GOOD REPORT

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  GOOD REPORT   Proverbs 15:28-33 Devotional:- “The light of the eyes rejoices the heart, And a good report makes the bones healthy” (v.30) NKJV Today, in the whole world, the only kind of news celebrated by men is bad news. The reporters have also realised that people want bad news. So, they hardly report good things. If you listen to the news, read from the media or browse through the net, it is all about evil things happening all over the world. This is the trick of the enemy to cage the sons of men into sorrow and break the flow of joy in the lives of the people. The scripture we read today says, “good report makes the heart glad”. You must recognise the principle of a joyful life. It is a product of regular joyful reports (Proverbs 25:25). It is what you love to hear that your life will look like (Mark 4:24). you must know you are a product of what you are hearing. Friend, this demands that you should be careful of what you hear if you want to live in joy. A sorrowful rep...

SENSE OF SELF

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Who do you think you are? Why your sense of self is an illusion ...
Scripture Reading: Colossians 3:1-11

Devotional: “and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him”  (V. 10)

                                                                    There is no self that will be able to stand before God. Self is our personality. Self is an attempt to denial God of the ownership of our life. He made us, He made the world and He gave us the strength we use to work,. The income we made is a product of His grace. We brought nothing and we own nothing. That is why every true child of God should see themselves as steward in this world and not owners of anything God gives to us (John 3:27; James 1:12)


To have the best of the presence of God, you must lose the sense of self (Psalms 24:1). You must see God as your owner because; He is (Psalms 100:3). You must see yourself as someone who has no right of his own but the one given to him by God. That way, you are presenting yourself humble and ready to do the will of God (Romans 12:1-2, Psalms 25:9-14).

Friend, you cannot go far with God if you want to rely on self. Self is a product of culture and tradition we have learnt all through our lifetime. “This is how people do things” and that look like the acceptable way but not before God. We can put off self by giving ourselves as a living sacrifice unto God (Romans 12:1). By unlearning the way of the world and by renewing our mindset in the word of God to learn how to do things the way God want it. It is then that our worship will be acceptable to God. Peace.  

PRAYER: Lord, give me victory over the spirit of self

“WHEN A MAN IS FULL OF SELF, HE IS THE GOD OF HIMSELF”

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