Welcome to this Victorious Daily Devotion" in the glorious

and loving name of Jesus Christ! 🙋‍♀️💐💐💐

Topic : Restoration Or Devastation. It Depends On Us... It's Upto Us To Choose.

We must not be carried away by New Year Slogans like "Year of Restoration" "Year of enlargement" or Year of Breakthroughs.

If we keep on saying we will have Restoration and favour without sharing the truthful Word of God, then we are misleading.

Irrrspective of what people say or preach, based on God's Word, we can be sure of God's blessings, God's favour and God's restoration of what we lost or pending to receive. All these are surely going to happen, *provided we show complete obedience and surrender to the Lord and His divine Word.* We need to understand obedience alone brings blessings. Every step of obedience is going to surely take us to a higher step of blessings.

Every time we obey blessings are added and our life is secured, our family is secured when we obey.

Word of God is very clear. Jesus Himself said in Mt. 7: 24, "Whosoever hears these sayings of Mine and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built His house on the rock."

Duet. 28: 1 & 2 & 8 says, "If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully follow all His commands I give you today, the Lord God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. All these blessings will come on you if you obey the Lord your God. The Lord will send a blessing on your barns and on everything you put your hand on."

By obedience we become God's companion. John 15:14.

By obedience we get to know God's perfect will in our lives and important decisions we take. Rom. 12:2.

By obedience we will never dry up but we will be fresh, green, flourishing and fruitful and bear much fruit, which means, you will be blessed to be a blessing.

All these blessings of restoration, enlargement, blessings of abundance and success is bestowed without fail if we dilligently obey.

Even if we preachers preach saying this year will be "year of increase," Year of Restoration," "Year of Success and Abundance" nothing is going to happen and it can be the other way if we do not obey the Lord God and His Word. If we are disobedient this year will be just another ordinary year without any progress.

So, it's upto us to choose blessings or yet another ordinary low Year. It's in each individual hands and none can help someone.

We see millions of people listen to the Word but only few are blessed. Why? What's the reason? The reason is many hear the Word but only few obey what they hear like the wise man.

Rest of those who hear the Word and do not obey are like the foolish people who are like building their house on sand which is going to be destroyed when storms arise.. ...

Gratitude makes you more resistant to stress and increases your happiness and satisfaction. Gratitude shows truly how humble you are, and more or less our Spiritual walk with Christ.

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Benedict James

Welcome to this Victorious Daily Devotion" in the most sweet and loving name of Jesus Christ! 🙋‍♀️💐💐💐

Topic : Restoration & Restorer - Jesus Christ.

Luke 9 : 10. The Son of Man is come to seek and save that which was lost.

Jesus is the only Restorer and His mission is Restoration. Restoration is to regenerate; to rejuvenate; or to reincarnate ; to renew; give back or restore back that which was lost.

Our life resources go sometimes from secure to insecure, predictable to unpredictable and confidence to suddenly desperate fears...

Job lost all his cattle, all his children and was diseased. But still he never disobeyed God nor his faith was wavered. Therefore Lord restored his fortunes. In fact the Lord restored twice as much before.

The guilt and shame of our childish rebellion was transfered to Jesus on the Cross. But If we desire this new year for God's intervention to restore what we lost we need to take one step forward to acknowledge that we sometimes were defeated, fallen and failed to live upto His holy standards.

And then regret and repent of our failures and falls from His holy standards cited in the holy scriptures. When we do our part the Lord not only restores our personal divine relationship with Jesus but He restores what had decayed and lost - be it our personal relationships, our falling health, our failure to settle down in a good job, or marriage or our financial matters and also restoration of Peace, Joy, meaning and purpose in life.

Lord thank you Lord that you have died and restored the fallen mankind to redemption and peace. Help us to walk diligently in your path so that thine divine restoration takes place like never before and blessings of good health, peace and prosperity reigns in our lives. In Jesus....

Gratitude makes you more resistant to stress and increases your happiness and satisfaction. Gratitude shows truly how humble you are, and more or less our Spiritual walk with Christ.

