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May Devotional: Favor And Greatness

May 1: The Word on a Mission

“For the Word that God speaks is alive and full of power, making it active, operative, energizing, and effective …” – Hebrews 4:12(AMP) Read: Isaiah 55:10-13; Psalms 107:20; Hebrews 4:12 God’s Word is powerful. In fact it is the most powerful force in the whole of Heaven and earth! The Bible tells us in John 1:1 that God’s Word is God Himself.…

May 2: The Good Word

“And have tasted the good Word of God, and the powers of the world to come” – Hebrews 6:5 Read: Acts 20:32; Proverbs 3:1-4; Hebrews 1:1-3 The Word of God can be rightly described as ‘good’ because God is a good God and His Word can only be good. This good Word of God opens up our lives to the ‘powers of…

May 4: A Hundred-fold Return

“And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the Word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit… some an hundred …”  – Mark 4: 20 Read: Mark 4:1-32 Jesus taught that the Kingdom of God is like a grain of mustard (very small) seed which as soon as it is sown, grows up and becomes greater than…

May 5: From Obscurity to Greatness

“You have been regenerated (born again), not from a mortal origin (seed, sperm), but from one that is immortal by the ever living and lasting Word of God.”  – I Peter 1:23(AMP) Read: Isaiah 40:6-8, I Peter 1:23-25; John 10:34-35 Every thing we see in the natural today will change. They are corruptible and subject to decay. That is why the Bible…

May 6: Stepping into God’s Limelight

“Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these you might be partakers of the Divine nature, having escaped the corruption…” – II Peter 1: 4 Read: Luke 1:27-38; II Peter 1:3, 4; Job 8:7 There is a corruption raging in the world today. That corruption is responsible for sickness, poverty, death, depression, and every form of failure.…

May 7: Uncommon Favor by the Word

“…and the Lord favored him with blessings. And the man became great and gained more and more until he became very wealthy and distinguished” – Genesis 26: 12,13(AMP) Read: Luke 5:1-11; Genesis 26:1-6; 12-13 Peter had toiled a whole night without catching a single fish. Can you imagine how frustrating that experience must have been? He was no amateur fisherman by any…

May 8: Wax Great by the Word

“And ye said, Behold the Lord our God hath shown us His glory and His greatness, and we have heard His voice out of the midst of the fire…” – Deuteronomy 5: 24 Read: Deuteronomy 5:22-29; Genesis 12:1-4 The secret to the great success of the patriarch Abraham was his passionate devotion to God and His Word. When God spoke to Abraham while…

May 10: One Thing is Needful

“But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken from her”– Luke 10:42 Read: Luke 10:38-42; Acts 17:10-12; Matthew 5:19 Most people in our society today are very busy with many different concerns of life. However, most successful people have learnt the wisdom of focus. There is a need to focus on God’s priorities…