DAILY SHOWER October 28, 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: Discerning the word of God
Text: Matthew 13:13-23 (NIV):
"13:13. This is why I speak to them in parables: "Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.
13:14. In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: "'You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
13:15. For this people's heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.'
13:16. But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.
13:17. For I tell you the truth, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.
13:18. "Listen then to what the parable of the sower means:
13:19. When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.
13:20. The one who received the seed that fell on rocky places is the man who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.
13:21. But since he has no root, he lasts only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away.
13:22. The one who received the seed that fell among the thorns is the man who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke it, making it unfruitful.
13:23. But the one who received the seed that fell on good soil is the man who hears the word and understands it. He produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown."
SHOWER (Reflection):
The word of God is like two edges sword. If you use either of the edges, they can wound or cure, heal and prosper people. Today's scripture passage is only telling us that in all, we must understand the word, how it works and work with it. That is the sure message. Jesus told the parable of sower to illustrate how the word of God enters or works in our life. There are those who have heard the word but could not work with it due to worries of the world (poverty, hunger, etc ), or because they are not strong in the church or house of God where they belonged. This calls for commitment, seriousness, love and purity. When you know your God, you will serve Him alone to the end. Therefore, we must marry and study the word of God for God, not for merrymaking or reading sake.
PRAYER/DECLARATIONS
1. O God, I desire to worship and follow you for all the rest of my life. Please, give me what wisdom and understanding to actualise this in Jesus name, Amen.
2. O God arise, attack, destroy and push away those who vowed to push me away from the Kingdom You set for me, in Jesus name, Amen.
3. By the power in the blood of Jesus Christ, I shall not fail or loose what God destined for me in this month of November, in Jesus name, Amen!!!