*DAILY DEW 14/DECEMBER/2023* *TAKING NATIONS FORCEFULLY* (VI) _Key Bible Text:_ *"For this very reason, adding your diligence [to the divine promises], employ every effort in exercising your faith to develop virtue (excellence, resolution, Christian energy), and in [exercising] virtue [develop] knowledge (intelligence)"* (2 Peter 1:5 (Amplified)) _Bible Insight:_ The force of dilligence is not negotiable. Spiritual dilligence is required for those that forcefully advance the kingdom. Those who lack diligence will be unable to stand the test of time. 2 Peter 1:5 (KJV says *"And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge"* and a list of other things that will ensure that *"an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ."* (2 Peter 1:11 (KJV)) This describes the pattern of force or violence needed. The narrow way & gate that describes the path of the kingdom, will be too much of a trouble for those who lack diligence. Why bother with a lonely, steepy, difficult and no nonsense narrow road or gate when there is a broad gate with a broad way that says come and remain as you are and don't ever be bothered with anything that does not make you happy? *"Go in through the narrow gate. The gate to destruction is wide, and the road that leads there is easy to follow. A lot of people go through that gate. But the gate to life is very narrow. The road that leads there is so hard to follow that only a few people find it."* (Matthew 7:13-14(CEV) When you face the kingdom with the force or violence of dilligence you will be rewarded in due course. Don't be discouraged. _MEDITATION:_ *But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.* (Hebrews 11:6 (KJV)) *#DavidJoshuaEgbochuo* *#Daily_Wisdom_for_living* *#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus* *#The_Rise_of_An_Army* *#Daily_Dew_Devotional* *#Hello_DECEMBER,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...