Pastor E O Gabriel

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                                      *ENDURING JOY* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  31 March 2025: Share* SCRIPTURE: Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the Spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven - *Luke 10:20* *In Luke 10:1-20,*  Jesus sent the seventy out to Preach and cast out devils. They went and returned with Joy because through them the Holy Spirit healed the sick and demons were subject to them. Jesus later taught them that they should rejoice not because demons were subject to them but in the truth that their names are written in Heaven. *Jesus taught them the secret of enduring Joy.* Building our Joy on things on Earth, is to build our Joy on things that will not endure.   If you are Joyful because you have a lucra...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                            *DON'T NEGOTIATE DIVINE INSTRUCTIONS* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  30 March 2025: Share* SCRIPTURE: Now therefore, I Pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the Lord will say unto me more - *Numbers 22:19* God hath Spoken once; twice have I heard   this; that Power belongs unto God - *Psalms 62:11* Once God Speaks, we must obey. We do not need to understand why He has given us the instruction but to trust Him and obey.  *Negotiating God's instructions can be costly.* This is clearly illustrated in Balaam's story - The Messengers of Balak, king of Moab, came to Balaam asking him to come and curse the children of Israel. He sought the face of God for direction and God Spoke to him, instructing him not to go with the Messengers and not to curse the children ...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                            *THE SECRET OF GOOD SUCCESS* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  29 March 2025: Share* SCRIPTURE: This Book of the Law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way Prosperous, and then thou shalt have Good Success - *Joshua 1:8* When Joshua took over the Leadership of Israel from Moses, God Promised him Good Success.  *Good Success is the Will of God for us in all facets of life. But Good Success is not without its Price.* *God shared with Joshua, the Secrets of enjoying Good Success in life:* *(1)* Abiding in the Presence of the Lord. God said as I was with Moses, I will be with you.  Good Success is not achievable without God - Without Him, we ca...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                                   *DON'T BE A FOOL* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  28 March 2025: Share* SCRIPTURE:  Give instruction to a Wise Man, and he will be yet Wiser: teach a Just Man, and he will increase in learning - *Proverbs 9:9* *One of the main differences between a fool and a wise man, is that a wise man is Profited by Knowledge while Knowledge is of no use to the fool.* Give instruction to a Wise Man, he will be Wiser and teach a Just Man, he will increase in learning. On the other hand a fool despises wisdom and instruction - *Proverbs 1:7* Judas Iscariot was with Jesus for three and a half years. He heard Jesus teaching in Plain language and in Proverbs, he saw Him Perform Miracles but he never Profited from what he  saw, simply because he was a fool.  He learnt from...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                            *THRIVING IN DIFFICULT TIMES* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  27 March 2025: Share* SCRIPTURE: Now there was a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David. But, David grew stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker - *II Samuel 3:1* *Difficult times are Challenging times when there are troubles, Pain, hardship, struggles and the likes.* Both the house of Saul and the house of David were exposed to difficult times but David thrived, waxing stronger and stronger while the house of Saul was devastated by the difficult times. *We need to take a look at the differences between Saul and David in order to know the secret to thriving in difficult times:* *(1)* David's love for God does not Change with Seasons and Times. True love for God is demonstrated by keeping...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                            *REBUKE NOT AN ELDER* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  26 March 2025: Share* SCRIPTURE: Do not rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father, younger men as brothers - *I Timothy 5:1* Our attitude towards relationships has a lot to do with obtaining our inheritance in Christ.  For instance, an answered Prayer is our heritage in Christ but it can be denied when husbands don't dwell with their wives according to knowledge, giving them honour as weaker Vessels - *1 Peter 3:7* *In our text above, Apostle Paul touched on our relationship towards the elders - It is highly important in our journey of Destiny.* *He said we should not rebuke an elder but rather exhort him.* *Rebuking an elder even when he is wrong is Unscriptural.* This explain why David refused to lay his hand against Saul despit...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                           *GOD IS NOT A SLAVE MASTER* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  25 March 2025: Share* SCRIPTURE: If they obey and serve Him, They shall spend their days in Prosperity, And their years in Pleasures. *Job 36:11* *One of the lies of devil is that a call to serve God, is a call to a wretched life.*  *Therefore, when God is blessing a man and he is Prospering, it is seen as a Sign that he has backslided or is living in worldliness.*   This is not written, it is not the Truth and should not be believed. According to the above written Scriptures which is Superior to any other Doctrine or Belief System, when a man obeys and serves God, He is expected to spend his days in Prosperity because God takes Pleasure in the Prosperity of his servant - *Psalms 35:27* *It will even be contradictory...