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Face Down
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Now the Philistines had taken God's ark, and they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod. The Philistines took God's ark, and brought it into the house of Dagon and set it by Dagon. When the people of Ashdod arose early on the next day, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before Yahweh's ark. They took Dagon and set him in his place again. 1 Samuel 5:1'3 WEB
Early in the morning when the Philistine priests came to their temple, they were shocked to find their pagan god dagon (the god of grain and fish) laying on his face before the ark of God. So they stood dagon back up, but the next morning they found him laying face down before the ark again, and this time he was broken in several pieces.
The backslidden Israelites had intended to use God to fight their battles by bringing out the ark of the covenant, thinking that the army that carried the ark before them was invincible. It wasn't. That day the Israelites discovered that God was with their enemy instead, and He allowed the ark to be captured by the Philistines.
You cannot use God to accomplish your will; we are to align with His. He is the Almighty God, and we are His children. Disciplined children listen to their parents. When God said 'You shall have no other gods before Me' He actually meant it. If you make something in your life more important than Him, it will crumble and you will be disappointed. Keep the Lord as the first priority in your life and everything else will fall into place. If you build your life around something else, it will go face down.
Prayer: Heavenly Father I thank You for bringing me this far. Please lead me today and help me make the right decisions. Help me bring my life into balance, in the name of Jesus Christ I pray.
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Amen Lord
Amen,
Amen! Thank You Lord!
Amen!!
Great message here. Amen.
Amen Father
Good Morning Amen
Amen!!
Amen. There is only one God! I worship You as there is no other Amen
Prayer: Heavenly Father I thank You for bringing me this far. Please lead me today and help me make the right decisions. Help me bring my life into balance, in the name of Jesus Christ I pray.
Amen. Thank you Father, hear my prayers.
Amen
Help me God Amen
Jesus,let our lives be for you and your glory.Please be with us today and all goes well at the hospital. Amen
Praying for a complete and speedy healing for Sue. May God guide the doctors, Amen.
Thank you Lynn,your prayers are appreciated
Thank You Father for always being with us, Amen!
Excellent devotional. Thank you Pastor Dion.
Father in the name of Jesus, thank you for being with us. Amen
Heavenly Father I have been for such a long time here because of Your loving kindness and I need You to stay close to me at all times. I praise You for all You have done in my life, in the name of Your Son Jesus I pray, Amen. Never leave us oh Lord.
Great devotional Pastor, God bless you and Sylvia.
Thank you for the devotional and all that you and Sylvia do!
Yes Lord, I want to be face down for you every moment of my life and stay on your straight and narrow path!!!! Thank you Lord for your goodness in all,times!
So be it, Amen !!!
SO BE IT! Hallelujahweh!
Amen !!! Your will be done, my Lord and my God, in my life, the lives of my loved ones and all the ones that You placed in my path, for You alone are worthy!!! Please direct me to stay on the right path, Your path, in the name of Jesus, Amen!!!
Hallelujahweh!
Amen !
Amen! Yahweh IS GOD and i am not.
Yehoshua IS King of kings and Lord of lords Amen!
True
Thank you once again Pastor Dion for this devotion. So many people I know including my own mother, who considers herself a Christian,want God to do for them what they desire, but they do not put God number one in their life. That is their biggest mistake. I sincerely hope that they figure this out before its too late. I am not perfect as none of us are but I try to always put God first in my life and pray and seek his will first. If I ask for something and I dont get it then it wasnt meant to be, it wasnt in Gods plans for me, do it would probably harm me. God only wants the best for us. He loves us so much that we can barely even understand it.
AMEN