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Daily Devo #172: Are "Firstfruits" Offering Still Applicable Today?

Daily Devotions #172: Are "Firstfruits" Offering Still Applicable Today?
Scripture: Proverbs 3:9-10
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👨‍💻 Teaching: Firstfruits is voluntary: 1. Firstfruits as voluntary sacrificial giving is giving the first portion of our income. 2. Firstfruits as voluntary sacrificial giving honors the Lord. 3. Firstfruits as voluntary sacrificial giving can be one of the means to receive blessings from God.  
💪 Application:1. Practice sacrificial giving as a way of thanking and honoring the Lord. 2. Practice sacrificial giving as a way of being a channel of God’s blessing. 3. Practice sacrificial giving as a way of showing that we trust God to provide for our needs.  
🎙Discussion:Why should we practice voluntary sacrificial giving as an expression of our trust in God?
🙏 Prayer:Father in Heaven, thank You for sending Jesus Christ—the firstfruits of resurrection (1 Cor. 15:20-23). We can give our best because You first gave Your best. We love because You loved us first. Please accept my voluntary sacrificial giving as an act of worship. Let this be my expression of faith that You are my Provider then, now, and forevermore. I entrust to You my finances, knowing that You care. Please multiply my resources, not to become selfish but to honor You. I ask this for Your greater glory. In Jesus’ name, amen!

Ep#119: The Bible is Our Lamp

365 Bible Verses Ep#119: The Bible is Our Lamp
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📖 Scripture: Psalm 119:105
👨‍💻 Teaching: 1. The principles of the Bible guard us from evil. 2. The principles of the Bible  give us instructions.3. The principles of the Bible guide us to victory. 
💪 Application:1. Stay in God’s light daily. 2. Study God’s principles daily. 3. Seek God’s will daily. 
🎙Discussion:Why do God’s principles serve as our guide to victory? 
🙏 Prayer:Lord, thank You because I have Your Word that serves as my guide to victory. Enable me to read, study, and understand Your Word. Help me to follow Your will at all times. 

Ep#118: The Bible is God-breathed

365 Bible Verses Ep#118: The Bible is God-breathed
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📖 Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:16
👨‍💻 Teaching: 1. Studying the Bible is vital to spiritual growth. 2. Studying the Bible is reading the mind of God. 3. Studying the Bible transforms the student of the Bible. 
💪 Application:1. Eat spiritual food everyday. 2. Expect to learn God’s plan.3. Exercise godliness. 
🎙Discussion:How will you improve your spiritual discipline?
🙏 Prayer:Father, thank You because Your blueprint for humanity is written in Your Word. Help me understand as I study the Bible. Please transform me into a person You wanted me to be. 

Ep#117: How to Avoid Making Bad Decisions?

365 Bible Verses Ep#117: How to Avoid Making Bad Decisions?
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📖 Scripture: Proverbs 16:32
👨‍💻 Teaching: 1. Controlling yourself is better than being powerful.2. Controlling yourself is better than controlling others. 3. Lack of self-control leads to regret. 
💪 Application:1. Be slow to anger. 2. Rule over your emotion. 3. Make biblical and logical decisions. 
🎙Discussion:Why is it important for you to make biblical and logical decisions?
🙏 Prayer:Lord, please enable me to manage my emotions especially anger. Please prevent me to make highly emotional decisions. Help me to make biblical and logical decisions I would not regret. 

Daily Devo #171: Is Tithing Still Applicable Today?

Daily Devotions #171: Is Tithing Still Applicable Today?
Scripture: Malachi 3:10
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👨‍💻 Teaching: 1. Tithing is not required for Christians.2. Tithing can be the starting point of giving.3. Tithing can be God’s way of showering you with blessings. 
💪 Application:1. Start by practicing voluntary tithing.2. Practice generous and sacrificial giving. 3. Give in proportion to God’s blessings. 
Note: All offerings in the New Testament were directed towards missions and benevolence. 
🎙Discussion:Why should we practice generous giving as a way of letting God to be generous to us? 
🙏 Prayer:Lord, teach me to be generous even though I have my own financial challenges. Let me live according to the principle that says, 'God is generous to generous people.' I pray that You will enable me to practice voluntary tithing as a starting point for giving. Let me give in proportion to what I receive from You. Enable me to give sacrificially so that You may open the windows of heaven and pour out Your blessings upon me. I pray this in Jesus’ name, amen!

Ep#116: What is Self Control?

365 Bible Verses Ep#116: What is Self Control?
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📖 Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:7
👨‍💻 Teaching: 1. Power without self-control is destruction. 2. Love without self-control is chaos.   3. Self-control is a fruit of the Spirit. 
💪 Application: 1. Be responsible with your power. 2. Set boundaries around love. 3. Submit to the Holy Spirit. 
🎙Discussion:Why is it necessary to submit under the Spirit in order to have self-control. 
🙏 Prayer:Lord, right now I surrender myself to You. Please control me and let Your Holy Spirit lead me to Your path. Take control over my life most especially when I am being tempted to misuse power and love. 
 

Ep#115: Can You Explain Why You Are A Christian?

365 Bible Verses Ep#115: Can You Explain Why You Are A Christian?
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📖 Scripture: 1 Peter 3:15
👨‍💻 Teaching: 1. We are commanded to make Jesus holy in our hearts. 2. We are commanded to always be prepared. 3. We are commanded to be gentle and respectful. 
💪 Application:1. Give Jesus the highest reverence. 2. Learn to defend the faith and give reason for our hope. 3. Defend the faith with gentleness and respect. 
🎙Discussion:Why do you need to learn how to explain your faith?
🙏 Prayer:Lord, please give me a deep desire to know You and understand the Bible. Give me knowledge and wisdom to explain why I believe in Jesus—my eternal hope.

