Pastor E O Gabriel

 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* *(

 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,

 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

 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

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                           *THE GOD KIND OF FAITH - Part 1* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  10 October 2024:Share* Faith is important in our walk with God.  The Bible says the Just shall live by Faith - *Habakkuk 2:4; Romans 1:17* Without Faith, it is impossible to Please God - *Hebrews 11:6* When the world delivers an Evil Report, Faith will give a Good Report - *Hebrews 11:2* Victory over the Challenges of Life are guaranteed through Faith.  It subdues Kingdoms and stops the mouths of Lions - *Hebrews 11:33* No one can be Overcome or Overwhelmed by the Ups and Downs of Life whose Faith has not failed - *Luke 22:31-32* Job faced Great Challenges in Life, which made his wife advise him to curse God and die - *Job 2:9* His friends came together to make his Challenges worse.  But in all these, Job's Faith failed not. He kept his eyes away from his Pains and Adversities and focused on God.  He said, I know my Redeemer lives - *Job 19:25*

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                                    *PEACE WITHIN* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  09 October 2024:Share* SCRIPTURE: These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have Peace. In the world ye shall have Tribulation: but be of Good Cheer; I have overcome the world - *John 16:33 KJV* Our Lord Jesus and His Disciples were crossing to the other side, and there was a great Storm of wind against the ship. It was so serious that the Disciples thought that they were going to Perish. At the peak of their worries, they woke Jesus up, and He rebuked the wind and said, 'Peace, be Still'. The wind ceased, and there was a great calm - *Mark 4:35-41* Jesus said "Peace, be Still"; and there was a great calm.  Why didn't the Disciples say the same, considering the fact that they are created in the Image of God and expected to function like Jesus? The answer lies in their reaction to the Storm.  When the Storm came, they wer