*DAILY DEW 11/MAY/2022* *THE MOUNTAIN OF FAMILY* (II) _Key Bible Text:_ *"Love is patient and kind; it is not jealous or conceited or proud;!love is not ill-mannered or selfish or irritable; love does not keep a record of wrongs; love is not happy with evil, but is happy with the truth. Love never gives up; and its faith, hope, and patience never fail."* (1Cor 13:4-7(GNB)) _Bible Insight:_ What else makes a family strong and able to influence the society? 2. A genuine demonstration of love: How do you learn love from your (previous) home? Did your mother and father show the love needed to influence a society? You can't export or teach or apply what you do not have. The Family that will wield godly influence that can positively impact on the society is one where you have agape love. You learn unconditional love (God kind of love) from home. That's the best place to learn/teach agape love. Effects of a loveless home:- 1. Violence. Quarrel and fight without settling. Build the opposite of this in your family. 2. Hatred. Bitterness. Don't give room to siblings rivalry and internal wrangling! 3. Marital crises. Father and mother quarrel before the children. Don't model a dysfunctional marriage or home to the children. It has far reaching consequences that may not be easily reversed. When resolving a conflict, enter the room, lower your voices and discuss in the spirit of love. And boundaries must be set such that you will know what to say or not. If you can't boast of a family that has taught you the right way, you still have a chance. Be transformed by renewing your mind. Challenge what you have been exposed to that is not godly. You can overcome the negative effects of wrong foundations. To build a family that can impact or influence the society, do this as well. 3. Raise or become individuals who are committed to each other. In other words, place the family needs ahead of personal needs and desires. _MEDITATION:_ *"Motivate each other when one is discouraged.."* *#David_Joshua_Egbochuo* *#Wednesday_wisdomforliving* *#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus* *#Year_of_Big_Favours* *#Daily_Dew_Devotional* *#Grace_For_Accomplishments* *#Hello_May* ❤ (Culled from Young Ministers Fire Camp Meeting, March, 2022) 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 4/MAY/2022* *THE CRUCIFIED LIFE VS THE MORTIFIED LIFE* _Key Bible Text:_ *"And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.* (Galatians 5:24 (KJV)) *"Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:"* (Colossians 3:5 (KJV)) _Bible Insight:_ Flowing from the power of resurrection, when put into perspective, is the power or victory over the old life of sin! The crucified life of Christ in the past, gives us access to victory over the old man of sin, while the mortified life brings us the victory in the present and future. In other words, the reality of the newness of life comes as an aftermath of the crucified life of Christ! The place of crucifixion is past truth and fact that you can draw beneficially from. For you also were crucified with Christ on the cross! *"Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin."* (Romans 6:6 (KJV)) Therefore, the very fact/truth of crucifixion and resurrection, gives you the grace and duty of mortifying the flesh! To mortify appears at least twice in King James Version. The first appearance was as follows: *"Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do MORTIFY the deeds of the body, ye shall live."* (Romans 8:12-13 (KJV)) The second is already stated in our Key Bible Text. To "mortify" is a verb, calling you to a present action/duty. But in all occasions in scriptures (NT), wherever "crucified" appeared, it referenced a concluded event, needing no further action, other than its recognition, acceptance and appreciation! The power of resurrection enables us to actually, mortify (put to death the desires of) the flesh. _MEDITATION:_ *"So put to death the sinful, earthly things lurking within you. Have nothing to do with sexual immorality, impurity, lust, and evil desires. Don't be greedy, for a greedy person is an idolater, worshiping the things of this world. Because of these sins, the anger of God is coming. You used to do these things when your life was still part of this world. But now is the time to get rid of anger, rage, malicious behavior, slander, and dirty language. Don't lie to each other, for you have stripped off your old sinful nature and all its wicked deeds. Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your Creator and become like him."* (Colossians 3:5-10 (NLT)) *#David_Joshua_Egbochuo* *#Wednesday_wisdomforliving* *#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus* *#Year_of_Big_Favours* *#Daily_Dew_Devotional* *#Grace_For_Accomplishments* *#Hello_May* ❤ 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 20/APRIL/2022* *PUTTING EASTER INTO PERSPECTIVE* (III) _Key Bible Text:_ *"The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you."* (Romans 8:11 (NLT)) _Bible Insight:_ There are a number of things the power of resurrection actually means when put in perspective. Let's begin from the literal meaning of Romans 8:11: *"The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you."* This means that the Holy Spirit can give life to our mortal bodies. Our mortal bodies are bound to go down either by breaking down health wise or by dying completely. The life giving ministry of the Holy Spirit includes making lifeless bodies come back to life. That's a literal resurrection. That's one key function or dimension of the power of resurrection. Matthew 10:8 (KJV) *"Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give."* The scope of work that Jesus handed over to the one who believes, includes raising the dead. That's possible only because of the power of resurrection. We should never assume that this dimension of the Holy Spirit's resurrection power is a thing of the past. If there are counterfeit, then there is also the authentic. _MEDITATION:_ *"When you remember Easter, remember that the resurrection of Jesus is not just a one off experience limited to Jesus, many others will experience the physical resurrection, just like Jesus by the ministry of the Holy Spirit"* *#David_Joshua_Egbochuo* *#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...