“Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:” (Matthew 13: 24) That is the Focal Scripture of Streams of Joy Devotional today. Our Focal Scripture speaks of a parable of the kingdom, involving a man which sowed good seed in his field. This man did not just have a field; he planted in his field. Whatever harvest he wanted to see in his field, he sowed the seeds that will cause them to happen. H

“12. And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers, 13. Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.” (Matthew 28: 12-13) . That is the Focal Scripture of Streams of Joy Devotional today. Our Focal Scripture speaks of the false narrative that was put in place by the elders, to suggest that Jesus did not really rise from the dead. They paid money to the soldiers, and asked them to

“And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.” (Matthew 28: 9) That is the Focal Scripture of Streams of Joy Devotional today. In our Focal Scripture, the women who were on the way to speak to the disciples about Jesus’ resurrection, met Jesus. One of those women was Mary Magdalene. Mary Magdalene had led a rough life. She had been a woman of easy virtue; but Jesus redeemed her, f

“And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.” (Matthew 28: 9) That is the Focal Scripture of Streams of Joy Devotional today. As the women that came to Jesus’ sepulcher left to go and inform the disciples that Jesus would go ahead of them into Galilee, they met Jesus on the way. The idea was that they would meet Him in Galilee; that was the instruction they got from the Angel who

“And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word.” (Matthew 28: 8) That is the Focal Scripture of Streams of Joy Devotional today. Our Focal Scripture speaks of that moment when the women departed from the sepulcher speedily. They were done with their conversation with the Angel of the Lord, and they left the sepulcher speedily. Sepulchers are graves, burial places for the dead; they are like dead places; these wom