#GOFAMINTDailyDevotion Sat. 1/7/2017

2/7/2017 LESSON 5

BLESSINGS

FOR THE MERCIFUL

Quarter’s Theme: CHRISTIAN ATTITUDE

Unit 2: Our Virtues (Lessons 5-9)

(RESPONSIBILITY MONTHS)

Suggested Hymns: G.H.B. 32, 99

Devotional Reading: MATT. 18:23-30

Topic For Adults

MERCY BEGETS MERCY

Topic For Youths

YOU CAN AFFORD TO BE MERCIFUL

Topic For Intermediates

IT PAYS TO BE MERCIFUL

Scripture Lesson

EXO. 34:6; LAM. 3:22; LK. 1:68-72; MIC. 6:8; LK. 6:36; PS. 18:25; MATT. 5:7; JAM. 2:13

MEMORY VERSE

Let not mercy and truth forsake you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart. Prov. 3:3 (NKJV)

DAILY DEVOTIONAL READING

Sat. 1/7/2017

Mercy Preserves

Lam.3:21-23; Act 9:36-41

Many believer sometimes are so confident and make boast of the long hours they spend in prayers, or the number of vigils, fasting and commitment to self-disciplines they have subjected themselves to. Our preservation and salvation from destruction is not dependent on self-righteousness, it is a function of God’s mercy and grace. The testimony about Dorcas is that of a believer who was always doing kind things for others, especially for the poor. Giving to the poor is lending unto God. He is not unfaithful to owe any man. Good deeds will not only preserve a man, hopeless situations and the valley of dry bones in a life can still become great and mighty army due to investments made by showing mercy.

POINT OF EMPHASIS: There is no hopeless situation for anyone who shows mercy.

PRAYER POINT: Holy Spirit, I receive help to be sensitive to the needs of the people around me and I receive divine supplies to meet such needs in the name of Jesus Christ.