DCLM Higher Everyday 28 December 2025 — Glory! From Idols To God
DCLM Higher Everyday 28 December 2025 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Glory! From Idols To God
Topic: Glory! From Idols To God
Text: 1 Thessalonians 1:5-10
5For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.
7So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia.
8For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing.
9For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;
10And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
Key Verse: “For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God” (1 Thessalonians 1:9).
Message
When Leonard P. Howel started Rastafarianism in Jamaica in the mid-1930s, his followers considered themselves as Christians. However, their lifestyles and beliefs proved otherwise as there were clear evidence of their departure from the written word of God which is the manual for Christians. Idolatry is an act giving glory that is meant for God to anything else. Literal idols in forms of images, totems, and beliefs in elements of nature, such as the sun, moon, stars, rivers, rocks and trees were common in the ancient times. However, the Thessalonian believers had a clean cut severance from idols and turned to God. Many youths are involved in idol worshipping today in search of money and fame. Thus, they visit idol shrines for rituals and sacrifices. Some are captives of modern idolatry
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Turn from idols – everything that competes for your attention and devotion to the Living God such as cultism, inordinate ambition for wealth and fame. Have you allowed anything to replace God in your life? That is idolatry! Repent and be saved today from idolatry.
Quote: Turn from idols
Challenge: What is competing with God in your life?
Prayer for today: I yield totally to you, oh God.
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)
