Anastasia Bruce

Tamar was desperate to mother a seed from Judah’s line. You must have an eye for a good seed that you can successfully groom into something amazing in the future. It is worth waiting and preparing for long periods of time just to contribute to the nature and nurture of a godly seed.

Jesus went ahead by prayer. We can also only go ahead by prayer.

Jesus asked the woman at the well to get honest so she could walk away from her failing pursuits of love and marital relationships which wouldn't work, though with six different men. She needed grace to face the truth that True Love for her would only be found through her relationship with her Saviour. Pray for grace to have every stone rolled away from your face so you can face the bold truth you...

Genesis 19, Amos 5:1-6 The difference between Abraham and Lot was that Abraham knew that blessing on his came from the Presence of God with Him. On the contrary, Lot believed more in being in places where he thought or estimated carried God's presence and power, yet all his choices, including staying at or near Sodom, and later moving to the little town of Zoar, were all fraught with dangerous sin...

This message was preached at Assemblies of God Campus ministry, Korle-Bu, Accra.

God wants us to be broken and become useful to Him. When we begin to have an unquenching desire to appear all made up, all perfect and well- rounded as if we do not have any needs for which we need God's help through prayer,we become something detestable to God. Instead, the Lord wants us to come to Him just as we are, with our difficult issues and troublesome situations, and not be too shy to ask...

Matt 28. After the Resurrection, Jesus anointed his people to go and teach others to observe all His teachings- whatever He has ever directed to be done. The Lord wants us to be diverse in our work and usefulness in His vineyard. Just like little butterflies move from plant to plant, pollinating flowers in a seemingly uneventful manner, yet contributing a great deal to their eventual fruitfulness,...

Matt 28. Until your fear of lack or want or need is totally replaced by the fear of God and the great joy that proceeds from His presence, you will never be able to step into your high calling of being a successful female preacher who is totally free from the cares of this world. The cares of this world choke the word of the Kingdom, making it unfruitful. Mary and the other Mary were at the tomb o...

LIKE-MINDED Live Daily Footstool Devotional Read Romans 15:1-7 Romans 15:5 KJV Now the God of patience and consolation(comfort) grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus: You will be amazed how somebody's burden can just be lifted off because of your accepting them. People are destined to belong to groups. That's how God has made it. Imagine if your leg ever said to y...

HOW TO CELEBRATE YOUR BIRTHDAY 1 Desiring Mercy Footstool Devotional Wednesday, 3rd April, 2024 Read Job 3 Job 3:1-4 AMP - After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. 2 And Job said, 3“Let the day on which I was born perish, And the night which announced: ‘There is a man-child conceived.’ 4 “May that day be darkness; Let God above not care about it, Nor light shine on it. Bir...

SPIES VERSUS TRUE MEN Good Friday with Jesus Friday, 5th April, 2024 "Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and YE SHALL BE KEPT IN PRISON, THAT YOUR WORDS MAY BE PROVED, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely YE ARE SPIES. [17] And he put them all together into ward THREE DAYS. [18] And Joseph said unto them THE THIRD DAY, THIS DO, AND LIVE; for I fear...

HILLSIDE APPOINTMENT OF THE TWELVE The Lamb’s Book Thursday, 22nd February, 2024. Mark 3:13-19 AMP - He went up on the hillside and called those whom He Himself wanted and chose; and they came to Him. 14 And He appointed twelve [disciples], so that they would be with Him [for instruction] and so that He could send them out to preach [the gospel as apostles—that is, as His special messengers, perso...

SELF- CONTROL Live Daily Footstool Devotional Monday, 11th March, 2024 Read James 3 Proverbs 13:3 TLB Self-control means controlling the tongue! A quick retort can ruin everything. Without self- control, you are not yet made perfect in love. You are not yet mature if you cannot exercise a good dose of control on your own self when it’s most needed. Galatians 5:22-23 TLB - But when the Holy Spirit...

