DCLM Higher Everyday 9 February 2026 — Teens’ Issues, Part 4: Peer Partnership
DCLM Higher Everyday 9 February 2026 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Teens’ Issues, Part 4: Peer Partnership
Topic: Teens’ Issues, Part 4: Peer Partnership
Text: 1 Samuel 20:11-17
11And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the field.
13The LORD do so and much more to Jonathan: but if it please my father to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and the LORD be with thee, as he hath been with my father.
14And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the LORD, that I die not:
15But also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever: no, not when the LORD hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth.
16So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the LORD even require it at the hand of David’s enemies.
17And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
Key Verse: “So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the LORD even require it at the hand of David’s enemies” (1 Samuel 20:16).
Message
The book of the Ecclesiastes 4:9 explains the value of partnership. This is not only because two people are more productive as a team but because someone is there to help during troubled times: “For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow,” says Ecclesiastes 4:10. Even God does not work alone. He partners within the Trinity and partners with us through the Holy Spirit. Therefore, peer partnership is a relationship where two individuals of similar level work together to support each other, share knowledge, and achieve common goals.
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Jonathan and David recognized the need to partner with each other, against the hostility of King Saul. Their partnership was based on a covenant friendship, mutual protection, and sacrificial love. Christian youths should not be in partnership with sinners to commit sin such as exam malpractice, cultism, idolatrous relationship, pornography, and gambling. If you have entangled yourself with sin, you can be set free by accepting Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour. Seek counsel from a mature Christian leader for further help where necessary.
Quote: Two people are more productive
Challenge: Seek Christ to have the best partner.
Prayer for today: Father, grant me the grace to partner with good 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)
