DCLM HIGHER EVERYDAY 8 January 2022 — Avoid Evil Association
DCLM Higher Everyday 8 January 2022 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Avoid Evil Association
TOPIC: AVOID EVIL ASSOCIATION
TEXT: EPHESIANS 5:6-12
6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them.
8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.
11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
MEMORY VERSE: “My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not” (PROVERBS 1:10).
MESSAGE
A female Junior Secondary School student in a secondary school had the privilege of being brought up in a home where true Christian values were taught and practised. Her mother, the school and religious instructors, did all they could to encourage her to attain great goals in life, but she refused to listen to them and rather followed the advice of bad friends who misled her. The result of her wayward life were unwanted pregnancy, suffering and delayed academic progress. In all, she was the architect of her downfall.
Today’s text warns us against deceit from evil peers and also enjoins us to avoid friendship with them. Evil boys and girls are in our schools and neighbourhood. Make up your mind today to avoid them, so that you will not be influenced by their ungodly practices.
Also read Signs of backsliding
Are you among those causing violence and chaos in schools and in the community? If yes, repent today and receive pardon from Jesus Christ. Remember, refusal to keep away from evil association may lead to untimely death. Avoid it now and always.
QUOTE: It may lead to untimely death.
CHALLENGE: Evil communication corrupts good manners.
PRAYER: Lord, give me the courage to avoid evil peers.
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)
