Victory Daily Devotional

BLESS THE LORD Psalms 103:1-10 Devotional:- "Bless the Lord, O my soul and forget not all His benefits". (V. 2)      Every day of our life, God expects us to always be grateful to Him. This doesn’t mean that we don't have challenges, but because He is in control of all situation of our life. (Daniel 4:25b). All things cannot but result to His glory in your life at last (Romans 8:28).

OVERCOMING SIN Romans 6:5-18 Devotional:- “For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace” (v. 14) NKJV      Many people today are facing the challenges of how to overcome sin in their lives. We have also many others who willingly submit to the rule of sin regularly. But the truth is that many know the evil and wicked consequences of sin. For example we all know that sexual sin endangers our health and lives. Also, every bad habit is intending to make us a failure. Yet many will not stop committing them and so many lives and destinies have been destroyed.

LOVING THE LORD   JOHN 14:19-24 Devotional:-''Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him". (V. 23).      It is important that we as believers truly love the Lord. It is only those who love the Lord that will enjoy the best of God. Do not be part of Christians who handles the things of God carelessly. No one can stay at a distance and enjoy the best of relationship. Therefore, you truly need to grow your love for God if you are His child. God's word says the way to demonstrate our love for Him is to be obedient to His word. You must not love anything in this world more than God (1 John 2:15). When it comes to obeying His instructions, you have no choice. When it comes to doing God's assignment, you have no option.

MANIFEST Acts 10:34-43 Devotional:- "how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him". (V. 38)      In the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve experienced the Shekinah (manifest presence) glory of God. Some believers today wonder how wonderful events take place in the life of other believers than themselves. Sometimes, they think it is because they are more prayerful, but that is not so. What makes the difference is the presence of God.

TIME WITH GOD       Luke 6:12-16 Devotional:-“ Now it came to pass in those days that He went out to the mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God” (V. 12)     You need to know that it is the breath of the Almighty that created you. His spirit dwells in you the very moment you believe. Therefore, the more time you spend with your source the stronger you will be. Just like a fish will gain more strength when it is in water, so you are when you walk with God. He said we can of our own do nothing (John 15:5). You are here on assignment for Him; you will be wise to create quality time to be with Him.

PEACEFUL BLESSING Joshua 7:16-26 Devotional:- When I saw among the spoils a beautiful Babylonian garment, two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. And there they are, hidden in the earth in the midst of my tent, with the silver under it.” (V. 21)    God demonstrated His mighty power and delivered the children of Israel from the hand of the Egyptians, bringing them to their promise land. But as soon as they took over the promise land, a small nation defeated them in battle and they were embarrassed.

SEE THE WAY      Revelations 3:7-13 Devotional:- See I have said before you an open door and no man can shut it. (V. 8)     Several times when the children of God pray for open door, they should rather pray for the opening of their eyes (Ephesians 1:17-18). Many people are suffering in the midst of plenty, someone said gold is everywhere but few open their eyes to see it.   Jesus said I am the way the truth and the life… (John 14:6). Jesus has the key of David and that is unfailing key, the master key (Rev. 3:7). He said he has kept an open door before you. This means the door you have been praying for has been opened. He said there is no temptation without the way of escape. It means in this very situation, God has made a way to escape to peace and prosperity.

WHAT DO YOU SEE Genesis 15:1-6 Devotional:- “Then He brought him outside and said, "Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them." And He said to him, "So shall your descendants be”"( v. 5) NKJV     God has built in each of us such a  wonderful mind that is capable of producing in us strength for our victory. That is why the enemy works hard to corrupt our mind with negative information. But you and i have the responsibility of guarding our mind.

SWORD OF THE SPIRIT Hebrew 4:11-32 Devotional:- “For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart” (V. 12) NKJV   The sword is an important weapon of battle. It is a major weapon your enemy sees and get scared. They know that with it, you can kill and totally overcome. A sword is too delicate to play with. So those who go to war know that it is very important. It will therefore be delicate as a Christian that you live your life in this world of battles without a sword.

