LIGHT FOR THE WAY
(Daily Devotional)
Saturday 19th August
2017
TOPIC: THE BLESSEDNESS OF THANKGIVING
TEXT: "It is good to give thanks to the Lord,
and to sing praises to your name, O most high." (Psalm 92:1)
Psalm 92 is a
"song for the Sabbath day", a resting place for those who are
troubled.
The song begins with a
commendation of praise:
"It is good to give thanks to the Lord." It
does us good to turn our unsettling and anxious thought to declare God's
"loving kindness in the morning, and (His) faithfulness every
night"(v:2). God loves us and is always faithful! He makes us glad.(v:4). Praise
doesn't just make us glad, it makes us wise. We begin to understand something
of God's greatness and creative design in all that He does (v:5-9). We gain
wisdom that was hidden from those who do not know God. The wicked may
"flourish" and "spring up like the grass" for a moment (v:7),
but ultimately they will wither away. The righteous however, are joined to the
one who dwells in eternity (v:8). They "flourish like the palm tree"
and "like a cedar in Lebanon"(v:12), symbols of graceful beauty and
an unbending strength. For they have been "planted in the house of the
LORD"(v:13). Their roots go down into the soil of God's faithfulness: they
draw on His unquenchable love.
Give thanks and praise
to the Lord today.
WORD CONFESSION
I am an evidence
that Jesus Christ is alive and at work. I declare today that I receive the oil
of joy for mourning and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness in
Jesus name
PRAYER
*Let us take some time
to reflect on what the Lord has done for us from the beginning of the week and
offer sincere thanksgiving praise for all He has done.
1 YEAR BIBLE READING
PLAN
2 Kings 4:38-44, 2 Kings 5, 2 Kings 6:1-23 Acts
21:27-40, Acts 22:1-22
SUCCESS QUOTE FOR TODAY
"'Action is the
antidote to despair"
JOAN BAEZ
THE PROPHETIC
WORD FOR TODAY
The Sovereign Lord says
today keep hoping and expecting. In this season of your life I'm going to
render unto you the double. You have hoped and continued to hope and haven't
given up on your dreams. Therefore, I say to you as I spoke through Zechariah
of old "Turn you to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope ... even today
do I declare that I will render double to you". My salvation will be seen
in your land says the Lord. My glory will be seen over you and My arrows will
go forth as the lightning in your defense. This day I will blow the trumpet and
there shall go with whirlwinds of My Spirit over, around and through you. I
will defend you and empower you to subdue your enemies. I will save you and
those you love as a shepherd saves His flock and you will know again exaltation
and joy and safety by My hand.
For Prayers & Counseling contact us at
Fragrance Of Christ Church Int’l
Modupe House, 152 Iju Road, By Conoil Filling Station
Fagba B/Stop Iju Ifako-Ijaiye Lagos
Tel: 08098863321, 08136677555
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