Anglican Daily Fountain 19 January 2022 Devotional | Wednesday Message
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TOPIC: Empty Religion
TEXT: Amos 8
Anglican Daily Fountain 19 January 2022 Devotional | Message
Amos had a series of visions concerning God’s judgment on Israel. Our text today contains part of God’s judgement speeches against Israel. Rapacious and fraudulent business practices victimize the poor. The merchants are impatient for the holy days to pass so they can resume their fraudulent business (Lev. 19:35-36; Deut. 25:13-16). These merchants were keeping the religious festivals, but not in spirit. They just could not wait for the holy days and Sabbaths to be over so they could go back to making money! Their real interest was in enriching themselves, even that meant cheating – that is, changing the quantity while boosting the price, or even selling chaff as wheat!
Do you take a day to rest and worship God at least once a week, or is making money more important to you than anything else? Again, when you give time to God, is your heart in your worship?
Prayer: Lord give me the grace to love You more than anything in this world; and to give my time and life to Your -worship in spirit and in truth.
Anglican Daily Fountain 19 January 2022 Devotional Message. The Church of Nigeria is the Anglican church in Nigeria. It is the second-largest province in the Anglican Communion, as measured by baptized membership, after the Church of England.
