Daily Devotional
Healing Streams Devotional
…a daily guide to life challenges.
Does God Still Leads?
- Wed. 14th May
14
May
Genesis 24:27, “And he said, “Blessed be the Lord God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken His mercy and His truth toward my master. As for me, being on the way, the Lord led me to the house of my master’s brethren.”
The focus of today’s nugget is the difficult, uncanny and unavoidable TASK or responsibility of successfully NAVIGATING through life. Real life is a mysterious journey. You can only have partial knowledge of both your destination and the route or path per time. There’s nobody who has the complete blueprint or roadmap of his or her life, except God…
People Have Expectations About Your Destiny
- Tues. 13th May
13
May
Luke 24:21, “But we were hoping that it was He who was going to redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this, today is the third day since these things happened.”
One thing you can do absolutely nothing about is the opinion or expectations that people WILL have and hold about your destiny. This is a very common human weakness; in fact, it defines us. And you should know this because, even you, don’t you NURSE opinions and expectations about people in your life?…
Pay More Attention to What God Calls You
- Mon. 12th May
12
May
Genesis 20:7, “Now therefore, restore the man’s wife; for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you shall live. But if you do not restore her, know that you shall surely die, you and all who are yours.”
Life can be very burdensome, lackluster and tiring when you are in the valley or going through your wilderness, silent or WAITING season. A time when like Abram, Joseph, Job etc, you have enough time and opportunities to doubt not only yourself, your abilities and your purpose, but even God, His love, promises and will for your life…
Start Seeing Yourself How Your Enemies See You
- Sun. 11th May
11
May
Numbers 22:3, “And Moab was exceedingly afraid of the people because they were many, and Moab was sick with dread because of the children of Israel.”
The focus of today’s nugget is the power of how other people see or PERCEIVE you or other people’s perception of you. However, first thing first, you must be weary and very careful about how you handle other people’s opinion or perception of you, especially because, they are mostly INDUCED or motivated by their emotions and sentiments…
Creating Positive Imaginations?
- Thurs. 8th May
08
May
Colossians 3:16, “Let the word [spoken by] Christ (the Messiah) have its home [in your hearts and minds] and dwell in you in [all its] richness, as you teach and admonish and train one another in all insight and intelligence and wisdom [in spiritual things, and as you sing] psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, making melody to God with [His] grace in your hearts.” (AMPc)
The focus of today’s nugget is how to ensure that your imaginations work for you and not against you, since it’s now crystal clear that, God’s mighty power activates and makes our imaginations become realities. However, God didn’t say only your positive or scriptural imaginations will be realized…
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Censor Your Imagination
- Wed. 7th May
07
May
Genesis 6:5, “But Yahweh saw how extremely wicked humanity had become, for they imagined only evil, for all they thought about was doing evil all the time.” (TPT)
If you haven’t realized or understood the outstanding, enormous and scary potentials and capacity of your mind and by extension your IMAGINATION, then, you are either sitting on a keg of gunpowder or gold deposit without knowing. And what is that that is said about ignorance again? Ignorance they say is a disease. In fact, the Bible says in Proverbs 19:2 that, “also it is not good for a soul to be without knowledge…
How Wild is Your Imaination?
- Tues. 6th May
06
May
Ephesians 3:20, “Never doubt God’s mighty power to work in you and accomplish all this. He will achieve infinitely more than your greatest request, your most unbelievable dream, and exceed your wildest imagination! He will outdo them all, for his miraculous power constantly energizes you.” (TPT)
The focus of today’s nugget is the subject of your IMAGINATION. What is imagination? The dictionary says that, it is “the image-making power of the mind; the act of mentally creating or reproducing an object not previously perceived; the ability to create such images.” Or simply put, the process of creating PREFERRED mental realities or FANTASIES…
It's Time to Wise Up
- Mon. 5th May,
05
May
Luke 23:31, “For if they do these things in the green wood, what will be done in the dry?”
One of the very excellent and effective ways of teaching and impacting wisdom is comparison. That is, putting two similar things together and drawing out similarities or differences. This is one of the methods that Jesus often used to gain and captivate the attention of His audience and make His many teaching…
What Do You Weigh?
- Sat. 4th May
04
May
Daniel 5:25-28, “And this is the inscription that was written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. This is the interpretation of each word. MENE: God has numbered your kingdom, and finished it; TEKEL: You have been weighed in the balances, and found wanting; PERES: Your kingdom has been divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.”
