08-13-2019, 03:31 PM
*OUR DAILY MANNA DEVOTIONAL*
_A DAILY DEVOTIONAL BOOKLET FOR CHAMPIONS_
*DATE: TUESDAY 13TH AUGUST, 2019*
*TOPIC: THE NINE WORDS THAT CHANGED AN ORPHAN!*
*BASIC SCRIPTURE: EPHESIANS 4:20-29*
A successful businessman told the story of Jim, a little orphan boy who had just a little dog for a possession. He was 12 years old, slim and undersized. He never remembered having a kind word ever spoken to him in his whole life. He was always ‘hit’ with harsh words, insults, jestings, suspicions and as a result, he became a shrinking, pitiful little figure, dodging people. One day, as Jim was running with his dog, he saw some bundles of wrapped clothes fall off the hand of an old tailor in the town. He stopped and helped her pick up every bit.
The woman looked at him with a broad smile and said:
*“THANK YOU DEAR, YOU ARE A NICE LITTLE BOY,”* and went on her way. Jim was shocked because those nine words were the best he had ever heard in his life. He got the bank of a stream, pulled out of his pocket a piece of broken mirror, and looked at himself again. He saw nothing but dirt. He went to the riverside and washed up. Then he looked again. He was looking neater! He stood erect and looked up straight for the first time! A feeling of self-respect arose within his being!
Ambition sprang full-blown into his life! At that moment, by that riverside, he determined that this *NICE LITTLE BOY* would be a great man – all because of 9 words of encouragement! The businessman ended his story by telling the dinner audience: *“Ladies and Gentlemen, I am that boy”* as total silence (the power of God) enveloped that room!
As I write this devotional in this second half of 2019, I feel that same power all over me and I sense that God is speaking to a user of today’s devotional: *Kind Words Generate Power That Can Affect A Generation!*
*Every day of this 2nd half of 2019, sow kind words as a seed into a soul!* Our kind words will transform a staff, a child, a spouse, a pastor, your boss, etc. Read today’s scripture again and never forget: *“To the world, you might be one person, but to one person, you might be the world.”* You will move from STORY to GLORY! Hold on and hold out!
*Follow me on MY instagram handle: @ourdailymanna_bishopchris, my Facebook PAGE: bishop chris kwakpovwe ODM and personal Twitter: ODM_DrChris.*
*PRAYER POINTS:* Take any song of worship as led now.
1. Pray about today’s word as led.
2. Repent from using ACIDIC words on others in your past!
3. Ask for the grace to be a blessing to other souls. CANCEL every NEGATIVE word spoken in the past to people.
*THE BIBLE-IN-ONE-YEAR: ISAIAH 43-45*
*BY: BISHOP (DR) CHRIS E. KWAKPOVWE (CEK)*
_PUBLISHER/AUTHOR AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF_
_A DAILY DEVOTIONAL BOOKLET FOR CHAMPIONS_
*DATE: TUESDAY 13TH AUGUST, 2019*
*TOPIC: THE NINE WORDS THAT CHANGED AN ORPHAN!*
*BASIC SCRIPTURE: EPHESIANS 4:20-29*
A successful businessman told the story of Jim, a little orphan boy who had just a little dog for a possession. He was 12 years old, slim and undersized. He never remembered having a kind word ever spoken to him in his whole life. He was always ‘hit’ with harsh words, insults, jestings, suspicions and as a result, he became a shrinking, pitiful little figure, dodging people. One day, as Jim was running with his dog, he saw some bundles of wrapped clothes fall off the hand of an old tailor in the town. He stopped and helped her pick up every bit.
The woman looked at him with a broad smile and said:
*“THANK YOU DEAR, YOU ARE A NICE LITTLE BOY,”* and went on her way. Jim was shocked because those nine words were the best he had ever heard in his life. He got the bank of a stream, pulled out of his pocket a piece of broken mirror, and looked at himself again. He saw nothing but dirt. He went to the riverside and washed up. Then he looked again. He was looking neater! He stood erect and looked up straight for the first time! A feeling of self-respect arose within his being!
Ambition sprang full-blown into his life! At that moment, by that riverside, he determined that this *NICE LITTLE BOY* would be a great man – all because of 9 words of encouragement! The businessman ended his story by telling the dinner audience: *“Ladies and Gentlemen, I am that boy”* as total silence (the power of God) enveloped that room!
As I write this devotional in this second half of 2019, I feel that same power all over me and I sense that God is speaking to a user of today’s devotional: *Kind Words Generate Power That Can Affect A Generation!*
*Every day of this 2nd half of 2019, sow kind words as a seed into a soul!* Our kind words will transform a staff, a child, a spouse, a pastor, your boss, etc. Read today’s scripture again and never forget: *“To the world, you might be one person, but to one person, you might be the world.”* You will move from STORY to GLORY! Hold on and hold out!
*Follow me on MY instagram handle: @ourdailymanna_bishopchris, my Facebook PAGE: bishop chris kwakpovwe ODM and personal Twitter: ODM_DrChris.*
*PRAYER POINTS:* Take any song of worship as led now.
1. Pray about today’s word as led.
2. Repent from using ACIDIC words on others in your past!
3. Ask for the grace to be a blessing to other souls. CANCEL every NEGATIVE word spoken in the past to people.
*THE BIBLE-IN-ONE-YEAR: ISAIAH 43-45*
*BY: BISHOP (DR) CHRIS E. KWAKPOVWE (CEK)*
_PUBLISHER/AUTHOR AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF_