🍲 *SHABACH YESHUA ENDLESS GOODNESS DAILY DEVOTIONAL* *Monday 1st May 2023. HAPPY NEW MONTH TO YOU* *TOPIC:* *PEACE BE STILL*

 

🔑 *KEY VERSE:* 

"Be still and know that I am God, I will be exalted on the earth" (Psalm 46:10).

*TODAY'S TEXT* 

Mark 4:35–40

*MESSAGE*

In as much as we know that our journey on this earth is not void of storms, turbulence and problems etc. There is still a need for us to experience peace and calmness in the midst of all these.

Jesus was on a ship with His disciples, and while sailing, the storm raged against their ship. It took only His word to calm the situation and everything returned to normal. That same Jesus is the captain of your boat as you sail through the seas of life heading to your destination amidst the storm, remember, all you need is the Master and not your efforts. Most times we employ and exact our efforts on things we can achieve effortlessly. The disciples tried their best

but to no avail until they went to Jesus and called Him up for help.

We equal His being quiet to being absent. He does not only Know your problems, He goes through them with you. Yours is to keep on calling him "Master, careth thou not that we perish?" If He will only speak against that storm in your life then it will become a thing of the past.

In case you don't have faith to handle it by yourself then you need to go to Jesus for help. Believe Him and experience calmness so you can have smoother sailing.

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🎚 *CONTROLLING THOUGHTS* 

 Give it to God and go to sleep

🙏🏿 *PRAYER* 

 Oh Lord, help me to know that in you, I can lay down and sleep, make me dwell in your safety in Jesus' name.

*BIBLE STUDY IN ONE YEAR* 

John 2:12–4:38

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 🍲 *SHABACH YESHUA ENDLESS GOODNESS DAILY DEVOTIONAL* 

*Saturday 29th April 2023* 

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*TOPIC:* 

*TRY CARING FOR A SERVANT OF GOD*

🔑 *KEY VERSE:* 

"A gift is a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth" (Prov. 17:8).

*TODAY'S TEXT* 

2 Kings 4:8-17

*MESSAGE*

In May 2021, the local media celebrated an unnamed old woman in Makurdi, Benue state, who got a shock blessing by showing simple care for a servant of God. Armed robbers had visited her parish priest and taken away some of his things; this old woman heard this and brought six eggs to the man of God to her sympathy and care.

Later, the affected minister, Reverend Father Solomon Mfa of Saint

Augustine Parish, Makurdi, went to her abode to thank her for the kind gesture. He was surprised to see the type of unkept and shabby place the old woman lived in. So, a few days later, he crowd-funded and built her a beautiful mansion which she moved into.

Truly a gift given with a pure heart never fails. It carries even more

power when it is given to a servant of God in obedience to God's

instruction. Jesus says, "He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward, and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward" (Mt. 10:41-42).

In the above scripture, Jesus gives us a powerful but often

neglected weapon for combating lack and closed doors in life. That

the weapon is giving. He guarantees us that giving is truly a boomerang! Anne Frank says that "No one has ever become poor by giving." The truth is that we rise by lifting others. As Kathy Calvin has said, "Giving is not just about donating. It is about making a difference. Never forget this: whatever you are not willing to let go of in your life, God will never allow it to take permanent residence in your life." Give and it shall be given unto you!

 

🎚 *CONTROLLING THOUGHTS* 

 It is not much about how we give but how much love we put into giving.

🙏🏿 *PRAYER* 

Abba Father, give me the heart to give as a way of life. Help me to become a habitual giver in the name of Yeshua. Amen

*BIBLE STUDY IN ONE YEAR* 

Luke 4:1-6:26

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🍲 *SHABACH YESHUA ENDLESS GOODNESS DAILY DEVOTIONAL* *Friday 28th April 2023* ____ *TOPIC:* *A SHORT TRIP

🔑 *KEY VERSE:* 

"For what is your life? It is even as a vapour, that appeareth for a little time and then vanisheth away" (James 4:14)

*TODAY'S TEXT* 

JAMES 4:6-17

*MESSAGE* 

When we consider how short our earthly journey is and the load of worries and pains we move about with, one should pause and ask, is it worth it? It was Moses who prayed, Lord teaches us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.' A while ago, an elderly woman entered a bus and secured a seat. At the following bus stop, a young lady joined the bus with multiple bags of

different sizes and shapes carelessly hitting everyone as she made her way. She sat beside the elderly woman. When she perceived that the elderly woman was indifferent to her entry and the inconvenience of her luggage, she asked her why she did not

complain. The elderly politely told her that her trip was short, that she would be getting down at the next bus stop and concluded that she was not used to complaining about insignificant issues of that nature. The answer was like a bullet to all who were listening.

