DIVINE WORD MINISTRIES

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 31st MAY 2026 THE SCRIPTURES WERE WRITTEN FOR US Romans 15:4 For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope. (NIV) The Bible is not a record book; it was not written so that what happened could be kept safe, nor is it a history book -- a mere story of what happened in the past. No! Everything written in the Bible was written for us with a purpose. Apostle Paul by the Spirit tells us in Romans 15:4 "For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope." The scriptures was meant to teach and enlighten us so that we could have endurance, encouragement, faith and hope. We do not only learn through the wisdom of the Scriptures but also through the characters (people) and thei...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 30th MAY 2026 WE FLOURISH Psalms 92:12-13 The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon; planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God. (NIV) If you ever observed a palm tree you will have found out that it blossoms even in dry seasons. The cedar or tree of Lebanon grows fast and strong because the land of Lebanon is fertile. We are planted in God, the most fertile environment for us; we grow and flourish.  Every Christian who wants to flourish must remain planted in the house of God. Some times we find some Christians who don't remain in God, and the result is fruitlessness.  Those who by grace remain planted in God are consistently fruitful and productive. They flourish continually like a palm tree and their lives do not wither and whatever they do prospers.  God has planted you in His house. Take the responsibility to remain planted and you will...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 29th MAY 2026 WE LIVE BY WORDS Mark 11:23-24 "Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ’Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. (NIV) Faith is first expressed in words before action. The above scripture says "if anyone says to this mountain, ’Go, throw yourself into the sea,..." This means we do things by words and we live by words. Consciously or unconsciously the things we say has effect on our life. But we can deliberately take advantage of the power of words and produce the results we want in our lives.  If we follow the teaching in our theme scripture and practise it consistently we can literally produce positive results in our lives continually.  Let's read our theme scripture again. Mark 11...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 28th MAY 2026 INTERCEDE FOR FELLOW CHRISTIANS Colossians 4:12-13 Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you, that you may stand firm in all the will of God, mature and fully assured. I vouch for him that he is working hard for you and for those at Laodicea and Hierapolis. (NIV) In our previous study we talked about praying for leaders and nations. Today we want to talk about praying for fellow Christians. We do not only have a responsibility to pray for our leaders and nations but also to pray for our fellow Christians. Our prayer for one another helps us to stand together. Everyone of us must consistently pray for others. You must pray for me, I must pray for you.  Apostle Paul tells us about Epaphras, a perfect example of one who prays for fellow Christians. Apostle Paul said "I vouch for him that he is working hard for you and for those at Laodicea an...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 26th MAY 2026 TWO-WAY CHANNEL Philippians 4:15 Moreover, as you Philippians know, in the early days of your acquaintance with the gospel, when I set out from Macedonia, not one church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving, except you only; (NIV) The Apostle Paul made a remarkable statement "the matter of giving and receiving" while addressing the Philippian church. Giving is not one way; when we give it creates another way, making it a two-way channel. Giving and receiving goes together. Everyone who gives sincerely, joyfully and willingly also receives.  Not many people are aware or practise this ministry. Giving and receiving is actually a ministry, and very few people practise it deliberately. Train yourself to always give for Kingdom work and other good works, and when you do always expect to receive, because it is a matter or ministry of giving and receiving. Givers receives. Not only to reward them fo...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 25th MAY 2026 CONTINUE TO LIVE FOR HIM Colossians 2:6 So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, (NIV) To live in Him is to live for Him. You can't be in Christ and not live for Him. Because if you are in Him, He is in you and lives through you. If you have received Him as Lord; that is, if you have confessed His lordship over your life and are yielded to His lordship and leading then you won't struggle at all to live for Him.  Living for Him requires a mind made-up. You have to make up your mind completely to live for Him. Because unless you do if you encounter challenges you might likely turn back on Him. In living for Him there are oppositions but He has given us victory over them all.  Apostle Paul was resolute, in Philippians 1:21 he says "For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain." Simply he meant, if I am to go on living I will continue to live for Christ. ...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 23rd MAY 2026 GUARD AGAINST THE FLESH Galatians 5:24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. (NIV) The flesh has its own passions and desires which are contrary to those of the Spirit. Galatians 5:17 For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want. Though you are born again if you don't guard against the flesh you would find yourself gratifying the desires and passions of the flesh. The body (the flesh) you live in is natural to this world, this world is its natural domain. But your spirit is from above. Your body naturally lives and relates with this world but you will have to consciously and deliberately give attention to your spirit in order to express its nature, desire and passion through your body.  You have to deliberately guard your spirit ...