DIVINE WORD MINISTRIES

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 30th SEPTEMBER 2024 BROUGHT OUT AND BROUGHT IN Colossians 1:13 who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love; (NIV) Though the physical world is one there are two spiritual Kingdoms in operation. The Kingdom of darkness and the Kingdom of light. Everyone belongs in either spiritually.  Those who are not born again are in the Kingdom of darkness and under its power, dominion and jurisdiction. There lives are being controlled by the devil and his cohorts. But the born agains have been delivered out of the power and dominion of darkness, and are translated into the Kingdom of light.  Don't live in fear of the devil and his works. You are not under his control or dominion. Not only that he doesn't have right over your life he doesn't have power (ability) over your life either. He is not in charge of your life and circumstances; he doesn't dictate the pace of you...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 29th SEPTEMBER 2024 A PURCHASED PEOPLE 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies. (NIV) Every Christian is God's special possession. He owns you legally. The Holy Spirit lives you not just for residing sake but that you are His property. You were bought at a price. And God expect you to glorify Him with your body.  The church is a purchased people. Jesus bought us with His own blood. The church has a price value -- the blood of Jesus. 1 Peter 1:18-19 For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. The blood of Jesus gave us value and significance. We are a purchase...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 28th SEPTEMBER 2024 RATHER THAN HINDER THE GOSPEL 1 Corinthians 9:12 If others have this right of support from you, shouldn’t we have it all the more? But we did not use this right. On the contrary, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ. (NIV) Apostle Paul writing to the church in Corinth said he had right of support from the church having sowed spiritual seed he was entitled to material harvest. 1 Corinthians 9:11 If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much if we reap a material harvest from you? Material harvest was his right but he did not use the right in order not to hinder the Gospel of Christ. Let's read our theme scripture again. 1 Corinthians 9:12 If others have this right of support from you, shouldn’t we have it all the more? But we did not use this right. On the contrary, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ. That tells alot about the heart of Apostle...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley  27th SEPTEMBER 2024 REWARD LIKE THE DAWN Psalms 37:5-6 Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this: He will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn, your vindication like the noonday sun. (NIV) You would find some Christians who are shining and doing well in their lives and any endeavour they get involved. Even where others struggled they succeeded. It is because they committed their ways to the Lord and trust in Him.  There is a reward in committing one's way to the Lord and trusting in Him; your righteous reward will shine like the dawn, your vindication like the noonday sun. This means, this person's life will be as bright as the dawn and there won't be uncertainty in his life but clarity and illumination like the noon day sun.  You don't have to struggle to shine in life. You don't have to struggle to have a fulfilled life. Just commit your ways to the Lord and trust in Him, He will...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 26th SEPTEMBER 2024 SHINE AMONG THEM Philippians 2:14-15 Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, "children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation." Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky (NIV) If you find yourself in a society that is full of evil and wickedness instead of complaining or grumbling against them shine among them. That's what the Bible says to do. The Bible recognizes that you live in a generation that is "warped and crooked." That is, it is full of moral decadence, spiritual deficiency and Godlessness. Yet it says "shine among them" like stars in the sky. He didn't say hide from them or kill them. But shine.  A dark, crooked and warped society is an opportunity for light. And you are that light.  You can do everything without grumbling, and be blameless and pure child of God without fault in this ungodl...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 25th SEPTEMBER 2024 YOU MAY HAVE MANY TROUBLES Psalms 34:17 The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles. (NIV) Every Christian is the righteous, and the righteous does have troubles, even many troubles but the Lord delivers them from all their troubles.  Your Christian life is not awkward because you have troubles, it is only awkward if you are defeated by your troubles. Troubles or challenges are part of the Christian journey. But defeat is not. It is not the many troubles you have that define your Christianity but the many victories over those troubles. Trouble comes without invitation, victory comes only by invitation. Some people look at themselves in the light of their troubles and wonder if they are true Christians or on the right path, supposing that being a Christian they shouldn't have troubles but there are many troubles on the Christian path as is many victories. Victories...

