DCLM Higher Everyday 12 October 2022 — Excelling in good behaviour
DCLM Higher Everyday 12 October 2022 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Excelling in good behaviour
TOPIC: EXCELLING IN GOOD BEHAVIOUR
TEXT: DANIEL 6:1-4
2And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage.
3Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.
4Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.
MEMORY VERSE: “Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him” (DANIEL 6:4).
MESSAGE:
Behaviour, according to the Merriam Webster’s Dictionary, is the manner of conducting oneself. Daniel, who is the primal character in our text, was far away from home in a strange land whose culture and predominant practices were in clear contrast to those of his godly heritage. But he purposed in his heart never to flow with the tide. His behaviour was borne out of faith, and at the end, God honoured him.
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In our society today, many youths are ill-mannered. They display all sorts of bad behaviour such as disrespect for parents and elders, use of worldly language, truancy, examination malpractice, and sinful or ungodly relationship, to mention but a few. Some even go as far as fighting their parents and teachers thereby incurring curses on themselves.
Behaviour is a reflection of the state of the heart, “for out of it are the issues of life” (Proverbs 4:23). Beloved, let your heart be cleansed today. Salvation through Christ’s atoning blood is the solution to your bad behaviour. You can be another Daniel, Joseph or the virgin daughters of Deacon Philip.
QUOTE: You can be another Daniel.
CHALLENGE: Be positively different!
PRAYER: Dear Lord, give me the grace to show good behaviour.
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)
