Pastor E O Gabriel

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                                     *ETERNAL HOME* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  31 October 2024:Share* Bible Text: John 14 *The Second Coming of the Lord is the beginning of the Journey of the Saints who are either dead or alive to their Eternal or Heavenly Home.* When Jesus appears in Glory, the Saints who are dead will rise first to meet the Lord, and the Saints who are alive will arise and be caught up with them in the clouds - *1 Thessalonians  4:16-17* The Eternal Home of Believers is a City of an Endless Day; there is no Night there - *Revelation 21:25* The Lord shall be the Everlasting Light - *Isaiah 60:20* The Street of the City is paved with Pure Gold with no Death nor Sorrow nor crying, or Pain - *Revelation 21: 4, 21* The City has a Place for every Believers whose name is writ...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                                *BEHOLD, HE COMES* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  30 October 2024:Share* SCRIPTURE: Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the Earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen - *Revelation 1:7 NKJV* *Behold, He comes means Jesus is coming the Second Time.* *The First Time He came, He came as the Lamb of God that takes away the sins of the world* - *John 1:29* He came as the Son of man, to make men Sons of God - *John 1:11-12* But when He comes the Second Time, He will come as the Righteous Judge - *2 Timothy 4:8; Revelation 19:11* He will come as the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords - *Revelation 19:16* *Let us take a look at the Scriptural Confirmation of His Second Coming:* *(1)* Angelic Confirmation - *A...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                          *AN EVIL SPIRIT FROM THE LORD* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  29 October 2024:Share* SCRIPTURE: But the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and a distressing Spirit from the Lord troubled him - *1 Samuel 16:14* A Superficial look at this Scripture will give the erroneous idea that Good and Evil come from the Lord.  Job erroneously said shall we receive Good at the hand of God and shall we not receive Evil? - *Job 2:10* There is no Shadow of turning with God; every Good and Perfect Gift is from Him - *James 1:17* *Evil Proceeds not from God.* *What then is the meaning of an Evil Spirit from the Lord?* Our God is the Lord of Hosts. He commands the Good and Evil Spirits. None of these Spirits operate without His Permission. Satan never touched Job until God Permitted him and the extent to which ...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                            *LIGHT IS KEY TO RISING* *By Pastor E O Gabriel 28 October 2024:Share* SCRIPTURE: Arise, Shine; for thy Light is come, and the Glory of the LORD is risen upon thee - *Isaiah 60:1 KJV* *Rising in any Sphere of Life is easy with Light.* The Bible says, "Arise, Shine for thy Light is come." No Man rises in the dark - *Exodus 10:22-23* When there was great Famine, Scarcity, and Hardship in the Land, Isaac's Path was Lightened by the Word of the Lord - *Genesis 26:1-2* The Light he received made him rule over the situations and circumstances of the Land. He sowed in the Land and had a hundredfold Harvest. He had Possession of flocks, Possession of herbs, and a Great Store of Servants. And when others were retrenching Staff, he was recruiting Staff - *Genesis 26:12,14* Isaac was living in Abundanc...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                           *BARTIMEUS: MAN WITHOUT LIGHT* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  27 October 2024:Share* SCRIPTURE: And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with His Disciples and a great number of People, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timæus, sat by the highway side begging - *Mark 10:46 KJV* A Man without eyes and a Man who has eyes but can't see are in the same Class of living without Light. *The following were obvious in the Life of Bartimeus, who lived without Light:* *(1)* He took the wrong and dangerous decisions to sit by the highway side.  • Highways are meant for diverse means of Transportation. • When a Man lives without Light, his steps or decisions will be faulty and dangerous.  • The Bible says the steps of a Good Man (Man with Light) are ordered by the Lord - *Psalm 37:23* *(...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                                 *ISRAEL HAD LIGHT* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  26 October 2024:Share* SCRIPTURE: They saw not one another, neither rose any from his Place for three days: but all the children of Israel had Light in their Dwellings - *Exodus 10:23 KJV* Moses Stretched his hand to Heaven, and the entire Land of Egypt was covered with Darkness, but Israel had Light. When the Egyptians were covered in Darkness, they could not see one another, and neither could they rise from where they were. But, the Israelites had Light and could see clearly and rise appropriately.  *What are the implications?* *(1)* God shows all that He is the Light of the world, and whoever follows Him will not walk in Darkness - *John 8:12; John 9:5* *(2)* God will always put a difference between those who serve H...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                                                                   *DISORDERLY LIVING* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  25 October 2024:Share* SCRIPTURE: And the Earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters -  *Genesis 1:2 KJV* *One of the Original Challenges in Life was that the Earth was without form. It was formless, shapeless, and disorderly.* *Many lives since then until now are formless, shapeless, and out of order.* A Good Example is the family of Terah, the father of Abraham. He was seventy years old when he had his three sons. *Genesis 11:26* He relocated from his Land of Nativity, Ur of the Chaldees, to Canaan. He went alo...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                                *LET THERE BE LIGHT* *By Pastor E O Gabriel 24 October 2024:Share* SCRIPTURE: And God said, Let there be Light: and there was Light - *Genesis 1:3 KJV* *Life Challenges can be Grouped under three Headings:* *(1)* Formlessness, Shapelessness, or Confusion. *(2)* Emptiness • A Person with no Special or Interesting Thing about him, an unimportant Person. *(3)* Darkness  • It puts a Man under torment, Oppression, or Affliction. *The way out of all three Challenges mentioned above is Light.* The Earth was without form and void, and Darkness was upon the face of the deep.  The solution that God engaged was to decree Light, and with Light, each of the Challenges was Settled. Light Provided an answer because through Light,  there is direction that settles the issue of Di...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                            *THE EVILS OF DWELLING IN DARKNESS - Part 2* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  23 October 2024:Share* SCRIPTURE: So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and there was thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days. 23 They did not see one another; nor did anyone rise from his place for three days. But all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings - *Exodus 10:22-23 NKJV* Light is Good, and Darkness is Evil. The Land of Egypt was covered with Darkness for three days. No Man saw another, and neither did anyone rise from where he was. *What are the implications of living in Darkness?* *(1)* A Man's True Identity is covered in Darkness.  • Laban Presented Leah to Jacob as Rachel in the Night - *Genesis 29:23-25* This happened because Real Identity is covered in Darkness....

