DAILY SHOWER April 22, 2022 Devotion and Declarations
Prayer before the Word:
_O God, I worship You in the highest. Help me to know and serve You better as I study Your word today in Jesus name, Amen_
TODAY’S TOPIC: Courageous Ambassador of Christ
Text: Act. 17:22-34 (NIV Bible)
"17:22 Paul then stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said: "Men of Athens! I see that in every way you are very religious.
17:23 For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Now what you worship as something unknown I am going to proclaim to you.
17:24 "The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by hands.
17:25 And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives all men life and breath and everything else.
17:26 From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live.
17:27 God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.
17:28 'For in him we live and move and have our being.' As some of your own poets have said, 'We are his offspring.'
17:29 "Therefore since we are God's offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone--an image made by man's design and skill.
17:30 In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.
17:31 For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to all men by raising him from the dead."
17:32 When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some of them sneered, but others said, "We want to hear you again on this subject."
17:33 At that, Paul left the Council.
17:34 A few men became followers of Paul and believed. Among them was Dionysius, a member of the Areopagus, also a woman named Damaris, and a number of others."
*SHOWER:*
Our Lord Jesus Christ is powerful. Therefore whoever is in Him is expected to preach the gospel to others without fear or favour. Apostle Paul in this today's scripture was brought to people of Athens to be mocked, punished or probably be chased away from the land. Unfortunately to them and fortunately to the kingdom of God, Paul couldn't shake. One thing we must learn from his behaviour was ability to decipher a reason and need to preach the gospel. He found that there were unknown god and used it to win more souls to the kingdom. We need to live to see every opportunity we find ourselves as time or period to win souls for God. That is what Paul did and the rest became glorious.
*PRAYER/DECLARATIONS*
O God, I thank You because you're my father and kind forever more. I pray to win and serve You more in Jesus name, Amen!
*1. My God is great God. I will serve Him and Him alone. Fear or prosecution won't .*
*2. I shall not serve God and remain childless, powerless, empty pockets, deception and other evils.
*3. I hereby decree and declare that my God has taken over my situation and life. Evil men cannot see me, my business will continue to grow to Jesus name, Amen.*