Those who chose to follow Jesus were awakened people

 

An Emoji Devotion for Saturday, 3rd January 2025

Topic: Those who chose to follow Jesus were awakened people 

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Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him. Matthew 4:11 NIV

Happy New Year to you readers out there. Its been a while and I have come to say, I wish you the best of your years this 2026. Today, I wish to share with you why your problem persists. I will make it brief as I can. Count yourself fortunate for reading this. There is a Spiritual rule in the Realms which is known by all enlightened souls out there. An enlightened soul could be good or bad person. What is the Spiritual rule. Let's dive God's word. In our Highlighted verse, you will realise that during the period of time that Our Lord Jesus the King of Kings and Lord of Lords was tempted by the devil, The angels left him. This is same for everybody. The Spiritual rule is simple, you can only be devoted to one master or Lord at a time. Whenever you are dinning or being entertained by angels, the devil will leave you until the angels leaves you, and whenever you are associating and communicating with the devil the angels leave you until the devil leaves you. It happened to Our Lord and Savior in Matthew 4:11. It is a Spiritual rule: “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money. Matthew 6:24.

Now, that is the rule. So, in Matthew 4:25 Large crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and the region across the Jordan followed him. These people who followed Jesus are awakened people, they way higher than enlightened people. Their heart have been prepared and ready to follow after righteousness and when they see the Lord, they recognized him as the way, the Truth and Life John 14:6, and followed him. If it is difficult for you to follow Jesus, to listen to Gospel, to go to church, to listen to worship and Christian music, you may be enlightened but not awakened. 

What makes the difference? 

The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds, Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; 2nd Corinthians 10:4-5

In these verse, and awakened child of God does not argue with their master. If your Christian life is still living in an argument with the instructions of Christ, no angels may come to your rescue, secondly, if you are still dwelling in imagination and thoughts rather than purpose, discernment and obedient to Christ. For example, you are the one controlling how the word of God rule your life, then, you are just an enlightened believer. I am not judgemental but I am showing you what to do. Stop the sin of imaginations and thoughts and come into to total obedience and submission to Christ. 

But Samuel replied, “What is more pleasing to the LORD: your burnt offerings and sacrifices or your obedience to his voice? Listen! Obedience is better than sacrifice, and submission is better than offering the fat of rams. 1 Samuel 15:22

If you have not yet surrender your life to Jesus, and you wish to do so, pray this

 Prayer: "Lord Jesus I come into awakening of myself to stop imaginations and thoughts that argue with your Lordship and I surrender my life to you today. Please accept me as your follower and bring me to your fold. I accept you as my Lord and Savior. I repent of my sins and promise to follow you awakened to your will. In Jesus name. Amen. Now look for a faith based and Bible Believing church and go and follow Jesus. Also get your Bible app and start learning about how to be followers of Jesus online and in book reading from now on. I wish you a Happy New Awakened life. 

Prayer: Lord Jesus, I am your followers and your sheep. Be my good shepherd. Keep me awakened in your worship. IN Jesus name. Amen.

The Window of your Soul

 

An Emoji Devotional for Sunday 7th of December 2025

Topic: The Window of your Soul

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The words that people speak come from their thoughts. It is what comes out of their mouths that makes them unclean. Matthew 15:18

Your eyes are like lamps and your body is like a room. Make sure that your eyes are like a clean lamp, then your whole body will have light. If your eyes are not good, then your whole body will be in the dark. If the light in you has become dark, you will be living in a very dark place.’ Matthew 6:22-23 

Let’s be real for a second. We spend so much time worrying about how we look on the outside—fixing our hair, choosing the right clothes, putting on a smile. But the Bible tells us the real story isn't on the surface. It’s in the eyes.

You know that saying, "The eyes are the window to the soul"? Jesus took that seriously. In Matthew 6, He tells us the eye is the lamp of the body. If your eye is good—clear, focused on God—your whole life lights up. But if your eye is bad? If it’s jealous, greedy, or full of filth? The darkness inside is terrifying.

I love this thought: The birds aren't watching you from the window; they are looking through your eyes.

Think about that. Your eyes reveal the architecture, the design, and the terrain of your spirit. When someone is messy inside—full of "rag waters," bitterness, and unhealed sores—you can see it in their gaze. You can't hide a spirit that is unkempt and lifeless.

We have to ask ourselves the hard questions today:

• Do thoughts hunt your spirit?

• Are you constantly distracted by the flashiness of the world?

• Are you stuck in the guilt of yesterday?

1 John 2:16 warns us about the stuff that clutters our view: the lust for things we see, the pride of life, the hunger to impress people. That stuff is toxic.

