DCLM HIGHER EVERYDAY 6 March 2022 — Overcome like Joseph
DCLM Higher Everyday 6 March 2022 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Overcome like Joseph
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TOPIC: OVERCOME LIKE JOSEPH
TEXT: GENESIS 39:7-12
7 And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.
8 But he refused, and said unto his master’s wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;
10 And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.
11 And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house there within.
12 And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.
MEMORY VERSE: “And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out” (GENESIS 39:12).
MESSAGE:
The whole world seems to be under the full control of the devil today like a theatre under the full control of the stage director because the children of men love immoral acts.
God was moved with wrath and He destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah by fire because of sodomy. Today, youths have gone into sodomy acts like homosexuality and lesbianism, giving room for immorality to continue to increase everywhere.
God who created the world will rise and bring into judgment those who pride themselves on immorality, just the same way He did in the days of Noah, Sodom and Gomorrah.
Joseph was a classical hero of victory over the temptation to commit immorality. Many others have overcome and are still overcoming similar temptations today. You can overcome.
See whoever lures you into immorality as a person who wants to destroy you and cast your soul to hell. Avoid being alone with the tempter. Shout and flee from anyone who wants to lure you into fornication or rape you. That was what saved Joseph. He fled from his master’s wife.
QUOTE: Shout and flee!
CHALLENGE: Avoid being alone with the tempter.
PRAYER: Lord, give me grace to overcome like Joseph.
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)
