08-20-2019, 04:57 PM
LIVING WATER CAC DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE
Tuesday, August 20, 2019 - World Humanitarian Day
TRY HIS LIKENESS
READ: Proverbs 21:25-26
Proverbs 21:25-26 The desire of the slothful kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.
He covets greedily all the day long, but the [uncompromisingly] righteous gives and does not withhold.
MEMORISE: He covets greedily all the day long, but the [uncompromisingly] righteous gives and does not withhold. (Proverbs 21:26)
EXPOSITION
One good thing we must not be tried of, is giving, especially to God, the poor, widow's and our neighbours (cf. Gal. 6:9). The cake the widow of Zarephath gave Elijah opened her door to abundance. If she had stopped at that, her miracle would have expired long before the end of the famine. She kept making cakes for Elijah daily for the entire period (cf. Jas. 2:14). Abraham's hospitality to those visitors in Genesis 18 gave him the specific time to the solution to his long-term problem.
King Solomon sacrificed 1000 cows (1 Kings 3:4-15) and the doors of wealth, wisdom and honour were opened unto him. In 1 Kings 8:63, he gave God offering of 22,000 oxen. He continued to increase in wealth because he sustained his giving.
God is looking for those who would be His treasurers and channels of blessings. As He finds them, He will put on them financial blessing, so that they can bless others in need. God in John 3:16 had done it all! Try His likeness in your capacity as a man. According to today's Bible reading, the righteous man is identified by his giving. The one who always gives never lacks what to give. There is no limit to what you can give, provided your motive is right. As you go out today, replicate Jesus' gesture of giving to all and sundry.
PRAYER POINTS
1. Father, destroy the spirit of callousness in us all, so that we can enjoy the blessings in giving.
2. Lord, help our leaders to make the care of their followers a matter of priority.
3. Lord, empower us to do that which will please You; to give unto others joyfully as You have given unto us Your only begotten Son.
EXTRA READING FOR TODAY: PSSLMS 51:12-56:10; ROMANS 11:18-12:3
Tuesday, August 20, 2019 - World Humanitarian Day
TRY HIS LIKENESS
READ: Proverbs 21:25-26
Proverbs 21:25-26 The desire of the slothful kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.
He covets greedily all the day long, but the [uncompromisingly] righteous gives and does not withhold.
MEMORISE: He covets greedily all the day long, but the [uncompromisingly] righteous gives and does not withhold. (Proverbs 21:26)
EXPOSITION
One good thing we must not be tried of, is giving, especially to God, the poor, widow's and our neighbours (cf. Gal. 6:9). The cake the widow of Zarephath gave Elijah opened her door to abundance. If she had stopped at that, her miracle would have expired long before the end of the famine. She kept making cakes for Elijah daily for the entire period (cf. Jas. 2:14). Abraham's hospitality to those visitors in Genesis 18 gave him the specific time to the solution to his long-term problem.
King Solomon sacrificed 1000 cows (1 Kings 3:4-15) and the doors of wealth, wisdom and honour were opened unto him. In 1 Kings 8:63, he gave God offering of 22,000 oxen. He continued to increase in wealth because he sustained his giving.
God is looking for those who would be His treasurers and channels of blessings. As He finds them, He will put on them financial blessing, so that they can bless others in need. God in John 3:16 had done it all! Try His likeness in your capacity as a man. According to today's Bible reading, the righteous man is identified by his giving. The one who always gives never lacks what to give. There is no limit to what you can give, provided your motive is right. As you go out today, replicate Jesus' gesture of giving to all and sundry.
PRAYER POINTS
1. Father, destroy the spirit of callousness in us all, so that we can enjoy the blessings in giving.
2. Lord, help our leaders to make the care of their followers a matter of priority.
3. Lord, empower us to do that which will please You; to give unto others joyfully as You have given unto us Your only begotten Son.
EXTRA READING FOR TODAY: PSSLMS 51:12-56:10; ROMANS 11:18-12:3