April 2020
Daily Devotional: 27th April “LOOK OUT”
READ: Jeremiah 23:21-32 "I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied." - Jeremiah 23:21 Some people enter the ministry because they have no other options. God did not speak to them, yet they ran! God did
Daily Devotional: 26th April “INNOVATION”
READ: Isaiah 43:18-21 "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them" - Genesis 1:27 You need to “innovate and create” in order to manufacture something. It takes much more creativity to manufacture
Daily Devotional: 25th April “LISTEN”
READ: 2 Timothy 1:7-14 "Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus." - 2 Timothy 1:13 I teach my disciples to listen to messages I have preached for several reasons. Many
Daily Devotional: 24th April “KEEP IT UP”
READ: Genesis 26:1-6 "And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac." - Genesis 25:5 Isaac successfully inherited his father’s ministry. He did not destroy the wealth that he inherited from his father. Isaac was unlike Rehoboam, who inherited everything from Solomon but lost it within
Daily Devotional: 23rd April “OPPOSITE RESULT”
READ: Matthew 20:1-16 "But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first." - Matthew 19:30 Is it not mysterious that when you are last you can be first? “But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall
Daily Devotional: 22nd April “MYSTERY”
READ: Genesis 12:1-10 "Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:" - Ephesians 1:9 The perfect will of God is mysterious, to say the least. Following the will of God can make you
Daily Devotional: 21st April “THE OMNISCIENT”
READ: Acts 21:10-36 "...Christ Himself, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge." -Colossians 2:3-4, NASB Most ministers today would consider going to prison as a kind of curse. In our society, it would be the lowest place to fall to. In fact,
Daily Devotional: 20th April “MOCKERY”
READ: Nehemiah 4:1-7 "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful." - Psalm 1:1 Mockery is a painful, difficult thing to experience. To insulate ourselves from
Daily Devotional: 19th April “COMMON FEAR”
READ: 1 John 4:16-19 "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind." -2 Timothy 1:7 People do not pay tithes because they are afraid. Many people do not pay tithes because they are
Daily Devotional: 18th April “DISHONOUR”
READ: Genesis 9:18-29 "And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without." - Genesis 9:22 It is an important principle to honour fathers. Ham broke this principle and dishonoured his father. It is the curse that followed
Daily Devotional: 17th April “NATURAL CARE”
READ: Philippians 2:19-30 "For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state." - Philippians 2:20 There is nothing like doing a job from the bottom of your heart. Work hard by working from your heart. Work for God until it becomes your
Daily Devotional: 16th April “PRESUMPTION”
READ: Numbers 16:1-10 "Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel..." - Numbers 16:9 Identify people who enter the ministry not appreciating the great privilege given to them to serve in the
Daily Devotional: 15th April “DESIRE”
READ: 1 Timothy 3:1-15 "This is a true saying, if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work" - 1 Timothy 3:1 Some people are called through their desires. This is the way I received my calling. I did not have
Daily Devotional: 14th April “KEEPING IN TOUCH”
READ: Exodus 34:27-35 "And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone..." - Exodus 34:30 Fellowship with Jesus everyday. God wants to interact with you. He wants to fellowship with you. God’s desire since the days of
Daily Devotional: 13th April “THE HOLY OF HOLIES”
READ: Exodus 26:30-37; Exodus 29:32-46 "… thou shalt kill the bullock before the LORD, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation." - Exodus 29:11 It took me many years to understand the wonderful symbolism of the tabernacle. With time however, I found out that
Daily Devotional: 12th April “SALT”
READ: Matthew 5:13-16 "Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted?..." - Matthew 5:13 Good salt and bad salt look exactly the same. There is no way to tell that salt has lost
Daily Devotional: 11th April “MANY STEPS”
READ: 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 "That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises." - Hebrews 6:12 Bad leaders are interested in taking only one step towards a goal. But most things are not achieved by taking one
Daily Devotional: 10th April “DO YOU SEE?”
READ: Zechariah 4:1-14 "And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold..." - Zechariah 4:2 The ability to point at important things and understand what is being pointed at is one of the processes of learning. Pointing shows what
Daily Devotional: 9th April “FALSE ACCUSATIONS”
READ: Psalm 35:19-28 "...and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold." - Luke 19:8 When Zacchaeus repented he gave himself away and let the whole world know what he had been up to. The confessions of Zacchaeus
Daily Devotional: 8th April “GREEDY? ”
READ: Isaiah 56:11-12 "And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage." - Micah 2:2 Greed is the excessive desire to acquire or possess more
Daily Devotional: 7th April “FATHERLY HEART”
READ: Matthew 6:6-15 "Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful." - Luke 6:36 A father has a lot of patience. Anyone who has a lot of patience will have a lot of children. Fathers are able to wait for people to change and
Daily Devotional: 6th April “WAIT PATIENTLY”
READ: Hebrews 10:32-39 "Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience " - James 1:3 Patiently waiting for the will of God will make you bear much fruit for the Lord. People enter the imperfect will of God because of their impatience. If the
Daily Devotional: 5th April “CONTRAST”
READ: Matthew 25:1-13 "But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps." - Matthew 25:4 The five wise virgins were in the perfect will of God but the five foolish virgins were not in the perfect will of God. On the outside the
Daily Devotional: 4th April “GOD LEADS”
READ: Philippians 4:10-14 "I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity..." - Philippians 4:12, NASB Paul the apostle is one of the great examples of a minister who managed to follow the Lord. He was fresh
Daily Devotional: 3rd April “TAKE HEED!”
READ: Genesis 24 "But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac." - Genesis 24:4 You know more about choosing a wife after you have chosen one and been married for some time. When I see