DIVINE WORD MINISTRIES

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 30th APRIL 2025 CREDITED TO YOUR HEAVENLY ACCOUNT Philippians 4:16-17 for even when I was in Thessalonica, you sent me aid more than once when I was in need. Not that I desire your gifts; what I desire is that more be credited to your account. (NIV) Apostle Paul speaking to the Philippian church acknowlegded the help they sent him more than once while in the course of the Gospel. He also made it clear that it was not so much about the gifts they sent him but that their heavenly account should be credited.  Every Christian has an account in heaven which is credited every time we give for the work of the Kingdom here on earth. Our giving are recorded in heaven, not just that they are written down but that they are deposited into our heavenly account. What we use our earthly possessions and treasures for is an indication of where our heart is.  Matthew 6:19-21 "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths an...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 29th APRIL 2025 NO EFFORT IS ENOUGH Psalms 127:1 Unless the LORD builds the house, the builders labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the guards stand watch in vain. (NIV) Those of us who rely on and function by grace can testify like Apostle Paul, "But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them —yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me." 1 Corinthians 15:10.  We work hard yet not us, but the grace of God that is in us. No effort is enough for true success in life. Grace grace effort, favour favour labour. In other words grace magnify effort, favour magnify labour.  Our theme scripture Psalms 127:1 declares "Unless the LORD builds the house, the builders labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the guards stand watch in vain." There are people in this world who rely solely on their efforts, and after a ...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 28th APRIL 2025 OBEDIENCE IS BETTER 1 Samuel 15:22 But Samuel replied: "Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the LORD? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams. (NIV) There is no telling what simple obedience to God's word could do for you. Often we want to give to God to express our love and reverence for Him, that's good but obedience to His word is better. God delights in obedience to His word than whatever we give Him. We see a clear example of this in the case of King Saul.  God gave King Saul clear instructions to attack the Amalekites and totally destroy them, men and woman and all that belongs to them. 1 Samuel 15:3 Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy all that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.’" Saw went on the mission but contr...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 27th APRIL 2025 WISDOM IS EVERYTHING Proverbs 24:3-4 By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established; through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures. (NIV) Reading through the Bible you would discover that every good thing came by wisdom. God created this world through wisdom. The men who succeeded in their walk with God and the assignment He gave them was by wisdom. Indeed through wisdom a house is built; through wisdom life, success, victory and prosperity are built.  The outcome of a man's life is a reflection of his wisdom. His success or failure testifies to his kind of wisdom. There are different kinds of wisdom under the sun; the wisdom of the world, the wisdom of men, earthly wisdom and the wisdom of God. The only wisdom among all of these that guarantees true success, victory and peace is God's wisdom. God's wisdom is everything. That's the one the Bible ref...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 26th APRIL 2025 MIND GOVERNED BY THE SPIRIT Romans 8:6 The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. (NIV) Every individual has one mind, no one got two. And the mind is very crucial and instrumental to one's success, joy, peace and prosperity in life. The mind could either be governed by the flesh or by the Spirit. The mind doesn't really function in isolation; it functions either by the flesh or the Spirit. The mind does not function without information. So it rely on the flesh or the Spirit for information to function by. When the flesh governs the mind and supplies it with information, the Bible says "it results in death." But if it is governed by the Spirit and receives information from the Spirit it produces life and peace. It is important that you allow the Spirit to govern your mind if you are going to be productive in the things of the Kingdom and successf...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 25th APRIL 2025 IT TAKES DISCERNMENT 1 Corinthians 2:14 The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit. (NIV) Don't spend time blaming those who do not understand the message of the Gospel of Christ and our way of life. They cannot understand as long as they are not born again and do not have the Spirit of God. Our theme scripture says the things of God, of the Kingdom, of the Gospel are discerned only through the Spirit. Don't expect them to understand and accept if they don't have the Spirit of God.  