```DAILY ANNA - (A DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE FOR ADULTS)
FRIDAY 9TH JANUARY, 2026```
*CROSS BEFORE CROWN* π«΅π½πΎπΎπ½π½πΎπ½
```TEXT:ESTHER 2:10-17```
```KEY VERSE:``` _*"And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti" (ESTHER 2:17).*_
*A politician who lost at the poll many times, but still went on to become one of history's most admired personalities, said he learned to bide his time in the face of hurdles that tried to stop his march into the hall of fame. He remained humble and obedient to the laws of heaven, he said, despite the torments. Sometimes, according to him, he suffered ridicule and outright rejection from those who told him he would never make it. They frequently referred to his serial failure in school. But the man, Abraham Lincoln, finally became the president of the United States, one of its greatest.*
*Centuries before Lincoln, a Jewess called Esther showed greater tenacity and trust in God when a series of events cropped up, threatening to destroy her people in the land of Persia under King Ahasuerus. This young woman was an alien slave in the land, where an unforgiving king, hurt by his wife, sought to pick a new woman from among a group that included the young Jewish lady. The odds were against her. She was in the midst of a xenophobic people. The Jews were targeted for annihilation. She was closely monitored by her disciplinarian father-figure, Mordecai. She did not buckle. God celebrated her simple faith in Him, and moved the king to crown her his queen, eventually.*
*The path to greatness, grandeur and glory is not rosy but thorny. That route is self-rejection for stoic submission to opposition expressed in trials, troubles, temptations and tests. It is bowing to the will of God that seems to run contrary to our wishes. Many describe them as blessings in disguise. The discerning, like Esther and Lincoln, would therefore calmly receive such buffets as the cross that must be borne before coronation.*
*Genuine followers of Christ who want to make heaven must bear this in mind: the Master Himself carried the cross of shame before He was crowned in matchless glory. When we are mocked, threatened or denied our rights as we serve the Lord and evangelise, let us joyfully see it as the cross ahead of the crown reserved for us in Christ's kingdom.*
βπ½```THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:``` _*Today the cross, tomorrow the crown.*_
```THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:``` *MATTHEW 20-21*
Cross Before Crown
https://dailymanna.app//
*RECOMMENDED GOSPEL HYMNS AND SONGS - GHS 79: THE WAY OF THE CROSS LEADS HOME; GHS 64: THE OLD RUGGED CROSS; AND GHS 63: WILL THERE BE ANY STARS?*
*TXD @THEXDEVOTIONALS on Twitter*
*#DailyManna9thJanuary2026*
*#GCK*
*#WorshipNuggets*
*#BibleNuggets*
*#LeadershipNuggets*
*#RevivalNuggets*
*#CrusadeNuggets*
https://www.youtube.com/@THEXDEVOTIONALS
FRIDAY 9TH JANUARY, 2026```
*CROSS BEFORE CROWN* π«΅π½πΎπΎπ½π½πΎπ½
```TEXT:ESTHER 2:10-17```
```KEY VERSE:``` _*"And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti" (ESTHER 2:17).*_
*A politician who lost at the poll many times, but still went on to become one of history's most admired personalities, said he learned to bide his time in the face of hurdles that tried to stop his march into the hall of fame. He remained humble and obedient to the laws of heaven, he said, despite the torments. Sometimes, according to him, he suffered ridicule and outright rejection from those who told him he would never make it. They frequently referred to his serial failure in school. But the man, Abraham Lincoln, finally became the president of the United States, one of its greatest.*
*Centuries before Lincoln, a Jewess called Esther showed greater tenacity and trust in God when a series of events cropped up, threatening to destroy her people in the land of Persia under King Ahasuerus. This young woman was an alien slave in the land, where an unforgiving king, hurt by his wife, sought to pick a new woman from among a group that included the young Jewish lady. The odds were against her. She was in the midst of a xenophobic people. The Jews were targeted for annihilation. She was closely monitored by her disciplinarian father-figure, Mordecai. She did not buckle. God celebrated her simple faith in Him, and moved the king to crown her his queen, eventually.*
