*DAILY DEW 6/JULY/2022* *To Be Kind is the goal-- Not Nice* _Key Bible Text:_ *Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.* (Colossians 3:12-13 (KJV)) _Bible Insight:_ Too often nowadays, Christians have taken up the counterfeit version of that sentimental view of love that, of all things, Christians should be nice. Isn't Church about forgiveness? Are Christians not supposed to love others as God does......unconditionally? Well, God is not nice. He is ...............kind. Kind will cleanse a dirty wound. Kind will pour the Spirit on it. Kind will bind it up with the bond of perfection. Kind will give antibiotics and come to check in a few days if you are doing better. Nice? Nice will only pour water on the wound, and that is if you will allow, because methylated spirit will sting. Nice will ask you if you want your wound to be called a wound, and if you say you do not want it so called, because you feel it is just another opening.... Nice will call your wound a second mouth, or a spare nostril. Nice will tell you we have all had wounds, and to single out yours for treatment is hate. And even though it has mostly become a jocular statement, whosoever first said that *"Nice is not a fruit of the Spirit"* Must have been filled with the Spirit of God. God's love is patient. It waits. It forgives. It accommodates. It hopes. It confronts. It rebukes. It chastises. To insist on remaining as you are, is to refuse His love. For God's love is transforming. It is NOT nice. _MEDITATION:_ *"He accepts you as you are, but is passionately unwilling for you to remain the same. He will not insist, but to remain as you are you will have to resist Him."* *#Ebele_UzoPeters* *#Wednesday_wisdomforliving* *#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus* *#Year_of_Big_Favours* *#Daily_Dew_Devotional* *#Guest_Message* *#Hello_JULY* ❤ 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 29/JUNE/2022* *UNDERSTANDING PRINCIPLES OF THE KINGDOM:Seeds of Destiny* (VIII) _Key Bible Text:_ *"Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus."* (Philippians 4:6-7 (KJV)) _Bible Insight:_ _Types of seeds_ (Cont'd) 8. PRAYER IS A SEED. Prayer is a very important spiritual discipline. It is also a very powerful seed. Every investment in biblical praying is a worthy investment never to be regretted. When we sow the seeds of prayers, we reap a harvest of answers. We cannot love God and not imbibe the discipline of spending time in prayer. Matthew 21:22 (KJV) declares *"And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive."* Yet, there are certain examples we are given all through scripture of things to pray about:- James 5:14-15 (KJV) talks about sickness and prayers: *"Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him."* Jesus also taught us as follows: *"Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest."* (Matthew 9:37-38 (KJV)) We also taught to pray for all men, kings or presidents or leaders of nations etc: *"I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;"* Even as we can pray for all things that we need, it is important we also pray those things that the scriptures specifically asked us to pray for. And one that is lacking so much, is praying for the nations, for souls and for spiritual growth. When last did you pray for those who are not saved? When last did you pray towards missions and evangelism? How are you investing your prayers? _MEDITATION:_ *"After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen."* (Matthew 6:9-13 (KJV)) *#David_Joshua_Egbochuo* *#Wednesday_wisdomforliving* *#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus* *#Year_of_Big_Favours* *#Daily_Dew_Devotional* *#Guest_Message* *#Hello_June* ❤ (Culled from Evangelist K.C. Onyegbuna's Sunday's Message (19/06/22)) 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 22/JUNE/2022* *UNDERSTANDING PRINCIPLES OF THE KINGDOM:Seeds of Destiny* (IV) _Key Bible Text:_ *"A gentle response defuses anger, but a sharp tongue kindles a temper-fire. Knowledge flows like spring water from the wise; fools are leaky faucets, dripping nonsense. Kind words heal and help; cutting words wound and maim."* (Proverbs 15:1-2,4 (The Message)) _Bible Insight:_ Our focus will now be on non-obvious seeds that are critical in destiny determination _Types of seeds_ (Cont'd) 4. MY WORDS ARE SEEDS. Yes, your words are seeds! How are you sowing them? You could sow them right or you sow them wrong. It's a good idea to taste your words in your mind's mouth, before you dish it out for anyone else to hear. It is a great practice for every believer to heed this instructions:- *"Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man."* (Colossians 4:6 (KJV)) The seeds you plant in the lives of others can make or mar them. You can have great intentions but make a poor worrisome communication. You can have a godly advice but your delivery will be anything but Christlike. The seeds of the word that comes from your lips can also make or mar your own very life. Hence we are told:- *"Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they who indulge in it shall eat the fruit of it [for death or life]."