It takes discernment by the Spirit to know the things of God. Only the Spirit helps us know the unseen realities and live in them in this world. For example we who have been trained in the things of God, we literally live in the Kingdom of God here on earth. And the natur...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 24th APRIL 2025 REPAY EVIL WITH BLESSING 1 Peter 3:9 Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing. (NIV) Living in a world where evil and wrongs are practiced and tolerated don't be tempted to do to people what they do to you. Don't repay evil with evil or insult with insult. God has a reason, the Word says "...because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing."  You have inherited a blessing, bless and do not curse.  People will push you to the wall, to that extreme where your tolerance and patience is tried but don't yield or condescend to their level of insults and evil. Live about it, and the way to live about it is by repaying evil with blessing.  The Lord knows how the people of the world are, yet He sent us among them. He said they are like wolves. Matthew 10:16 "I am...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 23rd APRIL 2025 LIVE IN YOUR VICTORY 1 Corinthians 15:57 But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. (NIV) Jesus' victory on the cross and in hell was for man. Through Him God has given us the victory over sin, death, satan and the world. It is our responsibility to live in this victory. You have victory in Christ, live it.  It is ignorance to be expecting God to give us victory today over the devil or evil; He has already given us victory, and that victory reproduces itself in our lives as we walk in the truth of the Gospel. The victory continues automatically as we walk in the truth. That's why in 1 Corinthians 15:57 it says 'He gives us the victory' it is a present continuous victory. And it is our responsibility to live in it presently and continuously. 1 Corinthians 15:57 But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus' death and resurrecti...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 22nd APRIL 2025 HOLY SCRIPTURES -- GIVEN BY GOD 2 Timothy 3:16-17 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. (NIV) Scriptures means written scripts. Or what is written. The Bible is written scripts. But who wrote it? Only the Bible can tell us who wrote the Bible, that's the truth. The Bible has outlived generations, ethnics, wars, oppositions and more. It is abundantly written in the Bible that God is the Author of the Bible. The Bible is called the Holy scriptures.  Our theme scripture says "All Scripture is God-breathed...." 2 Timothy 3:16-17. God-breathed means God breath His Spirit into it. In other words, it means the Scriptures came to be by God's Spirit. And Peter by the Spirit explains this. In 2 Peter 1:20-21 he says "Above all, you must understand that no pro...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 21st APRIL 2025 GOD IN FLESH 1 Timothy 3:16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory. (KJV) There is no controversy in what this scripture just tellls us. When Jesus came to this world He was God in human flesh. People may argue that He was not God but everything about Him proved that He was God in the flesh.  His birth was supernatural, born by the virgin Mary. His life was supernatural; He lived life that was beyond human and spoke words that transcend the words of the wisest man that ever lived, He did things, miracles that baffled human comprehension. His death was supernatural, He commanded His own death. He committed His Spirit to the Father, He called His Spirit out of the physical body. Luke 23:46 Jesus called out with a loud voice, "Father, into your han...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 20th APRIL 2025 THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TRUTH 1 Timothy 3:15 if I am delayed, you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth. (NIV) The world does not know the truth, only the church does. Pilate while interrogating Jesus before His crucifixion asked Him, what is truth? John 18:38 "What is truth?" retorted Pilate. With this he went out again to the Jews gathered there and said, "I find no basis for a charge against him. You see, the world doesn't know the truth about God, salvation, heaven and even earth. The world doesn't know the truth about the Gospel of Christ and its significance. Only the church knows. The church is the pillar, foundation and custodian of the truth.  Jesus Himself came to this world to testify of the truth. And everyone of us should testify too.  John 18:37 "You are a king, then!...