*DAILY DEW 26/MAY/2024* *GUARDED OBLIGATIONS* _Key Bible Text:_ *My child, suppose you agree to pay the debt of someone, who cannot repay a loan. Then you are trapped by your own words, and you are now in the power of someone else. Here is what you should do: Go and beg for permission to call off the agreement* (Proverbs 6:1-3 (Message)) _Bible Insight:_ The idea is clear. Do not stand in as a guarantor for someone. The only proviso is, if they are 1) Family, and 2) The debt is not something you can't bear if it comes to it. Another one is job guarantor requirements. Make sure you know to a reasonable extent the one you comtemplate to guarantee. Think about it. Why stand as surety for someone you cannot trace or get to pay up their responsibility? It will become a case of the blind trying to help the blind. It is never a good idea. You will run into an avoidable problem and you will be at the mercy of the creditor ultimately. If you are already in this kind of issue, take the next best step, and try to cancel it immediately-- Proverbs 6:4-5 Do this before you fall asleep or even get sleepy. Save yourself, just as a deer or a bird tries to escape from a hunter. Come to think of it, remember to avoid entering situations that will warrant you needing a guarantor. If you dont stand for others, ensure you dont get involved in situations that will require you needing someone else to stand for you! Selah! _MEDITATION:_ *"If you don't have the means to carry the responsibility, don't try to carry it at all!"* *#DavidJoshuaEgbochuo* *#Daily_Wisdom_for_living* *#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus* *#The_Rise_of_An_Army* *#Daily_Dew_Devotional* *#Hello_MAY,2024* ? *FB Pages* https://www.facebook.com/DavidJoshuaEgbochuo/ *Telegram Group:* https://t.me/joinchat/NzXQlVc9Hx7LfaRSnh9fHg Feel Free to Share with Friends. God bless you... ..

*DAILY DEW 25/MAY/2024* *GUARDED DISCIPLINE* _Key Bible Text:_ *Mark well that GOD doesn't miss a move you make; he's aware of every step you take. The shadow of your sin will overtake you; you'll find yourself stumbling all over yourself in the dark. Death is the reward of an undisciplined life; your foolish decisions trap you in a dead end.* (Proverbs 5:21-23 (Message)) _Bible Insight:_ Decide! A or B? Decide to bear the pain of pursuing a disciplined life (A) Or Decide to bear the pain of regret for a life without discipline. (B) It is either A or B. Simple! If you think a life of discipline is too serious and demanding, relax and "enjoy" the unregulated, unguarded, unpredictable and undesirable life of one who lacks discipline. The pain of living a disciplined life cannot be compared to the pain of enduring the consequences of an undisciplined life. You will always be handsomely rewarded by God and man for all your disciplined living. And you will forget the pain of guarding such discipline eventually. Discipline is easy to slip between your fingers. You must guard your disciplines or you will forget yourself and gradually slide into an undisciplined life. _MEDITATION:_ *"Excuses are to discipline what water is to fire. Show me a man who is full of excuses and I will show you a man who lacks discipline"* *#DavidJoshuaEgbochuo* *#Daily_Wisdom_for_living* *#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus* *#The_Rise_of_An_Army* *#Daily_Dew_Devotional* *#Hello_MAY,2024* ? *FB Pages* https://www.facebook.com/DavidJoshuaEgbochuo/ *Telegram Group:* https://t.me/joinchat/NzXQlVc9Hx7LfaRSnh9fHg Feel Free to Share with Friends. God bless you... ..

