CHARISMA DAILY DEVOTIONAL 8TH OCTOBER 2020
CHARISMA DAILY DEVOTIONAL 8TH OCTOBER 2020
CHARISMA DAILY DEVOTIONAL
THURSDAY 8 OCTOBER 2020
IT IS NO LONGER I WHO LIVE
Scriptural Reading: Gal.2: 20
Almost all of us must have seen someone under the influence of alcohol or something like it. There is no gain telling you that the person acts beside himself or herself. The wish or decision to take the alcohol or drug came from the person in question but the effect is the action of the alcohol or drug. The alcohol or drug directs the person contrary to his or her wish. The effect depends largely on the amount of alcohol taken.
Christ wants us to submit to him in all our actions and decisions just as the drunkard submits to his alcohol or drug. The decision to submit to him belongs to us. The rest will be Christ's action. St. Paul says here that he has been crucified with Christ, implying that he died with him so that the life he lived was no longer the previous life he had but a new one controlled by the risen Lord. Christ wants us to allow Him into our lives to control it in spite of the difficulties involved in the submission.
MEDITATION:
What does it mean to surrender your life to Jesus?
STRATEGIC PRAYER POINTS:
1. Ask God to take over your strength and weakness
2. Pray God to help you to rely on him in your Christian journey and not on yourself.
3. Lord Jesus, meek and humble of heart, make my heart like unto yours.
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.