When all the people were baptized, it came to pass that Jesus also was baptized; and while He prayed, the heaven was opened. Luke 3:21 NKJV Prayer is the gateway to peace in life. In this scripture, the bible says “the Heaven open upon Jesus as He prayed!” If you would cultivate the habit of starting your day in prayer – however way you know to – heaven will perpetually be open unto you and you will receive direction from the Lord and the required wisdom to tackle the issues that face......

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‘When I get really afraid I come to you in trust’ Ps. 56:3 MSG Life is full of challenges and we are often faced with many uncertain circumstances. To say that we do not sometimes, or even often, get confronted with fearful situations would not be completely correct. Whoever you are; however rich you are, whatever age you are, as long as you are still in this world, the chances are high that you have and will still face some circumstances that will really make you afraid. The good news is that......

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 ‘The fear of man brings a snare: but whoever trusts in the Lord shall be safe’  Pr. 29:25 NKJV I like this scripture in the Good News Bible, ‘It is dangerous to be concerned with what others think of you, but if you trust the Lord, you are safe’. Man is usually faced with the temptation of considering the opinion of others about our lives and the steps we take over and above God’s word to us. Put in another way – ‘what would people say’? Many are unable to put their......

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The Lord is my Shepherd , I shall not lack.  He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still and restful waters.  Ps. 23:1-2 AMP Psalm 23 is a very interesting and rich poem of David. You would recall that David himself was a shepherd boy; his father Jesse had left him in charge of the flock when he was a small boy. David recounted to King Saul how God helped him to protect the sheep while he fought and......

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’And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries? And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the Lord am I come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, what saith my lord unto his servant?’ Joshua 5:13-14......

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But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the Lord And the Lord spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land’. Jonah 2:9-10 You would remember from yesterday’s devotionals that ‘Jonah looked again’ unto the Lord in prayer. He described his situation as one being in hell! Yet he could summon courage and hope to cry unto God, and he obtained mercy and found grace. I noticed however in verse 9 that his......

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Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish’s belly, And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the Lord, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice. 3For thou hast cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me. 4Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.               Jonah......

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 ‘O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.’ Ps. 90:14 Each day you are alive, your heart longs for the fulfilment of some desire! What brings the happiness and the sense of satisfaction in your heart would defer from that of another. Whatever your daily aspirations though, you can only experience satisfaction by the mercies of God. It does not matter how many good things of life man can possess, or how long she/he might live; the most important question to ask is......

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 ‘For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more’. Heb. 8:12 This scripture states clearly that no one is too bad to experience God’s mercy. Sometimes we are not confident enough to approach God and ask him to show us mercy, all because we think we have done too much bad to deserve God’s help – and rightly so, is this your situation? From today’s scripture, what your unrighteousness would have brought upon you in form of calamity, God is saying ‘His......

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‘Let thy mercy O Lord, be upon us, according as we hope in thee’. Ps. 33:22 This is a key prayer you can and should pray as you face each day. This way, you set yourself for daily victory, and I am sure God’s mercy is still available! Let’s pray right away – ‘let your mercy O Lord be upon me because as I hope in you’! This scripture establishes a condition of experiencing God’s mercies – Amplified version says ‘in proportion to our waiting and hoping for You’ (‘You’ here meaning......

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