Hand Them Over to God: Devotion for Wednesday July 22, 2020

MY DAILY COVENANT WITH GOD DEVOTIONAL

Devotion for Wednesday July 22, 2020

Topic: Hand Them Over to God              

Text: Psalm 55:16 – 23

In Matthew 7:7 and 8, Jesus told us to ask, seek and find, and it shall be given to us. He did not restrict our asking to certain number of times rather He enjoins us to ask as many times as we can (Luke 18:1). The Psalmist also enjoins us to do same (Psalm 55:22) because he has been doing it and God has always responded.

Here he testifies and gave God all the glory for redeeming him. He was emphatic about seeking the face of God because he has the assurance that God will sustain us. The reason God will answer us is because He does not permit the righteous to slip or fall. Lack of basic necessities can make us slip off the faith.

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God wants us to handover our burdens to Him (Psalm 37:5, 24; Matthew 6:25; Luke 12:22; 1 Peter 5:7). Unfortunately, we often continue to bear them even when we say we trust Him. If we believe in God, we should handover our cares, worries, needs, anxieties, apprehensions, burden, etc. to God. Why will you continue to bear the burden you don’t even have solution to? On daily basis, we trust God to wake us up and He does that. We should also trust the same strength that sustains us to carry our cares also. God is waiting for you. Believe Him as you go out today that He will surprise you.

Food for Thought: Dependence on God will keep the soul in peace

Memory verse: 1 Peter 5:7

Prayer: God, I bring my burden to you for I know you care for me

Antidote to Worry (3) - God’s ability to meet our need

My Daily Covenant with God Devotional

Devotion Saturday January 7, 2017            

Topic: Antidote to Worry (3) - God’s ability to meet our need

Text: Philippians 4:19    

Yesterday we discuss the need to understand God and what He can do in order to reap from His blessings and promises. In this antidote we are looking at God’s ability to meet our need. In this epistle of Paul to the Philippians, he was emphatic about the ability of God to meet His needs. He had full of assurance in God’s abilities. There was no doubt in his heart that God can meet him at the point of his needs.

Why was he so confident about God? He had personal encounter that opened his eyes to understand God well. It is very important to know the God you serve. Personal relationship with God is very essential because it opens our eyes to why he called us and what we stand to benefit in our call. With such assurance, Paul was bold to tell the Philippians what God can do.

Again, Paul demonstrated his faith in God’s abilities. Can you imagine the kind of assurance David had to stand against Goliath? He was full of assurance despite intimidations from his brother, King Saul and Goliath. We shouldn’t be discontented and unhappy in any condition of life which can lead to worry or anxiety. By so doing, we endanger our lives and lose faith in the ability or God to provide for our daily needs; rather we should keep on trusting God in all areas of our lives. If He woke us up this morning in good health, we should also have faith that His plans for us would be perfected because He has good thought and intentions for us (Jeremiah 29:11). We can always trust God to meet us at the point of our needs.

There is a difference between our wants and our needs. Most people want to feel good and avoid discomfort or pain. We may not get all that we want with such mindset. But by trusting in Christ, our attitudes and appetites can change from wanting everything to accepting His provision and power to live for Him. Let this be your guide as you live your live today and in the days ahead.

Food for Thought: Trusting Christ helps us to moderate our desires and live within what He provides for us on daily basis.

Memory verse: Philippians 4 verse 19

Prayer: God, help me to trust in your ability to provide for my needs in Jesus name. Amen.

Antidote to Worry (3) - God’s ability to meet our need

My Daily Covenant with God Devotional

Devotion Saturday January 7, 2017            

Topic: Antidote to Worry (3) - God’s ability to meet our need

Text: Philippians 4:19    

Yesterday we discuss the need to understand God and what He can do in order to reap from His blessings and promises. In this antidote we are looking at God’s ability to meet our need. In this epistle of Paul to the Philippians, he was emphatic about the ability of God to meet His needs. He had full of assurance in God’s abilities. There was no doubt in his heart that God can meet him at the point of his needs.

Why was he so confident about God? He had personal encounter that opened his eyes to understand God well. It is very important to know the God you serve. Personal relationship with God is very essential because it opens our eyes to why he called us and what we stand to benefit in our call. With such assurance, Paul was bold to tell the Philippians what God can do.

Again, Paul demonstrated his faith in God’s abilities. Can you imagine the kind of assurance David had to stand against Goliath? He was full of assurance despite intimidations from his brother, King Saul and Goliath. We shouldn’t be discontented and unhappy in any condition of life which can lead to worry or anxiety. By so doing, we endanger our lives and lose faith in the ability or God to provide for our daily needs; rather we should keep on trusting God in all areas of our lives. If He woke us up this morning in good health, we should also have faith that His plans for us would be perfected because He has good thought and intentions for us (Jeremiah 29:11). We can always trust God to meet us at the point of our needs.

There is a difference between our wants and our needs. Most people want to feel good and avoid discomfort or pain. We may not get all that we want with such mindset. But by trusting in Christ, our attitudes and appetites can change from wanting everything to accepting His provision and power to live for Him. Let this be your guide as you live your live today and in the days ahead.

Food for Thought: Trusting Christ helps us to moderate our desires and live within what He provides for us on daily basis.

Memory verse: Philippians 4 verse 19

Prayer: God, help me to trust in your ability to provide for my needs in Jesus name. Amen.

