Victory Daily Devotional

MIRACLE BABY I Samuel 1:10-20 Devotional:- “And she said, "Let your maidservant find favor in your sight." So the woman went her way and ate, and her face was no longer sad” (V. 18) NKJV      Sorrow as it were is one of the strongest weapons of the enemy against man. You and I need to say bye-bye to it. Sorrow has nothing to offer a man than frustration. People of faith have learned to live above it.

HEALING OF NAAMAN  2 kings 5:9-19 Devotional:- “So he went down and dipped seven times in the Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God; and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean” (V.14) NKJV      There is nothing impossible or difficult for God. He only loves to see men believe in His great power to do great things in their lives. Often  times God gives us ridiculous instructions through His servants and we look down on it, this is doubting God.

SOLDIER’S FAITH Matthew 8:5-13 Devotional:- “The centurion answered and said, "Lord, I am not worthy that You should come under my roof. But only speak a word, and my servant will be healed” (V.8) NKJV      We all need to come to the very point of knowing the viability and the power of God’s word. The word of God is the greatest power God has. Through the word, all things were created. And nothing was made without it (John 1:1-3). God’s spoken word is ever-powerful.

UNMOVED FAITH Matthew 15:21-28 Devotional:- “And she said, "Yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters' table" (V.27) NKJV      Sometimes by the principle of our response to life or obedience to God, we might not have been qualified for some things. But faith can qualify us. That is why Jesus said He has not come for the rich but that the poor may be rich. He has come to remove the barriers in the lives of people and to release them to their destiny.

HEALING OF WATER 2 Kings 2:19-25       Devotional:- “Then he went out to the source of the water, and cast in the salt there, and said, "Thus says the LORD: 'I have healed this water; from it there shall be no more death or barrenness'" (V.21) NKJV      Some people are experiencing a bitter spring of life. Everything is always against them. Nothing seems going the way they expect. Their situation looks odd. God still has the solution to all of this. He can bring a change. All you need is to be ready to take steps by faith according to God’s word.

FLOATING AXE II kings 6:1-7 Devotional:- So the man of God said, "Where did it fall?" And he showed him the place. So he cut off a stick, and threw it in there; and he made the iron float. (V.6) NKJV      Sometimes when we read about some great wonders of God in the Bible, something makes us feel it was because the people were special. But we need to know that they are men of like passion as we are (James 5:17-18). They were just exactly like we are but they were only men of faith and God was able to work wonders through them.

FALL OF JERICHO Joshua 6:6-20 Devotional:-“So the people shouted when the priests blew the trumpets. And it happened when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat. Then the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city” (V.20) NKJV      Often, the enemy doesn’t want God’s children to approach their blessing. And he will fence it round. Though it is just at their reach the enemy will make it unavailable. So, they keep waiting endlessly. The blessing is there but the fences must collapse to obtain it.

STEPPING INTO JORDAN Joshua 3:5-17 Devotional:- “that the waters which came down from upstream stood still, and rose in a heap very far away at Adam, the city that is beside Zaretan. So the waters that went down into the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, failed, and were cut off; and the people crossed over opposite Jericho. (V. 16) NKJV      Many may not know that God is not going to do great things in their life until when they are ready to cooperate with Him. For His wonders to happen in our life He has a part, and we also have a part. If a man is not ready to play his part God is not also going to play His part. Playing your part is a sign of faith in God's ability. When you do, He will also play His glorious part.

WATER FROM THE ROCK Exodus 17:1-7 Devotional:- “Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink." And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel” (V.6) NKJV      Life cannot remain without water. It is often said that water is life. All living things depend on it. Lack of it can terminate life. It is an important commodity of life. That is why God has made it available abundantly on earth. Water constitutes about 70 percent of the entire world. It is larger than all other substances on the earth. Yet you may find it not available in some situations of life.

THE RED SEA Exodus 14:13-28 Devotional:- “Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea into dry land, and the waters were divided” (V. 21) NKJV      When a man comes to a crossroad in life, a junction at which it looks like an end has come; when all hope seems to have gone; all that the Lord needs is a man of faith; a man who can stand to believe and obey Him; a man who could risk things himself to do what no one will believe but which is the will of God.

