12-05-2019, 11:51 AM
OUR DAILY MANNA DEVOTIONAL
DATE: THURSDAY 5TH DECEMBER, 2019
TOPIC: OUTDATED ITEMS!
BASIC SCRIPTURES: (JUDE 3; REVELATION 3:14-22)
A few short years ago, DVDs, cassettes and dozens of other items were so prominent and needed in our daily lives! But no more! Yet, as technology progresses, more and more items are becoming obsolete. It is only a matter of time before there will be no more need for things like hotel room keys and even shopping malls, etc.
Below is a list of more things that will soon be phased out from daily living:
1. Fax machines: Do people still send faxes?
With technology making it now possible to receive, sign and send documents et al through the computer, the fax machine is close to being another obsolete equipment in offices.
2. Car keys: Drivers can now lock and unlock their cars with the push of a button. With modern cars increasingly using key fobs and mini-remotes, car keys will soon be a thing of the past.
3. College textbooks: More and more schools are phasing out hard copies of books and bringing in digital textbooks.
Gone are the days of heavy backpacks and exorbitant textbook fees.
4. Classroom Chalkboards: While on the topic of education, the all-too-famous chalkboards (or blackboards) that were popular for my generation of students are being made obsolete by the whiteboard – but it will not be long before this is replaced by emerging smartboards. Wow!
5. Plastic shopping bags: In an effort to be more environmentally conscious, countries, states and cities across the globe are moving towards the ban of single-use plastic shopping bags, forcing consumers to bring their own reusable bags.
6. Business cards: The business card is speedily on its way out as companies and professionals turn to the digital world to make their information publicly available.
7. Paper maps: When was the last time you unfolded a paper map? Thanks to smartphones and Google maps.
8. Portable music players: It seems as if smartphones are replacing most single-use devices these days, including portable music players. There is no need to carry these gadgets around when you can just listen to your music and podcasts from your phone.
9. Print magazines: While diehards will always argue about the perks of physically reading a book or magazine, the truth is that print media is also on its way out. Many publications have ceased to exist while others are switching to digital subscriptions.
That is why even this publication ODM is now available in Soft Copy format – ODM MOBILE!
But the Holy Ghost wants you to know that as most things of the world are becoming OLD FASHIONED and are being PHASED OUT, the WORD OF GOD and HIS STANDARDS can NEVER BECOME OBSOLETE!
Jude 3 says that you should seek for the FAITH OF OLD – the faith that was once delivered to the saints.
You must determine to pursue the OLD TIME RELIGION! Refuse to become a MODERN CHRISTIAN who dilute the Word of God and lower standards of holiness, etc. The Bible doesn’t change; it changes us. If you disagree with something you read in Scripture, it’s not the Bible that needs to change it’s you. As the world is changing, refuse to change with them!
You must re-examine your opinions and change them in the light of God’s unchanging Word. If we pursue the OLD TIME. RELIGION, we shall see again the OLD TIME GOD AND OLD-TIME- RAW-POWER in action again. ODM is the best Christmas/New Year gift!
PRAYER POINTS: Take Song 1: Higher ground…
1. In your own words, pray about today’s word as led now.
2. Repent from being from being LUKEWARM like the LAODICEAN CHURCH (Revelation 3)!
THE BIBLE-IN-ONE-YEAR: (PHILIPPIANS 1-4)
BY: BISHOP (DR) CHRIS E KWAKPOVWE (CEK)PUBLISHER/AUTHOR AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Song 1: Higher Ground...
1. I’m pressing on the upward way,
New heights I’m gaining every day;
Still praying as I onward bound,
“Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.”
Refrain:
Lord, lift me up, and let me stand
By faith on Canaan’s tableland;
A higher plane than I have found,
Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.
2. My heart has no desire to stay
Where doubts arise and fears dismay;
Though some may dwell where these abound,
My prayer, my aim, is higher ground.
3. I want to live above the world,
Though Satan’s darts at me are hurled;
For faith has caught the joyful sound,
The song of saints on higher ground.
4. I want to scale the utmost height
And catch a gleam of glory bright;
But still I’ll pray till rest I’ve found,
“Lord, lead me on to higher ground.”