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                           *WHEN THINGS GO WRONG* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  24 March 2025:Share* SCRIPTURE: Then, being divinely warned in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed for their own country another way - *Matthew 2:12* The story of the Wise Men that travelled from the East to Jerusalem, when Jesus was born in Bethlehem, confirms to us the limitations of Earthly Wisdom.  They were led by the star which they saw in the East and at Jerusalem they entered into Herod's Palace, which turned out to be a great tragedy.  Unfortunately, that singular error resulted in the death of many children and many families were thrown into mourning.  Despite the Wisdom of Wise Men, things went wrong. *Earthly Wisdom is not error Proof, it can lead to an uproar, things can go wrong with Earth...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                           *MAN OF VALOUR: JEPHTHAH* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  23 March 2025: Share* SCRIPTURE: Jephthah the Gileadite was a Mighty Man of Valor, but he was the son of a harlot; and Gilead begot Jephthah - *Judges 11:1* Jephthah, the son of Gilead was introduced as a Mighty Man of Valour, a Man of great courage in the face of danger and battle. He had not gone to war, yet he was introduced as a Mighty Man of Valour. *Jephthah's background gives us a clue on why he was introduced as a Mighty Man of Valour - He was born out of Wedlock, and his mother was a harlot. His step brothers therefore haunted him with his ugly background which was not his fault. He was denied his inheritance in the family and thrown out of the house.* *Jephthah was indeed a Mighty Man of Valour because it takes courage for a man...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                                       *AVOID STRIFE* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  22 March 2025: Share* SCRIPTURE: But avoid foolish and ignorant disputes, knowing that they generate strife. And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, Patient - *2 Timothy 2:23-24* *Following Peace with all men is Non Negotiable in our walk with God.* *We must deliberately avoid controversies, godless arguments and strife.* *Strife opens the door to all kinds of evil and is the root cause of divisions and broken relationships.* *In Genesis 13:7,* the Bible says there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle.  This later led to division between Abram and Lot, though they were family.  Because of strife, they went their s...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                           *WONDERS OF THE BLESSING* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  21 March 2025: Share* SCRIPTURE: Then Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands knowingly, for Manasseh was the firstborn. And he blessed Joseph, and said: “God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, The God who has fed me all my life long to this day - *Genesis 48:14‭-‬15* The first thing God did to man after creation was to bless him because the blessing is important to man in becoming who God has created him to be - *Genesis 1:26-28* *What is the blessing?* *It is the summon of forces in Heaven and on Earth to help a man wherever he goes and in whatever he does.* *Genesis 27:26-29* *Wonders of the Blessing* *(1)* It activate...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                            *GOODNESS AND MERCY* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  20 March 2025: Share* SCRIPTURE: Surely Goodness and Mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; And I will dwell in the house of the Lord Forever - *Psalms 23:6*  *We have a great journey ahead of us -  the Journey of a New Year* In our text above, when there was a Journey ahead of David, a man after God's Own Heart, he decreed that surely Goodness and Mercy shall follow him all the days of his. life. According to *Job 22:28:* As he made the decree, it was established unto him and several blessings followed him: (1) Fearless Living. When the Goodness and the Mercy of the Lord followed David, he lived a fear free life. He said in *Psalms 27:1:* Of whom shall l fear? Of whom shall l be afraid?  Therefore, in *1 Samuel 17...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                                 *THE SIEGE IS OVER* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  19 March 2025: Share* SCRIPTURE: Then Elisha said: “Hear the Word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord: ‘Tomorrow about this time a seah of fine flour shall be sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, at the gate of Samaria” - *2 Kings 7:1* *The Good News today is that the siege is over!* It is evil to be besieged by either seen or unseen  Powers.  *To be besieged is to be surrounded by an army of enemies and the enemy can either be visible or invisible.* *In 2 Kings 6:24-33,* Samaria was besieged by the Host of Syria.  The army did not enter the City, they just surrounded her; yet several evils were happening in Samaria.  *These evil occurrences include:* *(1)* Restricted movements. The Samar...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                                      *JOSEPH FLED* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  18 March 2025: Share* SCRIPTURE: That she caught him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me". But he left his garment in her hand, and fled and ran outside - *Genesis 39:12* Joseph was in Potiphar's house, as overseer over his master's house.  Joseph had found favour with Potiphar because Potiphar found out that the Lord was with him and his house was blessed for Joseph's sake. Potiphar's wife cast her eyes on Joseph and enticed him to lie with her but Joseph refused.  He answered saying: How can I do this great wickedness and sin against God? - *Genesis 39:9* There came a day that Joseph and Potiphar's wife were alone in the house and she wanted to force Joseph to lie with her but Joseph fled.  *...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                           *ABSALOM REBELLED AGAINST DAVID* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  17 March 2025: Share* SCRIPTURE: In this manner Absalom acted toward all Israel who came to the King for Judgment. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel - *2 Samuel 15:6* The background story of Absalom's rebellion was unfortunate:  Absalom's sister Tamar, was raped by Amnon, his step brother. David their father heard of it but did nothing about it. Absalom was hurt and nursed his bitterness for two years, until he avenged his sister by killing Amnon. Thereafter, he ran away to Geshur and stayed there for three years, until David sent that he should be brought back to Jerusaleum. He came back and for two years after his return, David did not attend to Absalom.  Meanwhile, the spirit of rebellion was growing in ...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                           *BEWARE OF REBELLION* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  16 March 2025: Share* SCRIPTURE: So Samuel said: “Has the Lord has great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, As in obeying the voice of the Lord ? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, And stubbornness is  as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord , He also has rejected you from being king” - *I Samuel 15:22‭-‬23* One of the Characters that did not end well in the Bible was Saul. He was a rebellious king who rebelled against God.  *The same Pride and rebellion that caused Lucifer to loose his Position in heaven was operative in Saul.* *What is rebellion?* *(1) Willful resistance and opposition to the Word of God.* *...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                           *CUSTOMISED BLESSING* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  15 March 2025: Share* SCRIPTURE: When they cast you down, and you say, ‘Exaltation will  come! ’ Then He will save the Humble Person - *Job 22:29* *God sits in Heaven and does as He Pleases. He is the unquestionable God.* When a  man is cast down, God can decide to lift him up.  The firstborn of every Egyptians was smitten by the Lord, while the firstborn of the Israelites were spared.  *Psalms 91:7 says:* A thousand shall fall by thy side and ten thousand by thy right hand, but it shall not come nigh thee. There was famine in the land, Isaac sowed and in the same year of famine, he had a hundred fold return. The Lord blessed him so much that a whole Nation envied him - *Genesis 26:12-14* *These wonderful blessings are Cus...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                          *THE CLEANSING POWER OF THE WORD* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  14 March 2025: Share* SCRIPTURE: Sanctify them by Your Truth. Your word is Truth - *John 17:17* The Word of God is Powerful, the worlds were framed by the Word - *Hebrews 11:3*  *Kingdoms were built and divided by the Word. Kings are enthroned and dethroned by the instrumentality of the Word.* Our anchor text teaches about the "Cleansing Power" of the Word; Sanctification is  separation from evil and separation unto God.  *Sanctification talks about abstinence from all filthiness, so as to live Holy.*  *1 Thessalonians 4:3 says:* For this is the Will of God even your Sanctification. It is the Will of God that we abstain from all filthiness and be Holy. The Word of God is one weapon instrumental in our Sanctification....

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                           *WHO IS ON THE LORD'S SIDE?* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  13 March 2025: Share* SCRIPTURE: Then Moses stood in the entrance of the camp, and said: “Whoever is on the Lord ’s side; come to me!” And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together to Him -*Exodus 32:26* Moses went up the Mountain to meet with the Lord and receive the Law from Him. But while he delayed, the children of Israel went after other gods.  Moses came back and saw the People singing and dancing before idols.  He then asked them: 'Who Is On The Lord's side?'  The Levites answered in the affirmative.  *What does it mean to be on the Lord's side?* (1) To cherish the Presence of the Lord - *Psalms 122:1, Psalms 84:10* (2) Refusing to compromise our Faith - *Colossians 2:7* (3) To Stand Up for the Lord w...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                               *VACANCY AT THE TOP* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  12 March 2025: Share* SCRIPTURE: the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in Spirit and Truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him - *John 4:23* *While the bottom is over crowded, there is vacancy at the Top.* *In 2 Samuel 9:1,*  King David woke up one day and declared a Vacancy in the Palace. So, he asked and said: 'Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake?' Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan was found and he dwelt with the king in the Palace and his grandfather's inheritance was restored unto him. In our anchor text above, the King of kings declares vacancies at the Top and it is open to everyone who is ready to wor...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                          *DANGER OF BEING OFFENDED* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  11 March 2025: Share* SCRIPTURE: And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. Then many false Prophets will rise up and deceive many. And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold - *Matthew 24:10‭-‬12*   *The Bible enjoins us to overlook offences because of the danger of being offended.* Jesus said: Whosoever shall not be offended in Him, is blessed - *Matthew 11:6* A Study of our Bible Text clearly states that being offended result into betrayal, which in turn leads to hatred. *Therefore, being offended is a step away from harbouring hatred.