Welcome to Victorious Daily Devotion once again in the powerful and marvelous name of Jesus Christ! 🙋🏻‍♂️💐💐💐

Topic: Obedience To The Lord! It Is The Best Form Of Worship We Can Give.

All the singing and praise we do will bring emptiness otherwise if there is no power or joy in our lives.

We can claim neither friendship nor intimacy with Christ if we are not obedient to Christ.

Word of God says in John 15:14 "You are My friends, if you do whatsoever I command you."

It is very clear here.

He says you cannot be My friend, that means you cannot have a relationship with Me unless you obey Me and My Words.

Anyone who does the works of God without being obedient is just like keeping the lamp in the open air and the wind and trying to protect the flame.

Whether you are in a mega church or a small church, whether you are a big Pastor in a big church or a Pastor in a small church, whether you may be an influenced member or ordinary member. Irrespective of caste, creed, rich or poor, big or small, God measures everyone with the same screen. Amen.

Are we obedient to Him?

Are we faithful to Him?

The core truth you and I must understand and comprehend is we can enjoy our lives every moment in praise only when we are intimately in love with Christ by spending prime time with Him in prayer and Word and thereby being obedient to Him.

Have you ever observed two people shouting against each other? Be it in a family or a church or a friends' circle.

Whatever their feelings within are, it's boiling with hatred so much so that they shout at each other loudly as if she/he is in the next street though they are in the same room.

Well, intimacy with Christ brings His divine nature, His divine supernatural nature and we imbibe His divine nature, I.e His conduct, Christ's honesty, integrity patience, respecting others, disliking corruption and filthy works. Such intimate life with obedience automatically paves way for true praise and worship and then praise becomes our lifestyle. No sickness, no situation can stop us from praising Him as it flows from within which overpowers dark forces and anxieties of life, cripples satanic wings and witchcraft powers.

Lord, help us to be in intimacy with You, longing to obey You and rich blessings of praise and worship for Your glory. In Jesus mighty name we pray, 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.

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Topic: Love! People Must Recognise Us Not For Our Cunning And Wicked Deeds But By Our Love.

John 13: 35. “By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”

The sign of a Christian is love. How many people know you’re a Christian because of your loving lifestyle? Is it 100 or 10 or none? It's upto us for self introspection.

We sing about love, talk about love, pray about love, and study love. But do we show it? Or do we instead put down others who are faithful to God? To develop love as your life principle and make it your greatest aim, you need to take action as soon as you finish reading this devotional—because love doesnt just talk but acts!

Here’s what we need to do to develop a loving lifestyle.

It's challenging but not impossible.

First, start acting lovingly in your relationships *first at home* and then with neighbours, relatives, eork place, church and othee places we go daily.

Have you acted unlovingly toward someone or hold grudge, hatred and try to put down them? *It’s time to seek reconciliation. Make things right with your kids, your spouse, eith your friends, your parents, or someone at school or work place.*

Then, start increasing the number of relationships you have. If the most important aim in life is to love, then we need to build as many relationships as possible. Why? Because the world will know about God’s love by the way Christians love each other—and by how Christians love other people around the

It takes time to love other people. If you love your friends, you’ve got to spend time with them. If you love your kids, you spend time with them and deal wisely and gently.

If you love Jesus, you have to spend time with Him too in prayer and Word Of God.

Love always costs time and energy. But it’s always worth it.

Can you imagine what would happen if everyone in the church loved like this—if we all committed ourselves to acting in love and giving our time unselfishly so that people could get a taste of how much God loves them? It would change just the church but it would chsnge the world too. But it does not happen. Why? Simple. Too many activities and too many tags attached, but no love visible. It would grow God’s Kingdom. If we truly focus on Christ's love, It would make God so happy.

People are attracted to Christ more than they are persuaded to him. They’re attracted by the love of God shown through the people who claim to follow him.

And they won’t care what we know until they first know that we care.

Lord help us not to envy or be jealous of someone's progress - coming up, not to behave rudely which we often do, not to seek our own and not to think evil or a fall of someone but to bear all things with forgiveness and endure all things spoken and did against us and win people rather than win arguments and losing them. We need your grace and power to be gracious kind and loving. Help us dear Lord to speak less and love more... 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.

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Topic: Keep Moving! Keep Moving Even If You Have Been Knocked Down With Failures, Setbacks And Criticism.

“We get knocked down, but we get up again and keep going.” 2 Corinthians 4:9

If you have ever been at a race, then you’ve heard spectators shout, “Keep going!” to motivate the athletes. That’s also great advice for anyone who feels emotionally, mentally, or spiritually exhausted from running the marathon of life: Keep going!

Famous scientist, Thomas Alva Edison made 100s and 100s of experiments which failed. We all know his first childhood experiment of sitting on the eggs to hatch them.

