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Fair Haven Baptist Church of Bacolod City, Inc., Purok Magsanaya, Brgy. 6, San Juan Street, Bacolod CIty (2026)

17/08/2026

TODAY'S DEVOTION
August 18, 2026

ABANDONING OUR SELF-FOCUS

We must let go of our self-centeredness if we hope to obey in a God-honoring way.

Jonah 4

REFLECTION:
As children, we have a natural determination to get our own way, and though this trait is usually tempered as we age, it never really leaves us. Even after salvation, we still have some sinful, self-centered tendencies, which the Bible calls “the flesh” (Gal. 5:17). We all retain habits, attitudes, and thought patterns that must be relinquished if we’re to submit to God’s will.
As we saw yesterday, Jonah ultimately did what the Lord commanded and saw a great revival in Nineveh. However, he was still controlled by his self-centered attitude and so angry that he preferred to die rather than see the Ninevites saved (Jonah 4:3). He wanted mercy for himself but not for his enemies.
Jonah’s bitterness shows that stubbornly clinging to our self-focus is a snare for our spirit. Pride, anger, resentment, and self-pity are like thick weeds in our path, preventing us from moving forward. But if we give in to such feelings, we’ll steep in emotional turmoil, just as Jonah did. Thankfully, God works in our life to set us free from these hindrances so we can become more like Christ.

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!

13/08/2026

TODAY'S DEVOTION
August 14, 2026

FOLLOWING OUR SHEPHERD

Romans 8:14

“For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.”

REFLECTION:
I had the privilege of feeding and caring for the sheep on the farm where I was raised. I discovered that sheep aren't the smartest animals on the farm. Sheep need to be shepherded. Left to themselves in a lush pasture, they will keep eating until it kills them. They need a shepherd to make them "lie down in green pastures" (Psalm 23:2) so they don't eat themselves to death!

The Lord often pictured our relationship with Him in Scripture like that of a shepherd and his sheep. Those of us who live in the West don't have a correct picture of what it means to be led like sheep. Western shepherds drive their sheep from behind the flock, often using dogs to bark at their heels. Eastern shepherds, like those in Bible times, lead their sheep from in front. I watched a shepherd lead his flock on a hillside outside Bethlehem during a visit to the Holy Land. The shepherd sat on a rock while the sheep grazed. After a time he stood up, said a few words to the sheep, and walked away. The sheep looked up and followed him. It was fascinating!

The words of Jesus in John 10:27 suddenly took on new meaning to me: "My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me."

Sheep without a shepherd become disoriented and scatter. Rams arise from the flock and butt heads to determine who will lead. The ones with the hardest heads win. Without a shepherd, we too are left to the mercy of hard-headed, driven people or we wander around directionless, eating ourselves to death.

The Spirit-walk is one of being led, not driven. God won't make you walk in the Spirit, and the devil can't make you walk in the flesh, although he will certainly try to draw you in that direction. You are free to choose to follow the leading of the Spirit or the desires of the flesh (Romans 8:14).

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!

11/08/2026

TODAY'S DEVOTION
August 12, 2026

CONFORMING TO HIS IMAGE

Romans 8:28-30

"And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified."

REFLECTION:
God has already decided to make you more and more like Jesus!

Because He's committed to this process in your life, God uses every circumstance in your life to shape you to this end. Even when evil things come into your life from evil sources, God's able to take those experiences and use them to strengthen you, get your attention, and refocus your life on Him. Read that first sentence of today's passage again. Lock it into your mind. When difficult times come, trust God.

As you read the whole passage it becomes clear that this work of God to make you like Jesus is a continuous process that starts when you're born again (Ephesians 1:13), and continues until you're finally with God in heaven, "glorified."

God's reminding you today that while He is constantly working through your circumstances, they'll only make you more like Christ (Romans 8:29), if you respond to them with trust in God and a willingness to choose His way in your life.

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!

10/08/2026

TODAY'S DEVOTION
August 11, 2026

WHO IS THE KING OF YOUR LIFE?

Revelation 17:14 (KJV)

“These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.”

