Daily Devotions for Hillside Circuit
August 31st 2020 (Monday) Rev Nobuhle Sibanda
Psalm 121:1-2 I lift up my eyes to the hills–where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.
August 29th 2020 (Saturday) Rev Margaret James
Galatians 5 v 22-23
The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.
August 28th 2020 (Friday) Rev Margaret James
John 14 v 16-17
I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counsellor to be with you forever – the Spirit of truth.
August 27th 2020 (Thursday) Rev Margaret James
Genesis 45 v 7-8
But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance. So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God.
August 26th 2020 (Wednesday) Rev Margaret James
2 Chronicles 7 verse 14
If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
August 25th 2020 (Tuesday) Rev Margaret James
Luke 23 verse 34.
Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.
August 24th 2020 (Monday) Rev Nobuhle Sibanda
Psalm 92:1-3 It is good to praise the LORD and make music to your name, O Most High, to proclaim your love in the morning and your faithfulness at night, to the music of the ten-stringed lyre and the melody of the harp.
August 22nd 2020 (Saturday) Rev Bekithemba Phiri
2 Corinthians 5:7
For we walk by faith not by sight or appearance.
August 21st 2020 (Friday) Rev Bekithemba Phiri
The Bible. Matthew 24:12-13
[12]And the love of the great body of people will grow cold because of the multiplied lawlessness and iniquity,
[13]But he who endures to the end will be saved.
August 20th 2020 (Thursday) Rev Bekithemba Phiri
Hebrews 11:37-40
[37]They were stoned to death; they were lured with tempting offers, they were sawn asunder; they were slaughtered by the sword; wrapped in the skins of sheep
[39]And all of these, though they won divine approval…did not receive the fulfilment of what was promised,
[40]Because God had us in mind and had something better…
August 19th 2020 (Wednesday) Rev Bekithemba Phiri
[Revelation 1:7] Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth shall gaze upon Him and beat their breasts and mourn and lament over Him. Even so [must it be]. Amen (so be it). [Daniel 7:13; Zechariah 12:10.]
August 18th 2020 (Tuesday) Rev Bekithemba Phiri
Mark 4:39
And He arose and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, there was a great calm.
August 17th 2020 (Monday) Rev Bekithemba Phiri
Ephesians 1:13 In Him you also who have heard the Word of Truth, the glad tidings (Gospel) of your salvation, and have believed in and adhered to and relied on Him, were stamped with the seal of the long-promised Holy Spirit.
What is the significance of sealing of the Holy Spirit?
1. It speaks of a finished transaction
2. Signifies the completion of the transaction
3. It also implies ownership
4. It also means security and protection
This then means that the believer is God’s finished transaction sealed with the seal of the Holy Spirit
The word earnest means a down payment to guarantee the final purchase of some commodity.
The Holy Spirit is God’s down payment for us and an engagement ring that we are engaged to God.
Blessed Day.
August 15th 2020 (Saturday) Rev Nobuhle Sibanda
Genesis 18:14 Is anything too hard for the LORD? I will return to you at the appointed time next year and Sarah will have a son.”
August 14th 2020 (Friday) Rev Nobuhle Sibanda
Romans 8: 35-37 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36 As it is written: “For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” 37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
August 13th 2020 (Thursday) Rev Nobuhle Sibanda
Psalm 25: 4-5 Show me your ways, O LORD, teach me your paths; guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Saviour, and my hope is in you all day long.
August 12th 2020 (Wednesday) Rev Nobuhle Sibanda
Joshua 1: 5b As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
August 11th 2020 (Tuesday) Rev Nobuhle Sibanda
Joshua 1:5a No one will be able to stand up against you all the days of your life.
August 10th 2020 (Monday) Rev Nobuhle Sibanda
Psalm 142:1 I cry aloud to the LORD; I lift up my voice to the LORD for mercy.
August 8th 2020 (Saturday) Rev Bekithemba Phiri
Ephesians 6:10
[10] Finally my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might…
August 7th 2020 (Friday) Rev Bekithemba Phiri
The Bible. Isaiah 43:2
[2]When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned or scorched, nor will the flame kindle upon you.
August 6th 2020 (Thursday) Rev Bekithemba Phiri
The Bible. Acts 12:7
[7]And suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared to Peter [standing beside him], and a light shone in prison where he was. And the angel gently smote him on the side and awakened him, saying, Get up quickly! And the chains fell off his hands.
August 5th 2020 (Wednesday) Rev Bekithemba Phiri
The Bible. 1 Kings 17:7
[7]After a while the brook dried up because there was no rain in the land.
August 4th 2020 (Tuesday) Rev Bekithemba Phiri
The Bible. John 11:41
[41] “And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, Father, I thank You that You have heard Me”.
August 3rd 2020 (Monday) Rev Bekithemba Phiri
“I will make all my mountains a way.” (Isaiah 49:11)
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