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DCLM Daily Manna Monday 12 June 2023 TOPIC: Blessing or Blaspheming? TEXT:  Job 1:13-22 (KJV) KEY VERSE: In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly. (Job 1:22) DCLM Daily Manna Monday MESSAGE When Satan completed his attack on Job by orchestrating the death of all his children after wiping out his businesses, he expected his victim to blaspheme and contradict the verdict of God that the man was “perfect and… upright… one that feareth God, and eschewed evil”; but this saint of old remained unmoved in his faith in God. Instead, he worshipped the Lord. Job was not privy to what or who was behind the strange and calamitous occurrences overwhelming him and his household. He was more concerned about proving God right by weighing his utterances and actions so they do not vindicate the devil. He was focused on preserving his spotless affinity with his God. The Bible says, “In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly”. Heaven-bound pilgrims being buffeted by evil pe

DCLM Daily Manna Sunday 11 June 2023 TOPIC: Striving Together TEXT:  Romans 15:23-30 (KJV) KEY VERSE: “Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me.” – (Romans 15:30) DCLM Daily Manna Sunday 11 June 2023 MESSAGE The evangelist is not fulfilled until he has striven in prayers and diligent work to bring his audience to the same spiritual podium with him. The preacher must make the converts understand that as they sincerely receive the Word, the Lord needs them to be supportive of the gospel work with their prayers and possessions. It is a two-way affair that frees the evangelist from stretching himself over the large spectrum of the ripe harvest field. Apostle Paul speaks of plans to go to meet the needy believers at Jerusalem, to whom he would deliver the liberal donations from the brethren at Macedonia and Achaia. He says that, having been perfectly taught the way of

DCLM Daily Manna Saturday 10 June 2023 TOPIC: Are You in That Number? TEXT:  1 Chronicles 9:14-22 (KJV) KEY VERSE: “All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.” (1 Chronicles 9:22) DCLM Daily Manna Saturday 10 June 2023 MESSAGE It is not uncommon to see people live in a compound community where they are unknown or noted for nothing positive. In the spiritual realm, some people are complacent, detached and unavailable for any contribution. They make themselves non-existent even though they are physically available. God takes the record daily and will require it at the end of time. Today’s passage is filled with a list of individuals and families that were assigned divine tasks with a detailed record of their faithfulness. A very exciting feature is where fathers and sons were addicted to God’s work as

DCLM Daily Manna Friday 9 June 2023  TOPIC:  Ready for The Ultimate? TEXT:  Job 14:14-22 (KJV) KEY VERSE “Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.”  (Job 14:20) DCLM Daily Manna Friday 9 June 2023 MESSAGE There is an appointment that you did not schedule but you must keep; a visitor that does not need your permission before he visits; a power that has no regard for status or stature, gender or achievement, but levels everyone up; a least expected but unavoidable guest. He enters without announcement but his departure is announced with uproar and “change of countenance”. Death is the ultimate event for every living soul. The reality of death and the certainty of judgment are the focus of our passage today. Death is appointed unto every man irrespective of whatever steps taken to avert or postpone it. Job was conscious of his current unworthy situation and did not want to end up that way. He weighed himself in the

DCLM Daily Manna Thursday 8 June 2023  TOPIC:  Can You Withstand This? TEXT:  Amos 3:1-8 (KJV) KEY VERSE “Can two walk together, except they be agreed?”  (Amos 3:3) DCLM Daily Manna Thursday 8 June 2023 MESSAGE A young man, John, had hoped that he would inherit his father’s business empire. People had even been fondly calling him CEO junior. Many envied him and wished that they were in his shoes but his father had become concerned with some character traits he had noticed in his son. Just out of curiosity, he decided to confirm his son’s paternity. Lo and behold, it was negative. The young man’s plans and expected benefits of ‘sonship’ suddenly evaporated. Amos equally revealed God’s controversy against the children of Israel. He had invested so much on the nation but was full of regrets. God was greatly disappointed and angry against Israel. What brought about this situation? Perhaps Israel had thought that being God’s favoured nation, He would pamper them and overlook their t