REFLECTION:
What does it mean that Jesus is King of your life?
Remember Simba in Disney’s The Lion King? He sang about how he “just couldn’t wait to be king” and all the ways that he was going to rule his own world. His father was the current king. And yet Simba felt like he could do a better job. He wanted to call all the shots and make all of the rules. He wanted to reign, but he didn’t understand the responsibility. And he was clueless as to how ill-equipped he was until he got in over his head.

We are like that, aren’t we? We want to be the authority in our own lives. We want to make our own decisions and live however we want. We want autonomy but we often don’t understand the responsibility that comes with it. We quickly find out that we have no business being the king of our lives. We make poor decisions and screw up. We realize that we don’t have the power or the authority to change the world. We realize that any control we thought we had was just an illusion. So what can we do?

I suggest that, instead of trying to be kings ourselves, we bow our knees to the One who does have the power and the authority to rule the world. I suggest that we align ourselves with Jesus, the One True King (Revelation 19:16).

In Revelation, we see how the powers of the world try to reign supreme. But we also see God’s power and ultimate authority. The power of man and the authority of Satan cannot be compared to the power and authority of Jesus Christ. He will triumph over them and His kingdom will have no end.

In today’s passage, John (the author of Revelation) says that the people who were with King Jesus at the end are His called, chosen, and faithful followers. In the end, Jesus will be surrounded by people who recognized Him as King of both their personal lives but also the entire universe. They bowed their knees to Him alone and served Him faithfully throughout their lives.

Friends, whose side do you want to be on? Remember, it may seem like Satan is winning but that is just temporary. When Jesus finally claim His victory, it is eternal. If you are in Christ, you have been called and chosen. Let’s also be found to be faithful!

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!

05/08/2026

TODAY'S DEVOTION
August 6, 2026

WILLING TO SACRIFICE

2 Corinthians 8:1-3

1. Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;
2. How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
3. For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves."

REFLECTION:
Dr. Gary Chapman wrote, Every Christmas the church where I serve receives a special offering for missions of mercy overseas. A few years ago I challenged the congregation in January to consider setting aside twenty dollars per week beyond their tithe. At the end of the year each family would be able to give one thousand dollars to the missions offering.

A number of people accepted the challenge, and our missions offering that year exceeded five hundred thousand dollars. One young couple told me: "We had only been married six months when you threw out your challenge.… We set aside twenty dollars each week. Several times we were tempted to dip into our missions offering, but we resisted. It is with great joy that we give our thousand dollars to missions." They handed me an envelope containing fifty twenty-dollar bills.

Financial planners advise setting aside a little more money than you think you can afford when you save for retirement. The same principle is true of giving, though with different reasons in mind. Your level of giving should affect the choices you make about other expenditures. If it doesn't, you might consider giving more than you think you can spare.

The envelope I received from the young couple represented sacrifice—joyful, pleasing sacrifice to the Giver of all good gifts.

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!

03/08/2026

TODAY'S DEVOTION
August 4, 2026

HOW MUCH WE CARE

Romans 15:7

“Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.”

REFLECTION:
There are four concepts we deal with as parents in communicating with our children: authority, accountability, affirmation and acceptance. We usually line them up this way:

We exert our parental authority over them. We demand that they be accountable to us. When they respond to our authority and comply by being accountable, we affirm them. When they put together a positive track record of affirmative behaviors, we convey our love and acceptance.

The reason we have such difficulty communicating with our children is that we have it all backward. Look at God's approach to us as His children. At which end of the list does our heavenly Father start? He starts by expressing His love and acceptance (John 3:16; Romans 5:8). Our children won't care how much we know until they know how much we care. Paul instructs us to “Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God." (Romans 15:7).

When your child shares something personal with you, what is he looking for initially? Not a lecture, not a list of rules he must obey, but acceptance and affirmation. "Tell me I'm all right," he begs. "Give me some love and hope."

When you know that you are unconditionally loved and accepted by God and affirmed in your identity as His child, you voluntarily submit to His authority and hold yourself accountable to Him. Similarly, when your child knows that you love him and accept him regardless of his failures, he will feel safe sharing his problems with you and responding to the direction you give. Children who know they are loved are free to be themselves, free to grow, and free to be the people God wants them to be.

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!

