Pastor E O Gabriel

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                                *SPEAK TO THE ROCK* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  30 April  2025: Share* SCRIPTURE: “Take the rod; you and your brother Aaron gather the congregation together. Speak to the rock before their eyes, and it will yield its water; thus you shall bring water for them out of the rock, and give drink to the congregation and their animals" - *Numbers 20:8* The children of Israel needed water and the Lord commanded Moses to speak unto the rock, that it should bring forth water for the Congregation and their beasts. Moses did not hearken to God's instruction. He smote the rock and he incurred the wrath of God. *But, let us take a look at the lessons God wanted to teach Moses and the Israelites:* (1) Man is created in the Image of God and should function like God. God spoke to dar...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                               *THE ULTIMATE GOAL* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  29 April 2025: Share* SCRIPTURE: in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most Pitiable - *1 Corinthians 15:19* *Goal Setting is important in making great impact and reaching a significant destination in life.* *A man without a Goal is like a ship without a rudder.* *Highly successful organisations and individuals all have a crystal clear vision of where they are going.* Goals give our lives meaning.  *Our Goals as Believers should not be limited to having the best life can offer, it must be the Ultimate Goal of making Heaven at last.* The bible says: What shall it Profit a man who gains the whole world and loses his soul - *Matthew 16:26* Setting Short Term or Life Goals are wonderful, but without the ...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                           *THE QUALITIES OF A DELIVERER*  *By Pastor E O Gabriel  28 April 2025: Share* SCRIPTURE: Now Ebed-Melech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs, who was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon. When the king was sitting at the Gate of Benjamin, Ebed-Melech went out of the king’s house and spoke to the king, saying: “My Lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the Prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon, and he is likely to die from hunger in the place where he is. For there  is  no more bread in the city" - *Jereniah 38:7‭-‬9* It is interesting to know that the Person raised by God to deliver Jeremiah from the dungeon was least expected. His name was Ebed-Melech, an Ethopian eunch who was in the Palace of ...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                           *COME UP AND OUT OF  YOUR  DUNGEON (2)* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  27 April 2025: Share* SCRIPTURE: Then the king commanded Ebed-Melech the Ethiopian, saying, “Take from here thirty men with you, and lift Jeremiah the Prophet out of the dungeon before he dies” - *Jeremiah 38:10* The three Princes wanted Jeremiah to die, but not by sword, so they won't be accused of shedding the blood of an innocent Prophet. They cast him into a dungeon so they could remotely end his life, but God disappointed them. *Whoever wants to remotely end your life will be disappointed because the Lord disappoints the devices of the crafty so that their hands will not Perform their Enterprise* - *Job 5:12* *There are many remote instruments the enemy can use to end a man's life.* *(1)* The instrument of hun...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                           *COME UP AND OUT YOUR DUNGEON (1)* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  26 April 2025: Share* SCRIPTURE: Then the king commanded Ebed-Melech the Ethiopian, saying, “Take from here thirty men with you, and lift Jeremiah the Prophet out of the dungeon before he dies" - *Jeremiah 38:10* Jeremiah was a fearless Prophet of God who declared the Counsel of God undiluted to the Nation of Judah. He spoke of the imminent captivity of Judah in Babylon and three Powerful Princes conspired together to end Jeremiah's life - *Jeremiah 38:1*  The king consented to their request to kill Jeremiah. He was cast into a dungeon that had no water, but was muddy. They intended not to shed his blood but that he would die of hunger, loneliness, helplessness, filthiness, suffocation and the likes. Unknown to them, God had...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                           *TENACITY: KEY TO SUCCESS* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  25 April 2025: Share* SCRIPTURE: We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we  are Perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed - *2 Corinthians 4:8-9* *Sometimes great achievement arrive much later than we expect but when it arrives, it is great.* Naaman needed to dip himself in River Jordan seven times before he was cleansed of leprosy. Elijah had to Pray earnestly seven times before his Prophecy of abundant rain, turned into Manifestation. Jacob had to tenaciously wrestle with an Angel for the threat of death on him to give way to life. *Nothing worthwhile comes to a man who is not tenacious because most great doors don't open easily.* *What is tenacity?* *(1)* It is the ab...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                           *PHARAOH ON HIS WAY OUT* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  24 April 2025: Share* SCRIPTURE: Then the waters returned and covered the Chariots, the horsemen, and all the army of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them. Not so much as one of them remained- *Exodus 14:28* Pharaoh was the King in Egypt when the Lord decided to deliver the children of Israel from the bondage of over 400 years in Egypt.  God spoke to him through Moses to let His People go that they may serve Him. But, Pharaoh said who is the Lord that I will allow Israel to go? *Who was Pharaoh ?