don't go to the depth of the ocean... that is where God cast your sins. YOULL DROWN.Micah 7:19 NLT [19] Muli mo kaming kaaawaan. Tatapakan mo ang aming mga kasalanan at ihahagis sa kalaliman ng dagat. [19] Once again you will have compassion on us. You will trample our sins under your feet and throw them into the depths of the ocean! https://bible.com/bible/116/mic.7.19.NLT

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Gods Creation, 100 / evolution, 0 THE MIRACLE OF WHALE MILK Whale calves nurse in the open ocean, where ordinary milk would quickly disperse into the surrounding water. Instead, whale milk is extraordinarily rich, containing roughly 35-50% fat depending on the species, compared to about 3-5% fat in human milk. Its thick, paste-like consistency helps it stay together underwater so the calf can consume it rather than watching it wash away. This nutrient-dense milk fuels incredible growth. A blue whale calf can gain 150-200 pounds every day, drinking well over 100 gallons (400+ liters) of milk daily during its first months of life. A whale calf is typically born tail first, helping prevent drowning during delivery while its head remains inside the mother until the final moments of birth. From birth to feeding, every detail is perfectly suited for life in the sea. These coordinated systems had to work together from the very beginning. They point to the wisdom, planning, and foresight of our Creator, not to countless unguided accidents over time. "O Lord, how manifold are Your works! In wisdom You have made them all." Psalm 104:24

VICTORY CELEBRATION MINISTRY INT’L Raising Champions, Taking Territories DAILY INTIMACY DEVOTIONAL AUGUST 13, 2026 JESUS THE CHANGE MAKER JOHN 2:7–9 (KJV) “Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim. And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it. When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom.” --- THE MESSAGE There are situations in life that seem embarrassing, impossible, and beyond human intervention. But when Jesus is involved, nothing remains the same. At the wedding in Cana, the wine ran out. What should have been a joyful celebration was about to become an embarrassing situation. But Jesus was present, and His presence made the difference. Jesus is the Change Maker. He is the difference between an empty situation and an overflowing one. He can take what looks ordinary and produce something extraordinary. He can take water and turn it into wine. He can take a hopeless situation and give it a new beginning. INVOLVE JESUS IN YOUR SITUATIONS Jesus had been invited to the wedding, and when the crisis came, He was there. This teaches us an important lesson: never leave Jesus out of your everyday life. The presence of Jesus does not mean that challenges will never come. It means that when challenges come, you have the One who can change the situation. There is no embarrassing situation that can overpower a person when Jesus is genuinely involved. Jesus is the ocean that can never run dry. What looks like the end to you is not the end when Christ is involved. SIMPLE OBEDIENCE CAN PRODUCE IMPOSSIBLE RESULTS Mary gave the servants a simple instruction: “Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.” — John 2:5 Imagine if the servants had questioned the instruction. “Why should we fill waterpots with water?” “How can water solve a wine problem?” “Does this really make sense?” But they obeyed. Jesus said: “Fill the waterpots with water.” And the Bible says: “And they filled them up to the brim.” — John 2:7 Their simple obedience positioned them to witness an extraordinary miracle. Sometimes, the instruction God gives you may appear too simple for the magnitude of the breakthrough you are expecting. But obedience is not measured by how impressive the instruction looks; it is measured by whether you obey God. One simple act of obedience can save you years of frustration and embarrassment. OBEDIENCE PUTS YOU IN THE PLACE OF MIRACLES The servants were the first people who knew what had happened. The governor of the feast did not know where the wine came from, but the servants knew. Why? Because they participated in the instruction. They carried the water. They obeyed the command. They drew it out. And they became eyewitnesses of the miracle. There are things you will never experience until you obey what Jesus tells you to do. The miracle was not in the water