DAILY SHOWER August 5, 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, show me Your way, and assist me to follow it to the end in Jesus name, Amen_
TODAY’S TOPIC: Growing the flocks
Text: Romans 15:14-22 (NIV):
"15:14. I myself am convinced, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, complete in knowledge and competent to instruct one another.
15:15. I have written you quite boldly on some points, as if to remind you of them again, because of the grace God gave me
15:16. to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles with the priestly duty of proclaiming the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
15:17. Therefore I glory in Christ Jesus in my service to God.
15:18. I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obey God by what I have said and done--
15:19. by the power of signs and miracles, through the power of the Spirit. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.
15:20. It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else's foundation.
15:21. Rather, as it is written: "Those who were not told about him will see, and those who have not heard will understand."
15:22. This is why I have often been hindered from coming to you."
SHOWER (Reflection):
How do unlock your gift and lead your flock? Flocks or sheep are those God has given us to minister to and bring back to His vineyard. If you are minister at home, in the churches, etc. try to be truthful. Don't speak what you were not told. But more importantly, Paul is urging us to take that message to those who don't know Christ yet. So, after studying the word today, move out to conquer your world for the Christ.
PRAYER/DECLARATIONS
1. O God, I have agreed to minister in vineyard. Empower me to overcome the spirit of I too know and pride so that I may succeed in life, Amen.
2. I bear the mark of Christ, Jesus. I will go higher and no retrogress because He in me is bigger than He in the world.
3. In this month of August, I will keep soaring higher. Any spirit, principality or power that could arise against my ministry shall die in Jesus name, Amen!!!