Dear friend, this is the focus of today’s nugget; it is about your spiritual weight – your value, relevance or significance to God and His eternal scheme. Sometimes, you may rate yourself so high, thinking you are actually contributing so much towards the advancement of God’s kingdom…
Are You Partial
- Fri. 2nd May
03
May
James 2:1, “My brethren, do not hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with partiality.”
The focus of today’s nugget is the issue of how we treat other people in relationship with us, especially those of them who happen to be believers like us. Relationships are very demanding. Often, we are tempted to treat people the way they are or based on our PERCEPTION of them…
Don't GasLight
- Fri. 2nd May
02
May
Galatians 5:26, “Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.”
GASLIGHTING is a word and concept that has actually been around a long while. However, it was recently reawakened by woke culture. And simply put, it’s the insidious and wicked act of deliberately and intentionally provoking someone else to anger and a misbehaviour, then, pointing to, exposing and libelling them as bad….
Be Discrete About Judging Others
- Thur. 1st May
01
May
James 1:14, “But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed.”
One of the most common and easiest things to do as a normal human being is to JUDGE someone else’s action or inaction. And funny enough, most times, we are even often just as guilty or probably more guilty than the person we sit as a judge over his or her matter….
Hypocrite on the Microphone
- Wed. 30th April
30
April
Matthew 7:5, “Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.”
One similarity between the Christian faith and other religions and acclaimed faith in the world is the quest to proselytize or gain new followings. However, unlike most others, the method and strategy of proselytizing or gaining new followers to Christianity is through WITNESSING, preaching, sharing or evangelizing…
Know Your Weak Spot
- Thurs. 3rd April
03
April
Luke 14:31-32, “If a king is going to fight another king, first he will sit down and plan. He will decide if he and his ten thousand soldiers can defeat the other king who has twenty thousand soldiers. If he can’t, then while the other king is still far away, he will send some people to speak to him and ask for peace.” (NCV)
The ART of war will be incomplete, one-sided, lame, useless and not objective if it doesn’t include a smart comparative analysis of your own strengths and weaknesses, compared to that of your FOE or enemy. And since your strength is good and an advantage in this quest, can I sincerely ask you, do you know your weaknesses?…
The Art of War
- Wed. 2nd April
02
April
John 8:44, “You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.”
The first understanding that is necessary for each and every believer is the knowledge that, the moment you become a child of God by being born again, you have signed up for war and you have actually entered a very real and fierce battle ground. …
Know when Satan is Speaking to You
- Tue. 1st April
01
April
Luke 22:3, “Then Satan entered Judas, surnamed Iscariot, who was numbered among the twelve.”
No matter who or what you are or think you are and the position you occupy anywhere on earth, even within the body of Christ, or whatever is happening in your life or space, understand that, on your own and left to yourself, the devil isn’t and will….
Your Will or His Wil
- Mon. 31st March
31
March
Luke 1:38, Then Mary said, “Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.”
Many times we become so used to and mastered by our manners, habits, behavior and character such that, we become so helpless to them. This makes us to extend these even to our relationship with God.
Someone Just Wedded
- Sun. 30th March
30
March
Job 14:7 “For there is hope for a tree, If it is cut down, that it will sprout again, And that its tender shoots will not cease.”
One of the things I don’t quite get or understand is how rain and sunshine is general to us all, but almost every other thing in life is individual or personal. Imagine that, among people who are age or even class mates, rarely do they mark, enjoy or experience similar MILESTONES in life at the same time or in the same way. Imagine that one person…
Daily Free Shopping Cards
- Sat. 29th March
29
March
Psalms 145:16, “You open your hand and satisfy the desires of every living thing.” (NIV)
Have you ever shopped for free? As in, have you ever had the privilege to buy stuffs that you truly wanted or needed, when you know for certain that you won’t in any way bear the financial responsibility or burden of your purchases?
Amaram Oyewem
- Fri. 28th March
28
March
Habakkuk 2:1, “What’s God going to say to my questions? I’m braced for the worst. I’ll climb to the lookout tower and scan the horizon. I’ll wait to see what God says, how he’ll answer my complaint.” (MSG)
The focus of today’s nugget is the normal proclivity and tendency of us humans to murmur and complain…
The focus of today’s nugget is the normal proclivity and tendency of us humans to murmur and complain…
In Case You Forgot
- Thu. 27th March
27
March
Matthew 19:26, “But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
These days, the heart of many people are greatly troubled. And many people are becoming more and more discouraged and doubtful of the certainty of both God’s power and love….