Wednesday, 24th February, 2021.
Bible Reading: 2 Timothy 3:1-5, 1 Timothy 6:17-19
Memory Verse: Forget about the wrong things people do to you. Don’t try to get even. Love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD. Leviticus 19:18 (ERV)
One thing you cannot take away from the Saints of old is their selflessness. Contrarily, this is where many Christians in this generation are getting it wrong. It was St. Francis of Assisi who said: “Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love, Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is doubt, faith. Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness, light; And where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console, to be understood as to understand, to be loved, as to love. For it is in giving that we receive, it is in pardoning that we are pardoned, and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.” To be selfless is to be devoted to others’ welfare or interests and not one’s own. It means to be unselfish; altruistic, or self-sacrificing. You remember the 117 Salvation Army Youths leaders who willingly died for others to live when the ship of the Empress of Ireland was sinking; having rejected the life jacket that was readily made available to them in 1914?
I heard of a Christian who gave the tithe of a slice of bread given to each of them unto the younger Christians when they were all detained for their Christian faith. A tithe of a slice of bread? Wonderful! That’s selflessness!! Your millions or billions of dollars is of little essence if the kingdom of God and humanity does not benefit from it. You are blessed that you may be a blessing to others. Why can’t you build a skill acquisition centre, a hospital, a school, etc, in your neighborhood? Receive the Dorcas anointing, in Jesus name. We are only remembered for our contribution to God and to humanity. Nothing more. Nothing less. True love is selfless. It is prepared to sacrifice.
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Quote: You don’t need a reason to help people.
Prophetic Decree: I bind the spirit of selfishness and greed in your life, in Jesus name.
Prayer Focus:
1. Thank you Father because you’ve always loved us even before we loved You.
2. I come out of the pit of selfishness, in Jesus name.
3. Holy Spirit, please teach me how to die to self, in Jesus name.
4. I receive grace to live only for God and for the benefit of mankind, in Jesus name.
5. Jesus Christ of Nazareth, have mercy upon my heart, in Jesus name.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Numbers 3-4