DCLM Higher Everyday 1 October 2022 — Facts of true freedom
DCLM Higher Everyday 1 October 2022 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Facts of true freedom
TOPIC: FACTS OF TRUE FREEDOM
TEXT: PSALM 126:1-3
2Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.
3The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.
MEMORY VERSE: “Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them” (PSALM 126:2).
MESSAGE:
John Piper describes true freedom as “a state when you are fully free, when you have the desire, the ability, and the opportunity to do what will leave you with no regrets forever.”
The Lord miraculously brought the captive Israelites out of Babylon into their own land; they experienced true freedom that was striking and a big surprise to them.
Many youths today are in captivity to sin and various vices including lying, stealing, fornication, masturbation, drug addiction, cultism, envy, murder, pool betting, and internet fraud. God is the only one who can grant true freedom to anyone in bondage to sin and Satan.
If you repent of all sins, accept the Lord as Saviour, then true freedom is guaranteed. Like the children of Israel in our text, it will be a happy experience to be a recipient of the saving grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.
When one has experienced true freedom, the evidence will be a transformation of life that will be visible to people around you. If you are still struggling with sins, you need to embrace true freedom from Christ now.
QUOTE: Embrace true freedom from Christ.
CHALLENGE: Knowing Christ as Lord and Saviour is true freedom.
PRAYER: Lord, grant me true and total freedom.
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)
