ICGC - Kharis Temple

27/08/2026

*LIVING WORD DEVOTIONAL*
_By Pastor Mensa Otabil_

Thursday, 27th August 2026

*YOU CAN DO ALL THINGS*

*SCRIPTURE READING:* Philippians 4:10-20

> _I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me._ *Philippians 4:13*

The Apostle Paul had a 'can do' spirit. When the Lord Jesus called him into the ministry, Paul faced so many barriers. His task was to take the gospel beyond the Jewish community. That task required Paul to break several barriers — spiritual, mental, physical, racial, social and gender. He had to deal with rejection, scarcity, hunger, and severe persecution. Faced with all these challenges, Paul still proclaimed, 'I can do all things'.

Barriers of impossibility confront us daily. Some of those barriers are physical realities, but many of them are mental barriers. After we have faced impossibilities for so long, and seen others fail, we accept failure as our reality.

For so many years, the record for the mile in athletics hovered above four minutes. Many people said the limits of physical capacity had been reached; and that it was impossible to break the four-minute barrier.

In 1954, Roger Bannister broke the tape at 3:59.4. And what was the result? Well, as soon as the myth of the 'impossible barrier' was dispelled, the four-minute mile was attacked and pierced by many with apparent ease. In almost no time, the four-minute achievement was bettered sixty-six times by twenty-six different runners! Bannister broke the myth of the four-minute mile and created an atmosphere of possibility for successive runners.

Christ has broken all barriers of impossibility so that we can also break barriers in life. When we come into a relationship with Christ, He becomes our new reality. His word becomes our mandate. His grace becomes our strength and His power our source of energy and action. What He says we can do, we can do! What He says is possible, is possible.

Let us live with these two realities.

*• Christ is my strength.* The Lord gives us power to do what He has done.

*• I can do all things through Him.* Through the abiding presence of the Holy Spirit, we have divine ability to overcome barriers.

We cannot serve an all-powerful God and continue to make excuses for our non-performance. He is there to empower us if we will just accept His word as it is and act on it with faith.

*PRAYER*

_Heavenly Father, I receive the fullness of your ability in my life and boldly step out to break barriers. In Jesus' name, Amen._

26/08/2026

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26/08/2026

*LIVING WORD DEVOTIONAL*
_By Pastor Mensa Otabil_

Wednesday, 26th August 2026

*IT'S TIME FOR GROWTH*

*SCRIPTURE READING:* Isaiah 60

> _A little one shall become a thousand, And a small one a strong nation. I, the Lord, will hasten it in its time._ *Isaiah 60:22*

When we commit ourselves to grow, God transforms us from the little weak people we are into mighty giants who do big things for Him.

Have you ever had this experience? After so many years, you meet a friend from your past — maybe your childhood or teenage years. This is someone who used to bully you and make you feel small and weak. Now, you meet him or her and you wonder whether it's the same person. When you were younger, they seemed big and intimidating but now they appear rather small and frail.

You ask yourself: 'Is it the same person? What happened?' Well, you grew! In your mind, you assumed that no matter how much you grew, they would be bigger than you. Then you realize after meeting him or her that you actually grew bigger. You smile at them and wonder what it was that made you afraid in the first place. We go through that exact experience in both our spiritual and mental lives.

Today, when you look around you, there are so many difficulties that perplex you and make you feel insignificant. When you look at them, they seem so big and impossible to solve. In your mind they seem like problems which will always be with you.

However, as you consistently apply yourself to spiritual growth, in the word of God, something dramatic is taking place that you do not see. You are growing stronger and bigger by the day. Although you may not see it, you are growing spiritually — in your mind, thoughts and understanding.

One day, you will confront the same problems that scared you today, and they will appear small and insignificant. Those issues that you thought you would never be able to overcome will bow before you because of your new-found strength and authority in Christ. So, grow, brother grow. Grow, sister grow.

Let us grow until the little one becomes a thousand, and a small one becomes a mighty nation.

