DWOJ Daily Words of Jesus Devotional Post January
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Tuesday, 21st January, 2025

Bible Reading:  Proverbs 24:10

Memory Verse:  If you do nothing in a difficult time, your strength is limited. Proverbs 24:10 (HCSB)

Credit to the works of “The Weight She Carries,” an award-winning platform facilitating emotional healing for daughters of Africa & WOC around the world. Her name is Crystal Asige. As a child, she was drawn to the arts, and her dream was to be a musician and film producer. But in her teenage years, it became difficult to read the blackboard in class. Then, the words on the pages of her books began to get fuzzy. Her vision progressively got worse, and one day, she received a diagnosis that would change her life forever. In her words, “I used to come home from nursery school and instead of crying about the bullies, my mother said I would sing about it.” “I think that’s profound because every kind of music is about some sort of emotion.

I was able to channel that at a very innocent and naïve time of my life.” In high school, Crystal was active in theatre and production, but began to notice that it was getting harder to read her books. She sought medical attention, but due to negative experiences with doctors, she was reluctant to follow up on her health. Instead, she adapted to her visual challenges. “I just continued to pretend. I began to memorize my scripts as soon as I got them so that when it came to rehearsals, I already had all the words in my head and I wouldn’t feel embarrassed reading in front of the entire cast,” she said. She also made every effort to get to her classes early.

As soon as the bell rang, she would hurry out of class and into the next classroom so she could find a seat close to the front. This way, nobody would notice she was struggling to read. And if she was asked to read out loud in class, she would find an excuse. In 2007, when she completed high school, Crystal went to the UK to study film and theatre at the University of the West of England, Bristol. With the lecture halls being significantly larger than the ones at her high school, she could no longer simply get by. She was forced to get examined by an optician. “After two months of tests, they told me that I had a disease called glaucoma. They told me that glaucoma has no cure and that it basically eats away at the retina, which sends images of what you’re seeing back to the brain. They told me that I wouldn’t be able to see for very much longer. They predicted that by 2013, I would be completely blind. I was 20 years old.” – Crystal Asige.

Life is not without challenges. For some, the challenges come very early, and for others, in the middle of their lives. While for some others, at the end of their lives. In all, your attitude is what really matters, and that’s where faith in God comes in. “Don’t give up and be helpless in times of trouble.” Proverbs 24:10 (CEV)

QuoteThe bigger your destiny, the bigger the problems you will likely face, but with God, you’re a super winner.

Prophetic Decree:  This year, the good Lord shall convert your challenges to testimonies, in Jesus name. 

Prayer Focus 

1. I cover myself in the pool of the Blood of Jesus.

2. Altars of my father’s house that has vowed to stop me, catch fire, in Jesus name. 

3. I receive mighty inner strength of the Holy Ghost in my inner man, in Jesus name. 

4. I receive grace to forge ahead no matter what comes my way, in Jesus name.

5. Nothing shall stop my purpose. No devil shall stop my vision, in Jesus name.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:  Genesis 27-29

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