ULTIMATE CARE DEVOTIONAL⛪TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2022🪐💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦TODAY’S THEME: YOUR DESERVING HONOUR“If any man serves me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serves me, him will my Father honour”TEXT: John 12:26 (KJV)MESSAGE🍎Honour is defined as showing esteem for one deserving of respect, attention or obedience. Honour means to demonstrate high respect or great esteem for someone. By showing honour to someone, you are saying, they are great value in that person. When God honours any one, God bestows distinguished respect and dignity on the person. Life is worthless without divine honour. Human honour is most of the time political and sometimes hypocritical.The person you serve determines the kind of honor you will receive. There is one thing about the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ—they appreciate the work we do for them. Let us consider this case of a great woman, that anointed Jesus’ heads with ointment as He was in the house of Simon in Bethany (Mark 14:3–9);3 “And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.4 And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?5 For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.6 And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.7 For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.8 She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying.9 Verily I say unto you, wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her”Jesus appreciated her and recommended that her service should be a memorial for her in generations to come.God the Father and the Son are carefully watching everything we are doing on this earth. Never think that the service you are rendering to God is in vain. Your services to God shall speak for you one day. Your good deeds shall be a memorial for you in this life and in the life to come if you faint not.Beloved, Jesus Christ does not go back on His promise; He has said that any man who serves him and follows Him where He is, there that person will be, and His Father will honor him (Matthew 19: 27-29). This should encourage you to keep working and serving the Lord.27 “Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?28 And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.29 And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life”Beloved, you cannot say you serve Christ Jesus without following Him.Don’t give up, even if you are being mocked or persecuted for serving the Lord. One day the Lord will honour you, and those who mocked and persecuted you will bow at your feet. May you delight yourself in serving the Lord (Psalms 37:4). Hallelujah! God bless you real good.PRAYERS♨️Heavenly Father, I thank you for your love and protection over me and my family. Dear Lord Jesus Christ, thank you for teaching me how to receive true honor from the Father. Indeed, serving you and following you bring true honor to me and my generation. I am grateful. I apply your teaching to my life and teach others also, so that I can be honoured as well as my followers. Bless my going out today and bless my returning. Favour all my endeavours this day in Jesus mighty name, Amen.FURTHER BIBLE READINGMatthew 19BIBLE RADING PLAN FOR THE YEAR, 2022.MORNING: DEUTERONOMY, 26-27EVENING: PHILIPPIANS, 2-3💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦Author: Pastor NseAbasi Harry💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦HAMMER WORD BIBLE CHURCH, ABAK, AKWA IBOM STATE CARES ⛪