November 21
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You can make this choice by loving the Lord your God, obeying him and committing yourself firmly to him. This is the key to your life. -Deuteronomy 30:20(NLT)
KEY TO YOUR LIFE
A poem and essay by ILMA
Do you know the purpose of your life?
Are you walking in God’s light?
The key to your life is to choose the Lord
You must obey and bring him laud.
Seek the Lord and study his word
It will help you navigate this world
Commit yourself to him regularly
You will receive favor and blessings daily.
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Many people live their lives without knowing their purpose. The Lord inspired many writers to compile his words so that we can be guided as to the meaning of our lives. How do you know your destiny? God created us all so that we can become like him. He is love and our default setting is to love. If we don’t operate in love, we lose sight of what it the meaning of our lives.
The key to life is to make a choice to love God, obey and commit to him all your entire body, mind, soul, spirit. When we do this, we get a clearer picture of how he operates. He is totally different from what the world says or dictates. If you want you gain success in anything, you need to commit yourself to God so he can fulfill his promise in your life.
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PRAYER
Lord, help me to never lose sight of my purpose in your kingdom.
REFLECTION
How have you manifested your commitment to the Lord?
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KEY TO LEARNING poem devotional
November 20
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To learn, you must love discipline; it is stupid to hate correction. – Proverbs 12:1(NLT)
KEY TO LEARNING
A poem and essay by ILMA
Do you want to be a wise person?
You must not just rely on human reason
To learn, you must love discipline
It is the key to progress and to win.
If you hate correction, you are foolish
When you don’t want it, you will be losing
Discipline is the key to learning
It teaches you to keep on persevering.
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One of the values that I learned from my family is “discipline.” Though I didn’t like it when I was being corrected at the beginning of my young life, I learned to appreciate it later when I became an adult. Most of my classmates and friends struggled at following deadlines and implementing a structure to follow through when they take on a task or project. It made me learn to obey even if I didn’t want to or had no idea why I needed to do it. When I was a high school teacher, it was rare to see students living disciplined lives.
Discipline made me become a self-taught artist which later on bore fruit with over 400 painting sales. “Mistakes” was also a good teacher to me because when I commit an error, it makes me do better the next time. The bible says that discipline is key to learning and it is foolish to hate correction.
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PRAYER
Lord, teach me to always choose a disciplined life.
REFLECTION
Why do you think discipline can bring wisdom and blessings?
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November 20
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To learn, you must love discipline; it is stupid to hate correction. – Proverbs 12:1(NLT)
KEY TO LEARNING
A poem and essay by ILMA
Do you want to be a wise person?
You must not just rely on human reason
To learn, you must love discipline
It is the key to progress and to win.
If you hate correction, you are foolish
When you don’t want it, you will be losing
Discipline is the key to learning
It teaches you to keep on persevering.
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One of the values that I learned from my family is “discipline.” Though I didn’t like it when I was being corrected at the beginning of my young life, I learned to appreciate it later when I became an adult. Most of my classmates and friends struggled at following deadlines and implementing a structure to follow through when they take on a task or project. It made me learn to obey even if I didn’t want to or had no idea why I needed to do it. When I was a high school teacher, it was rare to see students living disciplined lives.
Discipline made me become a self-taught artist which later on bore fruit with over 400 painting sales. “Mistakes” was also a good teacher to me because when I commit an error, it makes me do better the next time. The bible says that discipline is key to learning and it is foolish to hate correction.
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PRAYER
Lord, teach me to always choose a disciplined life.
REFLECTION
Why do you think discipline can bring wisdom and blessings?
For more testimonials about God’s word, please go to YouTube and type ILMA’s poem devotional or go to www.ilmaarts.com posts. To receive emails of my poem devotionals, email me at ILMA.ARTS.STUDIO@gmail.com
FEEBLE STRENGTH Poem Devotional
November 19
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When the wicked die, their hopes die with them, for they rely on their own feeble strength. – Proverbs 11:7(NLT)
FEEBLE STRENGTH
A poem and essay by ILMA
Do you rely on your own feeble strength?
