DCLM Sincere Milk 23 November 2024 — Murmur Not
DCLM Sincere Milk 23 November 2024 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Murmur Not
Topic: Murmur Not
Text: Philippians 2:13-16
13For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
14Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
15That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
16Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.
Key Verse: “Do all things without murmurings and disputings:” Philippians 2:14
Message
To murmur is to continuously make complaints about a particular situation. This act of murmuring always goes with unpleasant comments and actions. It is an attitude that is not pleasing to both God and man. The children of Israel were full of murmurings when they were in the wilderness on their way to the promised land. This bad behaviour of theirs hindered majority of them from entering the promised land. When we murmur, it shows that we are ungrateful. It will make us to forget all the good things that have been done for us.
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When faced with challenges, we should remember God’s previous faithfulness to us and pray for His intervention in the current one rather than murmuring and complaining. When sent on an assignment by your parents, do it with joy and not with murmuring. As you joyfully carry out your assignments and house chores, you will enjoy the favour of God and man.
Further Reading: 1Corinthians 10:10
Prayer for today: Father, please give me the grace to do things well and without murmuring.
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)
