Month: May 2025

May 2, 2025 Devotional Post a Comment

Speak Life, Not Defeat

Opening Verse

“Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.”
Proverbs 18:21 (KJV)

Introduction

Words matter. What we speak shapes how we believe, and what we believe affects what we experience. Many of us casually speak doubt, fear, or failure without realizing we are planting seeds that grow into our reality.

Devotional Story

A father and his young son went fishing on a peaceful afternoon. The sun was shining, the lake was calm, and everything seemed perfect. But the boy, with each cast of his line, kept saying, “I’ll never catch anything. I’m not good at this.”

After a while, the father gently turned to his son and said, “Son, you’re cursing yourself. Every time you say you can’t, you speak defeat over yourself. The Bible says we must speak life.”

The father quietly bowed his head and prayed, “Lord, show my son Your power. Let him see that words have weight and that life flows when we trust You.”

Moments later, the boy’s line tugged. He pulled up a fish. Then, just a few minutes later, another. His eyes lit up with surprise and joy. “Dad, I caught two!”

His father smiled and said, “That’s God showing you. Speak life, son. Always.”

That day, the boy learned a lesson no sermon could teach: when we speak doubt, we hinder faith—but when we speak life, we give God room to work.

What This Means

Negative words limit what God wants to do in us and through us. Speaking faith isn’t about pretending everything is perfect—it’s about trusting God is able even when we aren’t. The tongue can either build or destroy, bless or curse. Speak life, because every word counts.

Think About This

What are you speaking over your situation today? Are you agreeing with doubt, or are you declaring God’s truth? Speak life over your family, your future, and your faith.

Prayer

Lord, forgive me for every time I’ve spoken doubt instead of faith. Teach me to speak words that line up with Your promises. Help me speak life into every area of my heart, my home, and my walk with You. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Closing Verse

“Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.”
Psalm 19:14 (KJV)

May 1, 2025 Devotional Post a Comment

Ignoring the Haters

Opening Verse

“Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.”
Psalm 37:1 (KJV)

Introduction

Haters will come. People will lie. Others will mock. Some will try to tear you down just because you’re walking with Jesus. But the Bible tells us not to waste energy worrying about them. Why? Because their time is short, and your mission is eternal.

Devotional Story

A young man had recently turned his life over to Christ. He stopped partying, stopped stealing, and began reading his Bible every morning. But his old friends didn’t like it. They laughed at him. They told others, “He’s fake. It won’t last.” Even his own cousin said, “You’ll be back with us before the month is over.”

At first, those words hurt. But the man remembered what Jesus said in Matthew 5:11: “Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.” That verse became his anchor.

Instead of fighting back or trying to defend himself, he kept quiet and stayed faithful. Months turned into years. And one by one, the same people who mocked him began asking him for prayer. The cousin who once mocked him is now attending church with him. God used the hate to sharpen his resolve.

What This Means

When people hate on you for following Christ, it’s not really about you. It’s about the light you carry. Darkness hates the light. But God says to ignore their noise and stay focused on Him. The wicked will fade, but those who trust in the Lord will endure forever.

Think About This

Who do you need to stop trying to impress? What hateful voice have you been listening to that God is telling you to block out?

Prayer

Lord, help me to ignore the voices that try to distract me from You. Strengthen my heart to endure rejection, and remind me that You are the one I live to please. Help me walk in truth and love, no matter what others say. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Closing Verse

“But the Lord is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.” – Jeremiah 20:11 (KJV)