Antidote to Worry (3) - God’s ability to meet our need

My Daily Covenant with God Devotional

Devotion Saturday January 7, 2017            

Topic: Antidote to Worry (3) - God’s ability to meet our need

Text: Philippians 4:19    

Yesterday we discuss the need to understand God and what He can do in order to reap from His blessings and promises. In this antidote we are looking at God’s ability to meet our need. In this epistle of Paul to the Philippians, he was emphatic about the ability of God to meet His needs. He had full of assurance in God’s abilities. There was no doubt in his heart that God can meet him at the point of his needs.

Why was he so confident about God? He had personal encounter that opened his eyes to understand God well. It is very important to know the God you serve. Personal relationship with God is very essential because it opens our eyes to why he called us and what we stand to benefit in our call. With such assurance, Paul was bold to tell the Philippians what God can do.

Again, Paul demonstrated his faith in God’s abilities. Can you imagine the kind of assurance David had to stand against Goliath? He was full of assurance despite intimidations from his brother, King Saul and Goliath. We shouldn’t be discontented and unhappy in any condition of life which can lead to worry or anxiety. By so doing, we endanger our lives and lose faith in the ability or God to provide for our daily needs; rather we should keep on trusting God in all areas of our lives. If He woke us up this morning in good health, we should also have faith that His plans for us would be perfected because He has good thought and intentions for us (Jeremiah 29:11). We can always trust God to meet us at the point of our needs.

There is a difference between our wants and our needs. Most people want to feel good and avoid discomfort or pain. We may not get all that we want with such mindset. But by trusting in Christ, our attitudes and appetites can change from wanting everything to accepting His provision and power to live for Him. Let this be your guide as you live your live today and in the days ahead.

Food for Thought: Trusting Christ helps us to moderate our desires and live within what He provides for us on daily basis.

Memory verse: Philippians 4 verse 19

Prayer: God, help me to trust in your ability to provide for my needs in Jesus name. Amen.

Antidote to Worry 1

My Daily Covenant (2017 Edition) Devotion for Thursday January 5, 2017                  

Topic: Antidote to Worry 1

Text: Matthew 6:31 – 34     

As I was meditating on this topic, I got a question that I haven’t received an answer till now. Why is it that mad people don’t fall sick as normal people and they don’t receive treatment as we do in hospital yet some of them live longer than normal human being except they die by accident? One thing I have come to understand which may not necessarily be the answer is that mad people don’t live lives of worries. They take things one day at a time. They don’t care about what they eat or where they sleep.  

Have you ever thought of a life without worry? Have you ever thought of seeing the promises of God fulfilled as we have them in the bible? Don’t think it is impossible because there is nothing too hard for God to do. Why then do we keep on worrying ourselves?

In our text, Jesus gave us antidote to worry – GOD KNOWS THAT WE NEED THEM. Instead, we should seek the kingdom of God first and God will meet us at the points of our needs. Unfortunately, most of the things we characterized as needs are wants and not needs. Because of the ill effects of worry, Jesus tells us not to worry about those needs that God promises to supply.

Worry can (1) damage your health, (2) disrupt your productivity or affect your productive organs, (3) negatively affect the way you treat others, (4) reduce your ability to trust in God (5) shorten our lives and (6) lead to other ailments like stroke, hypertension, etc. From the above, how many ill effects of worry are you experiencing? Here, is the difference between worry and genuine concern—worry immobilizes, but concern moves you to action. Anxiety springs from the desire that things should happen as we wish rather than as God wills. Are you anxious about what the year holds for you? Remember our devotion for yesterday – Trust God All Through. He will not fail you neither will He disappoint you as you hold on to His promises. Have a great day.  

Action: Think of what to do so as to have your needs met and begin to act on them from today.

Memory verse: Matthew 6 verse 33 - But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. 

Prayer: Help me, O Lord to trust you to provide all I need on daily basis.

Trust God All Through

My Daily Covenant (2017 Edition) Devotion for Wednesday January 4, 2017

Topic: Trust God All Through

Text: Matthew 6:25 – 30   

One major teaching of Christ during His earthly ministry was on faith in God, stressing the importance of trusting God with all our hearts as commanded even in the Old Testament. He was against distracting, distrustful cares about the things of this life. Jesus didn’t condone laziness in pretence of waiting for God to supply. Instead, He wants us to place our lives and needs in God’s hands, refusing to worry over basic needs.

To worry about your clothes shows little faith in God’s ability to supply. God clothes the flowers and grass of the field that are here today and gone tomorrow. If His creation clothes the earth with beauty and colour so rich that even King Solomon in all his glory could not match it, then He will surely care for you created in His image. Certainly, every family is preoccupied with either bills to pay or project they wish to undertake.

Most times, we fall short of our trust and believe in God to meet our needs. The reasons are our poor understanding of God, being worldly minded, fear and asking for things outside the will of God. Such shortfall in our trust and believe in God lead some Christians to run to soothsayers and native doctors when they face challenges of life instead of trusting God. If we must make progress and be successful in our endeavours this year 2017 and beyond, we must trust God in both small and big things.

Again, we should be heavenly minded to avoid distractions from the things of the world. You may trust the Lord too little, but you can never trust Him too much. All your experiences and all you have seen so far as a Christian should teach you to trust for all you haven’t seen.

Food for Thought: “Beware of despairing about yourself; you are commanded to put your trust in God, and not in yourself” - St. Augustine.

Memory verse: Matthew 6 verse 30 - But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

Prayer: Almighty God and my father in heaven, grant me the faith to keep trusting you in this Christian race till the end in Jesus name. Amen.