HER TRIP WAS SHORT.

All of us, irrespective of age, as far as we are on earth, our trip is short compared to eternity. When you are misunderstood, remember that the trip is short, there is no need to argue about what was said and what you meant. When you are betrayed, intimidated, cheated or insulted; do not hit back because our trip together is short.

Appreciate and value every moment because our trip together is very short. Make the best of every moment. The Apostle James says it all in our key verse for today. It is for us to ensure that every moment of our SHORT TRIP counts. So, make it Count!

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🎚 *CONTROLLING THOUGHTS* 

 Appreciate and value every moment of your journey on earth for the trip is short.

🙏🏿 *PRAYER* 

Lord Jesus, help me to make the best use of every moment in my journey here, Amen.

*BIBLE STUDY IN ONE YEAR* 

Matthew 5-7

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🍲 *SHABACH YESHUA ENDLESS GOODNESS DAILY DEVOTIONAL* Thursday 27th April 2023 *TOPIC:* *THE INDOMITABLE SPIRIT

🔑 *KEY VERSE:* 

"We are...struck down, but not destroyed" (2 Corinthians 4:8-9).

📖 *TODAY'S READING:* 

2 Corinthians 4:7-15

📜 *ONE YEAR BIBLE STUDY PLAN* 

1 Samuel 15-17

*COMMENTARY*

Christianity is being so possessed and apprehended by God that you are certain of nothing and nobody else than God Himself. It is not just devotion to work, or a cause, or a doctrine, but devotion to a Person, the Lord Jesus Christ; that alone is the distinguishing characteristic of Christianity. A believer must determinedly form habits to express what God's grace has done in life, such that "...what Jesus did among them, He does in us...He lives" (Vs. 10, Message). We are saved to manifest the life of the Son of God in our mortal flesh, and it is the unfriendly, hostile and difficult things which make us exhibit whether or not we are manifesting His life.

These bodies and the nature we carry, truly are "earthen vessels'" (Vs. 7). They are fragile, weak, and vulnerable to offences, injury and disease; but physical limitations need not limit the spirit born within us. Many believers have learned that to be "'struck down" does not mean "destroyed." Our relationship with God works a free and spur-of-the-moment effect producing in our lives an un-crushable gaiety and certainty of the grace of God. You must keep yourself fit to let the life of the Son of God be manifested, and you cannot keep yourself fit if you give way to self-pity.

When we are struck down by diseases or threatened by some serious setbacks, we need not allow them to destroy us. We can choose instead to hold fast to God's grace and goodness. As we trust and obey Him through difficulties, we demonstrate the power of God and we encourage others by so doing. In so doing, we strengthen our faith in God, the very thing satan is trying to destroy. However, it is one thing to choose difficulties, and another to go into them by God's design. If God puts you there, He is adequately sufficient.

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🎚 *CONTROLLING THOUGHTS* 

 Remain strong; your setbacks shall turn into set-ups.

🙏🏿 *PRAYER* 

Oh Lord my father, there are days when giving up seems to make more sense, help me to hold on, till the day of your glorious appearance. Amen

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 🍲 *SHABACH YESHUA ENDLESS GOODNESS DAILY DEVOTIONAL* 

Wednesday 26th April 2023 

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*TOPIC:* 

*HE LIVES TO REIGN FOREVER* 

🔑 *KEY VERSE:* 

"I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and Death," (Rev.1:18),

📖 *TODAY'S READING:* 

Luke 24:1-8

📜 *ONE YEAR BIBLE STUDY PLAN* 

1 Samuel 4-8

*COMMENTARY*

There are twelve major religions in the world, namely: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Shintoismand, Buddhism.

Baha'ism, Zoroastrianism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Confucianism, Taoism, and Jainismisme are almost extinct. The founders of these religions, none, but one is alive, Jesus Christ. The reason is simple, He laid down his life, it was not taken from Him. He died, not as a criminal or terrorist but as a conquering Lord, and Saviour of mankind. The power of Sin and Satan could not hold Him captive. Hence, the death and resurrection of Jesus Chrisareis the bedrock of Christianity.

I like the way the four gospel writers each presented a beautiful account of the resurrection of Jesus, particularly, Mathew and Luke: “He is not here: for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay'", Matt. 28:6. "Why do you seek the living among the dead? "He is not here, but is risen! Luke 24:5-6. The living should not be

sought among the dead. Because the Lord of all the earth couldn't have been held back by what he created. He created life and death. He created light and darkness. He is the head of all principalities and powers. His resurrection is the reason for the season.

