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TOPIC: GODLY PRINCIPLES DURING BURIAL

HOLINESS REVIVAL MOVEMENT WORLDWIDE HOREMOW

DAILY DEVOTIONAL BY PASTOR PAUL RIKA INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR.

DATE: THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 3, 2026.

TOPIC: GODLY PRINCIPLES DURING BURIAL 

TEXT: 1 JOHN 2:15-17
15. Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 
16. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
17. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

KEY VERSE: ROMANS 14:13 Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way. 

The society has turned burial ceremony into feasting and prideful display of money and family wealth and the church allowed it so. Now, when someone dies in the family, apart from being sorrowful for the death, the family members also go into sorrow for the financial burden involved in the burial ceremony. 

Much money has to be gathered. The family must display their wealth to the society. They want to ensure that the ceremony is attended by as many people as possible. The family members sell their properties, take loans and borrow from individuals for the burial project. 

This is not the will of God. This worldly spirit in burial ceremony brings crises and hatred and causes many problems among the family members. After the burial, many go into regret on the huge amount of money they spent or borrowed for the burial project. Many in Christ are made to stumble in the faith by these things because they do not want to be left out.

God wants His children to be trained on the path of wisdom, knowledge and understanding in order to make them overcome the traditions and customs of men, masterminded by the devil. When you listen to God and maintain His ways, you will enjoy peace and victory in your life.

(i) First of all, you must know that there is time for everything. There is time for feasting and there is time for sorrow. Burial ceremony is a time of sorrow. The spirit of feasting must not be introduced. 

(ii) Know the activities to run in your burial ceremony to achieve the scriptural aim of the ceremony. 

(iii) Do not change the burial ceremony into feasting by bringing in activities of feasting that make people forget what God designs the burial ceremony to achieve.

Thought for the day: The way of God is not the way of the world.

Song for the day: Your Name is higher, above other names; Your name is Jesus…

Bible reading for the day: Ezekiel 31-32

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