DAILY SHOWER May 4, 2022 Devotion and Declarations
Prayer before the Word:
_O God, I thank You for uplifting me. Open my eyes to know and worship You alone in Jesus name, Amen_
TODAY’S TOPIC: The secret of longevity
Text: Deuteronomy 4:32-40 (NIV Bible)
"4:32 Ask now about the former days, long before your time, from the day God created man on the earth; ask from one end of the heavens to the other. Has anything so great as this ever happened, or has anything like it ever been heard of?
4:33 Has any other people heard the voice of God speaking out of fire, as you have, and lived?
4:34 Has any god ever tried to take for himself one nation out of another nation, by testings, by miraculous signs and wonders, by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, or by great and awesome deeds, like all the things the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your very eyes?
4:35 You were shown these things so that you might know that the LORD is God; besides him there is no other.
4:36 From heaven he made you hear his voice to discipline you. On earth he showed you his great fire, and you heard his words from out of the fire.
4:37 Because he loved your forefathers and chose their descendants after them, he brought you out of Egypt by his Presence and his great strength,
4:38 to drive out before you nations greater and stronger than you and to bring you into their land to give it to you for your inheritance, as it is today.
4:39 Acknowledge and take to heart this day that the LORD is God in heaven above and on the earth below. There is no other.
4:40 Keep his decrees and commands, which I am giving you today, so that it may go well with you and your children after you and that you may live long in the land the LORD your God gives you for all time."
*SHOWER:*
If you observe well, you will find out that rules and regulations did not start today. It serves as guides or something to march on for a smooth administration or survival strategy. A child or children who respect their parents are bound to enjoy them. Who will be happy when a child you feed or carter for refuses to run an errand for you, or queries your authority? You know for a sure that when this continues, the elder may look away from the disobedience child; and the child may fall into trouble or tragedy. But when one does respect their parents or so, they are bound to enjoy advice, wealth, etc. from them. This also happens in governance. When one runs foul of law governing the land, it usually amounts to impeachment or sanctions. That is what Our God probably meant in verses 39 to 40 of today's scripture. Death could also come. For instance when you smoke or drink because others do not minding this instructions and your health, the physical death will surely come. Don't say it has been overcome by coming of Lord Jesus. Remember He said He did not come to abolish the law but to make it stronger, workable and effective.
*PRAYER/DECLARATIONS*
O God, I adore You today for who You are and who You made me to become. I pray You not to abandon me in this journey in Jesus name, Amen!
*1. I'm an overcomer. My family are overcomers. We shall not fall to the traps of the enemies.*
*2. By the power in the blood Jesus Christ, I will always detect and flee away from all traps, sins and satanic powers.*
*3. I hereby decree and declare that God has made me a winner and not a looser in Jesus name, Amen.*