April 2020
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
Daily Devotional: 2nd April “ENTRY”
READ: Numbers 16:1-35 "...and the LORD is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD?" - Numbers 16:3 Identify people who enter the ministry because they are prominent in secular society. The fact that you are an important person in
Daily Devotional: 1st April “THIEVERY”
READ: 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber." - John 10:1 People who do not enter into the ministry
March 2020
Daily Devotional: 31st March “CALLED”
READ: Hebrews 5:1-10 "No one takes this honor upon himself; he must be called by God, just as Aaron was." - Hebrews 5:4, NIV Entrance to ministry must be through the call of God. The door to ministry is the call of God. “And no man
Daily Devotional: 30th March “TIMING”
READ: 2 Samuel 17:1-14 "I will come upon him while he is weary and exhausted and terrify him..." - 2 Samuel 17:2, NASB Acrucial aspect of Ahithophel’s plan was to attack David at the right time. King David was a strong fighter but was not invincible
Daily Devotional: 29th March “SEEK HIM”
READ: 2 Chronicles 26:16-21 "...now make us a king to judge us like all the nations." - 1 Samuel 8:5 People enter the imperfect will of God because they want to be like others. Wanting to be like others is the most dangerous desire a
Daily Devotional: 28th March “GOD’S WORK”
READ: Isaiah 53:10-12 "I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work." - John 9:4 Work hard by spending a lot of time on the church. When an activity consumes just a few
Daily Devotional: 27th March “THE WORK”
READ: Philippians 1:27 "So, mydearbrothersand sisters,be strongandimmovable. Always work enthusiastically for the Lord, for you know that nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless" - 1 Corinthians15:58, New Living Translation Work hard by cheerfully doing the same things over and over. By nature, all
Daily Devotional: 26th March “INVENTORS”
READ: Colossians 1:12-17 "For all things were created by him, and all things exist through him and for him:" - Colossians 1:16, Good News Translation Creativity is a form of godliness (being like God). This is because God is first and foremost a creator. The
Daily Devotional: 25th March “THE LORD’S VOICE”
READ: 1 Samuel 3:7-18 "So then do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is" - Ephesians 5:17 (NASB) It is important to be able to hear when God speaks. If you cannot tell when God has spoken then you are
Daily Devotional: 24th March “WICKED WOMEN”
READ: Mark 6:17-29 “And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked...“ - Jeremiah 15:21 The leadership of a woman is characterized by wickedness. You must study leadership, understand leadership, and practise appropriate principles of leadership otherwise you may lead people with
Daily Devotional: 23rd March “THE REBELLIOUS”
READ: Lamentations 3:40-47 “And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.“ - 1 Kings 12:30 Jeroboam, the classic “departee”, established an alternative centre of worship for Israel. He made them think that there were alternatives to