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 22nd MAY 2026 NOT ON YOUR MERIT Ephesians 2:4-5 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions —it is by grace you have been saved. (NIV) One of the reasons we struggle to walk in God's perfect will is reliance on our own works and merit. Every man was born a sinner. Through the transgression of Adam sin passed unto every man. Every one sinned and fell short of the glory of God. Some might boast about their moral uprightness. Moral uprightness is not bad, but it is not righteousness. Moral uprightness is living up to the moral standard of a society. Righteousness is living in the standard that grace has brought us into. People fail in their walk with God because of reliance on merit; some hold onto their religious efforts and moral fit. But every man has deficiency without Christ. Christ alone is man's sufficiency. Amid all our short coming...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 21st MAY 2026 CALLED TO GLORY AND EXCELLENCE 2 Peter 1:3 His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, (ESV) It has always been the plan and dream of God to fill man with His glory. He had always wanted man to carry and dispense His beauty. The first man sinned and fell short of the glory. But God restored man to glory through Christ. Romans 3:23-24 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,  In the days of Moses God gave the Israelites the law which made them different from the rest of the world. God wanted a people that would bear His glory; through the law He offered the Israelites the opportunity to experience His glory if they would obey the law. For the law came with glory.  2 Corinthians 3:7-8 Now if the ...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 20th MAY 2026 LIVE IN HIS REST Hebrews 4:10 for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his. (NIV) You entered God's rest when you got born again and received the Holy Spirit. After God finished the creation of the world He rested. He hadn't been doing anything actively. His Spirit does everything as required. It was by the Holy Spirit Jesus did the Father's work in the earth, and it was the same Holy Spirit who raised Him from the dead.  When you received the Holy Spirit He brought you into God's rest. You ceased from your own work, yes if you actually surrendered your life to the Holy Spirit completely then whatever He does through you is the Father's work not yours. He takes your job, business, career and your every endeavour as God's work. Everything you are about is God's business. You ceased from your own work; you are in His rest now. That's why Jesus cam...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 19th MAY 2026 BIND IT! Matthew 16:19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven." (NIV) The keys of the Kingdom of heaven is not the same as the keys to the Kingdom of heaven. The keys to the Kingdom of heaven would mean keys that open doors in heaven. But what the Bible tells us is "the keys of the Kingdom of heaven", which means keys that are of heaven origin. In the context of this verse the keys means authority. So what Jesus said in essence is "I will give you the authority of the Kingdom of heaven." And He has long done it. As a child of God you have heaven's authority. You can function in the authority of the Kingdom of heaven. In fact you are required to. You are on earth as a representative of the Kingdom of heaven, and it is your duty and privilege to exercise the authority of t...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 18th MAY 2026 SEE POSSIBILITY Matthew 17:20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. (KJV) People only become hopeless when they can't see beyond where they are. When one is unable to see beyond his seemingly insurmountable circumstances he loses hope. But Jesus said "nothing shall be impossible unto you." If this is true, and of course it is, why not see possibility? There is so much you can do and be in this life. See possibility! The problem is not the challenges or hardships but what you are seeing. If you see a way out of the hardship that's what it would turn out to be. It's not so much about what is not working but your perception about it.  Jesus said in Matthew 17:20 "...If ye have faith as ...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 17th MAY 2026 YOUR LIFE IS YOUR MAKING Matthew 12:33 "Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit. (NIV) First of all, it is important that you realize that every man is a tree and the fruits of his life depends on him. The Bible says "make a tree good and its fruit will be good." You can make your life what you want. You are more in charge of your life than God is. You may not hear this anywhere else. Everyone blames everyone else for their failures and predicaments but themselves. Some even blame God. But He gave you life to live; rule, control and take decision. You are in charge of your life than God is. God doesn't run our life as some think. He gave us His Word by which we should run our own lives. Your life is actually your making. God gave you His manual (His word) to run your life, whether or not you adhere to it is your...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley  16th MAY 2026 ACCORDING TO YOUR FAITH Matthew 9:29 Then he touched their eyes and said, "According to your faith let it be done to you"; (NIV) Two blind men came to Jesus pleading with Him to restore their sight. They wanted to have their sight back. Their desire was all right. But they did not examine their faith. Jesus turned their attention to faith. Because that was what they required; healing and blessing requires more than desire -- faith is required. Matthew 9:27-30 As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, calling out, "Have mercy on us, Son of David!" When he had gone indoors, the blind men came to him, and he asked them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" "Yes, Lord," they replied. Then he touched their eyes and said, "According to your faith let it be done to you"; and their sight was restored. Jesus warned them sternly, "See that no one know...