itself. The miracle was in the power of Jesus working through their obedience. INSIDE THE PROBLEM CAN BE THE SEED OF YOUR MIRACLE The servants were instructed to fill waterpots with water, yet the problem was a shortage of wine. It did not appear to make sense. But Jesus was showing them something powerful: the solution can be hidden inside what looks ordinary. The water was ordinary, but when Jesus acted upon it, it became extraordinary. Perhaps the breakthrough you are seeking is closer than you think. Perhaps God is waiting for your obedience to open the door. Do not despise simple instructions. Do not underestimate small acts of obedience. Your miracle may be connected to the next thing Jesus tells you to do. YOUR OBEDIENCE CAN BLESS GENERATIONS Obedience does not always affect only the person who obeys. Abraham obeyed God, and generations after him continue to share in the blessings connected to God's covenant with him. Your obedience today can become a blessing to people you may never meet. When you obey God's Word, your obedience can create a spiritual legacy for your family and generations yet unborn. Therefore, do not think your obedience is insignificant. What you obey today may become somebody else's testimony tomorrow. DAILY PRAYER Jesus, I come before You today. Help me to always involve You in every area of my life. You are the ocean that can never run dry. Help me to remain in Your presence and continually bask in Your glory. Give me the grace to obey Your Word, even when I do not understand the instruction. Let every impossible situation in my life encounter Your transforming power. Turn my water into wine, my sorrow into joy, my lack into abundance, and my challenges into testimonies. May my obedience become a blessing to generations after me. In Jesus' mighty name, Amen. DAILY CONFESSION Jesus is involved in my life; therefore, my story is changing. I receive grace to obey God's Word completely. I will not question divine instructions. I will trust Jesus and follow His leading. Every impossible situation in my life is becoming a testimony. I will experience the transforming power of Christ. My obedience will produce results, and my life will be a blessing to generations. In Jesus' name, Amen. DAILY BIBLE READING GENESIS 20 & JOHN 1 VICTORY CELEBRATION MINISTRY INT’L Raising Champions, Taking Territories

God's Creation, 100 / evolution,0 INSTINCTS ARE PROGRAMMED, NOT LEARNED Have you ever thought about the fact that certain animal behaviors appear fully formed at birth, with no training, imitation, or trial and error? This alone creates a problem for the idea that behavior slowly evolved through experimentation trial and error over millions of years. Learning requires time, failure, and correction. Instincts do not. They activate on schedule, execute correctly the first time, and often determine survival within minutes or hours of birth. Sea turtle hatchlings, moments after emerging from the sand, orient themselves toward the ocean using light reflection and magnetic cues they have never encountered before. No parent teaches them. No rehearsal occurs. The neural circuitry is already in place. Likewise, newly hatched cuckoo birds instinctively push rival eggs out of the nest within hours of hatching, despite being blind and featherless. This behavior is precise, timed, and goal directed without learning. Salmon raised in hatcheries and released into rivers still return years later to the exact stream of their birth to spawn, guided by an internal navigation system that includes olfactory memory and geomagnetic sensing. Orb weaving spiders spin mathematically precise webs the very first time they attempt it. Honeybees perform waggle dances that encode distance and direction before they have ever observed another bee do it. And these are just a few examples among many! These behaviors require integrated sensory systems, motor control, timing, and interpretation from the start. Programmed behavior points to preloaded information. Information does not arise from chance. Instincts are evidence of foresight, not improvisation. Scripture aligns with what we observe. Job 38 asks who gives the ibis wisdom and who gives the rooster understanding. Proverbs 30 speaks of creatures that act wisely though they are small. These animals do not learn their roles. They are equipped for them. Instinct is not evolution practicing. It is design executing.

