*DAILY DEW 29/APRIL/2022* *BITTER PILLS FOR BETTER HEALTH* _Key Bible Text:_ *"You were in serious trouble, but you prayed to the LORD, and he rescued you. By the power of his own word, he healed you and saved you from destruction."* (Psalms 107:19-20 (CEV)) _Bible Insight:_ I have never liked taking medicine. It's bitter and it has an uninviting smell. For this reason, I had to learn a lot about divine health and divine healing so as to avoid taking drugs as much as possible. Growing up, my parents made me to take medication whenever it becomes necessary. Either through swallowing garri (eba) or just eating something sweet or delicious afterwards. Either ways, I had to deal with the fact that there are bitter pills that makes for a better health. Taking this in a more deeper point of view, the word of God is like a bitter pill that is necessary for our wholeness and wellness. A lot of believers are yet to come to terms with the place of the word of God in their lives. They are always filled with various excuses as to why they never take the word more seriously and personally. Truth is, unfortunately, a lot of believers are neither whole nor well. This is not just in spiritual terms. The poor standard or level of Christianity in vogue today is as a direct consequence of believers failing to understand that the word of God is like a bitter pill, is nevertheless necessary for our growth, soundness, wellness and wholesomeness. Hence, many are sick and live a rather poor reflection of what Jesus came to establish on earth. Take a second look at your relationship with the Word of God? How intimate is it? How often do you frequent the Word? Has secular views beclouded your need for the word? How often do you seek counsel with an open Bible and on bended knees? Has google replaced the place of the Word in your life? Can you see that there is something bitter about the Word? Is it distasteful? Does it sight bring sleep to your eyes? Or do you get excited at the thought of having to spend time to study the word! _MEDITATION:_ *"Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses. He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions."* -- Psalms 107:19-20 (KJV) *#David_Joshua_Egbochuo* *#Friday_wisdomforliving* *#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus* *#Year_of_Big_Favours* *#Daily_Dew_Devotional* *#Showers_of_Blessings* *#Hello_April* ❤ Links To Visit: *FB Pages* https://www.facebook.com/DavidJoshuaEgbochuo/ https://www.facebook.com/thedavidgen/ https://www.facebook.com/THEREVIVALCORPS/ *Telegram Group:* https://t.me/joinchat/NzXQlVc9Hx7LfaRSnh9fHg *WhatsApp Group:* http://bit.ly/The_David_Generation Feel Free to Share with Friends. God bless you...

*DAILY DEW 28/APRIL/2022* *The Church in Nigeria and the 'emergence' of GEN Z* (IV) _Key Bible Text:_ *"Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron"* (1 Timothy 4:1-2 (KJV)) _Bible Insight:_ The kinds of churches that have emerged, from those that look like business centers to those that look like an outright social club, to those that look like occultism. All these in the midst of a serious decline in bible study. They are almost, if not completely clueless on the essentials of the Christian faith. There's already a growing yet silent rebellion against the church among them but guess what's keeping many of them in church now? Fear or Honour for their parents, as the case may be. If they were to make a choice by themselves, many would be out of the system by now. I'm deeply concerned. *~The Christian faith is practicable and it yields the results promised in scriptures. It has the power to make an undeniable impact on the soul of a man. In our relationship with Christ, and the gift of eternal life, which is the core blessing of the faith, there are discernible fruits of changed lives via the development of godly characters that cannot be produced by self will and effort - something supernatural.~* Another side of this supernatural lifestyle is the experience of the leading and gifts of the Spirit beyond reasonable doubts. This authentic Christianity is the only thing that can bail this GEN Z. Because, see, they don't have time for anything not working... While we've had individuals who challenged the church in every of these generations, truth is, they were the exceptions. As per GEN Z, that will be the norm. They won't hold back from disagreeing in the name of honoring fathers. The millennials still do this with much caution. They won't be sowing endless seeds for 24hr miracles that may never come. They won't bow to threats of devourer because you want to collect 10 percent of their hard earned money. They won't pretend to have seen God's hand when all they can see is man's effort. They won't keep quiet in cases of domestic violence. Their placards are ready. _MEDITATION:_ *"It's time for the church to sit up - we have a generation to save. It won't come cheap. It won't come by suppressing their questions. They must be adequately answered. I hope this stirs up something in you."* *#Adebowale_Ibukun_Tosin* *#Wednesday_wisdomforliving* *#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus* *#Year_of_Big_Favours* *#Daily_Dew_Devotional* *#Showers_of_Blessings* *#Hello_April* ❤ Links To Visit: *FB Pages* https://www.facebook.com/DavidJoshuaEgbochuo/ https://www.facebook.com/thedavidgen/ https://www.facebook.com/THEREVIVALCORPS/ *Telegram Group:* https://t.me/joinchat/NzXQlVc9Hx7LfaRSnh9fHg *WhatsApp Group:* http://bit.ly/The_David_Generation Feel Free to Share with Friends. God bless you...

