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MGD: Be There For Someone

Harvest Chapel International - Kumasi

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  1. God bless you so much for connecting with us here

  2. at Harvest Chapel International Kumasi. This is Pastor and Mrs.

  3. Amwasa facilitating this morning's glory devotion. We trust that even

  4. as we go through the scriptures together, God will open

  5. our eyes and cause us to see wondrous things in

  6. His law Let's share a word of prayer. Our dear Lord,

  7. we thank you so much for this time in your scriptures.

  8. We pray that it shall inspire faith unto us and

  9. help us to be doers of what we hear this morning.

  10. In Jesus' name, Amen. Let's take our confession together from

  11. Joshua chapter 1, verse 8. This book of the law

    Joshua 1:8

  12. shall not depart out of my mouth, but I shall

  13. meditate in it day and night. that I may observe

  14. to do according to all that is written in it.

  15. For then I will make my way prosperous, and then

  16. I will have good success. Amen. The topic for this

  17. morning is Be There for Someone. Be There for Someone.

  18. We'll take our scripture reading from Proverbs chapter 11, the

    Proverbs 11 chapter mention

  19. verse 25. The generous will prosper. Those who refresh others

  20. will themselves be refreshed. The generous will prosper. Those who

  21. refresh others will themselves be refreshed.

  22. Amen.

  23. Be there for someone. Life has its difficult moments and seasons.

  24. Life can really hit us hard when we least expect it.

  25. Many have faced and are having to deal with many issues,

  26. including the loss of loved ones, failed examinations, disappointments from interviews,

  27. cancellation of contracts, turmoil in marriage, and financial crisis. We

  28. often find ourselves weighed down, depressed, and confused. We get

  29. angry at ourselves and even get angry at God. This

  30. can often lead to a crisis of faith. A lot

  31. of people wear and force through a smile every day

  32. on the outside, but are broken down on the inside.

  33. The usual cliché greeting, how are you, is always followed

  34. by its cliché response, I am fine. We all try

  35. to be strong, even when there isn't enough strength with

  36. a thing to draw from. Fighting the battles of life

  37. can be twice as hard when it has to be

  38. done alone. but unfortunately this is the posture that many

  39. have taken. In our homes and even in church, there

  40. are many of us who have kept our stories, struggles

  41. and pains to ourselves. Many have taken a stand to

  42. walk alone and to be alone because for as long

  43. as they can imagine, no one has ever extended a

  44. helping hand over to them. We are indeed a lonely generation.

  45. With all our innovations in technology and all the available

  46. tools for communication, we are rather getting further and further

  47. away from one another. Believe it or not, there are

  48. families where there is a lonely spouse, a lonely brother,

  49. or a lonely sister. In church, there is a lonely

  50. praise and worship leader or chorister, a lonely usher, a

  51. lonely youth member, and there are lonely pastors. Beloved, God

  52. calls us as believers to reach out to others. This

  53. is a beautiful way of showing God's love to those

  54. who are close to us. There is always a helping

  55. hand and a listening ear we can afford to give.

  56. In these times when we are all facing tough times,

  57. we need to empathize with one another and be generous

  58. with our quality time for others. Be generous with our

  59. love towards others. Be generous with our words of comfort

  60. and encouragement for others. As much as we can afford

  61. and even beyond our ability, be generous to share even

  62. materially with others who may not have. The expression of

  63. our faith is not only in its profession and confession,

  64. but it is evident in how we exhibit love practically.

  65. Simple things like a phone call to a brother or

  66. sister you haven't seen in a while, seeing someone off

  67. in conversation after a service, inviting a brother or a

  68. family home to share a meal, sincerely asking about how

  69. the working day or the school day had been, following

  70. up on a previous conversation with a brother or sister.

  71. Random acts of kindness can always go a long way

  72. to bless someone tremendously and let down some of the

  73. weight that many carry. We can also prophesy and continue

  74. speaking the scriptures to one another as a source of encouragement,

  75. praying and interceding through for others who are bad is

  76. our calling as believers. Beloved, let us strive to be

  77. there for one another It is divine to do so.

  78. And as the scriptures say, learn to do good, seek justice,

  79. correct oppression, bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow's case.

  80. As we refresh others, we will also be refreshed. In

  81. Jesus' name, Amen. God bless you.

  82. Beloved, let us take our memory verse. From Galatians chapter

    Galatians 6:2

  83. 6 verse 2. Share each other's burdens and in this

  84. way obey the law of Christ. Share each other's burdens

  85. and in this way obey the law of Christ.

  86. Amen.

  87. Let us share a word of prayer. Our Lord and

  88. Master Jesus, we thank you for your word that has

  89. come to us. Grant us the grace and the discernment

  90. to be there for others. In Jesus' mighty name.

  91. Amen.

  92. God bless you for being a part of this morning-grown devotion.

  93. We trust and believe that you have been blessed. Continue

  94. to stay connected to Radio HCI today. Have a blessed day.