*DAILY DEW 24/FEBRUARY/2024* A Jonadab or A Jonathan. (IV) _Key Bible Text:_ *"She took the pan and emptied it out before him, but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, Send everyone out from me. So everyone went out from him."* (2 Samuel 13:9 (The Amplified)) _Bible Insight:_ 2 Samuel 13:6 So Amnon lay down and pretended to be sick; and when the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, I pray you, let my sister Tamar come and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat from her hand. 2 Samuel 13:7 Then David sent home and told Tamar, Go now to your brother Amnon's house and prepare food for him. 2 Samuel 13:8 So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house, and he was in bed. And she took dough and kneaded it and made cakes in his sight and baked them. Everything is fine until you have the spirit of discernment. The lesson is that it takes the spirit of discernment to avoid being a victim in the plots of deceitful men. The King didn't dicern the mischief of his son. The sister also did not discern it. Ordinarily, we should not necessarily be in need to be wary of being decieved by one's son or by one's siblings. However, the world is also a wicked place and no one should be 100% trusted. _MEDITATION:_ *The spirit of discernment is needed if we must see through the wicked plots of people, and some of them will unfortunately and sadly be family members!* *#DavidJoshuaEgbochuo* *#Daily_Wisdom_for_living* *#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus* *#The_Rise_of_An_Army* *#Daily_Dew_Devotional* *#Hello_FEBRUARY,2024* ? 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 Feel Free to Share with Friends. God bless you... ..

*DAILY DEW 23/FEBRUARY/2024* A Jonadab or A Jonathan. (III) _Key Bible Text:_ *"Here's what you do," said Jonadab. "Go to bed and pretend you're sick. When your father comes to visit you, say, 'Have my sister Tamar come and prepare some supper for me here where I can watch her and she can feed me."* (2 Samuel 13:5 (The Message)) _Bible Insight:_ Some ideas only appear great at first, because you are not yet killed following it through. Some advice are like time bomb. Once you follow through to the end, you will explode in excitement at first, and "die" at the end in regret. I don't blame jonadabs as much as I blame those who foolishly swallow their high sounding nonsense ideas and advice. But supposing you are practicing the role of a Jonadab, what is your gain? Why mislead others and think you are being smart? If you must be a friend, be like a Jonathan or at least don't be a Jonadab. For one day, you will reap what you sow. _MEDITATION:_ *A Jonadab will show enough care to give you a foolish advice but a Jonathan will show enough care to help you discover the foolishness of men so you can escape it!* *#DavidJoshuaEgbochuo* *#Daily_Wisdom_for_living* *#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus* *#The_Rise_of_An_Army* *#Daily_Dew_Devotional* *#Hello_FEBRUARY,2024* ? 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 Feel Free to Share with Friends. God bless you... ..

*DAILY DEW 22/FEBRUARY/2024* A Jonadab or A Jonathan. (II) _Key Bible Text:_ *"Amnon had a good friend, Jonadab, the son of David's brother Shimeah. Jonadab was exceptionally streetwise."* (2 Samuel 13:3 (The Message)) _Bible Insight:_ It is better to be naive and simple than to have "good friends" in people who are streetwise but not biblewise. "I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil." Romans 16:19 (KJV)b Kill that desire to want to know everything. Because one day you will meet that "friend" that will be willing and "helpful" enough to "show you around" -- only that it would be to your detriment. Be okay being green and innocent. Things are not as wonderful as you thought they are with knowing much! Ecclesiastes 1:17-18 (KJV) And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. This doesn't mean it is bad to desire to know more of good things. But any craving and curiosity that makes you suddenly okay questionable characters being around you, is highly questionable and undesirable. _MEDITATION:_ *A Jonadab will help you with ideas and solutions that will appear great at first, but will kill you at last!* *#DavidJoshuaEgbochuo* *#Daily_Wisdom_for_living* *#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus* *#The_Rise_of_An_Army* *#Daily_Dew_Devotional* *#Hello_FEBRUARY,2024* ? 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 Feel Free to Share with Friends. God bless you... ..

*DAILY DEW 21/FEBRUARY/2024* A Jonadab or A Jonathan. _Key Bible Text:_ *"But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man."* (2 Samuel 13:3 (KJV)) _Bible Insight:_ It is better to have no friends than to keep the wrong friends. Some friends are bad for you. Some friends will leave you "exposed" rather than keep you "protected". An evil company is not better than a lonely state. Loneliness is a blessing if compared with being surrounded with wrong and ungodly persons. Psalms 1:1 (KJV) Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. Jonadab is like many people today. They like to give counsel but they won't apply that counsel themselves. They give counsel out of spite and jealousy but you will think they love you. Many have followed Jonadabs and lost their jobs, virginity, money, marriages and children, etc. Be careful who you call friends because there are still many Jonadabs out there. _MEDITATION:_ *Friendship with the ungodly and deceitful is like embracing a chameleon; they fit in, until they move* *#DavidJoshuaEgbochuo* *#Daily_Wisdom_for_living* *#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus* *#The_Rise_of_An_Army* *#Daily_Dew_Devotional* *#Hello_FEBRUARY,2024* ? 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 Feel Free to Share with Friends. God bless you.....

*DAILY DEW 20/FEBRUARY/2024* BECOME! (V) _Key Bible Text:_ *"From the head of the idol of the Ammonite god Molech David took a gold crown which weighed about seventy-five pounds and had a jewel in it. David took the jewel and put it in his own crown. He also took a large amount of loot from the city"* (2 Samuel 12:30 (GNB)) _Bible Insight:_ Those who don't like to face challenges and difficulties will not become all they are meant to become. Don't be too quick to run from stress and troublesome situations. "Where duty calls or danger, be never wanting there" is a line of the popular "Stand up, Stand up for Jesus, ye soldiers of the cross" hymn Your duty post is at the place of your duties and dangers. Don't be missing in action. David added a costly jewel to His own crown because he rose up, mobilized his people, and went to fight. That God fights our battles doesn't mean we should run from them. It is only the battles we rise up to confront and conquer that God will then step in and fight for and with us, actually. _MEDITATION:_ *Greatness is the result of great boldness to confront great mess and stress* *#DavidJoshuaEgbochuo* *#Daily_Wisdom_for_living* *#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus* *#The_Rise_of_An_Army* *#Daily_Dew_Devotional* *#Hello_FEBRUARY,2024* ? 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 Feel Free to Share with Friends. God bless you.....