WISDOM FOR THE DAY DEVOTIONAL
By Bishop Mike Okonkwo
MONDAY 23rd MARCH 2026
TOPIC: CHRIST GAVE HIS LIFE FOR YOU
“He that spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?” – Romans 8:32 (KJV)
Beloved, how do you know that God is for you? One undeniable proof is that He gave His own Son for you. Don’t try to gauge God’s favor based on your feelings, circumstances, or the trials you are going through. Challenges do not mean that God has abandoned you.
Romans 8:32 reminds us: “He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?” Let that sink in. If God was willing to give His only Son, what else could He withhold from you? He is for you! Make this your daily declaration: “God is for me.”
Romans 8:33-34 continues: “Who shall lay anything to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.”
Beloved, the one who could rightfully condemn you is Christ Himself, yet He died for you, rose again, and now intercedes on your behalf at the right hand of God. How then can you ever be condemned?
Romans 8:35 reminds us: “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?” No power, no trial, no enemy can sever you from His love. It is not about your love for Christ, but about His unshakable love for you.
Romans 8:36-37 says: “Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? … Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.”
Beloved, your victory is guaranteed. You triumph every time, not by your strength, but because of the boundless, unfailing love of Christ for you. Let this truth settle in your heart: you are more than a conqueror!
Further reading: Romans 8:31-39, Romans 5:8
Daily Bible Reading: Morning – Joshua 13-15, Evening – Luke 1:57-80