MGD: No Turning Back From the Path of Faith

Shaloon, brother sansis this we thank God for yet another

beautiful opportunity to see the day and to experience the

goodness of God for our lives and our families. Blessed

be the God and Father of our Lord, Jesus Christ,

even as he has protestined us for the adoption unto

himself as sons through Jesus Christ. God, bless you for

connecting with Harvest Chapel International Dynami Kumasi. Remember that every

moment spent with God has time with investing. Let's share

a word of prayer. Father, we thank you again even

for this morning and for the word that you have

for us. You have made us know that you do

not speak in a vacuum, and so we know that

this morning's word is directed to each and every single

here that is connecting this very moment. Who pray for

your spirit to open up our understanding that we may

be able to receive in form or that you have

for us this morning and go out there to practice

it in Jesus name. Amen, this is your brother, Pastor Jeff,

and it's a pleasure to bring you the Word of

God for our morning glory devotion. Today. Let's take our

confession together from the Book of Joshua, chapter one, verse eight.

This book of the Law shall not depart out of

my mouth, but I shall meditate in it day and night,

that I may observe to do according to all that

is written in it. For then I will make my

will cross pross, and then I will have good success. Hallelujah.

The topic for our morning devotion today is no turning

back from the path of faith, no turning back from

the path of faith. We'll take our scripture reading from

Second Corinthians chapter four. Read from the verse seven through

to the verse eighteen. Second Corinthians, Chapter four, the verse

seven through to the verse eighteen. I read from the

New King Jim's version. But we have this treasure in

Ethan vessels, that the excellence of the power may be

of God and not of us. We are hard pressed

on every side, yet not crushed. We are perplexed but

not in despair, persecuted but not forsaking, struck down but

not destroyed, always carrying about in the body the dying

of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus may

be manifested in our body. For we who live are

always delivered to death for Jesus' sake, that the life

of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.

So then death is working in us, but life in you.

And since we have the same spirit of faith. According

to what is written, I believed, and therefore I spoke,

we also believe and therefore speak, knowing that he who

raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise us up

with Jesus, and will present us with him. For all

things are for your sakes. The grace having spread through many,

may cause thanksgiving to our bound to the glory of God.

Therefore we do not lose heart, even though our outward

man is perishing. Yet the inward man is being renewed

day by day for our light affliction, which is but

for a moment, as working for us a far more

exceeding and eternal weight of glory. While we do not

look at the things which are seen, but other things

which are not seen. But the things which are seen

are temporary, but the things which are not seeing are

a turner a man. There's a very common song of

devotion and dedication that I believe a lot of us

have sung before and are very familiar with. The lyrics,

and I just want to share the lyrics with us.

The song is I have decided to follow Jesus, no

turning back. I have decided to follow Jesus. The Cross

before me and the world behind me. I have decided

to follow Jesus. No none go with me. I will

still follow. I have decided to follow Jesus. This is

definitely a good song for all of us soldiers and

warriors of Christ and of the Cross. We are able

to connect with the cross because it symbolizes our feliation

to the death of Christ, which is also the reason

for the death of our old nature, our past, our flesh,

and our charnal nature. Indeed, singing songs like this is

good for our own edification, and it's good for our

mental posting and orientation. The lyrics of the song is

like a creed, a professional confession, and it sums up

our sincere desire to fight and to forge ahead on

waving from the path of faith that Christ has set

before us. Indeed, we know that the road that has

been carved out for us is a narrow one, is

hard and rough, but the end of it is already known,

and the trick to take we are therefore not moved,

even though for now it may seem that we are

only few who have found this path and have dedicated

ourselves to follow after it. Yes, we see that many

are going by the broadway, the broadway that our Bible

teaches us in the Book of Matthew chapter seven thirteen,

that it is a way that leads to distraction. But

then for those of us who may be few and

have found this narrow path, we know indeed that many

have gone ahead of us, who have crossed this path

before and have made it. These ones are the ones

who surround us and are the great cloud of witnesses,

who are cheerleaders and continue to spare us on, telling

us in the spirit that we can do it, and

we can make it, just as they did. We have

an assurance of an end in sight, I hope that

will not fail us, a hope that will not make

us ashamed. We know that we are just passing through

this world, and indeed, sooner rather than later, we will

be in a better place. Or whilst we are here,

we bear the marks of the true soldiers of Christ Beloved.

This is the mindset that we have as well drilled

soldiers who are stepping out to face another day. As

we set out into another day and into this world,

our resolution is that no matter what the world and

the day will throw at us, we will not forsake

our Jesus and will not forsake the path that He

has put us on. Yes, of course, we may know

that today we will be a target for persecution and

ridicule because of our affiliation and our alignment with the

seemingly uncomfortable truth which is Christ. But we are not

moved to denounce our faith or the principles of truth

that this world that we live in does not want

to hear. We choose today as we step out to

be the kind of soldiers. We'll put everything on the

line for Christ. We may not be literally putting down

our lives, but just as Collusions, chapter three, verse three says,

we are dead and our lives are now hit with

Christ in God. So all we are going to do

today as we step out is to carry the truth

of God with all boldness and with courage to practice

and live out the truth so that the world may

see the difference. We resolve to continue to teach and

to preach the truth, preach holiness, and sanctification, even in

this very world and environment which is not ready to

accept it. We put us our earthly titles and reputation

so that our general, who is Christ, may be glorified.

We are stepping out there today to fight every opposition

that will come against the truth and the gospel of

Jesus Christ, knowing that even as we do so, we

may win some for the Lord and shame the devil

and break his hold or our many of our friends,

our family and loved ones. Because we are not ashamed

of the Gospel, which is the power of God to

bring salvation onto all men. We are delighted in the

prospects that, indeed we have been enlisted into Christ's army,

and there's no way that we are turning back from

the fight that is ahead of us. We are encouraged,

indeed to go out to wage a good warfare, and

to fight this good fight, knowing that God, who is

our strength by his Holy Spirit, is accompanying us day

by day, even in Jesus name, Amen, God, bless you beloved.

Want to take our memory verse for the morning. I

pray that even us we take this together, and as

you go through your day, you memorize it and meditate

on it, that God would minister with the scripture to

you our memory. Verse for the Morning is taken from

the Book of Hebrews, chapter twelve, verse two. Hebrews, Chapter twelve,

verse two. Looking onto Jesus, the Author and finisher of

our faith, who for the joy that was said before him,

and endure the cross, despising the same, and has sat

down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Looking onto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith,

who for the joy that was said before him, endured

the cross, despising the same, and has sat down at

the right hand of the throne of God. Hallelujah, Amen.

This morning, we also look to Jesus, and we look

at the joy that is ahead of us. Because of

this victory, we also assured of our own victory in

Jesus' name. God bless you so much for joining in

this morning glory devotion. We know that God has ministered

to you, and God has empowered you as a true

soldier to go out there and to live for the truth.

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