But inspite of his failures he kept pursuing and finslly “In 1879, he made and invented the first incandescent bulb that burned long enough to be practical, long enough to light a home for many hours."

A school drop out and "not fit for school" said by the teacher. He pursued 100s of experiments which failed. But that did not stop him. He could invent so many devices like electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures which even a highly educated person dared to invent.

Steve Jobs the founder of "Apple" was shunted out of his own Organisation by his fellow directors. But that did not deter him. He moved on and created greatest corporate success for himself.

Scripture includes many examples of people who had determination to keep going in the face of opposition, including Stephen, Peter and Paul.

Even Jesus faced constant opposition. Religious and political leaders intimidated him. They tried to stop his ministry by telling him that King Herod wanted to kill him.

Nothing was going to stop Jesus from accomplishing his purposes—not fear, opposition, or criticism. He was resilient and had the endurance to keep on going..

Paul also faced obstacles that threatened to slow him down. In 2 Corinthians 4:8-9, he said, “We are pressed on every side by troubles, but not crushed and broken. We are perplexed because we don’t know why things happen as they do, but we don’t give up and quit. We are hunted down, but God never abandons us. We get knocked down, but we get up again and keep going”

May be that sounds familiar, because you feel like troubles are coming at you from many directions. You are tired and worn out, and you don’t think you’ll make it to the finish line.

How do we keep going?

We get the power to keep going in the same place Peter and Paul got it: from God Almighty.

“We can only keep on going, after all, by the power of God, who first saved us and then called us to this holy work” (2 Timothy 1:8-9)

God doesn’t expect us to fulfill our purpose and do his will in our own power. First, he saves us, and then he gives us the power for daily living. He will give us everything we need to keep going and finish what he has called us to do, but we must keep pursuing without giving up.

Help us to rise from our setbacks, disappointments to show to the world that we will be winners and victorious. 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

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Topic: The Power And Blessings Of Praise And Worship...

1Thes. 5 16 & 18. Rejoice evermore. In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus...

Through sincere and heartfelt worship, we blossom and mature in hope, faith and charity. When we understand the meaning and and purpose of Praise and Worship, and then when we praise Him, we gather heavenly light into our souls with divine meaning, abiding peace which the world craves, and everlasting joy.

Praise and worship is such a potent weapon for Bible believing and Bible loving christians, it dispels the darkness from us. What I feel strongly is the greatest medicine for depression is- not the costliest medicines but it is praise and worship alone.

Then why many struggle with loneliness, fear and depression inspite of being believers? We need to truly taste the love of God and always long to enjoy His presence.

King Saul after disobeying the Lord God Almighty command, had faced severe depression in life. He might have tried many learned people. But none could help him to get rid of depression.

And finally it was shepherd boy who had the anointing of God was brought before king Saul. Whenever he played the harp and praised God, depression left Him.

Can we be that blessed person like David when we talk, pray and worship depression, fear and loneliness from people who suffer are relieved and healed completely? Yes! Why not? Those who truly love Him and have the desire to bring glory, He uses such people.

Word Of God says, whenever David would take up his harp and played with His hand, king Saul was refreshed and became well. Can read it in 1 Sam. 16: 17-23.

Dear beloved! No matter what you are going through. People might have ditched you, deceived you or you might be facing failures, dejection and disappointment, and low in spirit, it does not matter. Just keep praising God.

This is my experience in life and many agree who experience enjoying praise and worship. It releases God's supernatural Divine power and -

it breaks chains of despair, dejection and despondency,

It ensures God's protection

It lifts our spirits high,

It prepares our heart to receive God's Word.

Lord, help us to be more intentional, consistent and passionate in our quest to praise you from whom all blessings, strength and energy flows. 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

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Topic: Blessed Be My Rock And Fortress.

Life is short, transient and it's like a vapour. Life is like grass that is green in the morning and withers away jn the night.

So, let us show true care and concern towards others when we are alive and others are alive, respecting others and truly esteeming others higher than us - Shunning the pride and arrogance.

My close friend and passionate servant of God, Rev. Samuel Tatikonda from Vizag, came in touch with me in 2021. He is the founder of "Burn And Shine Worship Centre" church, Vizag. Everyday he chats regarding his ministry and life experiences, testimonies and his church ministry. He lost his dear wife during covid period. Sudden sad news I received. He slept in the Lord today. I.e 1st Dec.

I became very close to him in a span of these two years. I visited him and his church at Vizag during my last visit. My deepest condolences to the family of this joyful and blessed man of God, and to the church he was leading. I'm sharing this news so thst you all may uphold his family and church in your prayers. Thank you!

