DCLM Higher Everyday 29 January 2023 — Bank on God’s world
DCLM Higher Everyday 29 January 2023 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Bank on God’s world
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TOPIC: BANK ON GOD’S WORD.
TEXT: ISAIAH 40:6-8.
7The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.
8The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
MEMORY VERSE: “The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever” (ISAIAH 40:8).
MESSAGE:
A story was told of a rural farming community that was hit by severe draught. The local church called for a prayer meeting. Almost everybody in town showed up. The Pastor noticed an eleven-year-old girl in the front row. She had an umbrella, poised for use. Amazingly, the Pastor compared the child’s faith with that of others in the church. Looking at the congregation, he announced, “The rest of us came to pray for rain, but she came expecting God to answer.” The young girl received God’s Word and banked on it.
What a challenge to Christian youths!
Some people think that the Word worked only for people in Bible times – the eras of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Elijah, Elisha, Jesus, Peter and Paul. Have you not seen people who received miracles in contemporary times? God does not lose His power. In various nations God is still using His ministers who have faith in His Word to do miracles, signs and wonders. You can be used of God too if you bank on His Word.
QUOTE: Bank on God’s Word, it can never fail.
CHALLENGE: God does not lose His power.
PRAYER FOR TODAY: Help me Lord to believe the totality of Your Word.
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)
