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THE LION OF JUDAH poem devotional

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November 11________________________________________
Stop weeping! Look, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the heir to David’s throne, has won the victory. Revelations 5:4-5(NLT)
THE LION OF JUDAH
A poem and essay by ILMA
Stop weeping all you people of God
Focus your eyes on Jesus Christ
He is the lion of Judah, a God of love
He is the giver of light and life.
Jesus was the heir to David’s throne
His kingdom goes beyond the whole world
He has won the battle against evil
He died for us so we will win over the devil.
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The biblical Judah (in Hebrew: Yehuda) is the original name of the Tribe of Judah, which is traditionally symbolized by a lion. In Genesis, the patriarch Jacob (“Israel”) gave that symbol to this tribe when he refers to his son Judah as a Gur Aryeh -Young Lion” (Genesis 49:9) when blessing him. In Jewish naming tradition the Hebrew name and the substitute name are often combined as a pair, as in this case. The Lion of Judah was used as a Jewish symbol for many years, and as Jerusalem was the capital of the Kingdom of Judah, in 1950 it was included in the Emblem of Jerusalem. This was sourced from Wikipedia.
The Lion of Judah, who is our Lord Jesus Christ is the one who won the battle for us. He saved all of mankind by dying on the cross for us.
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PRAYER
Thank you for dying for us and saving us all Lord Jesus.
REFLECTION
How has Jesus manifested the victory over evil in your life?
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WHEN HARMONY PREVAILS Poem Devotional

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November 10________________________________________
How wonderful and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony!
– Psalm 133:1(NLT)
WHEN HARMONY PREVAILS
A poem and essay by ILMA
As people choose to live in peace
They will start to see its benefit
When someone follow God’s word
They’ll have a weapon against this world.
As a believer gets deeper into his relationship
He will grow with other believers in fellowship
It is wonderful to live together in harmony
When there’s unity in Christ, there’ll be victory.
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One of the many reasons for relationship breakdowns is disunity. The devil’s tactic is to lure us into thinking that we are always right. He wants us to think that everyone else is wrong but us. He is the father of all lies and he always plays cunning tricks on our minds. A little whisper in our minds that compromises our cravings can be easily used against us to create disunity. The devil wants us to focus on our self instead of on God. He will use anything to keep us in conflict with others.
I lived many years in conflict with those I have relationships with. I was kept captive by the enemy to think that many people were out to get me and so I had trust issues. It made it hard for relationships to thrive because of such mistrust and suspicion I had towards others. I learned to live in harmony with others when God revealed to me the truth.
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PRAYER
Lord, keep me in harmony with you always.
REFLECTION
How can one live harmoniously with others?
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

ONLY THE LORD IS WORTHY Poem Devotional

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November 9________________________________________
“You are worthy, O Lord our God, to receive glory and honor and power. For you created all things, and they exist because you created what you pleased.” – Revelations 4:11(NLT)
ONLY THE LORD IS WORTHY
A poem and essay by ILMA
There is no other god in the world who is worthy of praise
Only the Lord Jesus Christ deserves it from the human race
No one else can be present everywhere at the same time
He sees all things that happens in all people’s lives.
You are worthy of all glory and honor and power
You are the authority who makes Satan cower
Praise the Lord for he radiates mercy and faithfulness
Give him all the laud for he is God’s righteousness.
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If there is someone who deserves all our attention, it will be our Lord Jesus Christ. Sadly, many people have not given him that full priority and attention. Most of us get wrapped up in glorifying our little successes and abilities. We get consumed by this world’s dictates and live it according to our limited human minds. We chase dreams that sometimes do not include God’s will. Then we wonder why we never reach that goal. God created all things that exist because he is pleased with making people in his own image. Do be maximize that gift that he gave us? Do we give him praise and do we live our lives to give him glory?
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PRAYER
Lord, forgive me when I fail to praise and give you glory.
REFLECTION
How do you give glory to the Lord?
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THE BLESSED LIFE Poem Devotional

