Sad But True

 

October 3

SAD BUT TRUE – Do not fall into disobedience like Saul. Once, God’s chosen and anointed leader, the principal power in Saul’s life was God’s Spirit, when Saul was clad in the full armour of God. Sad, but true, God took His Spirit from His chosen servant because of grave disobedience. Unprotected by God’s full armour, Saul is no longer heard by God and falls to seeking help from evil sources. Don’t be fooled. Any source that is not of God, is evil. Beware!

 

O God, to take Your Holy Spirit from me is to strip me of Your full armour. Then I’m forced to seek help from evil forces. Please save me from this death. Amen!

 

Read 1 Samuel 28: 4 - 8

 

 

God’s Full Armour

 Final Quarter 2026

We wear clothing to protect us from insect bites, cold weather and various other reasons. However, in this world, Paul advises us, to protect ourselves from evil forces. Put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. Ephesians 6: 11. He admonishes us to:-

Stand, having your loins girt about with truth.  Truth must gird the Church. If her loins are her lower, middle area, then truth must be her girdle or belt, holding her together.

Stand, having on the breastplate of righteousness. Righteousness faithfully guards the heart of the Church, the very life of the Church.

Stand, having your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace. Peace is what the feet of the Church must know, must have and must spread.

Stand, having above all, the shield of faith, wherewith you shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. Faith, like the shield, is what you are constantly employing, as the fiery arrows of the enemy are relentlessly being aimed at the heart or core of the Church.

Stand, having on the helmet of salvation. The helmet covers the head. Since Jesus is our Head and only guaranteed salvation, we, the Church must wear Jesus.

Stand, having the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. The sword serves two complementary purposes. It is used for defending and for attacking. The Word of God is the power given to the Church, to be on the offensive and on the defensive.

Stand, having continuous prayer. The Church is called to be ceaselessly praying, always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit. She, clad in the full armour of God, must always be watching in prayer, with all perseverance and supplication for herself and all believers. Keep in prayer! The Church is not warring with the flesh. 

Be fully aware that this armour is for the Church – you, me and every believer in Jesus - for we are the Church. As you read each devotion, may you be consciously aware of wearing God’s full armour, for seen and unseen forces are constantly on the attack.

May the teaching, enlightening and enabling Holy Spirit, grant you strength to withstand all evil, and boldness to stand in victory. Amen!

 

God's Full Armour

 

October 2

GOD’S FULL ARMOUR - Every word of warning, encouragement and explanation given by Paul to the believers in Ephesus, is vital for us today, as servant-disciples of Jesus. Be fully aware! It is absolutely imperative that the full armour of God must be worn. It is a total and complete waste to wear some armour and not others. Ensure that you are indeed wearing the whole armour of God.

 

Clad me in Your full armour Lord, for I am unable to withstand the devil’s evils, without Your impenetrable armour. Amen! 

 

Read Ephesians 6: 11 - 18

 

Problem Solver

 

October1

PROBLEM SOLVER - Doesn’t it appear as though, with each passing day, the struggles of life seem to be getting greater and more complex? Many of us have suggested varied reasons for these unwanted feelings. Nevertheless, they are real. Let’s be wise about this and take them all to Jesus, who is the only One skilled, wise and all-powerful, to solve our problems. Take everything to Jesus.

 

Jesus, thank You that we can confidently bring every single problem to You, for You are the One Wise. Amen!

 

Read Matthew 11: 28 - 30

 

Bear Christ's Fruit

 

September 30

BEAR CHRIST’S FRUIT – You are called Jesus’ servant and friend, living and abiding in Him, to bear His lasting fruit, not the fruit of any other. Jesus is the Vine and you are a branch in Him, receiving His daily nourishment. In Him and only in Him, feeding on His satisfying Word, are you able to bear pleasing fruit unto Him. It is in your fruit-bearing that you show yourself to be Jesus’ obedient disciple.

 

Holy Vine, Jesus my Master, let me never be fooled with fake fruit-bearing. Please save me from such disastrous deceitfulness. Amen!

 

Read John 15: 1 - 8

 

Heavenly Sunshine

 

September 29

HEAVENLY SUNSHINE – It matters not what is happening around you, what is happening to you or what is taking place within you. As long as Jesus is your help and hope, you carry the warmth and peace of the rays of His sunshine. As long as you know Jesus as your present all in all, as long as He is abiding in you and you in Him, sing hallelujah. Jesus is your perfect bliss.

 

Jesus, may Your heavenly sunshine fill and flood my soul with Your peace and calm, even now, in this hour. Amen!

 

Read Numbers 6: 24 - 26

 

Chosen By God

 

September 28

CHOSEN BY GOD – You can never be reminded too often, you who are serving God that you are the Lord’s, only because of grace. He made you His child, through absolutely nothing of your doing. You did not choose God first. He chose you. Remember always, nothing you did of good works; nothing of your right and charitable thoughts; definitely nothing of your admirable speaking and praying, made you a candidate for being chosen by God. It’s all His solo doing. Remain ever humble and grateful in this knowledge.

 

Keep me ever mindful of who I am in You. Amen!

 

Read Ephesians 1: 3 - 6

 

God's Providence

 

September 27

GOD’S PROVIDENCE – In the word providence lies a Fatherly word, provide. I say Fatherly, because it is a word of covenanted obligation, that to which Father God is committed. Providence is a word of personal ownership, where God shares ownership of His children with no other. His is an ever mindful responsibility, always reliable and ready to make us into the people He has predestined us to be. God’s providence is always to our good, for He calls, chooses and keeps us according to His Sovereign Will. Trust His providence.

 

I trust You Holy Father, teach me to honour You more and more. Amen!

 

Read Ephesians 1: 11 - 14

 

Jesus, Master, Have Mercy On Us

 

Luke 17: 13

They’re shouting from the streets, men leprous,

Calling out to the Healer called Jesus,

Jesus, Master, have mercy on us,

Of Your healing, we are desirous.

 

On the road, leprous voices cry out,

Whether or not to Him they were devout,

With all their might they to Jesus did shout,

They weren’t free in public to walk about.

 

Jesus and His team were just passing through,

Many found out, those lepers also knew,

Limitations held not that leprous crew,

They shouted, Jesus heard and made them new.

 

From a distance lepers shouted with persistence,  

To the One in whom they had all confidence,

Lepers, living pure hopeless lives of offense,

Jesus, while passing, gave them new existence.

Amen!