DAILY MANNA DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY
Daily Manna devotional by Pastor Kumuyi of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry for today is here. Digest the word of the lord and pray believing.
TOPIC OF DAILY MANNA DEVOTIONAL FOR 13TH NOVEMBER 2019 IS “BEND OR BREAK.”
TEXT: Jeremiah 13:15-27
15. Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud; for the LORD hath spoken.
16. Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
17. But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD’S flock is carried away captive.
18. Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down; for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.
19. The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open them; Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive.
20. Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north; where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?
21. What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chief over thee; shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail?
22. And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels made bare.
23. Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
24. Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.
25. This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the LORD; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.
26. Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear.
27. I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it once be?
KEY VERSE: Jeremiah 13:16
Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
DAILY MANNA DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY
Justin has just finished his message as he travelled in a commercial bus with others. Then, a fellow passenger asked him, “Wasn’t your message too harsh?” “How do you mean?” Justin returned. “I mean that your message was too hard. In our church, we try to preach the positive message to encourage the people rather than condemning them for their sins” he said. “Well, then you must be more loving than Jesus who told the people that “except ye repent ye shall all likewise perish” Justin asserted.
Prophet Jeremiah’s message to Judah and Jerusalem was very clear. They must repent or face the judgment of God. They must renounce their pride and give God His rightful place as God. The king and the queen were to lead in this repentance by humbling themselves, otherwise Judah shall be carried away captive. The Chaldeans were pictured as already on their way to Jerusalem. And their judgement in captivity is imminent if they don’t repent. They either bend or be broken.
Forthrightness in declaring the truth – the whole counsel of God is His requirement from all His faithful servants. Many modern-day preachers have excluded repentance from their messages. They only ask people to confess Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour.
But all genuine ministers of God emphasise repentance as a necessary step to obtaining forgiveness. Our Lord Jesus Christ started His message by calling on all to repent and believe the gospel (Mark 1:14,15). And all the apostles and writers of the New Testament followed suit. Jesus emphasised that “repentance and remission of sins” must be preached in His Name (Luke 24:47).
True believers must not be apologetic while declaring the truth of God. There is no better way of demonstrating true love other than telling the truth.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Genuine repentance leads to genuine salvation.
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Daily Manna is the daily devotional of the Deeper Christian Life Bible Ministry (DCLM). It is an extraction of God’s Word designed to draw the sincere seeker closer to God on a daily basis through an insightful exposition and analysis of God’s Word. Read More...
