DAILY SHOWER September 2, 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: Boasting with Jesus
Text: 2 Corinthians 10: 9-18 (NIV):
"10:9. I do not want to seem to be trying to frighten you with my letters.
10:10. For some say, "His letters are weighty and forceful, but in person he is unimpressive and his speaking amounts to nothing."
10:11. Such people should realize that what we are in our letters when we are absent, we will be in our actions when we are present.
10:12. We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are not wise.
10:13. We, however, will not boast beyond proper limits, but will confine our boasting to the field God has assigned to us, a field that reaches even to you.
10:14. We are not going too far in our boasting, as would be the case if we had not come to you, for we did get as far as you with the gospel of Christ.
10:15. Neither do we go beyond our limits by boasting of work done by others. Our hope is that, as your faith continues to grow, our area of activity among you will greatly expand,
10:16. so that we can preach the gospel in the regions beyond you. For we do not want to boast about work already done in another man's territory.
10:17. But, "Let him who boasts boast in the Lord."
10:18. For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends."
SHOWER (Reflection):
The best place to boast is in the Lord. That is when you are boasting that you have accepted Him as your personal God abd saviour. You don't boast by judging, discriminating or fighting believers. That is what God wants us to know and be. He loves us and wants us to be committed to the same purpose and course.
PRAYER/DECLARATIONS
1. O God I bow before You with total submission and repentance. Do not pass me by in Jesus name, Amen.
2. I am marching forward in this month of September. I will not die. My family will not die. We will all live to glory the name of God. In Jesus name, Amen!.
3. God will not allow me to move about empty and return empty today. The works of my hands must announce me in Jesus name, Amen.