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                           *THE EVILS OF DWELLING IN DARKNESS - Part 1* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  22 October 2024:Share* SCRIPTURE: And Moses Stretched forth his hand toward Heaven; and there was a thick Darkness in all the Land of Egypt three days: *[23]* They saw not one another, neither rose any from his Place for three days: but all the children of Israel had Light in their Dwellings - *Exodus 10: 22-23 KJV* Light is Good - *Genesis 1:4* Therefore, Darkness is evil . The evils of Darkness are seen in the above Scriptures. One of the Plagues that befell Egypt before Pharaoh allowed the children of God to leave Egypt to serve their God was Gross Darkness.  When Moses lifted up his hand to Heaven, thick Darkness covered the Land of Egypt for three days.  During this Period, no one saw another, and neither...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                           *LIGHT EXCELS DARKNESS* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  21 October 2024:Share* SCRIPTURE: Then I saw that Wisdom excelleth folly, as far as Light excelleth Darkness - *Ecclesiastes 2:13 KJV* When Darkness was upon the face of the deep, God said, 'let there be Light and there was Light.' God separated the Light from Darkness.  *Light is Superior to Darkness.*  It Shines in Darkness, and Darkness cannot overcome Light - *John 1:5* Darkness Prevails where there is no Light, but when Light comes, it Shines and Prevails over Darkness.  There was a Man in Samaria whose name was Simon, the Sorcerer, who bewitched the City with his Sorcery. The City was filled with Pain, Sicknesses, Diseases, troubles, torments, etc. Philip, the Evangelist, took the Gospel of Light into the City. The Bibl...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                            *WHEN THERE IS LIGHT* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  20 October 2024:Share* SCRIPTURE: And, behold, the Angel of the Lord came upon him, and a Light shined in the Prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands - *Acts 12:7 KJV* *The Story of Peter's imprisonment by King Herod confirms that when there is Light, Freedom is Guaranteed.* The Bible says, the Church Prayed unto God for Peter, and in answer to the Prayer of the Church, God sent an Angel to visit Peter in Prison. As soon as the Angel came, there was Light in the Prison.  *Thereafter,  the following happened:* *(1)* Peter rose up quickly - *Acts 12:7* • Light helps a Man to rise in Life.  • Light stands for Revelations.  When Secrets are re...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                           *YOUR LIGHT WILL BREAK FORTH* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  19 October 2024:Share* *Bible Reading: Isaiah 60* In the Journey of Creation, God commanded Light to be before He created Man - *Genesis 1:3* This is because He expects Man to be a Light Carrier in the world - *Matthew 5:14* Light is the Foundation of a blessed Living. God blessed the Man, He created in the Light - *Genesis 1:28* Blessed is the Man that walks not in the Counsel of the Ungodly nor Stands in the way of Sinners, nor sits in the seat of Scornful - *Psalms 1:1* These are the attributes of a Man who is a Light Carrier. And because he is a Light Carrier, blessed Living is a reality in his Life. With Light breaking forth, there will be an expression of Purpose.  The reason for living will be unveiled, and living without ...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                          *NO CONDITION IS PERMANENT* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  18 October 2024:Share* SCRIPTURE: For His anger is  but  for a moment, His favour is  for Life; Weeping may endure for a Night, But Joy comes in the Morning - *Psalms 30:5 NKJV* *Every Condition in Life is Subject to Change - No Condition is Permanent.* *The only Permanent Thing in Life is Change.* Job said, "All the days of my Appointed Time, will I wait until my Change comes" - *Job 14:14* Newton's First Law of Motion Partly says if an Object is at rest, it remains at rest unless it is acted upon by a Force.  This simply means that though no Condition is Permanent, a Condition may be made Permanent if nothing is done about it. When the children of Israel were in bondage in Egypt, they were supposed to be free after four ...