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 15th MAY 2026 WHERE YOUR TREASURE IS Matthew 6:21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. (NIV) You can know what your heart is passionate about by taking note of what you do with the things that are precious and important to you. The things that are precious to you are your treasures. Of course, your resources are your treasures too. Your heart goes where your resources goes.  As a child of God you can measure your walk with God, and even your spiritual maturity by what you do with your resources. Money is an important treasure to everyone. If you want to know where your heart is, examine what you spend your money on. Consciously or unconsciously everyone spend their money on what gladdens their heart. If the furtherance of the Gospel of Jesus and seeing people saved is what gladdens your heart then your money will go there. Matthew 6:19-21 "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 14th MAY 2026 HOPE DOES NOT FAIL Romans 5:5 And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. (NIV) When we study the Word of God He does not only produce faith in us but also hope. Only the Word gives genuine hope because it has basis. The Word is truth, what He tells us is true. This truth is the foundation or basis of our hope. And such hope does not put us to shame. You may have hoped and waited for God's word concerning a particular issue in your life to come to pass but nothing has happened yet. Don't lose hope. You might have thoughts that the Word has failed and there is no need hoping. Those thoughts are wrong and aimed to destroy your hope. Listen! Hope built on God's Word does not fail. Keep your hope alive! The Bible says "God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given t...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 12th MAY 2026 TAKE ADVANTAGE OF GOD'S WORD Hebrews 13:5-6 Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you." So we say with confidence, "The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?" (NIV) What you become in life and how much you do in life is dependent on how much you do with God's Word. When you receive God's word what do you do with it? Do you relate with it as a mere information or story? God's Word is His judgment of the state of things. What He says about your health is His judgment concerning your health. When you find His Word take advantage of it. When something happens everyone has something to say about it. That's their judgment or perception. If you had pain on your shoulder and went to a doctor he would examine it and then render his judgment. God...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 11th MAY 2026 BEFORE YOU GIVE UP Proverbs 24:10 If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. (KJV) The Bible recognize the day of adversity. It is a day when everything go adversely; that means, things going contrary to what you plan or want. And then you have a responsibility to turn them back into what you want. It is a time of fight, a fight of faith, not a time to give up. The Bible says if you faint (give up) in the day of adversity your strength is small. How are you going to increase your strength? Certainly this is not human strength. For by human strength shall no one prevail. Spiritual strength is required for victory and success. And only the Holy Spirit gives such strength. So in the day of adversity you draw strength from Him. And the way to do so is through meditation on the Word and prayer. Luke 18:1 Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up....

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 10th MAY 2026 THROUGH HIM Romans 8:37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. (KJV) If only we would recognize the THROUGH HIM in this verse, meditate on it, understand it and act on it our struggles would cease. We are more than conquerors through Him who loves us not through our strength or qualification.  Christianity is leveraging on Jesus; who He is, what He has, what He can, where He is and what He has done for us. A victorious Christian is not one who never did any wrong or said anything wrong but one who is skillful in dividing and applying the word of truth. An effective Christian is one who leverage on grace.  Our victory and success is through Him. Amidst all the troubles, trials and persecutions we are more than conquerors through Him who loves us. You have to carefully examine your life if your words and deeds has been through Him. Some times our fruitless efforts is becau...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 9th MAY 2026 THE GRACE; THE LOVE; THE SPIRIT 2 Corinthians 13:14 May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. (NIV) The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ actually means the place of the Lord Jesus Christ. He took our place of sin, judgment and death so we could take His place of righteousness, justification and life. His grace means more than just favour, it is His place with the Father given us. He gave us His place of Sonship with the Father. Now we can say "Abba Father!" Without the love of God we couldn't have received the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ. It was the love of God the Father which gave us His Son Jesus. For God so loved that world that He gave His only begotten son that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. Everlasting life is a gift of His grace.  Even though we have experienced the love of the Father a...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 8th MAY 2026 IF THE LORD DOES NOT HELP YOU 2 Kings 6:26-27 As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried to him, "Help me, my lord the king!" The king replied, "If the LORD does not help you, where can I get help for you? From the threshing floor? From the winepress?" (NIV) It's important to know that only God can truly help a man. Even when a fellow man helps you it is only an extension of God's help. So it's no use setting your focus on man to help you, if the Lord does not help you no man however great or rich can. A woman wanted justice and cried to the king of Israel. His response was "If the LORD does not help you, where can I get help for you? From the threshing floor? From the winepress?" He was simply telling the woman I cannot do anything for you, only God can. Actually the king himself needed help at the time.  You see the people you look to for help also need h...