Gold Nuggets from God’s Mine: 366 Daily Devotional

By Denise Smith-Lewis

Gold Nuggets from God’s Mine is a devotional resource intended for use every day of the year, with an additional devotion for use during a leap year. Gold Nuggets is an extraction of the rich resources and revelation available in God’s Word. The Bible, like a gold mine, contains precious gems that are useful for building strong, successful, and prosperous lives.

In Gold Nuggets from God’s Mine, these precious gems from God’s Word are mined, polished, and provided for daily spiritual nourishing. The author hopes that through the reading of Gold Nuggets, faith will mature and lives will be changed for God’s glory. So, let us begin the exploration of God’s gold mine, and may our lives be enriched with God’s treasure.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Oct 20, 2021
• ISBN: 9781664233041

Denise Smith-Lewis

Denise Smith-Lewis invited the Lord Jesus Christ into her life in her teen years. The experience confirmed her identity as God’s daughter. She is Antiguan and Barbudan by birth and grew up in Antigua with her parents and siblings. The home was a place of missions where the hungry were fed and the homeless were brought in for shelter. Denise discovered her passion for service then and has been in the pastoral ministry for twenty-eight years. She has served in her native Antigua and also in St. Kitts. She is a poet, songwriter, and playwright and has often used these gifts for self-expression and as a medium for sharing God’s love. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Theology and a Masters in Family Life Education. She is the wife of Rev. Algernon Lewis and mother of two young men, Yemun and Y’Mahzie Lewis. She remains passionate about serving the Lord and uses any means available to share the gospel.

