Eleven years, eight months and three days ago I posted the first devotional to this site. This devotional is my 3,000th one to write. When I started out, it was because I heard God tell me to write. I imagined book deals and thousands of followers, but that never happened. What did happen was that I learned how to hear from God, dig into His Word and be faithful to what He asked no matter what. When people ask me about writing, I simply let them know that this is an act of obedience. If nothing huge ever comes from this, I’m good because that isn’t my motivation. Like me, God has called you to be faithful to do something. We can imagine all the things our faithfulness will bring as we dream of success. However, God’s idea of success and ours are often different. Can you be continue to be faithful to it even when your idea of success isn’t met? No matter what God has asked you to do, keep at it daily. God teaches us and uses us through our faithfulness .
Here are some Bible verses on being obedient.
1. Only fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart. For consider what great things he has done for you.
1 Samuel 12:24 ESV
2. Life’s blessings drench the honest and faithful person, but punishment rains down upon the greedy and dishonest.
Proverbs 28:20 TPT
3. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
Galatians 5:22-23 ESV
4. The master was full of praise. “Well done, my good and faithful servant. You have been faithful in handling this small amount, so now I will give you many more responsibilities. Let’s celebrate together!”
Matthew 25:21 NLT
5. Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.
1 Corinthians 4:2 ESV
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Congratulations on reaching such a magnificent milestone in your ministry Chris!
May our Father God continue to guide and bless you each day in your service. 🙏
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Thank you! Bless you, brother.
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Thanks for blessing my life with practical application of the Word. I often share you material to another blog or in devotionals that I’m supposed to offer in prayer meetings, etc… Thank you for obeying, john
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Thank you! Glad to hear you’re giving them a second life. Thanks for all you do.
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Faithful. Obedient. Perseverance.
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Thank you
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Congratulations, Chris, on 3000 devotionals! I’ve been subscribed for a number of years now and I can tell you that your obedience has affected me and my relationship with Jesus. Your personal experience on topics relates to me often and your scriptural references help me make sense of my journey with Him, whom I serve. Thank you for your words of encouragement, insight into areas where God truly interacts with us and reminding us (your readers) of God’s promises written in His word. To weirdly quote a Marvel movie, “Love you 3000,” brother!
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Thank you so much for this encouragement! I often post these and think no one reads them and then go about my day. Messages like this remind me that I’m being used by God and not just being obedient. “Love you tons!”
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I’m so glad you have done what God called you to do.
Your daily devotions have been a blessing and something to share with others. 🙏🙏🙏
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Thank you for letting me know!
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3,000 devos is a wonderful milestone!
It matters not if you have a million followers and book deals flooding your inbox, what matters is obedience to God’s call on your life.
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That’s right! It took me a while to figure that out. Thank you.
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I for one enjoy spending time with you in this blogiverse.
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What an encouragement you are Chris to us other bloggers out there too who also heard that call to write. I am blessed to read this blog and these responses as it encourages me that we won’t really know the full impact of obedience to God’s call until that day we hear those words “ well done good and faithful servant”. Bless you.
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It will be amazing one day to see everything. Obedience creates a ripple effect. Keep doing what you do!
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Wow! I am amazed with your wonderful dedication. I have lots of notebooks and daily devotion journals way back in the Philippines. Now, that I’m in Dubai for 10 years, I enjoy reading your daily devotions everyday.
Thank you for always reminding us. Continue to be a channel of blessing to everyone. 🙂
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Thank you! Hang on to those notebooks and journals. They are a roadmap of your faith and growth. Thanks for reading.
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