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November 8________________________________________
Jesus replied, “But even more blessed are all who hear the word of God and put it into practice.” – Luke 11:28 (NLT)
THE BLESSED LIFE
A poem and essay by ILMA
The blessed life is the result of obedience
Let us continue to hear the word and be persistent
When we only read his word without doing it
We fail to receive the fruits of the Holy Spirit.
Your life will be blessed when you apply his word
You will be able to resist the corruption of this world
God is pleased when you follow the truth and his will
He wants you to enjoy his blessings and live a life that’s free.
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According to Baker’s evangelical dictionary God’s intention and desire to bless humanity is the maid focus of his covenant with humans. This is why the concept of blessing permeates the bible events and history. Two distinct ideas are considered as blessings. First, it is a public declaration of a favored status with God. Second, the blessing endowed power for prosperity and success. In all cases, the blessing served as a guide and motivation to pursue a course of life within the blessing. The Old Testament Terms for blessing abound in the Old Testament, occurring over 600 times. It meant “to kneel, ” since in earlier times one would kneel to receive a blessing. Jesus tells us that we receive a blessed life when we obey and apply his word.
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PRAYER
Lord, grant me a hunger to meditate and act on your word.
REFLECTION
What blessings have you received after putting his word into practice?
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PRAY ALWAYS AND NEVER GIVE UP Poem Devotional

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November 7________________________________________
One day Jesus told his disciples a story to show that they should always pray and never give up. – Luke 18:1(NLT)
PRAY ALWAYS AND NEVER GIVE UP
A poem and essay by ILMA
Are you weighed down with life’s demands?
Pray that you will seek him and follow his commands
When you pray, you keep your focus on Jesus
When you don’t, you keep your focus on yourself.
The enemy will distract you from praying
He knows it is a weapon in winning over him
Never give up and be preoccupied with things
Make God first and you will have victory over sin.
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I love to pray since I was seven years old. It meant spending time with Jesus for me. It gave me comfort during those times when I had no one else to run to. I always made sure I found time to be with a God who was always there for me and faithful to provide for all my needs. Because the enemy knew how much I loved Jesus, he stole a decade of my life through strongholds and weaknesses passed on through many generations in my family. Those dark periods in my life focused on reaching my ambitions and proving to everyone that I had worth. I stopped praying and got derailed with selfish dreams and quest to fulfill my unmet needs. Jesus said that we must always pray and never give up.
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PRAYER
Lord, help me to stay intimate with you always.
REFLECTION
What do you think will happen if you stop praying and give up on God?
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

UNASHAMED PERSISTENCE Poem Devotional

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November 6
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If you keep knocking long enough, he will get up and give you whatever you need because of your shameless persistence. – Luke 11:8(NLT)
UNASHAMED PERSISTENCE
A poem and essay by ILMA
When you commit your life to God
You will surely want to walk in love
Do not give up; always persist
God will answer your prayers and plea.
He values diligence and faithfulness
Continue to pursue and live in righteousness
Have an unashamed persistence to obey
Be bold and brave to follow his ways.
________________________________________Persistence is defined as determination to do something even though it is difficult or other people oppose it. It is continuing to do something despite obstacles. In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought. And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’ “For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or care what people think, yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won’t eventually come and attack me!’” This was the parable of the persistent widow in Luke 18 that Jesus told.
Persistence can be a good thing if it is something true and right, it is pressing on and never giving up. We are urged to have shameless persistence.
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PRAYER
Lord grant me an attitude that persists and never gives up.
REFLECTION
Share a shameless persistence that you have done in your life.
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CONSEQUENCE OF UNREPENTANCE Poem Devotional

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November 5________________________________________
If a person does not repent, God will sharpen his sword. He will prepare his deadly weapons and shoot his flaming arrows. -Psalm 7:12-13(NLT)
CONSEQUENCE OF UNREPENTANCE
A poem and essay by ILMA
When you are convicted with sin
Do you admit or ask God to forgive?
Confess your sin to him and repent
The consequence of unrepentance is big.
Any form of sin angers the Lord
It defies him and doesn’t bring him laud
Are you ready to suffer as a result of rebellion?
If you don’t repent, you will end up in oblivion.
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When the psalmist talks about God sharpening his sword and shooting his flaming arrows at the unrepentant person in this verse in Psalm 7, I shivered. I couldn’t imagine God can hurt anyone. Then I suddenly remembered verses like God created us in his image. It also brought me back to that verse in James 4:4 which says “You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. Now it is starting to make sense that God hates sin and the corruption of this world. He considers loyalty to the world as an act against him. They become an enemy. It is only therefore justified if God takes a weapon to shoot back at those who betrayed him. The consequence of unrepentance is high.
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PRAYER
Lord, please grant me a repentant heart at all times.
REFLECTION
What would you do to someone who betrays you and considers you an enemy?
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OBEDIENCE: A SPIRITUAL WEAPON

