Daily Devotional

NO DEATH

When Herod arose against the church, his first strike was against James, whom he slew with the sword. Herod took James and killed him. Herod launched an attack of death against James. What seemed like

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NOT A VICTIM

Our Focal Scripture speaks of how Herod killed James the brother of John. Herod had determined to oppress the members of the early church, and James became a victim. There were lots of other members

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NO OPPRESSORS

Our Focal Scripture speaks of how Herod stretched his hands to fight against certain members of the early church. Herod purposed to cause suffering to those who were part of the church. According to Bible

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DIVINE ADVERTISEMENT

After Jesus raised the dead man in our Scripture Reading back to life, many people glorified God and Jesus’ fame spread all over the place. Jesus became more famous as a result of the miracle

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SPEAK LIFE

When the young man that was dead came back to life, he began to speak. The moment he came back to life, he made use of his mouth to speak. That young man did not

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CONNECTED TO SOURCE

When the young man that was set for burial came back to life, Jesus delivered him to his mother. It was the mother that Jesus showed compassion; it was the mother that attracted divine intervention;

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ARISE

In our Focal Scripture, Jesus commanded the dead young man to arise. Jesus called him “young man”. He wasn’t an old man. He still had a journey ahead of him, and Jesus told him to

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CHANGE THE ATMOSPHERE

In our Focal Scripture, Jesus touched the casket that had the body of the son of the widow of Nain. There was death in the casket, and when Jesus showed up, He put His hand

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CONDUIT OF MERCY

It is important to observe that in the funeral procession of that son of the widow of Nain, Jesus saw the tears of the woman and He showed mercy on the son who was about

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EL ROI SEES

Our Focal Scripture speaks of that moment when Jesus saw the widow of Nain whose son was about to be buried. Jesus saw that women in her pain, and He did not leave her in

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REPEATED NEGATIVITY

The tragic part of the narrative in our Focal Scripture, is that the woman whose son was about to be buried, had also previously lost her husband. She suffered the loss of her husband, and

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NO INFANT OF DAYS

Our Focal Scripture speaks of how a young man was about to be buried. that young man was the only son of his mother. So his mother was still alive, but death came knocking at

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Raised On Purpose

In our Focal Scripture, Ezekiel speaks of how he prophesied according to God’s instruction, and the entire dry bones in the valley came back to life as an exceeding great army. God did not raise

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A Risen Army

Our Focal Scripture captures that moment when Ezekiel prophesied to the dry bones whose flesh had just been restored, and when they arose, they were an exceeding great army. It was not a case of

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Arise

When the dry bones received breath from the four winds, they lived, and stood up on their feet. They received breath and they came back to life, and no longer needed anyone to even instruct

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The Environment Will Align

Before the dry bones came back to life, Ezekiel was commanded to prophesy to the wind and command it to breathe upon the slain. So the wind aligned with the dry bones and they came

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Call It Forth

Our Focal Scripture speaks of that moment when God Himself told Ezekiel to prophesy upon the dry bones. All that Ezekiel had seen prior to our Focal Scripture, were the dry bones and how that

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You Have A Space

No Scattering

The dry bones that Ezekiel saw in the midst of the valley were all scattered in the valley. When those bones would eventually come together, each bone came to its bone. So, prior to their

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No Circular Movement

Our Focal Scripture speaks of that moment when Ezekiel passed by the dry bones round about. Ezekiel walked around the dry bones; he engaged in a circular movement around the bones. It was not movement

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Don’t Go Down

No Impossibilities

When Ezekiel walked round about the bones in the open valley, he observed that they were very dry. These bones were not freshly dead; the people had died and decayed, and their bones had become

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Multitude Of Negativity

When the hand of the Lord came upon Ezekiel, it carried him in the Spirit of the Lord and set him down in the midst of the valley that was filled with bones. As Ezekiel

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Rightly Positioned

When the hand of the Lord came upon Ezekiel, it carried him in the spirit of the Lord until it set him down in the midst of the valley which was filled with dry bones.

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It’s Your Assignment

When the hand of the Lord came upon Ezekiel, it carried him in the spirit of the Lord, until it brought him to the valley which was filled with dry bones. Eventually, it became the

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Mandated Helpers

It is instructive to observe that the mission of Ezekiel in the valley of dry bones was to prophesy the bones back to life. Ezekiel did not come to the valley out of his own

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Don’t Go Down

Divine Speed

The hand of the Lord was upon Ezekiel, and it carried him out in the spirit of the Lord. Ezekiel’s movement came by the hand of the Lord, and his vehicle of conveyance was the

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In The Same Place

The valley of dry bones speaks of a group of people, an army, who were murdered in the valley, and whose bodies degenerated until they all became dry bones. In that same valley where they

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Divine Evidence

Our Focal Scripture speaks of how the hand of the Lord was upon Ezekiel and carried him out in the spirit of the Lord. The hand of the Lord was upon Ezekiel, and there was

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Forward And Upward

In our Focal Scripture, Ezekiel spoke of how the hand of the Lord was upon him and carried him out in the spirit of the Lord. The hand of the Lord was upon Ezekiel and

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Weak Men

Our Focal Scripture speaks of the valley which was full of dry bones. These bones were the bones of men who were slain in battle. They went into a battle, but they did not come

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In The Same Place

No Depreciation

Our Focal Scripture speaks of how Ezekiel found himself set in a valley which was full of bones. Those bones were without flesh. So the men whose bones were in that valley had died, and

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Help Has Come

The dry bones that Ezekiel saw in our Focal Scripture were the bones of men who died in battle. These men faced opposition that was bigger than them, they may not have been able to

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Out Of The Valley

It is instructive to observe that the dry bones as recorded in our Focal Scripture, were the remains of warriors that came to the valley to fight. Ordinarily, their journey to the valley was meant

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Not A Victim

The dry bones that Ezekiel saw in our Focal Scripture were the remains of men who were slain in battle. They came to fight battles, but they ended up as victims. They came to win,

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You Won’t Go Down

Our Focal Scripture introduces the famous story of the valley of dry bones. Right in that valley, there were very many dry bones, of men who were slain in the valley. Some men came to

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Divinely Announced

In our Focal Scripture, the captains who had just been notified about the anointing of Jehu as King of Israel, all proclaimed that Jehu is king. The captains announced Jehu’s elevation. They announced what God

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The Oil Speaks

When Jehu came forth from the inner chamber where he was anointed as King over Israel, he attempted to hide the agenda that the trainee prophet came with. Jehu attempted to dismiss the visit of

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You Won’t Look Like It

When Jehu came forth from the inner chamber where he was anointed as king, his fellow captains enquired about the ‘mad’ fellow he had just been with. So the trainee prophet that came to anoint

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Tuck It In

In our Focal Scripture, as soon as the trainee prophet was done with the business of anointing Jehu, he opened the door and fled. He didn’t just walk away; he ran away. Notice that Elisha

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Move On

When the trainee prophet that anointed Jehu was done with his assignment, he opened the door and fled. He literally ran away from the scene of his accomplishment. He was not going to sit down

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Divine Judgement

In our Focal Scripture, the son of the prophet announced to Jehu God’s reason for selecting him as king. God told Jehu to strike the house of Ahab, to avenge the blood of prophets and

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Eyes On Purpose

It is instructive to observe that immediately after Jehu was anointed as king, the trainee prophet that performed the assignment gave him his first assignment as king. So this was not an elevation that Jehu

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The Call Of Distinction

It is instructive to observe that the trainee prophet who anointed Jehu was not the only trainee prophet in Israel. There were other trainee prophets who had received a call to join the school of

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May 2020 Devotional