Good evening, brethren. 1. Evening devotion for today. ED.i. *DAILY WALK WITH CHRIST* (COCIN DEVOTIONAL) *DATE;* SUNDAY 2ND AUGUST, 2026. *SUB-THEME:* YOUTHS: VESSELS OF GOD'S GRACE. *TOPIC:* CHOSEN VESSELS. *TEXT:* 1 PETER 2:9-10. 9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people to be His very own and to proclaim the wonderful deeds of the one who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. Exo 19:5 Deu 7:6 Deu 14:2 Deu 26:18 Eph 1:14 Rev 1:6 Rev 5:10 [Exo 19:6] [Psa 135:4] [Isa 61:6] [Luk 2:34] [Rev 20:6] 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God. Once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. Hos 1:10 Hos 2:23 Rom 9:26 [Luk 15:6] *TOPIC:* CHOSEN VESSELS. *THE MESSAGE:* Just as Israel was God's chosen people in the Old Testament, believers are God's elect, His chosen ones under the New Covenant. This divine selection is by God's abundant mercy and grace. God has graciously set you apart as His possession for secred purposes. Therefore, you no longer belong to the world. As a chosen vessel, you are saddled with a divine assignment in your generation. Your calling is not for self-glory but to propagate the gospel to others. Satan always seeks to capture the passion and strength of the youth for his agenda. Do not yield to him. Remember, you are a vessel of honour for the Master's use. So, avail yourself. True worth is not found in worldly achievements but in being a child of God, yielded for His use. *REFLECTION:* Be available for the Master's use. *PRAYER:* Thank You for choosing me as Your vessel. *MEMORY VERSE FOR THE MONTH:* 2 TIMOTHY 2:21. "If a man cleanses himself from the latter, he will be instruments for noble purposes, made holy, useful to the Master, and prepared to do any good work." *TODAY'S BIBLE READING PLAN:* JEREMIAH 4-6. ED.ii. THE BEST IS YET TO COME "I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full." - John 10:10 Once upon a time there was a frog that lived in a well. The frog was having a good time in the well. It had its heart's desire and did not know a better life. However, it used to see a light up in the sky which attracted it. It was so curious that it decided to take the hard way and climb up to the light. Arriving at the top, the frog looked carefully over the edge of the well and saw a large water canal, 100 times larger than the well. The frog went to the canal and followed it until it became a river. It thought to himself 'this is 1000 times larger than the well'. Following the river, the frog arrived at a lake and again it thought: 'this is something different than that well, fantastic!' When the frog went ahead, it came to a beach. There the frog saw water, water and more water. It discovered then that all those years it was in the well, the frog lived in a very small world. We all understand this simple story. God wants to bless you God has a message for you and me in this story. God wants to bless your life abundantly. God's dream for your life is much greater than you can realize or imagine. Yet we want to stay in that little comfortable world of our well so badly. Dear readers, I want to tell you: there is more! We must change our thinking. Take a look over the edge. Go look beyond your well. God has so much more for you: a sea of joy, peace and victory. God wants you to enjoy everything He has for you. Perhaps God has already placed a dream in your heart. Take then the first step in faith. God is with you! He will make you successful. With Him you are more than a conqueror. Ephesians 3:20 says that God is able todo immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine. https://www.theblessingdevotional.com 2. Evening Prayer for today. EP.i. Evening Prayer There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. ⏤ Hebrews 4:9 The sabbath is the day we go to the mountain to see God’s creation. ⏤ Eugene Peterson May Your peace be upon us, our Father, this sweet Sunday evening. The day has been like a quiet oasis in the wilderness of the world. We have enjoyed its restfulness. We have sat under Your shadow with great delight. We have drunk from the springs of water that flow from under Your throne. Bless to us all the enjoyments and privileges of this Sunday. May we be better able to work because of the strength we have received while waiting on You. Give us now our evening blessing. We long to know You more deeply. Somehow, we do not know You as well as we desire to. We cannot see You with our physical eyes, feel Your touch, or hear Your voice, and we don’t always realize Your closeness to us. Help us to know You better. Reveal Yourself to us in Your word as we read it. May Your Spirit make You known to us. Make us more aware of Your love for us. May we receive more spiritual life into our souls. Give us a deeper measure of Your joy, peace, and love. May Jesus be in us, and may we be filled with all Your fullness. We wait at Your feet this evening, asking that our lives be filled with Your grace. We want to be like You, Lord Jesus, and we can only become like You through Your transforming presence in our lives. We hunger and thirst for righteousness, to have our characters made holy and good like Yours. You have promised to satisfy those who have this longing. Fill us and satisfy our cravings. May we go into the new week full of Jesus, and thus be prepared to bless many. We wait now for Your blessing. We ask in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen. https://www.youdevotion.com/daily-prayer/miller/28/evening #taptapstudio #youdevotion.