 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 guid...

 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...

 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 Co...

 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 wa...

 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 ...

 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 Fait...

 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 nin...

 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 fai...

 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 ...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                                *HE IS THE LIFTER* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  08 October 2024:Share* SCRIPTURE: But thou, O LORD, art a Shield for me; My Glory, and the Lifter Up of mine head - *Psalm 3:3 KJV* The Psalmist said the Lord is the Lifter Up of my head. 1. He can lift you above those who have gone ahead of you in Life and make you their Captain.  This happened to Ephraim and David - *Genesis 48:20; 1 Samuel 16:1-13* 2. He can lift you above those who rise up against your family and in your Calling - *Psalm 18:48* 3. He can lift you up over the Challenges of your Life and family.  Hannah was lifted above Barrenness and related Challenges of Marriage, and she Testified - *1 Samuel 2:8* 4. He can lift up the Forgotten and make him sit with the High and the Mighty.  He did it for Meph...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                          *FROM HERO TO ZERO TO HERO* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  07 October 2024:Share* SCRIPTURE: For a Just Man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: But the Wicked shall fall into mischief - *Proverbs 24:16 KJV* Life is a Journey.  *A Man can move from being a Hero to Zero and still rise to become a Hero.*  *This was  the Journey of Mephiboshet, Jonathan's son.* He was born into the first Royal House in Israel, so he was a Prince. But, tragedy struck when he was five years old, and his father and grandfather died the same day.  The News of the tragedy troubled the Nation.  The Nurse who was taking care of Mephiboshet carelessly handled him, and he fell and became Lame - *2 Samuel 4:4* His deformity took him to Lodebar, a Low Place of no importance.  *He therefore fell f...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                              *HE RAISES THE POOR* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  06 September 2024: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 in...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                                  *KEEP YOUR HEART* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  05 September 2024: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 betw...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                           *RE-EXAMINE IN CHALLENGING TIMES* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  04 October 2024: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 - *Ecc...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                           *RE-FOCUS IN CHALLENGING TIMES* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  03 October 2023: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.  Whi...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                           *THE CHILDREN OF EPHRAIM - Part 2* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  02 October 2024: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; ...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                          *THE CHILDREN OF EPHRAIM  (Part 1)* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  01 October 2024: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...