02-22-2020, 01:42 PM
OUR DAILY MANNA DEVOTIONAL BOOKLET FOR CHAMPIONS
DATE: SATURDAY 22ND FEBRUARY, 2020
TOPIC: GUIDE ME O THOU GREAT REDEEMER!
BASIC SCRIPTURES: (PSALM 25:4-10; PSALM 32:8)
William Williams (1717-1791) is considered by many to be the father of Welsh hymns. In 1738, Williams heard a sermon by the revivalist preacher Howell Harris, a fiery Welsh layman who had been influenced by the Methodist movement in England. It was through this sermon that Williams discerned his calling to go into ministry.
Soon he came to discover that his heart was with Harris and his traveling ministry. The revivalists realized that the Welsh language was lacking in hymns. Williams would go on to write many hymns in both Welsh and English. “Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah” appeared in Welsh in 1745.
It was fitting that Williams should be the author of a hymn about the Christian’s pilgrimage on earth since as a traveling Methodist preacher, he was a pilgrim in both the spiritual and physical sense.
Williams’ ministry shook WALES. He traveled for forty- three years and made an average of 2,230 miles a year, at a time when there were no railways and a few stagecoaches. In this way, the greater part of Williams life was spent, not in a preacher’s library, but in the greatest world of outdoors.
No wonder the world got one of the greatest hymns from this man:
“Guide Me, O Thou Great Redeemer”
Pilgrim through this barren land;
I am weak, but Thou art mighty;
Hold me with Thy powerful hand:
Bread of heaven, Feed me till I want no more.” Always remember that you are a PILGRIM through this BARREN EARTH!
No matter your wealth, treasures or education, this earth compared to heaven is BARREN!
That is why you must live as a PILGRIM (A pilgrim is a traveler who is on a journey to a holy place).
So, Williams as a traveler compared the physical to the spiritual and knew that without being GUIDED, through this world of difficult battles, hard and delicate decisions daily, trials without notice, betrayals by wicked serpents and scorpions (unfriendly friends and household wickedness), he could make irreversible mistakes that could keep him from his FINAL DESTINATION – heaven.
In this year 2020, let that be your daily cry: “GUIDE ME O THOU GREAT REDEEMER!” Your REDEEMER knows the way you don’t know! He knows the way through the mountains, woodlands or wilderness!
He knows where danger hides and He knows where green pastures are planted! Yes! He knows the hidden traps and evil nets!
Oh! No Matter the pressure or “URGENCY,” do nothing this year without hearing a word from God! Pray/seriously now and cancel the HASTE that will lead you to WASTE or the MISTAKES that will lead you to MISERY!
Today is UK Tele-Conference ANOINTING SERVICE. Call: +443309981254. ACCESS CODE: 809720# Time is 8am UK time. Bishop Dr. Chris will be on the line to MINISTER! Other nations can call in.
PRAYER POINTS: Take Song 1: When The Morning Comes…
1. In your own words, pray over today’s word as led now.
2. By the grace of God, I shall not be HASTY this year! I cancel the MISTAKES that will lead me to MISERY and ‘HAD-I-KNOWN.’ GUIDE ME MASTER!
3. LORD GOD, You know the way I don’t know! Guide Me, O Thou Great Redeemer!
THE BIBLE-IN-ONE-YEAR: (DEUT. 20-22)
BY: BISHOP DR. CHRIS E. KWAKPOVWE (CEK)PUBLISHER/WRITER
Song 1: When The Morning Comes
1. Trials dark on ev’ry hand,
and we cannot understand
All the ways that God would lead us
To that blessed Promised Land;
But He’ll guide us with His eye,
and we’ll follow till we die;
We will understand it better by and by.
Refrain:
By and by when the morning comes,
When the saints of God are gathered home,
We will tell the story how we’ve overcome;
We will understand it better by and by.
2. Oft our cherished plans have failed,
disappointments have prevailed,
and we’ve wandered in the darkness,
Heavyhearted and alone;
But we’re trusting in the Lord,
and according to His Word,
We will understand it better by and by.
3. Temptations, hidden snares
often take us unawares.
