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17/08/2026

*DAILY LIVING DEVOTIONAL*

*August 17*

*God Can Start Over With You*
*Today's Reading Jeremiah 16-18*
_“But the jar he was making did not turn out as he had hoped, so he crushed it into a lump of clay again and started over.”_ *Jeremiah 18:4 NLT*

On the 7th day of creation, God looked at everything and said, It was very good (Genesis 1:31). He was happy with His creation until the fall of man in Genesis 3 where sin came in and dented man with it. From here on, God begins to look for an opportune time to bring redemption, salvation to man which only comes several centuries later through His Son, Jesus Christ (Mathew 1:21).
Throughout history God has used daily things, situations and happenings around us to teach us lessons. In Jeremiah 18, God told the prophet to go to the potter’s house. I wonder where He is sending you today or what situations He has allowed you both to see and go through. Nothing takes God by surprise, so whatever He has allowed your way, be open enough to let Him speak to you and show you what He has to show you.
Remember He is the same God who declared that He knows the plans He has for you (Jeremiah 29:11).
Jeremiah noticed that the potter while he was turning the clay on the wheel he had a certain image in mind he wanted to make it. But the clay was marred in his hands. Sometimes humans, just like this clay seem not to like what God is trying to make out of us. We want to be like that one or the other one. But God continues to work on our lives even though at times we break right in His hands, like this clay. Too stubborn and unsubmissive.
But because of His love, care and sovereignty, He simply picks us up and carries on with the making into an image that pleases Him. Exactly what He did with the clay at the potter’s house. Listen to Paul, “But, my friend, I ask, "Who do you think you are to question God? Does the clay have the right to ask the potter why he shaped it the way he did? Doesn't a potter have the right to make a fancy bowl and a plain bowl out of the same lump of clay?" Romans 9:20,21).
Know today that the way God has shaped and is shaping you is His design and you have to accept it and live as He please. “I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.” (Psalm 139:14).
*Prayer:*
LORD God I surrender to You this morning that You make me into a vessel of honor. An image that will be pleasing to You. Help me help You make me in Jesus name. Amen
*Thought:* What stops me from allowing God to shape my life as He has planned me to be?
*Pastor Anthony ~ TWN*

15/08/2026

DAILY LIVING DEVOTIONAL

August 15

Do Not Break The Lord’s Covenant
Today's Reading Jeremiah 10-12
“They have turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear My Words. And they went after other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken My covenant which I made with their fathers.” Jeremiah 11:10

It is very easy to turn away from the Lord as you live this life. Sometimes one might turn away from the Lord without even realizing what is happening only to discover when you have gone so far away from Him.
Here God tells the prophet Jeremiah that these people have turned to the iniquities or sins of their forefathers. You need to watch how you living your life and walking lest you find yourself walking in the sinful footsteps of your forefathers. You just begin to see the manifestation of certain sinful patterns from the past in the family.
The prophet by God's leading warns Israel of learning the ways of the people or land the LORD was going to take them to. Even though He let them be taken into captivity, He still loved and cared for them. Most times as God's children we find ourselves in certain environments that if we are not careful we begin to learn their ways. Do not do that.
Paul says, "Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you” (Romans 12:2 MSG). Let this be your cry to learn God's ways and not adjust to every culture you find yourself in.
Not everything you see is yours to learn, some things we are just to look at and move on with God on our side. This world is full of temptations but let’s trust God to lead and guide us as we live in it.
God said the Covenant that He made with their forefathers if kept and obeyed He was going to honor it. It's not enough to go to church and read the Bible and not live a surrendered life in obedience to God. Salvation is only found in Jesus Christ through repentance of sin, accepting Him in your life and surrendering your life to Him.
Live a life that is based on the teaching of the Holy Spirit through the Word of God, the Bible and you will be at peace and remain in covenant with God.
Prayer
Lord as I live this life, help me to always testify of You. Help me not to conform to environments that don't bring honor to Your name. Even when I go astray bring me back to Yourself as a good Shepherd. I trust my life to You in Jesus name. Amen
Thought What do I do to always stay in close fellowship with God?
Pastor Anthony ~ TWN

14/08/2026

DAILY LIVING DEVOTIONAL

August 14

Change Your Ways
Today's Reading Jeremiah 7-9
I will keep you safe only if you change your ways. Be fair and honest with each other. Jeremiah 7:5 CEV