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Contents

Acknowledgments

1   I Am Eternally Loved!

2   God Thinks Good Thoughts!

3   God’s Resources Are Limitless

4   Made to Rule

5   God Can Do It

6   Rise above Words!

7   Living Purposefully

8   Holy Hiding

9   God Will Appear

10   Watch Your Mouth!

11   God Remembers

12   God Is Calling You

13   In Search of One

14   Learn to Love

15   Confessing Is Right

16   Good Foundation

17   Let Your Mouth Speak Good Things

18   Blessings Follow Obedience

19   God Stands

20   When God goes Slowly

21   God Is For You

22   What Is Your Position?

23   God Is Good Refuge

24   When You Give, You Get

25   Don’t Compromise on You

26   Keep Dreaming

27   God Has Answered

28   Shepherd All My Life

29   Stay at It

30   Command the Morning

31   All God’s

32   Mouthguard

33   Love Does Not Leave

34   Wait

35   Quiet Confidence

36   Pray On

37   God Is Good

38   Supernatural Security

39   Word of Honor

40   Take Warning

41   Live

42   Quite a Spread

43   Requirements

44   Put Together

45   Spirit-Filled

46   What’s on Your Head?

47   Let’s Exchange

48   Still Here

49   Uninterrupted Power

50   From Good Stock

51   Letting Go

52   Prayer Nonstop

53   Giving Thanks

54   Thinking Hard

55   In Order

56   Are You Up?

57   Show Off

58   Peace Up

59   Touching Faith

60   Love Gives

61   With Us

62   Down to Raise Me Up

63   Transfer Is Good

64   Look Up

65   No Need to Fear

66   Blessed People

67   New Strength

68   Together We Do It

69   Lost and Found

70   New Eyes for Seeing

71   When You Know

72   Treat Others Kindly

73   Melody Speaking

74   Courage under God

75   Power Spirit

76   Safety Deposit Box

77   Prophesy

78   He’s Standing with You

79   Holding a Watch

80   Ask and Receive

81   Singing All the Time

82   Unbreakable Bars

83   Know Your Season

84   What’s Your Number Now?

85   Stop Fretting

86   Birthing

87   Change Is Coming

88   Go Beyond

89   Avoid Entanglements

90   Fruit Season

91   Keep Doing

92   You Can Only Give What You Have

93   Bearing His Name

94   More Blessed

95   Peace Treaty

96   Surrounded

97   He Knows His Own

98   Look Out

99   Be on Your Watch

100   Make Up Your Mind

101   Seeing through the Darkness

102   Power of the Word

103   Pouring Out

104   He Calls Your Name

105   You’re Coming Out

106   A Gentle Reminder

107   My Rightful Share

108   Never-Ending Love

109   Prepare Your House

110   The Day Is Coming

111   First Things

112   Forgiveness Canopy

113   Moving Out

114   Build for the Future

115   Demonstrate Love

116   Seek and Live

117   When Waters Roll

118   Taken

119   Chosen

120   Here and Now

121   Come Away

122   Keep It In

123   I’m Listening

124   What Do You Have?

125   Use It for Something

126   As Promised

127   Don’t Forget

128   The Way to Pray

129   Turn Around

130   For Real

131   Peace in Christ

132   The Same-Minded God

133   Aim to Please

134   What Do You Keep before You?

135   When Love Rejoices

136   Kept

137   Just Go

138   Surrounded

139   Custom-Made

140   I Love My Neighbor

141   Knowing and Doing

142   Who Do You Call Friends?

143   God Honors My Preference

144   Today

145   Do Hear

146   What’s Your Mindset?

147   Service without Complaint

148   Before the Foundations

149   Trouble Can’t Last

150   Detected Right Through

151   Good Suffering

152   Walk Well

153   Shine Your Light

154   Pleasant Things

155   Safe House

156   Always Available

157   Hide It

158   Just Because

159   Loving and Lifting

160   Due Season Coming

161   Tomorrow’s Worry Canceled

162   I Am Still Thirsty

163   Exceeding Grace

164   Poor Yet Rich

165   The Need to Pray

166   Hand Help

167   Fresh Look

168   Sure Healing

169   Speech Matters

170   No Fear

171   Two Different Looks

172   Who Are We Really?

173   Two Edges

174   Funny Words

175   What You Give Is What You Get

176   Holiness Is a Choice

177   Tell and Be Healed

178   Far and Near Peace

179   By Yourself

180   You Are Protected

181   Hear and Heed

182   Help for the Humble

183   Never Forgotten

184   Still, Rejoice

185   Take Comfort

186   Firm Focus

187   Wait in Hope

188   Power to Witness

189   Only God Knows

190   Path Maker

191   Who Is Your Master?

192   Take a Rest

193   Weigh In

194   Reason to Sing

195   Bless the Lord

196   Eyes and Feet

197   Delight

198   Consider

199   For Me He Prays

200   Go in Peace

201   It’s Wiped Out

202   Cleansed

203   All Is Not Lost

204   Blessed Dead

205   Come Quickly

206   Open Door

207   Stay in Love

208   Give Generously

209   Chains Are Off

210   Priority

211   Title of Your Song

212   Blessed by the Blesser

213   Fear and Fair

214   Not Failed, Not Forsaken

215   Hold Your Hope

216   Stewards Serve

217   What Pleases God

218   Strength in Grace

219   Water Rock

220   Release

221   Being Faithful

222   Reason to Praise

223   Reward in Full

224   Raised from the Heap

225   Limitless Storehouse

226   You Have a Mighty One

227   Judge and All

228   Who and Do

229   Love Happy

230   Now I Am Well

231   Still Looking

232   Bad Power

233   No Harm, Neighbor

234   Searching for Sheep

235   Equal Measure

236   Faith Rest

237   Full Face

238   Sovereign Silence

239   Under God’s Hand

240   My Assignment Is Worship

241   Seek to Live

242   Lighted Lamps

243   Look for God

244   Just Call

245   Awesome God

246   Blessings Take Over

247   Glory Facedown

248   When God Arises

249   All God

250   Protected

251   Easy Blessings

252   I Shall Not Leave

253   Corner Covered

254   Eyes on You

255   Can-Do God

256   Ahead of You

257   Speak On

258   Come and Listen

259   Groanings

260   Touch Not

261   Don’t Be Afraid

262   Pay Your Vows

263   Serve in Your Presence

264   Sons of God

265   Peaceful Land

266   Training

267   Watch Your Steps

268   Preferred Status

269   Fruitful

270   Friends

271   Kept Love

272   Lands Sing

273   Free Life

274   My God

275   Stuck-On Friend

276   Long Life

