DCLM HIGHER EVERYDAY 5 February 2022 — Resist the daring Devourer
DCLM Higher 5 February 2022 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Resist the daring Devourer
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TOPIC: RESIST THE DARING DEVOURER
TEXT: 1 PETER 5:6-11
6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
11 To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
MEMORY VERSE: “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour” (1 PETER 5:8).
MESSAGE:
The text under consideration outlines basic duties of the believer. He is called unto submission, humility, vigilance, faith, total dependence on God and sobriety. God is on the side of the humble to give him or her grace and spiritual uplift in every battle of life.
Every youth believer should know that he or she is in a constant war with the devil. The devil is like a roaring cruel lion looking for ways to devour unsuspecting youths. His strategy is to attack standing and faithful children of God through persecution, trials, temptations and challenges of life.
If you would overcome Satan, the tempter and accuser, you must resist him steadfastly in the faith. Resisting the devil means fighting manfully against his allurements to commit sins like fornication, pornography, and disrespect for parents and constituted authority in the school or the society.
You need to trust in the grace of God to keep you to the end. Remember, you must be a born again child of God to be able to conquer the devil.
QUOTE: You must resist him.
CHALLENGE: We are called to battle.
PRAYER: Help me Lord to stand.
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)
