DCLM Higher Everyday 24 December 2025 — Love The Lord
DCLM Higher Everyday 24 December 2025 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Love The Lord
Topic: Love The Lord
Text: Deuteronomy 11: 18-27
18Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
20And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates:
21That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.
22For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him;
23Then will the LORD drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves.
24Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be.
25There shall no man be able to stand before you: for the LORD your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you.
26Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse;
27A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day:
Key Verse: “For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him; Then will the Lord drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves” (Deuteronomy 11:22-23)
Message
Unmistakably, God declares the numerous benefits the children of Israel and all believers stand to enjoy if they keep his commandments and obey His word. No age of Israelites was left out of the instruction to seek to know and live by the word of God. Love for God implies implicit adoration of His person and total submission to doing His will at all times and in all situations. His interest must come first. We prove our love for God by loving his word, will, and ways. We also love his children. We can’t say we love God if we hate those he created.
Also Read: DCLM Higher Everyday 23 December 2025 – Desolation For Disobedience
Youths, who love God, do His will at all times. You must first become His child through genuine repentance and faith in Christ’s atonement for your sins to be cleansed. After that, you read and study His word and be willing to learn from others who have been in the faith. Moreover, you must be willing to tell friends, neighbours and schoolmates through physical contact or the social media platforms about the love of God to guarantee your blessings.
Quote: Do His will at all times
Challenge: We don’t love God if we hate His word
Prayer for today: Lord, give me sincere love for you.
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)
