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RESTORATION: PROFOUND LESSONS

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 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                           *RESTORATION: PROFOUND LESSONS* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  14 April 2026:Share* *The Story of Abraham's Marital Restoration gave us Profound Lessons about Restoration.* Abimelech, the king of Gerah, took Sarah, Abraham's wife, because Abraham introduced her as his sister. By Divine Intervention, Sarah was restored to Abraham - *Genesis 20:1-18* *The following can be learnt:* *1)* Sin is the root cause of losses. • Abraham lied, and Abimelech took Sarah, his wife.  • The Psalmist said, mine Strength failed because of my Iniquity - *Psalms 31:10* He lost his Strength because of his sin. • Abraham lost his Marriage, a Relationship, a Helper, a Good Thing, Favour of the Lord, etc, because he lied - *Genesis 2:18; Proverbs 18:22* *2)* Nothing is too hard for the Lord to restore. • Abraham's...

DON'T ADVERTISE YOUR WOUND

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 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                           *DON'T ADVERTISE YOUR WOUND* * By Pastor E O Gabriel  13 April 2026: Share* SCRIPTURE: 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 30:8* *Life is full of battles, and it is Possible to be wounded.* *Whenever you are wonded, refuse to advertise it, because your wounds might attract attacks from your Adversary.* The Amalekites invaded Ziklag and carried away women, children, and Valuables. David and his men came back to Ziklag and saw the extent of the losses, and they wept until they had no Power to weep.  The Bible says, David was greatly distressed, and the People taught of Stoning him. *The People saw him wounded and taught ...

NO WOOD, NO FIRE

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 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                                  *NO WOOD, NO FIRE* *By Pastor E O Gabriel 12 April 2026: Share* SCRIPTURE: Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: So where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth - *Proverbs 26:20* *A Victorious Christian Living requires that the Fire on our Altar must not go out.* Just like Samson, we are compassed round about by enemies whose intention is to steal, kill and destroy - *John 10:10* *The enemy doesn't understand the Language of Mercy; it is in his Nature to be wicked. And we need the Fire of God to overcome his Wickedness.* Samson overcame by engaging the Fire of God In our Bible Text above, the Word says, where no wood is, the fire goes out.  *The wood is the Word of God, while the Fire is the Holy Spirit.*  *The manifestations of the Spirit of the Lor...

THE FIRE OF GOD: ANTIDOTE FOR THE WICKEDNESS OF THE WICKED

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 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                           *THE FIRE OF GOD: ANTIDOTE FOR THE WICKEDNESS OF THE WICKED* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  11 April 2026: Share* SCRIPTURE: When he came to Lehi, the Philistines came shouting against him. Then the Spirit of the Lord came Mightily upon him; and the ropes that were on his arms became like flax that is burned with fire, and his bonds broke loose from his hands - *Judges 15:14* *The world lies in Wickedness.* The Bible says, for behold, the Darkness shall cover the Earth and Gross Darkness the People - *Isaiah 60:2* The Psalmist said the Dark Places of the Earth are full of the Habitations of cruelty - *Psalms 74:20* *The Story of Samson confirms that the fire of God is the antidote to the wickedness of the Wicked.* Three thousand men of Judah came and bound Samson in order to hand him over to th...

FROM EMPTINESS TO FULLNESS

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 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                           *FROM EMPTINESS TO FULLNESS* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  10 April 2026: Share* SCRIPTURE: And when they had this done, they inclosed a Great Multitude of fishes: and their net brake - *Luke 5:6* Job said all the days of my Appointed Time will I wait till my Change comes - *Job 14:14* *Change is inevitable in life, and there are two basic Changes in Life:* *(1)* A Glorious Change. *(2)* An Inglorious Change.  *The Change from Emptiness to Fullness is a Glorious one.*  *This Change occurs when Jesus is involved.* In our Bible Text above, Peter toiled all Night and caught Nothing. His boat was empty of fish, and Jesus came into the boat and asked Peter to Launch into the deep for a draught.  Peter caught a Great Multitude of fishes, and his boat was full of fish. *A Change from E...

THE BOAT WAS EMPTY

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 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                            *THE BOAT WAS EMPTY* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  09 April 2026: Share* SCRIPTURE: And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the Night, and have taken Nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net - *Luke 5:5* Peter was into a fishing business, and he went out to fish, expecting that his boat would be filled with fish, but despite his hardwork, his boat was empty.  The Bible says, "He toiled all the night and caught Nothing." *Why was the boat empty despite his hardwork?* *(1)* He was living in sin. He said to Jesus, depart from me, for I am a sinful man. • Sin opens the door to travail - *Ecclesiastes 2:26* • Sin cuts the help of God away from a Man - *Job 8:20* • Sin makes God stay away from a man. *(2)* He lacked knowledge.  • The difference betwe...

THE JUST MAN MENTALITY

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 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                          *THE JUST MAN MENTALITY* *By Pastor E O Gabriel 08 April 2026: Share* SCRIPTURE: For a Just Man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: But the wicked shall fall into mischief - *Proverbs 24:16* *The Scripture above reveals many Profound Lessons about a Just Man:* *1)* A Just Man was not born Holy.  • The Bible says all have sinned and come short of the Glory of God - *Romans 3:23* • The Just Man understands that everyone has a Past.  *He understands that the Man that is up today was once down.* Paul said I am not meet to be called an Apostle because I Persecuted the Church of God - *1 Corinthians 15:9* • The Just refuses to be imprisoned by his horrible Past. *2)* A Just Man faces the Challenges of Life - *Psalms 34:19; John 16:33* • A Just Man understands that Righteousness does not g...