Most times people come to God and say they have changed, repented of their past sins and behaviors while they keep getting back to the same. You notice today so many who claim to have confessed Jesus as Lord and Savior but their deeds do not match their confession. God is looking for genuine repentance.
Here in Jeremiah, God continues to plead with His people to change their ways. He calls them to amend their ways and deeds (7:3) and that then and only then would He let them live in the land He had given them. They were calling on the temple, had put trust in it rather than God. Ask yourself today, do you know Jesus as your LORD and personal Savior? If you are asking what that means, shows that you have not received Him get in touch with me or any Christian and let them help you. Jesus wants to come into your heart and be LORD.
These people thought by going to the temple while in sin and with no relationship with God they would still be okay. Some think the same even today, unfortunately. God is firstly interested in your heart and not your acts. “For if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly execute justice one with another, if you do not oppress the sojourner, the fatherless, or the widow, or shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not go after other gods to your own harm, then I will let you dwell in this place, in the land that I gave of old to your fathers forever" (Jeremiah 7:5-7).
Time and time again they kept provoking God. Sometimes you see this and wonder it's even there. This is showing us an example of what will happen to us if we do what they did. They would not listen to God, would not hear their own consciousness, their hearts where far away from God. This does not happen overnight it takes time. It's forsaking the assembling with fellow believers (Hebrews 10:25), you not meditating or neglecting God's Word (Joshua 1:8), you not hiding His Word in you (Psalm 119:11), and whatever else the LORD has been telling you to do.
Jeremiah was grieved and his heart sick whenever he thought on the sinful state of the people of Judah (7:18). His prophetic call was very unique, hence being called the weeping prophet. It's like every day looking at the sinful state of his people, how God was pleading to change them, their stubbornness and their destructive future.
“I will scatter them around the world, in places they and their ancestors never heard of, and even there I will chase them with the sword until I have destroyed them completely” (Jeremiah 9:16 [NLT]). We saw this happen when the Babylonians came in and the Jews taken into captivity.
Prayer:
LORD show me Your ways, teach me to follow after You that I may know, that I know I am in You and You are in me. I don't want to just go to church but to have a relationship with You. That I come and call You, Abba Father, my Daddy. I love You Jesus in Your name I pray. Amen
Thought: What areas or behaviors in my life keep standing in my way with the Lord and hinder my relationship with Him?
Pastor Anthony ~ TWN

13/08/2026

DAILY LIVING DEVOTIONAL

August 13

Return Return
Today's Reading Jeremiah 4-6
“If you return, O Israel, declares the LORD, to me you should return. If you remove your detestable things from my presence, and do not waver," Jeremiah 4:1

The LORD warns Judah and Jerusalem of the looming disaster. He begins by calling them to return. He says if you will return, return. Many a time we talk about changing and committing or dedicating our lives to the LORD but we don't. Such was the case here where Judah and Jerusalem only contemplated of return but never did.
"...Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns. Circumcise yourselves to the Lord; remove the fo****in of your hearts...” (Jeremiah 4:3,4). Some deep words Jeremiah used here but his people understood them. God is calling us to the circumcision of our hearts, a total removal of that which impedes us from experiencing that genuine change and love of God.
Some things have got to die in you to experience genuine repentance and forgiveness. Paul says, "Be transformed by the renewing of your mind..." (Romans 12:1,2). Jeremiah cries for Judah and Jerusalem, he says I cannot keep silent, I hear the sound of the trumpet and the alarm of war (4:19).
"...you have consumed them, but they refused to take correction. They have made their faces harder than rock; they have refused to repent" (Jeremiah 5:3).
Just like today we face and experience God all over us in certain areas and situations but still refuse to take correction and repent. You don't need for anyone to plead with you to repent, once the Spirit of God convicts you humble yourself and repent and turn to God. You know what you are going through and what you have done. His mercies are new every morning.
God loves us so much that He does not want us to experience sudden or cause less punishment. We see Him here explain to His people and tells them of that which is to come. Man is so stubborn sometimes that despite a whole list of reasons God gives for the judgment coming, still that does not mean a thing. He spoke of using the Babylonians to discipline and teach His people a lesson but even that and those warnings did not mean a thing. They had become so wicked that "...the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule at their direction; my people love to have it so, but what will you do when the end comes? (5:31).
As God continues to give them reasons for the impending judgment, He says, "Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it’ (6:16). He is challenging them to ask for the ancient paths, those old paths where they walked with the LORD and experienced His goodness and mercy. Take us LORD to the place where we first received You, a place where our hearts where consumed with the zeal of the LORD, a place where we desired to testify of You.
All that Jeremiah is saying here happened when Judah was taken into captivity by the Babylonians. What is God saying to you today and what steps are you taking. Take heed for our God is a consuming fire.
Prayer:
LORD I pray this morning that I harden not my heart like Judah did. May I repent and take heed of Your warning every day of my life. My prayer is that I may know You and be able to obey Your voice in Jesus name. Amen
Thought : What hinders me from returning to the Lord fully?
Pastor Anthony ~ TWN