FAITH OF PASSOVER Exodus 12:3-14 Devotional:- “And they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two-door post and on the lintel of the house where they eat it” (V.7)      Often time the doings of God come with ridiculous instructions. It may not always appeal to reasoning or science. But people who are wise to hear will not despise the instruction of God (Matthew 7:24).

ROD OF MIRACLE Exodus 7:8-13 Devotional:- “So Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and they did so, just as the LORD commanded. And Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it became a serpent” (V. 1O) NKJV      Even though God has a great and glorious plan for you, you are the actor in the process of making it real. You must be ready to act by faith. You must believe that He will back up His word. So, by faith obey Him.

SERVICE IN PATIENCE Genesis 40:4-15 Devotional:- “And they said to him, "We each have had a dream, and there is no interpreter of it." So Joseph said to them, "Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell them to me, please”” (V. 8) NKJV      God has put in every man one thing or the other to be used to climb to the top. These are in the form of gifts, talents or call it potentials. God’s word says the gift of a man will make a way for him (Proverbs 18:16).

LIFTING BY FAITH Genesis 41:37-46 Devotional:- "And Pharaoh said to his servants, "Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom is the Spirit of God?” (V. 38) NKJV      When God is ready to lift a man, He will put all things in place to make it work. He Could cause someone to be sleepless. He always brings challenges for His children to solve for their lifting. But the act of problem-solving is always an act of faith.

JACOB SCIENCE Genesis 30:31-41 Devotional:- “So the flocks conceived before the rods, and the flocks brought forth streaked, speckled, and spotted” (V.39) NKJV      Men have not come to the understanding that God is the greatest scientist. The creation itself speaks of God’s wonderful deeds (Psalm 19:1-3). Today, He still teaches His people mysteries.

HARVEST IN FAMINE  Genesis 26:1-14 Devotional:- Then the LORD appeared to him and said: "Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land of which I shall tell you” (V.2) NKJV      Human migrations are always caused by many factors but one of the strongest is when there is famine in a land. Human reasoning will tell us that wise people should move to another place. The poor are always the victims of such. So, Isaac thought it wise to move to the land of Egypt where there was much food.

SARAH’S LAUGHTER  Genesis 21:1-7 Devotional:- “God has made me laugh and all who hear will laugh with me” (V.6) NKJV      Sarah was a woman who experienced an outstanding miracle. She was a woman who had passed through much pain physically and emotionally. But she refused to allow all of these to break her down till she saw her miracle. You will also see yours.

SACRIFICE OF FAITH Genesis 22:1-14 Devotional:- “And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son” (V.10)      Until men are ready to follow God at all costs, we may not yet see His best (Isaiah 1:19) NIV. Was Abraham mad? No, he was not. He was just willing to follow God no matter what it may cost.

ABRAHAM’S DEPARTURE  Genesis 12:1-7 Devotional:- “Now the LORD had said to Abram: "Get out of your country, From your family And from your father's house, To a land that I will show you” (V.1) NKJV      When God wants to do the unusual, He will always give ridiculous instructions. If God has been speaking to you on anything and it looks foolish; please settle down to obey. God suddenly called Abraham and asked him to leave his father’s house to a land He would show him. During this period such movement was not strange to warriors. They just get somewhere and establish a city. But that of Abraham was different. God Himself said I have a place I want to give you just follow. He did not complain or become afraid. He knew God was faithful.

ARK OF MIRACLES Genesis 7:1-10 Devotional:- “So Noah, with his sons, his wife and his son’s wives, went into the ark because of the waters of the flood” (V. 7) NKJV      God can do mighty things when He can find a man who believes Him. God at a time called Noah and said “I want to destroy all living things on the earth because of their evils” (Genesis 6:7). Therefore, you will make an ark that will contain everyone that will believe me.

ALTERNATIVES II Kings 5:1-15 Devotional:- “Are not the Abanah and the Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean?" So he turned and went away in a rage”. (V12) NKJV      It is always the trick of the devil to make us lose sight of God. So he often makes us see alternatives to God. His own goal is to take people away from God. The enemies so much make his way look easy and quick but with eternal implications. That is why you need to grow your faith and not yield to his tricks. The devil’s alternative will always be with covenants that bind into darkness.

