MEMORISE: For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God. – Deuteronomy 4:24
READ: 2 Samuel 6:1-7 (KJV)
1 Again, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.
2 And David arose, and went with all the people that were with him from Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, whose name is called by the name of the Lord of hosts that dwelleth between the cherubims.
3 And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drave the new cart.
4 And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which was at Gibeah, accompanying the ark of God: and Ahio went before the ark.
5 And David and all the house of Israel played before the Lord on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.
6 And when they came to Nachon’s threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it.
7 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Leviticus 1-4
MESSAGE:
One serious attribute of God that I have emphatically taught people not to overlook is divine anger. Truly, the Almighty God is Love (1 John 4:8); however, we must never forget that He is also a Consuming Fire (Deuteronomy 4:24). Any time I say this, some people argue that the Bible reference belongs to the Old Testament dispensation and we are now in the New Testament.
Amazingly, such people did not read their New Testament thoroughly enough to discover that even Hebrews 12:29 says “For our God is a consuming fire.”
This is one of the wonders of divine anger, because how can the God of love be a Consuming Fire at the same time? We need to remember that it was divine anger against the devil that made way for man’s deliverance from satanic oppression. (Genesis 3:14).
Divine anger against the devil after the fall is full of the wonders of God’s love for man – that the man may be redeemable, unlike the fallen angels. He cast the man and the woman out of the garden so they would not have access to the tree of life in their fallen state, which would have made them irredeemable like the angels.
Thus, God cast them out as He embarked on a redemption process that was centred on Jesus dying for the sins of man, His resurrection and second coming to rapture the saints. When a child of God falls into sin, “God does not spare the divine rod. Why? It is because God would not want him or her to miss the bliss of His Kingdom. This is why God punishes His erring children. Hebrews 12:7-8 says:
“If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.”
Whenever the Lord chastens you, accept it in faith, repent and amend your ways. His fire refines us when we yield to His correction but consumes when we choose to remain in our sins. Repent and forsake all your sins today, then confess Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour so as not to experience God as a consuming Fire.
PRAYER POINT: Father, please help me to receive your correction joyfully so that I can laugh at the end of it all in Your Kingdom, in the mighty name of Jesus.
RCCG FASTING AND PRAYER GUIDE FOR YEAR 2022 (50 DAYS)
DAY 21 – MON, JAN 31ST, 2022
PRAYER AGAINST NATURAL DISASTERS THIS YEAR
BIBLE TEXTS: GEN. 6:17, PS.46:1-3
Natural Disasters are destructive events that take place by nature or as a result of human activities. They include: flood, tornado, landslide, fire, plagues, tsunami, earthquakes, cyclones, etc. There is need to pray against their occurrences.
PRAYER GUIDE
Father, we thank you for preservation of lives and properties in Jesus Name. Psa.145:20, Psa.36:6.
Father, by Your mercy keep every form of natural disaster away from us in Jesus name. Psa.57:1.
Father, you are the Covenant keeping God, please save our nations from natural disaster in Jesus name. Gen.9:8-11.
Father, because of Your mercy, don’t allow flood to destroy our harvest in Jesus name. Gen.8:22.
Father, by Your mercy provide for all who have been displaced by natural disaster in Jesus name. Phil.4:19.
Father, send Your fire into all the hiding places of the terrorists in our nation in Jesus name. Amos 1:4.
Father send Your earthquake into all the habitations of killer Fulani herdsmen and all terrorists in this nation in Jesus name. Amos 1:1
Father by Your mercy let there be no more tornadoes to destroy nations again. Lam 3:22.
Father guide our leaders aright, don’t let them commit sins that will bring disaster to our nation in Jesus name. Eze 7:26
Father we ask for forgiveness for all the sins we have committed in this nation that could attract the punishment of natural disasters in Jesus name.
Gen.19:19.
Almighty God, sit upon every spiritual flood of affliction of the enemy in this nation and dry them up in Jesus name. Psa.29:10.
Father deliver us from every turbulent waters and rivers of affliction in this nation, be with us that it will not overflow us in Jesus name. Isa.43:2
Father deliver our nation from the fire of affliction of the enemy in Jesus name. Isa.43:2.
Father deliver Your church and our nation from the fire and rivers of affliction, fire of persecution, fire of terrorists and insurgencies, fire of diseases and plagues of COVID-19 in Jesus name. Isa.43:2-3.
Thank You Father for answers to all our prayers in Jesus name.
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