04-08-2019, 09:37 AM
OUR DAILY MANNA DEVOTIONAL*
_A DEVOTIONAL BOOKLET FOR CHAMPIONS_
*DATE: MONDAY 8TH APRIL, 2019*
*TOPIC: HE WAS DRIVEN FROM A CHURCH! LORD, MAKE ME A DISCIPLE!*
*BASIC SCRIPTURE: GALATIANS 6:11-18*
Mahatma Gandhi’s rejection of Christianity grew out of an experience he had in South Africa. After reading the Bible and the life of Jesus, he was eager to explore how to become a Christian. He decided thus to attend a church service. When he reached the door, the church elder asked “where do you think you are going, *_kaffir..._* There is no room for *_kaffirs_* in this church. Get out of here or I’ll have my assistants throw you down the steps”. (The word, *_“KAFFIR”_* is used by South Africans. It is derogatory and is usually expressed to insult black Africans or black Indians).
Before this event, Gandhi had admired the life of Christ as an epitome of love, unity, etc. What was the basis therefore of Gandhi’s hate for Christians? They were so unlike Christ! WHO WILL REJECT CHRIST NEXT BECAUSE OF YOUR LIFESTYLE? *If He is not LORD of ALL, He is not LORD at all. “It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching”* (Francis of Assisi). What can you not give up for the One who loved you and took you from the MIRY CLAY into GRACE LAND by His EXPENSIVE BLOOD? What a cost!
Dietrich Bonhoeffer noted in his book, “COST OF DISCIPLESHIP”: *“Grace at a low cost; is in the last resort simply a new law, which brings neither help nor freedom.”* Again another wise man penned: *The earthly form of Christ is the form that died on the cross. The image of God is the image of Christ crucified. It is to this image that the life of the disciples must be conformed; in other words, they must be conformed to His death* (Phil 3:10,Rom 6:4). The Christian life is a life of crucifixion (Galatians 2.19). In baptism, the form of Christ’s death is impressed upon His own.
They are dead to the flesh and to sin, they are dead to the world, and the world is dead to them (Galatians 6:14). *When Gandhi was sent back from that church, CHRIST WAS CRUCIFIED A SECOND TIME by those lips that told him: “Where do you think you are going, _kaffir_….* There is no room for _kaffirs_ in this church. Get out of here or I’ll have my assistants throw you down the steps”. Always ask: WHAT WOULD JESUS DO (WWJD) in every situation, then go and do likewise! Winners always cry in their prayer life: Lord, make me a disciple! Pray seriously now!
*ODM MOBILE APP IN 8 LANGUAGES IS OUT! It contains ODM in 8 international languages and it has “War Against Haman-14” and CHILDREN ODM! IT ALSO HAS ODM IN AUDIO and LOTS MORE! Wow! Satan is in trouble! It is a new beginning!* Go to google Play Store and download the *“ODM MOBILE”* APP now!
*PRAYER POINTS:* Take your best song of worship to God.
1. In your own words, pray about today’s word as led now!
2 LORD, turn me into Your STORY TO GLORY LAND!
3. I decree: I refuse a life that can only be described in three words: A CONFUSED PARABLE!
*THE BIBLE-IN-ONE-YEAR: 2KINGS 7-10*
*BY BISHOP (DR) CHRIS KWAKPOVWE (CEK)*
_PUBLISHER/AUTHOR AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF_
_A DEVOTIONAL BOOKLET FOR CHAMPIONS_
*DATE: MONDAY 8TH APRIL, 2019*
*TOPIC: HE WAS DRIVEN FROM A CHURCH! LORD, MAKE ME A DISCIPLE!*
*BASIC SCRIPTURE: GALATIANS 6:11-18*
Mahatma Gandhi’s rejection of Christianity grew out of an experience he had in South Africa. After reading the Bible and the life of Jesus, he was eager to explore how to become a Christian. He decided thus to attend a church service. When he reached the door, the church elder asked “where do you think you are going, *_kaffir..._* There is no room for *_kaffirs_* in this church. Get out of here or I’ll have my assistants throw you down the steps”. (The word, *_“KAFFIR”_* is used by South Africans. It is derogatory and is usually expressed to insult black Africans or black Indians).
Before this event, Gandhi had admired the life of Christ as an epitome of love, unity, etc. What was the basis therefore of Gandhi’s hate for Christians? They were so unlike Christ! WHO WILL REJECT CHRIST NEXT BECAUSE OF YOUR LIFESTYLE? *If He is not LORD of ALL, He is not LORD at all. “It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching”* (Francis of Assisi). What can you not give up for the One who loved you and took you from the MIRY CLAY into GRACE LAND by His EXPENSIVE BLOOD? What a cost!
Dietrich Bonhoeffer noted in his book, “COST OF DISCIPLESHIP”: *“Grace at a low cost; is in the last resort simply a new law, which brings neither help nor freedom.”* Again another wise man penned: *The earthly form of Christ is the form that died on the cross. The image of God is the image of Christ crucified. It is to this image that the life of the disciples must be conformed; in other words, they must be conformed to His death* (Phil 3:10,Rom 6:4). The Christian life is a life of crucifixion (Galatians 2.19). In baptism, the form of Christ’s death is impressed upon His own.
They are dead to the flesh and to sin, they are dead to the world, and the world is dead to them (Galatians 6:14). *When Gandhi was sent back from that church, CHRIST WAS CRUCIFIED A SECOND TIME by those lips that told him: “Where do you think you are going, _kaffir_….* There is no room for _kaffirs_ in this church. Get out of here or I’ll have my assistants throw you down the steps”. Always ask: WHAT WOULD JESUS DO (WWJD) in every situation, then go and do likewise! Winners always cry in their prayer life: Lord, make me a disciple! Pray seriously now!
*ODM MOBILE APP IN 8 LANGUAGES IS OUT! It contains ODM in 8 international languages and it has “War Against Haman-14” and CHILDREN ODM! IT ALSO HAS ODM IN AUDIO and LOTS MORE! Wow! Satan is in trouble! It is a new beginning!* Go to google Play Store and download the *“ODM MOBILE”* APP now!
*PRAYER POINTS:* Take your best song of worship to God.
1. In your own words, pray about today’s word as led now!
2 LORD, turn me into Your STORY TO GLORY LAND!
3. I decree: I refuse a life that can only be described in three words: A CONFUSED PARABLE!
*THE BIBLE-IN-ONE-YEAR: 2KINGS 7-10*
*BY BISHOP (DR) CHRIS KWAKPOVWE (CEK)*
_PUBLISHER/AUTHOR AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF_