DIVINE WORD MINISTRIES

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 4th DECEMBER 2024 BE RICH TOWARDS GOD Luke 12:16 And he told them this parable: "The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. (NIV) The Lord Jesus told a parable of a certain rich man whose land yielded an abundant harvest. Instead of recognizing and appreciating God as the One responsible for his abundance he chose rather to go on self-indulgence. That was the problem. The problem wasn't his riches or abundant harvest. It was God who gave him riches and made the ground to produce abundance. Luke 12:18-19 "Then he said, ’This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain. And I’ll say to myself, "You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry."’ There was no God in his plan. No plan to thank Him or give Him anything. All his plan was about himself; how he would eat, drink, merry and enjoy l...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 3rd DECEMBER 2024 DON'T LET THINGS DEFINE YOU Luke 12:15 Then he said to them, "Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions." (NIV) In the world value is primarily defined by money and possessions. People ascribe great value and respect to someone if he has lot of money and abundance of possession. Consequently some people esteem themselves lightly if they don't have much money and possession. Don't be that way. Don't let things define you. Don't define your value by what you have. The Lord Jesus said "life does not consist in an abundance of possessions." Your life is not in your possession. What you have shouldn't be the mark of your value and what you don't have shouldn't devalue you. You are not what you have or don't have.  A lot of people run their lives and ruin their lives this way. They are accustomed to...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 2nd DECEMBER 2024 THE DAYS ARE EVIL Ephesians 5:16 making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. (NIV) The days we are living in are evil; full of evil and wickedness. And the Bible tells us what to do. It says to make the most of every opportunity. How exactly do we do that? Pray and preach. We must make the most of the time we have and the opportunity available to us to pray, and to preach the Gospel in this evil days.  What most people do in this evil days is to complain and blame others; the government, the leaders, politicians, policies and so on. But that won't change anything for better. Evil days comes with challenges, those challenges are our opportunities. And the Bible says make the most of them. Look out for the challenges in this evil days and take advantage of them. The primary way we are taught to face and win over the challenges in this days is by prayer and preaching. Praying is prophesying t...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 1st DECEMBER 2024 YOU ARE IN THE SPIRIT REALM Romans 8:9 You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ. (NIV) The Bible declares that you are not in the realm of the flesh but in the realm of the Spirit. By what does this mean? It means your origin is in the realm of the Spirit. Notice 'the Spirit' in the theme scripture starts with a capital 'S' not a small letter as in 'spirit.' Thus the Spirit refered doesn't mean 'spirit realm' as in the spiritual realm. No! It means the Spirit's realm; that is, the arena of the Holy Spirit.  Simply put, our theme says "You, however, are not in the arena of the flesh but are in the arena of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, t...