*DAILY DEW 27/APRIL/2022* *The Church in Nigeria and the 'emergence' of GEN Z* (III) _Key Bible Text:_ *"The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good."* (Psalms 14:1 (KJV)) _Bible Insight:_ Then we have the Millennials (1981-1996), who (that is, the older in this bracket) also saw some level of sanity in the church. They saw consecration and power. They saw diligence with scriptures. However, it was already corrupted and contaminated. Though some of them were born in the early 80s, by the time they were growing up, it was in the midst of a growing decline in the church. So, we have more atheists from this category of people than we have in the first three. Let's just say they were bred amidst confusion. I belong to this generation and I know how hard it was to pin point what the Christian faith was really. Truth be told, there were solid materials on the Christian faith from this era as well but they were mostly with the minority. Now to the GEN Z. By definition, anyone born between 1997-2012 falls in this category. I've read about the prevailing characteristics of these amazing individuals and I must say my findings reveal that it's not all gloom and doom. These qualities can be channeled rightly, leading to faster development and advancement in any area of life. In all my observations, this one stands out: they don't have time for anything that's not working. Where the faith is concerned, no generation has had it this bad like this particular one. _MEDITATION:_ *"The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one."* (Psalms 14:2-3 (KJV)) *#Adebowale_Ibukun_Tosin* *#Wednesday_wisdomforliving* *#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus* *#Year_of_Big_Favours* *#Daily_Dew_Devotional* *#Showers_of_Blessings* *#Hello_April* ❤ Links To Visit: *FB Pages* https://www.facebook.com/DavidJoshuaEgbochuo/ https://www.facebook.com/thedavidgen/ https://www.facebook.com/THEREVIVALCORPS/ *Telegram Group:* https://t.me/joinchat/NzXQlVc9Hx7LfaRSnh9fHg *WhatsApp Group:* http://bit.ly/The_David_Generation Feel Free to Share with Friends. God bless you...

*DAILY DEW 26/APRIL/2022* *The Church in Nigeria and the 'emergence' of GEN Z* (II) _Key Bible Text:_ *"These people always cause trouble. Their minds are corrupt, and they have turned their backs on the truth. To them, a show of godliness is just a way to become wealthy. Yet true godliness with contentment is itself great wealth."* (1 Timothy 6:5-6 (NLT)) _Bible Insight:_ Then came the GEN X (1965-1980), this was the generation that began to witness a deafening emphasis on material prosperity as the sign of being born again and knowing God in the mid 80s. By the late 80s, things had escalated so quickly. This is why, when you listen to anyone in any of the three generations above, you can readily hear them lamenting on how church is now worldly and is about money and fame. They were right in the middle of the beginning of that decline. Most of them haven't left the church. Why? They are very hopeful that things will change because they've witnessed some level of sanity in the church before. They know what we are doing today isn't exactly what they had. They didn't know all the truths, but they weren't as materialistic and they contended for the power of God and a need to live godly, while emphasising bible reading. They prayed a lot and read their bibles, of course with special interest in the psalms of David. Chuckles. _MEDITATION:_ *"But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:"* (Ezra 3:12 (KJV)) *#Adebowale_Ibukun_Tosin* *#Tuesday_wisdomforliving* *#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus* *#Year_of_Big_Favours* *#Daily_Dew_Devotional* *#Showers_of_Blessings* *#Hello_April* ❤ Links To Visit: *FB Pages* https://www.facebook.com/DavidJoshuaEgbochuo/ https://www.facebook.com/thedavidgen/ https://www.facebook.com/THEREVIVALCORPS/ *Telegram Group:* https://t.me/joinchat/NzXQlVc9Hx7LfaRSnh9fHg *WhatsApp Group:* http://bit.ly/The_David_Generation Feel Free to Share with Friends. God bless you...

*DAILY DEW 25/APRIL/2022* *The Church in Nigeria and the 'emergence' of GEN Z* (I) _Key Bible Text:_ *"Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer"* (Romans 12: 11- 12 (KJV)) _Bible Insight:_ You see, the Boomers I (1946-1954) and Boomers II (1955-1964) were such an amazing generation that understood the place of perseverance, endurance, and patience. It showed in how they went through life and that's why they can't relate with a teenager committing suicide because he's under pressure to succeed. Some of them didn't have the best of marriages but you can readily see endurance as one of the key ingredients for staying together for as long. Of course, that strengthened domestic violence, abuse and assault in a way, but we can't deny that this was how they also endured hardship in life generally. Now, this also affected how they practiced their faith. You can make all the promises to them and even when none comes to pass, they keep enduring and hoping for a change hence fewer people abandoned the faith because of such issues. Let's also not forget that many of them also witnessed great revivals that made it hard for them to resort to atheism. If they knew nothing else, they were sure of God's power. Ask some of your parents, you'll be shocked to find out that even your birth and survival was a miracle - precise prophesies about your gender, name, issues, and also healings. _MEDITATION:_ *"And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise"* (Hebrews 11:39 (KJV)) *#Adebowale_Ibukun_Tosin* *#Monday_wisdomforliving* *#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus* *#Year_of_Big_Favours* *#Daily_Dew_Devotional* *#Showers_of_Blessings* *#Hello_April* ❤ Links To Visit: *FB Pages* https://www.facebook.com/DavidJoshuaEgbochuo/ https://www.facebook.com/thedavidgen/ https://www.facebook.com/THEREVIVALCORPS/ *Telegram Group:* https://t.me/joinchat/NzXQlVc9Hx7LfaRSnh9fHg *WhatsApp Group:* http://bit.ly/The_David_Generation Feel Free to Share with Friends. God bless you...