Divine Encounters

Day 254 Reading: Mark 14:1 - Mark 16:20 Before Jesus endured the agony of the Cross, He told the disciples of the things that would happen. One of the things He mentioned was that Peter would deny Him 3 times. In fact, when Jesus spoke to the disciples that they would be scattered because of the sifting about to take place Peter vehemently tells Jesus he wouldn't deny Him. From the Upper Room where they celebrated and rejoiced at the feast before God, they went to the Garden of Gethsemane where Jesus invited the disciples to pray with Him. He knelt and travailed about what was coming. Jesus submitted to the will of God. Meanwhile, His prayer partners were sound asleep. Jesus exhorts Peter to pray because of the temptation coming and spending time in prayer would generate strength not to fail. However, after each hour of prayer that Jesus prayed, He found Peter and the others asleep. Sleep may be depriving you of the strength to prevail over temptation. When Jesus w...

Day 253 Reading: Mark 10:1 - Mark 13:37 Words are powerful. Words are loaded with either life or death Proverbs 18:21 . Many today are suffering from a words-said problem. For example, some people have never become what God designed them to be because someone ridiculed them. Words by an authority carry weight. When a ruler or a person of authority speaks the spoken word it releases or binds the hearers. This is what the Centurion understood when he approached Jesus about his sick servant. He understood that Jesus only needed to speak the Word and his servant would be healed. The Centurion also understood that his part was to believe the word spoken carried authority. The Centurion honoured Jesus as he understood that Jesus operated with an authority that mere men didn't have Matthew 8:5-13 .  Creation reveals to us the power of the spoken word. Look up and see the sky, and remember that God spoke a word calling for a separation of the heavens and the earth. God before ...

Day 14 Reading Gen. 43:1-Gen. 45:28 Honesty in all dealings is something God loves and expects of me. Jacob expected his sons to have not spoken about the family, however, what if they lied and never mentioned that they had a brother with the father?Would the story have been the same? Being crafty in the name of hiding information may look wise at that moment however it could be costly. Learn to appreciate those who do well. A gift makes room like no other. Jacob understood that the ruler his sons spoke of was a person with authority and had blessed them by giving them plenty of food. He wanted that person appreciated. He also had the integrity to tell them to take back the money they should have paid for the food the previous occasion. Leaders look at such characteristics to see where your integrity is.  The brothers went to buy food and suddenly were invited to dine with the ruler. May God cause such favour to be my story. Buyers of food was the title the brother...