The Sound of Faith

 

An Emoji Devotions for Fri 17th November,  2023.

Topic: The Sound of Faith

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The Lord confides in those who fear him; he makes his covenant known to them.
Psalms 25:14 NIV

A Faith filled Christian will think honestly under influence of God's approval. In the EASY Version of Matthew 4:5‭-‬7 "Then the Devil led Jesus to Jerusalem. He made him stand on the highest part of the temple. He said to Jesus, ‘If you are the Son of God, jump down from here to the ground. You know that the Bible says: “God will tell his angels to keep you safe. They will hold you safely in their hands. They will not let you hurt your foot on a stone”.’ Jesus replied, ‘No! The Bible also says, “Do not test the Lord God, to see if he will save you”.’ Jesus was remembering God's word in Deuteronomy. Jesus was standing on the highest part of the temple. This place was 600 meters above the ground. God had not told Jesus to jump down. We must not do dangerous things if we do not need to. We must obey God then He will take care of us. This is the sound of Faith.

.....Do you think all God wants are sacrifices— empty rituals just for show? He wants you to listen to him! Plain listening is the thing, not staging a lavish religious production. Not doing what God tells you is far worse than fooling around in the occult. Getting self-important around God is far worse than making deals with your dead ancestors. Because you said No to God’s command, he says No to your kingship. 1 Samuel 15:22‭-‬23 MSG


Who are those who fear the Lord? He will show them the path they should choose. They will live in prosperity, and their children will inherit the land.
Psalms 25:12‭-‬13 NLT

This my friend is the sound of Faith. Are you born again? Have you met yet with the Lord Jesus yet? You need to meet with Jesus and surrender your life to him.
So you see, faith by itself isn’t enough. Unless it produces good deeds, it is dead and useless.

Prayer; Lord teach me and show me how to use my little faith the right way. Amen

Lord give me the grace to fly and land well in your promises. In Jesus Name.
This little light of mine, let it shine O Lord.

Parachute Landing With Pslams 23

 

An Emoji Devotions for Wed, 8th November, 2023

Topic: Parachute landing with Psalms 23

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You treat me to a feast, while my enemies watch. You honor me as your guest, and you fill my cup until it overflows.
Psalms 23:5

A viable decision is when you recite Psalms 23 for reason known and unknown. This Psalms with or without prayers is a Parachute that works like an aeroplane to land you in a safe place.

Have you been troubled with sleeping disorder lately? Maybe you do have nightmare....whispering Psalms 23 before or after sleep is recommendable.

David was a shepherd boy who have fought for his sheep to save them from predators. So the Psalms did not just come as an inspiration. It came as a spiritual chant that carried him to breakthrough life's journey without being maimed or disabled until he fulfill his life's goal.

Psalms 23 is a meditation and prayer chant that does not have excess energy or too little energy. It is accurately powerful to ward off evil spirit without having to bind and cast. It is also powerful to provide means or save one from death. It is even powerful to make one do very well in some new grounds and finally can make you live a good life in the means of mafia enemies.

It is possible to escape dangers while reciting Psalms 23 even if its one seconds away. It will be more beautiful to thank God with Psalms 23 and it will be more honorable to acknowledge that Psalms 23 is a pledge to the Lord Jesus Christ who established our knowledge with better understanding that "I am the good shepherd, and the good shepherd gives up his life for his sheep." John 10:11

As a Parachute lands softly so is reading Psalms 23 to one's destiny. This Psalms is a Psalm of destiny to anyone who believes in the Salvation of the Lord Jesus Christ. AMEN.


Prayer: The Lord Jesus is my good shepherd. I shall not want. Amen.

Dancing to God like David

 An Emoji Devotional for Sat 28th Oct 2023

Topic: Dancing to God like David

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While they were bringing the Lord's Covenant Box into the City of David, Saul's daughter Michal looked out through a window. She saw what King David was doing. He was jumping and dancing to worship the Lord. Michal felt ashamed of him.
2 Samuel 6:16 EASY

People who feel ashamed of those who dance to show gratitude of life are doing themselves no good because dancing is a good thing and God loves people who dance. Have you consider dancing to God, I mean dancing to praise God. There are numerous praise songs to dance to.

Dancing to God is a means of the whole body processing appreciation to God for all the good things He has done for you. Apart from the fact that it's an exercise its a demonstration of gratitude. Psalms 149:3 says, “Let them praise his name with dancing…


Do you dance to God these days. spiritual dancing serves a purpose: to praise God. Remember God creates us to praise Him. When you dance to God be it in your closet or openly, you have complete a rite of worship to God with your total existence. I will not be ashamed of myself in the presence of my God. Endeavor to start dancing to God as a sign of worship.

Everything that is alive should praise the Lord. Hallelujah! Praise the Lord!
Psalms 150:6

Prayer: I serve a loving God who loves me the way I look and I will glorify Him with my dancing in Jesus name.

Direct them to be one in you

An Emoji Devotions for Fri 27, Oct 2027

Topic: Direct them to be one in you

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that they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. John 17:21 KJV

God wants us to be united with our brothers and sisters in Christ. Those who show love are free from the energies of cruel feelings because it takes direct response from God when true love among brethren is to be challenged by cruelty. A true love already understood the respite they get from the adamic behaviour of potential threats from people.