*PRAYER*

_Heavenly Father, you are my strength. Raise me up above every limitation facing me today. In Jesus' name, Amen._

25/08/2026

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25/08/2026

*LIVING WORD DEVOTIONAL* _By Pastor Mensa Otabil_

Tuesday, 25th August 2026

*WHEN I WAS A CHILD*

*SCRIPTURE READING:* 1 Corinthians 13

> _When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things._ *1 Corinthians 13:11*

Learning is in stages. In both our natural and spiritual lives, learning is part of our growth. What we learn at an earlier age helps us to learn new things in our later years. If we do not master the things at a lower level, we cannot grasp the higher things. If we do not master our ABCs, so to speak, we cannot master our spellings.

The Apostle Paul describes three stages of growth.

• *Thinking as a child.* It is cute for children to think and speak like children. We all have instances when we've seen a child play a prank or say something that convulsed us with laughter. A child's combination of innocence, unfiltered thoughts and poorly-formed words can make us marvel at their brilliance. The only reason why we see what the child does as brilliant is because he or she is a child. Similarly, when we are new at learning anything, people may see our mistakes as cute.

*• Becoming a man.* Usually, our bodies grow ahead of our minds. As we add up birthday after birthday, it should dawn on us that we are growing. After blowing the birthday candles and eating the cake, we must recognise the reality of our age. We are no longer whom we used to be. That is something we must come to terms with both physically and spiritually.

*• Putting away childish things.* When we grow, we must change. As a child grows, his or her mistakes will no longer be cute. Parents get worried when childish behaviour continues. The scriptures tell us that as we grow in life, we must put some things away. That means we have to make the effort to stop some patterns of behaviour.

When adults behave like children, they turn people off. Similarly, as we grow in Christ, we must put off spiritual 'babyism'.

*PRAYER*

_Heavenly Father, help me to put away every thought and action that holds me bound to my childish past. In Jesus' name, Amen._

24/08/2026

THINK BIG BUT BE EXCELLENT WITH LITTLE THINGS.. This message is a must listen!

24/08/2026

Be EMPOWERED🙏🏾🔥

24/08/2026

*LIVING WORD DEVOTIONAL*
_By Pastor Mensa Otabil_
Monday, 24th August 2026

*DON'T BE CHILDISH*

*SCRIPTURE READING:* 1 Corinthians 3:1-15

> _And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ._ *1 Corinthians 3:1*

Paul described the Christians in Corinth as babies in Christ. That means although physically they looked like grown-up people, they did not have the maturity to handle serious commitments. Because they were immature, Paul could not speak to them about the deeper things of life.

Though Christ commends us to be childlike in trusting God, He does not want us to be childish in our understanding and actions.

Why did Paul describe the Christians in Corinth as babies?

*• They were showoffs.* Children are major attention seekers. They like to be at the centre of attention; and will do everything to steal recognition from others. They can't understand why it is someone's birthday and not theirs; they will therefore throw tantrums. Unfortunately, many of us never outgrow this inordinate need for attention. Sometimes, on social media, we see people showing off and desperately trying to get the attention of people who care very little about them.

*• They were sectarian.* Paul noted that the Christians in Corinth did not derive their confidence in God and what God had made them. They derived their attention from people they were associated with. Some claimed to belong to Peter, others to Apollos and Paul. If they lived in our age they would be the ones who build their identities around other people's brands. Instead of building their identities on Christ, they fought for their brands.

*• They had squabbles.* As a result of their childish need to showoff and be sectarian, the Corinthian Christians were quarrelsome. They always fought amongst themselves. They did not know how to live peaceably with each other. Like us, they liked to put others down.

If we have these Corinthian traits, we may also be described as babies. Yes, physically, we are grown but in reality, we are children. God does not want us to be childish in understanding. He wants us to mature.

*PRAYER*

_Heavenly Father, help me to outgrow my fears and insecurities. I desire to mature in my walk with you. In Jesus' name, Amen._

23/08/2026