You cannot do things without God’s presence
If you do it without him, you will feel hopeless
It will be difficult to experience some progress.
When you are weak, you are actually strong
Ask and he will answer your prayers not for long
He loves it when you depend on his power
He makes your enemy bow down and cower.
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Strength is defined as the quality or state of being strong or a good or beneficial quality or attribute of a person or thing. The world views strength in terms of external power manifested in position or authority. Strength must be seen according to the standards set by society. In God’s economy, strength is more inner rather than an outward manifestation. The bible says that when you are weak, then you are strong in 2 Corinthians 9:11. The strength is relying on God and doing this would mean that one acknowledges some weakness or powerlessness that can only be covered by God’s grace. It is not like the feeble strength that we see exhibited by worldly people. The bible also says that those who are wicked will experience a hopelessness because they depend on their own strength which is very limited.
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PRAYER
Lord, remind me to never do things on my own strength.
REFLECTION
When was your weakest moment that you felt God strengthened you immensely?
For more testimonials about God’s word, please go to YouTube and type ILMA’s poem devotional or go to www.ilmaarts.com posts. To receive emails of my poem devotionals, email me at ILMA.ARTS.STUDIO@gmail.com
PRAYER FOR A CLEAR HEAD Poem DEvotional
November 16
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But let us who live in the light be clearheaded, protected by the armor of faith and love and wearing as our helmet the confidence of our salvation. – 1 Thessalonians 5:8(NLT)
PRAYER FOR A CLEAR HEAD
A poem and essay by ILMA
Lord, please grant me a clear head at all times
Protect me from all thoughts of evil and crime
Let me never forget to wear the helmet of salvation
Allow the armor of faith to shield me from temptations.
Let me discern whenever I am being attacked
Let me pursue peace and love to fight back
Give me a clear head and cleanse my heart always
I receive the wisdom you give to those who obeys.
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How often do you ask the Lord to give you a clear head? Sometimes when I forget do to so, my mind can spin and listen to all the lies being thrown at me by the enemy. In Ephesians 6, we are warned that we are not dealing with enemies that we can see and touch but with unseen forces and powers. The battlefield starts in the mind and if we are not aware of it and not exercise our authority over the devil, our soul and spirit can be literally attacked. The apostle Paul tells us to clear our head at all times and wear the armor of faith and love. We must protect our minds with the confidence we have in Christ.
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PRAYER
Lord, always give me a clear mind.
REFLECTION
What can cloud a person’s mind?
For more testimonials about God’s word, please go to YouTube and type ILMA’s poem devotional or go to www.ilmaarts.com posts. To receive emails of my poem devotionals, email me at ILMA.ARTS.STUDIO@gmail.com
STAY AWAKE Poem Devotional
November 15
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So be on guard, not asleep like the others. Stay alert and be clearheaded.
-1 Thessalonians 5:6(NLT)
STAY AWAKE
A poem and essay by ILMA
Are you going through life conscious of your surroundings?
Do you give thanks to the Lord for all his gifts and blessings?
Be on guard, stay awake and alert for the enemy’s attacks
He is there to keep you defeated; be aware of his tactics.
Meditate on God’s word daily so you can be aware
It is a weapon to speak the truth when you are scared
Guard your heart and your mind; stay holy and pure
This way, the enemy cannot enter or get you lured.________________________________________
Many people live zombie lives. They go through life asleep. They don’t even know their purposes. Some have been spiritually dead for many years and do not find a reason to live. I, too, lived a dead life for many years because I was hypnotized by the enemy to believe so many lies that kept me blinded and dead to so many things. I grinded to work to satisfy my own desires and to prove that I was worth something. I didn’t realize that God was always there for me, just waiting to be asked for help. I made my own decisions without consulting him or his truth. I lived a life that catered only to my physical body and mind. I failed to feed my spirit.
