DAILY SHOWER August 15, 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: Seek God's face now!
Text: Jeremiah 7:23-32 (NIV):
"7:23. For when I brought your forefathers out of Egypt and spoke to them, I did not just give them commands about burnt offerings and sacrifices,
7:23. but I gave them this command: Obey me, and I will be your God and you will be my people. Walk in all the ways I command you, that it may go well with you.
7:24. But they did not listen or pay attention; instead, they followed the stubborn inclinations of their evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.
7:25. From the time your forefathers left Egypt until now, day after day, again and again I sent you my servants the prophets.
7:26. But they did not listen to me or pay attention. They were stiff-necked and did more evil than their forefathers.'
7:27. "When you tell them all this, they will not listen to you; when you call to them, they will not answer.
7:28. Therefore say to them, 'This is the nation that has not obeyed the LORD its God or responded to correction. Truth has perished; it has vanished from their lips.
7:29. Cut off your hair and throw it away; take up a lament on the barren heights, for the LORD has rejected and abandoned this generation that is under his wrath.
7:30. "'The people of Judah have done evil in my eyes, declares the LORD. They have set up their detestable idols in the house that bears my Name and have defiled it.
7:31. They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben Hinnom to burn their sons and daughters in the fire--something I did not command, nor did it enter my mind.
7:32. So beware, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when people will no longer call it Topheth or the Valley of Ben Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter, for they will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room." Because everyday is for thief, one day is for the owner.
SHOWER (Reflection):
Obidient is better than sacrifice. We have all turned astray. There is need for us to come back to our senses and follow God again in truth and honesty. Bible says it will be very difficult and painful when God will come (especially among those who were once brethren). Are you among them? Why running away from your responsibility as child of God?
PRAYER/DECLARATIONS
1. O God, I have surrendered myself to You today. Mould me and use me in accordance with Your words in Jesus name, Amen.
2. Today is a new day in a new week. God will make ways for me this day and this week. I shall go out and return in joy all through, Amen.
3. I am lifted up. God has turned my sorrow to joy, and I will rejoice forever more in Jesus name, Amen!!!