Fresh Fire Devotional

1 Corinthians 9:²⁷ “It is my own body I fight to make it do what I want. I do this so that I won’t miss getting the prize myself after telling others about it.” (ERV)

If you are going to have anything worthwhile, you will have to fight for it. If you are going to take or keep any territory worthwhile, you have to fight for it. Remember, light combusts; the sun is always combusting, burning in order to produce light. So, there is a level of sacrifice that you need to engage. Read the rest of this entry →

Psalm 18:³⁹ “For You equipped me for battle, and You made my enemies fall beneath me (Voice)

I have some Pastor friends in the western world who do not really comprehend spiritual warfare like Africans do. They are good people, powerful people, great men of God in their own rights and to the glory of God. But they do not understand some aspects of spiritual warfare and how real it is. Read the rest of this entry →

1 Corinthians 9:²⁶ “So I run straight to the goal with purpose in every step. I fight to win. I’m not just shadow-boxing or playing around.” (LB)

We will pick up today from our final thought yesterday. The question is, can you say that by the end of 2022 you completed everything God would have you do and that there was nothing left in 2022 for you? Are you ready for 2023 or do you have unfinished business from the previous year? Read the rest of this entry →

Psalm 19:^5-6 “It bursts forth like a radiant bridegroom after his wedding. It rejoices like a great athlete eager to run the race. The sun rises at one end of the heavens and follows its course to the other end. Nothing can hide from its heat.”

We are pressing further into Light and for the next few days, God Himself will equip us with all that we need to shine bright. By the time this season is over, you will shine brighter than you have been shining in Jesus Name. Interestingly, the two analogies God uses to describe the Christian are athlete and soldier. Read the rest of this entry →

Isaiah 54:¹⁷ “No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.” (KJV)

The first implication of light is Vision. The second implication is Evangelism. The third implication is Rapid Progress. The fourth implication of light is Your Light Is Both A Source Of His Light And A Reflection Of His Light. The fifth implication of light is No More Darkness! Read the rest of this entry →

1 Corinthians 15:^40-41 “There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is one, and the glory of the earthly is another. There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.” (NASB)

The first implication of light is Vision. The second implication is Evangelism. The third implication is Rapid Progress. The fourth implication of light is Your Light Is Both A Source Of His Light And A Reflection Of His Light. Those of us who are leaders need to be careful. Read the rest of this entry →

2 Corinthians 3:¹⁸ “But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.”

The first implication of light is Vision. The second implication is Evangelism. The third implication is Rapid Progress. The fourth implication of light is Your Light Is Both A Source Of His Light And A Reflection Of His Light and that is the source principle. Read the rest of this entry →

John 3:³⁰ “He must increase, but I must decrease. He must become greater and greater, and I must become less and less.” (KJV&NLT)

The first implication of light is Vision. The second implication is Evangelism. The third implication is Rapid Progress. In the Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, this year, if they are to sum up your life and the lives of your children in one word, it will be brilliant. Read the rest of this entry →

Psalm 44:³ “They did not win the land with their swords. It wasn’t their strength that won them victory. It was Your strength—Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your presence that gave them success, for You loved them.” (Voice)

The first implication of light is Vision. The second implication of light is Evangelism, and this is huge. 2 Corinthians 4:3-4 & 6 “But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them… For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ” (KJV). Read the rest of this entry →

Psalm 36:⁹ “For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light.” (NIV)

God’s light has a source, and the source is God! Therefore, to engage The Source, the first thing we need to do is to Practice His presence. The second thing that we need to do is to Be Engaged In His Word. Psalm 119:¹⁰⁵ “Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path.” Read the rest of this entry →