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Daily Devotions for Spirit Filled Living

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Each daily devotion is about five minutes in duration. We have intentionally developed the daily devotions around a weekly theme. So there are seven days of daily devotions that focus on the theme and bring you insight, understanding and revelation from the Bible. Each week's theme is listed as a series. So you can listen to the current week's daily devotions or go to any previous theme/series that speaks to your present need.

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Fri, Jul 23, 2021

Obedience (Daily Devotional)

by Sis Jean George
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Shalom, it is again a pleasure to come your way and meditate on God's word. We've been going through understanding what are some ways that we can please God and we trust that as we have been meditating on things that pleases God, that we are taking time to apply these truths in our lives. Another aspect of how we can please God is through our obedience. I'll read scripture from 1 Samuel chapter 15, verse 22, ‘But Samuel replied, what is more pleasing to the Lord: Your burnt offerings and sacrifices or your obedience to his voice? Obedience is far better than sacrifice. Listening to him is much better than offering the fat of rams.’ When we look at the verse for today, we will just understand the setting that goes behind this verse. When Israel came out of Egypt and passed through the wilderness, the Amalekites had attacked them and we read about this in Exodus and God commands them later in Deuteronomy and says that to remember what the Amalekites did to them as they came out of Egypt, how they were attacked, how they grew faint and God gives this instruction that when Israel gets rest from all its enemies, they were instructed to blot the Amalekites out. So, Saul being the first king was commanded to execute the Amalekites. But Saul, what he does instead is he preserves the King Agag, the best of the sheep, the oxen and the lamb and all that seemed good. When he was confronted by Samuel, Saul excused this in terms of the sacrifice. And that's when God through Samuel says it is better to obey than to offer a sacrifice. So, what does obedience mean in simple terms? Obedience just means hearing what God says and acting upon it. It is also aligning our will to God's will, doing what God wants us to do. It's when we completely surrender to His authority and to His will. It is when everything that we do, all decisions are based on His word. Why is obedience important? Because when we obey God, it is an act of worship, it shows God that we implicitly trust Him, that He knows everything that is good for us. It is through our obedience that God recognizes that we are His children and that we listen to His voice, that we are His sheep. That's why obedience sets us apart as His children and that's what pleases God. Just like if you are a parent and you would have your children obey you, it pleases your heart when they do what you say. When we obey God, we are responding to that love that God has for us. Why is obedience so important to please God? Because it brings Him glory and it also helps Him to see that we are His children and that we choose to live our lives in accordance with what He wants us to. Obedience to the Lord is saying, the Lord is my God, I will do whatever God wants me to do, even if it may be difficult for me. It is saying that you want to obey Him, you want to honor Him. Remember that whenever we obey Him, we are bringing Him pleasure. Let's pray together, Heavenly Father, we have learned from Saul's life, the fallout of disobeying you. Lord, we pray that you will give us the strength and the courage to trust you implicitly, that when you say a word, when we hear your voice, that we will obey you without a whimper, that we will do so with all our love because it brings you glory. Teach us to remember that the more we obey you, the more it brings pleasure to your heart, in Jesus’s name we pray, Amen.

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Daily devotions to strengthen your faith each day. Daily Devotional for Spirit filled living. Each daily devotion is about five minutes in duration. These daily devotionals are centered around a weekly theme. So there are seven daily devotions that focus on the theme and bring you insight, understanding and revelation from the Bible. Each week's theme is listed as a series. So you can listen to the current week's devotions or go to any previous theme/series that speaks to your present need (https://apcwo.org/resources/daily-devotions ). Also available free sermons (https://apcwo.org/sermons), and free Christian books (https://apcwo.org/books) to nourish and strengthen your faith.

All Peoples Church in Bangalore is a Spirit-filled, Word-based, Bible-believing Christian fellowship of believers in Jesus Christ desiring more of His presence and supernatural power bringing transformation, healing, miracles, and deliverance. We preach the full Gospel, equip believers to live out our new life in Christ, welcome the Charismatic and Pentecostal expressions in the assembly of God and serve in strengthening unity across all Christian churches. All free resources, sermons, daily devotionals, and free Christian books are provided for the strengthening of all believers in the Body of Christ. For further equipping, please visit APC Bible College.

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