DCLM Daily Manna 6 April 2025 — Good Things To Remember
DCLM Daily Manna 6 April 2025 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Good Things To Remember
TOPIC: Good Things To Remember (DCLM Daily Manna 6 April 2025)
KEY VERSE: “Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance” (2 Peter 1:15).
TEXT: 2 Peter 1:5-16 (KJV)
5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
11 For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
12 Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.
13 Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;
14 Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.
15 Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.
16 For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
DCLM Daily Manna For Today MESSAGE:
What people say just before they die matters a lot. It reflects their dreams and what they lived for. The famous Bible scholar, Matthew Henry (1662-1714) was reported to have said on his dying bed, “You have been used to take notice of the sayings of dying men. This is mine: that a life spent in the service of God, and communion with Him, is the most comfortable and pleasant life that anyone can live in this world.” It is no wonder that today, long after his demise, Mathew Henry’s Bible Commentary is still a significant reference book for Bible students worldwide.
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Apostle Peter wants us to remember the cardinal teachings of Scripture even when He is gone to glory. Peter admonishes believers to remember some things three times in the passage we read today. First, they should remember to grow and add spiritual values to their lives. Second, he would want them to make their calling and election sure as believers. The third thing is to remember that the grace of God was able to keep them to the end as God had promised. He wanted them to remember these truths even when he was gone.
Believers must seek to grow spiritually. It is evidence of our continuous and healthy relationship with the Lord. We must possess faith, virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, godliness, brotherly kindness, and charity. As we grow, we must also remember to leave a good legacy behind. Peter was aware of the nearness of his life’s end and desired that believers who outlive him to keep the pattern of focused spiritual growth to the end.
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We are in the end-time, and the coming of the Lord is near. No one should take anything for granted as we await the trumpet call anytime. Our daily toil and labour demand that we look to Jesus as our Example in all things and then organise our lives in agreement with His plan so that, like Matthew Henry, we will live a “life spent in the service of God and communion with Him.” That is how to end well.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Should you leave this world today, for what will you be remembered?
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR
John 16-18
Deeper Life Daily Manna For Today 2025 was written by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi; is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church situated at KM 42 on the busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria.
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)
