*DAILY MANNA DEVOTIONAL* *SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2019* *NOT HIDDEN FROM HIM* *TEXT:* PROVERBS 20:16-30.

*DAILY MANNA DEVOTIONAL*

*SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2019*

*NOT HIDDEN FROM HIM*

*TEXT:* PROVERBS 20:16-30.

_*🔑KEY VERSE* "The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly" (PROVERBS 20:27)._

Adam and Eve had gone astray by disobeying God in eating the fruit He had given them express instruction not to eat. But then, He found them and asked a penitent, soul-searching question: "Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?" (Genesis 3:11).

The reason many people find it too difficult and almost impossible to repent is because they think that God does not and cannot see everything that is done under the sun. Thinking His knowledge is limited, "they say, how does God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?" (Psalm 73:11). They continue in their sinful activities "Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil" (Ecclesiastes 8:11). They take undue advantage of God's mercy and long-suffering.

The Lord has given man His word and the Spirit of God in man is the centre of conscience and discernment. It provides an outlet for God's light to let in spiritual understanding and wisdom and to direct our inner life.

As we draw nearer to God, we must appreciate the fact that left alone, we will perish. Our daily prayer should be "O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. Oh LORD, correct me, but with judgement; not in thine anger..." (Jeremiah 10:23,24).

*✍THOUGHT FOR THE DAY* It is vain to rely on any other than God.

*COVER TO COVER* ZECHARIAH 10-14.

*MEDITATION*

*God is the God of all Spirits.*

Know your own spirit

1. The human spirit is the real or inner man. Man is therefore the spirit covered with human flesh.
2. It is through the spirit God communicates with man v27, I Corinthians 2:11.
Luke 23:42,43.

*Q* Has your spirit received the clear miracle of resurrection or you are a mere struggling religious person?
*Lord*, into your hands I commit my spirit. Give my spirit a miracle of salvation🙏
*Pray* that no sinner will have rest at the retreat until he receives the miracle of salvation🙏
*Pray* for the power of resurrection to enter all fainting and sleeping saints in the retreat🙏
*Lord*, let the Spirit of life charge all the messages and retreat environment 🙏
*Ask* for abundant life, abundant miracles and abundant blessings for all retreat participants🙏

*HYMN*
*THY WORD IS A LAMP TO MY FEET*

1. Thy Word is a lamp to my feet,
A light to my path alway,
To guide and to save me from sin,
And show me the heav'nly way.
*Chorus*
Thy Word have I hid in my heart
That I might not sin against thee;
That I might not sin, that I might not sin,
Thy word have I hid in my heart.

2. Forever, O Lord, is thy Word
Established and fixed on high;
Thy faithfulness unto all men
Abideth for ever nigh.
*Chorus*

3. At morning, at noon, and at night
I ever will give thee praise;
For thou art my portion, O Lord,
And shall be through all my days!
*Chorus*

4. Through him whom thy Word hath foretold,
The Saviour and Morning Star,
Salvation and peace have been brought
To those who have strayed afar.
*Chorus*