Monday, 14^th August, 2023

Bible Reading: Ecclesiastes 9:10 

Memory Verse:  Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord.  Romans 12:11 (KJV)

To be dedicated means to be devoted to a task or purpose. It means to be sold out to a particular task or thing. Dedication talks about commitment road a task or thing. Our generation is daily running short of people dedicated to a good course whether it is convenient or not. Many want to live their lives by freelance. “They want to do whatever at whatever by whatever”.

A dedicated person doesn’t do that. He is bound by his value system founded on the Word of God. It is sad but true that the children of the bondwoman are more dedicated in their service to spiritual things than many Christians. Many Christians don’t have A STRUCTURED QUIET TIME where they meet with God daily. If you must remain on fire for God, you must be dedicated to DAILY study of the Word and prayers.

What about your career/academics? Truancy (persistent and unauthorised absence from compulsory schooling) is a symptom of lack of dedication to your academics. How can you be a high flying student when you miss classes regularly, you don’t do your assignment, nor do you participate in group work? A dedicated student keeps up-to-date notes in his school and does his assignment regularly. He prepares for his examination even before the start of a new term.

Can your boss count on you as a dedicated worker who gives his/her best at work? Yes you pray, yes you fast but your work is speaking otherwise at your place of work. Don’t you know faith without works is dead? Manifest God through your dedicated hardwork in your workplace. Many are complaining of lack of career progress. The question is if you were the boss, will you promote a staff like you? Friends, our Christianity must manifest by dedicated good works.

Quote:  The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand – Vince Lombardi

Prophetic Decree:  Be baptized with the spirit of dedication to God, work, and human service, in Jesus name.

Prayer Focus

1. I receive grace to be dedicated to my divine purpose in life, in Jesus name.

2. I receive grace to be dedicated to my daily quiet time, in Jesus name.

3. I receive grace to be dedicated to Christian service, in Jesus name.

4. I receive grace to be a dedicated A-student, in Jesus name.

5. I receive grace to be the best and beat the best in all my endeavours, in Jesus name.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Jeremiah 23-25