Fresh Fire 🔥 Daily Devotional

Stay Focused on Jesus

17th October 2026 · Saturday

Fresh Fire• 17th October 2026 · Saturday

Topic: Stay Focused on Jesus

By Apostle Prof. E. C. Ejiofor — General Overseer

Apostle Prof. E. C. Ejiofor preaching with a microphone, wearing a white robe with gold and green star embroidery
Apostle Prof. E. C. Ejiofor · Praiseland Royal Springs Int'l Church
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📖 "But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me."

We are living in a day and time where there is so much going on in the world 🌎 that we are losing focus. So much is also going on in the church. There is rattling going on in the church. Backstabbing is going on in the church. Gossip is going on in the church. So much is going on in the church, and we are losing focus of the principal thing: and that is JESUS. When things are going well for you, your focus must be Jesus. And also, when things seem to be going rough, when trials and tribulations come into your life, you've got to stay focused on Jesus. See, when problems come our way we tend to take our focus off Jesus. We take our focus off Jesus and put it on our heartache. We take our focus off Jesus and put it on our suffering. I declare that God will help you🫵 to put your eyes 👀 permanently on Jesus in Jesus Name 🙏!

When we take our focus off Jesus, our problems seem too big, our heartaches seem too heavy, our pain seems like it's too much to bear, and suffering seems like it's too much to withstand. You may feel there is nothing you can do. You may also feel that there is no way out of that situation, and you are planning to give up. Some may even be thinking of committing suicide because they feel all hope is gone. Your trials only come to make you strong. I prophesy to you🫵 a release of grace to remain focused on JESUS in all situations and conditions in JESUS Name🙏.

Sometimes God leads you🫵 to the storm: you🫵 need to press on. In Matthew 14:22-24, the Bible says: "And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship 🚢, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away. And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain 🏔️ apart to pray: and when the evening 🌆 was come, he was there alone. But the ship 🚢 was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary." (See also Mark 6:45-49.)

It's Jesus that led them to the storm. The storm doesn't always come because you've done something wrong. Again, trials come to make us strong. And if you don't go through these trials focused on Jesus, you may miss out on your blessings. Maybe you went to a job interview, and you had the degree that is required for the position, but they told you that you don't have enough experience. The same can be said of your blessing.

Beloved, God was trying to guide you through the storm (notice I didn't say leave you in the storm). God was trying to guide you through the storm, but you were so afraid of the storm that you ran and tried to find your own way out of it, and when God was going to bless you, when He wanted to bless you, you didn't have enough experience. I release unto you🫵 God's discerning Spirit to know the storms meant for our soaring in God's Glory for Divine Decoration in Jesus Name 🙏.

Do you know that if you🫵 focus on Jesus, He'll come into your ship 🚢 and stop the wind from blowing? If you🫵 focus on Jesus, He'll come into your ship 🚢 and stop the rain from falling. If you🫵 focus on Jesus, He'll come into your ship 🚢 and stop the lightning from flashing. If you🫵 focus on Jesus, He'll come into your ship 🚢 and stop the thunder from roaring. If you're focused on Jesus, He'll tell the storm, "Peace, be still." Beloved, stay focused on Jesus. For even Jesus was focused.

Can you see Him in the Garden of Gethsemane? I hear Him saying, "Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done." He was betrayed by Judas, but He was focused. They marched Him from judgment hall to judgment hall, but He was focused. They whipped Him, they spat on Him, but He was focused. He was denied by Peter, but He was focused. They marched Him up Calvary's hill carrying His cross, but He was focused. Just as He was focused, we equally need to be focused.

For the record, there was a man by the name of Simon who was recruited to help Jesus bear the cross. From this the question arises: must Jesus bear the cross alone and all the world 🌎 go free? Oh no, there's a cross for everyone, and I know there's a cross for me. That's why I say, don't hide me behind the cross, but hang me on the cross. Jesus kept on up Calvary's hill. They hung Him high and stretched Him wide, but He was focused. When He gave His hands to the nails, He was focused. When He gave His feet 🐾 to the spikes, He was focused. When He gave His side to the spear, He was focused. He died, and they laid Him in a borrowed tomb. He stayed there all night Saturday, but early Sunday morning He got up with all power and Glory in His hands. I prophesy to you🫵 a special grace of God to remain focused on Jesus to the end in Jesus Name 🙏.

Say it: I Will Stay Focused On Jesus Christ 🙏

Prayer Point

LORD, help me to remain focused no matter what I pass through in Jesus Name 🙏.

Further Study

Matthew 14:1-33.

Word Charge

Prayer is an intimate conversation with our God 🙏.

Bible Reading in One Year

Isaiah 50-52 and 1 Thessalonians 5.

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