Good morning, brethren. 1. Morning devotion for today. MD.i. 😀🌹🎀🎁💝🌺MORNING TEA THE WORD FOR TODAY WEDNESDAY AUGUST 12, 2O26. "WORKING IN THE KINGDOM (3)" ‘The father [or mother] of a righteous man has great joy...’ Proverbs 23:24 NIV. THE HARDEST work is sometimes the most overlooked work. A husband came home from work one day and the house was an absolute mess. Clothes were strewn all over the floor, washing up filled the sink, the kids were crying, the beds were unmade, the bathroom smelled badly and the TV set was blaring. When he asked his wife what was going on, she replied, ‘You know how you ask me every night what I did all day? Well, today I didn’t do it.’ If you’re a stay-at-home mum or dad, God considers your work to be important. It’s more important to the future than just about any other profession—because you’re determining the quality of the next generation. Martin Luther said, ‘What you do in your house is worth as much as if you did it up in heaven for our Lord.’ One day God will say, ‘Well done,’ to parents who cared for children—bathing them, feeding them, cleaning up after them—when they were tired and thought nobody was looking. Somebody is looking. Somebody is keeping track. It is worth it! You are the one who makes your work significant—not the other way round. When you discover the gifts God has given you and the passions He has placed within you, and put them to work in the service of values you deeply believe in—you are ‘working for God’ in the truest sense. So each day ask God to make your work go well. And try to identify the larger picture in your work that makes it a ‘calling.’ Bible In A Year: Judg 7:1 – 9:33, Matt 16:13-28, Ps 119:65-72, Pro 17:23-26. Courtesy: Grace So Amazing Foundation 💝🎀 *To partner with us, kindly refer to page 9 of the hard copy edition or simply send us a WhatsApp message/call on +2348128000068.*🌹🌷🎀💝. MD.ii. [11/08, 9:24 pm] Pastor Attah: *MEDITATIONS ON DAILY ⓂANNA* WEDNESDAY, 12TH AUGUST, 2026. *HEAVEN: THE PERMANENT RESIDENCE OF THE BELIEVERS* *TEXT:* JOHN 14:1-6. 1Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. 2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. 4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know. 5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? 6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me *Timeless Truth:*_"But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city"_ (Hebrews 11:16). *INTRODUCTION* Jim Reeves, in one of his classics, composed an all time beautiful and inspired song about heaven. "I have heard of a land; On a faraway strand 'Tis a beautiful home of the soul; Built by Jesus on high There we never shall die 'Tis the land where we never grow old. When our work here is done; And the life crown is won; And our troubles and trials are o'er; All our sorrow will end And our voices will blend With the loved ones who've gone on before". The children of Israel ate manna in the wilderness and not one of them fell sick for 40 years and neither did their cloth fade according to the Scriptures. The food of heaven and the environment of heaven will be such that the inhabitants will never grow old, but remain young, healthy and fresh throughout eternity. Every attempt by any mortal to describe heaven is like a blind man describing the colour of a beautiful house. It is easier to think and plan for what you see than what you don't see no matter how real. Hence, there is need for constant reminder, refocusing and reconsecration to make heaven, less our vision of the invisible and eternal things give way to the vision of visible temporary things. *"For truly, if they (the heroes of faith) had been mindful of that country (the world) from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned"* (Hebrews 11:15). *1. The Admonition on Faith* a. Man is consciously or unconsciously a slave to what he believes whether true or false. The person who does good or evil believes that it will pay him. The person who serves God or does otherwise believes that is the best thing to do, all things being equal. The only person who could experientially and authoritatively speak about heaven is the person who lived there for an innumerable number of years and had visited the earth. Jesus Christ challenged the faith of His disciples to fully and truly believe, not only in the reality of heaven, but what heaven offers. The thought of Jesus Christ leaving them for heaven was disturbing and troublesome. However, the