Don't forget God

Sunday 22 October
READ: Deut. 6:10-12 
MORE LESSON:  Deut. 8:9-18

God, in His fore knowledge, had seen ahead of time that man could become so full and satisfied with the pleasures of life and forget Him. So, in several scriptures, He warned man of the consequences of forgetting God. In Deut. 8:10-14, God said, When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee. Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day:  Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein; And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied; Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. In Deut. 4:9, God warned, Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons and thy sons' sons.

The consequences of forgetting God are better told than experienced. Anyone who forgets God perishes as God Himself warned, And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish. As the nations which the LORD destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the LORD your God: Deut. 8:19-20. It is wickedness to forget God, and according to Psa. 9:17, The wicked shall be turned into hell and all the nations that forget God.

One way to avoid forgetting God is to always praise Him and recount His benefits. When you praise God, you will have more of His goodness, Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee. Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us: Psa. 67:5-6. The more of God's goodness you see around you, the more of Him that fills your heart and mind. Choose to remember His benefits today and more will come rolling your way.

Prayer/Action
*I renounce anything that makes men to forget God, in Jesus’ name.
*Lord, I remember all Your benefits in my life and I thank You for them, in Jesus’ name.
*I choose to give God thanks instead of murmuring and complaining, in Jesus’ name.

TODAY’S PROPHETIC PRAYER
My Father and my God, before this month runs out, multiply my shine and end my dark clouds, in the mighty name of Jesus.