Anglican Church Daily Fountain Devotional For August 14, 2019 : TOPIC - RETURN TO GOD
THE DAILY FOUNTAIN
DAILY DEVOTIONAL OF THE
CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION)
DATE: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2019
TOPIC - RETURN TO GOD
READ: JEREMIAH 3:1-10 (NKJV)
1. “They say, ‘If a man divorces his wife, And she goes from him And becomes another man’s, may he return to her again?’ Would not that land be greatly polluted? But you have played the harlot with many lovers; yet return to Me,” says the Lord .
2. “Lift up your eyes to the desolate heights and see: Where have you not lain with men? By the road you have sat for them like an Arabian in the wilderness; And you have polluted the land with your harlotries and your wickedness.
3. Therefore the showers have been withheld, and there has been no latter rain. You have had a harlot’s forehead; You refuse to be ashamed.
4. Will you not from this time cry to Me, ‘My Father, You are the guide of my youth?
5. Will He remain angry forever? Will He keep it to the end?’ Behold, you have spoken and done evil things, as you were able.”
6. The Lord said also to me in the days of Josiah the king: “Have you seen what backsliding Israel has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and there played the harlot.
7. And I said, after she had done all these things, ‘Return to Me.’ But she did not return. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
8. Then I saw that for all the causes for which backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a certificate of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah did not fear, but went and played the harlot also.
9. So it came to pass, through her casual harlotry, that she defiled the land and committed adultery with stones and trees.
10. And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah has not turned to Me with her whole heart, but in pretense,” says the Lord.
THE MESSAGE:
Yesterday, we began to look at the charges against Israel. Today, God is bringing up another, even more grievous charge against them: the sin of idolatry which God sees as harlotry. God, having plagued and divorced Israel on account of this, expected Judah to repent and return to Him having learnt from Israel's predicament.
But without fear, she too goes ahead to play the harlot also.
The Nigerian Church has become like Israel and Judah - having a harlot's forehead - yet refusing to be ashamed. The showers have been withheld and there has been no latter rain, yet we do not want to return to God. Instead of returning, we have spoken and done evil as much as we are able.
Dear Christian, God expects you to cry to Him - the Guide of your youth. He has promised not to remain angry forever (Jeremiah 2:4-5). God expects you to return to Him with your whole heart in all sincerity and not in pretence.
PRAYER: Dear LORD, please grant me the grace to return to YOU with my whole heart and in full sincerity.
THE DAILY FOUNTAIN
DAILY DEVOTIONAL OF THE
CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION)
DATE: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2019
TOPIC - RETURN TO GOD
READ: JEREMIAH 3:1-10 (NKJV)
1. “They say, ‘If a man divorces his wife, And she goes from him And becomes another man’s, may he return to her again?’ Would not that land be greatly polluted? But you have played the harlot with many lovers; yet return to Me,” says the Lord .
2. “Lift up your eyes to the desolate heights and see: Where have you not lain with men? By the road you have sat for them like an Arabian in the wilderness; And you have polluted the land with your harlotries and your wickedness.
3. Therefore the showers have been withheld, and there has been no latter rain. You have had a harlot’s forehead; You refuse to be ashamed.
4. Will you not from this time cry to Me, ‘My Father, You are the guide of my youth?
5. Will He remain angry forever? Will He keep it to the end?’ Behold, you have spoken and done evil things, as you were able.”
6. The Lord said also to me in the days of Josiah the king: “Have you seen what backsliding Israel has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and there played the harlot.
7. And I said, after she had done all these things, ‘Return to Me.’ But she did not return. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
8. Then I saw that for all the causes for which backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a certificate of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah did not fear, but went and played the harlot also.
9. So it came to pass, through her casual harlotry, that she defiled the land and committed adultery with stones and trees.
10. And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah has not turned to Me with her whole heart, but in pretense,” says the Lord.
THE MESSAGE:
Yesterday, we began to look at the charges against Israel. Today, God is bringing up another, even more grievous charge against them: the sin of idolatry which God sees as harlotry. God, having plagued and divorced Israel on account of this, expected Judah to repent and return to Him having learnt from Israel's predicament.
But without fear, she too goes ahead to play the harlot also.
The Nigerian Church has become like Israel and Judah - having a harlot's forehead - yet refusing to be ashamed. The showers have been withheld and there has been no latter rain, yet we do not want to return to God. Instead of returning, we have spoken and done evil as much as we are able.
Dear Christian, God expects you to cry to Him - the Guide of your youth. He has promised not to remain angry forever (Jeremiah 2:4-5). God expects you to return to Him with your whole heart in all sincerity and not in pretence.
PRAYER: Dear LORD, please grant me the grace to return to YOU with my whole heart and in full sincerity.
Anglican Church Daily Fountain Devotional For August 14, 2019 : TOPIC - RETURN TO GOD
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