30/07/2026

TODAY'S DEVOTION
September 27, 2021

SUCCESS IN GOD'S EYES

Joshua 1:7-8 (KJV)

"Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper withersoever thou goest. This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success."

REFLECTION:
A helpful perspective of success in the Christian life is seen in Joshua's experience of leading Israel into the Promised Land (read again Joshua 1:7-8). Was Joshua's success dependent on other people or circumstances? Absolutely not. Success hinged entirely on his obedience. If Joshua believed what God said and did what God told him to do, he would succeed. Sounds simple enough, but God immediately put Joshua to the test by giving him a rather unorthodox battle plan for conquering Jericho. Marching around the city for seven days, then blowing a horn, wasn't exactly an approved military tactic in Joshua's day!

But Joshua's success was conditional on obeying God regardless of how foolish His plan seemed. As Joshua 6:1-18 records, Joshua's success had nothing to do with the circumstances of the battle and everything to do with obedience. That should be your pattern too. Accept God's goal for your life and follow it obediently.

Don't take this truth lightly. You can be successful if you commit yourself to being what God has called you to be and follow Him obediently. You can be successful in business and remain in God's will even when your competition conducts business under the table and cheats on taxes. You can run for public office and win with a campaign that doesn't compromise God's will.

Remember: You can be a failure in the eyes of the world and a success in the eyes of God... and vice versa.

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!

29/07/2026

TODAY'S DEVOTION
July 30, 2026

WHERE THE WRATH AND LOVE GOD MEET

Romans 3:23-26

"For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; to declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus."

REFLECTION:
In our culture, sin is no longer considered an issue. Although some people might admit to making mistakes or being wrong, few will actually say, "I have sinned." The Lord, however, takes sin very seriously. Until we learn to see transgression as He does, we will never understand what happened at Christ's crucifixion.

The cross was God's perfect answer to a terrible dilemma. Because the Lord is holy and just (1 Peter 1:16), He hates sin and must respond to it with punishment and wrath (Romans 1:18). Yet He also loves sinners and wants to be reconciled with them
(2 Corinthians 5:18). The cross of Christ was the place where God's wrath and love collided.

The only way to rescue fallen mankind from eternal punishment was to devise a plan whereby the Lord could forgive sins without compromising His holiness. There was no way to overlook transgressions; His wrath had to be poured out--either on us or a substitute. But there was only one possible substitute: the perfect Son of God. Paul said in 2 Corinthians 5:21 “For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.”

So Jesus came to earth as a man and suffered the Lord's wrath for us as He hung on the cross. Sin was punished, divine justice was satisfied, and now God could forgive mankind without compromising His character. His wrath was poured out on His Son so that His love and forgiveness could be lavished upon us.

Because of human limitations, we'll never grasp all that happened while Jesus hung on the cross. We can begin to comprehend only the physical suffering He endured, but in the spiritual realm, Christ bore so much more--the very wrath of God. This costly redemption plan proves God's great love.

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!

28/07/2026

TODAY'S DEVOTION
July 29, 2026

THE MERCIFUL

Matthew 5:7

"Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy."

REFLECTION:
As He delivered the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus was intentional about the order of what we call the beatitudes. He was leading us through the way of the Christian life, guiding us from that first step of knowing our need for Christ to this verse - the greatest way to imitate our heavenly Father—exercising mercy.

Our world doesn’t always see mercy as a virtue, however. One Roman philosopher called mercy “the disease of the soul.” Sadly, Roman men treated women and children the way our society treats the unborn today: with no mercy. Even among the Jewish people, the Pharisees taught that it is only necessary to show mercy to someone when they have shown mercy to you.

However, Jesus’ teaching on mercy turned that worldly wisdom upside-down. He said that when we show mercy to others, our hearts will be in such a condition to receive more and more of God’s mercy so that we may be able to give more mercy. The more mercy we pour out, the more His mercy will pour into us. You see, God is looking for people to be conduits of His mercy—to be people who resemble and represent the Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus said in Luke 6:36 "Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful." For love generates mercy, and mercy provides forgiveness. That’s a message the world needs to hear and a hope the lost need to experience: the love of God displayed in His mercy toward sinners.

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!

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