CHARISMA DAILY DEVOTIONAL 11TH OCTOBER 2020
CHARISMA DAILY DEVOTIONAL 11TH OCTOBER 2020
CHARISMA DAILY DEVOTIONAL
SUNDAY 11 OCTOBER 2020
FAITH AND SACRIFICE OF PRAISE
Scriptural Reading: Acts 16: 23-26
What is it that triggers your praise to God? Nobody beckons on the brethren to praise God with him for failing to give him a child or job or house. I am yet to see a brother or sister who will come out to thank God for being poor or not being healed of an ailment. Testimonies are swift and natural when God blesses, protects or helps us. We stand before the brethren and echo; “praise the Lord somebody!” And with enthusiasm and great expectation, all shout “alleluia!” So, when the going is good, praising God is easier.
The sacrifice of praise is not a pleasant form of praise. It is offered at such times when we would rather write petitions to God than praise him. They are offered when God does not come through the route we expect him to follow and “circumstances scream that he has forgotten us”. It is only faith that can make you travel this route in prayer. “Through (Christ) then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name” (Hebrew 13: 15).
MEDITATION:
Is it easy to count your blessings when there are unsolved problems squeezing the life out of you?
STRATEGIC PRAYER POINTS:
1. Ask God for the grace of a thankful heart
2. Pray that God may help you to see him in all circumstances of your life
3. Recite Psalm 136
4. Pray for the Leaders of the Church and of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal of Nigeria,
5. Present your private intentions to God
6. Say your daily prophetic Prayers (Page 6)
7. Pray the act of consecration to the Holy Spirit
DAILY PROPHETIC PRAYERS
Lord, you are my Shepherd there is nothing I shall want. You make me lie down in green pastures. You also lead me beside the still waters. Lord, you restore my soul and lead me on the path of righteousness for your namesake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadows of death, I shall fear no evil. For you oh Lord are with me in all situations. Your shepherd rod comforts me with signs and wonders, deliverance and protection in the victorious name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Amen.
For this reason, I shall neither stumble nor fall. I shall not be a victim of accident, sickness, diseases and untimely death. I shall rise above every limitation and rejoice as you prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.
You oh Lord have anointed my head with oil and has declared to the hearing of my enemies; “Touch not my anointed and do my prophet no harm”. By the reason of your anointing upon my life oh Lord, my cup overflows with grace, mercy, uncommon favours, divine uplifting and your blessing that makes rich and adds no sorrows in the mighty name of Jesus.
Surely, your goodness and mercy shall follow me, all the days of my life and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord, forever and ever in the most powerful name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Amen.
PRAYER TO ST MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL AGAINST THE FORCES BEHIND COVID - 19.
Holy Michael, the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our safeguard against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebukes him, we humbly pray, and do you, O Prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who wander through the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.
WE PRAY WITH ST JUDE THE PATRON OF DIFFICULT CASES AGAINST THE SPREAD OF CORONA VIRUS
O most holy apostle, Saint Jude, faithful servant and friend of Jesus, the Church honoureth and invoketh thee universally, as the patron of hopeless cases and things almost despaired of.
Pray for me, who am so miserable. Make use, I implore thee, of that particular privilege accorded to thee, to bring visible and speedy help where help was almost despaired of.
Come to mine assistance in this great need, that I may receive the consolation and succour of Heaven in all my necessities, tribulations, and sufferings, particularly...
(insert your prayer request here, especially the menace of COVID - 19 Pandemic)
...and that I may praise God with thee and all the elect throughout eternity.
I promise thee, O blessed Jude, to be ever mindful of this great favour, to always honour thee as my special and powerful patron, and to gratefully encourage devotion to thee. Amen.