Coming back to today’s devotional, as we enter the new month and and the last month of the year, 2023,

let us reaffirm the prayer and the assured promises of God based on Psslm 18.

Let us declare with our mouth boldly these blessed Word David declared and lead a prayer and praise of strength, hope, Victory, deliverance and assurance we have in Christ.

I will love you O Lord my strength. Thou are my rock, my fortress and my deliverer. Ps 18: 1& 2.

You are God of my strength 💪 in whom I will trust.

You are my shield and the horn of my salvation. And my stronghold.

I will call upon you early morning, noon and in the evening. You are worthy to be praised.

May the Lord will reward us according to our righteousness of our hearts.

When we are blameless in His sight and keep ourselves from iniquity, the Lord will bless us and reward us according our righteousness.

And He shows His mercy to His anointed men and women of God.

Thank you dear Lord!

May you continue to be our rock, shield, fortress, strong tower, healer, restorer and deliverer in this last month of this year. 2023.

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!

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Topic: Run The Race! In Order To Run The Race Well And Fast We Need To Remove The Excess Baggage...

Hebrews. 12:1.

“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us.”

The most important word to remember for our spiritual journey may be a surprising one: “No.” No tempting and difficult times.

Our faith journey is a long one. Too many people start off strong but fade away before the end. God wants us to go the distance and complete.

Our spiritual life is like a marathon—and we cannot run a marathon casually without any preparation. In fact, people often quit their faith journey early because everything they are carrying wears them out.

So, to run our spiritual race well, we need to run without any additional or undesired weights.

In to it, it’ll slow down.

That’s what happens to us when we try to do too much of unwanted things. We need to learn to say “no” to some things that are obstacles for running well. Because these keep us from doing our best.

Hebrews 12:1 says, “Let us strip off every weight that slows us down”

These weights may not be that bad or sinful. But they’re just unnecessary. A weight in our life could be a job, a poor relationship, or a bad hobby. It’s something that slows us down from what God wants to do in our life. And it’s not worth it.

What are the obstacles of weights that are hindering and slowing down our race?

When we Run the Race removing these undesired obstacles, our life will not only be successful but joyful and peaceful.

Lord help us to focus our race looking ahead and Run the Race well removing all the undesired strongholds in our lives and be Victorious and joyful. 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

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Topic: The Goals! The Goals That Really Matter In Life Can Be Achieved By Working Hard With God's Power And Wisdom, And Not our Own..

1 Corinthians 9:26.

“I do not run without a goal. I fight like a boxer who is hitting something—not just the air.”

Without goals, we cannot expect to be any different in this last coming december month and the new year, 2024...

Long-term goals keep us moving toward our purpose and keep us from being discouraged by short-term setbacks.

We all have setbacks. We need to deal with them every day, but those setbacks won’t slow us down if our focus is on something we’re trying to achieve down the road. The Bible says in 1 Corinthians 9:26, “I do not run without a goal. I fight like a boxer who is hitting something—not just the air”

We don’t want to spend the next year 2024 hitting the air. But just setting goals isn’t the answer. God doesn’t appreciate every goal we set based on His divine Word.

These are the kinds of goals that God blesses based on His Word.

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*Goals that bring God honor:* The Bible says in 1 Corinthians 10:31, “Whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God” (NIV).If you’ve got the right motivation, anything can be done for God’s glory. Even God places few high in the society because of their hardwork and faithfulness. Joseph of Armithia and Nicodemus were respected leaders in the Bible.

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*Goals that fulfill one of God’s purposes for our life:*

God put us on Earth to Worship him,

be a part of his family, become like Christ, serve him,

and share our life message.

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*Goals that are motivated by love:* God is far more interested in why you’re doing something than what you’re actually doing. The Bible says in 1 Corinthians 16:14,“Do everything with love”

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*Goals that are set in faith:* Your goals must be big enough that they’ll require God’s help to fulfill. The Bible says, “Without faith it is impossible to please God” (Hebrews 11:6 NIV).

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*Goals that are achieved by God’s power and wisdom:* we cannot stick to our goals without God’s power and His wisdom. We won’t get healthy on our own. Can we? We cannot improve our marriage on our own. The goals that really matter in life can only be achieved with God’s power, not our own.

Help us to have short term and long term goals with a focus on our vision which brings success in our personal and Spiritual lives whatever we attempt for... 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!

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Topic: Death And Power, Victory Or Defeat, Success Or Failure And Good Health Or Sickness Are In The Power Of Our Tongue.

A great man of God once said, "You become what you speak."

Great king and once anointed man of God, King Saul kept on thinking and saying, "I cannot fight this monstrous Goliath, it's impossible to even face him." He not only became so fearful and defeated himself but he passed on that fear of defeat even to his entire powerful army.