thought of heaven is comforting above all troubles on earth. *"Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me"*. b. Jesus Christ said He came from heaven. Moses claimed He saw God come from heaven on the mount of Sinai. At the mount of transfiguration, three apostles said they saw the glory of heaven on Jesus, Elijah and Moses. John the Apostle emphatically said *"I John saw heaven open"*. Revelation also said that as God alone created the universe without any assistance from the angels, God Himself created heaven. *"Whose Builder and the Maker is God"*. When there is faith in God and consequently in heaven, all earthly glory and sorrows fade into insignificance. *Question* Is heaven and its glory real to you? Are you focused on making it by all means? *2. The Assurance for the Faithful* There is a Revelation about heaven that no other prophet could give except an eye witness. There is an abundance of accommodation for all the saints of God. *"In my Father's house are many mansions"*. Jesus invoked His undeniable truthfulness and integrity to give us a solid assurance. *"If it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you"*. Jesus is saying that there is no need to deceive His disciples. Part of the present preoccupation of Christ is building a beautiful and eternally durable unimproveable mansion for each of God's people. The cosmos is roughly 7 x10 to power 23 times larger than our planet, rendering Earth an invisible speck in the vast cosmic ocean. This is different from the part of the cosmos that humans' lenses cannot observe so far. John said *"there was no more seas"*. So the space for building mansions is inexhaustible by all the saints that ever lived. b. Every saint should therefore, be assured that there is an unfading and most beautiful accommodation ever, designed and built by God awaiting him for eternal dwelling. Which one is more real to you? Dream or what you see in the physical. As what you see on earth is more real than what is dreamt, much more, the life of heaven is incomparably more real than what is experienced on the planet earth. Everything in heaven is perfect that no man on earth and creature in heaven would be able to improve on it. *Question* Are you excited about heaven? *3. The Advent of the Forerunner* a. Jesus came from heaven and He is the firstborn from among the dead. He is the first to die, buried, resurrected and gone to heaven with a resurrected body. He also promised to come back to the earth with His resurrected glorified body. *"And if I go and prepare a place for you"*. Did He truly go as promised? Since He fulfilled the promise to go to heaven He will no doubt fulfill other promises attached. *"I will come again"*. He did not say He "may come again". He was very definite and certain. When He comes again for the Church, represented by the disciples He was speaking to, what will He do? *"And receive you unto myself"*. He did not say he would come and take them, but rather come and receive them. This is Rapture being referred to in which Jesus in the sky will receive the saints to heaven as a host comes out of his chamber to receive His special guest or visitors to his house. (1 Thessalonians 4:14-17). *"That where I am, there ye may be also"*. *Question* Are you always watchful to make sure you are ever ready? *4. The Answer to the Forgetful* You will be surprised at the kind of question the once doubting Thomas was asking. *"Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?"*. He was there when Nicodemus was lectured by Christ on how to get to heaven. He was there when Jesus preached the longest sermon on the Mount as to the qualification for heaven. He was there when Jesus said *"No man has seen God at all times"*. Preachers should not assume that their followers fully understand the spiritual things they are teaching. Spiritual truth must be repeatedly read and taught over and over until it turns to conviction. Jesus is the only true way to heaven. *Question* What makes someone qualified for heaven? *Prayer Points* 1.Lord, I praise You for the best alternative to this earth You have provided for me. Help me never to miss it 🙏. 2.Refocus my desire and affection on heaven and heavenly things afresh and help me that it will be my primary pursuit and vision 🙏. 3.Keep me from being deceived and distracted from heavenly things by the glamour of this world 🙏. 