DCLM Sincere Milk 28 April 2022 — Long life
DCLM Sincere Milk 28 April 2022 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Long life
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TOPIC: LONG LIFE
BIBLE TEXT: PROVERBS 3:1-6
1 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
4 So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
KEY VERSE: “For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee” (Proverbs 3:2).
MESSAGE:
Everyone loves a good life and everyone desires to live long. However, not many are willing to pay the full price to have long life. Some people take different types of drugs, and others live on drugs all their life in a bid to have long life. Others even go to native doctors to get concoctions that they suppose will make them live long. All these cannot guarantee long life. It is only the word of God that has the secret of a long life, taking the laws and commandments of God to heart and obeying them with all your heart. The laws of God are written in the book of God which is the Bible.
You have to understand that anyone who does not love God, read His word and obey it, is not guaranteed long life. But God is very much interested in children that keep His commandments from a pure heart. He promised to take care of them always, give them grace to continue obeying Him, provide for their needs, protect them from danger, and ensure that they have good health so that they don’t have to die at an early age. Such children practically enjoy the goodness and mercy of God always.
Do you desire a long and prosperous life? It can be yours today if you will repent and wholly turn to God, then ask Him for grace to live and obey His word. He will do it for you, and the promise of a long life will be yours in Jesus’ Name.
PRAYER: Lord, give me grace to daily obey Your word so as to enjoy long life.
FURTHER READING: Proverbs 3:13-17
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)
