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TOPIC: DON'T MAKE VOWS IF YOU CAN'T PAY; BE SERIOUS WITH GOD.

HOLINESS REVIVAL MOVEMENT WORLDWIDE HOREMOW

DAILY DEVOTIONAL BY PASTOR PAUL RIKA INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR.

DATE: FRIDAY AUGUST 14, 2026.

TOPIC: DON'T MAKE VOWS IF YOU CAN'T PAY; BE SERIOUS WITH GOD.

TEXT: ECCLESIASTES 5:4-7 
4. When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
5. Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
6. Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?
7. For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.

KEY VERSE: ECCLESIASTES 5:5 “Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay“.

Do not say, it is a mistake. If you are not clear, hold your tongue, because God gets angry at people who vow and never pay. He judges them, so maybe God’s judgment upon you has affected your finances and other areas because you made some vows and did not redeem them yet you keep saying, “God bless me.” 

Go and pay what you vowed. Plead with God for mercy, then go and redeem your vow. Maybe you vowed in your former church. Give it where you worship now, except otherwise. If you made a promise that when God gives you a husband, you will do something for him. Maybe you said this with a particular man in mind would but eventually God brought another man to marry you. 

Will you not do what you promised God for him? Similarly, if you made a promise to God in a church, if God removes you from there to a place where you see God’s presence, will you not do that which you promised? Will not God be glorified if you do it to the present church where He brought you? 

Actually, many churches are not in the perfect way of God, and God brought you to a church where He is, so that your services can be rewarded. When you make vows and do not redeem them, it brings judgment. How many vows have you made and have not redeemed, as at now? 

Now, you are passing through judgment unawares all because of money. Come, why did you make those vows? Did money deceive you that it was coming? after you made the vows, then money stopped coming? Just to bring you a curse, just to impoverish you, and abuse you before your God? 

Can you please God with vain words? He that reads into your heart knows that you do not have. Why are you making promises over what you do not have? Can you deceive God? God knows you; your yesterday, your today, your bank account, your connection, your family and your friends. God knows all. 

Thought for the day: The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom.

Song for the day: The joy of the Lord is my strength …

Bible reading for the day: Jeremiah 33-36

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