HELMET OF SALVATION          Isaiah 59:8-21 Devotional:- For He put on righteousness as a breastplate, And a helmet of salvation on His head; He put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, And was clad with zeal as a cloak. (V. 17) NKJV     God is a victorious God. So when a man is adopted into son ship with God, the spirit of victory enters in to him. This is what a man receives at new birth. God’s word says as many as believe in Him He gave them power to become the sons of God (John 1:12). The power of God that makes a man to become a child of God comes with this strength for victory. So God's word says whatsoever is born of God wins (1 John 5:4).

BOLDNESS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS   Proverbs 28:1-7 Devotional:- "The wicked flee when no one pursues but the righteous are as bold as a lion". (V. 1)   No atom of weakness can overcome the devil. Unrighteousness is his attitude and so cannot confront him (1 John 3:8). It is also important that you realise that we are not fighting against flesh and blood but against forces of wickedness. That is why you cannot afford to be a weak Christian. He who toys with sin will soon face disgrace, so beware. One of the strength you need to put on for victory as a Christian is the boldness of righteousness. God’s word calls it the breastplate of righteousness. This is a strange level of confidence; the scripture says the righteous is as bold as a lion.

BE STRONG     Ephesians 6:10-13 Devotional:- “Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might” (v. 10) NKJV    Victory in this world is not given just to the aged; it is given to the strong. Part of the New Testament covenant of God for believers is victory (1 john 5:4). But it is important that believers realised that strength is not what we acquire because we like it or not. It is a commandment of the Lord. God’s word says “Be strong in the Lord”, that is not a suggestion or an advice, it is a commandment.

REDEMPTIVE RIGHT  Galatians 3:10-14   Devotional:- “Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree””(V. 13)       We were redeemed with a price (1 Corinthians 6:20). The price of our redemption is the blood which is the life of Christ (Leviticus 17:11). That is why you and I should not just put our redemption aside and go on with our lives. The word of God says we should always declare it (Psalms 107:2)

THE BLOOD Revelation 12:7-12 Devotional:- And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death. (V. 11)      Blood is the currency in the realm of the spirit. This is because it contains life (Leviticus 17:11). So if anyone wants to atone for his life, this would demand blood. This is also the price for your victory.

GOSPEL OF PEACE MARK 13:3-11. Devotional:- And the gospel must first be preached to all the nations. (V. 10)       So many people don't bother to preach the gospel. They think it is for the pastors and evangelists. They try to look good to their friend by not looking like a religious fanatic, so they try to play safe.

STORE THE TRUTH  Colossians 1:12-17 Devotional:- For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. (V. 16)      Words are your weapon of victory (Revelations 12:11). Words are not just statements; they are command in the realm of the spirit for our victory. That is why the Bible says, it is the word of God that creates (John 1:3). It is by the word, God relates with man, it is by the word evil is casted out (Mark 16:12). Authorities are by words, so he that lacks the words lacks the weapons of victory.

WAITING Isaiah 40:25-31 Devotional:- But those who wait on the LORD Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint. (V. 31)      Since God is the one that gives strength, waiting on him becomes a winning wisdom. All the attempt of the devil is to turn many away from God. This is because he knows that God is the source of strength for you. Be careful not to follow the trendy information to walk away from God, let the word of God be your strength.

ENCOURAGEMENT 1 Samuel 30:1-8 Devotional:- Now David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and his daughters. But David strengthened himself in the LORD his God. (V. 6)      As important as courage is to our victory, also encouragement is equally important. Encouragement is bouncing back to courage; encouragement is regaining back your strength. In this world the enemy will always do everything to discourage you, this will be through many avenues, he will use a dragging situation, he will use mockers, he will use frustration. All of these is to remove your courage; this is because your courage is your strength to win.

COURAGE   Joshua 1:1-9 Devotional:- Be strong and of good courage, for to this people you shall divide as an inheritance the land which I swore to their fathers to give them. (V. 6)      No one can be a victor without being courageous. Courage is the act of bracing up to confront what is confronting you. It is the ability to do what is frightening you; it is being brave to stand against what is standing against you. It is an energy from the heart to make you stand to face the danger or difficulties.

WALKING IN CONVENANT Exodus 23:20-24 For My Angel will go before you and bring you in to the Amorites and the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Canaanites and the Hivites and the Jebusites; and I will cut them off. (V. 23)      The word of God says to us the part of the tricks of the enemy for the end time, is to discourage people from the covenant (Daniel 11:32).  Today many people are victims of covenant defaulting with joy, little do they know that it is the trick for their defeat. 

