A Step of Faith: A Daily Devotional Walk with God

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WestBow Press rev. date: 09/17/2014

Contents

Dedication

Acknowledgement

Foreword

Preface

January

January 1

January 2

January 3

January 4

January 5

January 6

January 7

January 8

January 9

January 10

January 11

January 12

January 13

January 14

January 15

January 16

January 17

January 18

January 19

January 20

January 21

January 22

January 23

January 24

January 25

January 26

January 27

January 28

January 29

January 30

January 31

February

February 1

February 2

February 3

February 4

February 5

February 6

February 7

February 8

February 9

February 10

February 11

February 12

February 13

February 14

February 15

February 16

February 17

February 18

February 19

February 20

February 21

February 22

February 23

February 24

February 25

February 26

February 27

February 28

February 29

March

March 1

March 2

March 3

March 4

March 5

March 6

March 7

March 8

March 9

March 10

March 11

March 12

March 13

March 14

March 15

March 16

March 17

March 18

March 19

March 20

March 21

March 22

March 23

March 24

March 25

March 26

March 27

March 28

March 29

March 30

March 31

April

April 1

April 2

April 3

April 4

April 5

April 6

April 7

April 8

April 9

April 10

April 11

April 12

April 13

April 14

April 15

April 16

April 17

April 18

April 19

April 20

April 21

April 22

April 23

April 24

April 25

April 26

April 27

April 28

April 29

April 30

May

May 1

May 2

May 3

May 4

May 5

May 6

May 7

May 8

May 9

May 10

May 11

May 12

May 13

May 14

May 15

May 16

May 17

May 18

May 19

May 20

May 21

May 22

May 23

May 24

May 25

May 26

May 27

May 28

May 29

May 30

May 31

June

June 1

June 2

June 3

June 4

June 5

June 6

June 7

June 8

June 9

June 10

June 11

June 12

June 13

June 14

June 15

June 16

June 17

June 18

June 19

June 20

June 21

June 22

June 23

June 24

June 25

June 26

June 27

June 28

June 29

June 30

July

July 1

July 2

July 3

July 4

July 5

July 6

July 7

July 8

July 9

July 10

July 11

July 12

July 13

July 14

July 15

July 16

July 17

July 18

July 19

July 20

July 21

July 22

July 23

July 24

July 25

July 26

July 27

July 28

July 29

July 30

July 31

August

August 1

August 2

August 3

August 4

August 5

August 6

August 7

August 8

August 9

August 10

August 11

August 12

August 13

August 14

August 15

August 16

August 17

August 18

August 19

August 20

August 21

August 22

August 23

August 24

August 25

August 26

August 27

August 28

August 29

August 30

August 31

September

September 1

September 2

September 3

September 4

September 5

September 6

September 7

September 8

September 9

September 10

September 11

September 12

September 13

September 14

September 15

September 16

September 17

September 18

September 19

September 20

September 21

September 22

September 23

September 24

September 25

September 26

September 27

September 28

September 29

September 30

October

October 1

October 2

October 3

October 4

October 5

October 6

October 7

October 8

October 9

October 10

October 11

October 12

October 13

October 14

October 15

October 16

October 17

October 18

October 19

October 20

October 21

October 22

October 23

October 24

October 25

October 26

October 27

October 28

October 29

October 30

October 31

November

November 1

November 2

November 3

November 4

November 5

November 6

November 7

November 8

November 9

November 10

November 11

November 12

November 13

November 14

November 15

November 16

November 17

November 18

November 19

November 20

November 21

November 22

November 23

November 24

November 25

November 26

November 27

November 28

November 29

November 30

December

December 1

December 2

December 3

December 4

December 5

December 6

December 7

December 8

December 9

December 10

December 11

December 12

December 13

December 14

December 15

December 16

December 17

December 18

December 19

December 20

December 21

December 22

December 23

December 24

December 25

December 26

December 27

December 28

December 29

December 30

December 31

About the Author

Dedication

I dedicate this devotional book to my wife Miriam and my children Nyasha, Shumirai and David Jr. I thank God for my wife who is always an inspiration and challenges me to do more for God. She worked tirelessly with me for this book to be complete. For my children who had to give up daddy time whilst I worked on the book.

Acknowledgement

I would like to appreciate my wife for her patience with me when I spent hours on end writing this devotional book. I thank you sweetheart for helping me with the editing of the book.

I would like also to appreciate Anna Anglin, Sarah and Farai Mutinhiri for helping me with the editing of the book and Kudzai Shirichena for keeping the collection of devotions together.

Thank you Overseer Pastor Tina Mashushire for showing me that I can do it now instead of waiting to write when I have gray hair.