4.Search out Your people and remove all things in our lives that will make entering heaven impossible 🙏. *HYMN:* Where We Never Get Old. *BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:* JOB 13-15. [11/08, 9:24 pm] Pastor Attah: ```DAILY Ⓜ️ANNA - (A DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE FOR ADULTS) WEDNESDAY 12TH AUGUST, 2026``` *HEAVEN: PREPARED FOR THE PREPARED* 📓📖🎚️🫵🏽🙋🏽‍♂️🙋🏽‍♀️🧎🏽🧎🏽‍♀️🙏🏽🙌🏽 📜📜```TEXT:JOHN 14:1-6```📜📜 🔑📖```KEY VERSE:``` _*"In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you" (JOHN 14:2).*_ *D. L. Moody, the famous evangelist, once said before his death, "Someday you will read in the papers that D. L. Moody of East Northfield is dead. Don't you believe a word of it! At that moment, I shall be more alive than I am now. I shall have gone up higher, that is all, out of this old clay tenement into a house that is immortal, a body that death cannot touch, that sin cannot taint; a body fashioned like unto His glorious body." Moody understood the truth that heaven is not a vague idea but a real, prepared place for those who belong to Christ. He had no fear of death because he knew that Jesus had already secured for him an eternal home.* *In today's text, Jesus gives the same assurance to His disciples: He has gone ahead to prepare a place for them, and He will return to take them there. He speaks words of comfort to His troubled disciples. He tells them not to be afraid because His Father's house is big enough to accommodate all those who are qualified, and that He is going to prepare the place for them. More than that, He promises to return and bring them to be with Him forever. When Thomas questions the way to this place, Jesus makes a life-changing declaration: "...I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me" (John 14:6).* *Heaven is not an accidental destination. It is a prepared place for prepared people. Jesus makes it clear that He is the only Way to this eternal home. Today, many believe that all roads lead to heaven, but Christ's words leave no room for confusion. Only those who accept Him and live for Him will enter the place He has prepared.* *This truth should give us confidence and peace as believers in Christ's return. Just as a traveller finds joy knowing a home awaits at the end of his journey, we too should endure life's trials knowing that heaven is real and waiting for us. However, this is also a call for readiness, as only those who are prepared in Christ will enter there. Heaven is not for the undecided or the uncommitted; it is for those who know and follow Christ. It is for those who have let go of the world, let in Christ as their personal Lord and Saviour and live for Him consistently.* ✍🏽```THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:``` _*If your aim is heaven, look beyond this world.*_ 📜📜```THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:``` *JOB 13-15*📜📜 Heaven: Prepared For The Prepared https://dailymanna.app// *RECOMMENDED GOSPEL HYMNS AND SONGS - GHS 137: HOW BEAUTIFUL HEAVEN MUST BE; GHS 138: WHEN WE ALL GET TO HEAVEN; GHS 139: BEAUTIFUL HOME!; AND GHS 20: THE WAY, THE TRUTH, THE LIFE* *TXD [THEXDEVOTIONALS] on Twitter* *#DailyManna12thAugust2026* *#GCK* *#WorshipNuggets* *#BibleNuggets* *#LeadershipNuggets* *#RevivalNuggets* *#CrusadeNuggets* https://www.youtube.com/[THEXDEVOTIONALS] [11/08, 9:24 pm] Pastor Attah: ```DEEPER CHRISTIAN LIFE MINISTRY``` _*HIGHER EVERYD🅰️Y: (A DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE FOR YOUTHS)*_ ✍🏽👩🏻‍💼🌻 🍇🙏🏽🛰🚀🔬📚 ```WEDNESDAY 12TH AUGUST, 2026``` *THE PRAYER OF FAITH* 🎚️📓📖🫵🏽🙋🏽‍♂️🙋🏽‍♀️🗣️🧎🏽🧎🏽‍♀️🙏🏽🙌🏽 📜📜```TEXT:JAMES 5:13-18```📜📜 📖``` MEMORY VERSE:``` _*"And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him" (JAMES 5:15).*_ *Faith is the conduit between man and God. It is important in the life of a praying believer as the scripture confirms that without it, it is impossible to please God.* *"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase," submitted Martin Luther King Jr. A prayer of faith means a prayer you offer believing in His promises firmly, even when you have not seen the physical manifestation of the promise yet.* *The centurion, a soldier, had a sick servant and met Jesus for the healing of the man. This man had faith in the prayer of our Lord to a point that he told Him not to bother following him to his house to pray for the sick.* *He believed when Jesus prays anywhere at any time, the sick will be healed, and distance is never a barrier to His miracles. His servant was healed according to his great faith.