THE LORD IS OUR DELIVERER
In times of trouble, the Lord is able to save us and in times of catastrophe, our Lord is able to restore us.
Our Lord is watchful over His children and cares for us.
Praise His holy name.
Amen.
Saturday, July 31, 2021
Friday, July 30, 2021
OUR LORD KNOWS OUR NEEDS BEFORE WE ASK
Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. -Mathew 6 verse 8
The Lord knows when every sparrow falls and our every hair on our heads are numbered.
With this exacting attention to detail, the Lord could not be unaware of what you need.
If you put first the Kingdom of God, the Lord will add all other things to you based on His acute understanding of the things you need in your life.
Praise Him who provides for His people.
Amen
Thursday, July 29, 2021
OUR LORD WATCHES OVER US
Our Lord is the Good Shepherd. He guides us and keeps watch over us. His Angels are encamped around us.
The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous and His ears are attentive to their cry.
- Psalm 34 verse 15
The Lord treasures the righteous and even their deaths are precious in His sight.
O saints of God, bless and treasure the Lord for He is Good.
Amen.
Wednesday, July 28, 2021
OUR LORD WHO ANSWERS PRAYER
In the book of 1 Samuel, the story of a woman named Hannah is told. She was one of two wives of a man named Elkanah. Peninnah, the other wife, had lots of children while Hannah, had none.
Peninnah made it her business to taunt Hannah over this disparity and as this went on for many years, Hannah was driven to despair.
As tormented as she felt, Hannah maintained decorum and did not respond in kind to Peninnah. Instead, she prayed fervently to God at the temple. She poured out her heart to Him and when Eli, the High Priest of the temple heard her quiet lament, He prayed for her.
Hannah, before long, got pregnant and had the long awaited son whom she called Samuel.
The Lord answers the prayers of His people.
Amen.
Tuesday, July 27, 2021
OUR LORD WHO FORGIVES US
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases. His mercies never come to an end. They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness.
- Lamentations 3 verse 22
The Lord is patient with His children and He forgives them as they forgive others who sin against them.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. - 1 John 1 verse 9
Amen.
Monday, July 26, 2021
OUR LORD WHO SETS US FREE
I call upon the One who died upon the tree for me.
Who poured His blood and gave His life to make a way for me
It is You I call for
You I sing for
You paid to set me free
It is you I cry to
You I pray to
You who made me see
Great King of heaven, Mighty Saviour
The veil on earth did rend
You are the One eternal Father
Whose kingdom will not end.
Sunday, July 25, 2021
OUR LORD WHO IS OUR EXAMPLE
The Lord Jesus lived among us is such a way that His life could be a perfect model for what our own lives could consist of.
Jesus's life demonstrated humility, servitude, friendship, loyalty, charity, morality, fear of God, graciousness, forgiveness, steadfastness, strength, patience, tenderheartedness, defence of the weak against the strong.
Jesus would minister to people making sure that they were tended to. He would heal them and encourage them. He placed other people above His own needs like rest and His own convenience.
Jesus served people first especially when they humbly asked Him for help.
Jesus is our example. When interacting with people, we must put their needs above our own.
We must always interact with people in the spirit so as to be aware of opportunities of service that our God provides.
Amen.
Saturday, July 24, 2021
OUR LORD WHO TEACHES US
He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?” And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself. - Luke 24 verse 13
In this exquisite story about the Lord Jesus meeting with some followers after His resurrection, the two men are described as foolish because they had not been able to put together the words of scripture and the recent events they were lamenting about.
Jesus personally explained the purpose of the scriptures and how they referred to Him, the Messiah. Jesus taught them the mysteries hidden in plain sight for all eternity to bring these two men out of foolishness and into the understanding unto salvation.
Amen.
Friday, July 23, 2021
THE LORD OUR CONFIDANTE
The Lord listens to our cries and hears our sorrows.
He concerns himself with our troubles and when we pour out our hearts to Him, He remembers our frailties . As the scriptures say, Trust in him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge. - Psalm 62 verse 8
Amen.