RECEIVE THE MARK OF MERCY Desiring Mercy Footstool Devotional 6th March, 2024. Read Revelations 9 Revelation 7:3 NCV - He said to them, “Do not harm the land or the sea or the trees until we MARK WITH A SIGN THE FOREHEADS OF THE PEOPLE WHO SERVE OUR GOD.” Revelation 9:3-4 NCV - Then locusts came down to the earth out of the smoke, and they were given the power to sting like scorpions. 4 They were...

THE KING’S NURSE Royalty by Loyalty Footstool Devotional Tuesday, 5th March, 2024 1 Kings 1:1-4 AMP - Now King David was old, advanced in years; they covered him with clothes, but he could not get warm. 2 So his servants said to him, “LET A YOUNG VIRGIN BE FOUND FOR MY LORD THE KING AND LET HER ATTEND HIM AND BECOME HIS NURSE; LET HER LIE AGAINST YOUR CHEST, SO THAT MY LORD THE KING MAY FEEL WARM....

WITHOLD NOTHING Live Daily Footstool Devotional Monday, 4th March, 2024 Read Acts 20:17-38 Acts 20:20 KJV - AND HOW I KEPT BACK NOTHING THAT WAS PROFITABLE UNTO YOU, but have shewed you, and have taught you publicly, and from house to house, All kinds of fears can prevent us from giving our all to the people that God sends us to. Fear of being abused, disregarded, downplayed, deceived, rejected, d...

Daniel 1. Daniel knew how to put a knife to his throat when he was in the presence of the king. We must be conscious of holding back our desires for food that served especially in any new place that we go to. This is important to keep us " undefiled"( Daniel 1:8), and able to maintain the purpose and assignment for which God may have sent us into a place. We must identify what makes us different,...

THINK ABOUT YOUR PASTOR’S FOOD Royalty by Loyalty Footstool Devotional Tuesday, 23rd January, 2024 Read John 4:7ff John 4:33 So the disciples said to one another, “Has anyone brought Him something to eat?” The disciples of Jesus distinguished themselves in that they were mindful of the physical needs of their Teacher. The disciples of Jesus paid attention to the Master’s meals- they showed concern...

FEAR GOD, SPARE THE BOYS Desiring Mercy Devotional Wednesday, 15th November, 2023. Exodus 1:14-17 NIV - 15 The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah, 16 “When you are helping the Hebrew women during childbirth on the delivery stool, if you see that the baby is a boy, kill him; but if it is a girl, let her live.” 17 THE MIDWIVES, HOWEVER, FEARED GOD AND DID N...

When Jesus met the woman at the well, He congratulated her for her honesty in confessing that she had no husband, even though she was at that in her 6th "marriage". This woman must have been a woman who was a hard believer in marriage. Even though her previous relationships had failed for one reason or the other, she still continued to believe in marriage. It was clear by this 6th time, she was ex...

MAGNIFIED MERCY Desiring Mercy Devotional Wednesday, 17th January, 2024. Read Genesis 19:15-23 Genesis 19:19-20 KJV Behold now, thy servant hath found GRACE in thy sight, and thou hast MAGNIFIED THY MERCY, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die: [20] Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one:...

DEVIATIONS IN LEADERSHIP Royalty by Loyalty Footstool Devotional Tuesday, 16th January, 2024 Read 1 Kings 16:1-6 1 Kings 16:2 KJV - Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins; Leadership is key. It’s all that God has got to reach a...

BECOME PARTY-WISE! Good Friday with Jesus Friday, 12th January, 2023 Mark 2:14-17 KJVS - 14 And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphæus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him. 15 And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many,...

Psalm 27 Though an army beseige me, MY HEART WILL NOT FEAR! OPEN DOORS FOR MY HEART DESIRES! Live Daily Footstool Devotional Sunday, 22nd October, 2023. Read Psalm 27 Psalm 27:3 Though an army besiege me, MY HEART WILL NOT FEAR! Whatever stops your heart from getting opportunities to express its deepest desires of unique ways to serve God, may they be taken away in Jesus name. May nothing succeed...

Job 3 re-worded to celebrate open doors and mysteries surrounding my beginnings and my birth. Your Victory over the negative circumstances surrounding your conception, birth and existence lies in the faith of your being born gain in Christ.