CHARISMA DAILY DEVOTIONAL 22ND JULY 2020
CHARISMA DAILY DEVOTIONAL 22ND JULY 2020
CHARISMA DAILY DEVOTIONAL
WEDNESDAY 22 JULY, 2020
DO NOT ASK GOD TO DO FOR YOU WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR YOURSELF
Scriptural Reading: 2 Kings 7:1-5
A young man called me with a protesting tone. He had questions he wanted me to answer; he had prayed that God should deliver him from bad friends and from indebtedness all to no avail. His question was, ''does it mean God does not want to grant my request when He knows that I am in trouble? Well, I made him understand that I am not God but from what I know about Him, He has never failed anyone.
If you prayed for something and it does not come, it is either that you have not prayed enough or it is not yet the right time or you have not done what God expects you to do. I also told the young man that it was his duty to separate himself from bad friends and not God's. It is also important to realize that until you have done what you are supposed to do; God may never play His own part. The lepers asked themselves motivational questions; “Why should we sit here until we die?” You need to speak to yourself again and again. You need to get up and act now.
MEDITATION:
Have I taken the right step today?
STRATEGIC PRAYER POINTS:
1. Pray that God may enable you to know and to do the right thing at all times
2. Pray also against the spirit of compromise that has continuously denied you the favours of God
3. Pray for the grace of patience and perseverance.
4. Pray for the leaders of the Church for the grace of humility in service.
5. Pay now against the spread of coronavirus pandemic
6. Say the prayers to St. Michael and St. Jude in pages 101 and 103
7. Present your private intentions to God
8. Say your daily prophetic prayers
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 visibly 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.