Ep#114: How to Correct Someone?

365 Bible Verses Ep#114: How to Correct Someone?
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📖 Scripture: Galatians 6:1
👨‍💻 Teaching: 1. Gentleness is a character of Christ.2. Correcting someone must be done in gentleness. 3. Harshness is hypocrisy. 
💪 Application:1. Be gentle like Jesus. 2. Correct people gently. 3. Do not be a hypocrite. 
🎙Discussion:How can we be gentle like Jesus?
🙏 Prayer:Lord, sorry because I always sin against You. thank You because You gently and graciously restore me back to You. In the same way, help me to gently correct others. 

Daily Devo #170: Whoever Sows Bountifully will Reap Bountifully

Daily Devotions #170: Whoever Sows Bountifully will Reap Bountifully
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:6-7
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👨‍💻 Teaching: 1. The New Testament teaches sacrificial and voluntary giving. 2. The New Testament encourages a cheerful giving. 3. The New Testament teaches bountiful sowing and bountiful reaping. 
💪 Application:1. Practice voluntary sacrificial giving. 2. Give joyfully out of gratitude. 3. Sow bountifully and reap bountifully.  
🎙Discussion:How do you know which one is seed for sowing and which one is bread for food?
🙏 Prayer:Lord, thank You for being faithful in providing seed for sowing and bread for food. Please teach me to identify the seeds meant to be planted so that I may reap a huge harvest in due time. Let me sow bountifully so that I may reap bountifully. Let me give cheerfully out of gratitude because You have been good to me. Use me to become a channel of Your blessings. In Jesus’ name, amen!

Ep#113: Faith and Faithfulness

365 Bible Verses Ep#113: Faith and Faithfulness
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📖 Scripture: Romans 4:20-21
👨‍💻 Teaching:
Faithfulness and faith cannot be separated.
Faithfulness is fueled by trust in God’s word.
Faithfulness is committed to honor God. 
💪 Application:
Trust God and the rest will follow.
Stay committed to God and His promises.
Honor God by putting your faith in His power.
🎙Discussion:
Are you fully persuaded that God has the power to do His promises? How does this truth change your life?
🙏 Prayer:
Lord, please increase my faith in You. Let me trust Your word and power. Enable me to be faithful to You at all times.

Ep#112: Be Faithful With Little, Be Ready for Abundance

365 Bible Verses Ep#112: Be Faithful With Little, Be Ready for Abundance
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📖 Scripture: Matthew 25:21
👨‍💻 Teaching:
Faithfulness must be “well done.”
Faithfulness starts with small things.
Faithfulness will be rewarded. 
💪 Application:
Do what Jesus asks.
Start with what you have right now.
Be faithful and let God do the promotion.
🎙Discussion:
How do you think God sees you right now? Will He find you faithful?
🙏 Prayer:
Lord, thank You because You are always faithful and true to Your words and promises. I praise You because You remain faithful even in my failures. Lord, I ask that You will help me to become faithful to You even in small things.

Ep#111: Don't watch if You don't want to Act on It

365 Bible Verses Ep#111: Don't watch if You don't want to Act on It
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📖 Scripture: Luke 6:35
👨‍💻 Teaching:
God is not like any other gods.
God is the God of grace, mercy, and love.
God commands us to love our enemies.
💪 Application:
Do good to your enemies.
Lend to your enemies.
Be Christ-like to your enemies.
🎙Discussion:
What specific steps will you take in order to show your love for your enemies?
🙏 Prayer:
Lord, thank You because You have loved me even though I commit sins against You. You showed Your love by sending Jesus to die on the cross so that Your enemies could become children of God. In the same way, help me to show my love to my enemies as well.

Ep#110: Your Season of Harvest is Coming

365 Bible Verses Ep#110: Your Season of Harvest is Coming
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📖 Scripture: Galatians 6:9-10
👨‍💻 Teaching:
Doing good to others is like planting seeds.
We all have opportunities to do good.
Prioritize the family of God.
💪 Application:
Do not give up in doing good.
Do not be stupid by expecting harvest without planting seeds.
Prioritize the family of the believers.
🎙Discussion:
How can you plant seeds today?
🙏 Prayer:
Lord, I pray that You will continue to bless me so that I can be a channel of Your blessing to others.

Ep#109: Why is it Impossible to be Christian?

365 Bible Verses Ep#109: Why is it Impossible to be Christian?
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📖 Scripture: 1 Peter 3:9
👨‍💻 Teaching:
Why acting Christianly is impossible?
God commands us to do what the flesh cannot do.
God commands us what the Spirit can do.
God enables us to act Christianly and be blessed.
💪 Application:
Ask the Spirit for empowerment.
Repay evil with blessings.
Receive God’s blessings.
🎙Discussion:
In what way you can repay evil with blessings?
🙏 Prayer:
Father, I admit that I committed so much evil but You have blessed me with so much blessings in Christ. Help me do the same to the people who do evil against me by the help of the Holy Spirit.

Ep#108: A Good Person Rejoices and Mourns with Others

365 Bible Verses Ep#108: A Good Person Rejoices and Mourns with Others
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📖 Scripture: Romans 12:15
NIV:
Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.
 
MBB:
Makigalak kayo sa mga nagagalak, at makitangis sa mga tumatangis.
👨‍💻 Teaching:
Kindness is not envious.
Kindness is empathy.
Everyone needs kindness.
💪 Application:
Always put yourself in other people’s situation.
Be willing to extend help as much as you can.
Minimize advice. Maximize listening.
🎙Discussion:
How can you improve your kindness to the people around you?
🙏 Prayer:
Father, thank You for being kind to me. Please give me a kind heart so that I may glorify You by being kind to others.