DAILY SHOWER May 17, 2022 Devotion and Declarations
Prayer before the Word:
_O God, I thank You for today. Please open my eyes that I may know You and walk accordingly in Jesus name, Amen_
TODAY’S TOPIC: Submit yourself to the Authority
Text: 1 Peter 2: 11-15 (NIV):
"2:11 Dear friends, I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain from sinful desires, which war against your soul.
2:12 Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.
2:13 Submit yourselves for the Lord's sake to every authority instituted among men: whether to the king, as the supreme authority,
2:14 or to governors, who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to commend those who do right.
2:15 For it is God's will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish men.
*SHOWER:*
Today's scripture urges us to submit ourselves to the various constituted authorities because by doing so, we will stop people from speaking evil or commiting other vices. Constituted authorities are the husbands at homes, fathers, elders, your boss, seniors and others you have at the offices and so on. God ordained leaders. That is why you must respect those anointed by God to lead you. If you can't respect them how would you expect others to do same when you're lifted to those positions? In fact, would you even be lifted to exalted positions when you don't value them?
*PRAYER/DECLARATIONS*
O God, I thank You for always instructing me accordingly. Help me to follow Your path alone in Jesus name, Amen.
*1. God that exalts men and women has exalted me. I must obey the constituted authorities because am an authority.
*2. Therefore, any evil alter that will dare to stop me is hereby destroyed and burnt forever.
*3. I hereby decree and declare today my day to be remembered for good. Men and women shall look at me and see thousands reasons to worship God alone in Jesus name, Amen.*