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HE RAISES THE POOR

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 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                             *HE RAISES THE POOR* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  06 September 2026: Share* SCRIPTURE: He raiseth up the Poor out of the dust, And lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, To set them among Princes, And to make them inherit the Throne of Glory: For the Pillars of the Earth are the LORD's, And he hath set the world upon them - *1 Samuel 2:8 KJV* All Power in Heaven and on Earth belongs to God - *Matthew 28:18; Psalms 62:11*  God has the Power to raise the Poor out of the dust and sit him among the High and the Mighty.  He demonstrated this in the Life of Jacob. Jacob ran away from home because of the life-threatening attack from Esau, his brother. He had nothing, and he was so Poor that he could not afford to buy a Pillow - *Genesis 28:10* But God raised him up, and he increas...

KEEP YOUR HEART

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 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                                *KEEP YOUR HEART* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  05 September 2026: Share* SCRIPTURE: Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of Life - *Proverbs 4:23 KJV* *Our hearts are important in our walk with God because He looks at our hearts and not our appearances* - *1  Samuel 16:7* *Our Services are unacceptable when our hearts are unacceptable.* The Lord accepted the Offering of Abel because his heart was accepted, while the offering of Cain was rejected because his heart was unacceptable - *Genesis 4:4-5* *Therefore, there is a need to keep our hearts with all diligence that our walk with God will not be in vain.* *Why must we keep our Hearts?* *(1)* As we think in our hearts, so are we - *Proverbs 23:7* *(2)* Our hearts are battle fields between Good an...

RE-EXAMINE IN CHALLENGING TIMES

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 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                          *RE-EXAMINE IN CHALLENGING TIMES* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  04 October 2026: Share* SCRIPTURE: Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the Faith; Prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be Reprobates? - *2 Corinthians 13:5 KJV* David, a Man after God's Own Heart, offered to join the Philistines to war against Israel, the Children of God. While he and his Men were on this Mission, the Amalekites invaded his City and caused a great havoc in the City. David faced a great crisis and wept until he had no Power to weep - *1 Samuel 29; 1 Samuel 30:4* Abraham, a friend of God, lied by introducing his wife as his Sister, and his Marriage faced great Challenges - *Genesis 20:1-4* The Bible says whoso breaketh an hedge a serpent shall bite him - *Ecclesia...

RE-FOCUS IN CHALLENGING TIMES

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 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                          *RE-FOCUS IN CHALLENGING TIMES* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  03 October 2026: Share* SCRIPTURE: And David said to Abiathar the Priest, Ahimelech's son, I Pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David. [8] And David enquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I Pursue after this troop? Shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all - *1 Samuel 30:7-8 KJV* Life is full of Challenges - *Job 14:1* *One surest way of rising above the Challenges of Life is to re-focus our Vision.* David did this to overcome the Challenges of his time. David was running away from King Saul when he found a Shelter in the Land of the Philistines and found a good friend in Achish, the king of the Philistines.  While Da...

THE CHILDREN OF EPHRAIM - Part 2

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 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                          *THE CHILDREN OF EPHRAIM - Part 2* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  02 October 2026: Share* SCRIPTURE: The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle - *Psalm 78:9 KJV* The favour of the Lord lifted Ephraim into Prominence and Relevance, but the children could not sustain the height because they lacked the Strength to battle. They had the weapons to battle but turned back in the day of battle.  *Many Believers are like the children of Ephraim with many weapons of war, such as the Word of God, the Name of Jesus, the Blood of Jesus, etc. Still, they always turn back in the day of battle.* *The weapons of battle work only when we have the Strength to battle.* *How do we build the Strength for battle in Life?* *(1)* Knowledge of the Lord - *Daniel 11:32; 2 Tim...

THE CHILDREN OF EPHRAIM (Part 1)

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 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                          *THE CHILDREN OF EPHRAIM  (Part 1)* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  01 October 2026:Share* SCRIPTURE: The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle - *Psalm 78:9 KJV* Joseph had two sons, Manasseh, the first born, and Ephraim, the second. Joseph brought his two sons to his father, Jacob, to bless them.  Jacob set Ephraim before Manasseh, the second born, by laying his right hand on Ephraim. Subsequently, Ephraim was excelling over and above Manasseh.  *Whenever their names were mentioned in the Scriptures, the name of Ephraim would come first because the blessing of Jacob had repositioned Ephraim before Manasseh.* *But when you come to the book of Revelation, the name of Ephraim was no longer mentioned, only the name of Manasseh featured Promi...

MAN IS NOT MEANT TO LIVE IN DARKNESS

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 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                        *MAN IS NOT MEANT TO LIVE IN DARKNESS* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  30 September 2026:Share* SCRIPTURE: But ye are a Chosen Generation, a Royal Priesthood, an Holy Nation, a Peculiar People; that ye should shew forth the Praises of Him who hath called you out of Darkness into his Marvellous Light - *1 Peter 2:9 KJV* The Original Plan of God is for Man to live in the Light.  This is why He Commanded the creation of Light before He created Man.  If He wanted Man to live in darkness, He would have created Man when Darkness was upon the face of the deep - *Genesis 1:2* *The Bible says Christ called Men out of Darkness into his Marvellous Light because Man is not meant to live in Darkness.* *What does it mean to live in Darkness?* *(1)* It means to live without the Light.  Living without Christ ...