DCLM Sincere Milk 22 February 2022 — Niku’s Friend and the Senguele people
DCLM Sincere Milk 22 February 2022 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Niku’s Friend and the Senguele people
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TOPIC: NIKU’S FRIEND AND THE SENGUELE PEOPLE
TEXT: ROMANS 1:15-17
15 So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.
17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
Key Verse: “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek” (Romans 1:16).
MESSAGE:
In his book titled, “Miracles In Black”, John C. Wengatz tells a true story about the people of Senguele of Angola, in Africa. They were a group of people that others had feared to try to reach with the gospel of Jesus Christ.
They were warriors and cannibals (those who ate human flesh). They were a terror to every tribe around them. The government tried to change them by force, but did not succeed. The Senguele had a motto: “Senguele never turns back”, and they lived by it.
One day, the Lord Jesus sent His friend, Niku, to them. Senguele don’t have friends. But Niku went to them with the gospel of John in the Holy Bible, which he called a letter from his “Friend”.
The chief and the people of Senguele listened to the wonderful things that Niku read and explained to them about Jesus Christ. They got curious and requested to meet with Niku’s “Friend”, Jesus. They all went with Niku to the yearly retreat in the next town where they all prayed in much sorrow for forgiveness of their sins and gave their lives to Jesus Christ.
From this point, they divided themselves into groups and went to make peace with all the other villages they had terrorized. They also preached the gospel to them.
Like Niku, go also and preach the gospel to every creature. Jesus Christ still saves sinners today. He can save the terrorists and also make them His ambassadors and channel of blessing to others like the Senguele.
Prayer: Lord, please make my life clean from all sin, and sweet, to be a blessing to others.
Further Reading: 1 Timothy 1:12-15
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)
