DAILY SHOWER May 11, 2022 Devotion and Declarations
Prayer before the Word:
_O God, I have come before You to learn more. Direct me and refill me with Your words in Jesus name, Amen_
TODAY’S TOPIC: That you may live longer
Text: Deuteronomy 11:2-9 (NIV):
"11:1 Love the LORD your God and keep his requirements, his decrees, his laws and his commands always.
11:2 Remember today that your children were not the ones who saw and experienced the discipline of the LORD your God: his majesty, his mighty hand, his outstretched arm;
11:3 the signs he performed and the things he did in the heart of Egypt, both to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his whole country;
11:4 what he did to the Egyptian army, to its horses and chariots, how he overwhelmed them with the waters of the Red Sea as they were pursuing you, and how the LORD brought lasting ruin on them.
11:5 It was not your children who saw what he did for you in the desert until you arrived at this place,
11:6 and what he did to Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when the earth opened its mouth right in the middle of all Israel and swallowed them up with their households, their tents and every living thing that belonged to them.
11:7 But it was your own eyes that saw all these great things the LORD has done.
11:8 Observe therefore all the commands I am giving you today, so that you may have the strength to go in and take over the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess,
11:9 and so that you may live long in the land that the LORD swore to your forefathers to give to them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey."
*SHOWER:*
Today's scripture is summarily harping on why we must love our God and keep to His commands. It says it was for us to prosper and live longer in the land He's given us. So many people have wallowed in an abject poverty, struggled and had nothing to eat or jubilate about. At a last count, God decided to show mercy on them by uplifting them again. I don't know if you are one of them? If yes, retrace your footsteps and follow the God who lifted you to that seat. This is necessary because there is rule to every thing. If you come to rent a house or shop now, the landlord or shop owner, is usually issuing certain laws to you. Once you err, he or she has a right to sanction you for that. That is why our God is warning us to love Him alone so that we will live longer life, enjoy the land (business, offices, promotions, family, etc.).
*PRAYER/DECLARATIONS*
O God, I pray You to strengthen me so that I may not turn away from serving You alone in Jesus name, Amen!
*1. Empower me, O God. Uplift me, my God. Shower me with Your blessings and give me laws. I pray not to turn away from You.*
*2. By the power in the blood of Jesus Christ, the Grace and Mercy of God, I will keep going higher in life. I will never be a disappointment to my generation.*
*3. I hereby decree and declare that I shall continue to be the head and not the tail in Jesus name, Amen.*