The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the s believers' anchor of hope. In John 11:25, Jesus said: "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live". This is the backbone of the Christian faith. Jesus lives and reigns forever more. I don't know about you, because Jesus

lives, I shall live and face tomorrow gallantly.

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🎚 *CONTROLLING THOUGHTS* 

 The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ are the bedrock of Christianity.

🙏🏿 *PRAYER* 

 Oh God, my father, help me to keep living in the atmosphere of the victory of Christ's resurrection, in Jesus' mighty name, Amen!

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 🍲 *SHABACH YESHUA ENDLESS GOODNESS DAILY DEVOTIONAL* 

*Tuesday 25th April 2023* 

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*TOPIC:* 

*THE POWER OF UNSEEN FORCES*

🔑 *KEY VERSE:* 

"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood....." (Eph. 6:12).

*TODAY'S TEXT* 

Ephesians 6:12-18

*MESSAGE*

In May 2021, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) released a viral video where one Ahmed Isa also known as the "ordinary president" slapped a woman who he was interviewed on live television. Isa who owns and works at Human Rights Television was interviewing a woman named Susan who had allegedly tied the hands and legs of her daughter, poured kerosene on her and set the girl ablaze.

What annoyed Isa was that when he asked her why she set her daughter on fire and the woman said, "Honestly, I don't know what happened to me that made me do that thing. I don't know the time it happened," she added, pleading that everyone should forgive her.

This is a clear case of spiritual manipulation, a phenomenon rampant all over the universe. It is a fact that in scripture and practical life spiritual forces influence the minds of most people to act in ways they would not ordinarily act if they had full control of their faculties. We must understand the fundamental place of spiritual forces in determining what is happening in our world and how they operate to make things happen.

The apostle Paul was emphatic on the fact that our struggle in the universe is not against physical human beings or beasts but against a hierarchy of identified spiritual personalities wielding tremendous

powers over men and the universe we live in as captured in Eph. 6 which

we read today. He calls us to always dress up with the whole armour of

God as well as pray "Always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints (V.18). Otherwise, you can easily become a victim of the treachery of unseen powers as the woman in the story was.

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🎚 *CONTROLLING THOUGHTS* 

 Every physical action has a spiritual origin. Connect to the spirit of God.

🙏🏿 *PRAYER* 

 Oh God of my praise, help me to always submit my mind to your control in Jesus' name. Amen

*BIBLE STUDY IN ONE YEAR* 

Mark 16; Luke 1

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 🍲 *SHABACH YESHUA ENDLESS GOODNESS DAILY DEVOTIONAL* 

*Sunday 23d April, 2023* 

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*TOPIC:* 

*FAITHFUL GOD*

🔑 *KEY VERSE:* 

"So the Lord gave to Israel all the land of which He had sworn to give to their fathers and they took possession of it and dwelt in it" (Joshua 21:43, NKJV).

*TODAY'S TEXT* 

Joshua 21:43-45

*MESSAGE*

The God we serve is a faithful God. He fulfils all His promises to His people. Over four hundred years ago, God

promised to give the land of Canaan to Abraham's

descendants (Genesis 12:7). Famine made his descendants move from Canaan to Egypt where the number of years God mentioned was fulfilled. Finally, God brought them back to the Promised Land.

Humanly speaking, all hope was lost. Generations had gone and the promise forgotten but God does not forget. Every bit of His promises to Abraham and his descendants, God fulfilled, namely:

1. He gave them all the land He swore to give to their fathers; they took possession of it and dwelt in it.

2. He gave them rest all round according to all He had sworn to their fathers.

3. Not a man of all their enemies stood against them.

4. The Lord delivered all their enemies into their hands.

5. Not a word failed of any good thing which the Lord had spoken

to the house of lsrael.

6. All came to pass.

Have you come to the time when you begin to doubt the faithfulness of God because your expectations are not yet met? He is the same

Sovereign and faithful God. He changeth not! All He said, He will do. No matter the number of years and the nature, "It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord" Lamentation 3:26).

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🎚 *CONTROLLING THOUGHTS* 

 Our God is faithful that He cannot fail His promises

🙏🏿 *PRAYER* 

Lord, help me to always hang on you for the fulfilment of Your promises no matter how long. In the name of Yeshua. Amen.  

*BIBLE STUDY IN ONE YEAR* 

Luke 10:17-12:12

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