🕊️🍇👑❤️🔥🕊️ 🕊️ *LENTEN DEVOTION – DAY 17* 🕊️ *Friday – Second Week of Lent.* 💔 *Glory in the Gallows* 💔 A condemned man stood before the executioner’s block, facing certain death for crimes he had not committed. As the crowd jeered and mocked, someone shouted, *_“Where is your hope now?”_* The man lifted his eyes…
🕊️🍇👑❤️🔥🕊️ 🍇 *LENTEN DEVOTION – DAY 16* 🍇 *Thursday – Second Week of Lent* 💔 *The Ministry of Standing In Between* 💔 During the London Blitz, a young woman kept a vigil, praying for the city as bombs fell around her. When friends questioned the value of her prayers amid such devastation, she replied,…
🕊️🍇👑❤️🔥🕊️ 🕊️ *LENTEN DEVOTION – DAY 15* 🕊️ *Wednesday of the Second Week of Lent* 💔 *The Mask of Religion*💔 An elderly priest was known throughout the region for his meticulous observance of every religious ritual. He fasted on the appointed days, recited prayers at the prescribed hours, and knew every…
🕊️🍇👑❤️🔥🕊️ 🕊️ *LENTEN DEVOTION – DAY 14* 🕊️ *Tuesday (God’s presence in weakness)* 💔 *_The Strength That Hums in Weakness_* 💔 Today, we lean into the paradox of Lent: weakness becomes the stage upon which God’s power is most clearly displayed. In 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 (NKJV), the Lord says, *_“My grace is sufficient for you, for My…
🕊️🍇👑❤️🔥🕊️ 🕊️ *LENTEN DEVOTION – DAY 13* 🕊️ *Monday (Surrender to God’s will)* 💔 *The Whisper of Divine Direction* 💔 Today, we turn our hearts toward submission: not my will, but Yours be done. In Luke 22:42 (NKJV), Jesus prays in Gethsemane, *_“Father, if it is Your will, take this cup from Me; nevertheless…
🕊️🍇👑❤️🔥🕊️ 🕊️ *LENTEN DEVOTION – DAY 12* 🕊️ *Second Sunday of Lent* 💔 *Faith with Calluses*💔 One of my Ministers-in-training once came to me after a week’s retreat and said, *_“Dad, I have studied all the sacred texts you asked me to study. I can recite the doctrines perfectly. I understand the theology deeply.”_* I smiled and gestured towards the vast garden at the Resort Centre. *_“Tell me, which tree in that garden is…
🕊️🍇👑❤️🔥🕊️ 🕊️ *LENTEN DEVOTION – DAY 11* 🕊️ *Second Sabbath Day of Lent* 💔 *The Pause That Heals*💔 A weary pilgrim once collapsed beside the road, exhausted from nine days of relentless travel. A fellow traveller stopped and asked, *_“Why do you push yourself so mercilessly?”_* The pilgrim replied, *_“I must reach the holy city…
🕊️🍇👑❤️🔥🕊️ 🕊️ *LENTEN DEVOTION – DAY 10* 🕊️ *Friday (Quieting the soul before the Lord)* 💔 *The Still Voice in the Storm*💔 Today invites us into the practice of setting aside all distractions, quieting the soul before the Living God. In Psalm 46:10 (NKJV), the Lord admonishes us, *_“Be still, and know that I am God.”_* In 1 Kings 19:11-13 (NKJV), Elijah experiences God not in the…
🕊️🍇👑❤️🔥🕊️ 🕊️ *LENTEN DEVOTION – DAY 9* 🕊️ 💎 *Thursday (Compassion and generous almsgiving).* 💎 💔 *The Cry for Shalom: Security and Mercy in a Troubled Nation* 💔 Today, we address a grave reality shaping Nigeria’s common life: violence from kidnappers and insurgents that terrorise communities, steal children from schools, kill the innocent,…
🕊️🍇👑❤️🔥🕊️ 🕊️ *LENTEN DEVOTION – DAY 8* 🕊️ *Wednesday (Repentance and renewal of the heart)* 💔 *The Cleansing of the Inner Man* 💔 *_Repentance is not_* a single moment of regret; it is the continuous turning of the heart back to God—a spiritual reorientation that acknowledges our brokenness and opens us to divine transformation….