Daily Diet Devotions

*DAILY DIET DEVOTIONS*
*DECEMBER 7*
*THANK THE LORD -7*
READING: PSALM 150:1-6
LIFE VERSE: "PRAISE YE THE LORD. Praise God in His sanctuary: praise Him in the firmament of His power." Vs. 1

True praise and thanksgiving to God will not be confined to the sanctuary (vs. 1-2,6). We can truly give thanks and praise to God only when we see His full greatness and goodness, recall and meditate upon all that He has done in creation and redemption and in our personal lives. In this way, praise becomes a powerful response of the heart expressing joy, gratitude, and the desire for communion with our Lord.

In addition to praising and thanking God with our songs and instruments in the sanctuary, we can praise God with a life of love and joy, with faith in Christ, with victory over the powers of Satan, with a spiritual hunger for His kingdom and His righteousness, with devotion to His Word, with the love of God poured out into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, with the proclamation of His imminent return. Beloved, the scripture admonish us to cultivate the attitude of praising and thanking God because at the end of the age we will, to the praise of God, participate in His judgment upon the unrepentant world of the wicked and the antichrist (1Cor.6:2-3; Rev. 18:20).
MEDITATION
*As believers our praise and thanksgiving is a two-edged sword: worship and spiritual warfare.
*The scripture admonished believers to be in the habit of praising and thanking God always (vs. 6; Psm. 119:7).
FURTHER READING: MATT. 6:33; JOHN 1:7; ROM. 1:16; 5:5; EPH. 6:10-18; 2 TIM. 4:8; 1 JOHN 4:19; REV. 19:5-6
CONFESSION AND PRAYER
*Give thanks and praise to God for all He is doing in your life and family.
*Thank God for all He will be doing in your life and family.
*Give God thanks and praise for your church.
*Give thanks and praise to God for what He is doing in your nation and the world.

*DAILY DIET DEVOTIONS*
*NOVEMBER 30*
*GLORY THROUGH JESUS CHRIST*
READING: ROMANS 15:14-21
LIFE VERSE: "I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God." Vs. 17

Apostle Paul's policy of ministry was missionary centered. He chose to direct his labours in areas where the gospel had not been preached sufficiently, thereby enabling those who had not heard to have a chance to hear and accept Christ. His ministry was accompanied with the fullness of God's blessing, power, grace, and presence. Whenever he ministered, this blessing would be imparted to other believers. We who serve God and the Church of Christ should seek the same fullness in our personal lives and ministries.
It is not wrong to speak excitedly and joyfully about what God is doing through us if it done in a spirit of humility and thankfulness to God. Glorying should not be in mere numbers, but in a ministry or service that produces obedience of faith in word and deed and that comes from a genuine work and manifestation of the Holy Spirit in power.
MEDITATION
*Believers living sacrificially in order to help others bring glory to God and strengthens His kingdom.
*Disregarding the conviction of others in order to please ourselves destroys the work of God.
FURTHER READING: ACTS 19:11-12; 21:18-20; 2 COR. 10:13-18; HEB. 5:1-5
CONFESSION AND PRAYER
*Thank you Father of our Lord Jesus Christ for keeping us alive till today. Receive the glory, honor and adoration.
*Father, let my life count for you and bring glory to your holy name in the name of Jesus Christ.
*O LORD let me continue to be a channel of blessing to my generation in the name of Jesus Christ.

*DAILY DIET DEVOTIONS*
*NOVEMBER 27*
*SUBJECT UNTO HIGHER POWERS*
READING: ROMANS 13:1-7
LIFE VERSE: "LET EVERY soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God." Vs. 1

The Christian is commanded by God to obey the state, for the state as an institution is ordained and established by God. God has instituted government because in this fallen world we need certain restraints and authority to protect us from the chaos and lawlessness that is a natural result of sin.
The civil government, as does all of life, stands under the law of God. God has ordained the state to be an agent of justice, to restrain evil by punishing the wrong doer, and to protect the good in society (vs. 3-4). Paul describes government as it should be. When it abandons its proper function, it is no longer of God nor according to His purpose. For example, when the state requires something contrary to the Word of God, the Christian must obey God rather than man (Acts 5:29).

Beloved, it is the duty of all believers to pray for those in government as commanded by God and not to indulge in cursing and abusing them. We are to stand in as agents of redemptive change for our nation and world.
MEDITATION
*The great question before every believer is not, "Is it expedient, safe, pleasurable, or popular among men?" But, "what is right in the sight of God?"
FURTHER READING
DAN. 3:16-18; 6:6-10; 1 TIM. 2:1-2; 1 PET. 2:13-17
CONFESSION AND PRAYER
*I thank you Father for your power of life in us and sustaining us till date.
*Pray for those in government so that they will serve the purpose of God in Jesus name.
*Pray that you will be obedient to constituted authority and not be disobedient in Jesus name.
*Pray that you will be a blessing in this generation in Jesus name.

*DAILY DIET DEVOTIONS*
*NOVEMBER 26*
*BE KINDLY AFFECTIONATE*
READING: ROMANS 12: 9-13
LIFE VERSE: "Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another."

All those Believers who are devoted in faith to Jesus Christ must be devoted in love to one another as brothers and sisters in Christ with a sincere, kind, and tender affection. We must be concerned for our brothers' and sisters' welfare, needs, spiritual condition, sympathising with them and helping them in their difficulties and troubles. We must prefer one another in honour, that is, to show respect and honour to the quantities in other brethren.

The Christian, as he practices love towards everyone and especially towards all true believers, must never compromise the holiness of God. It is essential that love for God and His Will as revealed in His Word control and direct our love for others. Love for God must always be first.
MEDITATION
*Affection is love and God commands us to show it to others especially those in faith.
FURTHER READING
JOHN 13:43-35; 1 THES. 4:9-10
CONFESSION AND PRAYER
*Thank you Father for your kind affection towards me and my household.
*Father, I receive grace to walk faithfully in your command in Jesus name.
*Holy Spirit help me to be kindly affectioned to all believers and all around me in Jesus name.
*Father let the light of your affection shine upon my life and destiny in this life in the name of Jesus Christ.