Category: ESOCS Daily Devotional

ESOCS Devotional 23 July 2021 TEXT: JEREMIAH 7:1-16 MEMORY VERSE: ““Trust ye not in lying words, saying, the temple of the Lord, the  temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, are these” (Jeremiah 7:4 KJV).                                           Judah as a people involved themselves in idolatry, injustice, oppression (of the fatherless, the widow, and the […]

ESOCS Devotional 22 July 2021 TEXT: JOHN 13:31-38 MEMORY VERSE: “A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another” (John 13:34 KJV).                                                   To love others is not a new commandment (Leviticus 19:18), but to love others the Christ’s way is […]

ESOCS Devotional 21 July 2021 TEXT: EZEKIEL 5:5-12 MEMORY VERSE: “Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord God; surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity” (Ezekiel 5:11 KJV).                                    […]

ESOCS Devotional 20 July 2021 TEXT: : 1 TIMOTHY 5: 12-25 MEMORY VERSE: “Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially they who labor in the word and doctrine.” (1 Timothy 5: 17 KJV).                                                                             Church Leadership is a heavy responsibility. That was why Paul took time to write his […]

ESOCS Devotional 19 July 2021 TEXT: NUMBERS 12:1-16 MEMORY VERSE: “And they said, hath the Lord indeed spoken only by Moses? Hath He not spoken also by us? And the Lord heard it.” (Numbers 12:2 KJV). A popular Nigerian Singer, Evi Edna Ogholi Ogosi, in one of her albums in the early 1990s said, “Jealousy […]

ESOCS Devotional 18 July 2021 TEXT: 1 TIMOTHY 5:1-16 MEMORY VERSE: “Honour widows that are widows indeed” (1 Timothy 5:3 KJV). Although many of the verses in our passage talk more of the widows in many ways, the passage is about how members can support the Church to take care of the poor in her […]

ESOCS Devotional 17 July 2021 TEXT: NUMBERS 9:15-23 MEMORY VERSE: “So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night” (Numbers 9:16 KJV). It is a great blessing for a believer to have the presence of God with him/her every time. In fact, God is with His people […]

ESOCS Devotional 16 July 2021 TEXT: JOHN 13:1-20 MEMORY VERSE: “He riseth from supper, and laid aside His garments; and took a towel, and girded himself. After that He poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded” (John 13:4-5 KJV). […]

ESOCS Devotional 15 July 2021 TEXT: EXODUS 34:1-10 MEMORY VERSE: “And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the  guilty, visiting the […]

ESOCS Devotional 14 July 2021 TEXT: 1 TIMOTHY 1:1-17 MEMORY VERSE: “As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightiest charge some that they teach no other doctrine, neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: […]

ESOCS Devotional 13 July 2021 TEXT: EXODUS 32: 1-14 MEMORY VERSE: “And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us […]

ESOCS Devotional 12 July 2021 TEXT: ACTS 9: 26-31 MEMORY VERSE: “And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a disciple. (Acts 9:26 KJV). Reputation means one’s standing. Whatever one does affects his/her reputation. If […]

ESOCS Devotional 11 July 2021 TEXT: 2 KINGS 23:21-30 MEMORY VERSE: “And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the Lord with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him.” […]

ESOCS Devotional 10 July 2021 TEXT: PHILIPPIANS 3:1-11 MEMORY VERSE: “But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ” (Philippians 3:7 KJV). Our salvation surpasses our earthly credentials (achievements) – status, fame, certificate, wealth, chieftaincy titles, awards, etc. Whereas salvation is eternal, earthly achievements (though good) are ephemeral. If we pursue earthly […]

ESOCS Devotional 9 July 2021 TEXT: ISAIAH 6:11-13 MEMORY VERSE: “Then said I, Lord, how long? And He answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate.” (Isaiah 6:11 KJV). Isaiah’s vision was his call to be God’s messenger to God’s people. It was a […]

ESOCS Devotional 8 July 2021 TEXT: LUKE 12:8-12 MEMORY VERSE: “Also I say unto you, whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God: But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.”           (Luke 12: 8, 9 KJV). In […]

ESOCS Devotional 7 July 2021 TEXT: JEREMIAH 1:4-10 MEMORY VERSE: “But the Lord said unto me, say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak” (Jeremiah 1:7 KJV). Jeremiah was called by God to be a prophet to Judah […]

ESOCS Devotional 6 July 2021 TEXT: PHILIPPIANS 1:27-30; 2:1-4 MEMORY VERSE: “Only let thy conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith […]

ESOCS Devotional 5 July 2021 TEXT: NUMBERS 27:12–23 MEMORY VERSE: “And the Lord said unto Moses, take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is  the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him; and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him charge in their sight” […]

ESOCS Devotional 4 July 2021 TEXT: 1 CORINTHIANS 13:1-13 MEMORY VERSE: “Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal”    (1 Corinthians 13:1 KJV). Charity is kindness and sympathy towards other people (especially the less privileged). The Bible defines […]