Thank you Overseer Dr. Caleb Mashushire and Overseer Pastor Joseph Kativu for taking time out of your busy schedules to review the book and write the foreword.

I would like to appreciate my father Apostle Dr. E.H. Guti for setting a perfect example for me. Above all, I appreciate the Holy Spirit who impressed and inspired me to write this devotional. I pray that many lives will be inspired, encouraged and transformed through this book.

Foreword

I have such deep admiration for Pastor David Soda and his wife Miriam. I am deeply humbled and consider it a great honor in writing this foreword. He is the quintessential leader; a great intercessor and a faithful soldier for Christ. This 365 day devotional was birthed out of a divinely inspired spirit deeply rooted in the sacred scriptures of God. Part of the devil’s strategy is to have us live a defeated and anemic life through the negligence of daily study of scripture. Power comes from memorizing the Holy Scriptures daily and meditating on scripture is the key in unlocking revelation, guidance and inspiration of the Holy Spirit. Most of all apply these nuggets shared as principles for your assured victory in your daily life. Please follow Pastor David as he takes you on a 365 day spiritual gymnasium workout and you will be encouraged to believe God for the impossible. This devotional is a must have for every believer who has a insurmountable desire to move and live at the next level. You are going to be stirred to dive deeper into the things of God.

Overseer Dr. Caleb Mashushire Sr. (D-Min)

God walks with us in our daily encounters with the situations and circumstances of our lives. Through them we learn to use His word to overcome challenges one day at a time and to celebrate the victories brought through trusting in His guidance. The author of this devotional Pastor David Soda is an example of one person who has grown and succeeded in life through daily walking in God’s word and prayerfully trusting in His guidance. He confronted adverse life’s challenges from the early days of our meeting in 1983 when he was still in Elementary school. As his leaders we always wondered about this youth’s consistency in his walk with God. He has now grown to be an exemplary father, faithful husband, diligent bible college director, and a committed pastor. I encourage the reader to use this devotional prayerfully and I am confident that it will bring out the Godly values so evident in its author.

Overseer Pastor Joseph Kativu

Preface

1983 a year to remember, my life was transformed. The transformation came when I received God’s gift Jesus Christ into my heart. My life became a life of peace, joy and love in Jesus Christ. I have grown and continue to grow spiritually by spending time in His word. I encourage anyone who wants to grow in their relationship with God to take a step of faith in their daily walk with Him by reading His word daily.

January

January 1

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

—John 3:16.

The coming of Jesus was not a reaction to a cosmological mishap that God gave us His only son Jesus, but it was a grand master plan before the mishap. Whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. Because man has sinned, the consequence is death. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord (Romans 6:23). You may be reading this devotion today and you have not fully committed your life to Him, life is only found in Jesus Christ by accepting Him as your personal savior and the death verdict is removed.

January 2

He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself; he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony that God has given of His Son. And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.

—1 John 5:10

If we receive the testimony of men then the testimony of God is greater; for the testimony of God is this that He has testified concerning His Son. And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. All we have to do is to; Admit our sins that we are sinful and we agree with God that we are sinners. Believe that Jesus came into the world and died on the cross for us. Commit our life to Jesus so that we can be saved and make a difference.

January 3

Then the LORD God called to Adam and said to him, Where are you?

— Genesis 3:9

The Lord God called to Adam and said to him. Where are you? God’s asking of Adam was not in ignorance of what had happened, but as a concerned father would to a disobedient child. He reached out. God had to pursue Adam even though Adam was supposed to be the one to pursue God and plead with him. No matter what you have done, God will never give up on you. He pursues you because He loves you.

January 4

Then one poor widow came and threw in two mites, which make a quadrans. So He called His disciples to Himself and said to them, Assuredly, I say to you that this poor widow has put in more than all those who have given to the treasury; for they all put in out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all that she had, her whole livelihood.

—Mark 12:42- 44

Love is perfect. It expresses itself perfectly and it gives itself completely. The poor widow did exactly what God did by giving His only begotten son. She gave her only prized possession the two mites for the love of God. When you Love and believe in a cause, you release even that which you treasure most.

January 5

Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to Me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them. Come now, therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring My people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt."

—Exodus 3:9-10

Love cannot be seen or touched but it can be felt. Therefore the unseen love cannot benefit the beloved unless it is expressed. Because love knows it has to be seen, without being seen it benefits not, so it compels one to act. God loved the children of Israel so much that He could not ignore the cry of their heart for freedom. God loves you so much that He cannot ignore you when you cry out in prayer to Him.

January 6

Again, the devil took