04-21-2019, 10:26 AM
*OUR DAILY MANNA DEVOTIONAL*
_A DEVOTIONAL BOOKLET FOR CHAMPIONS_
*DATE: SUNDAY 21ST APRIL, 2019*
*TOPIC: THE PATHS OF OLD! THE PATH OF REST!*
*BASIC SCRIPTURES: JUDE 3; JEREMIAH 6: 13-23*
I stumbled this morning on the “Old Paths” of Jeremiah 6:16 – “Thus saith the LORD, ‘Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls.’ But they said, ‘We will not walk therein.” The LORD has been speaking to a USER OF THIS DEVOTIONAL: “SEEK FOR THE PATHS OF OLD!” In these days of watered down, worldly show of Christianity without the Christ, it is crucial to seek the days of old!
Today’s scripture talks about *“the old paths,* where is *the good way,* and walk therein, and ye shall *find rest* for your souls.” The OLD PATH provokes REST! REST means RESULTS without STRUGGLING! REST means EVIDENCE without KNOWING HOW IT HAPPENED! REST means ANSWERS even before you pray! Ah! It is a life where the KINGDOM is first and your craze for miracles is last! Oh LORD, take us to those days, where the first thing in the morning was not OUR CAREER RUSH FOR DAILY BREAD but an HOUR with the “LORD I LOVE.”
Holy Ghost, take us back to the PATHS OF OLD! Hear John Wesley: I ‘ want the old path where neither text message nor voice call is used to remind the saints about service. Give me the old path where persecution was a testimony and not a reason for backsliding. Give me the old path where saints were more heavenly conscious and not the world based Christianity of today.
The old path
The pews and benches
The crosses
The tears
The love built on trust.
Where sisters married as virgins and not as single parents.
The old path where Christ was all.
Husbands were loving,
Wives were supportive, and children were polite.
Women looked like ladies, Men looked like gentlemen, and children looked decent.
People loved the truth, and hated a lie.
Rejoicing sounded normal;
And crying sounded sincere.
Cursing was wicked, Drinking was evil, and divorce was unthinkable.
Not where we are now. Divorce today, preach tomorrow.
We read the Bible in public, Prayed in school,
And preached from house to house.
To be called a Christian was worth living for.
Sex was a personal word. Homosexual was an unheard-of word, And abortion was an illegal word.
*TODAY IS A SPECIAL HOLY COMMUNION SERVICE AND LAYING OF HANDS ON ALL PRESENT.*
*PRAYER POINTS:* Take Song 1: There's Not A Friend...
1. In your own words, pray about today’s word as led now!
2. LORD, I repent from any way in which I have left the OLD PATHWAY of the cross!
*THE BIBLE-IN-ONE-YEAR: 1CHRONICLE 24-26*
*BY BISHOP (DR) CHRIS KWAKPOVWE (CEK)*
_PUBLISHER/AUTHOR AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF_
*Song 1: There's Not A Friend*
1. There’s not a Friend like the lowly Jesus:
No, not one! no, not one!
None else could heal all our souls’ diseases:
No, not one! no, not one!
*Refrain:*
Jesus knows all about our struggles;
He will guide ’til the day is done:
There’s not a Friend like the lowly Jesus:
No, not one! no, not one!
2. No friend like Him is so high and holy,
No, not one! no, not one!
And yet no friend is so meek and lowly,
No, not one! no, not one!
3. There’s not an hour that He is not near us,
No, not one! no, not one!
No night so dark, but His love can cheer us,
No, not one! no, not one!
4. Did ever saint find this Friend forsake him?
No, not one! no, not one!
Or sinner find that He would not take him?
No, not one! no, not one!
5 . Was e’er a gift like the Savior given?
No, not one! no, not one!
Will He refuse us the bliss of heaven?
No, not one! no, not one!
_A DEVOTIONAL BOOKLET FOR CHAMPIONS_
*DATE: SUNDAY 21ST APRIL, 2019*
*TOPIC: THE PATHS OF OLD! THE PATH OF REST!*
*BASIC SCRIPTURES: JUDE 3; JEREMIAH 6: 13-23*
I stumbled this morning on the “Old Paths” of Jeremiah 6:16 – “Thus saith the LORD, ‘Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls.’ But they said, ‘We will not walk therein.” The LORD has been speaking to a USER OF THIS DEVOTIONAL: “SEEK FOR THE PATHS OF OLD!” In these days of watered down, worldly show of Christianity without the Christ, it is crucial to seek the days of old!
Today’s scripture talks about *“the old paths,* where is *the good way,* and walk therein, and ye shall *find rest* for your souls.” The OLD PATH provokes REST! REST means RESULTS without STRUGGLING! REST means EVIDENCE without KNOWING HOW IT HAPPENED! REST means ANSWERS even before you pray! Ah! It is a life where the KINGDOM is first and your craze for miracles is last! Oh LORD, take us to those days, where the first thing in the morning was not OUR CAREER RUSH FOR DAILY BREAD but an HOUR with the “LORD I LOVE.”
Holy Ghost, take us back to the PATHS OF OLD! Hear John Wesley: I ‘ want the old path where neither text message nor voice call is used to remind the saints about service. Give me the old path where persecution was a testimony and not a reason for backsliding. Give me the old path where saints were more heavenly conscious and not the world based Christianity of today.
The old path
The pews and benches
The crosses
The tears
The love built on trust.
Where sisters married as virgins and not as single parents.
The old path where Christ was all.
Husbands were loving,
Wives were supportive, and children were polite.
Women looked like ladies, Men looked like gentlemen, and children looked decent.
People loved the truth, and hated a lie.
Rejoicing sounded normal;
And crying sounded sincere.
Cursing was wicked, Drinking was evil, and divorce was unthinkable.
Not where we are now. Divorce today, preach tomorrow.
We read the Bible in public, Prayed in school,
And preached from house to house.
To be called a Christian was worth living for.
Sex was a personal word. Homosexual was an unheard-of word, And abortion was an illegal word.
*TODAY IS A SPECIAL HOLY COMMUNION SERVICE AND LAYING OF HANDS ON ALL PRESENT.*
*PRAYER POINTS:* Take Song 1: There's Not A Friend...
1. In your own words, pray about today’s word as led now!
2. LORD, I repent from any way in which I have left the OLD PATHWAY of the cross!
*THE BIBLE-IN-ONE-YEAR: 1CHRONICLE 24-26*
*BY BISHOP (DR) CHRIS KWAKPOVWE (CEK)*
_PUBLISHER/AUTHOR AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF_
*Song 1: There's Not A Friend*
1. There’s not a Friend like the lowly Jesus:
No, not one! no, not one!
None else could heal all our souls’ diseases:
No, not one! no, not one!
*Refrain:*
Jesus knows all about our struggles;
He will guide ’til the day is done:
There’s not a Friend like the lowly Jesus:
No, not one! no, not one!
2. No friend like Him is so high and holy,
No, not one! no, not one!
And yet no friend is so meek and lowly,
No, not one! no, not one!
3. There’s not an hour that He is not near us,
No, not one! no, not one!
No night so dark, but His love can cheer us,
No, not one! no, not one!
4. Did ever saint find this Friend forsake him?
No, not one! no, not one!
Or sinner find that He would not take him?
No, not one! no, not one!
5 . Was e’er a gift like the Savior given?
No, not one! no, not one!
Will He refuse us the bliss of heaven?
No, not one! no, not one!