DAILY SHOWER April 01, 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: The path that gains more attention
Text: John 18:31-40 (NIV):
18:31. Pilate said, "Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law." "But we have no right to execute anyone," the Jews objected.
18:32. This happened so that the words Jesus had spoken indicating the kind of death he was going to die would be fulfilled.
18:33. Pilate then went back inside the palace, summoned Jesus and asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?"
18:34. "Is that your own idea," Jesus asked, "or did others talk to you about me?"
18:35. "Am I a Jew?" Pilate replied. "It was your people and your chief priests who handed you over to me. What is it you have done?"
18:36. Jesus said, "My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jews. But now my kingdom is from another place."
18:37. "You are a king, then!" said Pilate. Jesus answered, "You are right in saying I am a king. In fact, for this reason I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me."
18:38. "What is truth?" Pilate asked. With this he went out again to the Jews and said, "I find no basis for a charge against him.
18:39. But it is your custom for me to release to you one prisoner at the time of the Passover. Do you want me to release 'the king of the Jews'?"
18:40. They shouted back, "No, not him! Give us Barabbas!" Now Barabbas had taken part in a rebellion."
SHOWER (Reflection):
Welcome to a new month. May God bless and keep us to enjoy the dividends of the month in Jesus name, Amen. There are many things to learn and unlearn from today's reading. We must learn the superiority of God and humility personified as Jesus 'dribbled' them in a calm way. Jesus showed us his passion to accomplish His work on earth. We will also unlearn the world habits of picking the bad in place of the good.
PRAYER/DECLARATIONS
1. I bow before You, my father and my Lord. Please, mould and empower me to serve You in truth and honesty this month in Jesus name, Amen
2. By the power in the blood of Jesus Christ, the month of April shall favour me beyond my expectations in Jesus name, Amen.
3. O God arise, melt and break every ancient door or window in my father's house in Jesus name, Amen.