Life's Happening Devotional

Have you ever wondered about the blessings of God in your life? Sometimes you forget how blessed you are and focus on what's not working in your life and the lacking things. However, I have come to realize that I am blessed. Blessed more than I can number, more than I can even imagine; I am blessed. Take a pause and think about the blessings of God in your life. You are blessed. Check out this...

We are preserved from many things in this life because of the Lord's faithfulness. He keeps us from harm, injury, and death. To preserve something is to keep it safe. Thus, it is reassuring to know that God preserves us. He keeps us from all evil. Dive into this episode and be encouraged that you are preserved in your going out, in your coming in, and from all evil. He preserves our souls. Ple...

Live! That is a powerful stance to take in one's life. I must determine to live. Life and death come from the power of the tongue, and what we say about ourselves follows us. Today, I challenge you to speak life over yourself and those around you, your loved ones, and your friends and family. God says he spoke to the Israelites, chose them when they were almost dead, and said to them, "LI...

Our glorious riches are wrapped in a mystery, according to the apostle Paul. But within this mystery is glorious riches. It is not a riddle or confusion that must be resolved or figured out. This is a glorious revelation. Have you ever wondered where this hope that Paul tales about comes from, or your grandma speaks of where she would be sick or dealing with something, and yet she praises God like...

It will certainly come to pass when God makes a promise, no matter how long we have to wait for it. Wating is hard, but remember God said whatever I say will be fulfilled. However, we sometimes get frustrated with waiting and upset with God because he said there would be no more delays because we must wait. Abraham was promised by God that he would surely bless him, but he had to wait. So, let us...

Delays can be frustrating, irritating, and discouraging. It is one of those things that requires patience and endurance. If I am promised something, I look for it and anticipate it with great expectations, and I even get anxious and excited because I want whatever is promised. God's word, not man's word, is faithful. Whatever God says, it becomes. So, man can promise us something, and it f...

Being guilty of anything is a terrible feeling. It can cause you to feel like you're the worst person in the world, and it can cause heaviness to settle in. In a court of law when a person is found guilty, almost immediately you can see the pain of guilt and the weight of being guilty on their faces. However, today we are no longer guilty and condemned to death, God has justified us through hi...

Death and life are opposites. Death is terrible, and most people refrain from speaking about death. Life is beautiful; life brings hope. To be alive is to be among the living; to be dead is to be among the ruins. But can anything good come out of death, something so horrific, so morbid, so dismal, it leaves you powerless? Yes, the best news can come out of death when you are a child of God. Christ...

There are many news that we encounter in life. News of joy, news of sadness, some make us excited, and some make us sad. But there is a new that is the best news ever: the news of salvation. God, in his grace and wisdom, took what was dead, us, and made us alive in Christ. It is through grace and because of his great love that we have life and that is the best news ever. We have been redeemed thro...

The words of Jesus are Spirit, and they are life. They contain life for our spirit man, and our souls. It simply means that we can live off of his words. Jesus said He came for us to have life and have it more abundantly. We are not allowed to give into the perils and cares of this life because his word is a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our pathway. Natural food helps the body, but not the...

There are those who throw us away because we mess up, we have not lived up to their expectations, or we have come up short. But here is the thing, they might be done with you and drop you, but God's not done with you. We are not here to live up to other people's expectations of us but God's expectations of us. God is working on us, and he will show us compassion no matter how low with...

No matter what you've done or who you are, you are never too far gone that God's love cannot reach you. Indeed, there are those who would like to hold you, hostage to your past and condemn you because of your mistakes, misfortunes, and wrong choices. However, God, who knows all and sees all, takes pleasure and delight in you even though you messed up and did wrong. You are never too far fr...

When we cannot see God's hand at work, we must remember his goodness from long ago. In other words, we must remember what he's done for us before and know that if he could bring us through, he can take care of us now. We must visit our memory bank when it seems like we are in such a dark and cloudy place. Let your memory of God's goodness bring light into that darkness. No matter how l...

Can God's promises fail? Can God's love vanish forever? Sometimes it may seem like God's love is no longer with us, and sometimes it feels like his promises failed. But the Bible reminds us that God is love and his promises never fail. His promises are sure. We tend to want to question ourselves in these moments, did God really tell me to do this? Did he really call me to do this, am I...

We all have days when we feel like God has forgotten us, like he doesn't care like he's far away, and we cannot see, feel, or hear him. It is a terrible feeling to feel like God has rejected you. But, in these seasons and moments, we must remember the goodness of the Lord long ago. God will never reject us. He only pursues us to produce in us the best of us.

As long as the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease (Genesis 8:22. NIV). God's word lasts forever, and whatever God says shall surely pass. Our season of lack can sometimes seem like it will last forever, but just like the season of winter comes to an end, the season of lack comes to an end. It must end. Don't give up in your...

There is a time to lose, and there is a time to get. In our season of lack, we can feel so low that we want to give up, quit, and get depressed, discouraged, and deflated. However, our season of lack is temporary. God is up to something good, and when it is all over, lack will disappear, and you will become the head, and you will be the lender and not the borrower. We must be careful not to allow...

Have you ever wondered why it seems like everyone else is prospering and advancing except for you? You are serving God and the same God, but it seems that you are dealing with one issue after another. Well, this is a season, and none of us are exempt from the different seasons we have to deal with. But the season is teaching us to be better, and God is using it to prepare us for the next challenge...

To everything, there is a season. Just like the natural seasons of winter, spring, summer, and fall bring different types of weather, and we have to adjust to every season. So it is in our spiritual lives, and we must adjust to the seasons we live in. In the spiritual, we all experience different seasons, and like the natural, we must recognize the season we are in and make the required adjustment...

Life's journey is not a 100-meter dash; no, it is a marathon. Marathons require endurance, there are many pitstops on our journey, and if we allow them to take over they can become permanent. Therefore, endurance and trust in God are required to complete our Christian journey well. When you feel like giving up and you will, remember that you are not alone, God is with you and you will finish w...

Regardless of what you are facing in life today, if you are alive, there is a reason for hope and to keep believing. We all go through hardships and trials, but we are still here. If we are still here, God is not through with us. We must keep on believing. God will bring you through; keep trusting him because he is up to something good in your life.

God's timing is not ours; it seems like he is slow, and it seems like God takes forever, especially when we have been praying for something for a long time. Praying for a job, a spouse, a house, healing, or deliverance. But God's seemingly slowness is not slowness; it is God's patience with us. In essence, God's seemingly slowness is God's love toward us.

Love is the very foundation of our faith. God is love; therefore, when we are children of God, love must be the foundation on which we stand. Have you ever wondered if love exists anymore? It is a real question that I wrestle with because of what I see in society and how we live with each other. Love is possessing God's character, not pride, and does not boast. Love is patient, love is kind, a...

Love is the one thing that we all need in this world. Love is was we were built for, and God created us to love. However, our world is filled with so much hate right now that love is nowhere to be found. But I believe if we start loving each other again regardless of race, gender, or ethnicity, the love will come back. Jesus says the greatest commandment is to love your neighbor as yourself. If we...

God's delay is not because God is mean or uncaring. It is not because God wants to punish us. God's delay goes deeper than that; it has a purpose, according to his plans for our lives. You see, God's timing is not our timing. Thus, it might seem like a delay to us, but it is right on time for God. I heard it said over and over that delay is not denial. I think we need to start believin...