Light From Heaven Devotional
Don't Turn Back Now
| 4 months, 3 weeks
“When they arrived in the area of Zuph, Saul said to his servant, “let’s go back or my father will stop thinking about the donkeys and will start worrying about us. But the servant answered, “A man of God is in this town, people respect him because everything he says comes true. Let’s go into the town now...” 1 Samuel 9:5-6. (NCV)
Beloved, your next step towards your goal will bring about a great breakthrough for you. Don’t be discouraged. Saul in search of his father’s donkey passed through different towns without finding them. When they (Saul and his …
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| 5 months
“And as he went, they spread their clothes in the way, Saying: Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord, peace in heaven and glory in the highest. And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master rebuke thy disciples. And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out” Luke 19:36,38-40.
Friend, stones will not take your place in destiny. Another will not replace you in the move of God. May you continually fulfil your divine purpose …
Read More → -->No Middle Ground
| 5 months, 1 week
“To the angel of the church in Laodicea, write: This is the message from Amen, the faithful and true witness, who is the origin of all that God has created... because you are lukewarm, neither hot nor cold, I am going to spit you out of my mouth!” Revelation 3:14-16 (GNT)
Friend, with God there is no neutrality. In the things of God there is no middle ground. You are either hot or cold, in or out, born again or not. Neutrality in the things of God is not accepted in the kingdom.
Jesus Christ made it clear when …
Read More → -->Planted By The Waters
| 5 months, 2 weeks
"Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD and whose hope the LORD is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters and that spreadeth out her roots by the river and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit” Jeremiah 17:7-8 (KJV)
It is your faith and trust in God that will determine how much of God’s blessing that will manifest in your life. It is our trust and faith in God that moves …
Read More → -->Believe In God's Favour
| 5 months, 3 weeks
"Therefore it is of faith that it might be according to grace, so that the promise might be sure to all the seed, not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all…” Romans 4:16
God’s grace is His UNDESERVED, UNEARNED and UNMERITED FAVOUR. And because it is undeserved, unearned and unmerited, all of us qualify for it.
But how do we walk in it? Just as a password gives you access to a computer program, FAITH enables you to walk …
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| 6 months
“God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness.” Genesis 1:26
Tiger Woods might be the most famous golfer today. He stands out because he was a gifted winner of competitions for many years. But Tiger Woods’s life fell apart because of various indiscretions. His success in public did not match his failures at home.
As imagebearers of God, we are designed to be people of integrity and character. A person of integrity is one who does right in all areas of life, one who can be trusted. If people compromise in one area, they cannot …
Read More → -->Redeemed
| 6 months, 1 week
"Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”)” Galatians 3:13
Many believers probably know that when Jesus died, our sins were forgiven because He shed His blood. "Without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness of sins." (Ephesians 1:7, Hebrews 9:22)
But why did Jesus have to die on the cross, since the capital punishment of Israel during the time of Christ was stoning and not crucifixion? Jesus hung and died on the cross because He knew the …
Read More → -->God Our Shepherd
| 6 months, 3 weeks
"Save your people, and bless your inheritance. Be their shepherd also, and bear them up forever.” Psalm 28:9 (WEB)
In this Bible verse, David is crying out for God to save His people, bless His inheritance, feed them and lift them up forever. In the NIV and NLT versions, he cries out for God _"to be their shepherd and carry them forever."_
We know that David was a man after God's own heart. As a boy, David learned a thing or two about the heart of a shepherd. In this Scripture passage, David is acknowledging that God is the …
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