And here is the danger zone. Jesus warned us in Matthew 12 about the man who gets cleaned up but stays empty. He kicks out a bad spirit, sweeps the house clean, but leaves it vacant. That’s a disaster waiting to happen. An empty house just invites the old demons back, plus seven worse ones. You can't just "stop sinning" or "clean up your act." You have to fill the house.

If a spirit looks through the window of your soul today, what does it see? Does it see a tidy but empty room? Or does it see Jesus Christ sitting on the throne?

Don't leave your soul open to the "filthy spaces" of life. You need to occupy the house. You need to confess, like the jailer in Acts 16, and believe in the Lord Jesus—you and your whole household.

God has spoken. His truth is found in Christ, who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Fill your eyes with Him, and the darkness won't stand a chance.

Prayer: Hi God, hallowed be Your name. I’ve always known You have plans for me, and those plans are wrapped up in Jesus. Please, God, keep me in the safe hands of Your Holy Word. Guard the window of my soul with Your mercy. Close my eyes to the filth of this world and open them wide to Jesus. Christ in me, the hope of glory. Amen. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

The Unbothered Spirit of Jesus

 

An Emoji Devotional for 21 November, 2025 

Topic: The Transcendent Calm: The Unbothered Spirit of Jesus

Bible Highlight:

"And a great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that it was already filling. But He was in the stern, asleep on a pillow. And they awoke Him and said to Him, 'Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?'"

Mark 4:37-38 (NKJV)

The Devotional:

The Spirit of Jesus is a Spirit of colossal magnitude—a fortress utterly "unbothered" by the chaotic hila-hilos and oscillating vicissitudes of life. It is a Spirit anchored deeply in the immutable mercy of the Most High. Are you currently navigating a raging tempest? Does it appear that your vessel is taking on water, poised to sink into the abyss? Has your heart entered a perpetual state of panic? Speak these words with conviction: "Lord Jesus, You are the equilibrium of my soul and the strength of my life. Amen."

In our humanity, we struggle to mirror this divine composure. Our natural instinct is to panic, harboring the suspicion that if we do not frantically intervene, our boat will capsize. Yet, Jesus possessed the unbothered Holy Spirit—a serenity that was ready to face the action not with anxiety, but with authority. The passage does not suggest we should be unbothered by duties that require our attention; rather, we must be unbothered by situations that threaten to breach our spiritual defense system. Excessive worry is a dangerous gateway; it creates a draining loophole through which temptation enters.

There are storms beyond your control where the only logical response is divine stillness. In such moments, while you actively place your trust in God, you must maintain an internal posture of being unbothered. To do otherwise is to open strange doors to fear, doubt, and iniquity—which serves as the brooding ground for the tempter to strike.

Observe the life of Jesus in the wilderness. He was completely unbothered by the devil’s provocations. He focused His mind entirely on His submission to God’s Will, which empowered Him to select the precise, sword-like answers in Matthew 4:1-11. The bridge between your current crisis and your deliverance is your ability to remain spiritually unruffled, allowing the Lord to dismantle the storm.

When you are agitated, your prayers often feel intercepted because the tempter uses your anxiety to measure the "degrees" of your faith. I pray that God will not permit the enemy to gauge our spiritual temperature through our fears. Consider the degrees of little children; they are perpetually unbothered because of their inherent trust and innocence (Matthew 18:3).

We decree that we shall not be shaken in Jesus' name. Let us surrender our lives to Christ, accepting Him as Lord and King, and petition Him for the gift of His "Unbotherable" Holy Spirit. Panic is a product of ignorance, for as Jesus told the woman at the well, "You Samaritans worship what you do not know" (John 4:22). To know Him is to have peace.

Prayer:

Father Lord Jesus, grant me the impartation of Your Unbotherable Holy Spirit. Bestow upon me the grace that defeats the tempter through the power of stillness and absolute trust. I receive the peace that surpasses all understanding. In the Name of Jesus, Hallelujah. 🙏🏾✨

Every Demon making you Uncomfortable will go

 An Emoji Devotional for Tue 14th October 2025

Topic: Every Demon making you Uncomfortable will go

Highlights:

 "Ask, and you will receive. Search, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened for you. St. Matthew 7:7

 "Go and say to Hezekiah, 'This is what the LORD God of your ancestor David says: I've heard your prayer. I've seen your tears. I'm going to give you 15 more years to live. Isaiah 38:5

Have you ever been sick or felt uncomfortable in life before. Naturally or unnaturally things could that make one uncomfortable may occur by internal or external forces. Our life must depend on higher power to save us from the invader. No argument, it's not everything that's demonic but somehow if things gets out of hand or gets out of control. You need to pray. There was a day I felt so sick and was at the point of dying then I quote God's word in Psalms 118:17

"I will not die, but I will live and tell what the LORD has done."

