Friday, 28th April 2023
Bible Reading: Acts 10: 1-4
Memory Verse: Cornelius stared at him in fear. “What is it, Lord?” he asked. The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have come up as a memorial offering before God. Acts 10:4 (NIV)
Disclaimer: I wilI want to emphatically state that today’s devotional is not meant to trivialize prayers in any way but to bring a balance to all our spiritual activities. Be blessed:
1. Character is the mental and moral qualities distinctive of an individual. It refers to the way someone thinks, feels, and behaves : someone’s personality
2. A man’s character is his fate.
3. Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude – Heraclitus Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States of America.
4. People self-sabotage themselves by seeking spiritual solutions to character-deficit issues.
5. What we often call our destiny is truly our character, and since that character can change, then destiny can be altered. Character is destiny.
6. Prayer is not a check request asking for things from God; it is a deposit slip – a way of depositing God’s character into our bankrupt souls – Dutch Sheets
7. The measure of a man’s character is what he would do if he knew he never would be found out – Thomas Macaulay (1800-1859), British writer and politician.
8. The measure of a man’s character is what he would do if he knew he never would be found out.
9. What would ultimately destroy a man going to high places in life is not really the enemies that are waiting for him there, but the character that followed him there.
10. We have become so spiritually in tune through prayers that we neglect the place of character and our relationship with people. Many are actually ‘heavenly’ bound, but with no earthly relevance.
Quote: Your character is your greatest prophecy.
Prophetic Decree: Your character shall not stand on the way of your prayers, in Jesus name.
Prayer Focus
1. Thank you Father for your staff and rod comforts me.
2. I receive grace to balance my numerous spiritual activities with good character, in Jesus name.
3. Holy Spirit, please cure me of all character deficits, in Jesus name.
4. Fire of the Holy Ghost, burn to ashes every foul spirit sponsoring easily besetting sins and evil habits in my life, in Jesus name.
5. Lord Jesus, please correct every bad habit in my life, in Jesus name.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Psalm 81,88,92-93
