DIVINE WORD MINISTRIES

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 31st AUGUST 2024 BUILD YOUR LIFE ON THE ROCK Luke 6:47-48 As for everyone who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice, I will show you what they are like. They are like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built. (NIV) There is a way to live life and not fall or fail beyond recovering. Jesus said it is by hearing and putting His word into practice. Your life is like a building under construction. How well and solid your building turns out depends on the material you use. When a heavy flood comes to a locality it goes against every house in that locality, some of the houses would fall, others would remain standing. It's the same flood but the difference was in how well each house was built and the material used. You can't blame the flood it came against all the houses; the floo...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 30th AUGUST 2024 YOU CAN TRUST HIS LOVE Ephesians 2:4 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, (NIV) All that we are and what we have received from God is not based on our qualification. All that we shall ever be and have will not be based on our qualification but His Love and mercy towards us. You can trust His love. His love means care, protection, help etc. His love is life. All we need is God's love and we have it in full. It is therefore on our part to rely on it. His love for us means we are the object of His attention, and are in the center of His plan and purpose. How wonderful it is to know that the Almighty God has plan and purpose for each one of us! And how comforting it is to rely on His plan and purpose! You don't experience God to trust Him, rather you trust Him to experience Him. You trust His love to experience it. You can experience the manifestation of His love in your life. Don...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 29th AUGUST 2024 HE'S GRACIOUS AND COMPASSIONATE Psalms 145:8 The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love. (NIV) When we do something that should get God angry and attract punishment or disadvantage us He seems to not take notice or record of it. He is slow to anger. He doesn't vent His anger on us as we think He does. He has compassion on us.  God is not judgmental as we think He is. It is not yet time for judgment. He's gracious and compassionate towards us.  His graciousness means He does things for us and gives us things we do not deserve. In His grace He gave us His life and nature, making us exactly like Him. His grace gave us everything good. We are saved by Grace and enjoy the benefits and blessings of salvation by His Grace. His Grace means His goodness is turned toward us.  His compassion seals or secures everything for us. His compassion means He won't allow us go through punish...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 28th AUGUST 2024 ENLARGE YOUR PLACE Isaiah 54:2-3 "Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes. For you will spread out to the right and to the left; your descendants will dispossess nations and settle in their desolate cities. (NIV) God wants you big and influential. But that can't happen until you recognize it and work in that direction. He wants you to spread out to the right and to the left, and He instructed you in His word to enlarge the place of your tent. In other words that means 'expand your scope.' Your scope of influence is the limit to God's work in your life. Don't make your world small; expand your reach. The place of your tent includes your workplace or business circle. Enlarge it; do more with your business, expand your territory at work; do more with your work. Reach more people.  Reaching more people is eas...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 27th AUGUST 2024 THE SPIRIT OF HIM Romans 8:11 And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you. (NIV) First thing to note is that you are a spirit. Secondly, the Holy Spirit lives in your spirit (your heart). The Holy Spirit owns you and not you owns Him. That tells you that He owns your life and how you live it; you are accountable to Him.  Our theme scripture says "And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you..." The Spirit of Him lives in you. He has something to do in you. He not only give life to your mortal body but also energizes your spirit (inner being). He governs your spirit and physical body. The Spirit of Him is your essence, and how your life turn out to be is dependent how much you yield yourself to Him. What becomes of your spirit and body...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 26th AUGUST 2024 NO CURSE CAN TOUCH YOU Numbers 23:23 No curse can touch Jacob; no sorcery has any power against Israel. For now it will be said of Jacob, 'What wonders God has done for Israel!' (NLT) We live in a world where people are very diabolical. They employ every evil power against another. They consult evil forces to lay curse on people. As a Christian you shouldn't be afraid nor concerned about such people and their wicked acts because God has already given His Word concerning you in this regard. He says "No curse can touch you; no sorcery has any power against you." When two people get involved in conflict you would hear one say to the other, "we shall see!" By that he meant he was going to do an evil thing to the other fellow or place a curse on him. Such people believe in and live their lives by diabolic powers. They so trust in and invoked demonic powers. But God says no curse can touch...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 25th AUGUST 2024 GREAT IS HIS FAITHFULNESS Lamentations 3:23 They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. (NIV) God renews His faithfulness every morning. He is faithful to His plan for your life. He is faithful to His Word concerning you. He watches His plan to come to pass in your life. He watches His Word to come to pass in your life.  However, there are situations where it seems that we do not understand Him nor His plan, especially when we think we are in His will yet things seems not working right. We wonder but we do not question His faithfulness. For example, We know it is His will that a married woman should conceive and give birth, yet a woman is married for years but no child. We may not understand why but we know God is faithful to His will and His Word. Another word to say God is 'faithful' is God is 'committed.' God is committed to His plan and purpose for your life. Your role is to find His...