DOMINION DAILY DEVOTION ~ DAY 237
DATE: 25TH AUGUST 2026
TOPIC: COME TO JESUS, AND FIND REST
ANCHOR SCRIPTURE: MATTHEW 11:28 (NKJV)
“Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”
Devotional message:

Are you struggling with sin?Are you struggling with fornication, pornography, or masturbation?Are you battling guilt and self-condemnation?Are you carrying bitterness, unforgiveness, rejection, or disappointment?Are you struggling under sickness, oppression, or the weight of circumstances that seem too heavy to bear?

Perhaps you have reached a place where you feel overwhelmed and wonder whether there is still hope.There is hope—and His name is Jesus.

Jesus does not merely offer temporary relief; He offers Himself. He calls the weary, the broken, the burdened, and those who have wandered away to come to Him.

He says:Matthew 11:28–30 (NKJV)
“Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest... For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”

Notice that Jesus does not say, “Fix yourself first, then come.”He says, “Come to Me.”You do not have to clean yourself up before approaching Him. Come with your brokenness. Come with your failures. Come with your questions. Come with your burdens. Come with the struggles you have been unable to overcome by yourself.

Jesus is able to forgive, restore, transform, and give you a new beginning.

The Apostle John gives us this assurance:1 John 1:9 (NKJV)“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”Your sin is not greater than His grace.Your past is not greater than His mercy.Your failure does not have to become your identity.There is forgiveness in Christ.

Jesus also invites us into fellowship with Him. Revelation 3:20 presents the picture of Christ standing at the door and knocking:“If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.”The invitation is personal.He is calling you to open your heart and allow Him to reign over your life.

But receiving Jesus is more than merely repeating words. It is surrendering your life to His lordship—turning away from sin, trusting Him, following His Word, and allowing His Spirit to transform you.

And if you have already received Christ but find yourself struggling, do not run away from Him in shame. Run toward Him.

The enemy may tell you that you have failed too many times, that God will never accept you again, or that your situation can never change.Do not believe that lie.

Perhaps today you are carrying a burden that nobody else knows about.Jesus knows.Perhaps you have been smiling publicly while secretly fighting a battle.Jesus sees.

Perhaps you have reached the point where you have exhausted every human option.

Jesus is still calling:“Come to Me.”Bring Him your guilt,brokenness,sin,fears,disappointments and burdens.He is able to give you the rest your soul desperately needs.

PRAYER

Lord Jesus,I come to You just as I am. I acknowledge that I need You and cannot save or transform myself by my own strength.Fill me with Your Holy Spirit and help me to follow You all the days of my life.I receive Your rest, Your grace, and Your new beginning.In Jesus' name, Amen.

DAILY BIBLE READING
Psalm 103:1–5,Isaiah 1:18,1 John 1:5–9,Luke 15:11–24,Jhn 8:31–36

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Dominion Daily Devotion, 2026
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Dear Father,

My big brother taught me something, and today, I came across it in Scripture. When Samson was about to be born, an angel appeared to his mother, saying, “Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son.” It gets interesting when, after she narrated this to her husband, Manoah prayed, saying, “O my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born.” And He came.

This Scripture speaks to me because I often have dreams at night that later come to pass. However, I have noticed that they are often progressive; they reveal themselves in fragments and scenes, and sometimes, I am only able to make sense of a dream after it has recurred two or three times. I never knew there was more to this, even as it relates to dreams, until I was taught about relationship and interaction with You.

How aware are we that we can make requests and follow up on something we do not yet fully understand? Perhaps we often run with incomplete information because, when You say, “Go,” You are also interested in telling us “How?” and “When?” And an ongoing conversation with You becomes a pathway to a deeper relationship with You. Is this not also true of our relationships? A break in communication with someone we love may raise cause for concern. Except we do not believe in what we build with You.

How best can I communicate this? That scenes of dreams are pieced together and in reality they sometimes occur at once. That You reveal secrets to the ones who always come knocking.