HOPE DEFERRED Proverbs 13:10-15 Devotional:- “Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But when the desire comes, it is a tree of life” (V. 12) NKJV      One of the challenges facing some Christians today can be referred to as deferred hope. This is a situation of someone waiting for the fulfillment of God’s promises in his life for a long time. Such therefore get weary and are not willing to wait for God anymore. Some have waited long for their husband, children, jobs, admission to school, and much more

SCIENCE  1 Timothy 6:17-21 Devotional:- “Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called:” (V. 20) KJV      As good as science has been to the development of human life as much the enemy is trying to work through it to destroy human faith in God. What men can trust God to overcome in the past, has now become what they have to spend foreign currency to overcome. The things that one need not fear but take caution about are now been projected as instruments of death. All of these are used to create fear in people for destruction.

DOUBT James 1:2-8 Devotional:- “But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind” (V.6) NKJV      We need to understand the great effect of doubt. The moment we doubt, we agree with the devil to think and believe that God is not able. This will always bring man to the point of unbelief. Please know that it is in the principle of God that under this atmosphere He will not do anything (James 1:8)

NEGATIVE INFORMATION Mark 4:21-29 Devotional:- “Then He said to them, "Take heed what you hear. With the same measure you use, it will be measured to you; and to you who hear, more will be given“ (V.24) NKJV      The strongest enemy of faith is negative information. It is negative information that produces the rest of the enemies of faith. It produces fear, doubt, worry, Impatience, pride, and more. I want to say that negative information is the greatest enemy of man. Through it, the devil often destroys and decomposes man to weakness.

PRIDE 2 Kings 14:7-14 Devotional:- “You have indeed defeated Edom and your heart has lifted you up. Glory in that and stay at home for why should…you fall and Judah with you” (V. 10)      As much as the advancement we have seen in the development of the world and even your personal development, do you know that it will be wrong to think we have made it by our power (Deuteronomy 8: 11 – 20)? God is still in control of the affairs of men and He directs all things according to His will (Daniel 4:25). When people become proud, they will lose their focus on God to self and faith will no longer be necessary till they are destroyed.

WORRY   Matthew 6:25-34 Devotional:- “So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin” (V28) NKJV        A life of worry has become natural with some people. It is even in the nature and tradition of some tribes in the world. People believe that it is the practice of the mature to be worried and when you don’t entertain worry to such you look careless. The disciples ask Jesus that question before, “…teacher do you not care that we are perishing?” (Mark 4:38)

FEAR   Matthew 8:23-27 Devotional:- “Bt He said to them, "Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?" Then He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm” (V.26) NKJV      Fear is created with us for something good, to fear and refrain from doing evil because you know the judgment of God on evil. This is the fear of God. The consequences of evil are never good. This is referred to by Solomon as the beginning of wisdom (Proverbs 9:10). This is the fear that will not want us to disobey God (Genesis 39:9). This makes us afraid to do evil, but when sin dwells in the heart of people, they now live in fear because they are not able to do what is good. For this reason, the son of God came to destroy the works of the devil (1 John 3:8). One of those works of the devil is fear over many things.

AUTHORITY Luke 10:17-20 Devotional:- “Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.” (V. 19) NKJV      Some things are identified with faith. Wherever you see faith, it will also manifest. One of such virtue is authority. This is commanding a situation to come to its normal state. Authority is natural with a man of knowledge. That is why God’s word says a man of knowledge increases in strength (Proverbs 24:5). Knowledge itself puts man in a position of authority.

TAKING THE WORD Ephesians 6:1 0-18 Devotional:- “And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the spirit which is the word of God” (V. 17)      God’s children today need to know that faith is a work and we need to labour to enjoy its manifestation (Hebrew 4:11). We will need to labour

YOUR IMAGINATION 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      Everyone who wants to be victorious must consciously destroy all negative imaginations to grow a positive one. Most people are not even conscious of the fact that they are spiritual beings. So, they toil with the factor that makes them. Your imagination is a spiritual weapon; if you don’t learn to use it rightly, the devil will take advantage of it for your destruction. Imaginations are the pictures we form in our minds about ourselves or the people around us. You must know nothing can stop your imagination from manifesting (Genesis 11:6 KJV).