If you are blessed by these devotions, you may daily click the like button "👍". And Please forward to your friends and other groups. God loves a grateful child of God. God bless you!

Benedict James

Welcome to this Victorious Daily Devotion" in the most amazing and loving name of Jesus Christ! 🙋‍♀️💐💐💐

Topic : Need Peace, Rest And Serenity Amidst Violance And Reslessness In This World?

Be Cool and don't get irritated in trivial issues of life. Come closer To Christ, and you will marvel to see the Peace, calmness and tranquility in your life in this new year, 2024.

An inspiring quote to begin the new year -

"Don't write your name in sand, waves will wash it away. Don't write your name in sky, wind may blow it away. Write your names in the hearts of people you come in touch with from henceforth and the world around will see and experience sweet and special memories in their hearts because of our touch of kindness.

We all know - "Kindness is the language the deaf can hear and blind can see."

# Love and Kindness are never wasted energies.

# You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.

# "Small act if kindness is worth more than the greatest intention."

Word of God says in Eph. 4 : 32. Be ye kind one to another, tender hearted, forgiving one another even God for Christ sake has forgiven you.

It's difficult to show kindness but not impossible, when people 24x 7 target you, put you down and discourage you...

When you are kind you automatically start loving people and get rid of hatred and it diffuses anger and restlessness and gives you tranquility, peace, calmness and rest.

And most importantly the Lord's divine blessings apart from rest, calmness and peace will be rest upon us.

Naomi says to Ruth .... when Elimelech showed extraordinary kindness to her daughter in law, an outcast and who hails from a cursed nation, Moab.

Let us read Ruth 2 : 20. "The Lord bless Elimelech" Naomi said to her daughter in law. "He has not stopped showing his kindness to the living and the dead."

What is the blessing Elimelech got for showing his kindness? Through his seed, David and then Jesus Christ was born.

Help us to be kind towards others forgiving them when they hurt us and misused our goodness and mannerism. We believe you will bless those who pay the cost.

Gratitude makes you more resistant to stress and increases your happiness and satisfaction. Gratitude shows truly how humble you are, and more or less our Spiritual walk with Christ.

If you are blessed by these devotions, you may daily click the like button "👍". And Please forward to your friends and other groups. God loves a grateful child of God. God bless you!

Benedict James

Welcome to this Victorious Daily Devotion" in the most amazing and loving name of Jesus Christ! 🙋‍♀️💐💐💐

Topic : Changing Our Mindset! You Can Change Your Mindset In The New Year, 2024 Putting The Past Disappointments In The Backburner.

Lasting change requires new thinking.

The battle for change is either won or lost in our mind!

Ephesians 4:23 says, “Let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes”.

Rom. 12 : 2.

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind so that you may discern what is that -

1. good and 2. Acceptable and 3. Perfect will of God.

Decision making is very important in life. What decisions we take everyday will ultimately shape our destiny. What decisions we take will shape our mind. Our decisions depend on our feelings,

and our feelings create thought life,

and our thought life creates our habits

and our habits create our character

and our character decides our destiny.

Our character not only decides our destiny and future but it either establishes honor, rewards and joy or it it gives disgrace, dishonor and consequences in the society we live.

If we take someone's professional or academic career, if they keep pursuing inspite of frequent failures they become successful.

It all plays in our thought life.

We all know professional basketball legend, Michael Jordan.

He popularized basketball all around the globe with His dazling display of skills. But he had to go through series of failures. But his thought life was strong and positive.

He says, he has missed 9000 shots.

26 times he failed when he was entrusted to take game winning shot.

He says he failed over and over again. But thought life was strong which made his will power determined.

Became greatest basketball player as he won 6 six NBA championships. (National Basketball Association.)

Life either shrinks or expands to ones courage and mindset.

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If you keep waiting the whole life dreading when the storm comes, you will never enjoy sunshine.

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Life us only 10% wat happens to you, and 90% how we respond to it.

Spiritual renewal take the

place in our thoughts and in our attitudes—or, in other words, in our mind when we are not conformed to the worldly attachments.

