Christmas Devotional Quotes

These Christmas Devotional Quotes are from the book Christmas Devotional by Dr. Miriam Kinai which teaches you valuable Christmas Bible lessons from the events that surrounded the birth of Jesus Christ. This 12 day Christmas Devotional is also a Bible study for the holidays that is based on Matthew chapters 1 and 2 and Luke 2. 

If you are facing big problems because of doing what God has called you to do, do not give up on your calling.

Do not think of terminating the ministry God has inspired you to start in an attempt to solve the problems that begun with its inception.

Even though Mary could not solve her problem with Joseph in the natural, God solved it supernaturally by sending an angel.

Regardless of your problem, know that God knows your struggle even before you speak it out and He also knows the best solution for it.

Jesus the Son of God was born in a manger. Therefore do not despise the humble beginnings of the project which God has inspired you to start.

  

How to Attain the Promises of God for Protection

This blog post is an excerpt from the book The Promises of God and their Conditions

The Promises of God for Protection

PROMISE:

If you live in the secret place of the most High God you shall also live under the protective shadow of the Almighty God. 

God shall surely deliver you from traps and diseases.

God shall cover you with his feathers and under his wings you shall be safe. His truth shall be your shield and buckler.

You shall not be afraid of nighttime terrors or of daytime arrows or of pestilence in the dark or of noonday destruction.

A thousand shall fall at your side and ten thousand at your right hand but it shall not come near you. With your eyes shall you see the reward of the wicked.

Because you have made the Lord your refuge and the Most High your habitation, no evil shall come upon you and no plague shall come near your home because God will put His angels in charge of you to protect you in all your ways.

They shall hold you up with their hands to keep you from hurting your foot on stones. You shall trample fierce lions and poisonous snakes under your feet. 

Because you have set your love on God, He will deliver you and set you on high because you know His name.

You shall call upon God and He will answer you. He will be with you in trouble and He will deliver you and honor you.  He will satisfy you with long life and show you His salvation. (Psalm 91)

To attain these Promises of God for Protection you must fulfill the following conditions:

Condition 1: Live in the secret place of God by maintaining constant communication with Him and obeying Him.

Condition 2: Confess that God is your refuge, your fortress and you trust Him. (Psalm 91:2) 

Condition 3: Call upon God by praying when you are in trouble. (Psalm 91:15) 

PROMISE:

You shall dwell in safety in your land. I will give peace to the land and you shall sleep and no one will make you afraid. I will remove evil animals from the land and the sword will not pass through your land. You will chase your enemies and they shall fall by the sword in front of you. Five of you shall chase a hundred and a hundred of you shall chase ten thousand. Your enemies shall fall by the sword before you. (Leviticus 26:5-8) 

To attain these Promises of God for Protection you must fulfill the following conditions:

Condition: Obey God’s commandments. (Leviticus 26:3) 

PROMISE:

Call upon Me in the day of trouble and I will deliver you and you shall glorify Me. (Psalm 50:15)

To attain these Promises of God for Protection you must fulfill the following condition:

Condition: Pray when you are facing problems to ask for God's help and praise Him after He helps you.

PROMISE:

God will cause the enemies who rise against you to be defeated before you. They shall come against you in one direction and flee from before you in seven directions. (Deuteronomy 28:7)

To attain these Promises of God for Protection you must fulfill the following condition:

Condition: You diligently obey God and do all His commandments (Deuteronomy 28:1)

PROMISE:

People will see that you are called by God and they shall be afraid of you. (Deuteronomy 28:10)

To attain these Promises of God for Protection you must fulfill the following conditions:

Condition: You diligently obey God and do all His commandments (Deuteronomy 28:1)

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The promises of God and Their Conditions 2^nd Edition is a compilation of the things God has said He will give us in the Bible. This Christian self-help book teaches you:

*The promises of God for provision, protection, healing, help, finances, family, future, work and success.

*The conditions that have to be fulfilled for each of the promises to be received

*The other Biblical things you have to do to receive the promises of God

  

How To Not Perish

The Bible teaches us 3 things that we should do if we do not want to perish.

How To Not Perish: Get Knowledge

The Bible tells us that My people perish for lack of knowledge. (Hosea 4:6)

Therefore, if you are dealing with a stressful situation, get all the information that you can about your problem so that you do not perish because of lack of knowledge.  

How To Not Perish: Get a Vision

The Bible tells us that Where there is no vision, the people perish. (Proverbs 29:18) 

Therefore, get a vision of where you want to go with your life. Write down the vision and make it plain so that the person who reads it may run (Habakkuk 2:2) 

Click here to learn how to Write a Personal Vision Statement

Write your own Personal Vision Statement and read it every day so that you can run towards it with the daily choices you make.

Click here to read about The Power of Vision and Why they Blinded Samson

How To Not Perish: Obey God

The Bible tells us that If they do not obey, they shall perish by the sword. (Job 36:12) 

Therefore, obey God's instructions so that you do not perish. 

Please share in the comments section how you deal with anxiety as a Christian

  

How to Achieve Hard Goals like Abraham

Do you want something that seems like a hard goal to achieve?

Would you love to have something that seems impossible to get?

If you do, learn from Abraham how to achieve hard goals because he ended up with a child even though he was very old and his wife Sarah was an old woman. 

In the natural this seemed an impossible goal but Abraham and Sarah did achieve it and you can also achieve humanly impossible goals by doing the following: 

Choose to Have Faith 

The Bible tells us that Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen. (Hebrew 11:1)

Therefore, decide to have faith by feeling the substance of the things you are hoping for and seeing with your mind's eye the things not yet visible with your physical eyes.

So if your hard goal is to get a baby, you have to feel the presence of the baby in your life and see yourself having a baby.

