DCLM Sincere Milk 3 March 2022 — Team work
DCLM Sincere Milk 3 March 2022 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Team work
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TOPIC: TEAM WORK
BIBLE TEXT: ECCLESIASTES 4:9-12
9 Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.
11 Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?
12 And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
KEY VERSE: “Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour” (Ecclesiastes 4:9).
MESSAGE
Nobody climbs Mount Everest alone. To accomplish great things, we all need team mates and a supporting team to pick us up when we are tired. We also need to look for opportunities to pick others up when they stumble. Teamwork is the ability to work together towards a common goal. It is the fuel that allows common people to obtain uncommon results. It is said that geese fly 72% farther when in company with others than when alone. The word “TEAM” stands for: T – Together E – Everyone A – Achieves M – More.
We are wiser together, safer together, have more strength together and have greater joy together. In our families, we need to work together with our parents and siblings to achieve our family goals.
In church, we should cooperate with our teachers and fellow believers to achieve God’s purpose. We need to play our part so that our communities and environments become better places to live in.
Henry Ford, an American industrialist and powerful businessman, founder of the Ford Motor Company and initiator of the mass production technique, said, “Coming together is beginning, keeping together is progress, working together is success.” There are certainly great benefits in Team Work.
PRAYER: Dear Father, please give me the grace to work patiently with others.
FURTHER READING: 1 Corinthians 12:20-27
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)