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PRAYER
Lord, keep me awake always with your truth.
REFLECTION
How can we stay awake and be clearheaded in life?
For more testimonials about God’s word, please go to YouTube and type ILMA’s poem devotional or go to www.ilmaarts.com posts. To receive emails of my poem devotionals, email me at ILMA.ARTS.STUDIO@gmail.com
SPIRITUAL CLOTHES Poem Devotional
November 13
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Since God chose you to be the holy people he loves, you must clothe yourselves with tender-hearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. -Colossians 3:12(NLT)
SPIRITUAL CLOTHES
A poem and essay by ILMA
When God chose you as his people
He expects you to be kind and gentle
Clothe yourselves with tender-hearted mercy
Follow a life of patience and humility.
Put on all of God’s armor so you’ll be victorious
For shoes, put on peace that comes from the Good News.
Hold up the shield of faith to stop the attacks of the devil
Take the Spirit’s sword from God’s word to ward off evil.
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What do clothes do for you? They protect you from the elements around you. They adorn your body and represent your style and personality. They identify the roles that you play in life. Clothes also exhibit your ideology or lifestyle. What kind of clothes do you wear that clearly identify your beliefs?
The bible tells us that when God chose his holy people, he had specific spiritual clothes that He requires his people to wear. He wants his children to be forgiving, understanding, merciful, kind, humble, gentle and patience. If you go to Galatians 5, you will find that these spiritual clothes God requires is also the Holy Spirit’s fruits. In other words, if we claim that we are believers, we will use these holy clothes that will eventually mirror God’s character.
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PRAYER
Lord, thank you for showing us what to spiritually wear.
REFLECTION
What amongst these spiritual clothes have you trouble wearing?
For more testimonials about God’s word, please go to YouTube and type ILMA’s poem devotional or go to www.ilmaarts.com posts. To receive emails of my poem devotionals, email me at ILMA.ARTS.STUDIO@gmail.com
GOD’S POWER AND JUSTICE Poem Devotional
November 11
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The Lord is slow to get angry, but his power is great, and he never lets the guilty go unpunished. – Nahum 1:3(NLT)
GOD’S POWER AND JUSTICE
A poem and essay by ILMA
Do you faithfully seek the Lord?
Are you meditating on his word?
God is slow to anger but is fair
Do not test him or disobey.
The Lord deals with sin fairly
So don’t treat others unjustly
He won’t allow the guilty go unpunished
Confess and repent so he can give you mercy.
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Some people think that because God is merciful and loving, they can get away with sin. He hates sin. He loves us all but he doesn’t want us to participate in any form of evil or lawlessness. That is why he gave us Christ so that we can believe in him and be new. We need not go back to our old self which is by nature sinful. If we committed ourselves to Christ, we have the privilege to be forgiven right away and be cleansed by his blood. Some lax Christians think that God loves them and will forgive them easily, so they can just do the evil they planned and ask forgiveness. In the book of Nahum, we are warned that he never lets the guilty go unpunished. Though God is slow to anger, it doesn’t mean that he is partial. He advocates the law of sowing and reaping.
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PRAYER
Lord, remind me always how sin can draw us away from you.
REFLECTION
How can you avoid being a lax Christian?
For more testimonials about God’s word, please go to YouTube and type ILMA’s poem devotional or go to www.ilmaarts.com posts. To receive emails of my poem devotionals, email me at ILMA.ARTS.STUDIO@gmail.com
CRYING OUT LOUD
November 9
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While Jesus was here on earth, he offered prayers and pleadings, with a loud cry and tears, to the one who could rescue him from death. And God heard his prayers because of his deep reverence for God. -Hebrews 5:7(NLT)
CRYING OUT LOUD
A poem and essay by ILMA
Do you call out on your Lord when you have troubles?