FAITH MATTHEW 14:22-33 Devotional:- So He said, “Come.” And when Peter had come down out of the boat, he walked on the water to go to Jesus. (V. 29).      Each one who wants to overcome this word must understand the place of faith. Without faith no one can overcome the wicked forces of the enemy, faith is the act of taking the word of God to act on it. Faith is acting by the strength of the word of God. The truth is that if anyone is a victim or a victor the two are product of the kind of words built in us.

VICTORY MENTALITY  1 Samuel 17:31-40 Devotional:- Moreover David said, “The LORD, who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” And Saul said to David, “Go, and the LORD be with you!” (V. 37)      No one can be better than the quality of his/her mind. That is why you and I need the victory mentality. I have met some people who have defeat mentality, they believe in the power of the enemy than the power of their God. They always celebrate their enemy above their God.

TRUE STRENGTH  Psalm 119:125-131  Devotional:- The entrance of Your words gives light; It gives understanding to the simple. (V. 130)      No one can be victorious without strength but there are different types of strength. The actual strength of life is what makes you strong enough that you cannot but take action. It is called illumination of your soul the and Bible refer to it as understanding. When it comes you cannot but arise (Isaiah 60:1).

FREEDOM   2 Corinthians 3:7-18  Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. (V. 17)      Victory is when you are free in your spirit man. This is when you disallow your feeling or any entanglement in your heart. This is when you are no longer under any condemnation but your heart is free with God. It is freedom in your spirit man that we called joy. This is not because there are no attempts of the enemy against you but you have grown up strong that their attempt does not get at you anymore.

FIRST WITHIN Judges 6:11-16   So he said to Him, “O my Lord, how can I save Israel? Indeed my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.” (V. 15).      In the course of we growing up in life, we grow in the midst of some situation that had sharpen our mind and belief system. Some of such mentality cannot produce a victorious life. We sometimes take them to be sincere humility, thinking we are helpless about them. It makes us think some people are more lucky than we are. That makes you look down on yourself.

OVERCOMING SELF-DEFEAT 2 Samuel 11:1-8  Then David sent messengers, and took her; and she came to him, and he lay with her, for she was cleansed from her impurity; and she returned to her house. (V. 4)      Victory in life always begins from the heart. Everyone who wants to win in life must therefore first overcome self defeat.  This is a mentality that put people down. These are mentality that makes people feel that they cannot make it or overcome. This is a mentality that intimidate and always attempting to beat a person down.

WINNING WEAKNESSES 2 Kings 5:20-27 And he said, "All is well. My master has sent me, saying, 'Indeed, just now two young men of the sons of the prophets have come to me from the mountains of Ephraim. Please give them a talent of silver and two changes of garments.'" (V. 22) NKJV      The very first step in victory is winning your weaknesses. Your weaknesses are attitudes that bring you down in the race of life. Unconsciously to us most children grow up with defeat attitude. Since our parents grew like that, they assume we will overcome, little do they know that it will grow with us.

CHILDREN OF VICTORY 1 John 5:1-5  For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. (V. 4)       Everyone born of God i.e. born again is born into victory. That is the reason your victory is an inheritance. Jesus has fought and won for you, all that remain is that you take your place as a child of victory.

COMPLETED VICTORY John 19:28-30  Devotional:- "After this, Jesus, knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, “I thirst!” (V. 28)      God is the alpha and Omega, in other words whatever he starts he completes. The work of your victory has been completed by the death and resurrection of Christ that is why it will be painful if you remain defeated. God has done all he needs to do.

COVENANT OF VICTORY  Galatians 4:21 - 31 NKJV Devotional:- Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise. (V. 28)      Everyone who is born of God through the Lord Jesus has been brought into the covenant of victory. The covenant of victory is what God gave to the children of Abraham through the ministry of Joshua (Joshua 1:5).  This covenant is written for us to key into by our faith. (Galatians 3:14).

CERTAINTY OF VICTORY John 16:18-33 Devotional:- "These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” (V. 33)      As children of the most high God, we have the certainty of victory over the contending force that are against our lives. You are not the one who made yourself and the one who made you know the challenges you will have to face. He made you to fulfil a destiny on earth and your success is His success. That is why you cannot fail.

