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FAVOUR IS SWEET

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 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                                  *FAVOUR IS SWEET* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  17 October 2024:Share* SCRIPTURE: For he had Possession of flocks, and Possession of herds, and Great Store of Servants: and the Philistines envied him - *Genesis 26:14 KJV* *The Favour of God in the Life of a Man is sweet, and it takes away sweat.* The Bible says that, in His Favour is Life - *Psalms 30:5* Isaac was a Man who enjoyed the Favour of God. When there was Famine in the Land, God appeared to him. The face of the Lord shined upon him at the time of Famine; that was the Favour of God - *Genesis 26:1* Favour empowered him to rule over the Hardship of his time. His effort was flavoured by Favour, for he sowed and had a Hundredfold - *Genesis 26:12* His little effort brought in a Great Harvest because he was guided by the Lord - *Isaiah 58:11* Therefore, Isaac was swimming in Wealth. He had Possessions of flocks and Possession of herbs.  *Favour end

EGYPTIANS WERE DROWNED

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 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                           *EGYPTIANS WERE DROWNED* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  16 October 2024:Share* SCRIPTURE: Pharaoh's Chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: His Chosen Captains also are drowned in the Red sea - *Exodus 15:4 KJV* The Red Sea Parted for the Children of Israel, and they walked on dry ground to cross into the Wilderness after their affliction of four hundred and thirty years in Egypt.  While they were Crossing over, the Egyptians followed them, but the Lord drowned the Egyptians in the Red Sea.  *Why were they drowned?* *(1)* God wanted to show to the world that though Pharaoh and his host were Mighty, He is the Almighty - *Genesis 17:1* *(2)* God wanted their Freedom to be Total - *John 8:36* • He made them Cross over without a Carryover. *(3)* God wanted to fully fulfil the age long Promise He made to Abraham, their father - *Genesis 15:13* *(4)* God wanted to confirm the Word of Moses, his Messenger

BREAKING LOOSE FROM HEREDITARY PUNISHMENTS

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 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                          *BREAKING LOOSE FROM HEREDITARY  PUNISHMENTS* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  15 October 2024:Share* SCRIPTURE: What mean ye, that ye use this Proverb concerning the Land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge? *[3]* As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this Proverb in Israel - *Ezekiel 18:2-3 KJV* Before Jesus came, when fathers sinned, the Punishment and Curse were visted upon the children.  But it is not the Will of God that a Man should suffer for sins he has not committed. Hence, He said the Soul that sins shall die - *Ezekiel 18:4* Therefore, we can break loose from the Punishments arising from the sins of our fathers. *What do we do to break loose?* *(1)* By being Genuinely Born Again - *2 Corinthians 5:17* *(2)* By Loving the Lord.  • God will visit the sins of fathers upon the children among those who hate H

WHEN FATHER'S SINNED

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 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                            *WHEN FATHER'S SINNED* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  14 October 2024:Share* SCRIPTURE: Our fathers have sinned and are not; And we have borne their iniquities - *Lamentations 5:7 KJV* The Lord God is a Jealous God who visits the iniquities of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth Generation - *Exodus 20:5* *Therefore, when fathers sinned, their children bore these Punishment among others:* *(1)* Sicknesses that defied all Medications. • The children of Gehazi were afflicted with Leprosy because of the offence of Gehazi, their father. *(2)* Unreasonable Hardship - *Jeremiah 5:9* *(3)* Servitude of  Unimaginable Dimensions - *Jeremiah 5:8* • The Hivites who deceived the Men of Israel and made a League were allowed to live but remained hewers of wood and drawers of water - *Joshua 9:6-21* *(4)* Men live without Glory - *Jeremiah 5:16* *(5)* Their Elders were of no Value - *Jeremiah 5:14* *(

THE GREAT FAITH

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 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                                  *THE GREAT FAITH* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  13 October 2024:Share* SCRIPTURE: Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy Faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour - *Matthew 15:28 KJV* Jesus turned to His Disciples who were fearful in the storm and questioned their Little Faith - *Matthew 8:26* But in our Anchor Bible Text, He turned to the woman of Canaan who came to seek help for her daughter, who was grievously vexed with a devil, and commended her Great Faith. *This teaches us that Faith is in Levels and varies from Person to Person irrespective of Position or Title.* Disciples with Titles had Little Faith, while a woman with No Title had Great Faith. *What are the Characteristics of Great Faith?* *(1)* It believes that the Word of God is True - It does not doubt the Word. • Jesus called the woman a dog. She did not disagree,

GOD'S KIND OF FAITH - Part 3

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 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                           *GOD'S KIND OF FAITH - Part 3* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  12 October 2024:Share* SCRIPTURE: And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water - *Matthew 14:28 KJV* The Disciples of our Lord Jesus were in a ship in the midst of contrary wind when they saw Jesus walking on the sea towards them. They were afraid, thinking it was a Ghost, but Jesus spoke to them to be of Good Cheer and that He was the One. Immediately, Peter answered and said, "Bid me to come to come unto you." And Jesus said,  "come."   Then, Peter came out of the ship and walked on water to Jesus. *God's kind of Faith holds on to the Word of God, believes the Word, runs with the Word, with eyes on Jesus even in the face of a Life-Threatening situation.* *God's kind of Faith will do the following among others as seen in the Life of Peter:* *(1)* It helps to triump difficult

GOD KIND OF FAITH - Part 2

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 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                            *GOD KIND OF FAITH - Part 2* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  11 October 2024:Share* SCRIPTURE: And being not weak in Faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb - *Romans 4:19 KJV* Jesus asked His Disciples who were experiencing a Great Storm why they were so fearful?  He asked 'how is it that ye have no Faith?' - *Mark 4:40* *He was saying to them that being Fearful is to be empty of Faith.* *Therefore, God's kind of Faith is empty of Fear.* *This is Possible only when we are able to look beyond what we see, hear, smell,  touch, or taste and act on what God says.* God told Abraham that He had made him a father of many Nations. Abraham was about a hundred years old while Sarah, his wife, was about ninety years old.  Our Anchor Bible Text says Abraham considered not the fact that his body was dead nor considered