Text: Philippians 3:12-13 Memory verse: “Behold, the former things have come to pass, And new things I declare; Before they spring forth I tell you of them.” Isaiah 42:9 Frank Lloyd-Wright was considered to be the greatest American Architect of the 20th century. He designed many iconic American buildings. On one occasion towards the...
Category: Grace Devotional
YOUR BEST IS AHEAD
Text: Job 42:12-17 Memory verse: “Though your beginning was small, Yet your latter end would increase abundantly.” Job 8:7 George Frederick Handel was a well known and successful composer, who started his music career at age 17 as a church organist, later on a violinist, harpsichordist and by age 21, he was a keyboard...
ATTITUDE OF FINISHING
Text: Matthew 24:9-14 Memory verse: “But he who endures to the end shall be saved.” Matthew 24:13 One of the most interesting stories I love sharing with our students is about the Wright brothers, the bicycle mechanics who pioneered manned motorized flight in the early twentieth century. Most people had expected Prof Samuel...
PERSEVERANCE
Text: Psalm 84:5-8 Memory verse: “A lion, which is mighty among beasts And does not turn away from any;” Proverbs 30:30 I found the “3 feet from gold” story shared by Napoleon Hill very inspiring. During the gold-rush days, a young man went to the West in search for gold. After months of strenuous...
PARENTAL BLESSING (7)
Text: 2 Kings 2:9-14 Memory verse: “For even in Thessalonica you sent aid once and again for my necessities.” Philippians 4:16 NKJV Parental blessing is simply the blessing of your parents over you. It is a destiny verdict pronounced under unction by a parent for fulfillment in the life of a child. A parent may...
PARENTAL BLESSING (6)
Text: Leviticus 19:1-3 Memory verse: “You shall rise before the gray headed and honor the presence of an old man, and fear your God: I am the Lord.” Leviticus 19:32 In the Yoruba language, when you say someone is heavy in your hands, it is an idiomatic expression to describe how highly you have...
PARENTAL BLESSING (5)
Text: Mark 7:8-13 Memory verse: “Therefore the Lord God of Israel says: ‘I said indeed that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever.’ But now the Lord says: ‘Far be it from Me; for those who honour Me I will honour, and those who despise Me shall be lightly...
PARENTAL BLESSING (4)
Text: Genesis 49:1-4 Memory verse: “one who rules his own house well, having his children in submission with all reverence” I Timothy 3:4 No delegated authority has a universal coverage but only to the sphere in which they were delegated or their own area of responsibility. For example, a man who is a husband and...
PARENTAL BLESSING (3)
Text: Matthew 10:34-39 Memory verse: “Nevertheless the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam, but the Lord your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the Lord your God loves you.” Deuteronomy 23:5 I have heard people ask this question, “Must I always obey my parents?” Ignorance of this has...
PARENTAL BLESSING (2)
Text: Genesis 9:20-27 Memory verse: “Honour your father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise;” Ephesians 6:2 Do you know that it was the pronouncement of a father that produced the first generation of slaves on earth? That tells you the enormous and sacred authority that parents carry. God regards a...