LIVING WATER, CAC DAILY DEVOTIONAL, (Jan. ~ June, 2022} GUIDE, MONDAY 11 APRIL 2022:- OVERCOMING THE SOUL’S FILTHINESS

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TOPIC for MON, 11/04/22: overcoming the soul’s filthiness

WELCOME to CAC Living Water Devotional for 11/04/22

Read Acts 9:1-9
1 Then Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest
2 and asked letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
3 As he journeyed he came near Damascus, and suddenly a light shone around him from heaven.
4 Then he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?”
5 And he said, “Who are You, Lord?” Then the Lord said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. a It is hard for you to kick against the goads.”
6 So he, trembling and astonished, said, “Lord, what do You want me to do?” Then the Lord said to him, “Arise and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
7 And the men who journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice but seeing no one. 8 Then Saul arose from the ground, and when his eyes were opened he saw no one. But they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus.
9 And he was three days without sight, and neither ate nor drank.

MEMORISE:
As for Saul, he made havoc of the church, entering every house, and dragging off men and women, committing them to prison (Acts 8:3).

EXPOSITION
On this day, over 2000 years ago, during the Passion Week of Jesus, He entered the Temple and cleansed it. Let us look at how we can overcome the soul’s filthiness. All souls without Christ are filthy. Why? They are laden with all manners of sins, stained, and stinking (Psa. 14:3; Isa. 64:6; Rom. 3:23). The Fall caused it, but thank God for His provision to make man’s souls clean.

Only He can do that. Neither religion nor any other thing or person can cleanse our souls (Heb. 10:4). The cleansing agent of man’s soul is the precious and unblemished blood of Christ Jesus (Heb. 9:13ff; 1 Jn. 1:7). Any soul who hasn’t been washed in this blood remains filthy. The blood saves and sanctifies (cleanses) us from the filthiness of our sinful nature. It washes purely without any stain of sin.

Saul of Tarsus once had a filthy soul; the soul that orchestrated evil like every other carnal person (Jer. 17:9). He was so wicked that in line with our memory Scripture, he did everything to frustrate the Way, thinking he was fighting for Yahweh. That is characteristic of the filthy soul. It is clear from God’s Word that the best that man’s soul can think, plan, and execute is evil. Cain planned and killed his blood brother because of his filthy soul (Gen. 4:6,7).

In the case of Saul, there was thunder and lightning in his soul. He recognised how wretched he was when the light of God shone on his filthy heart. That experience resulted in him becoming one of the excellent model of passion for the gospel of Christ, which he had previously attacked, as he surrendered all to the Owner of the universe.

Who really knows how bad the heart of man is? No one, except God. Yielding to the temptation of sin makes man’s heart stinks. Unless and until we allow the Holy Spirit rule our hearts, we will not be able to overcome such situation, and this will make our hearts stink. When we allow God to rule our hearts, He takes care of the deceitfulness and the wickedness in us.

PRAYER POINTS
1. Call upon God who knows and sees through man’s heart to purge you of all filthiness, and purify your heart for Him and His purposes.

2. Pray that God will help you never to yield to temptation of sin and will give you the grace to overcome it.

3. Pray for CAC Medayese Region, our father in the Lord, the Superintendent, and its officers at the various levels, as led by the SpiritY of God.

EXTRA READING FOR TODAY: 2 Samuel 22 – 23

HAVE A FRUITFUL MONDAY…………. SHALOM

SPECIAL NOTE!

Salvation of your soul is very important to God.

Beloved Reader, Remember! John 3:3 says, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless ye are born again, ye cannot see the kingdom of God.”

If you are ready to give your life to Christ Jesus, please pray the displayed prayer below in faith:

Lord Jesus, I am a sinner. I confess all my sin, have mercy on me, forgive me all my sin. Lord Jesus come into my life. I accept You as my Lord and Personal Saviour. I believe in my heart You died and rose from the dead to save me. Thank You Lord for saving me, in Jesus name Amen.

If you just prayed the prayer of salvation! Congratulations! You are now born again. You need to belong to a Bible-Believing Church where you can know more. For testimonies, counselling or prayer requests, visit, CAC 13 Celestial Way, Ketu 100242, Lagos.

Beware! This Scripture: “And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold,” Matt 24:12, is happening in our days.
Our prayer is: any power or any problem that will kill our love for God, blood of Jesus shall destroy and flush them away from us, through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.

Thank you for your patient with us. And thank you for all your comments, observations, feedbacks and time spent on this platform. We cherish your presence here.

Beloved! We are in perilous time when kidnappings, banditry and other vices have become daily occurrences. But the Lord is saying, do not be afraid! Be strong in the Lord! Be bold & be courageous!

In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, you shall not be a victim to whatever calamity flying around by day or by night, in the name of Jesus, Amen!

Shalom!

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