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 7th MAY 2026 THE NAME, THE WORD AND THE SPIRIT Philippians 2:9-11 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. (NIV) What you require to solve any challenge is the Name, the Word and the Spirit. Irrespective of the circumstance you find yourself in, whether sickness, hopelessness, failure or even the death of a loved one all you need is these three.  Your understanding of the Name of Jesus, the Word (the Gospel of God), and the Spirit of God will have significant impact on your life and the way you relate and deal with the circumstances of life.  You have to understand that the Name of Jesus is sovereign over every name, people, organization, thing, disease and infirmity. What we read in Philippi...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 6th MAY 2026 MORE THAN TWO THOUSAND YEARS AGO 1 Corinthians 15:57 But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. (NIV) When a Christian is faced with a challenge and wants a change he prays to God hoping that He would do something right away. When conflict comes up at his workplace he want God to give him victory over it. But God already gave us victory over every conflict more than two thousand years ago through the Lord Jesus Christ. And it is valid for today and for all time.  The victory we got in Christ is a continuous victory; it is a once and for all time victory which continue over times and circumstances. We are as victorious today as we were more than two thousand years ago when God raised us up with Jesus from the dead.  Acts 2:24 But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him. When God raised Jesus ...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 5th MAY 2026 THE SPIRIT OF FEAR 2 Timothy 1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. (KJV) There is such a thing as the spirit of fear. It precedes every disaster or calamity that comes to a man. Before any negative thing takes place in the life of a person he is first attacked with fear. It takes fear to die. Anyone who rejects fear rejects death.  When a Doctor diagnose a person with an incurable disease and tell the person you are going to die in three months from now. A lot of times such a person dies before the end of that three months. What actually kill the fellow is not the disease but fear of death. If the Doctor hadn't said anything to him he probably would have lived many years more. Fear kills! If you had school exams to write devil would attack you with fear of failing. If you allow such fear you would actually fail before the exam. When devil wants you to fail...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 4th MAY 2026 WHOLESOME THOUGHTS WHOLESOME LIFE Proverbs 23:7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he:... (KJV) Everyone wants their life to be wholesome but not everyone gives careful attention to their thoughts. And not many give premium to their thoughts. Yet the Bible says as a man thinks so is he. Everyone is a product of their thoughts. The circumstances of man's life is defined by his thoughts. He may not be responsible for every thought that comes to him but he is certainly responsible for processing them and the resultant effect in his life.  If you want a wholesome life have wholesome thoughts. The outcome of your life cannot escape your thoughts. You can control what you think because your mind thinks only the information you provide it. Avail yourself to the right information. People who live in constant fear is as a result of the fearful information they have digested over a cause of time. If you listen to the rig...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 3rd MAY 2026 REMEMBER HIS GOODNESS Micah 6:5 My people, remember what Balak king of Moab plotted and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the righteous acts of the LORD." (NIV) The Israelites on their way to the promised land from Egypt encountered enemies. Kings and people of other nations attacked them many times. One of such was king Balak of Moab. He prepared to attack Israel but fear of them gripped him for they were numerous and strong. He sent for Balaam the prophet and pleaded with him to lay a curse on the Israelites to weaken them. But God would not let him. He ended up blessing them, and concluded in Numbers 23:20 I have received a command to bless; he has blessed, and I cannot change it. Inspite of this and many other things God did for the Israelites; deliverance and blessings, they would not remember. Each time they were faced with hardship or an enemy ...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 2nd MAY 2026 KEEP HOPE ALIVE Romans 5:5 And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. (NIV) Everyone at some point gets to their stretch. A person may have many disappointments and failures, and concluded "I have had it." He tries to look forward and the road seems bleak and impossible. Recounting the things that didn't work for him he lost hope of the future.  If your hope is based on God's word keep it alive. Everything else you might set your hope would fail. Only the hope built on God's word that will not fail. The Bible says "And hope does not put us to shame," and went further to explain "because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us."  Our hope is in His word; when you receive His word into your heart anticipate its fulfilment. Keep...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 1st MAY 2026 HIS TROPHY OF VICTORY 2 Corinthians 2:14 But thanks be to God, who always leads us as captives in Christ’s triumphal procession and uses us to spread the aroma of the knowledge of him everywhere. (NIV) When Jesus died He went to hell, defeated and disarmed satan and his cohorts. Coming out of hell He brought out the saints who had died (Abraham, Moses, David and others) and had been captives in hell. He came out with them. They were actually His trophy of victory.  Colossians 2:15 And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross. And like those saints every Christian is Christ's trophy of victory.  Ephesians 4:8 This is why it says: "When he ascended on high, he took many captives and gave gifts to his people." The captives referred to here are the saints he brought out of the paradise which was in hell. The Christian came after the figh...