Thursday, July 22, 2021
Wednesday, July 21, 2021
OUR LORD IS A CONQUERER
The LORD says to my Lord: "Sit at My right hand Until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”
The LORD will stretch out Your strong scepter from Zion, saying, “Rule in the midst of Your enemies."
- Psalm 110 verse 1 - 2
The Lord Jesus, gave up His life unto death and He was killed by the Roman authorities in the same way they would kill a violent criminal.
In such ignominious circumstances, even a keen observer could be excused for considering the whole mission of Jesus to be a massive defeat.
His loyal disciples went back to fishing as they accessed that the cause they had recently given their lives to had abruptly ended.
What was not understood, was that the dismal failure of the promised kingdom of God was disguising a spectacular victory in the spiritual realm.
Jesus, instead of defeat, amassed a gigantic reversal when He made a public spectacle of the powers of darkness as He conquered them in their own domain. He rose from the dead in a blinding light show bringing forth the people who He had released from darkness as first fruits of His resurection.
He was crowned as the victorious conquering monarch of heaven and earth where He was seated at the right hand of God. From this lofty throne, Jesus's strong authority was set over His kingdom in the midst of His enemies. In other words, He would successfully rule His kingdom even though it started out in the earthly terrain alongside the kingdom of darkness that was hostile to it.
Jesus conquered death and hades and shone forth in victory. He, by His wonderful grace, made us inherit His victory which made us more than conquerors as defined in the great chapter 8 of the book of Romans verse 37. But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us.
Amen.
Tuesday, July 20, 2021
THE LORD WHO DOES ALL THINGS WELL
They were utterly astonished, saying, “He has done all things well; He makes even the deaf to hear and the mute to speak.” - Mark 7 verse 37
Jesus, while ministering to the people, orchestrated the gatherings and the healings that occurred in a way that exuded goodness and competence.
When the Lord God made the universe and all that was in it, He saw that it was good. At the primordial construction of creation, God did all things well. When Jesus was working in human form among people, His nature of doing all things well continued with him.
Our Lord does all things well.
Amen.
Monday, July 19, 2021
OUR LORD WHO REJOICES OVER US
The Lord paid a high price for those who would voluntarily give their lives to Him.
For those of us who repent and turn to him with contrite hearts, He embraces us and meticulously works to extricate us from the entanglements of our sins.
Each one that He has, He rejoices over with singing and shouts of joy.
The Lord your God is in your midst, A victorious warrior. He will rejoice over you with joy, He will be quiet in His love, He will rejoice over you with shouts of joy. - Zephania 3 verse 17
Praise God who treasures those of His who trust in Him.
Amen.
Sunday, July 18, 2021
THE LORD OUR JUDGE
The Lord our God has perfect knowledge and His judgements are fully informed and are fully just.
From heaven you pronounced judgment, and the land feared and was quiet—when you, God, rose up to judge to save all the afflicted of the land.
- Psalm 76 verse 8 - 9
Our God is the ultimate judge over all things over all time.
Praise and honor to His name forever.
Amen.
Saturday, July 17, 2021
OUR LORD IS OUR REST
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” - Mathew 11 verse 28 - 30
A gift that the Lord gives us is the gift of rest. Whereas spirits can search to and fro seeking rest and not finding it, we who are children God are given inner rest so that we can be refreshed and revived.
We are granted rest for our spirits so that we can be renewed daily in our pursuit of our Lord and His kingdom.
Praise our God.
Amen.
Friday, July 16, 2021
THE LORD'S EVERLASTING ARMS
What a fellowship, what a joy divine,
Leaning on the Everlasting Arms!
What a blessedness, what a peace is mine,
Leaning on the Everlasting Arms!
Leaning, leaning,
Safe and secure from all alarms;
Leaning, leaning,
Leaning on the Everlasting Arms.
O how sweet to walk in this pilgrim way,
Leaning on the Everlasting Arms!
O how bright the path grows from day to day,
Leaning on the Everlasting Arms!
What have I to dread, what have I to fear,
Leaning on the Everlasting Arms!
