*DAILY DEW 18/APRIL/2023* *RELATIONSHIP MATTERS* _Key Bible Text:_ *Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another* (Romans 12:10 (KJV)) _Bible Insight:_ In the beginning, there were two major relationships God gave to man. First is relationship with God, and the second is relationship with fellow humans. In the fall, these were the two major relationships that were affected. Man didn't just rebel against God; he also became evil towards his fellows. In fact, if you read through the bible, the major recipient of human wickedness is man - man's inhumanity to man. Hence, the commandments were summarised into two - LOVE FOR GOD AND LOVE FOR ONE'S NEIGHBOUR. In fact, Christ says, on these two hang the law and the Prophets. (Matthew 22:37-40). In other words, this is the whole essence of learning scriptures! The moment you miss either of these two relationships, you will never experience all round fulfilment. Some focus on God while abandoning interactions with people - a strange phenomenon. The proof of having a vibrant relationship with God is seen in how much you value relationship with His people. _MEDITATION:_ *"A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another."* (John 13:34-35 (KJV)) *#Adebowale_Ibukun_Tosin* *#Daily_Wisdom_for_living* *#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus* *#The_Rise_of_An_Army* *#Daily_Dew_Devotional* *#Hello_APRIL,2023* ❤ *#Guest_Message* 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 17/APRIL/2023* *RECEIVING THE TEACHINGS OF YOUR PASTOR - (VIII)* _Key Bible Text:_ *For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears* (2 Timothy (4:3)) _Bible Insight:_ Your inability to receive from your Pastor does not only affect you, it affects what the Pastor can let out and other people in the audience could suffer it too. The Hebrew believers needed the teachings of their Pastor to grow. And since they weren't getting it they remained babies, continually needing what they ought to have outgrown. It's the Pastor that determines what the people need and teaches them. When the people begin to prefer something other than what they're fed, it results in what Paul was telling Timothy - inability to endure sound doctrine, lust and itchy for convenient theology and teachers. 1 Corinthians 3:1-2 [1]And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. [2]I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. Give your Pastor your ears and heart so the doctrine and instruction from God to you through him will not be lost. God will lead and feed you through your Pastor, not necessarily every Pastor out there (Heb 13:17). Be planted in your local Church and stick with your Pastor. Jumping everywhere to hear the latest revelations will only confuse you and expose you to deception. If you must grow you must be planted and rooted in a place (local Church). _MEDITATION:_ *"There's more than enough with your Pastor and your Church if you'll only appreciate and value what the Lord packaged for your well-being and growth in that assembly."* *#Kevin_Ashwe** *#Daily_Wisdom_for_living* *#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus* *#The_Rise_of_An_Army* *#Daily_Dew_Devotional* *#Hello_APRIL,2023* ❤ *#Guest_Message* 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 16/APRIL/2023* *RECEIVING THE TEACHINGS OF YOUR PASTOR - (VII)* _Key Bible Text:_ *"It was he who gave gifts to people; he appointed some to be apostles, others to be prophets, others to be evangelists, others to be pastors and teachers. He did this to prepare all God's people for the work of Christian service, in order to build up the body of Christ."* (Ephesians 4:11-12 (GNB)) _Bible Insight:_ Your spiritual growth is tied to your Pastor. The one responsible for your growth in Christ is your Pastor. You cannot read yourself to growth without a Pastor over you (Eph 4:11-12). You grow by proper feeding, the one responsible for feeding you is your Pastor (and those serving under him), so without a Pastor you can't grow properly. If we could feed ourselves to proper growth God wouldn't have given us Pastors to feed us. Your Pastor is called and commissioned to feed the lambs (Jn 21:15-17), feed the Church of God (Acts 20:28), the result is that we the congregation (lambs or sheep) will grow (1Pet 2:2). The writer of Hebrews had so much to teach but his audience couldn't contain it. He couldn't really pour out the much he had received from the Lord for the congregation. This resulted in stunted or no-growth for the Hebrew Christians. Hebrews 5:11-14 [11]Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing. [12]For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. [13]For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. [14]But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil. What this congregation did affects us today also. If they were receptive the author would have taught some things that we would have learnt today. But he didn't because his hearers couldn't receive it. _MEDITATION:_ *"Your inability to receive from your Pastor does not only affect you, it affects what the Pastor can let out and other people in the audience could suffer it too."