Translations;
Slide 1: English
Slide 2: French
Slide 3: Bengali
Slide 4: Hindi
Slide 5: Urdu
Slide 6: Portuguese

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Pray Always and Not Lose Heart

Jesus told the parable of the persistent widow in direct response to a clear reality: that people lose heart in prayer before the answer arrives. The parable reveals God's heart towards the believer who refuses to give up. The widow's persistence was rewarded because she recognised the justice of her cause and refused to let time erode her confidence.

The one who presses forward without prayer is a soldier advancing without communication with headquarters. Strategy, supplies, and specific orders all come through that essential, maintained line.

Jesus knows that prolonged prayer without a visible answer can tempt one to loosen one's grip on faith. His instruction: do not let go. Keep praying. Keep knocking. Keep asking. Press forward in prayer as the primary fuel for sustained, enduring, faith-filled progress.

PRAYER:
Gracious Heavenly Father, teach me to pray with the persistence of the widow, not in doubt but in confidence in Your justice and Your love. I will not lose heart. I will keep pressing forward in prayer. In Jesus' name! Hallelujah! Amen!

Keep knocking and trust God's timing!

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Lifeline Today
Wednesday August 12
Say No to Fear
As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, He said to the ruler of the synagogue, “Do not be afraid, only believe.” Mark 5:36(NKJV)

The Lord Jesus had to immediately issue a strong command to Jairus, the ruler of the synagogue after he was told that his daughter was dead while both were on the way to his house. Fear is generated and fertilized by words. It is either in words spoken to you or the ones you speak to yourself.

Words you say to yourself in moments of challenges can put so much fear in you and rob you outright of the confidence you have in God’s faithfulness. Fear is the opposite of faith, the enemy of progress. Fear is the advance notice of Satan to sift and dislodge a saint. It is the forerunner of hopelessness, confusion, depression, failure, and complete paralysis of destiny. To resist fear, you must first identify it. Any time you lose your peace, fear is knocking on the door of your heart. Command it to go where it belongs, and you will be free. This is your day.

Wisdom Fountain: “Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear."
Prayer: Lord, You are bigger than any worry or terror that tries to creep into my mind. I say no to the voice of doubt, anxiety, and intimidation. I will not let fear make my choices for me. As written in 2 Timothy 1:7, I walk in Your power instead of trembling in weakness. I receive holy boldness to step forward, knowing You go ahead of me and will never leave me in Jesus’ name.

The Closed Doors
The closed doors are not the doors of our churches, but they may be our hearts, because the real door of every person is his "heart".
For the Lord said to the bishop of Laodicea: "Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me."
And the Lord added: "To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne." (Rev 3:20-21)
Jesus is knocking on our hearts, let us open the door for Him.
We, my brethren, are the body of Christ, whose doors cannot be closed by an external force, like the authority and power of the present age, because we are in the Holy Spirit where there is no obstacle before the Spirit of the Holy God.
So let us open our hearts forever and ever.

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Today's Check In:

Are you making time for God's Word?
Are you asking, seeking, and knocking?
Do your actions align with His truth?

God is ready to pour out blessings, but are we ready to receive?

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Keep On Knocking - Original Worship Song by Aneel Aranha

Yesterday, something happened that shook me deeply.

A Pastor sent me a direct message. He said, "Sir, I was led to talk to you urgently."

I smiled when I saw him call me Sir. This is a man old enough to be my father, probably in his late 40s or early 50s. A mature man. A respected man.

Then I opened his message.

He said, "Sir, I nearly slept with a church member yesterday. I would have destroyed my testimonies. My ministry would have finished just like that. I was led by God to confess to you, seek your counsel, and know the way forward from this foolish act of mine."

I was silent for a moment.

This is not just any pastor. He is a Senior Pastor in one of the biggest and most popular Pentecostal churches in Nigeria. He is gifted. He is respected. Thousands listen to him every week. If I mention his name, many people will know him immediately.

Then he began to explain what happened.

A young lady from his church came to visit him at home. His wife had gone to work. The children were still in school.

According to him, the lady practically threw herself at him. She knew the right words to say. She knew the right moment to come. She understood his weakness.

He confessed that he had already started undressing the lady.

Then suddenly... The school bus arrived. His children came home.

That sound from outside interrupted everything.