*The path to greatness, grandeur and glory is not rosy but thorny. That route is self-rejection for stoic submission to opposition expressed in trials, troubles, temptations and tests. It is bowing to the will of God that seems to run contrary to our wishes. Many describe them as blessings in disguise. The discerning, like Esther and Lincoln, would therefore calmly receive such buffets as the cross that must be borne before coronation.*
*Genuine followers of Christ who want to make heaven must bear this in mind: the Master Himself carried the cross of shame before He was crowned in matchless glory. When we are mocked, threatened or denied our rights as we serve the Lord and evangelise, let us joyfully see it as the cross ahead of the crown reserved for us in Christ's kingdom.*
βπ½```THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:``` _*Today the cross, tomorrow the crown.*_
```THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:``` *MATTHEW 20-21*
Cross Before Crown
https://dailymanna.app//
*RECOMMENDED GOSPEL HYMNS AND SONGS - GHS 79: THE WAY OF THE CROSS LEADS HOME; GHS 64: THE OLD RUGGED CROSS; AND GHS 63: WILL THERE BE ANY STARS?*
*TXD @THEXDEVOTIONALS on Twitter*
*#DailyManna9thJanuary2026*
*#GCK*
*#WorshipNuggets*
*#BibleNuggets*
*#LeadershipNuggets*
*#RevivalNuggets*
*#CrusadeNuggets*
https://www.youtube.com/@THEXDEVOTIONALS
```DAILY βοΈANNA - (A DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE FOR ADULTS)
FRIDAY 9TH JANUARY, 2026```
*CROSS BEFORE CROWN* ππποΈπ«΅π½ππΎβοΈππΎβοΈπ§π½βοΈπ§π½βοΈππΎπππ½
ππ```TEXT:ESTHER 2:10-17```ππ
ππ```KEY VERSE:``` _*"And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti" (ESTHER 2:17).*_
*A politician who lost at the poll many times, but still went on to become one of history's most admired personalities, said he learned to bide his time in the face of hurdles that tried to stop his march into the hall of fame. He remained humble and obedient to the laws of heaven, he said, despite the torments. Sometimes, according to him, he suffered ridicule and outright rejection from those who told him he would never make it. They frequently referred to his serial failure in school. But the man, Abraham Lincoln, finally became the president of the United States, one of its greatest.*
*Centuries before Lincoln, a Jewess called Esther showed greater tenacity and trust in God when a series of events cropped up, threatening to destroy her people in the land of Persia under King Ahasuerus. This young woman was an alien slave in the land, where an unforgiving king, hurt by his wife, sought to pick a new woman from among a group that included the young Jewish lady. The odds were against her. She was in the midst of a xenophobic people. The Jews were targeted for annihilation. She was closely monitored by her disciplinarian father-figure, Mordecai. She did not buckle. God celebrated her simple faith in Him, and moved the king to crown her his queen, eventually.*
*The path to greatness, grandeur and glory is not rosy but thorny. That route is self-rejection for stoic submission to opposition expressed in trials, troubles, temptations and tests. It is bowing to the will of God that seems to run contrary to our wishes. Many describe them as blessings in disguise. The discerning, like Esther and Lincoln, would therefore calmly receive such buffets as the cross that must be borne before coronation.*
*Genuine followers of Christ who want to make heaven must bear this in mind: the Master Himself carried the cross of shame before He was crowned in matchless glory. When we are mocked, threatened or denied our rights as we serve the Lord and evangelise, let us joyfully see it as the cross ahead of the crown reserved for us in Christ's kingdom.*
βπ½```THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:``` _*Today the cross, tomorrow the crown.*_
ππ```THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:``` *MATTHEW 20-21*ππ
Cross Before Crown
https://dailymanna.app//
*RECOMMENDED GOSPEL HYMNS AND SONGS - GHS 79: THE WAY OF THE CROSS LEADS HOME; GHS 64: THE OLD RUGGED CROSS; AND GHS 63: WILL THERE BE ANY STARS?*
*TXD @THEXDEVOTIONALS on Twitter*
*#DailyManna9thJanuary2026*
*#GCK*
*#WorshipNuggets*
*#BibleNuggets*
*#LeadershipNuggets*
*#RevivalNuggets*
*#CrusadeNuggets*
https://www.youtube.com/@THEXDEVOTIONALS
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