12/08/2026

DAILY LIVING DEVOTIONAL

August 12

Called Before You Were Born
Today's Reading Jeremiah 1-3
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.” Jeremiah 1:5

One of the most sought after things in life is purpose. You just want to know why you exist or are in a particular place. And as such life becomes so frustrating going through it not knowing who you are and why you exist. Some people have lived most of their lives fighting within and just admiring those who seem to be making it. Until you turn to God, you will continue fighting trying to find you.
Jeremiah, often called the “weeping prophet” because of his sorrow over the persistent message of God’s judgment, prophesied to the nation of Judah shows us the call and vision of God for his life. A very unique call.
Like John the Baptist, Jeremiah had a clear call from before He was even conceived in his mother's womb. The LORD tells him that He knew him and appointed him to be a prophet (1:4-5). We all desire to know our calling and what we have been called for/to. Here it was so clear for Jeremiah. Jeremiah like Moses says, "I don't know how to speak" and adds am only a youth (1:7).
Most times we want to be used of God but when the call comes we feel so inadequate. Excuses, excuses we are full of them. What’s your excuse today for not serving God? God knows about all that and has called you anyway. Remember it’s not about you but about Him who has called and entrusted His gift with you. He will make you, you just need to avail yourself. Stop seeing things in the flesh and begin to have faith in God, He knows what He is doing. God makes no mistakes.
Callings of God are different but God always wants you to know that whatever He has called you to, He will be there with you. Jeremiah’s call was not an easy call. God had to assure him that they were in this together (1:8). He called him to "root out and to pull down", "to build and to plant" (1:10).
The LORD had to touch his mouth, we saw this with Isaiah (Isaiah 6:7). He put His Words in his mouth (1:9). God will fill you with His word as He sends you out.
As God sends us out we just need all the assurance we can get that God is with us so did Jeremiah. And God tells him that he was going to be a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls (1:18) and that they will fight against him but they shall not prevail for God was with him (1:19). Hallelujah! And most of us think we are not called when we face opposition. Know God is right there with you.
Prayer:
LORD hold me close and teach me to embrace You and Your Words. May I not chase after things and forget about You. Even as You have called me, give me clarity of my calling and gifting that I may operate there-in. I give myself to Your call in Jesus name. Amen
Thought: Why am I here, what has God called me to and for?
Pastor Anthony ~ TWN

11/08/2026

DAILY LIVING DEVOTIONAL

August 11

A New Heaven and Earth
Today's Reading Isaiah 63-66
“For behold, the LORD will come in fire, and his chariots like the whirlwind, to render his anger in fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire. Isaiah 66:15

A chilling yet real ending of everything is coming one day. Yes, this life as know it will not last forever. A day will come when all will be gone and you will find yourself standing before God and giving an account of all you have done and how you have lived your life.
The prophet Isaiah in the concluding chapters of the book takes us in vision beholding the Messiah returning in triumph from the conquest of his enemies, of whom Edom was a type. Traveling, not as wearied by the combat, but, in the greatness of his strength, prepared to overcome every opposing power. The Messiah declares that he had been treading the wine-press of the wrath of God (Isaiah 63:3, Revelation 14:19; 19:13), and by his
own power, without any human help, he had crushed his obstinate opposers, for the day of vengeance was determined on, being the appointed season for rescuing his church.
Once he appeared on earth in apparent weakness, to pour out his precious blood as an atonement for our sins; but he will in due time appear in the greatness of his strength.
The Jews pray a prayer for mercy asking the LORD to look down on them from heaven (63:15). This is also quoted in Deuteronomy 26:15. They acknowledge how their hearts are hardened and they wander away from Him.
All throughout history the Jews were bidden, invited but would not come they followed their own way. But the gentiles who were not bidden have come. His own turned and followed after idols and other gods. May respond to this opportunity and come. We see a comparison of the godly and the wicked set forth in chapter 65:17-25.
In the grace and comfort believers have in and from Christ, we are to look for this new heaven and new earth (66:15). The former confusions, sins and miseries of the human race, shall be no more remembered or renewed. The approaching happy state of the church is described under a variety of images.
He talks of the New Heaven and New Earth which John also saw when he was on the Island of Patmos (Revelation 21:1).
Chapter 65:15-24. A prophetic declaration is given of the Lord's vengeance on all enemies of his church, especially that of all antichristian opposers of the gospel in the latter days.
Prayer :
LORD soften our hearts that we be receptive to your call. May I not harden my heart us You speak and direct me. I look forward to that new heaven and new earth where there will be no more crying and no more sorrow in Jesus name. Amen
Thought: What am I doing about my life before this world pass away?
Pastor Anthony ~ TWN