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 19th APRIL 2025 HE IS ALWAYS THE SAME Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. (NIV) Every Christian believes that God is the same yesterday, today and forever. But very few relate with this truth in the face of adversities and uncertainty. You would hear someone say "God where are you?" In other words, have you changed your position? God doesn't change His position when the position of your life change from good to seemingly bad. God is always the same.  His mercy, love and faithfulness towards us do not change.  Malachi 3:6 "I the LORD do not change. So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed. We are not destroyed for our errors and wrongs because His mercy towards us doesn't change; it's always the same.  You might think about the promises you have from His word which are yet to manifest in your life, don't give up. He has not changed His mind regarding those ...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 18th APRIL 2025 SUFFICIENT GRACE 2 Corinthians 12:9 But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. (NIV) We are not left helpless in all that we do or go through in life. We have grace; sufficient grace. Irrespective of what it is, we have an adequate grace for it. That's a good news! It's a good news when we have answer, solution and sufficient grace for the troubles we face. Apostle Paul tells us his ordeal. In 2 Corinthians 12:7-8 he said "or because of these surpassingly great revelations. Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me." He had a tormenting trouble in his body; he faced hardship, persecution and rej...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 17th APRIL 2025 CHRIST DWELLS IN YOUR HEART Ephesians 3:17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, (NIV) When you received Jesus as your Lord and savior you actually received Him to live in your heart. He lives in you now. He has made your heart His home. He dwells in your heart through faith not through your feeling. You may not feel Him on the inside but He is alive in you all the same.  You live by faith and Christ lives in you by your faith. Faith has to do with the Word of God. The Word says Christ lives in you, agree with it and live in the light of it, that's faith.  Romans 8:10 But if Christ is in you, then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life because of righteousness. Christ in you brings you out of sin and its consequences. The consequence of sin is death but if Christ lives in you the Spirit of Go...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 16th APRIL 2025 HIS GOODNESS AND MERCY Psalms 23:6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever. (KJV) David made this great confession back in his day. He recognized and acknowledged that God's goodness and mercy followed him. He lived in the old testament times when the Holy Spirit hadn't come to live in man. Yet he experienced and enjoyed the goodness and mercy of God. Think about our day today where the Holy Spirit lives in us and with us.  The Holy Spirit in us brought God's goodness and mercy into our heart. More than having His goodness and mercy following us we have them within us. You are full of goodness and mercy not only for you to enjoy but also for you to share. You are to dispense God's goodness and mercy to the people in your world; let His goodness and mercy flow from you to others. The earth of full of God's goodness as we...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 15th APRIL 2025 MERCY SPEAKS LOUDEST Lamentations 3:22 It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. (NIV) Mercy is you getting the good you do not deserve, and not getting the punishment or the consequences of your wrongs. When we work for something and get it, it's what we deserved or earned. But if we receive what we do not deserve or earn it is God's mercy. Our theme scripture says "It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed..."  We deserved to be consumed but His mercies.  When mercy speaks all other voices are silenced.  Effort may speak, knowledge may speak, riches may speak, influence may speak, everything else may speak but mercy speaks loudest.  A Christian who will go all the way in his Christian life is one that the voice of mercy speak loudest in his life. There are many voices, and there are many things to rely on, but the person who relies ...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 14th APRIL 2025 HE IS WITH YOU Matthew 28:20 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) Throughout the Bible all the people God ever sent on a mission or given assignment He always went with them. When He sent Moses to go to Egypt and bring out His people, the Israelites He went with him and worked with him. He still does that today; He goes with us and does the work with us.  When Joshua took over leadership from Moses God said to Him in Joshua 1:5 "No one will be able to stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you." And God actually kept to His word He never left him nor forsake him.  