* *You may be going through some challenges now, but your prayer of faith can turn the situation around for you and move your mountain away.* 💬 ```QUOTE:``` _*Distance is never a barrier.*_ 🏆 ```CHALLENGE:``` _*Your prayer of faith can move mountains.*_ 🙏🏽🙏🏽 ```PRAYER:``` _*Lord, increase my faith.*_ The Prayer Of Faith https://dailymanna.app// *TXD [THEXDEVOTIONALS] on Twitter* *#HigherEveryday12thAugust2026* *#GCK* *#WorshipNuggets* *#BibleNuggets* *#LeadershipNuggets* *#RevivalNuggets* *#CrusadeNuggets* https://www.youtube.com/[THEXDEVOTIONALS] [11/08, 9:24 pm] Pastor Attah: ```DEEPER CHRISTIAN LIFE MINISTRY``` _*(SINCERE MILK: Children Daily Devotional Guide 2⃣0⃣2⃣6️⃣)*_ 🙇🏼🙇🏼🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️🙇🏼🙇‍♀️🙇🏼🙇‍♀️🙇🏼‍♂️ ```WEDNESDAY 12TH AUGUST, 2026``` *AVOID THE DANGER AHEAD!* 📓📖🎚️🫵🏽🙋🏽‍♂️🙋🏽‍♀️⚠️‼️🛑❌🫷🏽🧎🏽🧎🏽‍♀️🙏🏽 📜📜```1 KINGS 11:9-14```📜📜 🕔📚🖋️🚻😁🎼🏆🍉🪴🌈💻 🔑📖 ```Key Verse:``` _*"And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice" (1 Kings 11:9).*_ 📖📖📖📖📖📖📖📖📖📖 It is not all things that glitters that is gold. God is loving, He has great plans for His children. However, no parent toils on a child who decides to disobey instructions. Solomon was a beloved child of God. He found favour with God because David his father obeyed God. Your Christian parents, pastors, teachers and elders are sent to correct you. Don't despise their correction. Though God is merciful, yet the salvation of your parents doesn't guarantee your protection from the wiles of the devil. Solomon allowed his great wisdom to control him. He forgot God and embraced popularity and riches. God was angry with him and punished him severely. God is not a respecter of persons. He punishes every sinner or backslider. *Avoid the danger ahead! Sin leads to heavy consequences. Such consequences could come in the form of sickness, failure in examination, oppression or death (physical and eternal). Return to God your Maker, He loves you. Don't allow your worldly wisdom, pride or riches of your parents to take you to hell. Let the blood of Jesus wash you now.* 🍥🍥🍥🍥🍥🍥🍥🍥 ```🅿️rayer:``` _*Dear God, give me the grace to humble myself under Your mighty hand.*_ 🙏🏽 ```📖 Further Reading:``` *Proverbs 1:7-14* Avoid The Danger Ahead! https://dailymanna.app// *TXD [THEXDEVOTIONALS] on Twitter* *#SincereMilk12thAugust2026* *#GCK* *#WorshipNuggets* *#BibleNuggets* *#LeadershipNuggets* *#RevivalNuggets* *#CrusadeNuggets* https://www.youtube.com/[THEXDEVOTIONALS]. 2. Morning Prayer for today. MP.i. Morning Prayer [It is of] the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. [They are] new every morning: great [is] thy faithfulness. ⏤ Lamentations 3:22-23 The Christian life is one of gratitude. A heart that is constantly overflowing with thankfulness is a heart close to God. ⏤ A.W. Tozer O God, giver of all good and fountain of all mercy, we thank You for Your grace and the many ways You show Your care for us. Your faithfulness never fails. Your mercies are new every morning, fresh every moment, more than we can count. What can we give You in return for all Your goodness to us? We have nothing to offer but the poor love of our hearts, and we give that to You. Grant us more and more the spirit of praise and thanksgiving. Teach us to sing even when tears choke our songs. Give us songs in the night. Teach us how to rejoice, even in care and sorrow. We thank You for our home and all it means to us. You have filled our lives with countless blessings through the love that unites us as a family. Our home is a little bit of Your love poured into our hearts. We thank You for the shelter our home provides and for the gentle affections that bind us together. May our home grow sweeter as the days pass. Make our home life more loving, patient, and kind. May our love be less selfish and more like the love of Jesus. We ask for special blessings for this day. We will face dangers we are unaware of; protect us from them. We are vulnerable to accidents wherever we go; defend us from them. Grant us the grace to walk through the moral challenges around us without being harmed by them. Give Your angels charge over us to keep us in all Your ways. Lead us wherever we go so that we may not stumble. Make us strong for holy service. Let Your protection be over us all day, and give us strength for every duty. We ask all this in Jesus' precious name. Amen. https://www.youdevotion.com/daily-prayer/miller/38/morning #taptapstudio #youdevotion.

