DEVOTION ~ WAKE UP!

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Theme: Wake Up!

Text: Luke 15:17-19

17 “But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! 18 I will arise and go to my father and will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you, 19 and I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.” ’



Spiritual consciousness is needed to be aware of one's environment. An unconscious person does not have a sense of reality. The prodigal son came to his senses when he realized how wretched his life had become. At that moment he began to think about home. Dear beloved in the Lord, you need to also wake up from any form of unconsciousness to face reality. There is no joy outside the presence of God for the presence of God is more than gold. If sin has taken you away from the path of truth, and you are wandering in the desert of despair, regret, dejection, damnation, and the like it is nudging you to return home to God. The prodigal son had a heart and mind of penitence when he came to his senses so he said, "I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you, and I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants". He admitted his guilt (confession) and is ready for any punishment thereof. In subsequent devotions, we would learn about what transpired between him and his father. Wake up! 


PRAYER: Father I come to You this day, please have mercy on me and deliver me from sin. Although You have been faithful, I have never been. I come to You this day that the cleansing Blood of the Lamb of God gives me a spiritual bath and makes me anew. This I ask in the Name of Jesus Christ. AMEN!   

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