CHARISMA DAILY DEVOTIONAL 30TH APRIL 2020
CHARISMA DAILY DEVOTIONAL 30TH APRIL 2020
CHARISMA DAILY DEVOTIONAL
THURSDAY 30TH APRIL 2020
THE ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH AND HIS QUEST FOR GOD
Scriptural Reading: Psalm 42: 1-4
Yesterday, we talked about Philip and the conversion of the Ethiopian Eunuch. Let us now look at the hunger and thirst of the Ethiopian Eunuch for God. The distance from Ethiopia to
Israel is 2,494 km (1,550 miles). The modern man will not attempt travelling such a distance on a bike just to worship God. How the Eunuch knew about this Jewish God is a question to be asked! Some scholars said he could be a proselyte, implying that a Jew must have told him about their God.
Numerous old charismatic brethren always tell stories of how they travelled long distances in the 70s and early 80s just to attend fellowships. Do we still have people with that zeal today? Jesus has promised satisfaction for those who hunger and thirst for righteousness. When God sees how long we earnestly travel to seek him, he always shortens the distance.
MEDITATION:
What is it that makes you long for God? Your need for God or the things he has?
STRATEGIC PRAYER POINTS:
1. Pray that you will have sincere longing for God in your life
2. My soul pants for you, O God, the living God!
3. Lord may I never lose the hunger and thirst for a deeper knowledge of you.
4. Pray for the church and her leaders, the Catholic Charismatic Renewal of Nigeria at prayer group, deanery, diocesan, provincial and national levels.
5. Present your private intentions to God
6. Say your daily Prophetic prayer
7. Pray now against the spread of Corona Virus Pandemic.
8. Say the prayers to St Michael and St Jude
DAILY PROPHETIC PRAYERS
Oh Lord God of power and might we praise and thank you for your goodness and mercy in my life. I acknowledge that you are the only one true God and the Almighty who can do all things, who knows all things and who is everywhere at the same time.
I beseech you Lord to show me your mercy and forgiveness, I have sinned against you through my thoughts, words and actions. Through your sacrificial death on the cross I receive mercy and boldness to approach your throne of grace.
Let the precious blood of Jesus wash me and make me whiter than snow. Heal me oh Lord by your wounds that I may be totally restored.
I receive your Grace to rise above every limitation.
I receive your Grace to move from Glory to Glory. I proclaim my total freedom in the mighty name of Jesus.
I shall testify the goodness of God in the land of the living in the most powerful name of Jesus.
I shall not die but live to declare the goodness of God I shall not be put to shame for the Lord is by my side. I shall glorify the Lord all the days of my life.
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 rebuke 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 of 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 succor 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.