CHARISMA DAILY DEVOTIONAL 1ST JULY 2020
CHARISMA DAILY DEVOTIONAL 1ST JULY 2020
CHARISMA DAILY DEVOTIONAL
WEDNESDAY 1ST JULY 2020
THE JOY OF SERVING THE LORD
Scriptural Reading: JOSH 24:25, PS 27:6
Some people may not understand how joyful it can be to serve the Lord. When I talk about joy, I do not mean mere happiness or laughter, but a way of life. When you have joy in your heart from being a faithful servant of God, it will give you stability in life that produces peace and hope. Joshua certainly understood how joyful it was to serve God as he told the Israelites that he and his household would serve and worship the Lord.
There are reasons beyond enumeration why we serve the Lord. Firstly, we are created to do so. The catechism points out that God made us to know him, love him, and serve him in this world in order to be happy with Him forever in the next. Unfortunately, many people exist on earth for their own purposes. Many think that it is only when they get to heaven that they will begin to serve God. That is why they lack joy in life; the joy of salvation.
MEDITATION:
Do I actually derive joy in serving the Lord?
STRATEGIC PRAYER POINTS:
1. Father, thank you for the opportunity to serve you all the days of my life
2. Lord, help me by your grace to serve and worship you in truth and spirit
3. In the victorious name of Jesus, I make a commitment today to serve the Lord all the days of my life
4. Pray for the leaders of the Church for the grace of humility in service.
5. Present your private intentions to God
6. Say your daily Prophetic prayer
7. Pray now against the spread of the 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 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 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.