If you want to stop a self-defeating behavior and be successful and fruitful ee need to be away from the worldly thoughts to get His perfect will.

Help us Lord not to delay our decisions. And help us to take not only which looks good to our eye but to seek your perfect will so that we will never regret in life..

Gratitude makes you more resistant to stress and increases your happiness and satisfaction. Gratitude shows truly how humble you are, and more or less our Spiritual walk with Christ.

If you are blessed by these devotions, you may daily click the like button "👍". And Please forward to your friends and other groups. God loves a grateful child of God. God bless you!

Benedict James

Greetings in the most merciful and gracious name of Jesus Christ. Welcome to Victorious daily devotion. Once again!

Topic: Self-Imprisoned In The Prison Of Fear.

Extreme fear can neither fight nor fly. - william Shakespeare. Fear is nothing but an obstacle that stands in the way of progress. Fear does not exist anywhere except in the mind.- Dale Cornage. Fear is a dark room where negatives develop. - anonymous.

Fear, F-E-A-R, has two meanings: Forget Everything And Run, or Face Everything And Rise. The choice is ours. Well, many people live in a prison that has no bars, locks, or guards, but they are held captive by the prison of fear. Simply they themselves are chained to self-imprisonment. It keeps them locked up, afraid of their own shadow. The list of things people are afraid is endless. We go often from feasting to mourning, from celebrating life to processing death. We are self-imprisoned by fear because of various problems: financially, physically, emotionally, psychologically, and spiritually.

There are even those who live in fear of what others think of them, never wanting to speak up or be noted for fear of embarrassment. But it is not God's plan that we live in fear.

Gratitude makes you more resistant to stress and increases your happiness and satisfaction. Gratitude shows truly how humble you are, and more or less our Spiritual walk with Christ.

If you are blessed by these devotions, you may daily click the like button "👍". And Please forward to your friends and other groups. God loves a grateful child of God. God bless you!

Benedict James

Welcome to this Victorious Daily Devotion" in the most precious and loving name of Jesus Christ! 🙋‍♀️💐💐💐

Topic: Don't Give Up! Don't Give Up If Things Are Not Moving Forward. Those Who Failed Many Times Are Most Successful When They Persisted.

Galatians 6:9 :

“So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up.”

Be positive! Every morning start a new page in your story. Make it a great one today.

If you want to be a righteous woman or man of God, then you have to learn

how to be resilient. Mean how to quickly recover from a fall or failure. That means when you stumble, you rise quickly and get back up.

A lot of factors beyond your control can cause you to fail. But if you get back up, who knows what positive things might happen?

History books are filled with stories of people who failed again and again, but they did not give up until they succeeded.

General George Washington lost two-thirds of all the battles he fought against the British in the American Revolution. He kept retreating because he didn’t have the manpower to take on the British army. But he didn’t give up! He eventually won the war, became the first president of the United States, and is considered the father of the country.

Napoleon dominated continental Europe as Emperor of France. But earlier in his life he graduated 42nd in a class of 43. He wasn’t the smartest student, but he is regarded as a military genius, and his methods are still studied in many schools.

Albert Einstein, one of the greatest scientists of all time, didn’t say a single word until he was almost five years old. He did so poorly in school that, at age 16, he failed to pass the entrance exam for the Swiss Polytechnic School. Still, he went on to reinvent science and several inventions.

I don’t hold up any of these men as examples of godly living. But they accomplished much in the eyes of the world because they didn’t give up. Imagine what God can do with righteous women and men who keep moving forward and working for whatever God has called them to.

If people in this world without faith in God can achieve so much, how much can those who put faith in God Almighty can achieve if they put the same efforts?

“So let’s not get tired of doing what is good.

Keep going, and let not our failures be final. We never know what God can do through us if we Persist.

Lord Almighty help us to scale higher and higher without giving up our faith and striving hard to be successful in our family life, professional life, in the society and in Spiritual realm. In Jesus....