Choose to Have Faith in God's Word

Having a child was something that seemed impossible for Abraham to achieve in the natural because of his age and his wife's age. HOWEVER, Abraham chose to have faith in God's Word.

We know this because the Bible tells us that Abraham did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but he was strengthened in faith and praised God while being fully convinced that what God had promised He was also able to perform. (Romans 4:19-22) 

So, go through the Bible and find Scriptures and Promises of God that support getting the thing that you want.

Click here to read The Promises of God and their Conditions

Then decide to wholeheartedly believe those Scriptures without taking into consideration the facts about your situation.

Choose to believe WHAT THE PROMISES OF GOD SAY instead of choosing to believe WHAT THE FACTS SAY about your situation.

This is because Abraham did not consider his own body already dead since he was around 100 years old or Sarah's barren womb. (Romans 4:19-22) 

All that Abraham considered was God's Word and He was fully convinced that God would perform it.

As a result of choosing to believe God's Word and choosing to believe that God could do what He said, Abraham was able to get a son with Sarah in their old age. 

Therefore if you want to achieve a big, hard goal, decide to believe God's Word wholeheartedly instead of believing the facts of your situation which say you cannot achieve the goal. 

Even if the reality of your situation tells you that you are as good as dead (totally useless) and that the people who are supposed to help you are barren (poor and unproductive) or impotent (weak and powerless), decide to believe God's Word when it says you can achieve the goal.

Do not let your faith waver because of your limitations for Abraham did not let his 100 year old body shake his faith in God.

Do not also let your faith waver because of the limitations of your helpers for Abraham did not let Sarah's barren womb shake his faith in God.

Emulate Abraham and hope even when all odds are against you for the Bible tells us that Contrary to hope, he believed in hope. (Romans 4:18) 

Abraham was able to hope even when there was no reason to hope because He was strengthened in faith. (Romans 4:20)

Click here to read How to Strengthen your Faith

He was also praising God for it is written that he was Giving glory to God. (Romans 4:20)

Consequently, Abraham Became the father of many nations according to what was spoken. (Romans 4:18)

Share in the comments section how you will achieve hard goals.

  

10 Relaxation Tips for Stress at the Office

The symptoms of stress are varied and can range from tension headaches to back pains and sleeplessness. Therefore study yourself so that you can know how your body reacts when you are stressed. This self knowledge will help you manage the source of your stress and enable you to begin practicing relaxation techniques before you succumb to full-blown stress-related illnesses like hypertension and peptic ulcer disease.

This blog post on 10 relaxation tips for stress at the office will teach you the steps you can take to deal with the stress at work.

Pray

The first thing that you should do when faced with any stressful situation is to pray because it is written, "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication, let your requests be made known to God" (Philippians 4:6)

Therefore, take a minute of two to pray about the things that are stressing you in the office and ask God to help you deal with them.

Breathe

The body's reaction to stress involves taking small, shallow breaths. 

Therefore counter this response by inhaling deeply until your abdomen rises and exhaling deeply until it drops. Do this several times and you will begin to feel less stressed because abdominal breathing is a very effective relaxation technique.

Meditate

Meditation reduces stress, anxiety and depression. It also improves focus and concentration.

Therefore, when you find yourself getting stressed at the office, take a moment to meditate on Bible verses like I can do all things through Jesus Christ Who strengthens me. (Philippians 4:13)

Do not be afraid because I am with you. Do not be dismayed because I am your God. I will strengthen you. I will help you. I will uphold you with my righteous Right Hand. (Isaiah 41:10)

Click here for more Bible Verses to meditate on

Organize your Work Space

Clutter contributes to feeling stressed. 

Therefore, organize your work space by tidying it and de-cluttering it. Place all your items in their designated spots. Make this an ongoing daily process by ensuring that everything that is brought into your office is neatly placed in its nook.

Organize your Work

Before your work day begins, plan how you will do the activities you are expected to do. If possible, develop a routine since engaging in repetitive activities relaxes the body and ensures you will not miss a task.

Skip the Coffee

Skip the coffee during your morning break since caffeine can trigger reactions in the body that are similar to those of the stress reaction. 

Therefore, drink fresh fruit juices or sip green tea since it contains L-Theanine which reduces your body’s responses to stress.

Eat a Stress-Reducing Lunch

Eat foods that will not affect your mood adversely to avoid aggravating the effects of a stressful workplace. 

For example, eat sandwiches made from whole wheat bread since they will not cause the rapid changes in blood sugar levels that are associated with the release of stress hormones. For optimum results, finish your lunch with a single square of dark chocolate since studies have shown that dark chocolate lowers stress levels.

Click here to learn about the Christian Chocolate Meditation

Relax over Lunch

After eating, relax for a few minutes by reading or giving yourself a temple massage with relaxing lavender oil. You can also fill crosswords or complete Sudoku puzzles during your lunch break to divert your mind from the stressful events in your work place.

Relax Yourself Progressively

At the end of the work day, if you find that you are tightly wound because of work-related stress, progressively relax your muscles. 

To do this, tighten the muscles of your right foot for a few seconds and focus on how they feel. Follow this by relaxing the same muscles and focusing on the sensation so that you can know when those muscles are relaxed as this will help you differentiate when you are tense from when you are relaxed. Proceed with this tightening and relaxing of your muscles groups as you work your way up your body until you finish with the muscles on your face.

Visualize your Vacation

If you need a vacation because of the stress you are experiencing, but you cannot afford to take one, practice guided imagery. 

To do this, close your eyes and imagine yourself at your favorite vacation spot. See the sights, hear the sounds, feel the sensations and even taste the food you are eating in your mental vacation.

To learn more relaxation tips for stress at the office, read Rules of Relaxation.

Please share in the comments section how you deal with stress at the office