Kosher Daily Devotional

*KOSHER*🍧🥗🍹
*Sunday August 3, 2025.*
*Topic: While you slept*
*Text:Isaiah 62:1-12*
*Key Verse: Isaiah 62:6-7*
[6]I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,
[7]And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.

I hope you are already aware that as a champion, you are the target of the enemy.
He is not tired of plotting evil devices to will reduce you to nothing.
This is his job and I can categorically tell you that he has no shift nor vacation.
Through day and night the devil seeks for prey.

He plans and executes his mission most especially while men slept. Jesus gave a parable of how the devil works while teaching... in the book of
Matthew 13:25-26
[25]But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
[26]But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.

Its paramount you know that a lot goes on while men sleep.
The good and the bad unveils during this period.
Hence to be on a safe side, you have got to wake up!

Wakee wakee! Your right is about to be collected and you snore?

Positions are being misplaced and you slumber?

The command is keep not silent, give your eyes no sleep until the end of your race.

It did not say until this particular victory is won. But till your purpose in life is fulfilled.

Am aware it's not an easy tour, however we remain champions so long as we go with God into the battle field.
This should always be your confidence! For God has sworn this and he said through his prophet...
Isaiah 49:24-25
[24]Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?
[25]But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.

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A prayer less person is a hot baked prey for the devil.

Thus keep praying and never relent.

For faulty foundations and destinies are also changed through fervent meditation during the hours of the night.

Remember "as you set your bed, so shall you lie on it"

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Most gracious God, may it please you to strength us and harken when we call.🙏

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*KOSHER*🍜🍔🍷
*Sunday, June 29, 2025*
*Topic: Your dream is yours only*
*Text: Genesis 37:1-36*
*Key verse: Genesis 37:5*
*"And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more."*

Whenever I look at the mirror I see just my pretty self.

I see a unique woman created especially to fulfill a purpose carefully chosen for her.0ppp

I see a woman programmed to reveal excellence and exceptional glorious work.

So dear friend, I believe you also see great dreams and visions for yourself.

The truth is that you are the only one seeing more of these great reflections staring back at you.
Your neighbor may look into that same mirror and see only a face.

Joseph had a dream and shared it with his brethren.

To Joseph, his revelations depict he would be a special vessel God would use to liberate his family.

What an awesome assignment.

But to his jealous brothers, if care is not taken their little brother would grow into a mighty man of power and authority.

So they planned to terminate it on time.

I have grown to understand that no matter how much your family, friends, or colleagues may understand your vision or would like to help you achieve it, no one can see it better than you.
No one can support you better than the support you give yourself.

You own your dream, it's yours.

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Do not let anyone lure you away from your God-given dream and vision for there lies your mission.

Your dream is solely yours so use it, own it and you will be honored in it.

Mind the people you share your dreams with because dream killers are everywhere.

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Grant us the grace to understand our dreams, actualize our dreams and live them.🙏

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*KOSHER*🍜🍔🍷
*Sunday June 22, 2025.*
*Topic: Its a temporal place*
*Text: Isaiah 40:1-31
*Key verse:
Isaiah 40:6 The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:

*LARRY or HARRY*

Larry and Harry, *two homeless men* were given a chance to travel to a third world country on an all-expenses paid trip.

They were told to carry nothing and return with nothing...

They were to make sure they spend all that was given to them.
Provision had been made for their expenses and welfare which they would get upon arrival at their destination.

The only caveat was that neither of them knew when they would be asked to return home.

As they arrived, they were both given a huge sum of money and a credit card with no limits, but reminded to spend it all before returning to their home country.

At this, they became instantly wealthy by local standards.

*Harry* thought to himself. "Wow! This is my opportunity to live like a king for I don't know how long this would last".

So he went and rented a Ferrari and rented the best room in the best hotel in town.

He went to the best stylist, shaved and transformed his looks. He had parties everyday. Everyone in the city thought the cars and the wealth were his and they loved and respected him for it.

*But....*

At the back of his mind, Harry knew he would go back home someday and leave all of it behind but he didn't want to think about it.

