MGD: Hold Fast, God is Faithful

0:00This is the day the Lord has made. We will be glad and rejoice in it. Shalom, precious One, it is a blessing to have you in our midst and your warmly welcome to Radio E.C.I today for our morning glory devotion. Privileged to be facilitating today's devotion are Pastor and Mrs. Brismid from Havish Chapel International Kumasi. Let us kindly share a word of prayer. Heavenly Father, take your rightful place among us this morning. Open our eyes and cause us to behold wondrous things out of your word in Jesus' mighty name,

1:00A U-Man. Let us kindly take our confession from Joshua 1.8. This book of the Lord shall not depart out of my mouth, but I shall meditate in it day and night that I may observe to do according to all that is written in it. But then I will make my way prosperous and then I will have good success. Amen. Today's message is captioned, hold fast. God is faithful. Hold fast. God is faithful. A script written by Mrs. Mary Iffa. And our scripture verses and scripture reading will be taken from Genesis chapter 35 will be reading the verses 5, 12 to 13, 23 to 24 and 28. Genesis chapter 37, the verses 5, 12 to 13, 23 to 24 and the verse 28.

2:08Let us kindly hear the word of the Lord. Now Joseph had a dream and he toured it to his brothers and they hated him even more. Then his brothers went to feed their fathers' flock in Shikam and Israel said to Joseph, are not your brothers feeding the flock in Shikam? Come, I will send you to them so he said to him, here I am, verses 23 and 24. So it came to pass when Joseph had come to his brothers that they stripped Joseph of a tunic, the tunic of mainly colors that was on him. Then they took him and cast him into a pit and the pit was empty. There was no water in it, verse 28, then Midianite traders passed by. So the brothers pulled Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit and soared him to the Ishmaelite

3:10for twenty shekels of silver and they took Joseph to Egypt, made the Lord add his blessing to the reading and hearing of his word. Thanks be to God. Hold fast, God is faithful. Hold fast, God is faithful. When the future seems uncertain, when the path taken and decision made from the onset appears wrong after many failures and tragedies, when there is no helping hand and no one to pour out your hearts to, what do you do and what actions do you take? In today's scripture, we look at the life of a young man named Joseph who had lovely dreams and was assured of God's intentions for his life. Everything seemed fine from the beginning, but the narrative of his life took another

4:1310 in just a day. His own blood brothers sold him out to strangers. As if that wasn't enough, he became a point man in another man's land. I am very certain that he had many questions running through his mind. How is my life going to turn out? What happens to my dreams? In all this confusion, Joseph had a posture, a posture of the heart that said in all these trials and pain, I still choose God. I still choose to fear him and follow his ways. The Bible records that he was tested, but his actions confirmed his great love and fear for God. In Luke as do, God was absent and silent all these while, but he was watching. God rewarded Joseph's obedience towards him and brought to pass what he told him through

5:19dreams in the early stages of his life. Beloved, God is not a man that he should lie, as the word of God reminds us in Numbers chapter 23 verse 18. The challenges you may be going through is called process. The posture of your heart and your actions really matters in the season of your life. When God comes with your reward in his hands, will he find you on a side? Don't be dismayed. Don't be crashed down. God is much closer than you think. He will glorify himself in your life. Amen. Today's memory verse is taken from the book of Hebrews chapter 10 verse 23. Hebrews chapter 10 verse 23 reading from the new King James fashion.

6:19Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without weavering. For he who promised is faithful. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without weavering. For he who promised is faithful. Let's share one of prayer. Father, we are grateful for today's message. It is our prayer that you help us to weaver not at your promises. We exalted always in our lives now and forevermore in a mighty name of Jesus. Have we prayed? Amen. 1. Pressure 1. We have come to the end of today's devotion and we trust that you have been blessed. Do not weaver. God is with you. He will command his promises to come to pass in a mighty name of Jesus. Kindly stay tuned and connected as we have carefully selected content for your spiritual good and for your nourishment. Until we come your way again tomorrow God willing, be blessed in Jesus' name.