DAILY SHOWER May 16, 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: Welcome the Strangers
Text: Genesis 18:1-15 (NIV):
"18:1 The LORD appeared to Abraham near the great trees of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent in the heat of the day.
18:2 Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he hurried from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.
18:3 He said, "If I have found favor in your eyes, my lord, do not pass your servant by.
18:4 Let a little water be brought, and then you may all wash your feet and rest under this tree.
18:5 Let me get you something to eat, so you can be refreshed and then go on your way--now that you have come to your servant." "Very well," they answered, "do as you say."
18:6 So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah. "Quick," he said, "get three seahs of fine flour and knead it and bake some bread."
18:7 Then he ran to the herd and selected a choice, tender calf and gave it to a servant, who hurried to prepare it.
18:8 He then brought some curds and milk and the calf that had been prepared, and set these before them. While they ate, he stood near them under a tree.
18:9 "Where is your wife Sarah?" they asked him. "There, in the tent," he said.
18:10 Then the LORD said, "I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife will have a son." Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, which was behind him.
18:11 Abraham and Sarah were already old and well advanced in years, and Sarah was past the age of childbearing.
18:12 So Sarah laughed to herself as she thought, "After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?"
18:13 Then the LORD said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh and say, 'Will I really have a child, now that I am old?'
18:14 Is anything too hard for the LORD? I will return to you at the appointed time next year and Sarah will have a son."
18:15 Sarah was afraid, so she lied and said, "I did not laugh." But he said, "Yes, you did laugh."
*SHOWER:*
Welcome the strangers to your house and remain blessed. Bible says that Abraham was visited by strangers. He quickly welcomed them and prepared a dish for them to eat. That kind gesture settles his barringness. The most remarkable thing is that it was done at their old age. So, what are you passing through in life that you think it would become impossible till eternity? Hearken unto God now. But let how you treat strangers change. You never can tell if they are the God sent to set you free.
*PRAYER/DECLARATIONS*
O God, I thank You for setting me free. Help to understand and distingush between strangers you sent to save me and strangers sent to kill by the devil in Jesus name, Amen.
*1. God will visit me today spiritually and physically. And my story must change from worst to best as He walks in into my life.
*2. I will be uplifted as a shining star to give the light to my household and the world at large.
*3. I hereby decree and declare that I will laugh last. All those who laughed at me in the past shall be astonished as they witness God's upliftment in my life in Jesus name, Amen.*