DCLM Daily Manna Wednesday 7 June 2023  TOPIC:  Acceptable Access Codes TEXT:  Micah 6:6-9 (KJV) KEY VERSE “He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?”  (Micah 6:8) DCLM Daily Manna Wednesday 7 June 2023 MESSAGE In any organisation or institution, people often consciously seek the favour of the leader for easy access to the good things he dispenses. Many of such attempts are manifested in the form of gifts, both in cash and kind, unquestionable obedience and visible show of loyalty and commitment. It is often believed that such actions will be beneficial to the giver in an undue way. Our passage for meditation today opens with a question from a seeker on what the Almighty would be pleased with as a gift for him to be acceptable and blessed. He even listed the common things used in his time to appease the deities! God’s response is spontaneous and very clear. He reminded t

DCLM Daily Manna Tuesday 6 June 2023 TOPIC: Godly Sincerity TEXT:  2 Corinthians 1:12-24 (KJV) KEY VERSE “For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.” (2 Corinthians 1:12) DCLM Daily Manna Tuesday 6 June 2023 MESSAGE Sincerity is an essential virtue of a genuine Christian. Salvation carries a total transformation of the fleshly and untoward character traits such as craftiness, hypocrisy, duplicity, self-conceit, violence, oppression, pride and other social and moral vices with it. A Christian’s behaviour is typified by godly sincerity and humility so that the preaching of the gospel is not hindered. Sincerity involves speaking the whole truth in love and humility, and living a life in line with the truth being professed. Apostle Paul pointed out the exemplary life he lived among the Corinthian breth

DCLM Daily Manna Monday 5 June 2023  TOPIC:  Prosperity and Protection TEXT:  Job 1:1-12 (KJV) KEY VERSE “Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.”  (Job 1:10) DCLM Daily Manna Monday 5 June 2023 MESSAGE Everyone desires prosperity and protection but only a few know the secret of such blessings. Many have sought affluence to the detriment of their souls. Yet others are so engrossed in riches and care less about the discipline and spiritual life of their household. Job enjoyed protection and unparalleled blessings from God. He was described as being extremely wealthy. Besides, the “man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil”. Job’s riches have divine imprint and backing. It was supported by God because of his righteousness and hatred for evil. He was not a cheat, an extortionist, oppressor or a haughty perso

DCLM Daily Manna Sunday 4 June 2023  TOPIC:  An Example To Follow READ: Romans 15:14-22 (KJV) KEY VERSE: “Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man’s foundation.” (Romans 15:20) DCLM Daily Manna Sunday 4 June 2023 MESSAGE When a course is noteworthy, people invest time, materials and money in it to profit maximally or succeed. Investing all in the course of propagating the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ is the most eternally rewarding venture anyone can ever undertake. Apostle Paul left a very imposing but highly replicable example for all believers in relentless preaching backed by the Spirit of God with signs and wonders as promised by Jesus Christ. Covering a large expanse of territory “from Jerusalem and round about unto Illyricum (a country now called Albania, covering a distance of about 1,000 miles), he determined to preach the gospel “not where Christ was named, lest [he] should build upon another man’

DCLM Daily Manna Saturday 3 June 2023  TOPIC:  Reckoning of His Own TEXT:  1 Chronicles 9:1-13 (KJV) KEY VERSE “And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.  (1 Chronicles 9:13) DCLM Daily Manna Saturday 3 June 2023 MESSAGE There is truth in the Victorian saying that, “The rich man in his castle, the poor man at his gate, God made them both”. He knows all His creatures and no one is hidden before Him. No matter the population of people in the world, God has the record of each individual. Assuredly, He knows where, who, what and how we are in our families, communities and places of work. Today’s passage enumerates individuals in Israel at that time according to their family background, experiences, residence, vocations and genealogy. While some, such as the children of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim and Manasseh dwell in Jerusalem, the capital city, others settled in