DATE: THURSDAY 5TH DECEMBER, 2019
TOPIC: OUTDATED ITEMS!
BASIC SCRIPTURES: (JUDE 3; REVELATION 3:14-22)
A few short years ago, DVDs, cassettes and dozens of other items were so prominent and needed in our daily lives! But no more! Yet, as technology progresses, more and more items are becoming obsolete. It is only a matter of time before there will be no more need for things like hotel room keys and even shopping malls, etc.
Below is a list of more things that will soon be phased out from daily living:
1. Fax machines: Do people still send faxes?
With technology making it now possible to receive, sign and send documents et al through the computer, the fax machine is close to being another obsolete equipment in offices.
2. Car keys: Drivers can now lock and unlock their cars with the push of a button. With modern cars increasingly using key fobs and mini-remotes, car keys will soon be a thing of the past.
3. College textbooks: More and more schools are phasing out hard copies of books and bringing in digital textbooks.
Gone are the days of heavy backpacks and exorbitant textbook fees.
4. Classroom Chalkboards: While on the topic of education, the all-too-famous chalkboards (or blackboards) that were popular for my generation of students are being made obsolete by the whiteboard – but it will not be long before this is replaced by emerging smartboards. Wow!
5. Plastic shopping bags: In an effort to be more environmentally conscious, countries, states and cities across the globe are moving towards the ban of single-use plastic shopping bags, forcing consumers to bring their own reusable bags.
6. Business cards: The business card is speedily on its way out as companies and professionals turn to the digital world to make their information publicly available.
7. Paper maps: When was the last time you unfolded a paper map? Thanks to smartphones and Google maps.
8. Portable music players: It seems as if smartphones are replacing most single-use devices these days, including portable music players. There is no need to carry these gadgets around when you can just listen to your music and podcasts from your phone.
9. Print magazines: While diehards will always argue about the perks of physically reading a book or magazine, the truth is that print media is also on its way out. Many publications have ceased to exist while others are switching to digital subscriptions.
That is why even this publication ODM is now available in Soft Copy format – ODM MOBILE!
But the Holy Ghost wants you to know that as most things of the world are becoming OLD FASHIONED and are being PHASED OUT, the WORD OF GOD and HIS STANDARDS can NEVER BECOME OBSOLETE!
Jude 3 says that you should seek for the FAITH OF OLD – the faith that was once delivered to the saints.
You must determine to pursue the OLD TIME RELIGION! Refuse to become a MODERN CHRISTIAN who dilute the Word of God and lower standards of holiness, etc. The Bible doesn’t change; it changes us. If you disagree with something you read in Scripture, it’s not the Bible that needs to change it’s you. As the world is changing, refuse to change with them!
You must re-examine your opinions and change them in the light of God’s unchanging Word. If we pursue the OLD TIME. RELIGION, we shall see again the OLD TIME GOD AND OLD-TIME- RAW-POWER in action again. ODM is the best Christmas/New Year gift!
PRAYER POINTS: Take Song 1: Higher ground…
1. In your own words, pray about today’s word as led now.
2. Repent from being from being LUKEWARM like the LAODICEAN CHURCH (Revelation 3)!
THE BIBLE-IN-ONE-YEAR: (PHILIPPIANS 1-4)
BY: BISHOP (DR) CHRIS E KWAKPOVWE (CEK)PUBLISHER/AUTHOR AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Song 1: Higher Ground...
1. I’m pressing on the upward way,
New heights I’m gaining every day;
Still praying as I onward bound,
“Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.”
Refrain:
Lord, lift me up, and let me stand
By faith on Canaan’s tableland;
A higher plane than I have found,
Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.
2. My heart has no desire to stay
Where doubts arise and fears dismay;
Though some may dwell where these abound,
My prayer, my aim, is higher ground.
3. I want to live above the world,
Though Satan’s darts at me are hurled;
For faith has caught the joyful sound,
The song of saints on higher ground.
4. I want to scale the utmost height
And catch a gleam of glory bright;
But still I’ll pray till rest I’ve found,
“Lord, lead me on to higher ground.”