Do you plead him to get you out of the rubble?
While Jesus was here on earth, he offered prayers and pleadings
He shouted out to God to be rescued from immense suffering.
God heard his prayers because of his deep reverence
He acknowledged his humility and dependence
Cry out lout to the heavenly Father; he will hear you
Confess and repent of your sins and he will make you new.
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When you hear your baby cry, your first impulse is to attend to him or her. You try to find out what the baby needs and meet that as soon as you can. Our heavenly Father is the same to us. When we cry out to him for help, he runs as fast as he can to answer that plea. He doesn’t have a deaf ear to our complaints and concerns. He hears every detail of our situation. How often do Christians even cry out loud to the Lord? The book of Psalms is full of David’s crying out loud to God and pleading to be rescued.
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PRAYER
Lord, I ask you to hear my cries for help.
REFLECTION
When did God answer your cries?
For more testimonials about God’s word, please go to YouTube and type ILMA’s poem devotional or go to www.ilmaarts.com posts. To receive emails of my poem devotionals, email me at ILMA.ARTS.STUDIO@gmail.com
ON REJECTING THE GOOD NEWS Poem Devotional
November 7
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And God will provide rest for you who are being persecuted and also for us when the Lord Jesus appears from heaven, He will come with his mighty angels, in flaming fire, bringing judgement on those who don’t know God and on those who refuse to obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus. – 2 Thessalonians 1:7-8(NLT)
ON REJECTING THE GOOD NEWS
A poem and essay by ILMA
Those who think that they know it all
They are proud and they’ll have a great fall
God gave us his Son so we can have eternal life
If you reject the Good News, you will eventually die.
The Lord provides rest to those who suffer for him
He promises them endless life and a piece of heaven
Jesus will come back to judge those who reject the gospel
They’ll forfeit God’s inheritance if they choose to follow evil.
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John 1:14-15 tells us about the Good News. After John the Baptist was arrested, Jesus went into Galilee, where he preached God’s Good News. He announced that the promise of God has come at last. He says that God’s kingdom is near and that all must repent of their sins and believe the Good News. Those who will refuse to obey the message will be judged and lose their inheritance in God’s kingdom. It was Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross that will be our ticket to receive God’s inheritance.
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PRAYER
Lord, let me be an instrument to spread your Good News.
REFLECTION
How have you responded to the Good News that will save you?
For more testimonials about God’s word, please go to YouTube and type ILMA’s poem devotional or go to www.ilmaarts.com posts. To receive emails of my poem devotionals, email me at ILMA.ARTS.STUDIO@gmail.com
THE UPSIDE OF PERSECUTION Poem Devotional
November 6
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And God will use this persecution to show his justice and to make you worthy of his Kingdom, for which you are suffering. In his justice, he will pay back those who persecute you. – 2 Thessalonians 1:5-6(NLT)
THE UPSIDE OF PERSECUTION
A poem and essay by ILMA
When people persecute you because of Jesus
Don’t be discouraged, you know that you are precious
He will make you overcome victory over your suffering
He will make you strong, so keep on praising Him.
He uses injustices in your life to grow your faith
Don’t ever give up; it will surely change your fate
Pray that you will remember Christ’s sacrifice for you
Seek his word and let your mind be constantly renewed.
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When we get discriminated or marginalized, we automatically become defensive or shut down. The bible tells us to look at the upside of persecution. The book of James even tells us to be joyful when we have suffering because it can grow our faith. God allowed the Israelites to be slaves to the Egyptians so they can learn to become more trusting and dependent on him. Despite their unfaithfulness, he was guiding them day and night and patiently waiting for them to focus on him. He never left them. He longs for them to have victory over their strongholds and bondages. He allowed them to go through testing so they can overcome evil and be able to fulfill his plans for his own people.
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PRAYER
Thank you for being faithful especially during trials.
REFLECTION
What have you gone through that God faithfully delivered you from?
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