DIVINE WORD MINISTRIES

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 11th JANUARY 2025 THE PLANTING OF THE LORD Isaiah 61:3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified. (KJV) The Bible calls us trees of righteousness, and that we are the planting of the Lord. That tells us that righteousness is not of ourselves but of the Lord. No tree ever planted itself. We are trees of righteousness and it is God who planted us.  Note in the verse below that righteousness is the topic of discussion and that Christ is the righteousness that came down from heaven. Let us read. Romans 10:6-7 But the righteousness that is by faith says: "Do not say in your heart, ’Who will ascend into heaven?’" (that is, to bring Christ down) "or ’Who will descend into the deep?’" (that is, to bring Ch...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 10th JANUARY 2025 WALK IN THE LIGHT 1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin. (NIV) The light referred in the above verse is reality. Simply put if we walk in the reality as He is in the reality. What is reality with God? It means how things are before God. As new creatures we don't live or walk by our physical senses; we walk in His reality. What is God's reality concerning your health? How is your health before God? He sees you perpetually healthy. If we walk in the light of God's reality; if we relate based on how things are before Him everything contrary to light or good will disappear. We struggle when we don't walk in the light of God. If we walk in His light darkness will be defeated, darkness doesn't fight or resist light. When light is on darkness leaves. Instead of complaining about the ...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 9th JANUARY 2025 A NEW PROJECT Isaiah 43:19 See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland. (NIV) There are two main reasons God starts a new project in a person's life; if a person couldn't walk in what He is doing and it failed or when He decided to do a greater thing in a person's life.  If you failed in the assignment God has given you, don't dispair, He can start a new project. If you are accomplishing the assignment He gave you, then get ready for a greater project. God is about to begin a new project in your life.  Remember we are His instruments or vessels used for His great work. He is the doer but it's done through us. In Isaiah 43:19 He says "See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland." He didn't say see ...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 8th JANUARY 2025 TIME FACTOR Ecclesiastes 9:11 I have seen something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned; but time and chance happen to them all. (NIV) What the Bible says in essence in this above scripture is that success is not down to effort only but time and chance too. In other words there is a time factor to success, and interestingly time factor also applies to failure.  Success and failure has time factor. You can't deem someone a success or failure until you have given them time to succeed or fail. Afford yourself some time --- keep working. Before you draw a conclusion on your pursuit, before you say you can't, apply time factor. How long have you been at it? Don't use people's definition of time to run your life or you would ruin your life. Don't let anyone tell you that you are ...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 7th JANUARY 2025 ENERGY IN HIS WORDS Matthew 9:6-7 But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins." So he said to the paralyzed man, "Get up, take your mat and go home." Then the man got up and went home. (NIV) Jesus not only had authority to forgive sins when He walked the earth but also to heal and set free. He said to a paralyzed man "Get up, take your mat and go home." The man who had not walked for years go up, took his mat and walked home. There was energy in the words of Jesus that made the man's body to be strong. It was His words that energized his weak bones and muscles. On another occasion Jesus did something similar with a man who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. He said to him "Get up! Pick up your mat and walk." John 5:5-9 One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he ...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 6th JANUARY 2025 THE GODMAN Matthew 8:26-27 He replied, "You of little faith, why are you so afraid?" Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm. The men were amazed and asked, "What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!" (NIV) The Lord Jesus did so many amazing things that baffled the people of His day. One time He was on a boat with His disciples crossing over to the other side of the lake when suddenly a great storm came against the boat. They were all terrified and woke Him up. Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm. Matthew 8:27 The men were amazed and asked, "What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!" They asked, what kind of man is this? In other words, what type of man is this? But Jesus didn't give them an answer. But we got it later through the revelation of the Holy Sp...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 5th JANUARY 2025 WE ARE GOING TO THE OTHER SIDE Matthew 8:18,23-24 When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side of the lake. Then he got into the boat and his disciples followed him. Suddenly a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. (NIV) When we come into a new year it's like going to the other side, going over to new things and we make resolutions, we set new goals and objectives. But most often we meet crisis or opposition factors.  Jesus told His disciples that they were going to the other side of the lake but they were met with a great opposition; a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. He knew they would get to the other side. When the storm was too much His disciples went and woke Him up. Matthew 8:25-26 The disciples went and woke him, saying, "Lord, save us! We’re...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 4th JANUARY 2025 PARTY IN HEAVEN Revelation 19:7-8 Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready. Fine linen, bright and clean, was given her to wear." (Fine linen stands for the righteous acts of God’s holy people.) (NIV) When the word "party" is mentioned some people get startled and think immediately of sin and evil, as if every party is an evil gathering. Party simply means feast. A feast is the gathering together of people to eat and drink in celebration of good. Jesus attended a wedding feast or you can call it wedding party or reception. John 2:1-2 On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. The Bible talks about the wedding of the Lamb Jesus and His church. And that after the wedding there will be reception, party or feast. Any of ...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 3rd JANUARY 2025 (Happy New Year) IT'S ABOUT THE NATURE Matthew 7:15-17 "Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. (NIV) A good tree bears good fruit but a bad tree bears bad fruit. It's not about a desire but a nature. There are people who come in sheep's clothing, pretending or trying to be good but at the end they still express their evil nature. A nature could be hidden but not for long; it can't be denied its expression.  When you find people who express bad or wicked character don't think for a moment that they can change, nor believe them when they say they have changed, no! Unless you prove them through the Word of God. Only the Word changes a person. Until a...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 2nd JANUARY 2025 (Happy New Year) GOD IS YOUR SOURCE Psalms 121:1-2 I lift up my eyes to the mountains — where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth. (NIV) God is your source because He owns you. He created you for His own purpose, and has made adequate preparation for you. He planned where you would live, what you would do, what you would have and how you would live.  He is the source of your life and the source of all that you will ever require in life. But not many people see it this way. They always try to force God to do something for them or be responsible for them. God is already responsible for you, you don't have to force Him or remind Him. Only acknowledge that He is your source and find out how to live in His provision.  The Psalmist acknowledged where His help came from. And everyone of us should. He said in Psalms 121:2 "My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of hea...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 1st JANUARY 2025 (Happy New Year) LAY ASIDE EVERY WEIGHT Hebrews 12:1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, (KJV) Every new year is like an unploughed land which you must plough and sow the kind of seeds you want. It's important that you don't give yourself the burden of sowing needless seeds.  Every new year is also like going into a marathon race where focus and patience are of high importance.  Whether looking at the year like sowing in a new land or running a marathon race laying aside every unnecessary weight is paramount to our final outcome. You find people who planned out what and what they would be about in the course of the year but as they journey they deviate from their original course unto unnecessary weight. This the Bible says lay as...