ZVARA NAJESU  Kunamata kwezuva nezuva  Mufundisi Stanley  24 SEPTEMBER 2024  MWARI HAVAKUKUPEWI  1 Madzimambo 19:4 iye pachake akafamba rwendo rwezuva rimwe chete mugwenga.  Akasvika pagwenzi romutsvairo, akagara pasi paro, akanyengetera kuti afe.  Akati, Zvandikwanira, Jehovha;  “Tora upenyu hwangu; handisi nani kupfuura madzitateguru angu.  (NIV)  Ichi chinyorwa chiri pamusoro apa chinoreva Muporofita Eria uyo mushure mekuuraya mazana evaporofita vaBaal Jezebheri mushure mehupenyu hwake.  Akatizira kurenje, akasvika pagwenzi romutsvairo, akagara pasi paro, akanyengetera kuti afe.  Akati, Zvandikwanira, Jehovha;  “Tora upenyu hwangu; handisi nani kupfuura madzitateguru angu.   Asi Mwari haana kutora upenyu hwake uye haana kumutsamwira.  Eria akaodzwa mwoyo nezvinhu zvakawanda;  kutyisidzira kuupenyu hwake, kurambwa nevanhu vaMwari, kuneta uye nzara.   Eriya akaudza Mwari kuti aida kufa. ...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 23rd SEPTEMBER 2024 HE IS ABLE TO KEEP YOU Jude 1:24 To him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy — (NIV) The Christian walk is not a walk in the ability of the flesh. Recognizing this truth is very important, otherwise one would wear himself out trying to be or do as expected of a Christian. Our Christian life on earth is dependent on our reliance on God not on our ability. Our getting to heaven is also dependent on His work in and through us. He is able to keep you from stumbling here on earth and to present you before His glorious presence without fault and with great joy in heaven.  Your role is to believe in His Word and live in it, and to know Him whom you believe. And being convinced that He is able guard your life which you have entrusted to Him. 2 Timothy 1:12 That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet this is no cause for shame, because I k...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 22nd SEPTEMBER 2024 IT'S TO THEIR HARM Matthew 21:44 Anyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; anyone on whom it falls will be crushed." (NIV) Jesus Christ is the cornerstone and the living Stone. The stone in this sense is not like a small stone you pick from the ground but a rock -- a huge rock. Jesus Christ is the living Rock. 1 Corinthians 10:4 and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ. And the Bible in Matthew 21:44 says "Anyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; anyone on whom it falls will be crushed." Think about someone falling on Jesus the Rock or Jesus falling upon someone, what would happen to such a person? Broken to pieces or crushed to powder. And this is not only applicable to Jesus but to everyone of us who is born again. 1 Peter 2:4-5 As you come to him, the living Stone —rejected by hu...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 21st SEPTEMBER 2024 RIGHTFUL OWNER OF ALL THINGS Hebrews 1:2 [But] in the last of these days He has spoken to us in [the person of a] Son, Whom He appointed Heir and lawful Owner of all things, also by and through Whom He created the worlds and the reaches of space and the ages of time [He made, produced, built, operated, and arranged them in order]. (AMP) The above scripture didn't mince words. It declares that Jesus is the lawful owner of all things. By Him (the Word) God created all things. Not only is He the creator of all things but also the rightful owner. Someone might manufacture a product and sell it out. Even though he is the manufacturer he is not the owner. But Jesus is the creator of all things and the rightful owner of all things.  Someone might point to the fact that Adam gave his right and dominion over the world to satan when he transgressed against God's law. True but Jesus claimed it back for man. When He...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 20th SEPTEMBER 2024 CAST YOUR ANXIETY NOT YOUR RESPONSIBILITY 1 Peter 5:7 Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. (NIV) God doesn't want you worried, agitated and anxious. So He says to cast all your anxiety on Him. All the things that got you worried, He said cast them on me and be at rest. However that does not include your responsibility. God is not saying cast your responsibility on me. No! You must assume your responsibility.  For example, it is your responsibility as a man to cater for your family. You can't "I cast it on God." You can't cast it on God, it's on you. You may cast the worries that might stem from your responsibility but you can't cast the responsibility itself. You still have to find a way to cater for your family.  Some with the notion of casting their cares or anxiety on God erroneously cast their responsibility on Him, and didn't experience any change. Some pe...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 19th SEPTEMBER 2024 SEE BEYOND YOUR PAST AND PRESENT Proverbs 29:18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he. (KJV) For some people all they can see is their past and present. To them the future is always unknown. They do not realize that if you don't envision your future disaster and distress may await you in the future. There is always a future whether or not you envision one. And when a default future comes it's always full of calamities.  See beyond your past and present into your future. Envision your tomorrow. How do you want your tomorrow to be like? See it! The Bible says in our theme verse "Where there is no vision, the people perish:.." This clearly tells us why people fail in life. Lack of vision leads to failure. And one who sees only his past and present cannot have a vision of a glorious future. And do not envision your future through the circumstances of ...