Right now he was living in the moment and enjoying himself to the fullest...

*Larry,* on the other hand rented a small Honda to get him around town and stayed in a modest inn.

He thought to himself. "This money will not last and I don't know when I am going back so I have to do something tangible with it."

He decided to *use it to change some people's lives while there was still time.*

So he got busy, went out on the streets and started making a difference.

He didn't just give away money, rather *he tried to help people to be self-sufficient.*
He paid off all the school fees of some promising young ones to enable them get an education and take care of themselves and their families.

He found some responsible adults and funded them in a business that guaranteed they would be able to take care of their family and create employment.

*He devised a means of helping some of the homeless people get off the street and getting them into a trade for he thought "I wish someone would do this for me when I get back".*
*_In short, while Larry was there, he was busy changing lives..._*

Then after just two months they were suddenly notified that it was time to go back.

They hadn't even finished spending all the money but still had to leave it all.

They both said their goodbyes and headed for the airport.

At the airport they were given their original clothes to put back on before boarding the plane back to their country...

Harry reminisced on the good times he had but wasn't too happy that he was going back to his old life.
How would he readjust to being homeless?

*Larry on the other hand felt good. He came with nothing and is leaving with nothing, but he at least helped others with a chance at life and that alone meant the world to him.*

Readjusting to being a homeless person wouldn't be a problem because he never lived like the wealth was his anyway and always had it at the back of his mind that he would leave it all someday.

But... Little did they know that each moment they spent on vacation was being secretly recorded and they would be rewarded accordingly.

Now, which one do you think would be cast back out to the slums as a homeless person and which one would be entrusted with large sums of wealth and position of authority?

*The same goes with our lives here on earth.*

*We are sent here on a mission and will return empty handed except for the recordings of our dealings here on earth.*

Yet, many of us walk around thinking that the wealth we have is ours to keep forever.
We look at ourselves in the mirror and think that what we see will always be there, forgetting that we are wearing a temporary cloth, a human body, that would be required of us before we leave this world.

Our vacation on earth is but a short time while eternity is forever. How we spend this vacation determines how we get to spend eternity.

So.... HOW ARE YOU LIVING YOUR LIFE? ARE YOU LARRY OR HARRY ???


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Be guided for the account of your life is recorded and your lifestyle will determined what becomes of you on the last day.
Do not forget this saying....
2 Corinthians 4:18 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

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Help us o God to number our days.🙏
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*KOSHER*🍧🥗🍹
*Sunday June 15, 2025.*
*Topic: Tardiness: act of irresponsibility *
*Text: Proverbs 21:1-31*
*Key Verse: Proverbs 21:5
[5]The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.*

What we call the African time is a very wrong act that the society at large has accepted.
Tardiness has become a norm against the virtue of punctuality which is considered as inconsequential.

Over time I stopped being punctual as I felt being prompt to events was no longer ideal as others would always keep me waiting and wasting away my precious time.

However, the last that broke the Carmel's back occurred few weeks ago.
A funeral service was set to start by 9am, but as usual I had 10am in mind.
But to my utmost disappointment, the program was already at its climax at my arrival.
And as a participant with a key role, I entered the venue feeling like a crab stepped on.
With this awful feeling, I made up my mind seated there to change for good.
It is either early or never.

Tardiness is indeed an act of irresponsibility as it reveals that you are:

1. A procrastinator who waits for last minute to do it's jobs and as a result, attend it other functions late.

2. Not a good planner and lacks time management.

3. Not diligent and as result you can not be trusted or depended on.

4. Insensitive about people's feeling and time.

5. Rude and lacks respect for others.

In short, lateness can make you lose great opportunity.

You can imagine the negative effects of this simple act.


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Punctuality announces so much good about you without altering a word.

It will not take a miracle to become punctual.
It would only cost you some energy and effort to intentionally stay on top of your schedule.

You can not influence others positively as a habitual late comer.

Why not make the choice to change as I have done.

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May the Lord give us understanding in all things🙏🏻

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