Gratitude makes you more resistant to stress and increases your happiness and satisfaction. Gratitude shows truly how humble you are, and more or less our Spiritual walk with Christ.

If you are blessed by these devotions, you may daily click the like button "👍". And Please forward to your friends and other groups. God loves a grateful child of God. God bless you!

Benedict James

Welcome to this Victorious Daily Devotion" in the most amazing and loving name of Jesus Christ! 🙋‍♀️💐💐💐

Topic : Bread Of Life! Those Who Have And Long To Have Living Bread 🍞 Od Life Will Never Regret In Life.

John 6 : 51.

I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever.

In the Hebrew language, Bethlehem means “house of bread.” How fitting that God sent Jesus, the Bread of Life, to become the provision for all humanity there!

The threshing floors at Bethlehem provided a place where the wheat was separated from the chaff, the seed was ground into flour, and the flour made into bread.

In the Old Testament, Naomi returned to Bethlehem. Her family moved out to a heathen nation. Moab to escape the famine at Bethlehem, Gods blessed place. Consequences, her husband and two sons died, leaving her with no means of support.

Naomi heard that God had blessed His people with bread again. So she and her daughter-in-law, Ruth, returned back to Bethlehem.

While gleaning in Boaz’s fields, Ruth met her kinsman-redeemer, Boaz.

She found favour with Boaz who welcomed her into his family. She came to Bethlehem poor, alone, empty and outside the promises of God. Boaz made her his bride, brought her into the covenant, and enriched her life in every way.

Never move out God's blessed place Bethlehem which gives contentment. satisfaction, peace and true prosperity. It's the true bread of life where you will never lack any good thing....

Help us to be longing to have the bread of life always which is your Divine Word. As we decide to stay in Bethelehem, bless us with joy, peace, holiness and abundance....

Gratitude makes you more resistant to stress and increases your happiness and satisfaction. Gratitude shows truly how humble you are, and more or less our Spiritual walk with Christ.

If you are blessed by these devotions, you may daily click the like button "👍". And Please forward to your friends and other groups. God loves a grateful child of God. God bless you!

Benedict James

Welcome to this Victorious Daily Devotion" in the most amazing and loving name of Jesus Christ on this blessed, joyful, Marvelous and Christ Centred Christmas! 🙋‍♀️💐💐💐♥️

Topic : Emmanuel - God With Us. His Presence Will Never Leave Us. Blessed & Joyful 😊 Christmas! 💐💐♥️

Prophecies of the Prophets:

Isia 7 : 14.

Behold a Virgin shall conceive and bare a son and shall call His name Emmanuel.

Isia 9 : 6.

For unto us a son is born and unto us a son is given. And the government shall be upon His shoulder. And His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and the Prince of Peace.

Micah 5 : 2..

“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Though you are little among the thousands of Judah, Yet out of you shall come forth to Me The One to be Ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth are from of old, From everlasting.” ....

May the Lord bless you with joy, peace, good health, meaning and purpose in life.

Have a blessed, Joyful, majestic, Marvelous and Christ Centred Christmas. ✨️ 💐💐🌸♥️

Gratitude makes you more resistant to stress and increases your happiness and satisfaction. Gratitude shows truly how humble you are, and more or less our Spiritual walk with Christ.

If you are blessed by these devotions, you may daily click the like button "👍". And Please forward to your friends and other groups. God loves a grateful child of God. God bless you!

Benedict James

Welcome to this Victorious Daily Devotion" in the most sweet and loving name of Jesus Christ! 🙋‍♀️💐💐💐

Topic: Never Underestimate Yourself! Out Of You, The Lord Shall Produce Supernatural Like How Jesus Though He Was Born In Little Bethlehem But ....

Micah 5:2:

But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall come forth to Me the One to be Ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.

The prophet Micah uttered these words that are planted like a gem in the Old Testament. God had a plan from the beginning of time that would change the world forever.

Mention of “Bethlehem” floods our minds with the familiarity of the Christmas story. From our current vantage point, we know that Bethlehem became holy ground that long-ago night when a baby’s cry rent the air, and God wrapped Himself in flesh to dwell among us.

