Good morning, brethren. 1. Morning devotion for today. i.😀🎀💝🎁🌺🌹 MORNING TEA THE WORD FOR TODAY. SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 2026. "INSTRUMENT RATED (3)" ‘The entrance of Your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.’ Psalm 119:130 NKJV IN ORDER for you to be instrument rated, an instructor will accompany you on your training missions. The instructor will place a long-billed cap on your head, so that all you can see is the instrument panel in front of you. That’s because this is all you’ll be able to see when you’re flying in storm conditions. You must learn to work your instruments and radio, doing many turns and being able to bring the plane down within a few feet of the landing strip. And you must do all this without ever looking to see where you are, without the confirmation of your senses. This simulated blindness, causing confusion to the average person, is soon overcome by disciplined training. The flights ‘under the hood’, as the procedure’s called, become merely routine flights. What happens when unprepared Christians are plunged into darkness by the trials of life? They begin to question what’s happening. Everything was going well; all they could see ahead was fair weather. But now they’ve lost their sense of direction because they have not spent time in God’s Word. They have not been taught to trust God regardless of what they see or feel, so they get discouraged, sometimes backslide, and sometimes even blame God and get swallowed up in bitterness. Paul writes to Timothy, ‘Study and be eager and do your utmost to present yourself to God approved (tested by trial), a workman who has no cause to be ashamed, correctly analysing and accurately dividing [rightly handling and skillfully teaching] the Word of Truth’ (2 Timothy 2:15 AMP).                                                     Bible In A Year: Lev 26-27, Ps 56, Pro 10:8-9. Courtesy: Grace So Amazing Foundation 💝🎀 *To partner with us, kindly refer to page 9 of the hard copy edition or simply send us a WhatsApp message/call on +2348128000068.*💝🌹🌷🎀. ii. GOD'S PLAN FOR HUMANITY "For He chose us in Him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in His sight." - Ephesians 1:4 Hundreds of years before Jesus came to earth, the prophets had already predicted that He would come. Somehow people could not understand this great plan of God. The Bible teaches us that God's plan of salvation and deliverance was ready before the creation of the world. This is impossible to grasp with our limited mind. Nobody understood it God sent His Son to earth at the right time and in a special way. He was born by a simple virgin who loved God. Jesus' contemporaries did not understand that God was fulfilling the word He had spoken through His servants earlier. When Jesus began His ministry, many did not understand what He was doing and hated Him. Even His family did not understand Jesus. The hatred of the theologians of that time was so great that they wanted to kill Him. His own fellow citizens did not understand Him. 'And they were ashamed of Him and turned away because of Him' (Matthew 13:57). Let's not say: 'Nobody understands me.' If there was One who knows what loneliness is and how it feels to be despised and rejected, then it is Jesus. The climax of this desolation took place on the cross. Put your faith in God alone Even the disciples did not understand what Jesus was doing. However, Jesus knew why He came to earth. He knew He had to fulfil a Master Plan: salvation for humanity, for anyone who wants to receive it (see John 3:16). Jesus had to fulfill His purpose alone. He did not put his faith in people, but in God the Father alone. This is an important lesson for us. Keep your focus only on Jesus so you will be able to fulfill God's plan for your life. https://www.theblessingdevotional.com 2. Morning prayer for today. i. Morning Prayer [It is of] the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. [They are] new every morning: great [is] thy faithfulness. ⏤ Lamentations 3:22-23 To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing. ⏤ Martin Luther As we come to the end of another week, Father, we ask for Your blessing on this last morning. We’ve failed in many ways, and with humility and repentance, we confess our failures. We ask for the grace to make this last day of the week better than any of the others, to do its duties more faithfully, and to live more according to Your pure and holy laws. We thank You for all Your mercies. You’ve blessed us abundantly. The things we feared at the start of the week didn’t happen. The clouds we thought would bring darkness and storms either passed us by or brought only gentle rain that made our fields more fertile. The tasks we thought would be too hard for us have been manageable, and we’ve had the strength we needed as they came. We thank You for all the blessings of the week, which came to us in so many ways—through Your providence, through our friends, through our work. We’ve had food to eat and clothes to wear. We’ve had health and life’s comforts. You haven’t failed us once! This morning, we pray for our neighbors. Some of them are in trouble. Some homes have sickness. May You send Your tender grace and healing to them. Give strength to those who are suffering, so they can endure patiently, and may their suffering bring good to their souls. Remember the homes that have been darkened by sorrow. May those who are mourning catch glimpses of Heaven’s glory through their tears. Bless our neighbors who don’t know You yet, who are still resisting Your love. Lead them to surrender their lives to You. We ask all this in Jesus' precious name. Amen. https://www.youdevotion.com/daily-prayer/miller/06/morning #taptapstudio #youdevotion.