CAC LIVING WATER - CHRISTIAN YOUTHS AND GODLY INSTRUCTION (1)

LIVING WATER DAILY DEVOTIONAL
CHRISTIAN YOUTHS AND GODLY INSTRUCTION (1)

11TH , AUGUST 2022 

- International Youth Day

 

EXTRA READING FOR TODAY:  Jeremiah 14-17

READ:  Proverbs 1:8-19

 

8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

9 For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:

13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:

14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:

15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:

16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

18 And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.

19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

 

 

MEMORISE:” Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.” -   Proverbs 12:1

 

EXPOSITION

  This topic is most relevant on this International Youth Day. Attitude determines altitude. Altitude means the height one can reach, whereas attitude is a mental position with regard to a fact or state. It is a state of readiness to respond to a stimulus, be it an object, concept, or situation. It is your disposition to a situation, and determines how you react to, or handle a matter, and goes a long way to determine the height you can reach.

         The time of youth is a period that is full of vigour, and great physical strength that can be harnessed for productivity and greatness. Youths, especially Christian youths, have the potentials to go places in line with their God-given purposes. Therefore, they must maintain godly attitudes to reach the height God purposes for them. God depends on them to cause great positive changes wherever they are located. They should put their God-given strength to use for God's glory and the devil's shame.

         The Bible says, *it is good for a man to bear the time in his youth* (Lam.3v27). Many young people today,  in their bid to reach for stardom, have ended up selling their souls to the devil. Some are members of one cult or the other, and they do not see any thing bad in doing rituals, even human sacrifice. What a depraved generation!

        There has never been a time the way of the devil is the way to the top or stardom. It only gives counterfeits greatness. Promotion, wealth and greatness are of the Lord (Deut.8v17-18; 28:1,2). Trust and obey Him; you will be great with no sorrow attached. Give yourself to godly instruction so that it may be well with you.

 

 

PRAYER POINT:

1. Lord, please help me to follow Your leading and godly instructions coming from those You place over me.

2. Holy Spirit, deliver me from the attitude of despising godly instructions.

3. O Lord, help our teeming youths to make good use of their youthful days.

 

DO HAVE A BLESSED DAY

 

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