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TOPIC: DO NOT JOIN THEM
JULY Thursday 5
TEXT: 1 John 2:15-17
KEY VERSE: But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. Galatians 6: 14
As a child of God, you are in the created natural habitat of God called the world but not part of the world of evil and sin. You were there before but you have been brought out through the grace and power of God. Because you live among people in the world system, you will still be witnessing their evil lifestyle but you must not be influenced by it or follow their way of life. In this world system, they dress to provoke God to anger and call it fashion. But God has a verdict for them in Zephaniah 1:8 “And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD'S sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king's children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel.” They will look down on you and pass derogatory comments about your godly dressing, but why should you care? After all, you are to live to please God who gave you eternal life not man or Satan who has nothing to offer you other than pain, misery and death. The world will organize and do whatever they want. Don’t join them. They will engage in all kinds of traditional festivals to appease the gods of the land, don’t join them or lend support to them. They will consume all kinds of drinks from red alcoholic wine to local palm wine. Don’t join them. The world boasts after titles, position, achievements, certificates. Don’t join them. You boast in the Lord. If you start loving the pattern of the world, you have gone back to the school of Satan.
From today’s reading text, we see that all these worldly things are for a time. They will soon pass away. Be crucified to the world (Galatians 6:14). Crucifixion is a slow painful death which reverberates through all members of the body. It may be painful to separate yourself from worldly friends and relatives, worldly tastes, worldly fashion and worldly values, but it is a choice you must make for the sake of your soul. You must be ready to lose some old friends because keeping them will be a bad influence on your new way of life.
Thought for the day: Evil Company corrupts good manners.
Song for the day: I will never go back to the world anymore
Bible reading for the day:
Job 31-32; Acts 13:1-23
#Horemow.
TOPIC: DO NOT JOIN THEM
JULY Thursday 5
TEXT: 1 John 2:15-17
KEY VERSE: But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. Galatians 6: 14
As a child of God, you are in the created natural habitat of God called the world but not part of the world of evil and sin. You were there before but you have been brought out through the grace and power of God. Because you live among people in the world system, you will still be witnessing their evil lifestyle but you must not be influenced by it or follow their way of life. In this world system, they dress to provoke God to anger and call it fashion. But God has a verdict for them in Zephaniah 1:8 “And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD'S sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king's children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel.” They will look down on you and pass derogatory comments about your godly dressing, but why should you care? After all, you are to live to please God who gave you eternal life not man or Satan who has nothing to offer you other than pain, misery and death. The world will organize and do whatever they want. Don’t join them. They will engage in all kinds of traditional festivals to appease the gods of the land, don’t join them or lend support to them. They will consume all kinds of drinks from red alcoholic wine to local palm wine. Don’t join them. The world boasts after titles, position, achievements, certificates. Don’t join them. You boast in the Lord. If you start loving the pattern of the world, you have gone back to the school of Satan.
From today’s reading text, we see that all these worldly things are for a time. They will soon pass away. Be crucified to the world (Galatians 6:14). Crucifixion is a slow painful death which reverberates through all members of the body. It may be painful to separate yourself from worldly friends and relatives, worldly tastes, worldly fashion and worldly values, but it is a choice you must make for the sake of your soul. You must be ready to lose some old friends because keeping them will be a bad influence on your new way of life.
Thought for the day: Evil Company corrupts good manners.
Song for the day: I will never go back to the world anymore
Bible reading for the day:
Job 31-32; Acts 13:1-23
#Horemow.
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