DAILY SHOWER July 24, 2022 Devotion and Declarations
Prayer before the Word:
_ O God, my King, my Your name be highly glorified for the gift of life. Forgive my trespasses. Please, shower me with Your unmerited favour. Show me Your way, and assist me to follow it to the end in Jesus name, Amen_
TODAY’S TOPIC: Return good to evil
Text: 1 John 3: 13-24 (NIV):
"3:13. Do not be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you.
3:14. We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. Anyone who does not love remains in death.
3:15. Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life in him.
3:16. This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
3:17. If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him?
3:18 Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.
3:19. This then is how we know that we belong to the truth, and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence
3:20. whenever our hearts condemn us. For God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.
3:21. Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God
3:22. and receive from him anything we ask, because we obey his commands and do what pleases him.
3:23. And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us.
3:24. Those who obey his commands live in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us."
SHOWER (Reflection):
Hurrah for we have come to a new day the Lord has made. Today is great because God wants us to know and live a good life. Our today's scripture wants us to live like Christ. That is; to show love to all. Don't hate those who hate you or love only those who loved you. What do you gain when you give only to those who love you? If you accept people hatred, and pray to God; He will prosper and empower you to do exploit. Try it today and see.
PRAYER/DECLARATIONS
1. O God! Give me grace and strength to love those who hate me, Amen.
2. Today, I shall triumph over my challenges. There is no weapon fashioned against me that will ever mature let alone prosper in Jesus name, Amen.
*3. I hereby decree and declare God's favour and upliftment upon me as I show love to those who hate me in Jesus name, Amen.