SOME [SOUL MEAL] DEVOTIONAL

And she said, Look your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods, return after your sister-in-law. But Ruth said: Entreat me not to leave you or to turn back from following after you; For wherever you go, I will go; And wherever you lodge, I will lodge; Your people shall be my people, And your God, my God. Where you die, I will die, And there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me , and more also, If anything but death parts you and me.. Ruth 1:15-17 WOW!!! What a determined and focused mind. Ruth is a daughter in-law to Naomi. After the death of her husband, the mother in-law decided to return to her God by going back to her home town. Now in this passage, we could see how focused and determined Ruth was to stick to her commitment to the new family she found through marriage. Ruth also has seen something in Naomi that her sister -in-law orpha did not see. So, she made up her mind like Elisha to follow Naomi and be connected with the God of Naomi. Ruth's focused an

Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence. 1st Tim. 2:1-3.. Each of these aspects of prayer should be included in the prayer life of a church and individual. This expression for male and female alike cannot be  restricted to believers; it also includes nonbelievers, such as kings and who are in authority. As this year is coming to an end and the new year is rolling in, let's begin to pray for leaders all over the world; this includes the head of states and church leaders. The bible says we should pray for the peace of Jerusalem and that those who love her shall prosper. Therefore, let us all begin to pray for our land; where we live and where we come from and I pray that the peace of God that surpass all human understanding will begin to reign in our land and individual's life in Jesus'

Solomon marveled that God would be willing to live on this earth among sinful people. We marvel that God, through his Son, Jesus, lived among us in human form to reveal his eternal purposes to us. In doing so, God was reaching out to us in love. God wants us to reach out to him in return in order to know him and to love him with all our hearts. Don't simply marvel at his power; take time to get to know him.

Children are able to trust and praise God without doubts or reservations. As we get older, many of us find this more and more difficult to do. Ask God to give you childlike faith, removing any barriers to having a closer walk with him. As we celebrate the birth of His only begotten son,get in touch with this childlike quality in yourself so that you can be more expressive.

Tell me whose report would you believe.? UNTIL YOU TOTALLY AGREE WITH WHAT GOD IS SAYING, YOU CAN NOT REJECT WHAT THE DEVIL IS SAYING. Quit claiming what God has not given unto you such as sickness, poverty, pain, diseases etc. For example, people personalizing their sickness and say my asthma or my headache or my poor self. Change your confession from negative to positive and start claiming your blessed inheritance such as good health, abundance, wealth, pain free life and every blessings God has in stock for you. The report of the Lord about you says YOU ARE HEALED, FREE, AND BLESSED. Shalom.

.. When you take revenge, YOU HAVE NOT FORGIVEN. Forgiving and forgetting are two different thing. It takes the grace of God to forget what evil or offence had been committed against you. Forgiveness is for your own good and it will also help in the healing process. It gives room for divine healing to take place and that will now lead to you forgetting whatever had  been done. Yes it is not easy to forget,  but that is not the reason why you are carrying out  a revenge, it is simply because you still have UN-FORGIVENESS in your heart, you are still holding that person in the bondage of un-forgiveness. Give it all to God today and He will help you all the way and give divine HEALING TO YOUR BROKEN HEART....... Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God's wrath, for it is written: "It is mine to avenge; I will repay," says the Lord... Rom 12:19.