10/08/2026

DAILY LIVING DEVOTIONAL*l

August 10

God Wants to Save My Soul
Today's Reading Isaiah 59-62
“Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save, or his ear dull, that it cannot hear;” Isaiah 59:1

At times we come to God with sin and don't even address it before Him and wonder why our prayers are not answered. Ever blaming God for what is not working in your life but forget your sinful status. Some even deny having fellowship with Him yet expect Him to come through in their lives. God wants fellowship with you and hands free of the stain of sin.
In the preceding chapter 58, God talks of His people the Jews who came to Him with all kinds of fastings and yet their hands were full of blood and all kinds of wickedness. And even today so many people try all kinds of so called good deeds while living in sin and think that will earn them passage to God.
In chapter 59:1, He tells them and us today, that His Hand is not short that He cannot save nor His Ear dull that He cannot hear but Our sins have separated us from Him. Some people think that maybe God has gotten old that His ear has become dull of hearing and His hand have become short. No, God never gets tired or old that His hand becomes short and He becomes dull of hearing, He wants you to consider your status. The only thing God cannot look at is sin. God loves you but hates sin. And therefore when you are in a state of sin, the only prayer He wants to hear from you is a prayer of repentance, Lord forgive me. That’s the only prayer that brings you back into the family of God.
The prophet Isaiah says it right that it’s our sins that have separated us from God. And our sins have hidden His face from us. It’s like sin creates a cloud or barrier between us and God. As long as there is sin, God will not look at you. He wants your hands clean of sin. Remember what happened when Jesus took our sins at the cross (Mathew 27:46). Even He the Father God could not look at Him nor hear His prayer. We hear Him pray, “My God, My God why have you forsaken me.”
It was because of yours and mine sins that He carried that the Father could not look at or hear Him. Paul tells us, “For God made the only one who did not know sin to become sin for us, so that we who did not know righteousness might become the righteousness of God through our union with him.” 2 Corinthians 5:21 TPT.
You might be there saying now what should I do about this, “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” 1 John 1:9. Admit you have sinned, believe Jesus died for your sins and confess those sins before Him and the Bible says, you will be saved (Romans 10:9). You need to be free of sin. Hallelujah!
Prayer:
Father God I come to you today admitting my sins before you. I ask you to forgive me of all my sins and come into my life and be Lord of my life. I surrender myself to you complete. Thank you for hearing me today and turning my life around. In Jesus name. Amen
Thought: Why do I entertain sin in me?
Pastor Anthony ~ TWN

09/08/2026

DAILY LIVING DEVOTIONAL

August 9

His Word Comes to Pass
Today's Reading ‎Isaiah 55-58
“so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.” Isaiah 55:11

In life we make all kinds of promises and pledges that we sometimes fulfil or at other times just ignore like we never even said a thing. God is unlike us, He is very careful to say anything concerning you and me because once He says it, it has to come to pass. May His word come to pass over your life today and every day. We need to step up in our faith level and begin to see things as He sees and says them.
Today’s study is loaded. Isaiah begins with an invitation. It's interesting to see how our God is always inviting us. In fact, this book of Isaiah actually begins with an invitation, "Come and let us reason together..." (1:18,19). God is always interested in us being where He is or wants us to be. Listen to your inner (spiritual) promptings. You need to move up and grow spiritually.
Jesus said, "If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink..." (John 7:37). He also said, "Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness for they shall be filled." How do feel in your spirit, wanting more of God? Move up to that level.
He says he who has no money, come and buy (55:1). We don't always need to have money to buy. If you can learn and listen to His leading you will eat the best of the land.
"For my thoughts are not your thoughts neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD" (55:8). Ever thought of an "impossible" thing, could it be that sometimes we get God's thoughts. We see a lot of impossible situations in here. God making a way where there seems to be no way, rivers streaming in the desert. Only God can do that. So before you throw that thought out, present it before God, you might just be having His thought.
God unlike man does not waste words. Every word that comes out of His mouth shall not return unto Him void but shall accomplish what He sent it for (55:11). What has God said concerning your life, it shall come and it shall succeed in the thing for which He sent it. Seek Him continually, meditate on His Word (Joshua 1:8). The word of God is powerful and has power to create and fulfil what it is intended for (Hebrews 4:12).
“For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,” (Isaiah 55:10). My God. The rain and snow gives seed to the sower and bread to the eater. In fact, Paul says God shall increase your seeds of sowing when you are sowing bountifully (2 Corinthians 9:10). God watches over His word and multiplies it. May you experience increase in your life now even as God fulfils His word in your life.
Prayer:
LORD of creation and LORD of my life. I pray this day that You teach me to respond to Your invitation. Let me realize that it's all about You, that I may believe in You that every word You have said on my life will come to pass for Your ‎word is always true. In Jesus name. Amen
Thought: What’s stops me from having faith in God to fulfil His word on my life?
Pastor Anthony ~ TWN