DCLM Daily Manna Friday 2 June 2023 TOPIC: Appreciate Our Vicarious Benefactor TEXT:  2 Corinthians 5:10-21 (KJV) KEY VERSE “For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.”  (2 Corinthians 5:15) DCLM Daily Manna Friday 2 June 2023 MESSAGE The story was told of a young man who hated his mother with passion and expressed disgust at seeing or identifying with her in public. He was ashamed that she had only one functioning eye. It was not until she died that he learnt that his mother had one eye because she donated it to him after he lost an eye in an accident when he was young. Of course, there was no time to make amends. He lived with the shame and sorrow all his life. Like the young man, many do not appreciate Jesus Christ for His sacrificial death to reconcile mankind to God. Contemptible, disdainful, half-hearted, hypocritical, cosmetic and mere lip service responses are unacceptable to the Lord. The only acceptabl

DCLM Daily Manna Thursday 1 June 2023 TOPIC: Maintaining Godly Pattern READ: 2 Chronicles 8:14-18 (KJV) KEY VERSE “And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate…”  (2 Chronicles 8:14) DCLM Daily Manna Thursday 1 June 2023 MESSAGE Every worthwhile venture follows a pattern in order to achieve set goals. God’s desire for the maintenance of pattern in service and worship, our lifestyle and daily living fills the whole Scripture. Even in setting up a Tabernacle in the wilderness, God prepared a model to be followed by His servant, Moses. The passage today shows Solomon’s complete adherence to the pattern of God’s service laid down by his late father, David. Although Solomon was a wise king, he did not introduce a strange, new, personalised, modernised or populist d

DCLM Daily Manna Wednesday 31 May 2023 TOPIC: Life of Purity READ: Numbers 19:11-22 (KJV) KEY VERSE: “But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of the LORD: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean.” (Numbers 19:20) MESSAGE: Revivalist, Smith Wigglesworth, once said, “Two things will get you to leap out of yourselves into the promises of God today. One is purity, and the other is faith, which is kindled more and more by purity. How great is the position of a man who is born of God, born of purity, born of faith, born of life, born of power!” This passage deals with the application of ashes for purification. It was one of the laws that were meant to prevent the defilement of the tabernacle; but like several Old Testament laws, it was ceremonial. However, it emphasises God’s hatred for pollution and uncleanliness. Anyone who touched a

DCLM Daily Manna Monday 30 May 2023  TOPIC:  The Winning Wisdom READ: Proverb 13:1-17 (KJV) KEY VERSE “The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.”  (Proverbs 13:14) DCLM Daily Manna Monday 30 May 2023 MESSAGE If there is any strand of truth that runs through the whole book of Proverbs, it is wisdom – its virtues and the peril of the neglect of it. To be sure, the wisdom spoken of here is not the worldly type that is carnal and devilish. It is wisdom from above. It emanates from the fear of God; it seeks His glory and the good of men. It produces only good fruits. The moral fragrance of such wisdom spreads through today’s text. For instance, it takes wisdom to heed sound parental instructions, control the tongue, exercise diligence and discretion, resist the get-rich-quick temptation, be humble and keep to God’s word. Truly wise people draw insight from God’s word as from a fountain that is not depletable. They derive such spiritual and moral

DCLM Daily Manna Monday 29 May 2023 TOPIC: Living by the Word READ: Psalm 119:17-24 (KJV) KEY VERSE: “Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word.” (Psalm 119:17) DCLM Daily Manna Monday 29 May 2023 MESSAGE The effort to defeat mortality by the elixir of life has been unsuccessful throughout human history. The ancient Greeks brought the idea of ambrosia, the food of the gods. They said if people ate it, they would live forever. Then the European alchemists of the Middle Ages worked feverishly for the Philosopher’s stone to offer human beings immortal life. They all crashed in their bid to sidestep death because it was outside the ordinance of God. Only those who seek His mercy and follow His laws shall have eternal life. That was the prayer of the psalmist. Recognising this truth, he pleaded, “Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word. Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law”. He harps on the la

