Prison Ministries

by Wendy Graham [wendy4c@primus.ca]
I Will Provide

“Now fear the Lord and serve Him with all faithfulness.” Joshua 24:14

Throw away the God’s your forefathers worshipped beyond the river and in Egypt, and serve the Lord.”

I am the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. I am the same as yesterday, today and tomorrow. There are no other gods before Me. I chose Moses to lead My people out of Egypt and into the Promised Land. I anointed him and enabled him to take on such a task. I made the impossible become possible when I parted the Red Sea for their safe passage.

I chose Joshua and declared him a leader for the Israelites to continue their journey into the Promised Land. It was I that anointed him for such a task and I dried up the waters of the Jordan from before them so they could pass over.

Do not lack faith in My ability dear ones. It is within My power and authority that I do these things. Do not fear at the raging rivers or turbulence that you see. Do not see them as an obstacle before you.

You have nothing to fear that the enemy puts before you as a stumbling block. I will shake what needs to be shaken. I will push back what opposes me, and I will purify what requires holy purification in My sight.

My pathway has been marked. It has been written in My Word. My ways are set and they are much higher than your ways. What I put in order shall come to pass in my good order for what I decree shall be established.

Do not think that I can not part the sea before you. I tell you today my children that I am the same as yesterday, today and tomorrow. There are no other Gods before Me.

Stand in faith on the promises that I decree before you and you will see them pass, dear ones. I am the Lord, and I will provide.

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Read Luke 12:42-48, Psalm 132
Missed Opportunities

“I will make them and the places all around My hill a blessing; and I will cause showers to come down in their season; there shall be showers of blessing.” Ezekiel 34:26

God showered down manna from heaven daily to feed the children of Israel. They had to use it or lose it because it could not be hoarded, stored, or saved.

God sends us showers of blessings daily including the opportunities to be blessed by being a blessing to others. We have to use or lose these opportunities because many of them must be taken advantage of or lost when they are offered.

Self centeredness is probably our biggest “blessing buster.” We all too often are so preoccupied in our own agenda that we miss out on many of God’s “divine appointments for blessings.”

Jesus stands at the door and knocks offering His wonderful gift of eternal life, and people are so engrossed in themselves that they don’t even hear the knock and miss out on the real opportunity of this lifetime.

We miss out on opportunities to share our faith because we are not prepared to “give an account of the hope that is within us” when we get the opportunity and don’t even realize it until it has passed.

We often hoard the material, relational, physical, and gift abundance that God has given us so that we can be generous on all occasions and fail to meet His expectations for those to whom He gives and expects much.

There are showers of blessatunities to pass on by reflecting God’s love through random acts of kindness, mercy, forgiveness, patience, generosity, and service to others every day of our lives. We need to soak them up and wring them out to those God places in our paths or hearts each day.

Father help me to always remember that You have blessed me so that I can be a blessing to others. In Jesus’ name, Amen

Read 1 Corinthians 2:9-17, Psalm 119:17-24
Let’s Make a Deal!

“So also Christ died only once as a sacrifice to take away the sins of many people. He will come again but not to deal with our sins again. This time he will bring salvation to all those who are eagerly waiting for him.” Hebrews 9:28 NLT

This TV game show featured the decision to trade your winnings for whatever was behind Door 1, 2, or 3. You often got something much better, and just as often got something worthless. Read the rest of this devotional »

Read Luke 11:39-44, Proverbs 28
Just A Little Bit More

“O God, I beg two favors from You before I die. First, help me never to tell a lie. Second, give me neither poverty nor riches! Give me just enough to satisfy my needs. For if I grow rich, I may deny You and say, ‘Who is the LORD?’ And if I am too poor, I may steal and thus insult God’s holy name.” Proverbs 30:7-9 NLT

To the greedy, how much is enough is always “just a little bit more.” Even the ungreedy often have a difficult time distinguishing between wants and needs.

We live in a consumer-driven economy that is based on creating a demand and then supplying that demand, and everything is made to look and sound so appealing.

Whether the world or the devil is doing the tempting, it is hard to resist the promise of the beer ads for fun and adventure, the car ads for the hemi, or for more power, more of everything, shampoo for beautiful hair,etc.

All we have to do is discard our old and try the new and improved.

Satan will often plant seeds of dissatisfaction with our jobs and even our marriages to get us looking for “just a little bit more” happiness.

Sometimes we are so focused on seeking “just a little bit more” that we have it made and don’t even know it until we mess up and realize too late how good we really had it.

Generosity is one of the best antidotes for greed that has ever been invented. It also opens up the flood gates of God’s blessings with which He wants to bless us.

What we really need to understand is that our worth and wealth is not based on what we have but on Who we have. We can always be greedy for “just a little bit more” of Jesus!

Father, help me to be like Paul and learn to be content and filled with Your peace and joy, no matter what my worldly circumstances. In Jesus’ name, Amen.