DIVINE WORD MINISTRIES

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 14th OCTOBER 2025 GOD IS SO BIG Isaiah 66:1 This is what the LORD says: "Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. Where is the house you will build for me? Where will my resting place be? (NIV) Have you ever imagine the size of God? Some think just because the Bible says we are made in His image and likeness, that He has the figure of a man; two hands, two legs, one head and then a giant being. God is not a giant being. Yes God has two hands, two legs, one head but He is bigger than this. He is bigger than what we say, He is bigger than what we know. God is so so big, you just worship Him continually. Read what He says in our theme scripture "Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. Where is the house you will build for me? Where will my resting place be?"  He says "heaven is my throne." But what is a throne? A King's seat in a Kingdom is a throne. A throne is just a seat nothing e...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 13th OCTOBER 2025 YOUR MINISTRY IS BEYOND YOU Colossians 4:17 And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it. (KJV) Every Christian has received a ministry from the Lord; you have a ministry. Your life itself is a ministry, because ministry is sharing the love and life of Christ. Maybe you are a prayer leader in your church or any other aspect of church work, you don't decide on your own how to run it. No! You received the ministry it doesn't belong to you. In Apostle Paul's writing to the church he said "And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it." -- Colossians 4:17 If it was his own ministry Apostle Paul wouldn't have demanded that he fulfill it. He received the ministry from the Lord, it belongs to the Lord Jesus, he cannot decide whether or not to fulfill it. It is required of him ...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 12th OCTOBER 2025 IT'S NOT A FIGHT AGAINST HUMAN Ephesians 6:12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. (NIV) Never make any man your enemy. The above scripture is clear on who your enemy is. Your fight in this world is not against any man. Jesus did not give you victory over man but over Satan. When you make man your enemy and start fighting against him you can only lose because it's the wrong fight.  You may ask 'how about those who doesn't like me and their evil work against me is obvious?' They are only being used against you by your enemy the devil. He is an instrument used by your enemy but the instrument himself is not your enemy. If you killed him your enemy will use another instrument against you. What then should you do? Walk in your victory in...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 11th OCTOBER 2025 DON'T BE TOO CAREFUL John 16:13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. (NIV) He is the Master, you are learning His walk and steps, you could make a mistake, mistake is part of the process. Don't be too careful. Some Christians are very careful, they don't want to make any mistake. They try to greet everyone they should, they are very careful not to make one mistake a day. They try to be morally okay as they think they should. When the opposite gender hold or touch them in public they are quick to express their disapproval. But Christianity is not outside in but inside out. We live from inside out. Who we are inside we express outside. And this is only possible by the guidance of the Holy Spirit. The Bible calls Him 'the Spirit of truth', and He guide...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 10th OCTOBER 2025 THROUGH HIM Romans 8:37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. (NIV) We are victorious, indomitable, incorruptible, powerful and more than conquerors not because of our strength but through Him. When we say "through Him" it means through His Person, Personality and Power. Not only is our victory through Christ we also live through Him. We live through His Person, Personality and Power. It is the reason we are more than conquerors.  The Lord gave us His Name to live in, live by and live for. His Name represents who He is and everything He has and can do. Living in His Name we live through who He is, everything He has and can do. This is the reason we are more than victorious. The Bible tells us that our victory is through Him.  1 Corinthians 15:57 But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through His victory over sin, death, satan a...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 9th OCTOBER 2025 NOTHING SEPARATES Romans 8:37-39 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, [^11] neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (NIV) As long as we are here in this world we will face challenging times but none has the power to separate us from God and His love for us in Christ. God's love for us is in Christ. That means it's on the basis of Christ not of our merit. It means there is nothing we could do to make Him stop loving us. We could only choose to not receive His love but we can't stop His love.  His unconditional love brought us into a relationship with Him, and keeps us with Him. There is no power, person or thing that can ever separate us...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 8th OCTOBER 2025 IT'S ALL IN THE RESURRECTION Romans 4:25 He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification. (NIV) Everything we are and have in Christ came in the resurrection. In His death our old self and everything related to it died, in His resurrection everything of God, His life, nature, righteousness, victory, success and everything else were impacted to us. It's all in the resurrection.  His death was the judgment for our sins. His resurrection is our justification because in it we received new life that has no past of sin or any wrong. In His resurrection we received the life of God, in it is everything. We are righteous, victorious, powerful and successful because of His life in us. Everything we are and will ever be is in the resurrection life.  We were not only raised to life we are also seated at the right hand of God.  Ephesians 2:6 And God raised us up with Christ...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 7th OCTOBER 2025 WE ARE CHRIST 1 Corinthians 12:12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. (KJV) When we say we are Christ some Christians get offended and argue. But what is Christ? Christ is the image of the invisible God -- Colossians 1:15. What is the image of God? The expression or representation of God. When we got born again we were added to Christ and became Christ. 1 Corinthians 6:17 But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit. We are one with the Lord by our spirit. This means our spirit and Christ has become one spirit-being, the image of God, which is Christ. We have put on Christ; His nature, life and identity, and have become Christ.  Our theme scripture gives us a clear picture. 1 Corinthians 12:12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body:...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 6th OCTOBER 2025 FAITH AND LOVE Galatians 5:6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love. (NIV) When you came into Christ by being born again everything changed, in Christ we operate by different principles and standards. The defining factors in Christ is faith and love. Faith came to us when we heard the Gospel and believed. When we accepted the Lord Jesus into our heart faith was granted us. And with that faith comes His love. These two defines the life of a Christian. And they are the only things that truly matters.  Our faith is in all that He has done for us and who He made us. Our faith is living in His stead. We live by the faith of the Son of God, that is, by who He is.  Galatians 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live...

 BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 5th OCTOBER 2025 HE HAS PLANS TO PROSPER YOU Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. (NIV) There are those who would not totally surrender everything in their lives to God. For example, their career. They erroneously think that God might not want such a career for them or change it entirely. They are afraid that they might not be what they want if they yield all to God. They have their own plans for their lives and future, and are afraid that God might change it. But they are ignorant that God's plan is always the best.  In Jeremiah 29:11 God says "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." God has plans to prosper you. Plans are not mere desire or wish, but a laid down strategy, idea, format o...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 4th OCTOBER 2025 DON'T BE UNCONCERNED ABOUT OTHERS Ezekiel 16:49 "’Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy. (NIV) Someone might say "I work hard for my money, why should I help people with it? And how is it a sin if I don't help?"  God said this was the sin of Sodom -- she and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help others. Being unconcerned about the plight of other people is a sin. Refusing to help when in a position to help is a sin. God expects you to be concerned about the sufferings of other people whether or not they are related to you. God brought you here so He could do things through you, reach other people through you, bless and uplift them. It is a sin if you do not allow Him to fulfill this purpose through you. And for Him to fulfill His purpose through you, you mu...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 3rd OCTOBER 2025 GLORIOUS THINGS ARE SPOKEN OF YOU Psalms 87:3 Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah. (KJV) It's important that you know what God has spoken of you, only then do you stand a chance of living in them. The people close to you may speak words concerning you, like your parents, siblings, friends and even your leaders at different settings, but what matters most is what the Word says about you.   Some people struggle in life because they are very conscious of the negative things spoken about them. They relate with them every so often and reference them. Don't magnify the negative words spoken against you, if you discover what God has spoken concerning you and hold on to it every other word spoken against you will become void.  In the scriptures a lot of glorious things are spoken of you, they are what you should find out and anchor your life on. Let us look at few of such Scriptures. Isai...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 2nd OCTOBER 2025 TO WILL AND TO ACT  Philippians 2:13 for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose. (NIV) When God commits anything to our care He works with us to ensure we accomplish it. All that He instructs us to do in the Word He actually works in us to do them. When you discover within you a will or desire to do something for the Kingdom it is actually expired in you by the Holy Spirit. For it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.  Playing your path in the work of the Kingdom and the assignment God has committed to you would become easy when you recognize and acknowledge that it is God who works in you both to be willing and to be able to do what is required. When you sincerely acknowledge this truth, your responsibility is to focus on the Holy Spirit, listen to Him and do what He leads you to, because He is the One at work in you to...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 1st OCTOBER 2025 PRESENT YOUR REQUESTS TO GOD Philippians 4:6-7 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. (NIV) This above scripture is a prescription for a time of trouble. It says do not be anxious about anything, but present your request to God with thanksgiving. Instead of getting agitated or worried, present your request to God.  God knows we face challenges. He knows you might have reasons to be worried but He tells you the best solution; present your requests to God. What do you want? God cares about you in every way. He doesn't want you disturbed or agitated. He instructs you to present your requests or troubles to Him. It's comforting to know that God listens to and answers our prayers. There is one thing you should ...