Though Philistine was a heathen, his words brought tremors to the children of the living God. You may read 1 Samuel 17: 8 to 10, how the words of heathen Goliath brought shivers in the camp of Israel, Children of living God: And the Philistine said, "I defy the armies of Israel this day. Give me a man that we may fight together". When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the giant, they were dismayed and greatly afraid.

How true it is?! When people talk to us they either give life giving words or words of death, like king Saul and the army. They thought wrong, believed wrong, confessed wrong and were defeated, demoralized and terrorized.

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So, our words either give life or death to ourselves and to others too!

# Not only our tongue impacts our own lives, but it also impacts either pisotively or negatively within our families, society or amongst friends circle.

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We must know that we are chosen people of the living God who rose from the death victoriously....

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When people talk to you, they either give you life giving words or life threatening words, words of defeat, discouragement and despondency.

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Most people live with defeated and demoralized lives who keep speaking right from the early morning saying, "I can't, it's impossible, it's too big and beyond my reach and my abilities, this sickness is incurable, I may have to live with it."

# They self chain themselves in fear with demoralizing words of hopelessness, like king Saul as if our God is not a living God any more.

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When people listen to us they should be drawn to us and towards the living living God. by our words of hope, words of life giving strength, words of assurance.

Lord, help us to draw closer and closer to you in Word, Prayer and Fellowship so that we are strengthened in you to desk and declare life giving words of hope, life and 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

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Topic: Do You Want To Be Happy And Joyful? Trust And Obey The Lord...

Ephesians. 2 : 8. For it is by His grace you are saved, through trusting Him.

D.L Moody said on one occasion: "The blood of Christ can alone make us safe. The Word Of God alone makes us sure.

Obedience to God alone makes us happy." What a formulae for a poised, successful, joyful and victorious life?!😊

Trusting in the Lord and obeying the Lord are like two wings of a bird. Both are equally important for a christian to grow healthy and steadily in the walk with Christ.

The familiar hymn No. 463:

"When we walk with the Lord

In the light of His Word,

What a glory he sheds on our way,

While we do His good will. He abides with us still.

And with all who will trust and obey."

Chorus.

Trust and obey ,

For there's no other way

To be happy in Jesus,

But to trust and obey.

This song was written by J.H. Sammis, a presybeterian minister way back in 1880 - 85.

This is one of my favorite songs. It's like a springboard to move higher in life. We need to trust the Lord and obey the Him too.

I have taught this song to the VBS students way back in 1984 in 'Methodist church VBS' Sec-bad and in 1985 in 'Good News Centre VBS' along with my friend Anthony David who is now a doctor by profession.

As we know this familiar hymn - we heard the chorus and the 1st stanza. . Request you to listen to these lyrics and be blessed. The song itself is a inspiring sermon.

There are many Christians who trust the Lord but find difficulty in obeying Him.

There are some who struggle to trust the Lord when faced by tough and difficult situations in life.

There are some who trust the Lord In all situations in life and obey him too completely. Such people are blessed in all fronts and their blessings are visible to the world, and the world can see the fruit, and are blessed by their lives.

Lord help us to have a childlike trust in you at all times and in obedience to you so that we are assured of thy strength which bolsters us to tackle any challenge that may appear. 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

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Topic: Living Daily In Glorious Victory And Joy By Trusting Him More And More Daily.

Two things usually encounter our life. Faith and doubt. Doubt when something unusual or sad thing happens in our lives! Failure, rejection, sudden sickness, stagnation in life, life not moving upward or loss of loved ones.

Faith and doubt are part of our day to day life. A well known quote. "Doubt creates darkest moments even in finest hour; faith brings finest moments even in darkest hour."

It is often emphasised that becoming a christian is more than attending the church regularly. When accepting Christ as our Lord and Savior something supernatural takes place. He comes to dwell in our hearts to give us His power and grace to have eternal life. But it would be a mistake to imagine from then on we are automatically and magically be Victorious over sin and doubts.

We read in Hebrews 10:38, "Now the just shall live by faith." This is the secret of all the saints of God in the Bible. We need to exercise everyday faith - simply trusting everyday. We cannot produce faith in one day. Everyday we need to trust Him and grow steadily.

The more we draw closer to Christ by consistently using the resources of Prayer, of meditating God’s Word and Christian fellowship our trusting in God and faith level gets stronger and our doubts and fears weaker.

Faith overpowers doubts, darkness, fear and anxiety and gives us victory over sin satan and over all circumstances.

If you gain faith in God you will win all. "You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step." - Martin Luther King Jr.

As we walk through our day to day life, help us to simply trust in you even when we don't understand, and even when things go beyond our control. Guide us and protect us from frailing faith. And give us victory and joy.

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