277   Do Good

278   Strength

279   Resting

280   Watched Over

281   Don’t Start

282   Joy Gives Strength

283   By the Roads

284   God Alone

285   Sealed Heart

286   Laughter Is Good Medicine

287   Dread Warrior

288   Hope for Zion

289   Sin Finds Out

290   The Lord Is

291   God Knows

292   Prayer Hearer

293   Full Understanding

294   Reward Will Come

295   Safe Sleep

296   God’s People

297   Holy Intercessor

298   The Lord Knows

299   God’s Servants

300   Teach Us to Pray

301   Public Confession

302   Holy Talk

303   Do It Freely

304   I Am

305   Better Than Fowls

306   More Room

307   Give and Get

308   Let Go

309   Lose to Gain

310   Command Conscious

311   So Satisfied

312   When God Is with You

313   Loosed

314   Big Wish

315   Success Plan

316   Can’t Lose

317   Chosen Instrument

318   Faith on Power

319   More Blessed

320   Build Your Altar

321   Joy, Joy

322   None Other

323   Boaster

324   Love’s Desire

325   When Fear Meets Love

326   Genuine Love

327   In Pursuit of Peace

328   Moved by Our Cry

329   Dead and Alive

330   With You

331   Alive

332   All Healed

333   Love Does Not Condemn

334   Just Do

335   When Little Is Much

336   Walk Worthily

337   Time of Favor

338   Sons through Faith

339   Sin Talks

340   Greater Is He That Is in Me

341   Commander, Come

342   Nonsnatchable

343   Refreshing

344   Free to Serve

345   Be Strong

346   Continue

347   Full Armor

348   Love Heals

349   No Complaining

350   Content

351   Grace

352   God with Men

353   Wiped Tears

354   Born in Hope

355   War and Win

356   Zip It

357   Tamed Lions

358   Returned

359   Christian Characteristics

360   The Sinner’s Advocate

361   Love and Light

362   Sons

363   Keep Calm

364   Save Me

365   Never Forsaken

366   Glory Forever

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Acknowledgments

My praise and thanksgiving belong to almighty God whose goodness and mercy remain my ambassadorial escorts and supernatural security. My access to this Christ resource enabled me to complete this project.

The project Gold Nuggets from God’s Mine began a long time ago. There were some mishaps that led to seasons of discouragement and delays. Today, I celebrate God’s grace that brought it to fruition.

I offer my profound thanks to those who supported me along the journey.

To Kelah Joseph, thank you for your labor of love. To the Rev. Nasel Ephraim, Rev. Elva Richards-Goodwin, Bernadine Philip, Jamilla Connor, Holliette Valentine, Leunda Callendar, and Ted Martin, thank you for the part you played. To the Rt. Rev. Dr. Conrad Spencer and to all who partnered with me in this project, my heartfelt appreciation. To my husband, children, and other members of my family, thank you for your love and support. To every reader, I pray you will be enriched in every way by these gold nuggets. Do enjoy your gold-mining experience.

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I Am Eternally Loved!

I have loved you, my people, with an everlasting love.

With unfailing love, I have drawn you to myself.

JEREMIAH 31:3 (NLT)

I don’t have to measure up, perform, or be perfect to receive God’s love. God loves me unconditionally, fully, and completely.

God loves me with my insecurities and inadequacies, my faults and my failings. He loves me and accepts me just as I am. I am complete in God’s love. Therefore, I accept myself and love myself as I am. Thank you, Lord, for this love. Amen.

I have nothing to prove.

I am worthy of God’s love.

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God Thinks

Good Thoughts!

For I know the plans I have for you, declares

the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm

you, plans to give you hope and a future."

JEREMIAH 29:11 (NIV)

Did you know that God thinks highly of you and that God favors you? He does. From the bowels of eternity, God made plans for your future, a future filled with hope and success.

Amid the challenges you experience today, remember that God is working on your future to make it good. Rest assured, tomorrow will be better. Simply trust him. Thank you, Lord. With you, my future looks good. Amen.

Lord, here is my life’s plan,

my today and my tomorrows.

I place them in your hands.

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God’s Resources

Are Limitless

With God are wisdom and might; he has

counsel and understanding.

JOB 12:13 (ESV)

Everything belongs to God: infinite wisdom, unlimited power, perfect knowledge, and pure love. There is no shortage, there is no scarcity, and there is no lack with God. Whatever I need, God has it in stock. His storehouse is always full.

Whenever I have a need, I only have to ask, and God makes every resource of heaven available to me. I ask. and I receive it! God, owner of all that is, give all I need. Amen.

Whenever I cry, God will supply.

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Made to Rule

Then God said, "Let us make man in our image,

after our likeness. And let them have dominion

over the fish of the sea … and all the earth."

GENESIS 1:26 (ESV)

God fashioned us like himself, in his image and likeness. He formed us from the substance with which he is made and breathed his breath into us. He gave us the capacity to function as he does and appointed us as the CEO of his creation.

Being God’s CEO is a privilege and an awesome responsibility. We must exercise our dominion with dignity, authority, grace, and humility. God is expecting us to manage well. Help us live up to our potential, Lord. Amen.

Friend, you have greatness

on the inside of you.

Now do the things God wants you to.

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God Can Do It

Is anything too hard for the Lord? I will return about

this time next year, and Sarah will have a son.

GENESIS 18:14 (NLT)

The sovereign God who holds supreme power is never hindered by obstacles. He knows no setbacks and no limitations, and he is certainly not restrained by boundaries or borders. Sarah and Abraham were past childbearing age, but God