And our hearts are made to bleed
for some thoughtless word or deed
And we wonder why the test
when we try to do our best,
We will understand it better by and by.
DATE: SATURDAY 22ND FEBRUARY, 2020
TOPIC: GUIDE ME O THOU GREAT REDEEMER!
BASIC SCRIPTURES: (PSALM 25:4-10; PSALM 32:8)
William Williams (1717-1791) is considered by many to be the father of Welsh hymns. In 1738, Williams heard a sermon by the revivalist preacher Howell Harris, a fiery Welsh layman who had been influenced by the Methodist movement in England. It was through this sermon that Williams discerned his calling to go into ministry.
Soon he came to discover that his heart was with Harris and his traveling ministry. The revivalists realized that the Welsh language was lacking in hymns. Williams would go on to write many hymns in both Welsh and English. “Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah” appeared in Welsh in 1745.
It was fitting that Williams should be the author of a hymn about the Christian’s pilgrimage on earth since as a traveling Methodist preacher, he was a pilgrim in both the spiritual and physical sense.
Williams’ ministry shook WALES. He traveled for forty- three years and made an average of 2,230 miles a year, at a time when there were no railways and a few stagecoaches. In this way, the greater part of Williams life was spent, not in a preacher’s library, but in the greatest world of outdoors.
No wonder the world got one of the greatest hymns from this man:
“Guide Me, O Thou Great Redeemer”
Pilgrim through this barren land;
I am weak, but Thou art mighty;
Hold me with Thy powerful hand:
Bread of heaven, Feed me till I want no more.” Always remember that you are a PILGRIM through this BARREN EARTH!
No matter your wealth, treasures or education, this earth compared to heaven is BARREN!
That is why you must live as a PILGRIM (A pilgrim is a traveler who is on a journey to a holy place).
So, Williams as a traveler compared the physical to the spiritual and knew that without being GUIDED, through this world of difficult battles, hard and delicate decisions daily, trials without notice, betrayals by wicked serpents and scorpions (unfriendly friends and household wickedness), he could make irreversible mistakes that could keep him from his FINAL DESTINATION – heaven.
In this year 2020, let that be your daily cry: “GUIDE ME O THOU GREAT REDEEMER!” Your REDEEMER knows the way you don’t know! He knows the way through the mountains, woodlands or wilderness!
He knows where danger hides and He knows where green pastures are planted! Yes! He knows the hidden traps and evil nets!
Oh! No Matter the pressure or “URGENCY,” do nothing this year without hearing a word from God! Pray/seriously now and cancel the HASTE that will lead you to WASTE or the MISTAKES that will lead you to MISERY!
Today is UK Tele-Conference ANOINTING SERVICE. Call: +443309981254. ACCESS CODE: 809720# Time is 8am UK time. Bishop Dr. Chris will be on the line to MINISTER! Other nations can call in.
PRAYER POINTS: Take Song 1: When The Morning Comes…
1. In your own words, pray over today’s word as led now.
2. By the grace of God, I shall not be HASTY this year! I cancel the MISTAKES that will lead me to MISERY and ‘HAD-I-KNOWN.’ GUIDE ME MASTER!
3. LORD GOD, You know the way I don’t know! Guide Me, O Thou Great Redeemer!
THE BIBLE-IN-ONE-YEAR: (DEUT. 20-22)
BY: BISHOP DR. CHRIS E. KWAKPOVWE (CEK)PUBLISHER/WRITER
Song 1: When The Morning Comes
1. Trials dark on ev’ry hand,
and we cannot understand
All the ways that God would lead us
To that blessed Promised Land;
But He’ll guide us with His eye,
and we’ll follow till we die;
We will understand it better by and by.
Refrain:
By and by when the morning comes,
When the saints of God are gathered home,
We will tell the story how we’ve overcome;
We will understand it better by and by.
2. Oft our cherished plans have failed,
disappointments have prevailed,
and we’ve wandered in the darkness,
Heavyhearted and alone;
But we’re trusting in the Lord,
and according to His Word,
We will understand it better by and by.
3. Temptations, hidden snares
often take us unawares.
And our hearts are made to bleed
for some thoughtless word or deed
And we wonder why the test
when we try to do our best,
We will understand it better by and by.