DAILY SHOWER January 12, 2023 Devotion and Declarations
Prayer before the Word:
_ O God, I thank You for yet another day. I magnify Your name because You are my God and all I have. Please, use me according to Your will and prosper me in Jesus name, Amen_
TODAY’S TOPIC: Can light and darkness mingle together?
Text: 1 Corinthians 10: 14-22 (NIV):
"10:14. Therefore, my dear friends, flee from idolatry.
10:15. I speak to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say.
10:16. Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?
10:17. Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all partake of the one loaf.
10:18. Consider the people of Israel: Do not those who eat the sacrifices participate in the altar?
10:19. Do I mean then that a sacrifice offered to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?
10:20. No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God, and I do not want you to be participants with demons.
10:21. You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot have a part in both the Lord's table and the table of demons.
10:22. Are we trying to arouse the Lord's jealousy? Are we stronger than he?
SHOWER (Reflection):
It is painful that youth of today are going down everyday. Many are returning to idolatry in full force. But most surprising thing about the idolatry converts, is that majority of them are either from Christian homes or Church goers. Can darkness and light go together? No! That is the central message of today's teaching. We must try to distinguish ourselves from the world. There is no gain stressing the fact that children of God ought to be the light. This year 2023 does not want it. If you really desire the next level, you must change your seat and sitting position. Be a Christian and live like a Christian. Don't go here and there to avoid incurring the anger of God.
PRAYER/DECLARATIONS
1. O Jesus, I am your child. I forsake idolatry and all that concerns it. Use me and perfect me for Your kingdom in Jesus name, Amen.
2. By the power in the blood of Jesus Christ, I set ablaze every wicked power and idolatry foundation that is eating me down. In Jesus name, Amen!
3. Every spirit of death or failure hunting me about this year, by the power in the blood of Jesus Christ, I set you on fire. Die die die die die... In Jesus name, Amen!
Go on, explore and celebrate all through 2023!!!