DAILY SHOWER May 25, 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: Forget not God's goodness
Text: Psalm 103:1-10 (NIV):
103:1. Praise the LORD, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
103:2. Praise the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits--
103:3. who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases,
103:4. who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion,
103:5. who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.
103:6. The LORD works righteousness and justice for all the oppressed.
103:7. He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the people of Israel:
103:8. The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.
103:9. He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger forever;
103:10. he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities.
SHOWER (Reflection):
A young man somewhere was asking God to make him rich with a promise to help the poor in his community and so on. He claimed to be feeling their impulse and wanted a better society.
One day, he found some shining stones in his farm. His mind told him that it must not be just an ordinary stone because he heard severally on radio that his community had gold. He also learnt about how having golds could make one rich.
So he took one as a sample and reported to one of the government approved miners. On finding out that it was a gold, they changed his status and life. Unfortunately, on coming to takeover his land for more mining activities, he claimed ownership of some of his neighbours lands and properties so that he will enjoy more monopoly of the wealth of compensation...
This is how humans pay back to God always. We promise to serve Him better, do this and that but once lifted, we will forget Him and start terrorising the society. Brethren, praising God is not only by giving offerings in the Church, acquiring and gifting properties to Church or religious leaders, or eating and drinking. It is more than that. It includes giving back to the society, loving and uplifting your neighbours, supposed enemies, etc. May God help us to learn and do this in Jesus name, Amen.
PRAYER/DECLARATIONS
1. O God my father, purge me of every act of wickedness and pride so that I shall serve You better when blessed, in Jesus name... Amen.
2. As I move to serve a living God, whatever that wants to stand on my way to success, I command you to be crushed and burn to ashes...in the name of Jesus Christ...Amen.
3. My father, my father, my father, please remember to bless the works of my hands today ... in Jesus name, Amen.