DCLM Higher Everyday 4 March 2023 — Be patient: Jesus is coming
DCLM Higher Everyday 4 March 2023 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Be patient: Jesus is coming
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TOPIC: BE PATIENT: JESUS IS COMING.
TEXT: JAMES 5:7-11
8Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
9Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
10Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.
11Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
KEY VERSE: “Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh” (JAMES 5:8).
MESSAGE
In 1870, Philip P. Bliss wrote the song, ‘Hold the fort’ after hearing Daniel Whittle relate the famous incident of the American civil war of 1864. Union troops were trapped in a fort at Allatoona Pass, near Atlanta, when General Sherman sent a message which was signalled by flags from mountain to mountain: “General Sherman says hold fast. We are coming. “Despite heavy attacks, the men held the fort until Sherman’s army rescued them. Likewise, Jesus Christ, our General is coming, He’s asking us to be patient, endure and hold fast.
The world has been chaotic for a long time now, things keep getting worse by the day. These happenings everywhere create confusion in some believers causing them to think that the Great Tribulation might take place before the Rapture. Believers! Hold on to the promises of Christ. Do not lose hope. Let’s sing:
“Hold the fort, for I am coming! Jesus signals still.
Wave the answer back to Heaven -By Thy grace we will.”
QUOTE: Jesus Christ, our General is coming
CHALLENGE: When Christ comes, will He find you waiting?
PRAYER FOR TODAY: Help me to wait patiently for You, Lord.
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)