THE FOUNDATION IN THE WORD “Heaven and earth will disappear, but my words will never disappear.” —Matthew 24:35 One reason believers may start to feel shaky in their relationship with God is that they haven’t built a solid foundation for their lives. So, when circumstances threaten their well-being, they don’t always know where to turn. And that leaves them feeling distant from the Lord. Where will you turn in a time of crisis? When tragedy hits? When disaster strikes? Will it be your favorite website? The morning newspaper? The evening news? You’ll need something to give you strength and direction in your time of despair. Here’s a tip: You won’t find a better resource than the Word of God. As one pastor said, “One gem from that ocean is worth all the pebbles of earthly streams.” Just a single gem from the ocean of God’s Word can make all the difference when tragedy or hardship strikes. How many people in their affliction have found comfort from Scripture? Trusting in what God has said in His Word can sustain us and give us direction, hope, and comfort when we need them most. Inspirational platitudes or clever sayings won’t help—at least, not for very long—but the Word of God always will. It’s been said that those who reject the Bible have nothing to live by. Neither do they have anything to die by. Ideas and philosophies go in and out of style with the passing of years, but the Word of God never goes out of style. It never goes out of date, unlike this morning’s news. The Word of God will always be relevant. That’s why C. S. Lewis said, “All that is not eternal is eternally out of date.” And it’s why Jesus Himself said, “Heaven and earth will disappear, but my words will never disappear” (Matthew 24:35 NLT). Jesus emphasized the importance of having a solid foundation grounded in God’s truth in His parable of the wise and foolish builders in Matthew 7:24–27. The wise man built his house on the rock. When the rains came, when the storms of life threatened his well-being, it did not fall. The structure may have been shaken to its core, but it withstood everything that was thrown at it. Because it had a strong foundation. The foolish man, on the other hand, built his house on sand. He didn’t prioritize a strong foundation. When the rains came, his house collapsed with a great crash. I urge you to get a good foundation in God’s Word because it’s only a matter of time until the storms of life rain down on you and hardship strikes. It happens in every life, without exception. But if you have a good foundation in the Word of God, then you’ll be ready for difficulty when it comes. Don’t wait until then to try to catch up. Get that foundation now. God bless you!

🌹Finding Hope in God’s Unfailing Love🌹 Have you ever woken up in the middle of the night feeling overwhelmed by the weight of the world? Perhaps you are carrying the heavy burden of past mistakes, wrestling with uncertain circumstances, or feeling worn down by the quiet trials of daily life. In those dark, silent hours, it is easy to wonder if we will be completely consumed by the stress and hardship around us. Yet, deep within the scriptures, there lies a promise so gentle and profound that it has refreshed weary hearts for centuries. In Lamentations 3:22-23, Jeremiah writes: "Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness." The Grace That Keeps Us Standing To understand the full beauty of these words, we must remember when they were written. Jeremiah was not standing on a tranquil mountain peak; he was surrounded by pain, loss, and chaos. Yet, right in the middle of his deepest grief, he turned his eyes toward the character of God and realized something life-changing: we are kept alive and standing not by our own strength, but by God’s infinite mercy. The word "consumed" speaks of being completely destroyed or erased. Left to our own frailties, we would easily crumble. But God’s love acts as a sacred shield around our souls. His compassion is not a limited resource that runs out when we make mistakes—it is an endless ocean that never dries up. A Fresh Slate with Every Sunrise Think about the wonder of a new morning. As the first light softly pierces through the darkness, the sky is painted anew. In that very moment, God offers us a fresh start. Whatever went wrong yesterday—the words spoken in anger, the doubts that lingered, the failures that brought tears—is met today with a fresh supply of His mercy. His compassions do not carry yesterday's weight. They are brand new every single dawn. You do not have to earn this grace, nor do you have to perform to secure it. It is freely given out of His boundless love for all mankind. Walking Forward in Faithfulness No matter what you are facing today, take a deep breath and rest in this truth: God’s faithfulness is great. He has carried you through every storm so far, and He will not abandon you now. Today is a new day, wrapped in His mercy, covered by His love, and held firmly in His faithful hands. https://amzn.to/4c3wtjN #foryoupageシ #facebookpost #foryouシ #follower #FacebookPage #nonfollowers #Bible #jesus #jesuschrist #JesusLovesYou #nonfollowers #foryoupageシ 💖