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 18th SEPTEMBER 2024 MEDITATE AND BE HEALED Proverbs 4:20-22 My son, pay attention to what I say; turn your ear to my words. Do not let them out of your sight, keep them within your heart; for they are life to those who find them and health to one’s whole body. (NIV) In this above scripture we are told to give attention and turn ears to Wisdom (God's Word) to keep it in our sight and heart because it is life and health to the one who finds it. God's Word gives you healing. God's Word gives you health.  Let's read Proverbs 4:22 from the Amplified version, it reads "For they are life to those who find them, healing and health to all their flesh."  How can we receive healing and health to our body from God's Word? It is by meditating or brooding upon it. What Proverbs 4:20-22 simply say, is, meditate and be healed.  There is so much power in God's Word. It has the inherent ability to be or do whatever ...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 17th SEPTEMBER 2024 MEDITATE AND PROSPER Joshua 1:8 Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. (NIV) If a financial expert or even a medical doctor gave you a book and said to you "meditate on this book and prosper." I tell you, you would do it again and again. But that's exactly what God says to us in Joshua 1:8 yet many of us don't do it.  We go to financial, success or prosperity seminars hoping to get the format to success and prosperity, we read books trying to find how to be successful and prosperous. But God already gave us the answer. He literally said to us in Joshua 1:8 meditate and prosper.  True and lasting prosperity is by the Word of God. Find out in God's Word scriptures regarding prosperity and meditate upon them. He tells us how to meditate in Joshua 1:8, kee...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 16th SEPTEMBER 2024 OFFER A SACRIFICE OF PRAISE Hebrews 13:15 Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise —the fruit of lips that openly profess his name. (NIV) One peculiarity with the old testament mode of worship was sacrifice. They would kill and offer animals for sacrifices at worship service on the sanctuary. They did this endlessly until Jesus came. When He came He said God doesn't desire such sacrifices. So He offered Himself to God as the ultimate sacrifice. Hebrews 10:5,12 Therefore, when Christ came into the world, he said: "Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me; But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, He offered Himself for our sins once and for all. So we don't need to offer animal sacrifices today. Rather our sacrifice is through Jesus Christ, a sacrifice of praise; t...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 15th SEPTEMBER 2024 RELY ON HIS LOVE 1 John 4:16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. (NIV) One thing that is central to our life and the Gospel of Jesus is the love of God. God loves you. This should mean something to you. It means He takes notice of you and that His attention is on you for good and not for evil. You can rely on His love. In a world where we do not know who to trust or rely on, we can trust and rely on God because He loves us. And more than that He is Himself love. It is impossible for Him to change His nature of love. He will always love you. We are victorious not because of anything of ourselves but of Him and His love. The only thing that could separate you from the love of God is you. God wouldn't separate from you. No devil can separate you from God's love and blessings.  Romans 8:35-37 Who shall separate us from the love...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 14th SEPTEMBER 2024 YOUR SHIELD, GLORY AND LIFTER Psalms 3:3 But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head. (KJV) If the Lord had not been a shield around us the enemy would have torn us down. The only reason we are still up and running is because the Lord shields us. Our adversary and adversities in life had never given us a breathing space. Apostle Paul said in 2 Corinthians 4:8-9, "We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed." The Lord shields us so that no matter what happens we are not knockout. He is our shield, glory and lifter. When trouble and persecution comes He shields us while the trouble and persecution achieve for us a great weight of glory. It is His glory that is revealed in and through us, the more we are hard pressed the more His glory presses out.  2 Corinthians 4:17 Fo...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley  13th SEPTEMBER 2024 LOOK FORWARD TO IT Hebrews 11:15-16 If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. Instead, they were longing for a better country —a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them. (NIV) One of the encouraging factors for a Christian is the fact that there is a place for us hereafter. And it is important that we set our minds on it and look forward to that day.  Referring to the faith-folks of the old testament, the Bible says "If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. Instead, they were longing for a better country". They knew beyond senses that there was a better place for them. And they looked forward to it. They had many things to set their minds on in this world; their wealth, influence, fame, troubles, hard times and failures but th...