DCLM Higher Everyday 7 September 2025 — Pushed Down By Pride
DCLM Higher Everyday 7 September 2025 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Pushed Down By Pride
Topic: Pushed Down By Pride
Text: Isaiah 14:12-15
12How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
14I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
15Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
Key Verse: “How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations” (Isaiah 14:12)!
Message
A story is told of a rich man, who always carried a suitcase with him everywhere. People always wondered what he kept in the suitcase. Someone summoned the courage to ask him one day. ‘Why do you carry this suitcase all about and what do you have in it?’ The weirdest part of the story is that, the only thing the man had in the bag was a piece of shirt that was worn and dirty. When asked, why he kept the shirt, the man answered, “This was the dress I was wearing before I became wealthy.” His response made people to be watchful against pride.
Also Read: DCLM Higher Everyday 6 September 2025 – Increase In Knowledge
Pride has pushed many youths into many damnable acts. Some are proud of their beauty, achievement, education, possession and so on. Pride would make you despise others. Remember, Lucifer lost his position in the kingdom of God because of pride. God hates pride because those who are proud are not returning His glory to Him. `Do not open the door of your heart to “Mr. Pride.” Shun pride and let God take all the glory.
Quote: Let God take all the glory
Challenge: Shun pride at all times.
Prayer for today: Lord, help me never to give pride a chance in my heart.
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)
