LIVING WATER DAILY DEVOTIONAL
TALK WITH YOUR GOD
11TH , AUGUST 2022
EXTRA READING FOR TODAY: Jeremiah
10-13
READ: Psalms 42:1-11
1 As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so
panteth my soul after thee, O God.
2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God:
when shall I come and appear before God?
3 My tears have been my meat day and night,
while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
4 When I remember these things, I pour out my
soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of
God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art
thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the
help of his countenance.
6 O my God, my soul is cast down within me:
therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites,
from the hill Mizar.
7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy
waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
8 Yet the Lord will command his lovingkindness
in the day time, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto
the God of my life.
9 I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou
forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
10 As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies
reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?
11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why
art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him,
who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
MEMORISE:” O my God, my soul is cast down within me:
therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites,
from the hill Mizar.” -Psalms
42:6
EXPOSITION
We often tell God what
we want, though what we need are the things we should be talking about. What we
talk less to God about, however, is HOW WE FEEL! The psychotherapists and other
social Scientific Counsellors tell us that what we think affects how we feel,
and how we feel affects how we act. That is to say, our thoughts affects our
feelings and our feelings affects our behaviours. No wonder the Bible charges
us to *keep our heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of
life* (Prov.4v23). Why? *For As a man thinks in His heart, so is he*
(Prov.4v23). Why? *For As a man thinks in his heart the mouth speaks*
(Matt.12v34b).
David told God that his soul, his seat of
emotions was cast down. That means, he was feeling depressed and he needed
God's help to lift him up from the dungeon of apathy.
So, how are you
feeling? High or low? Moody or merry? Alone or lonely? Or, in the crowd, but
still feels alone? Have you spoken to God about your feelings? Remember,
problem shared is half-solved already. God is even waiting for you to call Him,
only that you have to do so while He is near (Isa.55v6). Paul enjoins us to pray
without ceasing, too (1 Thess.5v17). This means we should call upon Him at all
times, in all places, and in any posture, as the Holy Spirit help us.
Remember: if you
don't talk with God, you are talking to someone else, whether you know it or
not. There is no other remedy: *KJV:Neither is there salvation in any other:
for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be
saved.* (Acts 4v12). Therefore, commune with Him in that situation now!
PRAYER POINT:
1. Go on your knees and cast all your burdens onto
the Lord.
2. Pray that the joy of the Lord should fill your
entire soul today, in the name of Jesus.
3. Pray for Authority of Christ Apostolic Church,
our father in the Lord, the President and his lieutenants and the staff of CAC
secretariat as the Spirit leads.
DO HAVE A BLESSED DAY
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