BE THE BEST Daniel 1:6-21 Devotional:- “And in all matters of wisdom and understanding about which the king examined them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers who were in all his realm” (v. 20) NKJV      The Holy Spirit is the spirit of excellence. Everyone who walks faithfully with the Holy Spirit will always be the best in whatever they do. One of the assignments of the Holy Spirit is to make you the best in your family, your endeavours or even in your ministry.

GROWING FAITH Jude 1:20-25 Devotional:- “But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit” (v. 20) NKJV      One of the beauties of the Holy Spirit is the ability to drive man into faith. It is important you know that without faith, no man can relate with God or please God or receive anything from God (Hebrews 11:6). It is impossible to experience God’s kind of faith without the Holy Spirit.

REIGN IN LIFE Daniel 5:1-12 Devotional:- “There is a man in your kingdom in whom is the Spirit of the Holy God. And in the days of your father, light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, were found in him; and King Nebuchadnezzar your father-your father the king-made him chief of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayer” (v. 11) NKJV.      Today, in our nation, we need Spirit filled people to ascend to leadership of our politics. The ungodly has been ruling us for years. People who pretends to be Christians but do not have the Holy Spirit or the fear of God. People who could because of power do anything no matter how bad.

BECOMING INTELLIGENT Isaiah 11:1-5 Devotional:- “The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him, The Spirit of wisdom and understanding, The Spirit of counsel and might, The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord” (v. 2) NKJV      The world today like ever is in need of men and women of solution like Joseph and Daniel. Industrial revolution in the western world is a product of the demonstration of intelligence by the spirit. To be intelligent is to be able to think through to brilliant solution (1 Corinthians 2:11) It is the ability to acquire applicable knowledge. It is to have understanding of a matter.

SPIRIT FILLED COMPANY Acts 4:23-31 Devotional:- “And being let go, they went to their own companions and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them” (v. 23) NKJV      One of the wisdom of God to keep a believer in continuous quality relationship with the Holy Spirit is keeping company with the Spirit filled believers. As social being, it is easy for us to be influenced by pairs. That is why it will be wisdom to pair up with right people (2 Corinthians 6:14-18)

GRIEVE NOT Ephesians 4:25-32 Devotional:- “And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption” (v. 30)       Every believer need to take this precaution regularly not to grieve the Holy Spirit. We should always fear the Lord (Proverbs 1:7). We should realize that we are highly privilege to have the Holy Spirit dwell in us (2 Corinthians 4:7). Holy Spirit can only dwell in us because we have dedicated our lives to God. Now that He dwells in us, we have become the temple of God (1 Corinthians 3:16-17). Remember God is a jealous God.

ACKNOWLEDGING HIM 1 Samuel 30:1-10 Devotional:- “So David inquired of the LORD, saying, "Shall I pursue this troop? Shall I overtake them?" And He answered him, "Pursue, for you shall surely overtake them and without fail recover all"(v. 8) NKJV      As part of our faithful walk with the Holy Spirit, we must learn to always acknowledge Him. The word of God says “in all our ways, we should acknowledge Him” (Proverbs 3:5-6). It is when we acknowledge Him that we can consciously walk with Him.

BE FILLED Ephesians 5:15-21 Devotional:- “And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit” (v. 18) NKJV      To be filled of a spirit is to be totally taken over by that spirit. This is to be full of the Holy Spirit. When a man is full of the Holy Spirit, it means the man is totally taken over by the Spirit. It means, there is no room or space for other spirit in the life of that man.

WORSHIP John 4:19-26 Devotional:- “God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth" (v. 24) NKJV      For a believer to relate more and more closely with the Holy Spirit, one of the avenue that is vital is worship God. Since God is a spirit, then, you can only worship Him in the spirit. Worship is therefore only possible when we learn to allow the Holy Spirit to lead us to the father.

GROWING RELATIONSHIP 1 Timothy 4:6-11 Devotional:- But reject profane and old wives' fables, and exercise yourself toward godliness (v. 7) NKJV      Today, many believers rather exercise towards worldly or bodily exercise. This is because; this is what we see others around us doing, so we tend to believe that, that is the correct way to live. No believer has the time to regularly exercise themselves in the Holy Spirit.

