NIV )

The Bible says, “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you” (Matthew 7:7). However, where and how we ask, knock, or seek plays a major role in finding what we want. In the scripture above, the Angels asked the women who had gone to the tomb of Jesus, “Why do you seek the living among the dead?” This implies that even though we are assured that we will find when we seek, looking in the wrong place can make the search futile. The angels’ question suggested that while the women’s search was genuine, the location of their search rendered it meaningless. When searching for something, it is paramount to know where it can be found; otherwise, the search will be in vain. Something is not found merely because you are searching desperately for it. No matter how fervently you search, if you are looking in the wrong place, you will not find it. In our spiritual journey, we will discover spiritual treasures and realities only when we seek them in the right place. The Bible says, “No one pours new wine into old wineskins.” Your search should align with the location of what you seek. You cannot look for the fruit of the Spirit on the tree of the flesh or in an environment devoid of the Spirit. Walk (search) in the Spirit, and you will find the treasures of the Spirit.

Prayer_Bead: Lord Jesus, thank you for the privilege to search diligently for spiritual treasures and at the right place too.

Wisdom_Quote: The seeker finds in the right search area.

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Your replacement

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“I tell you,” he replied, “if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.” ( Luke 19:40 NIV )

Jesus’ disciples were joyfully praising Him for all the miracles they had seen Him perform. The Pharisees saw this and asked Jesus to rebuke His disciples. In response, Jesus said that if His disciples kept quiet and did not praise Him, the stones would cry out in their place. This is where we want to draw our lessons from. Many times, when we neglect our assignments and obligations, someone or something of lower status carries them out—and often does so even better. For instance, the gospel first came to the Jews, God’s chosen people. However, when they neglected it, the gospel was sent to the Gentiles, a people who were once rejected. And they embraced it. Paul writes that the aim was to provoke the Jews to jealousy (see Romans 11:11). In another instance, Balaam’s donkey spoke to him when he was bent on disobedience. At that moment, an Angel of the Lord had blocked the path, but Balaam couldn’t see him. Since Balaam was blind to the angel’s presence, God chose an animal—a lower-order creation—to see the angel instead (see Numbers 22:21-30). When Saul disobeyed God, the throne was taken from him and given to David, a younger and less regal person. Mordecai, Queen Esther’s uncle, gave us insight into this principle when he told Esther that she had been brought to her royal position for such a time as this. However, if she refused to do what was expected of her, God would bring help from another place—likely outside the royal palace (see Esther 4:14). This teaches us that sometimes, the seemingly negative things we see around us, such as sickness and poverty, may be allowed by God to manifest His glory. It could be that our disobedience has activated and empowered such things against us. Therefore, whatever we are supposed to do within our power, let us do it to the glory of God.

Prayer_Bead: Heavenly Father, thank you for your divine directives to me. I walk in absolute obedience to your word. So help me God.

Wisdom_Quote: Your replacement is activated when you neglect your responsibility and duties.

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Seeing Jesus

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So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way. ( Luke 19:4 NIV )

The text above speaks about a wealthy tax collector in the days of Jesus named Zacchaeus. The Scriptures describe him as short. However, his height did not impede him from seeing Jesus; it was the crowd that hindered him. If there had not been such a large crowd, he would have seen Jesus. Sometimes, people and our environment try to hinder us from encountering the Word of God. The woman with the issue of blood had to press through the crowd to reach Jesus. The blind man, Bartimaeus, was discouraged by those around him from encountering Jesus, but he broke through with persistence. The world around us does not want us to engage with God’s Word. This is why, like all the people mentioned who were hindered by their environment and those around them, we need to rise above every obstacle. Social media could be a hindrance to our walk with God, but we must rise above it. Until we overcome the things that stand in our way, we cannot fully engage with the truth of God’s Word. We live in a world where everything seems to flow without resistance—except the Word of God. Because so much seems to fight against our encounter with the Word, we must run ahead of the obstacles, just as Zacchaeus did. The Word of God comes to us daily, but due to various obstructions, we must take deliberate steps to engage with it. Rise above the obstacles that stand in your way.


Prayer_Bead: Father, thank you for the privilege to hear your word. Show me a way out of the obstacles that impede my access to your word. 

Wisdom_Quote: Climb above the obstacles that stand between you and God’s word to you.

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Standing firm

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If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand. (Mark 3:25 NIV )

There are substances that bind materials together—adhesives. However, these adhesives do not just bind things together; they operate based on certain principles that must be adhered to. Many times, for something to stand firm, it requires necessary support. And that support must be capable of bearing the load it is intended to carry. The substances that bind things together do so not merely because they are adhesives, but because the materials involved obey the rules of engagement that allow for binding. When Jesus made the statement about a house divided against itself not being able to stand, He was not only referring to families. This principle also applies to any institution or establishment. Where people disagree, they cannot stand together. A house divided against itself can symbolize families, relationships, or businesses. But whatever the “house” represents, division will ultimately lead to its downfall. Therefore, for any house to stand in any situation, there must be agreement. We cannot stand with God if we are not in agreement with His Word. Stability comes not only from the components that make up a structure but also from the elements that bind those components together. A brick wall does not stand merely because it is made of bricks; it stands because of the mortar that holds the bricks together. In your walk with God, are your ways divided against His ways? The sons of Sceva attempted to do what Paul was doing but failed because their ways were divided against the established ways and practices of God (Acts 19:14–16).

Prayer_Bead: Lord, thank you for teaching me this principle of life. Help me to gather where you gather.

Wisdom_Quote: Wherever the carcass is, there the vultures gather.

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