EVERGREEN FAMILY DEVOTION //WEDNESDAY 7TH, AUGUST 2024
🌷👑TOPIC:
THE SOUL THAT IS WAITING
📕BIBLE TEXT: Psalms 130:1-8 (KJV)
🔑🔒KEY VERSE:
I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning (Psalms 130:5-6).
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❤️CONTROLLING THOUGHTS:
According to your determination, How far will you wait for eternal life? The answer looks easy, but is it?
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✍️INTRODUCTION:
In King David's case, he said, "I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids, until I find out a place ... (Psalm 132:4-5). Therefore, we need to determine to wait upon the Lord (Isaiah 40:31).
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🥞🖊️MAIN DISCOURSE:
In our contemporary times everything has gotten easier and faster. We want things "on demand," order things directly to our house, and even can call cars to come to pick us up through our phones. If we have to wait on the phone to talk to a real person or wait in a line at the supermarket, it can negatively affect our mood! How sinful are we? Does God not patiently wait for all of us, even if it is on our dying day? Of course he does, and for Him the reward is much less than it is for us. Our reward for going to Him, regardless of how long it may take us: eternal life!
All people are worthy of salvation in the eyes of the Lord. Even murderers, sentenced to death row, awaiting their execution, can draw comfort knowing that they can be redeemed. This is the efficacy of Jesus Christ. Think of Christ's crucifixion and the story of the penitent thief (Luke 23:32-43). The criminal asks Jesus, as they are on the crosses, for forgiveness, to which Jesus replies: "Amen I say to you today you will be with me in Paradise" (Luke 23:43).
According to your determination, How far will you wait for eternal life?The answer looks easy, but is it?
No matter your situation, no matter what you have done, no matter what you will do, no matter when, if you seek God and ask for forgiveness, you will be redeemed. It may not be instantaneous as we want everything to be in modern society, but everlasting life is certainly worth the wait!
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📜DECLARATION:
If you would like to give your life to Jesus, you can do so by saying this prayer:
"Lord Jesus, I come to you a sinner. I ask that You forgive my sins. I accept you into my heart as my Lord and personal saviour. Thank You for saving me, in Jesus' name. Amen."
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🙏🏿PRAYER
Dear Lord, please hear this short and brief prayer of mine. I long for the day that i can say to You, as the thief pleaded on the cross to be with You in Your kingdom. And replied, " today thou will be with me in paradise " Amen. Praise be to God. Hallelujah.
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