ANGLICAN COMMUNION DAILY FOUNTAIN DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY.
The Topic of Daily Fountain Devotional for 4th October 2024 Is “Godly Sorrow That Brings Repentance”
Read: 1 Samuel 7: 3-6(NKJV)
3 And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
4 Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only.
5 And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the LORD.
6 And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.
ANGLICAN COMMUNION DEVOTIONAL OUTLINE FOR 4TH OCTOBER 2024.
Today’s text portrays how Israel realised their unfaithfulness to God and were ready to return to Him. Their unfaithfulness drove them into bondage even with the presence of the ark in their land. They lamented after the Lord and Prophet Samuel instructed them that the only condition for deliverance from bondage was to put away their idols and serve God only. Samuel called for a national solemn assembly where everyone fasted, confessed their sins and sought for God’s intervention.
This is godly sorrow that produces repentance leading to salvation (2 Cor. 7: 10). Ultimately, deliverance from both spiritual and physical enemies is the end result of such exercise. In times like these, nations need to emulate what the Israelites did in their own time.
Reliance on having churches, fellowship centers and spiritual monuments amongst us and answering the appellation ‘Christian’ will not save us if we refuse to repent. The action of Prophet Samuel should challenge Christian leaders, families and individuals to organise solemn assemblies for God’s intervention over the land. Such gatherings should spur people unto godly sorrow and repentance.
God has promised in 2 Chronicles 7: 14 that if His people humble themselves in repentance, fasting and prayers, He will surely forgive, deliver, restore and heal their land. God is waiting for us to humble ourselves and cry out in repentance.
PRAYER: Lord, grant us the soberness to seek you in repentance for our deliverance and restoration.
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