In our theme scripture the Lord Jesus said He is with us to the very end of the age. Matthew 28:20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 13th APRIL 2025 YOU ARE A PART OF THE WHOLE 1 Corinthians 12:12-13 Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body —whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free —and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. (NIV) To be baptized means to be immersed completely into liquid substance such that one is swallowed up completely in it. When the Bible says "we were all baptized by one Spirit" it means we were all immersed completely into Christ by one Spirit swallowed up Him to become one Body. Everyone of us who is born again has been baptized into the one body of Christ, we all are a part of His body.  It is important that we understand this truth and relate with it. We are many but one body. Everyone of us is a part of the whole body. We are not a complete body with the others, all of us are needed. Read our theme ...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 12th APRIL 2025 (Today is my Birthday) FILLED WITH ALL THE FULLNESS OF GOD Colossians 2:9-10 For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head over every power and authority. (NIV) Christ is God's bodily form. Christ house all the fullness of the Deity; the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.  When Christ walked the earth it was the Deity in a human body. The love, kindness, power and wisdom He displayed was of the Deity; the fullness of the Godhead. Our theme scripture Colossians 2:9 says "For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form," And the next verse Colossians 2:10 says "and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head over every power and authority." The fullness of the Deity reside not only in Christ but also in us because we are in Christ. In Christ we have been brought to fullness; that means...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 11th APRIL 2025 PROPHESY PROPHECIES 1 Timothy 1:18 Timothy, my son, I am giving you this command in keeping with the prophecies once made about you, so that by recalling them you may fight the battle well, (NIV) Prophecy is God's mind spoken out. When God's mind is spoken about your marriage, that is His prophecy about your marriage.  Some people often wonder why they received prophecy concerning their lives but it never came to pass.  The young man Timothy received prophecies concerning his life, Apostle Paul had to tell him what to do with the prophecies otherwise they would never come to pass. He told Timothy to recall the prophecies concerning him and fight the battle with them. In other words, he asked to remember those prophecies and prophesy them again. 1 Timothy 1:18 Timothy, my son, I am giving you this command in keeping with the prophecies once made about you, so that by recalling them you may fight the battle w...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 10th APRIL 2025 FORGIVE AND FORGET Colossians 3:13 Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. (NIV) How did the Lord forgive us? He forgave and forgot about it. True forgiveness is forgetting about the wrong done, that is, not allowing it to have effect on the offender. And that is pardon; releasing someone from the consequences of their wrongs. We are to forgive as the Lord forgave us, not keeping in our hearts the wrong done to us.  God forgave us and said "Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more." Hebrews 10:17-18 Then he adds: "Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more." And where these have been forgiven, sacrifice for sin is no longer necessary. Where sins have been truly forgiven it is also forgotten (removed), and sacrifice for such sin is no longer necessary because it is removed and the offender is r...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 9th APRIL 2025 GOD'S WORD NEVER FAILS Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. (NIV) God's Word never fails because it is God's Word. The definition of the Word of God in our opening verse implies a living being. It says "the Word of God is alive and active." It continues "Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart." If it could divide soul and spirit, joints and marrow, judge the thoughts and attitudes of the heart, then it is divine; it is God. Such cannot fail.  When we say God's Word never fails there are people who have their reservations. They wonder why the word of God they have received concerning them hasn't m...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 8th APRIL 2025 GOD'S RECOMMENDATION FOR SUCCESS 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) Everyone of us wants to be successful in our various endeavours. We even pray to God that He makes us successful. Interestingly God wants our success more than we could ever desire. And He has a recommendation for us which leads to success.  Joshua took over leadership from Moses, challenged with the great task of leading the rebellious children of Israel. He knew he needed something extra; something more than the ordinary to succeed in his new leadership responsibility. And God told him what he required. "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....

