DCLM Higher Everyday 26 January 2024 — A Jailer Turns To Jesus
DCLM Higher Everyday 26 January 2024 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — A Jailer Turns To Jesus
Topic: A Jailer Turns To Jesus
Text: Acts 16:23-24
23And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:
Key Verse: “And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house” (Acts 16:30, 31).
Message
Ben was a chief prison guard, among other guards in an African country. The prison inmates were always aggressive and confrontational to the guards, because of maltreatment. Among the inmates were two young Christians, Ken and Joe, who were wrongly imprisoned due to miscarriage of justice. Unlike other inmates, they upheld prison rules which fellow inmates disdained. They prayed for the guards and inmates, and utilized every opportunity to evangelize. Observing the positive impact of the lives of Ken and Joe on other inmates, the chief guard invited them for an interaction. Seizing the opportunity, they shared the gospel with him, and he surrendered his life to Christ, like the jailer in our text. What a challenge to persecuted Christian youths!
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Beloved, do you seek revenge against your persecutors in school or workplace? Desist from such behaviour. Like Paul and Silas, Ken and Joe, focus on God. Pray for, and preach the Gospel to your persecutors. Maintain a Christ-like life, and remain steadfast in faith. Surely, God will deliver you, and your persecutors will be drawn to Him.
Quote: Use me Lord to impact the lives of my persecutors.
Challenge: Your Christian life can bring your adversaries to Christ.
Prayer for today: Pray for your persecutors.
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)
