Life's Happening Devotional

There is a Scripture that says as a man thinks, so is he, and that is true. We all have dreams, imaginations, and great ideas, but if they stay dreams, ideas, and imaginations, that’s all we will have and nothing more. Dreams and imaginations take work, and it does not happen without putting work into it. Work is required. You’ve got to do it! Doing is required to see what your mind’s eye has imag...

We all have struggles, and my struggles are not yours, but one thing is sure, we all have struggles. We face these struggles daily. Like Paul, we must understand that God’s grace is enough for us in our struggles, tests, afflictions, and trials. God’s grace is sufficient for us. Paul the Apostle was beaten, thrown into prison, experienced shipwrecks, and still did not give up God, and he endured t...

Every day we have a choice to make. We can be thankful to God for all his goodness and all the things that he has done in our lives, seen and unseen in our lives. Or we can complain and be miserable about what we didn’t get or what’s not working in our lives. The choice is yours. Be thankful or complain. It’s a choice; I won’t complain. Some people choose to complain, but the choice is yours. The...

It is amazing to me the things that we find ourselves in at times in our lives based on the decisions and choices that we have made. We live with many regrets of not achieving our goals or accomplishing the things that we planned, and we fall short of the plans that we have set out to achieve. As such, we live in constant regret, pain, and guilt. The guilt of what we should have done or did not do...

Thirst is natural for all of us; everyone gets thirsty at some point or another in their lives. There are many types of thirst: physical, emotional, loneliness, relationship, and the list goes on. We try to fill this thirst with different things, but nothing satisfies. The only one satisfied is water thirst because we all have access to or can get water at some point or another. But what do we do...

Sometimes we think we have a right to what God does in our lives and what we experience, so we walk with an entitled spirit and mentality. I deserve this because I am a good person. But the truth is that all that we have and experience in our lives is out of the goodness of God’s love and nothing else. We do not deserve it, but it is because of the goodness of God’s love. It is a grace thing, and...

So many people carry burdens with no one to help or give them a sense of hope. Jesus is compassionate. He showed us how to help those in need. He also carried their burdens. Jesus promised to take our yoke as he carries us. We are not designed to carry our burdens alone but to carry each other’s burdens; doing this reflects Christ in us. People need help. Let us help others by becoming what we wer...

People are hurting in this world, and most of the time, we are unaware of it. But if we pause and look and listen, our world needs compassion. Families are dealing with crises, turmoil, heartaches, and undesirable situations. We must look around us and have compassion for those who are hurting. I’ve found that we do not need to look far. Right next to us is someone who needs us to show them compas...

In this second installment of real contentment as a follow-up to yesterday’s devotional, real contentment is found in Jesus. He is the peacemaker, the peace giver, and the peace himself. Jesus’s name is the Prince of Peace. We are always seeking peace, but the one person that can give us peace is always the last person we turn to. Peace is not external but internal and comes from God through his S...

In our present world, we have so much turmoil and discontentment. People are constantly anxious, worried, and afraid. Whether it’s the stock market crashing, the weather and natural disasters wiping out people, or mass shootings, people are living without contentment, without joy, and without peace. As a result of so many different traumatic and fearful occurrences in our world, people are constan...

One of the hardest things to do is to remain consistent, committed and focused. It always seems like we get distracted with so many things. But I simply call it life. Life's happening, and because life is happening, we must always remember that Jesus remains the same. Amidst the ups and downs, You get one thing right, and here comes another challenge. Yes, it is challenging and not the best fe...

We are made for relationships, and we are made to praise and honor God. There is another part of us that wants to be praised, we long for affirmations, praise, and appreaition. And there is nothing werong with these things. They are not bad until pride shows up. But Paul in this Scripture, reminds us that all the glory must and should go to God. Pride says see me, i did it, I made, I accomplosh th...

