Thursday June 1
Bible Reading: Joel 2: 12 - 17
Topic: A Call To Repentance
Joel had lamented in
Chapter 1 the devastating effect of the locust on the Nation's crops and
vegetations (1: 4).
He likened the appearance
of locusts to an invading army (1: 6)
He made the clarion call
to sensitize the people to the need for personal repentance (2: 12-14) and
called upon them to rend their hearts and not their garments and seek God's
Face.
He also called for
national repentance (2: 15-17) through prayer and fasting of all elders,
children, suckling babies, nursing mothers, newly weds and priests to show its
seriousness.
We are like in Joel's day
experiencing such horrendous situations in Nigeria. Fuel price has been hiked
to N145 per litre and this has adversely affected the cost of living and
transportation. So have the prices of goods and commodities gone up.
Greed, avarice, sexual
perversion, wanton living, murders have taken over the lives of many.
It is time for all who
live in Nigeria to repent individually and collectively.
Are there ways in which
you and I have contributed so far to Nigeria's present situation of chaos,
anarchy, brigandage, corruption in all forms?
Prayer
Oh Lord, give us a heart
of true repentance as individuals and as a Nation, Amen.
Memory Verse Joel 2: 13
"And rend your hearts
and not your garments and turn unto the Lord your God, for He is gracious and
merciful, slow to anger and of great kindness and repenteth Him of the evil."
(The Daily Devotional Guide of the Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion)
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