Rain In A Bucket: Devotional With Toyosi

WEEK 18: Day 5THE WALK OF LIFEThe walk of life is fulfilling when you have the acts of obedience as a lifestyle.I call this intentional living - living a life deliberately to live His Life.1 John 2:6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.(MSG)Anyone who claims to be intimate with God ought to live the same kind of life Jesus lived.It is ea

WEEK 18: Day 4ENGAGING THE TIMES & SEASONSDaniel 2:19-23 That night the answer to the mystery was given to Daniel in a vision. Daniel blessed the God of heaven, saying,"Blessed be the name of God,forever and ever.He knows all, does all:He changes the seasons and guides history,He raises up kings and also brings them down,he provides both intelligence and discernment,He opens up the

WEEK 18: Day 3LEAVING POWERThe Lord our God said to us in Horeb, ‘You have stayed long enough at this mountain. Turn and take your journey, and go to the hill country of the Amorites…See, I have set the land before you. Go in and take possession…” Deteronomy 1:6-8In our journey of obedience, there is a time even to leave. This stage for me requires as much discernment as st

WEEK 18: Day 2STAYING POWERMatthew 24:12-13 And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.Starting is mostly wrapped as a gift, staying however is mostly presented as a choice.The power to stay in a course you have started is found in the ability of focus and endurance.James 1:2-4 Consider it a great joy

WEEK 18: Day 1STARTING POWERJudges 18:5And they said to him, Ask counsel, we pray you, of God that we may know whether our journey will be successful.Dear friend, in your journey of life, you will have to start something - a day, a relationship, a project, a life, a race, an assignment, whatever it may be, this choice will be made.Starting however isn't always enquired from you, fo

WEEK 17: Day 5THE SCALE OF LIFELuke 11:28But He said, Blessed (happy and to be envied) rather are those who hear the Word of God and obey and practise it!How do you measure how well you have lived? By gauging how well you have obeyed God.Obedience He says is better than Sacrifice for a Shepherd is contented based on how well His sheep allow for His leadings.The Holy Spirit in us do

WEEK 17: Day 4RIGID RELIGION VS FLEXIBLE HEARTMatthew 12:6-8"There is far more at stake here than religion. If you had any idea what this Scripture meant—'I prefer a flexible heart to an inflexible ritual'—you wouldn't be nitpicking like this. The Son of Man is no lackey to the Sabbath; he's in charge."Hmm... This scripture is one of the revelations that advice my walk in God.

WEEK 17: Day 3BETTERBetter is the character of the kingdom. 1 John 5:20And we [have seen and] know [positively] that the Son of God has [actually] come to this world and has given us understanding and insight [progressively] to perceive (recognize) and come to know better and more clearly Him Who is true; and we are in Him Who is true–in His Son Jesus Christ (the Messiah). This [

WEEK 17: Day 2THE BEAUTY OF PROCESSJames 1:2-4Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides. You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and shows its true colors. So don't try to get out of anything prematurely. Let it do its work so you become mature and well-developed, not deficient in any way.I read something s

WEEK 17: Day 1THE PREGNANCY OF NATUREJohn 1:3He created everything there is—nothing exists that he didn’t make. Do you know that everything you have seen, you will see, you will ever see has its creation source from God? Its originality has its foundation in Christ? Yes, God created everything there is.Now, i want you to observe that all you see has a nature and its nature preg