* *(1)* He was a King who saw himself as the most Powerful, because his Nation Egypt, was the most Powerful Nation in the world at that time - *Exodus 5:2* *(2)* He was a Powerful King who had no respect for the Almighty and His servants ...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                            *THE WICKED IN AUTHORITY* *By Pastor E O Gabriel 23 April 2025: Share* SCRIPTURE: When the Righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; But when a wicked man rules, the people groan - *Proverbs 29:2* God rules through the Leadership.  When King Saul was the King of Israel, God sent Samuel to him to inform him of the Will of the Lord to deal with the Amalekites, the enemies of Israel. God has a Good Plan for His people - He wants His People to Prosper, be in health even as their souls Prosper - *Jeremiah 29:11, 3 John 2* *Where the Leader understands and follows the mind of God, there is no situation People have found themselves, that is irredeemable by God.* But, when the wicked is in authority, the infallible Word of God says the People mourn.  *It has been Proven that Organisa...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                            *THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY GHOST* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  22 April 2025: Share* SCRIPTURE: Or do you not know that your body is the Temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? *- I Corinthians 6:19* Paul shared with the Church at Corinth one of the secrets of living Holy.  He said in the text above that Believers do not own their bodies, for they belong to God. Your body is the Temple of the Holy Ghost. *A Temple is a building that is Primarily devoted for the Purpose of worship.* *Temples are usually accorded the following treatment:* *(1)* They are always kept clean. Cleanliness is next to Godliness. Our bodies as the Lord's Temple, must always be kept clean free of every unpleasant smell. The Priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                          *BOUGHT WITH A PRICE* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  21 April 2025: Share* SCRIPTURE: ye are bought with a Price: therefore Glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's - *1 Corinthians 6:20* It is a wonderful revelation to know that we were bought with a Price.  Irrespective of who looks down on us, we are important to God, for we are bought with a Price.  We are so Valuable to Him, that He bought us with the Blood of His Only Begotten Son, Jesus Christ. *This has several implications:* *(1)* We ought to show constant Gratitude for  God's love put on display, when He Paid such a High Price for us - *John 15:13* *(2)* He cares and watches over us day and night. He will not permit whatever will destroy us. *(3)* Our bodies belong to Him, we are His Temple. We must make ...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                                          *FEAR NOT* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  20 April 2025: Share. SCRIPTURE: Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my Righteousness - *Isaiah 41:10*  Fear not is not a suggestion but a command.  *It occurs in more than 365 times in the Bible which makes it the most repeated command in the Bible.* It is even more repeated than the command to be Holy.  *This is because it is Practically impossible to obey the other commands when you have not overcome fear and whatsoever is not of Faith is sin* *Romans 14:23* *In our text above, God is giving us reasons not to fear:* 》He said I will be with you. The command...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                          *WHEN YOU SUFFER LONG* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  19 April 2025: Share* SCRIPTURE: But the fruit of the Spirit is love, Joy, Peace, longsuffering, kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness - *Galatians 5:22* *The word "suffering" is a word we turn deaf ears to as children of God.*  This is generally because we have come to erroneously believe that as a Born Again child of God, we are immune to sufferings.  *It should be noted that everyone including Christians, will experience suffering which may differ in its length of time.* Joseph moved from one situation of crisis to another for thirteen years.  Job, a man who feared God, experienced Pain and suffering that lasted for a long time, causing friends to mock him. Apostle Paul's Pilgrimage on Earth, was riddled with hardship and sufferings. ...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                           *UNDERSTANDING THE HOLY OIL OF GOD* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  18 April 2025: Share* SCRIPTURE: I have found David my servant; with my Holy Oil have I anointed him: - *Psalms 89:20* The rod of Moses became the rod of God doing wondrous things, likewise, man's ordinary oil can become God's Holy oil.  In our text above, God said I have found David my servant, with my Holy oil have I anointed him. *When an ordinary oil becomes the Holy oil of God, tremendous Power from God will flow through it.* Samuel anointed David amongst his brothers, and the Bible says, the Spirit of God came on him from that day forward - *1 Samuel 16:13* *This tells us that the Holy oil of God attracts the Spirit of God into the life of a man.* *Therefore, when the enemies shall rise up in their number against the ...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                                    *THE ROD OF GOD*  *By Pastor E O Gabriel  17 April 2025: Share* SCRIPTURE:  So Moses took his wife and his sons and had them ride on a donkey, and went back to the land of Egypt. And Moses took the staff of God in his hand - *Exodus 4:20* God encountered Moses and commissioned him to go before Pharaoh, and declare that he should allow the children of Israel to go, that they may serve Him. During this encounter, God asked Moses what was in his hand and he answered that it was a rod - *Exodus 4:2* This was the rod he used while keeping the flocks of Jethro his father-in-law. This was his but after his encounter, it became the rod of God. When the Amalekites came against Israel at Rephidim, Moses said to Joshua, 'choose out men and face the Amalek...