Bethlehem Ephrata though it was tiny and insignificant among thousands of Judah, it was here in the little town Jesus was born.

You may feel small, inferior or insignificant before others, but cheer up, all of us who are washed in His blood are His chosen generation. When we synch in relationship with Christ, we are made supernatural and the world notices that we are blessed above everyone, and even before our envious adversaries.

When Adam and Eve were placed in the Garden of Eden, Bethlehem did not exist. But God knew.

When the children of Israel exited Egypt for a land flowing with milk and honey, they had no idea what would happen on a Judean hillside centuries later. But God knew.

When David sat on his throne in Jerusalem, and generations of kings descended from him, they had no understanding of a baby in a manger. But God knew.

When Micah spoke centuries before the blessed event, Bethlehem was a little-known town. But God knew.

In an insignificant place on the map, an eternal Ruler would come forth. God knew. Micah spoke. Seven hundred years later, the Messiah was born.

Yes Lord, we believe 💯 percent that as we walk in your directed path diligently, no power can stop us from being blessed from natural to supernatural, insignificant to significant. Help us to enjoy this given life everyday and this season to showcase that we are significantly blessed. Amen.

Gratitude makes you more resistant to stress and increases your happiness and satisfaction. Gratitude shows truly how humble you are, and more or less our Spiritual walk with Christ.

If you are blessed by these devotions, you may daily click the like button "👍". And Please forward to your friends and other groups. God loves a grateful child of God. God bless you!

Benedict James

Welcome to this Victorious Daily Devotion" in the most sweet and wonderful name of Jesus Christ! 🙋‍♀️💐💐💐

Topic:Immanuel/Emmanuel: "God With Us.”

Matt. 1:23. Behold a Virgin shall concieve and bear a Son, and shall call His name, Emmanuel, means "God with us."

If we read out from Luke 1:28, where the angel appeared to Mary and said: “Hail, favored one, the Lord is with you.”

To know that God is “with you and me” is the greatest blessing... That’s the comfort that David knew in Psalm 23, when he said “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil, for YOU ARE WITH ME.” He knew he could face anything – even death – because God is with him.

And that is the blessing we celebrate at Christmas time: that God the Son came to earth, to be “with us,” just as our passage for today I shared.

“Now all this took place to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, Isaiah.

This Prince of Bethlehem who is called Immanuel, He is the Miracle worker. Holy one, Embodiment of grace, Source of Salvation, Saviour of the World, He is the Mighty God and the King and He is an absolute revelation of Godhead. Now, let me share a glimpse of what Immanuel means..

Emmanuel was not a new name but was an experience by Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Moses and Israelite. Gen. 28:15 ‘I am with you’. Ex.33:14 ‘my presence will go with you’. Dt.20:1 ‘while you go for a war, I will be with you’. Isaiah 43:2 ‘when you pass through waters and fire, I will be with you’.

God was with Enoch; God was with Noah. God was with Joseph in the pit, in the prison and in the palace (Gen 37:24, 39:2, 21).

God was with David while he was with cattle and while he was hiding in the caves and when he was in the royal cabins.

God was with three friends of Daniel in the royal courts, training schools and in the brutal furnace.

The same God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, God of Moses and Israelites, the God of Enoch, Noah and Joseph, God of Daniel and his three friends is the God of you and me. How His presence was with them has been with us and and will be with us in future, as we are His God's chosen people washed with His blood.

As we draw closer and closer to you Lord, this Word Immanuel becomes more and more dearer and meaningful in our lives Lord, enabling us to crush all the doubts, loneliness and dispels darkness within us to have strength, power and joy within us knowing the Word Immanuel brings us into closer relationship with you. Thank you dear Lord for the assurance. In ...

Gratitude makes you more resistant to stress and increases your happiness and satisfaction. Gratitude shows truly how humble you are, and more or less our Spiritual walk with Christ.

If you are blessed by these devotions, you may daily click the like button "👍". And Please forward to your friends and other groups. God loves a grateful child of God. God bless you!

Benedict James