In Jesus Christ we have been redeemed and washed from all adamic nature and Christ wants us to be one in unity among ourselves who are brothers and sisters of Christ; As a child of God, we are not to have individual standards that divide us from the sheep fold. Consider the flock of sheep, they walk together, eat together and stay together. The world is cold these days but in 1 cor 7:17 "Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God." Whoever keeps God's commands do love God and we have to live in unity inbetween the Church people. John 14:15

There is a way we must blend into unity with the body of Christ where we belong.

Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called. Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather. For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant. Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men. Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.

1 Corinthians 7:20‭-‬24 KJV

Since we must abide with other people of God, we must abide in such unity to show the world that it was God that sent Jesus to the world. We must do what will make the gospel look real and fun to attend. Remember that the first miracle Jesus did at the Marriage in Cana (John 2:10-12) was to turn water into wine. This shows us that Christians should endeavour to make the gospel life of fun and not too boring so people may understand that unity of the sheep is truly worth the reason God's people are joined together to make the world happy and safer place as to why God sent Jesus to save the world from cruelty and disunity.

And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.

John 17:22‭-‬23 KJV

Prayer: Father teach us how to be the sweetness of unity of Christ's body and to bring joy of God to the world. In Jesus name.

Weakness without Strength

An Emoji Devotional for Tue 26th September 2023

Topic: Weakness without strength

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This is what the LORD says to me: “As a lion growls, a great lion over its prey— and though a whole band of shepherds is called together against it, it is not frightened by their shouts or disturbed by their clamor— so the LORD Almighty will come down to do battle on Mount Zion and on its heights.

Like birds hovering overhead, the LORD Almighty will shield Jerusalem; he will shield it and deliver it, he will ‘pass over’ it and will rescue it.” Isaiah 31:5


Any Christian who can quickly ask God for direction before taking an impulsive action is a true Christian. we have no direction without Him, we lack protection on every side, and we were never meant to carry a heavy load.

Where is the strength to disobey God coming from for those who battles with sin are begging for forgiveness? All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way” (Isaiah 53:6)

When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd” (Matthew 9:36 ESV).

Other animals are good for carrying things, but not sheep. They were not meant to carry a heavy load. In fact, they would be crushed under such a weighty burden.

You must be strong though the power of God alone. Cast your burdens on the Lord, and He will sustain you” (Psalm 55:22).

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. Ephesians 2:8

We are all weak and cannot even speak for ourselves but only Jesus alone can strengthen us and be our advocate through His Holy Spirit.

.... And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: 1 John 2:1

In summary a child of God needs to ask God for grace and strength to seek him first before taking action. With man it maybe impossible but with God all things are possible.

Steep your life in God-reality, God-initiatives and God's provision alone for all your life's journey. Matthew 6:33, Luke 9:3


Prayer: Father, I acknowledged that I am week without you, please give me grace and power to first of all inquire of you about my impulsive life's decisions in Jesus name. 1 Sam 30:8

God's banquet and Bread of Stones

 

An Emoji Devotions for Sun, 17th September, 2023

Topic: God's banquet and Bread of Stones

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And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Matthew 4:3‭-‬4 KJV
God's word is a nourishing food to the spirit of man. The devil is still in business of tempting Christians today to enter the  business of turning a stone into bread. The devil's mission was to entice all who wish to please God to "turn this stone into bread". Unfortunately, Christians keeps falling for that temptation by reasoning. They pay attention to the need to turn a stone into bread and will be lead astray.

Stone is the weapon in Devil's hand to fight any child of God who has a destiny to fulfill. However, The word of God is the weapon and nourishing food for God's children.

Any Christians battling with stone challenge should now understand that the devil is the cause and begin to feed on God's word and much more proclaim what God's word says at all time.

  "Turn this stone to bread". Not interested is different from saying No! Which is also different from "I am confident that I can live forever not by bread alone but because I am pleasing God and doing what He tells me".

If God's word is your food, that you can read and digest it with pleasure, once you know that God's word is needed for your daily life's nourishment and you are able to ignore the stone thoughts and stone sound. You are a winner! Same God's word is the same response to the devil's presence and urging distractions.

Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
Matthew 4:10‭-‬11 KJV

As you study for your exams to become someone important in life, take God's word more seriously as it is the food, wisdom, power and salvation to your destiny.


Prayer: Almighty Father, please give me the word for my destiny that comes from your mouth in Jesus name. Amen

Once upon a milk: A Sceptre of Righteousness

 

An Emoji Devotions for Sat, 16th September, 2023

Topic: Once upon a milk: A Sceptre of Righteousness

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like newborn babies [you should] long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may be nurtured and grow in respect to salvation [its ultimate fulfillment], 1 Peter 2:2

It is time to exhibit deliberate choice to leave behind the immature, self-centered behaviors of our past and embrace a Christ-like way of living, characterized by love, humility, and self-sacrifice.

Nourishment through God's Word feeds your soul. The richness of the Word not only provides the necessary ingredients you need to survive and thrive but also contains healing properties.

We should endeavour to grow through nourishment provided from the wisdom of Christ Jesus by the word he gives to establish us in a healthy spirit.

The Wisdom of Jesus Christ is like a press conference, in which Jesus answers all the questions about God and salvation that the disciples could think of.

You can find some of this wisdom by reading and digesting Matthew 5&6, etc these are only few of numerous chapters of the whole Bible that points to the wisdom of Christ. It is the wisdom of Christ that will give you the Sceptre (authority) of Righteousness approved by God.

Do you love Christ? Are you living by His wisdom?

You are the light for the whole world. A city built on top of a hill cannot be hidden,
Matthew 5:14

Prayer: Father of light, give me the wisdom of Jesus Christ to have my Sceptre of Righteousness in which you approved. Amen