*DAILY DEW 24/MAY/2024* *GUARDED SEXUALITY* (4) _Key Bible Text:_ *Do you know the saying, "Drink from your own rain barrel, draw water from your own spring-fed well"? It's true. Otherwise, you may one day come home and find your barrel empty and your well polluted.* (Proverbs 5:15-16 (Message)) _Bible Insight:_ Your sexuality must be preserved for the right time and for the right person. Your ability to "hold yourself", "keep your body under", "zip up" and tarry until marriage where the bed is undefiled, is one of the keys to a successful life after marriage/wedding. Sexual carelessness and "liberality" may lead to some serious depletion when you are finally ready to settle into your home. It also depletes the wine (sweetness and harmony) of your marriage if you indulge in such. And this is beyond the issue of children, because there are many aspects of a married life that requires your "full life" and not your "left over life"! (Early or extra-marital) exposure to sexuality outside/before marriage will definitely bring more complex and complicated dynamics to life and marriage. It is perfectly in order and even the best to start off on a green and naive note and grow in the experience with your married spouse. Managing sexual expectations in marriage requires openness and understanding before and after wedding. _MEDITATION:_ *"Your spring water is for you and you only, not to be passed around among strangers. Bless your fresh-flowing fountain! Enjoy the wife you married as a young man! Lovely as an angel, beautiful as a rose--don't ever quit taking delight in her body. Never take her love for granted! Why would you trade enduring intimacies for cheap thrills with a whore? for dalliance with a promiscuous stranger?!"* Proverbs 5:17-20 (Message) *#DavidJoshuaEgbochuo* *#Daily_Wisdom_for_living* *#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus* *#The_Rise_of_An_Army* *#Daily_Dew_Devotional* *#Hello_MAY,2024* ? *FB Pages* https://www.facebook.com/DavidJoshuaEgbochuo/ *Telegram Group:* https://t.me/joinchat/NzXQlVc9Hx7LfaRSnh9fHg Feel Free to Share with Friends. God bless you... ..

*DAILY DEW 23/MAY/2024* *GUARDED SEXUALITY* (3) _Key Bible Text:_ *You don't want to end your life full of regrets, nothing but sin and bones, Saying, "Oh, why didn't I do what they told me? Why did I reject a disciplined life?* (Proverbs 5:11-12 (Message)) _Bible Insight:_ The key to guarding your sexuality is just one word- DISCIPLINE. Discipline will make all the difference. If an unexamined life is not worth living, it is simply because the lack of the discipline of self examination shows that there will be little or no discipline in any other aspect of our lives. Discipline will help you live a life you will be happy about whenever you consider your ways. Discipline is not for everyone, even though everyone is expected to be disciplined. In other words, don't be surprised when most people don't make living a disciplined life a priority. _MEDITATION:_ May we not end up with the following words: *"Why didn't I listen to my mentors, or take my teachers seriously? My life is ruined! I haven't one blessed thing to show for my life!"* Proverbs 5:13-14 (Message) *#DavidJoshuaEgbochuo* *#Daily_Wisdom_for_living* *#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus* *#The_Rise_of_An_Army* *#Daily_Dew_Devotional* *#Hello_MAY,2024* ? *FB Pages* https://www.facebook.com/DavidJoshuaEgbochuo/ *Telegram Group:* https://t.me/joinchat/NzXQlVc9Hx7LfaRSnh9fHg Feel Free to Share with Friends. God bless you... ..

*DAILY DEW 22/MAY/2024* *GUARDED SEXUALITY* (2) _Key Bible Text:_ *She's dancing down the primrose path to Death; she's headed straight for Hell and taking you with her. She hasn't a clue about Real Life, about who she is or where she's going.* (Proverbs 5:5-7 (Message)) _Bible Insight:_ Sexual lust comes with a lot of deceitful promise of pleasure and "enjoyment". She easily misleads those who entertains her allures. Don't be carried away. It is like a poisoned food or drink. While feasting upon it, you think you are enjoying, but shortly after you are done, you realize you are not only done but you are completely finished!! Sometimes how completely finished you become is never clear to you until much later. But once you don't repent at the earliest opportunity, or sooner than later, your end is sure. It is just a matter of time. _MEDITATION:_ *Keep your distance from such a woman; absolutely stay out of her neighborhood. You don't want to squander your wonderful life, to waste your precious life among the hardhearted.* Proverbs 5:8-9 (Message) *#DavidJoshuaEgbochuo* *#Daily_Wisdom_for_living* *#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus* *#The_Rise_of_An_Army* *#Daily_Dew_Devotional* *#Hello_MAY,2024* ? *FB Pages* https://www.facebook.com/DavidJoshuaEgbochuo/ *Telegram Group:* https://t.me/joinchat/NzXQlVc9Hx7LfaRSnh9fHg Feel Free to Share with Friends. God bless you... ..