THE CHOSEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL
DATE: SATURDAY, 21ST NOVEMBER 2015.
THEME: WITHOUT COMPASSION, YOU CAN'T WIN SOULS.
TEXT: Matthew 9:36
[36] But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.
MEMORY VERSE : And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace. 1 Kings 22:17.
MESSAGE:
Soul winning is the heartbeat of God and our vision and mandate hinge on it. However, there are some attributes a soul winner must have. One of it is compassion. Moreover, a soul winner must be caring. It is not enough for you to carry mega-phone and go out and preach, after preaching and maybe bringing them to Christ.
What will keep them is your compassion and caring. If you don't have these two, you will be wasting your time because you might bear fruit but your fruit will not abide. Do you know that at times you may have not eaten, you are hungry and in that hunger, a brother or sister comes to you and begins to tell you that he/she has not eaten. What are you going to do? Are you going to tell him/her, you are very hungry too? If you do that, you are not a good soul winner. What you need to is to counsel the individual and then share anything you have with such a person, no matter how small that thing may be. This will go along way to encourage him/her to continue to draw close to you and seek counsel from you.
In our text above, the master was moved with compassion on the multitude because they fainted and scattered abroad as sheep without shepherd. In this generation, we have more sheep that are scattered everywhere walking hopelessly and in deadness. It is compassion and care for them that will make us bring them to Christ. Most of them have not heard the truth, while others are deceived by the devil who makes them to think that all that matters is pursuit of wealth, education, career etc and have forsaken the Lord. We need to show compassion, even when they are exhibiting ignorance claiming they know, let us continue to show them compassion. One day, God through your compassion will bring them into His fold.
In the same way, some people have come here before and they have gone back. We need to find them. It is through compassion and care that will ginger you to do this.
PRAYER POINTS:
¶ Pray earnestly that God will give you a compassionate heart. .
¶ Ask God to bless and provide for you so that you will be happy to do this work.
AMEND YOUR WAYS: If you are not born again you must do something as a matter of urgency. He that commits sin is of the devil (1 John 3:8). If you are into lying, cheating, bitterness, keeping malice, pride, manifesting anger, quarreling, unforgiveness, hatred, envy, contention, strife, gossiping, taking or giving bribe, selfishness, kidnapping. If you are into masturbation, fornication, adultery, prostitution, abortion, lesbianism, homosexuality, you need to repent. Are you into idolatry, do you make or use charms, rituals, bow down to images, Are you into occultism? Do you smoke cigarette, cocaine, heroine? Are you lusting, covetous, alcohol drinking, divorcee or into worldliness?, you must stop bleaching your body, or painting your lips, eyes, fixing attachments, weave-on, earrings (Gen 35:2-4) Are you one of those that put on nude dresses, short skirts, transparent dresses to seduce (A seducer is not a Christian) do you wear trouser as a woman? Repent and give your life to Jesus Christ.
LET'S PRAY: If you want to give your life to JESUS pray this short prayer with me: Almighty God, I come unto you in the name of Jesus. Father I confess that I am a sinner. All my sins I confess to you. I am very sorry for all my sins. Lord I promise you that from today I will never continue in them anymore. I believe that Jesus Christ died and rose again on the third day for my justification. Almighty God, use the blood of Jesus to wash my sins away. Lord Jesus, come into my heart, be my Lord and Personal Savior. I surrender my life to you. Cancel my name from the book of death and give me grace to make Heaven. AMEN!
AUTHOR: PASTOR LAZARUS MUOKA.
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