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TOPIC: DON’T PROCRASTINATE
Proverbs 24:23-24 - “A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.”
The worst of sluggards only ask for a little slumber; they would be indignant if they were accused of complete laziness. A little folding of the hands to rest is all they desire, and they have a host of reasons to show that this indulgence is entirely legitimate. Yet by these "littles" the day runs out, and the time for work is all gone, and the field is overgrown with thorns. It is by little procrastinations that men ruin their souls.
They do not intend to delay for years; a few months, they say, will bring the more convenient season; tomorrow they will attend to serious things; but the present hour is so occupied and so unsuitable that they beg to be excused.
Like sands from an hourglass, time passes; life is wasted by driblets, and seasons of grace lost by little slumbers. Oh, to be wise, to catch the fleeting hour, to use the passing moments!
May the Lord teach us this sacred wisdom, because otherwise a poverty of the worst kind awaits us; eternal poverty that will want even a drop of water and beg for it in vain. Like a robber steadily pursuing his victim, poverty overtakes the lazy, and ruin overthrows the undecided: Each hour brings the dreaded pursuer nearer; he doesn't pause on the way, for he is on his master's business and must not delay.
It’s a brand new day! Keep enjoying Kharis!
Source: Pastor Josh Laryea
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[DCLM Daily Manna 10 December 2018 Daily Devotional]
Topic: The Kingdom in Focus
Text: Romans 14:10-22 (KJV)
Key Verse: “For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost” (Romans 14:17).
MESSAGE:
Have you got faith? “…Have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth” (Romans 14:22).
Martin Luther King Jr. once said ‘Never, never be afraid to do what is right, especially if the wellbeing of a person or animal is at stake; society’s punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our souls when we look the other way’. The Christian church is uncompromising in its stand against all kinds of conduct opposed to scriptural standards.
Our text deals with issues that bother on the believer’s understanding of true Christlikeness, holiness, fruitfulness, doctrine and morals. This involves a sincere rebuking, correcting and evaluation of one another where necessary in love and humility and the exercise of church discipline on erring members and leaders.
Believers should refrain from judging one another. Christ our Lord is the One who has the right to judge. We must avoid anything that constitutes a stumbling block to fellow believers especially the weak ones. As believers, whether we are strong or weak, we must realise that true liberty does not lie in the exercise of that liberty if it will disrupt the peace of the body of Christ, knowing that the highest good is only attained in its use to edify the church.
Thought For The Day: Use not your liberty as a cloak of maliciousness.
Bible Reading In One Year: Romans 11-13
Source: Rev. F. Kumuya (DCLM)
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Living Word Devotional By Pastor Mensa Otabil
Monday, 10th December 2018
APPLYING YOUR FAITH
Jesus said to him, "Thomas, because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed."—John 20:29
Some people say they cannot have faith because they are practical. They need to know something is true before they can believe it. But we all apply faith every day. When you go to a restaurant, order a meal, and eat what they bring, that is faith. You are not sure if they followed all the sanitary guidelines they are supposed to follow. When you enter the restaurant you sit on the seat you are offered without a thought whether the chair has strength enough to carry you. You don't know. So you apply faith.
When you go down to the pharmacy to buy medicine, you assume the little pills the pharmacist gives you can relieve you of your headache or fever. You even believe the pills she gave you are the right prescription. That is faith. When you have surgery and are put under anesthesia, you must put complete faith in the anesthesiologist, surgeons, and nurses. Or how about when you board a plane and taxi down the runway in that 747? Do you understand aerodynamics? Most of us wouldn't. Yet we believe those pilots in the cockpit are hopefully not drunk or distracted. We hope they will get us safely to our destination.
The point is this: we apply faith each and every day. Faith is belief plus action. It is what we apply when we come to God. We act on His word. Is it amazing people refuse to put their faith in God? They can put faith, in a waiter, in a pharmacist, in a surgeon, and in a pilot but they won’t put their faith in God Almighty.
Prayer: By faith, pull down and destroy every stronghold of doubt and unbelief.
Scriptural Reading: John 20:24-29
#YearOfPower
Source: Rev. Mensah Otabil (Living Word)
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