DCLM Daily Manna Sunday 28 May 2023  TOPIC:  Praise Him, Praise Him TEXT:  Psalm 115:12-18 (KJV) 12 The Lord hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron. 13 He will bless them that fear the Lord, both small and great. 14 The Lord shall increase you more and more, you and your children. 15 Ye are blessed of the Lord which made heaven and earth. 16 The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord's: but the earth hath he given to the children of men. 17 The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into silence. 18 But we will bless the Lord from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the Lord. KEY VERSE “The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.”  (Psalm 115:17) DCLM Daily Manna Sunday 28 May 2023 MESSAGE Redeemed and righteous children of God engage in the twin activities of praising the Lord for His great works and in preaching the gospel in obedience to the great commis

DCLM Daily Manna Friday 26 May 2023  TOPIC: Does It Matter? TEXT:  Numbers 20:1-13 (KJV) KEY VERSE “And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod, he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also.” (Numbers 20:11) DCLM Daily Manna Friday 26 May 2023 MESSAGE Yes, it does matter a lot to God if we fail in any task He asks us to perform. He expects us to follow His brief all through without deviating. He expects a hundred per cent completion of any job He hands over to His servants, since on His part He will not fail to kit us with all we need to succeed. Moses, the man of God, had all it would take to get water from the rock at Kadesh to quench the thirst of millions of Israelites and their beasts. The Lord did not instruct him to use the rod He told him to carry. He was only to speak to the rock, “and it shall give forth his water”. But Moses, driven by anger due to the incontinence of the assembly, got into trouble a

DCLM Daily Manna Thursday 25 May 2023  TOPIC:  Light up The World TEXT:  1 Kings 18:1-16 (KJV) KEY VERSE  “And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly.”  (1 Kings 18:3) DCLM Daily Manna Thursday 25 May 2023 MESSAGE Behaviourists and sociologists agree to a large extent that the environment can greatly condition and impact the character of an individual and influence his personality. If the environment in which one life and functions is largely negative and corrupt, the likelihood is that it will produce negative and corrupt influences on such individuals. This accounts for the assertion of many people that it is impossible to have saints in a corrupt world. It confounds such theorists, therefore, to find saints who are truly uncorrupted by practices in the world. One such example is Obadiah in the courts of wicked Ahab. The Bible describes him as a man who feared the Lord greatly from his youth. Surprising is the fact that

DCLM Daily Manna Wednesday 24 May 2023 TOPIC: Where Has God Wronged You? TEXT:  Micah 6:1-5 (KJV) 6 Hear ye now what the Lord saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice. 2 Hear ye, O mountains, the Lord's controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the Lord hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel. 3 O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me. 4 For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. 5 O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the Lord. KEY VERSE “O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.” (Micah 6:3) DCLM Daily Manna Wednesday 24 May 2023 MESSAGE When people bec

DCLM Daily Manna Tuesday 23 May 2023 TOPIC:  Dangerous Self-Isolation TEXT:  Judges 18:22-31 (KJV) KEY VERSE: “And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Bethrehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein.” (Judges 18:28) DCLM Daily Manna Tuesday 23 May 2023 MESSAGE Man has been created to be interdependent. This is what John Donne meant when he said, “No man is an island!” No one or nation is self-sufficient. The practice of international relations is borne from the understanding that no nation, however, endowed, can survive without the support of other nations. In our text for today, we find the danger of a nation or individual trying to live in isolation of others. The marauding Danites came across the nation of Laish who thought themselves to live secure and in peace. They were far away from others and felt no need of external support. They also had no business dealings with others