DIVINE WORD MINISTRIES

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS Daily devotional Pastor Stanley 28th SEPTEMBER 2026 SEATED WITH CHRIST IN HEAVEN Ephesians 2:6 "And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus." (NIV) Do not miss the tenses here. Paul does not say God will raise you up or will seat you with Christ one day. He says God raised us up and seated us — already accomplished, already secured. The same power that burst the grave on the third day burst you out of the grave of the old man, and the same hand that installed Christ at the right hand of God installed you with Him in the heavenly realms. This is the New Creation's true address. You are not a spiritual beggar standing at the door of heaven asking to be taken in; you are seated — in authority, in favor, in unshakable position. Your territory, your destiny, your victory, your success and dominion was already settled at the cross and confirmed at the resurrection. Living from this seat changes everything. ...

  BREAKFAST WITH JESUS Daily devotional Pastor Stanley 27th SEPTEMBER 2026 CHRIST IS YOUR LIFE Colossians 3:3-4 "For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory." (NIV) Notice the order of these verses. You died. Your life was buried with Christ. But the grave did not keep you — your new life was raised with Him and is now hidden with Christ in God. That hiddenness is not obscurity; it is protection. While the world measures you by works, circumstances, and man's opinions, your true self is concealed in the safest place in all existence: the heart of God Himself. And then Paul delivers the most staggering truth in all Scripture: Christ is your life. Not a gift you carry, not a virtue you maintain, not a relationship you manage — He is the very life you live. You do not strive to make Him shine in you; His appearing will be your appearing. The same glory that surrounds the Son...

  BREAKFAST WITH JESUS Daily devotional Pastor Stanley 26th SEPTEMBER 2026   SET YOUR HEARTS ON THINGS ABOVE   Colossians 3:1-2 "Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things." (NIV)   Paul does not say "set your hearts on things above if you have been raised with Christ." He says "since, then" — because it is already true. Your old position in Adam was buried with Christ; your new life was raised and seated in heavenly places. What the Spirit has established in you, your heart must now mirror.   This is where the New Creation lives: not striving to become holy, but abiding in what you already are. Sin, negative circumstance, and failure are foreign to your spirit — they do not belong to your origin, and they do not have to occupy your thoughts. To set your heart on things above is to give your deepest affections their r...

  BREAKFAST WITH JESUS Daily devotional Pastor Stanley 25th SEPTEMBER 2026   WE ARE NOT VULNERABLE   "Many are saying of me, 'God will not deliver him.' But you, LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high." — Psalms 3:2–3 (NIV)   Beloved, notice the contrast in this passage. There is the voice of the enemy, the voice of the world, and even the voice of the doubting mind, all saying the same thing: "He is finished. He has no way out. God will not deliver him."   It is a powerful lie, but it is still a lie. And the reason it is a lie is that it operates from the perspective of the natural, weak, exposed self. It looks at the branch and forgets the Vine. It looks at the soldier and forgets the Commander.   But then comes the declaration of the New Creation: "But you, LORD..." This two-word phrase shifts the entire battle from the realm of human vulnerability to the realm of divine invincibility. You are not vulnerable becau...

  BREAKFAST WITH JESUS Daily devotional Pastor Stanley 24th SEPTEMBER 2026   THE NEW CREATION'S SECRET "I am crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me." — Galatians 2:20 (NIV)   Beloved, Paul did not write this as a religious slogan. He wrote it as a settled fact — a declaration of who he really is in Christ. And it belongs to everyone that has been born again. Read the three tenses carefully, and let the Holy Spirit reveal their depth: "I am crucified with Christ" (past). The old man — that weak, fearful, performance-driven identity — is not just improved. It is dead. Buried. Finished. Whatever the old self was struggling with, it is no longer in charge. "It is no longer I who live" (present). Here is the pivot. The one now operating in your life is not your limited, natural self. It is Christ, living in you...

 BREAKFAST WITH JESUS Daily devotional Pastor Stanley 23rd SEPTEMBER 2026 THE POWER OF BELONGING "I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing." — John 15:5 (NIV) Beloved, to belong to Christ is to know your true identity. In the world, people look for belonging in relationships, institutions, or achievements, hoping that these will give them a sense of worth and security. But the New Creation was born into a completely different reality. In this beautiful picture, Jesus does not say, "I am the manager and you are the employees" or "I am the boss and you are the workers." He says, "I am the vine; you are the branches." Belonging to Christ means you are organically connected to Him. A branch has no independent source of life; it does not have to strive to manufacture its own sustenance. Its highest calling is to stay connected to the Vine, receive the infinite sup...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS Daily devotional Pastor Stanley 22nd SEPTEMBER 2026   BEAR FRUIT FOR GOD   "So, my brothers and sisters, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God." — Romans 7:4 (NIV)   Beloved, notice the beautiful sequence in this verse. It does not begin with striving. It does not begin with effort. It begins with a death — and a belonging.   First, death. The law once had a claim on you. It said: "Do this, achieve that, be perfect, or face judgment." But through the body of Christ, you died to those rules. The old transaction of earning your standing before God is finished. What is dead cannot be resurrected into obligation — grace has buried it.   Second, belonging. "That you might belong to another." Your identity is no longer rooted in performance. It is rooted in Person. You now belong to Him who was raised from the dead ...