🌹Finding Hope in God’s Unfailing Love🌹 Have you ever woken up in the middle of the night feeling overwhelmed by the weight of the world? Perhaps you are carrying the heavy burden of past mistakes, wrestling with uncertain circumstances, or feeling worn down by the quiet trials of daily life. In those dark, silent hours, it is easy to wonder if we will be completely consumed by the stress and hardship around us. Yet, deep within the scriptures, there lies a promise so gentle and profound that it has refreshed weary hearts for centuries. In Lamentations 3:22-23, Jeremiah writes: "Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness." The Grace That Keeps Us Standing To understand the full beauty of these words, we must remember when they were written. Jeremiah was not standing on a tranquil mountain peak; he was surrounded by pain, loss, and chaos. Yet, right in the middle of his deepest grief, he turned his eyes toward the character of God and realized something life-changing: we are kept alive and standing not by our own strength, but by God’s infinite mercy. The word "consumed" speaks of being completely destroyed or erased. Left to our own frailties, we would easily crumble. But God’s love acts as a sacred shield around our souls. His compassion is not a limited resource that runs out when we make mistakes—it is an endless ocean that never dries up. A Fresh Slate with Every Sunrise Think about the wonder of a new morning. As the first light softly pierces through the darkness, the sky is painted anew. In that very moment, God offers us a fresh start. Whatever went wrong yesterday—the words spoken in anger, the doubts that lingered, the failures that brought tears—is met today with a fresh supply of His mercy. His compassions do not carry yesterday's weight. They are brand new every single dawn. You do not have to earn this grace, nor do you have to perform to secure it. It is freely given out of His boundless love for all mankind. Walking Forward in Faithfulness No matter what you are facing today, take a deep breath and rest in this truth: God’s faithfulness is great. He has carried you through every storm so far, and He will not abandon you now. Today is a new day, wrapped in His mercy, covered by His love, and held firmly in His faithful hands. https://amzn.to/4c3wtjN #foryoupageシ #facebookpost #foryouシ #follower #FacebookPage #nonfollowers #Bible #jesus #jesuschrist #JesusLovesYou #nonfollowers #foryoupageシ#Lordsbook #ChristianHospitality #WillingHeart #ActsOfKindness #GodsLove

THE STORY BEHIND "IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL" Few hymns have emerged from deeper sorrow than It Is Well With My Soul. Its author, Horatio Gates Spafford, was a successful lawyer and devoted Christian from Chicago in the 19th century. In the early 1870s, his family experienced a series of heartbreaking tragedies. After losing his young son to illness, Spafford suffered severe financial losses in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. In 1873, hoping for a season of rest, he sent his wife, Anna, and their four daughters ahead of him on a voyage to England. During the journey, their ship, the SS Ville du Havre, collided with another vessel in the Atlantic Ocean and sank. Anna survived, but all four daughters lost their lives. She later sent her husband a telegram containing just two unforgettable words: "Saved alone." As Spafford sailed to England to meet his grieving wife, the captain informed him when they reached the area where his daughters were believed to have perished. In that moment of overwhelming grief, Spafford penned the words that would become one of Christianity's greatest hymns: "When peace like a river attendeth my way, When sorrows like sea billows roll..." Rather than expressing despair, the hymn proclaims unwavering trust in God's sovereignty and the hope found in Christ. Its powerful refrain, "It is well with my soul," has brought comfort to millions of believers facing grief, loss, illness, and uncertainty for more than 150 years. The hymn's music was later composed by Philip Paul Bliss, whose moving melody helped carry Spafford's message of enduring faith to churches around the world. Today, It Is Well With My Soul remains a timeless reminder that even in life's darkest moments, faith in God can bring lasting peace. #TheStoryBehind #ItIsWellWithMySoul #HoratioSpafford #ChristianHymns #FaithInGod