I have peace complete with my Lord so near,
Leaning on the Everlasting Arms!
Thursday, July 15, 2021
Wednesday, July 14, 2021
THE LORD OUR MAKER AND OUR FATHER
God is our maker in that He made the bodies of our progenitor out of clay and He made the human soul. It was into this construction that God breathed that made Adam a living being.
Whereas God made us all in our corporeal and soulish selves, our spirits come from Him and He is thus the Father of our spirits.
As the bible says; Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits and live! - Hebrews 12 verse 9
Before we are born again, with our spirit selves dead in sin, we are not able to approach God as Father because we are only alive in body and soul which is the "made" part of us. We can only correctly call God, "our maker".
However, when we are born again, our spirits are made alive and now we are able to call God, "Abba, Father".
As it says in scripture ; The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.” - Romans 8 verse 15
We who are believers in Jesus are able to call our God, "Our maker and our Father".
How wonderful He is.
Amen.
Tuesday, July 13, 2021
THE LORD OUR GOD DELIGHTS IN US
The LORD delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love.
- Psalm 147 verse 11
The Lord sees all those who seek Him with humble hearts and those who are contrite before Him.
He is moved by their gestures and His favor is directed to them with tenderness.
As His people grow in their knowledge and love for Him, He delights in them and takes pleasure in relating with them.
Let us seek God with sincere and grateful hearts for He delights in us.
Amen.
Monday, July 12, 2021
THE LORD IS OUR SHIELD
The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him. - Psalm 28 verse 7
For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
- Psalm 84 verse 11
The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. - Psalm 18 verse 2
Amen.
Sunday, July 11, 2021
Saturday, July 10, 2021
THE LORD OUR SANCTIFIER
First, we are led to faith in Jesus and His ability to save us. After we believe, we are born again and we are filled with the Spirit of God who dwells in our revived spirit.
We are made alive in God who has saved us out of the kingdom of darkness and death.
From that point, an intricate process of bringing our minds and bodies into subjection of our spirits begins. This process has an aim of causing our minds and bodies to behave more and more like Christ. Ultimately, we are sanctified and made able to exemplify the perfect nature of our Lord Jesus.
The Lord does this work of sanctification in us and is faithful to complete it.
Amen.
Friday, July 09, 2021
THE LORD OUR HELP IN TIME OF TROUBLE
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. - Psalm 121 verse 1
There are times in our lives when we are cornered, or ensnared or surrounded or exhausted or injured.
Our own resources are fully expended and we are now without hope in our strength.
Psalm 46 verse 1: Our God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in time of trouble. We look to the hills from where our help comes.
Praise God.
Amen.
Thursday, July 08, 2021
JESUS BIDS US SHINE
Jesus bids us shine,
With a clear, pure light,
Like a little candle burning in the night;
In this world of darkness, we must shine,
You in your small corner and I in mine.
Jesus bids us shine, then, for all around,
Many kinds of darkness in the world abound;
Sin and want and sorrow, so we must shine,
You in your small corner and I in mine.
Amen.
Wednesday, July 07, 2021
OUR LORD IS A SOVEREIGN KING
The God of heaven and earth is a sovereign king and is Lord of all.
His ranking is the highest possible ranking that is beyond our ability to conceive.
His Kingship is the expression of His absolute authority over all creation and His every interaction with creation is from the perspective of an eternal absolute Monarch.
It is from His Kingship that His mercy and His generosity and His benevolence and His patience and His grace flow from. A king of great authority trades is these characteristics as a hallmark of their kingship.
An insecure and limited king would never be lavishly generous or gracious or patient. In fact, such a king would showcase impatience, miserlyness and graceslessness to exert authority through intimidation.
Our Lord and God, in His limitless assuredness and wisdom, moves gracefully in His sovereign Kingship seeking to include as many as possible in the responsibility of rulership.
Our Lord seeks to bring believers in Jesus into a place of responsibility over tasks and routines and jurisdictions in His kingdom.
Our sovereign King calls us into a shared role with Him in the care of matters of His awesome kingdom of light.