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November 4________________________________________
This is how I spend my life: obeying your commandments. – Psalm 119:56(NLT)
OBEDIENCE: A SPIRITUAL WEAPON
A poem and essay by ILMA
Have you submitted yourself to Jesus Christ?
What have you done to imitate his life?
A life of obedience glorifies the Lord
It leads to you overcome this world.
Without obedience, one can’t have victory
Rebellion is how we are attacked by the enemy
When we follow God’s instructions
It becomes a weapon against temptations.
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Many of the people that God used in fulfilling the promise of a Messiah had one thing in common. They were all obedient to God’s call. Abraham was the epitome of complete surrender to God’s call. In Genesis 12, Abram was called by the Lord and instructed to leave his native country, his relatives and his father’s family to go to a land that he wasn’t sure of. God instructed him in verse 1-2 that he will show him where that place is going to be and that he will make him into a great nation. In verse 3, God said that all families on earth will be blessed through him. Abram came from Ur in the Chaldees and they were from a pagan land. God used him to bring his people to Canaan, the promised land. Because of his obedience, he became the father of all nations. He became the leader of many nations.
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PRAYER
Lord, let me always live in obedience to your will.
REFLECTION
How is obedience a spiritual weapon against Satan?
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Babbling Prayers poem devotional

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November 2________________________________________
When you pray, don’t babble on and on as the Gentiles do. They think their prayers are answered merely by repeating their words again and again. -Matthew 6:7(NLT)
BABBLING PRAYERS
A poem and essay by ILMA
When you repeat again and again your request
It leads you nowhere, it is a futile quest
Some people think that by nagging the Lord
They can have every wish they have in this world.
God knows already what you need even before you ask
Why not just be honest with Him and open your heart?
Babbling and rote prayers doesn’t have meaning
They are just an exercise for sound uttering.
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I grew up surrounded by people who prayed formula prayers. At age seven, I can remember the mass in Latin where I just heard sounds and a language I can’t understand. It seemed like it was all a ritual. We were going inside the church, genuflecting before I sat in the pews and making sure my head was covered with veil, not making noise aside from what we were told to answer and saying out loud in unison with everybody the prayers that were taught to us in school. It is amazing that even at that young age, the Holy Spirit was teaching me that this kind of praying was wrong. So, I had this voice inside my mind that told me to talk to Jesus instead. It felt right to pray this way. ________________________________________
PRAYER
Lord, please let me never babble on when I pray.
REFLECTION
How can one avoid babbling when praying?
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

A GOOD STEWARD Poem Devotional

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November 1________________________________________
Guard what God has entrusted to you. – 1 Timothy 6:20 (NLT)
A GOOD STEWARD
A poem and essay by ILMA
A good steward cares for what’s given him
He doesn’t hoard for his pleasure such gifts
He makes sure that what’s entrusted will prosper
He guards it and uses it to give God the honor.
The more gifts we are given, the more is expected
God gave us all this so that his kingdom will be propagated
Use what is assigned to you with love and wisdom
He rewards good stewards with much joy and freedom.
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In Matthew 25:13-40, a master entrusted money to three of his servants. He gave five bags of silver to one, two bags of silver to another, and one bag of silver to the last—dividing it in proportion to their abilities. Then he left them. The one who got five bags invested it and earned five more. The one who received two also went to work and earned two more. The last servant who got one, dug a hole in the ground and hid it there. After a long time, the master came back and asked for an account from the three servants what they did with the money he left them. When he found out what the three did, he praised the first and the second servants but threw the third one out because he didn’t steward well what was entrusted to him.
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PRAYER
Lord, please help me never to take for granted what you give me.
REFLECTION
How can you be a good steward to God’s gifts to 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