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MGD: Healing for Bitter Waters - 1

Harvest Chapel International - Kumasi

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  1. Chalom now blessed money to you all, and you're only

  2. welcome to today's episode of the Morning Glory Devotion necess

  3. Sorry Miyan rebels jabbing from Harvest Chapel International Commercy. And

  4. it's our privilege to be facilitating today's edition. Please let

  5. us share a word of prayer.

  6. Father, thank you for the wonderful privilege to gather together

  7. at your feet to listen to your word. Please open

  8. our eyes and let us see wondrous things out of

  9. your word in Jesus' my teen name. Amen.

  10. Amen. Now let us take our confession from Josh chapter one,

  11. verse eight. This book of the Law shall not depart

  12. out of my mouth, but I shall meditate in it

  13. day and night, that I may observe to do according

  14. to all that is written in it. Well, then I'll

  15. make my way prosperous, and then I'll have good success. Amen.

  16. Amen.

  17. A Bible reading text for today shall be taken from

  18. Exceter chapter fifteen, Ver's twenty two to twenty five. Exceidus

  19. chapter fifteen, There's twenty two to twenty five.

  20. Then Moses led the people of Israel away from the

  21. Red Sea into the desert of share for three days

  22. they walked through the desert but found no water. Then

  23. they came to a place called Mara, but the water

  24. there was so bitter that they could not drink it.

  25. That is why it was named Marah. The people who

  26. complained to Moses and asked, what are we going to drink?

  27. Moses prayed earnestly to the Lord, and the Lord showed

  28. him a piece of wood, which he threw into the water,

  29. and the water became fit to drink. There the Lord

  30. gave them laws to live by, and there he also

  31. tested them.

  32. Amen.

  33. Amen.

  34. Today's episode of the Morning Glory Devotion has been titled

  35. Healing for Better Waters, but one Healing for Better Waters

  36. but one subtitleist Earnest Prayers, Earnest Prayers, Amen Amen. One

  37. of the greatest privileges I've had in life is opportunity

  38. to work in health care. My WREK brings me on

  39. a daily basis in contact with people from all walks

  40. of life. The array of experiences over the years, I've

  41. learned that I am best placed to help my clients

  42. and patience and unable to see beyond the ailments into

  43. their individual stories. I found that behind every presentation is

  44. a deeply personal story, and one truth stands out clearly.

  45. No life is completely immune to sudden harship or misfortune,

  46. and so often a bright and happy season is overshadowed

  47. by an unexpected ten of events. Think of the couple

  48. who finally married after years of waiting, only to face

  49. the quiet pain of infertility. All the expectant mother filled

  50. with joy suddenly told her pregnancy is high risk, or

  51. the parents holding their newborn only to receive an unexpected diagnosis.

  52. In moments like these, the sweetness of a long awaited

  53. blessing feels suddenly tainted by harsh reality. This human experience

  54. is as old as the scriptures. In Exodus, the people

  55. of Israel had just witnessed one of the greatest miracles

  56. in history, the pattern of the Red Sea. They were singing, dancing,

  57. and celebrating their freedom. Yet just three days later, as

  58. they journeyed through the harsh desert of Shoe, they found

  59. no water. When they finally spotted a body of water

  60. at Marah, their relief was overwhelming until they tasted it.

  61. The water was foul, better and undrinkable. In a matter

  62. of days, their joy turned to frustration, and their songs

  63. tend to better complains. Friends, it is easy to understand

  64. their distress. But notice how Moses reacted differently. While the

  65. crowd murmured against leadership, Moses took his pain directly to God.

  66. He did not pretend the water was fine, nor did

  67. he allow anger to consume him. He prayed earnestly to

  68. the Lord beloved when he faced a better tone of

  69. fortune in your own life, say a new job that

  70. has become overwhelming, a relationship that has grown cold, or

  71. a sudden change in your health. The first response matters.

  72. Complaining only depends the betterness that Ennes's prayer opens the

  73. door for God to act. God heard Moses's cry and

  74. showed him a piece of wood, and Moses threw it

  75. into the water. The bitter stream was made completely whole.

  76. Brothers and sisters, is anyone amongst us standing beside better

  77. waters today? Let him bring his plight before the Father.

  78. Do not carry the disappointment alone, or let resent men

  79. take roots in your heart. Lay the situation open before

  80. him in simple and prayer, trusting that he still has

  81. the power to turn your hardest seasons into places of restoration. Amen. Amen,

  82. Now let us take our memory. Verse from Exodus chapter fifteen,

  83. verse twenty five.

  84. A Moses prayed earnestly to the Lord, and the Lord

  85. showed him a piece of wood, which he threw into

  86. the water, and the water became fit to drink. Amen.

  87. Amen, spray Heavenly Father, you see the better places in

  88. our lives today. You know the exact moment where our

  89. joy was interrupted by pain, worry, or disappointment. Lord, forgive

  90. us for the times you have complained instead of turning

  91. to you today, bring these heavy situations before you're thrown

  92. off grace. Pour your healing power into our hearts, and

  93. make our better waters sweet again in Jesus' name. Amen.

  94. Amen beloved, thank you for being a part of today's

  95. episode of The Morning Glory to Ootion. Stay tuned to

  96. Radio ACI today for more spread filled content throughout the

  97. day until we come your way tomorrow morning. At the

  98. same time, have a blessed day, Amen Amen. An sm