“and He has made us {to be} a kingdom, priests to His God and Father--to Him {be} the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.”
- Revelation 1 verse 6
Amen.
Tuesday, July 06, 2021
THE LORD WHO PAID THE PRICE
Let us always think of our Lord and God as the one who undertook the horror of death on a cross to pay the price for the salvation of we who were yet sinners.
The great God of heaven, surrendered His vast power and estate to give His life unto death for the benefit of people who were scoffing at him and who cried out for His crucifixion.
This is the excellency of Jesus. He faced the reality of surrendering Himself to the Roman military machine where He would be brutally executed like a criminal. The bible says that He set His face as flint and would not stray from the path He set himself on even though at any time, He had the power to call the whole thing off.
He saw it through to the point where He gave up His Spirit and died which resulted in the salvation of the children of Israel who believed and then the salvation of all the rest of us around the world who were enabled to believe that the Jewish Messiah was the salvation for the rest of us as well.
Praise our Lord who paid the price.
Amen.
Monday, July 05, 2021
THE LORD OUR GOD IS LOVE
1 John 4:8, : "Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love."
This very succinct biblical description of God's essence gives us a beautiful window into the nature of God. This is because the bible also gives us a succinct definition of what love is.
1 Corinthians 13 : Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears.
13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
Amen.
Sunday, July 04, 2021
OUR LORD AND GOD IS WISE
In wisdom, God created the universe and everything in it.
In wisdom, God designed the plan of salvation for mankind.
In wisdom, God enacted the plan of salvation and the story of Abraham initiated the foretelling of the Saviour Jesus and His sacrifice as the Son of God for the salvation of the human race.
In wisdom, God guides each one of His chosen ones into the knowledge of the truth where they can believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus for their salvation.
In wisdom, God sets His followers on the path He has provided for them.
In wisdom, God is building His kingdom in righteousness.
In wisdom, God will judge the living and the dead when all things will be brought to account at the time of the end.
Amen.
Saturday, July 03, 2021
THE LORD OUR GOD IS WONDERFUL
The God of all creation is unimaginably powerful and resourceful.
He operates in superlative excellence and precision. The engineering behind the structure of the physical universe and the biological spheres beggars understanding.
It is commonly said in academic halls that the phenomena in our universe arrived at its current state by happenstance but this is an obvious misunderstanding of the nature of phenomena and the nature of happenstance.
The universe and all that is in it was made by God and therefore, every mind-numbing and mind-blowing form and feature of this universe are attributable to Him. Any fair observation of the world around us would have to fill the observer with awe and fear of the author of all things.
The salient question is now this: What are we humans to do with the understanding that God exists and is in fact supremely powerful and awesome?
Being sentient entities, we should compare our sentience to the sentience of the creator. We should try understand the universe and the workings of it structures. The scriptures say, "It is the glory of God to conceal a matter and the glory of kings to find it out". - Proverbs 25 verse 2
In doing our comparison between God and us, we should come to the realization that we have fallen short of the glory of God. We should realise that God is perfect and that we humans have morally lapsed and discover that this is in fact why we are separate from God.
In other words, we become aware that the universe was made by a brilliant and perfect person but we are also perplexed because we have no direct contact with this person who seems to be hidden from us.
It is here where we discover that God is truly wonderful. We come to the realization that we are separate from God because we, as a race, have rebelled against Him and have tried to set ourselves on a course of self-rulership.
A cursory look at the nature of the world that we have created for ourselves should inform us that we have not been successful in this enterprise and that without God, we are deteriorating rapidly into a hellish realm of rulership of brute force by some humans over others.
By the sacrifice of His only begotten Son, Jesus, God made a way for us to gain connection to Him again. He has paid the price to restore us out of our rebellion to Him and then has made a way for us to be joined to His family and then made us co-heirs with His Son Jesus Christ in the enterprise of reclaiming as many people as possible into a reconnection with God.
This is our wonderful God. He wonderfully made us and then He wonderfully saved us and we will see Him with our own eyes and we will behold His wonder and glory.
Amen.