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TITLE: LIVING THE PROMISE: 40 DAYS ABUNDANCE SERIES

PURPOSE: A daily companion on your journey towards financial success in 2024, providing practical steps and spiritual insights to help you cultivate abundance and security.

DAY 24 (FRIDAY 2ND FEBRUARY 2024)

TOPIC: Embracing Abundance with Open Arms: A Devotional on Psalm 23:5-6

AUTHOR: MARY LAWRENCE-DOKPESI

SCRIPTURE:

Psalm 23:5-6 (You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.)

SPIRITUAL POSTULATION:

Abundance is here for you. Be open to receiving it with gratitude.

REFLECTION

Read Psalm 23:5-6 slowly, savouring each word. “You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.” Visualize the scene. The Shepherd, God, tenderly prepares a banquet even amidst opposition. You are not alone, uncared for. He anoints you with oil – a symbol of favour, joy, and protection. Your cup, representing blessings, brims over, spilling abundance into your life.

This verse isn’t about material wealth alone. It speaks of a deeper richness – inner peace, resilience, and the knowledge that you are loved and provided for. Even in darkness, God’s light shines, illuminating your path with opportunity and blessings.

Remember, abundance isn’t just about what you have; it’s about your perspective and your connection to the Source of all good things. Embrace the overflowing cup God offers, and walk in the richness of His presence.

PRAYERS

Dear Lord, help me see the abundance already present in my life, even amidst challenges. Thank you for your unwavering love and care. Open my eyes to receive your blessings with a grateful heart. Amen.

TAKE ACTION

Today, list three things you’re grateful for, no matter how seemingly small. Gratitude opens your heart to receive more abundance. Thank God for His provision, even if it doesn’t look exactly how you imagine.

FURTHER READING: Proverbs 3:9-10, Deuteronomy 8:18, Philippians 4:19

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Mary Lawrence-Dokpesi

Mary Lawrence-Dokpesi was born in Nigeria to Patrick Abuda Obeakemhe and Juliana Fatimatu Obeakemhe, both from Ogbona Town. With a master’s degree in law, she was called to the bar at the age of twenty-two, and she is currently the principle partner of the law firm Mary Lawrence-Dokpesi & Associates. She is also the founder of two philanthropic organizations: the Living Waters Mission and the Rose Croix Foundation. In addition to law, Lawrence-Dokpesi was drawn to spiritual pursuits at an early age, having begun studying philosophy, theology, chaplaincy, and spirit therapy by the age of eighteen. Inspired by her spiritual calling, she has produced ten intensively researched manuscripts on spiritual matters. Although Understanding the Spiritual was the last to be written, it is the first to be published. Lawrence-Dokpesi is a mother and a wife living in the city of Abuja, Nigeria.