* (Proverbs 18:21 (Amplified)) Dear farmer, how's your planting going? How is your reaping too? Whatever you have in your life today, is a result of seeds of Words, both yours and others (to the extent you have allowed them, whether good or bad). Words can make great beginnings, words can bring great things to an end. Check, every war has been a result of words, spoken and unspoken, written or unwritten, managed or ill-managed. Everything beautiful has also been rooted in beautiful words. Check the words you are planting in your life and the lives of those around you! _MEDITATION:_ *"Curses and blessings out of the same mouth! My friends, this can't go on. A spring doesn't gush fresh water one day and brackish the next, does it? Apple trees don't bear strawberries, do they? Raspberry bushes don't bear apples, do they? You're not going to dip into a polluted mud hole and get a cup of clear, cool water, are you?"* (James 3:10-12 (The Message)) *#David_Joshua_Egbochuo* *#Wednesday_wisdomforliving* *#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus* *#Year_of_Big_Favours* *#Daily_Dew_Devotional* *#Guest_Message* *#Hello_June* ❤ (Culled from Evangelist K.C. Onyegbuna's Sunday's Message (19/06/22)) 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 15/JUNE/2022* *You’ll Never Wish You Did Less* (II) _Key Bible Text:_ *Before daybreak the next morning, Jesus got up and went out to an isolated place to pray. Later Simon and the others went out to find him. When they found him, they said, "Everyone is looking for you." But Jesus replied, "We must go on to other towns as well, and I will preach to them, too. That is why I came." So he traveled throughout the region of Galilee, preaching in the synagogues and casting out demons.* (Mark 1:35-39 (NLT)) _Bible Insight:_ Unengaged, Unsent, Unreached That picture showed me a lot about a world I did not know. I had never heard the title “Bibleless peoples” either. I knew people who choose not to read a Bible, but I had never heard of the 210 million who might have a desire to read God’s word, but could not, because one did not exist in their language. And the “unengaged”? I knew of unbelievers, but I had no awareness of the groups in the world who are silently wasting away, waiting to hear about their sin and Savior. Presently, they have no church, agency, or Christian with a plan to get the gospel of Jesus Christ to them. I had never thought about the “unsent” either. I knew Christ commissioned his people as “sent ones” (John 17:18), but surely he meant something or someone else. I did not know how starved the world is for missionaries and yet how large, and largely unsent, the evangelical church remains. I did not know my future involved only two choices — send or be sent. But for those believers who do know of these peoples, we must ask a penetrating question, “Is it that you can’t do something, or that you won’t?” Most are unaware, but heaven forbid that the others are unmoved. _MEDITATION:_ *“210 million people cannot read the Bible because one does not exist in their language.”* What do you think about that? 🤔 Are you unmoved? 🥺 *#Andrew_Knight* *#Wednesday_wisdomforliving* *#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus* *#Year_of_Big_Favours* *#Daily_Dew_Devotional* *#Guest_Message* *#Hello_June* ❤ 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 8/JUNE/2022* *THE AWAKENING OF THE WATCHERS* _Key Bible Text:_ *“The time's coming when watchmen will call out from the hilltops of Ephraim: 'On your feet! Let's go to Zion, go to meet our GOD!"* (Jeremiah 31:6 (The Message)) _Bible Insight:_ Traditionally, the watchmen watch over the city. They are fort holders and fort keepers! They can also be likened to guards, or night or day or gate guards. They are in sense gate keepers. They ensure certain orders are preserved and peace and security maintained. They sacrifice their comfort for wellbeing of their jurisdiction (primary place of oversight responsibility) Corruption or defeat begins from the watchmen. When watchmen are bought over or overcome, taking over the city becomes a piece of cake or a walk over. (2Kings 18:8) Likewise, to strengthen or build up a city, setting up watchtowers and installing watchmen over them is a necessary step if the city must be rebuilt despite opposition. The above understanding, helps us as we see the context of today's key verse: *_I will build you up again, and you, Virgin Israel, will be rebuilt. Again you will take up your timbrels and go out to dance with the joyful. Again you will plant vineyards on the hills of Samaria; the farmers will plant them and enjoy their fruit. There will be a day when watchmen cry out on the hills of Ephraim, 'Come, let us go up to Zion, to the LORD our God.'" This is what the LORD says: "Sing with joy for Jacob; shout for the foremost of the nations. Make your praises heard, and say, 'LORD, save your people, the remnant of Israel.'_* (Jeremiah 31:4-7 (NIV)) For God to restore us, to build us up, there must come a day when the watchmen will awake again to their calling and responsibility. Today can and should be that day for you and I. We must not postpone it for God is ever ready. Waiting for the individual who will rise and say, *"Lord, I am ready to stand awake as your watchman in these last days"* _MEDITATION:_ *“And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone. And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If he be alone, there is tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, and drew near.”* (2 Samuel 18:24-25 (KJV)) *#David_Joshua_Egbochuo* *#Wednesday_wisdomforliving* *#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus* *#Year_of_Big_Favours* *#Daily_Dew_Devotional* *#Hello_June* ❤ 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...