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 12th SEPTEMBER 2024 NOT ANYTHING TO ANYONE Matthew 7:6 "Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces. (NIV) Spiritual things are not recognized by a natural man. The blessings of the Kingdom of God doesn't make sense to a natural man. Giving them such things is a waste. The things we call precious and sacred, and holds in the highest regard are not anything to some people. It's important who you give precious things. Not anything to just anyone.  When Issac blessed Jacob his son, he didn't give him a thing but words. To the natural man that sounds absurd. A father tells his son to cook a delicious meal for him to eat and then he shall bless him. After eating the natural man would be expecting his father to give him properties, riches and the likes as blessing. But Isaac said to Jacob in Genesis 27:28 "May G...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 11th SEPTEMBER 2024 FIX YOURSELF FIRST Matthew 7:3-4 "Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ’Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? (NIV) There were certain friends who were both married. They both had challenges in their marriages but one of them often covered up the problems in his marriage not for positive reasons or attitude. He always professed solution to his friend's marital problems instead of fixing his own.  We have lot of people who are like that today. They are experts in analysing and profiling solution to people's problems when they have no answer to theirs. The Bible teaches us to help others but not when we have no solution to our own problems. That's being a busy body. It's like your car broke down on a highway then you offer to help so...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 10th SEPTEMBER 2024 JUDGING IS SOWING Matthew 7:1-2 "Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. (NIV) The above scripture is so clear on what it says. It implies that when you judge others you are sowing a seed for others to judge you.  A man of God who understands this once said "when people judge me, I asked myself 'Am I reaping or they are sowing?"   That's an interesting question. It shows an understanding; that when people are judging you it is either you are reaping for judging others in the past or they are sowing to be judged in their future. Desist from judging others. People do not read conscious meaning into judging other people. When you judge others you are condemning them. You judge or criticize them because you think you are better than them, that you would have done or said what th...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 9th SEPTEMBER 2024 DON'T WORRY -- TRUST GOD Hebrews 13:5 Let your character or moral disposition be free from love of money [including greed, avarice, lust, and craving for earthly possessions] and be satisfied with your present [circumstances and with what you have]; for He [God] Himself has said, I will not in any way fail you nor give you up nor leave you without support. [I will] not, [I will] not, [I will] not in any degree leave you helpless nor forsake nor let [you] down (relax My hold on you)! [Assuredly not!] (AMP) A craving for money destabilises a Christian. Working to earn money is not a bad thing. But living to get money is a bad thing. There are lot of people whose lives revolves only about how to get money; they have an insatiable craving for money. That only shows where their trust lies. Their trust and dependence is on money not God.  God says to the Christian but don't love money such that it becomes your ...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 8th SEPTEMBER 2024 STAY YOUR MIND ON HIM Isaiah 26:3 You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You. (NKJV) Many Christians want peace in their lives but they never stay their minds on God. This scripture just tells us the one remedy to worries is to stay one's mind on God. Even though most Christians know this only very few apllies it. Some would rather stay their mind on something else.  Why stay your mind on something that would make you anxious and uncomfortable when you could easily stay it on God? The mind is a very powerful instrument that makes or mars one's whole life depending on how it is used. One could destroy his whole life through a wrong processing of his mind or make his life successful and glorious by right use.  You have one mind if you stay it on God He would magnify in your life, if you stay it on your problems they would magnify.  Let's read our them scr...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 7th SEPTEMBER 2024 HE EXALTS YOUR HORN Psalms 92:10 You have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox; fine oils have been poured on me. (NIV) Horn in this context or even in Bible general context means strength, authority, honour or glory. God takes delight in exalting our horns. He exalts our strength, authority, honour and glory so we could be more effective in carrying out our responsibilities in the Kingdom.  Exalted horn is promotion. God promotes us as we diligently carry out our responsibilities in the Kingdom. This promotion comes with higher authority and its jurisdiction, and it has bearing first in the spiritual before the physical. We have rankings in the realm of the spirit. Which in turn determines the level of our authority in the spirit. Different levels of spiritual authority is required to conquer a village, city, region or nation for the Kingdom. An authority ranked for a city cannot conquer a nation no matter...