#GOFAMINTDailyDevotion Mon. 26/6/2017
2/7/2017 LESSON 5
BLESSINGS
FOR THE MERCIFUL
Quarter’s Theme: CHRISTIAN ATTITUDE
Unit 2: Our Virtues (Lessons 5-9)
(RESPONSIBILITY MONTHS)
Suggested Hymns: G.H.B. 32, 99
Devotional Reading: MATT. 18:23-30
Topic For Adults
MERCY BEGETS MERCY
Topic For Youths
YOU CAN AFFORD TO BE MERCIFUL
Topic For Intermediates
IT PAYS TO BE MERCIFUL
Scripture Lesson
EXO. 34:6; LAM. 3:22; LK. 1:68-72; MIC. 6:8; LK. 6:36; PS. 18:25; MATT. 5:7; JAM. 2:13
MEMORY VERSE
Let not mercy and truth forsake you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart. Prov. 3:3 (NKJV)
DAILY DEVOTIONAL READING
Mon. 26/6/2017
“Sell All Your Possessions”
Lk. 18:18-23; Exo. 16:16-20
It is the will of God that His children greatly prosper and be blessed with the wealth of the earth. In these last days, God will command the wealth of the nations into the hand of His people (Isa 2:2-3). “But whatever is good and perfect comes to us from God” (Jam. 1:17). Believers are only custodians and caretakers of divine wealth. Jesus had instructed the ruler what to do with his wealth. Jesus knew everything about his secret life, he knew the things he held in high esteem and he knew what his priorities were. The revolution of materialism and battle for survival in some quarters will produce in a lot of people greed, self-centeredness and selfishness. Believers must watch out, else, we lose our focus on heaven, If we desire to be rich towards God (Lk. 12:21, 33-34), we must begin to pity the poor (Prov. 19:17).
POINT OF EMPHASIS: Giving out to the poor is an act of mercy. In so doing we are storing up treasures in heaven.
PRAYER POINT: Dear father of grace, help me to fix my eye on You. Deliver me from greed, and selfishness.