DCLM Higher Everyday 9 September 2025 — Backslider, Stage A Comeback
DCLM Higher Everyday 9 September 2025 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Backslider, Stage A Comeback
Topic: Backslider, Stage A Comeback
Text: 1 John 2:1-3
1My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
3And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
Key Verse: “My little children, these things write I unto you that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the father, Jesus Christ the righteous” (1 John 2:1).
Message
The prodigal son was out there with no blanket for cold. All he had was the company of swine and their husk. He was sad, starved, and sorrowful in the service of an inconsiderate stranger. Indeed the grass wasn’t greener where he was, as he thought when he ran away from his home in search of independence. Suddenly, he came to himself. He realized he should not languish in penury anymore while prosperity was in abundance somewhere—not just anywhere, but his father’s home. ‘I will arise and go to my father’, He cried out and decided to stage a comeback to his dear father.
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When he was yet a great way off, his father saw him; had compassion on him; ran; fell on his neck and kissed him. The lost son didn’t just stand before his father mute. He voiced: ‘Father I have sinned…’ The rest is history. Dear friend, have you gone away from the Lord like the prodigal son and now wallow in sin and regrets? Stage a comeback as your heavenly Father is waiting to receive you.
Quote: Your heavenly Father is waiting
Challenge: Suddenly, he came to himself
Prayer for today: Lord, help me to come to back to your secret place
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)