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                          *GOD IS A BEGINNER AND A FINISHER* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  16 April 2025:Share* SCRIPTURE: Being confident of this very thing, that He which hath begun a Good work in you will Perform it until the day of Jesus Christ: - *Philippians 1:6* In the beginning, God created the Heavens and the Earth - *Genesis 1:1* Thus, the Heavens and the Earth were finished and all the hosts - *Genesis 2:1* The Heavens and the Earth which the Lord began, He finished.  *This affirms that whatever the Lord begins, He will surely finish.* *There are a number of lessons to learn from these:* *(1)* God will be there for everything He starts, from beginning to the end.  Once He begins, He will stay at it until it is completed. He will commence, continue and complete. Whenever He begins a Healing Process, He wi...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                                       *GO FORWARD* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  15 April 2025: Share* SCRIPTURE: And the Lord said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? Speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward - *Exodus 14:15* The simple directive God gave to the children of Israel during an extremely challenging time, was to go forward.  This simple directive is loaded with meanings.  *What Does It Mean to Go Forward?* *(1)* Do not stand idle in Challenging Times and watch the wind blow; it will blow away anyone standing idle.  Rather, we are to determine the direction the wind blows. On his way to Tarshish, Jonah was fast asleep in the boat, while the wind was blowing. He ended up in the belly of a fish.  *Standing idle while the wind rages is dan...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                           *BENEFITTING FROM YOUR GIFTS* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  14 April 2025: Share* SCRIPTURE: A man's Gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men - *Proverbs 18:16* *Everyone is Gifted* Jesus told a Parable of a man travelling to a far country, who delivered his goods to his servants. He gave five talents to one, two to another and one to the third servant.  *The talents were given according to their several abilities and capacity.*  *The lesson here is that there was none without a talent.* We equally see in the Parable, that they did not all benefit from their Gifting.  *Our text above says a man's Gift makes room for him.* Therefore, it is essential to know what to do with our Gifts, so that it will make room for us in life and number us among great men. We hav...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                           *ARE YOU AN EUNUCH?*  *By Pastor E O Gabriel  13 April 2025: Share* SCRIPTURE: And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an Eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship - *Acts 8:27* Philip was led by the Lord to an Ethiopian eunuch, who had gone up to Jerusaleum to worship and was returning to Ethiopia. Philip met him riding in his chariot and reading the book of Isaiah. The Bible tells us that the Eunuch was a man of great authority, who was in charge of the Queen's treasury.  This means that though the Eunuch was highly resourceful, he was fruitless. *Many of us like this eunuch are highly resourceful but lack fruits to show.* The cause of his fruitlessness was n...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                           *THE BLESSEDNESS OF DIVINE FORGIVENESS* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  12 April 2025: Share* SCRIPTURE: Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered - *Romans 4:7* The Lord is long suffering and of great Mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgressions and by no means clearing the guilty - *Numbers 14:18a* *God is rich in Mercy, forgiving iniquities, transgressions and sin.*  *Those who are forgiven by the Lord, are truly blessed.* *The blessings include:* *(1)* Jesus' sacrifice on the Cross, will not be in vain in their lives.  His Blood shed on the Cross, cleanses from all sins.  *Divine forgiveness makes effective the Cleansing Power in the Blood of Jesus.* *(2)* Sin is blotted out and no more remembered. *Isaiah 43:25* And they shall teach no...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                                      *NEW BEGINNING* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  11 April 2025: Share* SCRIPTURE: Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a New Thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert - *Isaiah 43:18‭-‬19* *New Beginning put simply is: Stepping out of the Old and stepping in into a New Thing.* In the story of the Paralytic man in *Mark 2:1-12,* he was locked down by sickness, he could not go where he wanted, he could not do what he wanted. His career and relationships were adversely affected. But, he had an encounter with Christ and he arose and began to walk - A New Beginning.  He stepped out of sickness into health, out of being a burden in...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                           *COVENANT WITH OUR EYES* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  10 April 2025: Share* SCRIPTURE: I made a Covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?- *Job 31:1* The Lord testified concerning Job that he was Perfect and Upright.  *Our Text Provides one reason why he was able to live a Perfect and an Upright life - He made a Covenant with his eyes.* *A covenant with one's eyes, will make the Meditation of the heart acceptable to God because the eye is a very Powerful Gate to the heart.* *Whatever is captured by the eyes will be registered in the heart.