CONSCIOUSNESS OF HIS PRESENCE Psalm 23:1-6 Devotional:- "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me" (v. 4) NKJV      For anyone to have the full benefits of the Holy Spirit, he/she must live in the consciousness of the Holy Spirit that is in him. The challenges with many Christians today is that they pray in tongues in the church on Sunday and all though the week, they live as they like without the direction of the Holy Spirit. Most people just live as ordinary men.

BAPTISM Act 2:1-12 Devotional:- “And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance” (v. 4) NKJV      For anyone to start to experience the benefit and the blessings of the Holy Spirit, he/she must experience the baptism of the Holy Spirit. Jesus said to the disciples that they have to wait till they were baptized with the Holy Spirit (Act 1:5-8). Baptism of the Holy Spirit is an experience in filling of the Holy Spirit. It is to be immersed into the spirit and the spirit into you (John 15:5). 

OUR STRENGTH Isaiah 40:21-31 Devotional:- "But those who wait on the LORD Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint" (V. 31) NKJV      No man can succeed without strength. The strength of life is not in the muscle, it is supplied to our mind by the spirit. This is what is called the energy of the spirit. Whenever it flows to you, it energizes you to achieve a given task. There is no man that cannot succeed and progress when strength comes.

OUR HELPER John 15:18-27 Devotional:- "But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me” (v. 26) NKJV      Man is often beclouded by thought of unpleasant situations and circumstances. So, when we are demanded to give an answer we could find our thought escape and not coherent as we would have loved to have it. Sometimes, you may need a particular thought which may look deleted from your mind. At such times, we need the help of the Holy Spirit.

PURIFIER Scripture Reading: Malachi 3:1-7 Devotional:- “He will sit as a refiner and a purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi, And purge them as gold and silver, That they may offer to the LORD An offering in righteousness” (v. 3) NKJV      As a child of God who is focused on reigning eternally with Jesus, it is important you focus on the purification ministry of the Holy Spirit (Luke 3:16-17). This is where the church today is missing out. That is the reason the church is becoming worldly. The purifying ministry of the Holy Spirit is what take a believer through a refining process to become holy before the Lord.

HE CONVICTS   John 16:5-11 Devotional:- “And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:” (V. 8)      One of the strongest ministries of the Holy Spirit is that, it convicts our heart of the truth. He makes us to be clear about our action. He makes us to know when we do what is right or what is not right, so that, we will have no one to blame for our actions. The Holy Spirit makes the consciousness of our actions clear enough to us and leaves us to make choices. He will never force Himself on us (Genesis 6:3).

HE SPEAKS Mark 13:9-13 Devotional:- “He answered and said to them, "Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given” (V. 11)      It is always beautiful when the Holy Spirit speaks to us. He is a speaking Spirit. Every time you ask, the Holy Spirit speaks back to you. That why it is important we recognize how He speaks. It is important we recognize His vocabulary and His ways of speaking.

THE REMINDER Isaiah 50:1-5 Devotional:- "The Lord GOD has given Me The tongue of the learned, That I should know how to speak A word in season to him who is weary. He awakens Me morning by morning, He awakens My ear To hear as the learned” (V. 4)      One of the beautiful ministries of the Holy Spirit is that, He reminds us of definite information at the right time. The Bible talks about the bearer of a word in season (Proverbs 15:23). This is a word supplied to us to give answers at the instance of a need (Luke 21:14-15, Psalms 81:10). This is always a wonderful blessing of the Holy Spirit.

REVEALS SECRET Daniel 2:20-30 Devotional:- “He reveals deep and secret things; He knows what is in the darkness, And light dwells with Him” (V. 22)      The Holy Spirit is the one who reveals deep things. Engaging in thinking makes us to search out matter or solutions to situations. The act of thinking is what has made man to make the world better than when it was created. By thinking we can generate wonderful ideas that can turn our lives and our nation around. But thinking can be frustrating when you cannot think through.

HE TEACHES John 14:25-31 Devotional:- “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you” (V. 26)      Part of the ministry of the Holy Spirit is to teach us all things. This is not limited to Bible but all things that are edifying for our journey on earth. This is possible because He knows all things (1 Corinthians 2:10, 13). This is possible because it is the spirit that can truly educate our mind to light of understanding (Job 32:8).