Faithful & VictoriousPrayer Devotional - Day 5

By: Alfred Au

Reminders of Faithfulness

Faithfulness is a characteristic of God often mentioned in the Bible.

His unchanging commitment to His children is demonstrated

throughout the Old and New Testaments and it always comes with

promises and encouragement.

We shall do well to take hark during this challenging time of the

pandemic. For this too will come to pass.

Let us read again Chapter 11 of Hebrews and learn "what the

ancients were commended for."And claim the promise:

"The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he willnever leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not bediscouraged."(Deut. 31:8).

The Lord Jesus has overcome. Amen.

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Do It Again

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Great is Thy Faithfulness

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By: Michael Lew

God's Faithfulness

When speaking of God’s faithfulness, I’m

reminded of Nehemiah 9:16-21, which says:

 “...our fathers acted presumptuously and

stiffened their neck and did not obey Your

commandments. They refused to obey and were

not mindful of the wonders that You performed

among them, but they stiffened their neck...

2 Timothy 2:13 says, “If we arefaithless, He remains faithful—for He cannot deny Himself.”

But God, in His faithfulness, orchestrated low

moments in my life to show me how far I had

fallen away; and in doing this, He woke me up to

see that I was taking the broad path to

destruction. If I had died in those years, I don’t

know where my eternity would have been. Yet,

God was faithful when I was not, and gave me

the opportunity to repent.

But You are a God ready to forgive,gracious and merciful, slow to angerand abounding in steadfast love, anddid not forsake them.

Even when they had made for themselves a

golden calf and said, ‘This is your god who

brought you up out of Egypt,’ and had committed

great blasphemies,  You in Your great mercies did

not forsake them in the wilderness....You gave

Your good Spirit to instruct them and did not

withhold Your manna from their mouth and gave

them water for their thirst. Forty years You

sustained them in the wilderness, and they lacked

nothing...”

This passage is so reassuring to me, as it gives a

glimpse into God’s heart: the recounting and

confession of Israel’s multitude of sins; but for

every transgression, God does not forsake them -

He shows mercy and patience instead. In

particular, I’ve experienced God’s faithfulness

through His continual discipline. There were

many years that I lived in rebellion to God, filled

with hatred and bitterness towards others, with

no fear of Him or His Word.

I encourage you to reflect on God’s faithfulness

described in Nehemiah 9, but also on His

faithfulness in your own life over the years, and to

praise Him for it.

By: Philip Mah

Victory & Providence

“I have told you these things so that in Me you mayhave peace. In the world you will have trouble. Buttake heart! I have overcome the world.” John 16:33.

When Jesus’s public ministry drew to a close, He prepared the

disciples to face the future without Him. He explained to them

that the time had come for Him to return to His Father in

heaven, that He would be put to death by the Jews and that He

would rise again from the dead. He promised them that He

would send the Holy Spirit to be their Comforter and Teacher.

After Jesus has told them this in plain language, the disciples

said: “This makes us believe that You came from God.” John

16:30b. Then Jesus told them “In Me you have peace, in the

world you will have trouble, but take heart, I have overcome

the world.” John 16:33.

The NIV Study Bible draws our attention to the contrast

between being “in Christ” and “in the world”. Those that have

accepted Jesus as their Saviour are in Christ. Those that have

not accepted Jesus as their Saviour are in the world. Jesus

promised that those in Him will have peace even while we are

living in this present world. In the world there is trouble by

nature and by man. There are diseases and pestilences. There

are local and regional conflicts and major wars that cause

human suffering.  And for Christians, the unbelieving world will

disown us, reject us, ridicule us, oppress us, and even persecute

us.

But when we are in Christ, we have His real peace and

confidence. We know Whom we have believed and He is able to

keep that which we have committed to Him until the day of His

glorious return.

Lord Jesus, thankyou for dying onthe cross for oursins. Thank you

for the promise ofeternal life to allwho believe in

You. Thank youfor the peace thatwe have in You.Help us to standfirm on our faith

in You. Amen.

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