Sermon
MGD: Life Without Direction
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Praise the Lord, and a very good morning to you.
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Welcome to our Morning Glory devotion, which is powered by
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Harvest Chapel International. Today's devotion will be shared by Pasta
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and messays a more appear. Let's share a word of prayer. Father,
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will thank you this day for your goodness and your
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grace do was us. Thank you for the gift of
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life you've granted all of us. Thank you for the
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privilege to gather around your word. We ask for your
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presence even in this moment, as we look to receive
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grace and truth from the Word of God. Rich as,
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Oh God, and transformers in Jesus my name.
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Amen.
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Let's take a confession from Joshua chapter one, verse eight.
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This book of the Lord shall not depart out of
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my mouth, but I shall meditate in mid day and
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night that I may observe to do according to all
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that is written in it. For then I will make
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my way prosperous, and then I will have good success. Amen.
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Our devotion for today is titled life without Direction, Life
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without Direction, and will take our scripture reading from Proverbs
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chapter sixteen, verse nine. Emman's heart devised his way, but
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the Lord directs his steps made the Lord bless the
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reading of his word.
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Life without Direction. In August of last year, my husband
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and I went to visit he appearance in the Lord.
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On our return trip, we decided to avoid the main
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road to escape the heavy traffic caused by an ongoing
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road construction. But after what felt like minutes squadally turning
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into ours of driving, we realized we were completely lost.
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We ended up in a location so remote that even
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Google Maps couldn't re rouse us. At that point, regrets
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began to set in. Then out of nowhere, a taxi
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driver appeared driving toward us. We quickly flagged him down
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and pleaded for help to find our way back to
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the main road. All he said was follow me. After
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driving behind him for close to one he pointed us
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toward a rough road ahead that would lead directly to
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a nearby roundabout. A return journey that should have taken
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one hour ended up taken three. But the turning point
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in our journey was not just realizing we were lost.
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It was encountering a guide. The taxi driver's simple instruction
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follow me shifted everything. We did not need a full
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explanation of the road network. We did not need to
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understand every turn or junction ahead. We only needed to
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trust and follow the one who knew the way. Many
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of us are not lost because we lack intelligence or effort,
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but because we are trying to navigate life independently without direction.
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We consult in emotions and personal logic, yet often neglect
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the one who sees the full mouth from beginning to end.
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Scripture reminds us in prover Chapter three, verse five to six,
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to trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and
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lay not onto thine own understanding in all thy ways.
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Acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy parts. The promise
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is divine guidance and direction. God has not merely points
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away from a distance. He actively orders the steps of
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those who yield to him. The question therefore is not
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whether God is willing to guide, but whether we are
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willing to follow. The taxi driver's instruction was simple, but
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it required surrender in obedience by letting go of our
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own assumptions and aligning ourselves behind his lead. Life without
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direction leads to exhaustion, confusion, and sometimes unnecessary delays. But
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life under divine guidance leads to clarity, even when the
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path is unfair. The road may still be rough, and
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the journey may still take time, but there is peace
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and knowing you are not getting on your way because,
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as we lan that day, doing life without divine guidance
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and direction can be dangerous, but the safest place is
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staying behind the one who knows the way. Amen, beloved,
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we take our memory verse for today. Memory verse is
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taken from Palm Staty two, verse eight, and I read
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from the King James version. I will instruct THEE and
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teach THEE in the way which thou shalt go. I
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will guide THEE with my Iye, I take it again.
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I will instruct THEE and teach THEE in the way
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with thou shall go. I will guide THEE with mine I. Amen.
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Let us pray, Father, We thank you for speaking to
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us through your word this morning. They ask for grace
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not only to be hears of this word, but to
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actively engage ourselves in doing your word. We ask that
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the truth that we have received the bare fruits in
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our lives. We pray and ask that continue God to
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guide us and show us the way all through our
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sojourning here on the earth. In chesus Monday name. We
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have prayed with so many Thanksgiving, Amen, beloved God bless
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you for joining today's episode of the Morning Glory Devotion.
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Join us again tomorrow at the same time for another
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edifying episode of the Morning Glory Devotion. Until then, remained
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in ghost presence and established shallong