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The Living Bread Daily Devotional

Sunday, 10th January, 2021

Topic: The Ark Is Not The Presence

Author: Pastor Abraham David

And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the Lord smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies. 1 Samuel 4:3 KJV

For man to proper understand God and know his ways, he must follow God truly with all His heart. God will prove Himself mighty in your life only when you truly know Him; you can't substitute any thing for God.

The children of Israel were suffering defeat in the hands of their enemies, the Philistines, so, the elders of people came together and agreed to go and bring the Ark of the covenant of God out of Shiloh to the battle ground so that when the Ark of the covenant comes to them, it may save them from defeat in the hands of the Philistines. How on earth could they have imagined that the Ark of the covenant which was made of wood would save them? They didn't ask God to save them, they instead trusted the Ark which only signified the presence of God, to save them.

Because the children of Israel were not following God with their hearts, they trusted the Ark that was made by Bezaleel according to God's instructions to Moses to save them from their enemies. The Ark is not the presence of God, it only signifies His presence; His real presence is in His word, He dwells in His word; any time you act on His word, you see His presence manifested. The Ark of the covenant that the children of Israel were carrying about requires the keeping of the covenant, because it is in the word that God dwells. They forsook the covenant and wanted the Ark to save them, so they were defeated as a result of not following God's commandments.

Is your trust in God or in material thing? God does not live in wood, He does not live in any material object such as handkerchief, or any clothing material; He does not live in oil; He lives in His word. Seek the Lord truly with the whole of your heart, seek His word and keep the word, and you will see Him work wonders in your life.

Prayer

My glorious Father, you are the only true God and I ask that you help me to always focus on you, and depend on you alone to save me, in Jesus name. Amen

Further Study

Joshua 6:5, Jeremiah 7:8-11, Amos 5:22

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The Living Bread Daily Devotional

Thursday, 7th January, 2021

Topic: You Don't Need A Sign To Believe

Author: Pastor Abraham David

And the Lord said unto him, surely I will be with thee, and thou shall smite the midianites as one man. And he said unto him, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me. Judges 6:16-17 KJV

God is always speaking to His children, but many of us have not heard Him nor understand what He is saying, and for this reason have not seen the things He said come to pass in our lives because we want Him to show us signs that He is the one talking to us, without sign, we don't believe He is talking to us.

The lord appeared to Gideon and told him that He is with him, but Gideon asked God for a sign so that he would believe that God was the one talking to him and that He meant what He said. Why did Gideon asked for a sign? He asked for a sign because he was a man of the flesh and had no faith just like most people of the old Covenant. They didn't know God, so they don't understand the things of the spirit, that's why they only believe when they see.

We are not people of the old Covenant, we are people of the new covenant (testament), we are men and women of faith; none of us is without faith. As men and women of faith, we don't ask God for any sign because, we are the real signs; the Bible says, "behold, I and the children whom the Lord hath given me are for signs and for wonders..." (Isaiah 8:18 KJV).

As a child of God, don't ask God for a sign, Just believe whatever He tells you. Asking God for a sign is a proof that you don't believe Him.

Abraham our father didn't ask God for a sign, he just believed when God spoke; as his seed, we must exercise his kind of faith, the faith that does not waver.

You don't need a sign to believe whatever God tells you, you only need faith in the heart. You need the God kind of faith, the faith which believes all things, and takes to be the absolute truth everything God says. So, if you are one of those people who always believe in sign and wants God to give a sign or show a sign before you believe that what He says is true, stop from today. If God chooses to give a sign, fine, if He doesn't talk to you about sign, then don't think about it, just believe with the heart and you will see wonders.

Prayer

My Father, I thank you for your word, your words are ever true, and with you there is no shadow of turning; I hold onto your word, because I know that whatever you say would come to pass; now I asked my Father, glorify yourself in my life, in Jesus name. Amen.

Further Study

Judges 6:1-24, 36-40; 2 Kings 20:8-11

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Topic: Do Not Fear Any Evil

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Psalms 23:4 KJV

Living the life of your dream requires that you be fearless, and as a child of God, you should have no fear of anything, fear no evil, because the scripture says in 2 Timothy 1:7 KJV, For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. Always maintain your trust and confidence in God, and believe that, it doesn’t matter what evil is going on in the world, none was designed to harm you ,because of who you are in Christ, and the presence of God with you.Read more here👇

https://www.pastorabrahamonline.org/do-not-fear-any-evil/ God bless you.

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Word Warriors

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God – Ephesians 6:17 KJV We have many Christians who are prayer warriors but very few who are word warriors. Being a prayer warrior is good, but a prayer warrior who is not a word warrior can never

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Frame Your World

Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. Hebrews 11:3 KJV God made all men and put in us all His creative ability. We are God-made geniuses, the reason is, God made us in His

Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. Hebrews 11:3 KJV God made all men and put in us all His creative ability. We are God-made geniuses, the reason is, God made us in His

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Turn Your Battle To God

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not,

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.  If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.  But if not,

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Don't Be Taken Unaware

It would be a terrible thing for anyone who is not caught up to be with the Lord in the air on that glorious day of rapture of the Church.

For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, And