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Devotional for July 12, 2026

THE WINNING TEAM- TEAM JESUS CHRIST

SCRIPTURE READING - 📖 Acts 9:1-2

“Then Saul still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the LORD, went to the high priest and asked letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.”

Additional Verses

📖 Psalm 23:1-6; Psalm 30:1-12; Luke 5:1-11; Acts 9:1-43

There is only One Team in the spiritual league which is victorious over any other team whether spiritual of physical. This Team is TEAM JESUS CHRIST. If you are in any other team and I mean if you are holding onto any other faith which is not the Christian faith, you are actually in a team of losers. At first Paul was in the wrong team when first he consented with the stoning of Steven the deacon, to death and then went on to persecute the disciples of the LORD Jesus Christ. He was doing all this through frustration because the more he persecuted the disciples, the more the believers were added to it. Persecution was actually the vehicle through which Christianity spread from Jerusalem where Jesus Christ had been crucified right to the ends of the earth. While he was on yet another mission to arrest disciples of the LORD Jesus Christ, Saul came face to face with his destiny. According to Acts 9:1-9, when the glory of the LORD Jesus Christ shone upon Saul then, he did not at all need anyone to introduce him to the leader of the Winning Team whose name is JESUS CHRIST. Acts 9:6 says, “And he trembling and astonished, said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.” He immediately made up his mind to switch sides, and I mean from the losing team of the Jewish religious leaders to TEAM JESUS CHRIST. Following His baptism, Paul immediately took his position as a striker in TEAM JESUS CHRIST. He went on to suffer a lot of persecution for the One he once persecuted and not in a single day would he turn back. Philippians 3:13-14 says, “Brethren, l count not myself to have apprehended; but this one thing l do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, l press towards the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” Instead he kept on witnessing for the LORD Jesus Christ and up until to this day, Paul continues to witness to many through the Acts of the Apostles and His Letters to Churches. You may be going through a time of persecution for your faith in the LORD Jesus Christ or you may be sick and afflicted. Let me encourage you to stay on, in the Winning TEAM. Psalm 30:5 says, “Sorrow may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.” Remember, as the Bible teaches, there is a crown waiting for every child of God who endures through persecution, rejection, name calling, intimidation and false accusation for the sake of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I leave you with this question – In which team are you in? Winning team or losers team? If winning team, what part are you playing in this winning team – TEAM JESUS CHRIST? Alleluia!

Prayer

Thank You LORD Jesus Christ for this Word of encouragement today. Help me not to lose focus but to instead be a part of the Winning Team because of the great reward that will be waiting for us at the end of the race. In Jesus Christ’s name I pray, Amen.