*DAILY DEW 7/FEBRUARY/2024* THE CONSEQUENCES (II) _Key Bible Text:_ *"Someone from your own family will cause you a lot of trouble, and I will take your wives and give them to another man before your very eyes. He will go to bed with them while everyone looks on."* (2 Samuel 12:11(CEV) _Bible Insight:_ You can predict the consequence of sin, but you may not always predict the consequences that sin can bring. The consequences of sin, depends on what wrong you have done. But at each point in time, and no matter how big or small the sin, the consequence of sin remains-- death!! Howbeit, for King David, for instance, he definitely got more than he possibly bargained for. *"You did it secretly; but I will do this thing before all Israel and in the light of the sun. And David said to Nathan, Great is my sin against the Lord. And Nathan said to David, The Lord has put away your sin; death will not come on you. But still, because you have had no respect for the Lord, death will certainly overtake the child who has newly come to birth."* 2 Samuel 12:12-14 (BBE) David planted a seed that would eventually take off the Kingdom from David's descendants. Just one moment of being in lust, left a life time and post generational mark. Wow!! _MEDITATION:_ *Be sure you live righteously. God's forgiveness is not in short supply but your life is. Only one life, maximize it in righteousness. 𝘿𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙞𝙣 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙛𝙞𝙜𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙪𝙣𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙣 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙣! *#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 6/FEBRUARY/2024* THE CONSEQUENCES _Key Bible Text:_ *"Because you wouldn't obey me and took Uriah's wife for yourself, your family will never live in peace."* (2 Samuel 12:10(CEV) _Bible Insight:_ "There are no consequences for sin when you repent of them" That's not true. There are often consequences for sin but once you repent and are forgiven, you are delivered from the consequence of sin. There is a difference between the CONSEQUENCES of sin, and the CONSEQUENCE of sin! The consequence of sin is death! *"For the wages of sin is death"* That is the consequence of sin that you are freed from when you repent and receive forgiveness. In the place of death, you are given access or eligibility for eternal life-- something you can't have any other way. *"But the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."* Romans 6:23 (KJV) The consequences of sin, are the challenges and or unfavourable circumstances you may have to confront and deal with, because of your sinful conduct or lifestyle. For David, his was quite serious. For some others, it may be less severe. And yet for some, it maybe nil or non existent depending on the issues involved. In all, God's mercy can prevail but remember that God's mercy is subject to his overiding discretion. One maybe freed from the consequences of living an immoral life, by being delivered and healed from HIV aids contracted in the course of such sinful living. Another, may suffer the sickness till he dies, despite haven repented and being a dedicated child of God. _MEDITATION:_ *For he saith to Moses, I will have 𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙮 on whom I will have 𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙮, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.* (Romans 9:15 (KJV)) *#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 5/FEBRUARY/2024* Be Good Because God Is! _Key Bible Text:_ *"... I kept you safe from Saul and even gave you his house and his wives. I let you rule Israel and Judah, and if that had not been enough, I would have given you much more. Why did you disobey me and do such a horrible thing? You murdered Uriah the Hittite by having the Ammonites kill him, so you could take his wife."* (2 Samuel 12:7-9(CEV) _Bible Insight:_ The good things God allows you to experience, is for you to be good too. God doesn't appreciate it when we don't reciprocate his goodness and faithfulness. The Apostles understood this, thus your hear them say, *"We love him, because he first loved us."* (1 John 4:19 (KJV)) We didn't do anything for God to love us, but we are expected to do everything to show that we appreciate His love afterwards. The greatest sin of this world and the unbeliever, will remain the fact that Jesus died and rose for sin, yet they chose not to believe. No matter how much or how little you think God has done for you, or not done, you owe God. And the more you realize this, the better for you. Because if you don't pay now, you will pay later but in a hard way-- very hard way! _MEDITATION:_ *And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and 𝙢𝙚𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩, because their deeds were evil.* (John 3:19 (KJV)) *#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 4/FEBRUARY/2024* Be Too Hard On Yourself! _Key Bible Text:_ *"And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the LORD liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die"* 2 Samuel 12:5 (KJV) _Bible Insight:_ Push yourself harder. Don't take it easy on yourself and take it hard on others. Judge yourself mercilessly but be nice on others. 1 Corinthians 11:31 (KJV) puts it this way, *"For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged."* The essence is not necessarily to be wicked to yourself. The goal is to become a better version of yourself. Naturally, human nature tends to pamper self, and 'pepper" others! This is man's default set up. Self discipline means reversing this trend or tendency. Rather than always getting mad with others, and being soft and gentle on self, take the heat out on yourself. But be gentle on others. This also plays out by expecting less from others, and more from yourself. This is a "simple" fix for getting more out of life, achieving more, and being more relatable and easy to work with. _MEDITATION:_ *For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, 𝙬𝙤𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙚, 𝙞𝙛 𝙄 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙡!!* (1 Corinthians 9:16 (KJV)) *#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 3/FEBRUARY/2024* Godly & Wealthy _Key Bible Text:_ *"Now a traveller came to the house of the man of wealth, but he would not take anything from his flock or his herd to make a meal for the traveller who had come to him, but he took the poor man's lamb and made it ready for the man who had come.* (2 Samuel 12:4 (BBE)) _Bible Insight:_ Those who have, get more. Those who don't have, lose even what they have to those who have more! This is both a spiritual and a natural principle. (Luke 8:18) While this principle is true, in the story before us, brother David would not be spared for taking a poor man's own, to add to his own, or to use instead of his. When we try to apply spiritual principles with ungodly mode or conduct, we have breached the divine modus operandi. Having more and more must be with strict adherence to divine instructions. In a world where wealth is worshipped, we must be careful. If being wealthy is God's will, and of course it is, how we become wealthy is also very important to God. Besides, our definition of "wealth" must come form God too--not the world! We can't justify the means, by the end. When we seek anything good, money, fame, advantage, educational qualifications, promotions, etc, we must be sure that the means we employ in the course of reaching our aims, must be God's will too. _MEDITATION:_ *They have wicked minds and have missed out on the truth. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙝. And religion does make your life rich, by making you content with what you have.* 1 Timothy 6:5-6(CEV) *#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.....