*  *Righteous Living  therefore requires that we jealously guide our eyes on what to look upon.* *Unguided eyes will bring great trouble to the Soul.* Samson's greatest challenge was that he was not in control of his eyes. ...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                           *GOD SPEAKS THROUGH  AUTHORITIES* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  09 April 2025: Share* SCRIPTURE: Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your Souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with Joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you - *Hebrews 13:17* *One of the reasons God commands us to submit to Higher Authority, is because He speaks through them.* The Bible says the king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water, He turns it wherever He wills - *Proverbs 21:1* When Jesus was born and Herod was after His life to kill Him, the Lord spoke to Joseph in a dream, instructing Him to flee to Egypt with the child and His mother - *Matthew 2:13*  *The safety of baby Jesus was is Mary's obedience to the...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                           *FROM THE DUNGHILL TO THE TOP* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  08 April 2025: Share* 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* *Everyone who puts his trust in God, has every reason to expect the best in life.* God is a Maker of men. Jesus said follow me and I will make you fishers of men - *Matthew 4:19,*  *He is Powerful enough to make a nonentity a celebrity.* Our text says, He lifts up beggars and set them up amongst Princes.  This tells us clearly that no condition is too dirty and horrible for God to transform.  Men will give up on beggars on the dunghill but God wil...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                            *EVIDENCE OF A PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  07 April 2025: Share* SCRIPTURE:  Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before - *Philippians 3:13*  God does nothing without a Purpose; man is a created for a Purpose - *Genesis 1:26* Jeremiah was raised for a Purpose - *Jeremiah 1:5* Pharaoh was raised for a Purpose - *Romans 9:17* Jesus stepped down from eternity into time, for a Purpose - *1 John 3:8*   *Therefore, life is meant to be Purpose driven.* *Unfortunately, for various reasons not all lives are lived on Purpose.* Our text above depicts the evidence of a Purpose driven life: *(1)* It is a focused life. It is a life of: *'One t...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                           *IMMUNITY AGAINST  THE DEVASTATING EFFECTS OF LIFE'S CHALLENGES* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  06 April 2025: Share* SCRIPTURE: Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.  He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken - *Psalms 34:19‭-‬20* *The challenges of life in any form could be very devastating.* The Bible says the thief cometh not but to steal, to kill and to destroy - *John 10:10* King Saul was hit by the challenges of life, his life and reign came to an abrupt end.  Job also experienced the challenges of life but he survived and came out better than he entered into it. His latter end was greater than the former - *Job 42:12* *Job could therefore be said to have Immunity against the devastating effects of his challenges....

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                            *IRON SHARPENS IRON* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  05 April 2025: Share* SCRIPTURE: Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend - *Proverbs 27:17* *David decided to be friends with Jonathan and this was a wise decision.* He was already anointed among his brothers and it must have dawned on him that he was destined for the Throne.  He had spent Major Parts of his life in the bush as a Shepherd boy, not familiar with the Palace Protocols but, his friendship with Jonathan, gave him an edge. *As Destiny driven men and women, we also ought to display the same Wisdom in our choice of friends.* God saw that it was not Good for man to be alone and He said: 'I will make an Help Meet, suitable for him" - *Genesis 2:18* *Wisdom therefore demands that everyone of our frie...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                          *KEYS TO KNOWING THE PERFECT WILL OF GOD* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  04 April 2025: Share* SCRIPTURE: I beseech you therefore, Brethren, by the Mercies of God, that ye Present your bodies a Living Sacrifice, Holy, Acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable Service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your Mind, that ye may Prove what is that Good, and Acceptable, and Perfect, Will of God - *Romans 12:1-2* *Knowing the Perfect Will of God should be the desire of every child of God, who is interested in finishing well and Strong in every area of life.*  *Apostle Paul in his letter to the Romans, listed three Major keys to knowing the Perfect Will of God:* (1) Presenting our bodies as Living Sacrifice, Holy and Acceptable unto God. This involves havin...

 SEED OF TRANSFORMATION DAILY DEVOTIONAL                                              *A PIG-PEN EXPERIENCE* *By Pastor E O Gabriel  03 April 2025: Share* *Text: Luke 15:11-32* *The Prodigal son had a pig-pen experience that brought about Glorious Transformation to him as a Person.* *The lessons he didn't learn while he was with his father, he learnt them through a pig-pen experience.*  *Many of us don't listen to the Word God spoken to us in our Comfort Zones, but the Sermons speak loud and clear to us when we are hit by crisis in life.*  The Prodigal son wasted his Inheritance on "Riotous Living". Thereafter, there arose a famine, he found himself  in a pigs-pen, eating foods belonging to pigs. *Let us look at some of the lessons he learnt:* (1) He came to himself. This means he discovered who he was, he discovered his Identity. (a) Who we are is ...