Streams of Joy Devotional 14 August 2025 by Pastor Jerry Eze
Streams of Joy Devotional 14 August 2025 by Pastor Jerry Eze
PASTOR JERRY EZE DAILY DEVOTIONAL MESSAGE 14TH AUGUST 2025
Welcome to Streams of Joy Daily Devotional Message for today written by Pastor Jerry Eze, Convener, New Season Prophetic Prayers and Declarations, NSPPD. May you be blessed as you study today!
Streams of Joy Devotional 14 August 2025 by Pastor Jerry Eze
TOPIC: TAKE CHARGE
SCRIPTURE: “Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.” (John 5: 8)
That is the Focal Scripture of Streams of Joy Devotional today.
In our Focal Scripture, Jesus told the man at the pool of Bethesda to take up his bed. That man had probably been on his bed for so long. He had been carried by his bed for the period of his infirmity; but when Jesus showed up, He commanded that the man should carry the same bed that once carried him. Jesus commanded that the man should move from being carried to being the one to carry. Jesus commanded the man to carry his bed.
Friend, I pray for you: receive grace to carry whatever carried you in time past. Receive grace to carry the same people to whom you were once a burden. Receive grace to support the people who once supported you. Receive grace to do for others what they needed to do for you in time past. Receive grace to become a burden bearer. Receive grace to take charge of situations that once held sway over your destiny.
You may have been the one to be carried in the past season; others may have carried you emotionally, financially, etc.; but in this season, receive grace to carry what carried you before. Receive grace to carry what you could not carry before. Receive grace to become dependable to those you needed to depend on in time past. Receive grace to move from being a dependent to being dependable. Receive grace to carry your bed.
The days of being unable to carry your ‘bed’, are over. The days of being unable to do major things for yourself and for others, are over. The days of being perpetually dependent, are over. The days of never being able to take charge of what is going on around you, are over. The days of being weak when you ought to be strong, are over. The days of being counted amongst those who are stuck in ‘Bethesda’, are over.
Welcome to your new season of being dependable. Welcome to that season where you will carry what used to carry you before.
Isaiah 35: 3 says: “Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.”
Declare With Me: I receive grace to carry whatever carried me before, in Jesus’ name!
ABOUT: Pastor Jerry Uchechukwu Eze is a dynamic Nigerian pastor, author, and televangelist, born on August 22, 1982, in Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria. He is the founder and Lead Pastor of Streams of Joy International, a rapidly growing ministry with branches across Nigeria, the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Pastor Jerry is also the convener of the New Season Prophetic Prayers and Declarations (NSPPD), a global online prayer platform known for its powerful prophetic sessions and testimonies.
His daily devotional, Streams of Joy Devotional, launched in January 2011, offers daily spiritual insights aimed at inspiring believers towards a deeper relationship with God. The devotional is widely read across the globe and is considered a bestseller. Pastor Jerry Eze is married to Pastor Eno Jerry, and they are blessed with two children.
Today’s Bible Verse 14th August 2025 Thursday Word | Hebrews 10:25