At that very moment, reality returned. The lady quickly left.

As I read his message, one thing kept ringing in my heart.

That school bus did not just bring his children home. God used that school bus to bring him back to his senses.

Sometimes, God's mercy does not always look like fire from heaven. Sometimes, it looks like an unexpected phone call.

Sometimes, it looks like someone knocking on your door. Sometimes, it looks like traffic.

Sometimes, it looks like a child coming home earlier than expected. Sometimes, God's mercy interrupts our foolishness before it destroys our future.

As we continued talking, I discovered something very important.

This did not start yesterday. The problem started long before yesterday.

He had gradually become careless around the ladies in his church.

There were no healthy boundaries anymore. The jokes became too personal. The conversations became too private. The familiarity became too comfortable. The attention became too excessive.

What should have remained pastoral slowly became emotional.

And once boundaries disappear, temptation no longer needs permission to enter.

The young lady only came because she had already seen an open door.

People rarely become bold overnight. Many times, they become bold because someone unknowingly gave them the confidence.

This is why I want to speak, not only to pastors, but to every man and every woman reading this.

Please, protect your boundaries.

Do not play with what has the power to destroy your destiny.

Not every conversation should continue. Not every friendship should become intimate. Not every compliment should be entertained.

Not every private meeting is necessary. Not every message deserves a reply.

Stop feeding what you are praying against.

To the men... Whether you are a pastor, a leader, a husband, a brother, or a single man, never say, "It can never happen to me."

The strongest people have fallen because they stopped watching.

Your anointing does not remove temptation. Your title does not remove temptation. Your years in ministry do not remove temptation. Your prayer life does not remove temptation.

What keeps you standing is humility, wisdom, accountability, and healthy boundaries.

Do not stay where your flesh is stronger than your spirit. Run before you need to fight.

To the women... Please understand that not every open door should be entered.

Never become the reason another person loses their home, their marriage, their ministry, or their relationship with God.

Do not admire someone's grace and then become the weapon that destroys it.

If someone is married, respect that covenant. If someone is your pastor, let your honor remain honor. Do not mistake emotional attachment for love.

Some victories are won simply by walking away.

And to every believer reading this... The devil is not always looking for loud sinners.

Sometimes, he looks for tired people. Lonely people. Careless people. People who stopped praying. People who stopped setting boundaries. People who think they are too spiritual to fall.

That is where he strikes.

I thanked God that this man did not go through with it.

Yes, he came close. Very close. But the fact that he confessed instead of covering it gives me hope that God is still working on his heart.

True repentance is not just saying, "I am sorry." True repentance is changing the lifestyle that almost led you there.

Confession without correction is only postponing another fall.

If you keep returning to the same environment, the same private conversations, the same hidden meetings, and the same carelessness, one day mercy may not interrupt you the way it did yesterday.

Never build your life on the confidence that "God will forgive me."

Build your life on the wisdom that says, "I don't want to grieve the God who has been so merciful to me."

Because one moment of pleasure can destroy what took decades of prayer, sacrifice, and faithfulness to build.

The devil does not need many years to destroy a testimony. Sometimes, all he needs is one careless moment.

I am Anthony Chukwuebuka - THE BOO OF THE BOOLESS; Please learn to protect your heart. Protect your eyes. Protect your boundaries. Protect your name. Protect your testimony. Because what you refuse to guard today may become the very thing you cry over tomorrow.

Acts 12:

"1 Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church.
2 And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
3 And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)
4 And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.
5 Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.
6 And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.
7 And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.
8 And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me.
9 And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision.
10 When they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to them of his own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; and forthwith the angel departed from him.
11 And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.
12 And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together praying.
13 And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda.
14 And when she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the gate for gladness, but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate.
15 And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel.
16 But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened the door, and saw him, they were astonished.
17 But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go shew these things unto James, and to the brethren. And he departed, and went into another place.
18 Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what was become of Peter.
19 And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea, and there abode.
20 And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king's country.
21 And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them.
22 And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.
23 And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
24 But the word of God grew and multiplied.
25 And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their ministry, and took with them John, whose surname was Mark."