ULTIMATE CARE DEVOTIONAL🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2022.🎁💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦TODAY’S THEME: SPEAK THE WORDS ALWAYS“For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.”TEXT: John 3:34 (KJV)MESSAGE📕The Word of God plus the Spirit of God work countless miracles. The children of God have been sent as light and salt to the world (Matthew 5:13–16);(13) “Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.(14) Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.(15) Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.(16) Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven”The world cannot change until Christians do what is required of them.As the light of the world, we are expected to give light to those around us by doing and saying what Jesus did and the right things. By growing in relationship with Jesus every day, following him step by step, we partner with him in spreading the truth and the good news. John the beloved said in 1 John 1:5-7;(5)” This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.(6) If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:(7) But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin”Light cannot do anything other than what it is.Light is bright;Light dispels darknessLight enables people to see what they are doing.God is light, and since He sent His Holy Spirit to live inside believers, so are we. As His Ambassadors on earth, we are to shine even when we don’t know it.In the same sense, salt of the earth is used to describe good, honest, and humble people. Salt comes with a number of purposes;FlavouringSalt makes food taste better, either by adding flavour to something that would otherwise be bland (chips or fries), by enhancing flavours that are already there (vegetables), or by providing a contrast with a very different sort of taste.PreservingSalt was the ancient equivalent of refrigeration. If you wanted to stop meat or fish from decaying, you could rub in salt and make it edible for longer.Disciples of Jesus, in the same sense, are sent into the world to keep it from decay, preserving its goodness and preventing it from becoming corrupted or ruined, which is a helpful thing to bear in mind as we go to work with the Lord every day. Salt does not just savour. It saves.SacrificingMoses had this to say concerning sacrifice in Leviticus 2:13;” And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt”.Perhaps because it flavoured food and kept meat from going bad, salt was a necessary part of all of the Israelites’ sacrifices and even represented God’s covenant with them.Disciples are salt in this sense, too. Peter Leither once writes, “The world is an altar. Humanity and the world are to become a single great offering to God. As we offer ourselves in obedient, suffering self-sacrifice, we become the seasoning on a cosmic sacrifice that makes it well-pleasing to God”.Beloved, from our text, we are required to keep speaking the Word of God every day over our lives, families, churches, careers or jobs, nations, etc. Hear Apostle Paul as he spoke to the Romans brethren in Romans 10:8-9;(8) “But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;(9) That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved”Beloved, the Word of God created the universe; so, it is potent to change the world, and the Holy Spirit is available to enforce what we say (Genesis 1:1-2). Fellow brethren, turn your weeping, complaining, and idle talk into speaking the Word of God. The word is in thy mouth, keep speaking and keep rocking. It’s the hand that rocks the cradle that rules the world. Let every action of yours be governed by the Word of God, and you will have many testimonies to share. Hallelujah! You are blessed.PRAYERS🔑Heavenly Father, I thank You for teaching me how to use Your Word. Indeed, speaking Your Word over everything I possess gives the Holy Spirit the opportunity to change things to align with Your Word. I will keep declaring Your Word and celebrate You in order to keep embracing miracles in Jesus’ name. Amen! Empower me to keep speaking the word of faith, and confirm it with signs and wonders. Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my hearts be acceptable in your sight O Lord my God and my redeemer, Amen.FUTHER BIBLE READINGPSALM19BIBLE READING PLAN FOR THE YEAR,2022MORNING: JOSHUA, 24-25EVENING: HEBREWS, 3-4💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦Author: Pastor NseAbasi Harry💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦HAMMER WORD BIBLE CHURCH, ABAK, NIGERIA CARES ⛪