DCLM Sincere Milk 15 October 2025 — Purposeful Friendship
DCLM Sincere Milk 15 October 2025 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Purposeful Friendship
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Topic: Purposeful Friendship
Text: Mark 5:15-20
Key Verse: “Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.” Mark 5:19
Message
One of the greatest gifts God has given us is the gift of friendship. It is a wonderful thing to have close friends with whom you can have fun and share your dreams. It is also comforting to have someone who understands you and encourages you when life gets tough. Jesus had a group of close friends with whom He spent most of His time. The night before He faced death on a cross, He went to a garden to pray with them. The human part of Jesus longed for the support of those close to Him.
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Yet, Jesus did not only have His twelve close friends. He also made friends with sinners- bad people who probably did not even know how to pray. Jesus wanted them to know about God’s love too, and they would only be able to see the love of the Father by seeing how much He loved them. God also wants us to reach out to those who don’t know Him, but He doesn’t want us to get caught up in the wrong things they do. Make sure that your closest friends are not the type who will try to get you to do wrong things. What should be at the back of your mind is how to share the love of Jesus with people you have close contact with. This is the only thing that will make Jesus happy with you.
Further Reading: Acts 10:24
Prayer for today: Lord, make me a vessel of sharing Your love with all my friends.
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)