To remember is an amazing ability. It can take us from the present to the past, bring up laughter and joy, and invoke unwanted pain and sadness. To remember is a powerful ability. Sometimes because of trauma, we can block certain memories so that it does not bring up unhealthy feelings and thoughts of insecurity or fear. But in our story, the psalmist says he will remember the Lord's good deed...

The story of David and Goliath is one for the ages. It is a story of impossibilities becoming realities. It's a story of the giant against the ant, a story of the weak against the strong; it's a story of God against the enemy. David knew that he was not standing alone, but he was standing in God. We must know today that no matter how the odds are stacked against us, we are not standing alo...

We can all agree that there are many afflictions in our lives. No matter who you are, you can identify with afflictions. It seems like it shows up in some people's lives more than others. The Bible says many are the afflictions of the righteous, not the unrighteous, which means the righteous will have more afflictions and persecutions. However, the Scripture did not leave us there; it says the...

Superheroes are always saving the day. They come in at the last minute and save the person from the villain or from danger. These shows have such suspense and drama that superheroes have to save you in the nick of time because otherwise, they would not be superheroes. They build on the suspense and drama for the audience. God seems to love suspense and likes to come in the right when it seems like...

God is a masterful specialist; he works in the dark. Most builders need light to see what they are doing so that they can create a masterpiece because lighting is of utmost importance. Conversely, God does his best work in the dark. If you are experiencing darkness in your life and things seem to be getting worst instead of better. I want to remind you that God is at work. Darkness is light to him...

We all get discouraged and feel like the walls are closing in. We get distressed, discouraged, disappointed, and dismayed. When we are doing God's work and the right things and life is going in the opposite direction, it can be a very hard place to be. But today, this episode reminds us that we have a companion with us. He is the mighty companion, our God. He is with you like a mighty warrior;...

Dreams can be elusive at times. They can seem like they are out of reach. Dreams can be challenging to achieve and make you feel like you will never get there. But today, Jesus is a dream restorer, and he not only restores dreams but also gives dreams. When God restores our dreams, it will seem like we are dreaming because that's how amazing it will be. Joseph is a great example of a dream bei...

After all, we've been through. There must be a resolve in our spirit in the storms of life. We expect the storms. They have a purpose, storms are not forever, and there are rewards after the storms. In our text, Jesus is facing the storm of his life, the storm that he was born for, but at the moment, with the pressure and the magnitude of the storm of the cross, he cries to his father and says...

Paul the Apostle has been through some Storms, Shipwreck, beaten, left for dead, and thrown in prison, but here is the thing, while he was in the Storms, he was fighting; he did not allow the storm to steal that which was promised if he endured to the end. Paul made it to the end of his storm, and he could say, I have finished, the storm did not finish him, but he finished the race. He did not all...

Jesus had been teaching all day, and now he says to his disciples, come, let's go over to the other side. This was not an incident, but it was intentional. God never does anything accidentally, but all his moves are intentional. The intentilally of our storms are one thing, but knowing that storms are not forever is abdolutely essential for us to know. Storms are not forever, the things that y...

As children of God, we must expect the storms. It is inevitable. No matter what you do in life, you are a child of God; you must expect storms, trials, and persecutions. Paul reminds us that everyone who wants to live godly or a godly life will be persecuted. Thus, we must expect storms. But here is the thing when you expect storms, you will not be caught off guard. You will expect it and know tha...

Storms can be traumatic, scary, frantic, and painful. But all storms are different, and we experience different storms in our lives. I am a product of many storms. And if you reflect for a moment, you'll also see that you are a product of many storms. But all of our storms have a purpose. It all works for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose. Your storms have...

Rejoicing is a choice. To rejoice takes a conscious decision. Most of us don't know how to rejoice in a season when things are not going the way we planned. But Paul the Apostle says here to rejoice in the Lord not in your circumstances and what is not going right, but to rejoice in the Lord. He reminds us that in whatever situation we are in, we must make the decision and the choice to rejoic...