* *#Kevin_Ashwe** *#Daily_Wisdom_for_living* *#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus* *#The_Rise_of_An_Army* *#Daily_Dew_Devotional* *#Hello_APRIL,2023* ❤ *#Guest_Message* 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 15/APRIL/2023* *DISCIPLESHIP LED GROWTH* (V) _Key Bible Text:_ *"But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet."* Acts 5:1-2 (KJV)) _Bible Insight:_ The story of Ananias and Sapphira's untimely, avoidable and unfortunate tragic death is one we must not forget in a hurry. We must actually take time to gather every lesson we can think of, each time we pore over that story. But rather than see death of a couple, there is one death we always need to see but fail to see if care is not taken. The challenge of discipleship as we have pointed out in this series is lack of ability to do away with Self or selfishness. Inability to bear with being vulnerable. However, while we hold on tightly and unwisely to this, we lose something else, which is the blessedness of the being accountable, responsible and discipleship ready! Christ himself was very accountable. First to His parents and later to His closest disciples. They ask questions and he answers. He was not un-questionable. Not once. That is the challenge. We don't like to be like that either for the disciple or the discipler. Discipleship is the death of lack of accountability and irresponsibility. When you brace up for the challenge of discipleship, you find out that you yield to being accountable. When you become accountable, you attract the blessing of being consistent in your growth strides in this journey of faith. Ananias and his wife died unnecessarily not because they lied. Actually they lied because they had not embraced accountability. Their lack of being accountable led to their lying. Actually, all they needed to say was, "we sold the land for so and so but please we kept back so and so to ourselves." Nobody would have faulted and even if in the unlikely event they were to be faulted, they would never have died unnecessarily because they had passed the test of accountability. If you are not ready to become accountable as a believer, you are not ready. Really. You cannot be a follower of Jesus, and not relinquish your right to being your own Lord and Master to yourself. Once you truly receive Jesus as Lord, you must learn to become submissive and accountable to spiritual oversight. _MEDITATION:_ *"If you struggle to yield to accountability checks, remember that Jesus who was equal with God, relinquished his right temporarily and became accountable to God the Father and God the Holy Spirit and even to his disciples. If Jesus can, why can't you?"* *#David_Joshua_Egbochuo* *#Daily_Wisdom_for_living* *#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus* *#The_Rise_of_An_Army* *#Daily_Dew_Devotional* *#Hello_APRIL,2023* ❤ 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 14/APRIL/2023* *DISCIPLESHIP LED GROWTH* (IV) _Key Bible Text:_ "Jesus drew near and said to them, *I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth. Go, then, to all peoples everywhere and make them my disciples: baptize them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and teach them to obey everything I have commanded you. And I will be with you always, to the end of the age."* Mark 28:18-20 _Bible Insight:_ *Go, then, to all peoples everywhere and make them my disciples* This is not a suggestion made by Jesus. It is the command for everyone who claims to follow Jesus. Making disciples is the whole essence and fabric of Christianity. Understanding this is very key. To truly follow the example of Christ is to embrace this command and work towards it. This was a pattern and example laid down by Christ. You will see how easily the first church continued almost like one big family, even as they were increasing in number. Acts 2:44-46 (KJV) captures the picture:- *"And all that believed were together, and had all things common; And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need. And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart"* This was the way the church started. Everyone was there for others. The idea of SELF was dealt with so badly, along with all that comes with selfishness. Discipleship means vulnerability, selflessness, oneness, and obviously, love and compassion. _MEDITATION:_ "Have you thought of discipleship as a subject seriously? Take a book on discipleship this month and read. Consider, Rediscovering Discipleship, by Robby Gallaty. Ask me for the PDF version if you need it. *#David_Joshua_Egbochuo* *#Daily_Wisdom_for_living* *#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus* *#The_Rise_of_An_Army* *#Daily_Dew_Devotional* *#Hello_APRIL,2023* ❤ 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...