* *In 1 John 4:20,* the Bible says, if a man says: I love God and hateth his brother, he is a liar, for he that loveth  not his brot...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                           *RETURNING TO GOD: KEY TO RESTORATION* *By Pastor E O Gabriel 10 March 2025: Share* SCRIPTURE: Receive, Please, instruction from His mouth, And lay up His Words in your heart. If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up; You will remove iniquity far from your tents - *Job 22:22‭-‬23* The Prodigal son received his Inheritance from his father, went away and wasted all his Inheritance.  Thereafter, he started eating food meant for swine.  He came to the realisation that many of his father's hired servants, had enough bread, while he was eating food for the swine.  He decided to return to his father and his return brought about restoration of Resources, Opportunities, Joy, Glory. The Bible says: If thou return to the Almighty, thou shall be built up. God is a builder; He bu...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                           *GO AFTER THE  LION AND THE BEAR* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  09 March 2025: Share* SCRIPTURE: I went out after it and struck it, and delivered the  lamb from its mouth; and when it arose against me, I caught it by its beard, and struck and killed it - *I Samuel 17:35* David was keeping his father's sheep, when a Lion and a Bear attacked and took a lamb, from the sheepfold. David went after the Lion and the Bear and delivered the Lamb. *It is interesting to know that both the Lion and Bear were after the lamb because of what it stands for.* *A Lamb is a sheep less than 12 months old - That Lamb  was symbolic of the reward, result or Testimony of  David's Good and Diligent work as a Shepherd.* *A Shepherd working for Months or Years without a Lamb has nothing to show for h...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                            *SELF DENIAL: THE PRICE OF FOLLOWING CHRIST* *By Pastor E O Gabriel 08 March 2025: Share* SCRIPTURE: Then Jesus said to His Disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me -*Matthew 24:16* *Our Lord Jesus Christ spoke to the Disciples that Self Denial is the Price to Pay to follow after Him.* *Self Denial involves giving up our desires and conveniences; getting off the driver's seat of our life and living for Him.* *There are several reasons self denial is important in our walk with Christ.* 1. First, two (2) Masters cannot be in the same boat.  We cannot be in the same boat with Christ and be issuing orders to Him, therefore we must let Him lead, while we follow.  Paul, the Apostle said: Be ye followers of me even as I am ...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                               *BEYOND YOUR HANDS* *By Pastor E O Gabriel 07 March 2025: Share* SCRIPTURE: And my God shall supply all your Needs according to His Riches in Glory by Christ Jesus - *Philippians 4:19* The Philipian Church was a great blessing to Apostle Paul - He therefore turned to the Church and Prayed that the Lord will supply all their Needs. *This makes it apparent that God can meet our Needs beyond what our hands can Provide - Beyond our salaries, income from financial exploits and multiple business sources - God can supply to us* - *Ephesians 3:20* *Beyond our hands, God can meet our Needs through the hands of others.*  *In 1 Kings 17,* God told Elijah when the brook Cherith dried up, that He had commanded a widow to sustain him throughout the Period of famine.  In this case, G...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                           *YOUR DIRECTION IS YOUR CHOICE* *By Pastor E O Gabriel 06 March 2025: Share* SCRIPTURE: This day I call the Heavens and the Earth as Witnesses against you that I have Set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live - *Deuteronomy 30:19*   Yesterday, we established that: *Your direction is more important than your location; while your location may not define you, your direction does.* The Prodigal son chose to head in his father's direction, to end his stay in a location of no bread. His direction brought about supply to his Needs and Restoration. David was in the wilderness of Judah, a lonely and dry location but, his soul turned in the direction of the One who could bring an end to his wilderness experience. Thereafter, he was...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                           *YOUR DIRECTION IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOUR LOCATION* *By Pastor E O Gabriel 05 March 2025: Share* SCRIPTURE: “But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! - *Luke 15:17* *One of the lessons we learn from the story of the Prodigal son recorded in Luke 15:11-32, is that a man's direction in life  is more important than his location.* *And what a man is going through, is not as important as where he is heading to in life.* The Prodigal son had wasted his Inheritance on riotous living, he had nothing again to eat, he was eating food meant for swine - this was his challenge and location. When he came to himself, he said, he will arise and go to his father - this talks of his direction. *The location of...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                           *SPEEDING IN A WRONG DIRECTION* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  04 March 2025: Share* SCRIPTURE: who is often rebuked, and hardens his neck, Will suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy - *Proverbs 29:1* From the day King Saul disobeyed God in sparing Agag the king of the Amalek and took of the spoil, his life began to slide down a wrong path.  Thereafter, he laid hold upon the skirt of Samuel and it tore. The Spirit of God departed from Saul and an evil spirit began troubling him. He also started seeking to end David's life. Speeding down a wrong Path caused Saul to disguise himself, to seek help from a woman at Endor who had a familiar spirit - *1 Samuel 28:7*   *All of which resulted in his tragic death.* Saul's destruction was avoidable but for his stubbornness. Samuel Preac...