ENTHRONEMENT ASSEMBLY DAILY DEVOTIONALS.
Monday March 18th, 2024.
Topic : Teach Us To Pray (2).
Memory Verse : Matthew 6:14. For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
Bible Reading :Luke 11:2-4. Key Verse: v4.
And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.
Give us day by day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.
Yesterday we began to look at what happened at a point in time as Jesus Christ took some of his disciples to a prayer place, as he used to do. He wanted them to learn the secret behind the miracles and mighty works that followed his ministry in the open. We know also that we learn also by observation or watching other people do things we don’t know how to do. This time, one of them wasn’t satisfied by just watching, he pressed further that they be taught the knitty gritty of the prayer life of Jesus as his inner circle as to make their own prayers as effective as his. From where we stopped yesterday, he was teaching them that God’s desire is that men should live glorious lives on earth just as it used to be with saints and angels in heavenlies. God wants the earth to become a kind of extension of heaven, so much that his purpose for man which Satan tampered with in Eden through the encounter of Eve with the snake leading to the fall, be restored by the coming of his son through men operating his earthly kingdom.
In Luke 11:4 we can see that calling God father bestowed on him responsibility for our upkeep or daily bread. Jesus hit a very important note here when he taught that we should ask for forgiveness of sin. Now it is very important to point out that the rule that governs forgiveness is that we receive from God, as much as we are ready or able to deliver same forgiveness to other men that we relate with daily when they offend us. This means that when ourselves harbour unforgiveness against our fellow men, God himself won’t be able to forgive ourselves. “And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.” Matthew 6:12-15.
Jesus also taught that we should always pray to be kept from temptations and the evil one who is Satan the devil. He is the accuser of the brethren, always looking for the slightest opportunity to harm the believer as to hurt God knowing how much love God has for us as men and his children too. One of the ways God helps us to live beyond the reach of Satan is by empowering us to live holy and righteous by his Spirit. These two important elements makes him helpless about us to the extent that he won’t be able to launch any attack on us, except by God’s special permission just like in the case of Job. Mathew further let us know that all things we are looking for belongs belongs to God including power (protection), glory (all kinds of blessings) and the kingdom (life of heaven on earth). When you need such, humbly go to him in prayers.
Prayer : Thank you Father God because everything am looking for in life that makes life good and worthwhile belongs to you. As I humbly serve and ask from you, decorate my life with them that people may believe that I belong to you in Jesus precious name…. Amen 🙏🏿.
Yearly Bible Reading : Ruth 4:1-22.
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