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 6th SEPTEMBER 2024 PROMOTION COMES FROM THE LORD Psalms 75:6-7 For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another. (KJV) Someone brought his friend to be employed at the company he works. His friend was employed, after a short time he was promoted to the position of manager. He became higher than and became the boss of the person who brought him to the company.  The fellow who brought him wondered why he hasn't be promoted but the person he just brought in has. He had to look to God. The Bible says "But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another." Promotion comes from God. You should work heartily and diligently at your place of work but it shouldn't be because you want to please your boss and win his favour to be recognized or promoted. Work there as serving the Lord. You could do your best to plea...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 5th SEPTEMBER 2024 HE EXALTS IN DUE TIME 1 Peter 5:6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: (KJV) Under the mighty hand of God refers to discipline in hard times. When we are passing through challenges God keeps His hand over us to strengthen us to go through. Oftentimes we want the challenge or hardship to be taken away. We even pray to Him asking Him to remove the challenge from us. But He doesn't always do that. Often He strengthen us to go through, then exalts us in due time.  He exalts us in due time does not only mean He gives us victory in due time but also that God promotes us after such trial. In our Kingdom promotion always follows trials. So if you are asking for promotion, mind you, trial would come first. Unless you get your promotion after trial you cannot sustain it.  There are occasions we felt we are due for promotion. We think we are due to be announce...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 4th SEPTEMBER 2024 MAKE STUDENTS OF NATIONS Matthew 28:19-20 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." (NIV) Prior to Jesus' ascension He gave the above instruction to His disciples. He said "Therefore go and make disciples of all nations..." The Greek translated disciples is "mathēteuō". It means to make students. He literally said make students of all nations.  The church is a school. It is the Kingdom's school here on earth. We are to win souls, bring them into the church and make them students of the Word of God. Teaching and educating them in the truths of the Gospel and how to apply it in their lives. That's what the church should really be about. Every other would proceed from the lear...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 3rd SEPTEMBER 2024 WHEN PEOPLE REJECT YOU Matthew 21:42 Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the Scriptures: "’The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes’? (NIV) There are phases of life. One of such phases is the phase or season of rejection. This phase precedes the phase of celebration, promotion or God's announcement.  People will reject you for a reason perculiar to them alone. It might not be because of a wrong you committed. It might be their wrong perception of you or their own bad attitude or something else. Whatever reason for which people reject you is not what matters but your attitude towards it. When people reject you don't get bitter or offensive, they rejected Jesus too. And every Godly person is rejected at one time or the other.  As a child of God when people reject you it is because you have outgrown them and the circ...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 2nd SEPTEMBER 2024 REFINED THROUGH AFFLICTION Isaiah 48:10 See, I have refined you, though not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction. (NIV) Gold is rough and unattractive when extracted. To unveil its beauty it had to go through the refining furnace which burns out the rough and unattractive part of it. Same with anyone who would carry the most glorious things and blessings of the Kingdom of God.  Even when one gets born again, that raw state still cannot carry the deep and precious things of the Kingdom. God had to work on him, refine him into a conducive state which can convey the essence of God. And one process of doing that is the furnace of affliction.  Read again what God says in Isaiah 48:10, "See, I have refined you, though not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction." Does He intentionally brings test and trials to us? No! The test and trials of life comes to everyone natural...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 1st SEPTEMBER 2024 LEARNING -- A PART OF PREPARATION Luke 2:46-47 After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers. (NIV) Jesus started His earthly ministry at the age of thirty. Prior to that time He went through preparatory process. Part of the preparation was learning. Jesus had to learn.  We read about Him in our theme scripture, how at the age of twelve He sat among the teachers of the law, listening to them, asking questions, and even answering their questions. He was learning. It was part of His preparation. We too must go through preparatory process, and learning is one part of it.  Whatever it is God called you to fulfill in this world you will have to be trained for it first. If you are not adequately prepared you won't be able to carry it to fulfillment. How long an...