Suddenly the sickness went off like as if the night suddenly turns into day and I was made whole. But some long time back when I had similar experience, I had to quote several words of God and prayed with many declarations before I got my healing.

The difference is there are demons making people's life uncomfortable and what makes them likewise uncomfortable is when make healthy declarations concerning ourselves from the Bible and having faith that they are powerful and working. And that's it! Uncomfortable situation will say bye bye to you.

So when you are faced with a situation that make your life feel uncomfortable, speak the word of God to yourself and believe you are someone special by the word.

Prayer: Father it is written, no weapon formed against me shall prosper in Jesus name. Amen

Fear Of Defeat: You Can or Can't do it. Highlight

 

An Emoji Devotional for Sabbath 20th September,  2025

Topic: Fear Of Defeat: You Can or Can't do it.
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Remember that I have told you this: Be strong and do not be afraid. Do not be weak but be brave. I, the Lord your God, will be with you, everywhere that you go.’ Joshua 1:9

"He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat" - Napoleon

Napoleon Bonaparte was a French statesman and military leader who led many successful campaigns during the French Revolution and the French Revolutionary Wars.

According to Napoleon's quote, who is a defeated person?

A defeated person is someone who goes to hide because of fear. The first sign Adam displayed after being defeated by the devil was to hide himself.

Then the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?”

 He replied, “I heard you walking in the garden, so I hid. I was afraid because I was naked.” Genesis 3:9-10 NLT

Adam had no clue of what to do about his nakedness until God clothed him. That another sign of defeat.

The LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them. Genesis 3:21 NIV

A defeated person is outdated, worn out and cut off from the working system. Just like outdated cars, worn out engines and a phone without network. A defeated person is the one who is afraid of being defeat. Their mind is already grounded.



I was afraid I would lose your money, so I hid it in the earth. Look, here is your money back Matthew 25:25 NLT

Jesus is the first solution to defeat syndrome. Trusting Him will force all our fears to bow.

that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, Philipian 2:10

You must believe in the Lordship of Jesus over your heart with boldness call His name to force out defeat in your life.

Do not give up, Jesus in you is greater than fear, paranoia, and defeat.

Pray this Prayer: I have Jesus, there is no fear. I will succeed, I will be brave, my life is beautiful. Amen thank you Jesus.

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The Power of Pentecost

 

An Emoji Devotions for Monday 4th August 2025

Topic: The power of Pentecost

Highlight: And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all in one accord in one place. Acts 2:1

The Lord's followers were all assembled in one place. The first time the day of Pentecost was prophesied happened in the Old Testament when the foundation of the Temple was laid. Ezra 3:13 No one could distinguish the sound of the shouts of joy from the sound of weeping, because the people made so much noise. And the sound was heard far away. 

The day of Pentecost was the day the foundation of the Church was laid by the Apostles. "Suddenly there was a noise from heaven like the sound of a mighty wind! It filled the house where they were meeting. Then they saw what looked like fiery tongues moving in all directions, and a tongue came and settled on each person there. The Holy Spirit took control of everyone, and they began speaking whatever languages the Spirit let them speak. Many religious Jews from every country in the world were living in Jerusalem. And when they heard this noise, a crowd gathered. But they were surprised, because they were hearing everything in their own languages. Acts 2:2-6

The noise of rejoicing from heaven filled the house of the church meeting and a tongue-like fire came on their head to fulfill God's Promise that all who follow Jesus will be Baptized with the Holy Ghost and fire. Matthew 3:11.

Since that day till today, the power of Pentecost is still active. This promise is for you and your children. It is for everyone our Lord God will choose, no matter where they live.” act.2.39

Prayer: God please choose me and give me The Power of Pentecost today. In Jesus name. 

Today, you will see the hand of the Lord in action

 

An Emoji Devotional for Mon, 21st July 2025

Topic: Today, you will see the hand of the Lord in action.

Highlight: "And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them." - Exodus 19:14

What will happen when God fights every battle we call Him to fight? Some might become complacent or lazy, while others may feel that God is partial, and those who don't benefit from the battle might cry foul. However, God's intervention often requires our acknowledgment and understanding of the situation.

In Deuteronomy 1:6, we're reminded, "When we were at Mount Sinai, the Lord our God said to us, 'You have stayed at this mountain long enough.'" This revelation shows that not every problem requires a dramatic solution. God solves our problems according to the requirements. As Matthew 5:45 says, "...He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous..."

In Leviticus 26:9, God promises, "For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you." If God has made a covenant with you, you don't need to worry. Though battles may come your way, you will overcome. As Psalm 27:3 says, "Though the battle may rage against me, my heart shall not fear; though war may rise against me, in this I will be confident."

God's hand is still in action today!

Prayer: Great God of the Great Covenant, show me mercy! Put Your hand in action for me. 🙏