08/08/2026

*DAILY LIVING DEVOTIONAL*

*August 8*

*No Weapon Formed Against You Shall Prosper*
*Today's Reading* Isaiah 51-54
_“No weapon that is fashioned against you shall succeed, and you shall refute every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD and their vindication from me, declares the LORD.”_ *Isaiah 54:17*

There comes a time and a moment in life where God brings restoration to His people. He loves us so much that He wants us to always be reminded that we are His. Even when man goes far from Him, He always tries to bring Him back to Himself, He actually says, you are mine and therefore He won’t allow any weapon formed against you to prosper.
I may not know exactly where you are in your relationship with the Lord but know He loves you and has loved you with an everlasting love. “In overflowing anger for a moment I hid my face from you, but with everlasting love I will have compassion on you,” says the LORD, your Redeemer” Isaiah 54:8. You know His anger against you is just but for a moment but His love is everlasting.
In Jeremiah 31:3 He says, “…I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.” It’s that love God has for you that makes Him show faithfulness to you. He has covenanted with Himself.
In chapter 54, he assures us of the salvation and deliverance of the LORD. He looks at His own like a barren woman deserted but says she shall be a wife to Him. And says though the mountains and hills may depart my steadfast love for you will never depart (Isaiah 54:10). That's how much God loves us.
Because of that love, he closes this portion with, "No weapon that is fashioned against you shall succeed, and you shall refute every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord and their vindication from me, declares the Lord” (54:17). It doesn't matter what storms are ragging in your life, He has promised salvation and deliverance. And listen to this, He is not stopping weapons to form, as you know you have an enemy out there always planning and plotting something but because of that love God has for you, He won’t let those plans succeed.
He goes further by saying you have to condemn every tongue that rises against you in judgement. He who the Son sets free is free indeed (John 8:34). Don’t you let the devil condemn or judge you. There is therefore now, no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus (Romans 8:1). Hallelujah!
*Prayer:*
Father God I thank you for your everlasting love for me. Lord help me receive this love every day of my life and accept the fact that I am loved of you. Teach me to learn to stand when tongues stand to condemn me and also to trust you to protect me as weapons are formed every day. Thank you Lord in Jesus name. Amen
*Thought:* Do I trust God to protect me when weapons of the enemy are formed against me?
*Pastor Anthony ~ TWN*

07/08/2026

DAILY LIVING DEVOTIONAL

August 7

You Are Not Forgetten
Today's Reading Isaiah 47-50
Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me . Isaiah 49:16

Sometimes life seems so hard that one feels God is not there or has even forgotten about them. But through the scriptures, God assures and has reassured His own that He cannot forget His children.
Jews valued themselves on the name of Jacob, were called Israel and the name Jehovah as their God. And yet they profaned it and went after their own ways, did their own things. God reproved them. He says, “He knew how stubborn they were. He declared what He was going to do and brought to pass” (48:3,5). Wonder how you are living today, are you using His name in vain? Just being called a Christian and not living a Christ like life.
Israel when under captivity by Babylon thought God had forsaken and forgotten about them. “But Zion said, The LORD has forsaken me; my Lord has forgotten me.” (Isaiah 49:14). Sometimes you might feel the same way too.
And God answers Himself by saying, “Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you.” (Isaiah 49:15).
Even when Israel forgot about God, God did not forget her. Men reject God even today but He still shows them His love. He says, "I have written you in the palms of my hands" (49:16). This was fulfilled in Jesus’ post-resurrection in His scare-nailed hands. Remember Him showing Thomas, “Look at my hands…” (John 20:27). He showed Him the scares where the nails went. These remain on Jesus forever. And that is why He cannot forget you. Every time He looks at those scares, He’s reminded of you.
Prayer :
Our LORD and Redeemer in humbleness of heart I come to You today. I ask that You forgive me of my sins. May I learn to obey You and not do things my way. Lead me every day of my life. Thank You for loving me in Jesus name. Amen
Thought : Have I asked God to take away my sins and Jesus to come into my heart, do I continually seek to depend on Him for guidance and help?
Pastor Anthony ~ TWN

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