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 7th APRIL 2025 HIS WORD IS HIS ANSWER Psalms 107:19-20 Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress. He sent out his word and healed them; he rescued them from the grave. (NIV) When we pray to God for anything His answer is always His Word. No matter what the case is His answer is always His Word. God cannot do anything without His Word. If you want Him to do something for you find His word concerning it, and when you do hold on to it until you see the fulfilment.  The Israelites cried to the Lord in the midst of their trouble He saved them from their distress by sending His Word to heal and rescue them. It has to be His Word. Most often people miss out on God's answer because they did not pay attention to His Word. They are in trouble and then they are waiting to see what He would do, it's better to listen to what He would say. When you hear what God says concerning your situation you...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 6th APRIL 2025 HE'S MORE INTERESTED IN YOUR SUCCESS 3 John 1:2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. (KJV) Often we pray to God to empower us to be successful and prosperous. When we start out a project we wish for success only. Then we work hard as much as we can to be successful. But God is more interested in our success and prosperity than we could ever be.  He is much more interested to see you succeed, prosperous and in health than you could ever wish or desire for yourself. There are people who tend to hide from God and also hide their pursuit from Him thinking that He might not be interested in what they do or grant them success. Our theme verse is the mind of God and it says the otherwise. 3 John 1:2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. He wants your soul to prosper, that is, He wants yo...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 5th APRIL 2025 GIVING OPENS WAY Proverbs 18:16 A gift opens the way and ushers the giver into the presence of the great. (NIV) Giving is spiritual; it is important you take note of this. Giving is a spiritual act prompted from one's spirit. Not everyone has the heart or ability to give; not everyone can give. The ability to give is not in one's abundance but the state of one's heart.  Apostle Paul talks about the Macedonia churches who gave more than their ability even in the midst of trial and extreme poverty.  2 Corinthians 8:2-3 In the midst of a very severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity. For I testify that they gave as much as they were able, and even beyond their ability. Entirely on their own, Some people have the ability to give but they still can't give, while others give beyond their ability. So giving is not rooted in the abundance that one has but the ...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 4th APRIL 2025 HE MEETS OUR NEED Hebrews 7:25-26 Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them. Such a high priest truly meets our need —one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens. (NIV) The Lord Jesus met our need of salvation; He saved us completely unlike the old testament high priests who would offer animals yearly to save the Israelites from their sins. Yet the annual sacrifice of animals were mere remembrance of their sins not removal. But Jesus removed our sins once and for all with the sacrifice of Himself.  The Lord Jesus indeed met our need of salvation and everything else (within salvation) because He always lives, He is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners and exalted above the heavens. He met our need for salvation, and He meets our needs today because He is still and forever our High Priest....

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 3rd APRIL 2025 YOU ARE FROM ABOVE John 8:23 But he continued, "You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. (NIV) The Lord Jesus boldly claimed that He was from above. His Jewish opponents couldn't grasp that let alone believe Him. Even His disciples who ate with Him couldn't believe Him completely until they saw Him levitated into heaven. They were astonished, even their senses couldn't deny that Jesus actually came from above as He claimed. Acts 1:9-10 After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight. They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. Jesus truly came from the Father in above and returned to the Father in above. One day soon you and I will ascend into heaven (above) by rapture. This is imminent!  Jesus ascended into heaven but when He came into ...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 2nd APRIL 2025 THERE IS A REWARD FOR YOU Matthew 19:27 Peter answered him, "We have left everything to follow you! What then will there be for us?" (NIV) In yesterday's article we talked about denying self and giving up things in order to serve the Lord and the course of the Gospel. But what are we to gain for doing that? It's a good question to ask. Peter asked the Lord the same question. Matthew 19:27 Peter answered him, "We have left everything to follow you! What then will there be for us?" Anyone in their right senses would want to know the reward they would get for giving up everything for something. They have to know if it is worth it or not.  The Lord provided the answer in Matthew 19:29 He said "And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life." There ...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 1st APRIL 2025 GIVE UP THINGS Mark 8:34-35 Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: "Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it. (NIV) If you are going to be fruitful and productive in the things of the Kingdom you will have to deliberately give up some things. There are things that could hinder you from advancing the Gospel of Jesus Christ. And those things are mostly rooted in self, that's why the Lord Jesus said "Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves..."  Self is the greatest opposition to walking in the Spirit and doing the things of the Kingdom. You will have to deny yourself daily in order to be effective in the work of the Kingdom. Untill yourself is under your total control your destiny and assignmen...