Devotion

By Faith 

You don’t make decisions based on some bad report, fear, doubt or the lies of the enemy. 

You are not governed by your flesh or your sinful desires or the patterns of this world. 

You live according to Kingdom principles.

You believe in the promises of God. 

You consider God to be able, just and true. 

You know that you have a hope and a future. 

That’s why you walk by faith. 

Rev. Teddy Otobo-Sheriff (tos4god) serves as the Senior Pastor of Richmond Christian Church in Staten Island, NY. For more info, visit richmondnyc.org.  

The faithfulness of God

The prayers have been heard. 

The blessing is on its way. 

The promise will be fulfilled. 

The situation can’t remain the same.

God is faithful. (1 Cor 1:9)

 
Rev. Teddy Otobo-Sheriff (tos4god) serves as the Senior Pastor of Richmond Christian Church in Staten Island, NY. For more info, visit richmondnyc.org. 

The plan of God

It’s complicated.

It’s crooked now.

It’s been written off.

It’s lost.

God has a plan.

It’s depleted, short and insufficient.

It’s badly broken, bruised and injured.

It’s feeble, frail and weak.

God has a plan.

It’s painful, difficult and very hard.

It’s considered impossible and unlikely.

It’s embarrassing, shameful and unpleasant.

God has a plan.

It’s been cancelled, suspended, terminated, rejected, denied.

It’s confusing, overwhelming and stressful.

It’s not ideal, preferred or desired.

It’s viewed as a problem and can be classified as a challenge.

God has a plan.

It’s a plan to prosper you, to give you a hope and a future. [Jeremiah 29:11]

Trust God.

Be still and do what He says.

Let go and walk in His grace today.

God is bigger than the “it” in your life.

Rev. Teddy Otobo-Sheriff (tos4god) serves as the Senior Pastor of Richmond Christian Church in Staten Island, NY. To listen to his sermons, click here.

God’s Help

Call on the name of the Lord and be saved. (Romans 10:13)

Ask anything in His name and He will do it. (Johnn14:14)

Cry out and the Lord will answer. (Psalm 18:6)

Seek Jehovah and you shall find. (Jeremiah 29:13)

God’s help is only a prayer away. 

His help is better than human hands. 

His help is stronger than physical strength. 

His help is eternal, just, perfect and always on-time. 

Tos4god serves as the Senior Pastor of Richmond Christian Church in Staten Island, NY. To learn more, visit richmondnyc.org. 

  

AUDIO: Living by faith 

Living by faith is not easy, but it’s possible.

The biblical book of ‘Hebrews’ teaches us how to live by faith, by looking at the life of Abraham.

Click here to listen to this practical message. 

Tos4god serves as the Senior Pastor of Richmond Christian Church in Staten Island, NY. To learn more, visit richmondnyc.org.

Power in the name of Jesus

There is power in the name of Jesus…

– to break every chain of bondage 

– to heal sick bodies [Acts 3:6]

– to save condemned souls [Acts 4:12]

– to bend every knee and move every tongue [Philippians 2:10-11]

– to release abundant life 

– to obtain the blessings of Heaven [John 14:14]

Call on His name today! 

Tos4god serves as the Senior Pastor of Richmond Christian Church in Staten Island, NY. To listen to his sermons, visit richmondnyc.org. 

  

A Prayer of Help

Dear LORD,

Enlighten what’s dark in me.

Strengthen whats weak in me.

Mend what’s broken in me.

Bind what’s bruised in me.

Heal what’s sick in me.

Revise whatever peace and love has died in me.

Amen.

~Source Unknown 

Tos4god serves as the Senior Pastor of Richmond Christian Church in Staten Island, NY.

Required by God

At times, divinity can be a difficult discipline to study, comprehend and apply to everyday life.

Saint Paul, probably quoting the Prophet Isaiah, said it best: “Who has known the mind of the Lord…so as to instruct him?”

All attempts to pigeonhole, categorize or restrict God to spiritual labels, religious boxes or theological terms, is like saying God lives in temples made with human hands.

Make no mistake about it: ‘The heavens, even the highest heaven, cannot contain God. How much less any earthly edifice!’

Despite the complexity surrounding some Scriptural subject matters, which may never be understood on this side of eternity.

Regardless of the complicated biblical issues, which continue to tangle up scholars, critics and skeptics alike; God is crystal clear about what He expects of His children.

Deuteronomy details the FIVE things that are required of us:

  1. Fear the Lord
  2. Walk in all His ways
  3. Love Him
  4. Serve the Lord with all our heart and soul
  5. Keep the commands

This is for our good and benefit.

Compliance with these simple to understand (challenging to obey) expectations, releases God’s blessings.

Our adherence to His Word affirms that we belong to and believe in God.

Let’s pray for His sustaining grace to obey His life-giving word.

Read: Isaiah 40:13, Romans 11:34, 1 Cor 2:16, Acts 17:24, Gen 3:8, Deut 10:12-14

Tos4god serves as the Senior Pastor of Richmond Christian Church in Staten Island, NY.

Good Things From God

All good things come from God.

The source of our stuff and the strength of our lives is God.

In Him we live and more and have our being.

He is Author and Finisher; the good work He started shall be completed.

Beloved, your Heaven-sent blessing is coming.

  • Heaven is the factory of miracles.
  • Heaven is the mail room for answered prayers.
  • Heaven is the storehouse of blessings.
  • Heaven is staging areas for goodness and mercy.
  • Heaven is the command center for your victory.

All good things come from God.

That’s why we shouldn’t lean on our human understanding.

That’s why we don’t depend on physical might or power.

That’s why we are foolish to rely on arms of flesh.

Friend, we dare not place our total trust in anything in the natural because grass withers and flowers fade…rust destroys, moths eat, and thieves take.

But anything that comes from God is eternal and everlasting and endures forever.

Look up, good things are coming.

Read: James 1:17, Ps 27:1, Acts 17:28, Heb 12:2, Phil 1:6, Prov 3:5, Zech 4:6, Jer 17:5 Isa 40:8, Mt 6:19

Tos4god serves as the Senior Pastor of Richmond Christian Church in Staten Island, New York.