DIVINE WORD MINISTRIES

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 29th JUNE 2025 FOR A MOMENT AND FOR A PURPOSE 2 Corinthians 4:17 For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. (NIV) Any trouble or challenge God allows you to go through is for your good. It has a purpose to fulfill in you, for you and through you. If you have observed you might have found out that some of the good characters you possess now were built in you during your tough times. You became so kind and merciful because of the things you went through.  On the Christian path there are challenges but every one of us is bigger than his challenges. We might not face exactly the same thing but you are more than whatever you face. Whatever you face is momentary; it is for a time. And it is achieving for you a great weight of glory. Our walk with God produces so much in and through us which we do not take notice of. A lot of times our focus is on the trouble at hand. God wa...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 28th JUNE 2025 YOUR PRAYER IS EFFECTIVE James 5:16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. (NIV) What the above scripture mean is not to confess your wrong deeds to others but to acknowledge your wrongs towards others. That is, if you wronged a fellow Christian kindly acknowledge it to him, "I was wrong, I am sorry." That's what it means. Not confession of sins, confession of sin is to God only. The later part of this above scripture is so inspiring, "The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective." How encouraging this is to pray! A lot of times some Christians wonder if God even answered their prayers. God does answer prayers, but it's important for a Christian to recognize the power and effect of his own prayers. Your prayers are powerful and effective. How you see your prayer i...

 BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 27th JUNE 2025 THE HELP IS HERE Psalm 60:11 Give us help against the enemy; human help is worthless. (CEB) This prayer was offered by the Psalmist many years back before Jesus came. The true answer to this prayer is the Holy Spirit. After Jesus' ascension He sent the Holy Spirit to the church. We don't pray "give us help against the enemy" today, no! He has given us help: the help is here. The Holy Spirit came solely to live in and through a believer. He is the help of God to the church. What a Christian needs is not help but knowledge and understanding of the Person and Ministry of the Holy Spirit, who is the help of God.  John 14:26 But the Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, Strengthener, Standby), the Holy Spirit, Whom the Father will send in My name [in My place, to represent Me and act on My behalf], He will teach you all things. And He will cause you to recall (will remind you of, bring to...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 26th JUNE 2025 FIGHT TO FINISH Proverbs 24:16 for though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again, but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes. (NIV) It's only the fight that you fight till the end that you have a chance of winning. When boxers engaged in a competitive fight they don't win if they quit at the first or second round, and they don't lose if they were defeated in the first or second round. If you fell once or twice or even more you are not defeated if you are willing to continue the fight to the end. In the battles of life you must be ready to fight to finish.  A righteous person may fall many times but rises again. Falling is not a defeat if one is willing to rise up and fight to finish. We all have our fights, and it will continue until we depart this world.  Apostle Paul tells us to fight. He says "fight the good fight of the faith."  1 Timothy 6:12 Fight the good fight of the faith. Ta...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley  25th JUNE 2025 KEEP YOUR DREAM ALIVE Habakkuk 2:2-3 And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. (NIV) We live for God, and we live for God through the visions or dreams He inspires in our hearts. By extension we live for our dreams. Dreams are mental pictures you see about yourself being a blessing to others.  God told Habakkuk to write down the vision he saw and make it plain on tablet. That's the first step to running with a vision. Write down your vision. And God went on to say "For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry." Your dream or vision will surely c...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 24th JUNE 2025 AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL -- LIGHT Psalms 30:5 For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life; Weeping may endure for a night, But joy comes in the morning. (NJKV) Weeping may endure for a night. That night is a season. That season could be a month, a year, two years, five years or more. But at the end of the night comes the morning. There is always a morning after a night. And that morning comes with joy.  You may be in your night season right now when everywhere around you is dark and things look uncertain. And you are patiently waiting for the daylight; waiting for things to change for good. It's like going through a dark tunnel and hoping for light at the end of it. There shall be light for you at the end of the tunnel. People may have stories of your dark days and hard times but soon they shall see your light and rejoice with you.  Mostly, night seasons are tough times. The Bible says "Weeping ...