DCLM Daily Manna 26 May, 2018 by Pastor Kumuyi – Raising Goodly Children

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DCLM Daily Manna 26 May, 2018 by Pastor Kumuyi – Raising Goodly Children

Topic: Raising Goodly Children [DCLM Daily Manna Saturday May 26, 2018]

Text: Exodus 2:1-10 (KJV)

Key Verse: “And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months” (Exodus 2:2).

MESSAGE:

Many years ago, there lived in London, England, a master musician, who adopted a street urchin. Each day, the musician took the boy to his studio and taught him. Over the years, the boy grew to become a genius in music. He made his first operatic appearance at the age of twenty-one. Music lovers within the country came to see him play. The master musician said to the young man, “Son, do not pay any attention to the people. Fix your eyes on me.” Each time he played, the crowd went wild with enthusiasm, women threw bouquets at his feet; but he failed to notice them. His eyes were fixed on the old master who was standing on the top gallery.

Moses was born at a troublous time in the history of the Israelites. His parents found him a goodly child and hid him three months from Pharaoh’s rampaging army. At three months, when they could not hide him any longer, they put him by the river’s brink and set his sister to watch. Through divine arrangement, he was adopted by Pharaoh’s daughter but trained by his parents to fulfil the purpose of his life as the eventual deliverer of Israel.

It is never the will of God for Christian parents to have ungodly children. From an early age, there is need to teach our children that the Christian life should be lived as though they are in a race which must be won at all cost. Let every conversation endear them to holiness which qualifies for heaven.

The master musician in our introductory story, instructed the young musician to focus on him and not on the public. Christian parents should point their children to Jesus. “Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith…” (Hebrews 12:2).

Thought For The Day: It is better to have the womb shut than raise ungodly, vagabond children.

Bible Reading in One Year: Psalms 131; 138- 139; 143-145

If you missed yesterday devotional, please click to read “Deeper Christian Life Ministry, DCLM Daily Manna HERE

DCLM Daily Manna was written by Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi; is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church situated at KM 42 on the busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria.

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Lord Jesus, come into my life. I accept You as my Lord and Personal Saviour. I believe in my heart You died and rose from the dead to save me. Thank You Lord for saving me, in Jesus name Amen.

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Seeds of Destiny 26 May 2018 by Pastor Paul Enenche: Living In The Fear Of God

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Seeds of Destiny 26 May 2018 by Pastor Paul Enenche: Living In The Fear Of God

Topic: Living In The Fear Of God [Seeds of Destiny Saturday May 26, 2018]

Scripture: The fear of the Lord tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil. Proverb 19:23

Thought For The Day: Whatever makes you guilty makes you vulnerable to evil.

Our anchor Scripture makes it clear that the fear of God brings satisfaction in life. The fear of God also makes a person escape evil.

Job is a practical example of someone who feared God; he was perfect in all his ways, and as a result of his fear for God, God made a hedge of protection around him (Job 1:10). This means, the fear of the Lord is a shield against the visitation of evil; the fear of the Lord establishes a Divine shield of protection around a person.

Now, what happens where the fear of the Lord is absent? Two things are imminent:

1. The Absence of the fear of the LORD is the violation of the conscience
It is the absence of the fear of the Lord that establishes a person in a life of guilt. And, whatever makes you guilty makes you vulnerable to evil.

2. The Absence of the fear of God makes people to hurt others without feeling
When the fear of God is absent, someone can hurt their wife, husband, sister, colleagues, etc. without feelings. The absence of the fear of God is the reason people defraud and injure others without human feelings. Where a person exists like that, he is vulnerable to destruction. Judas Iscariot, Achan and Absalom, all died because of the absence of the fear of God in their lives.

Beloved, my counsel is, ensure your conscience remains healthy; live perpetually in the fear of God.

Remember this: Whatever makes you guilty makes you vulnerable to evil.

Assignments:
1. Maintain a conscience void of sin, guilt and offence.
2. Do not hurt or defraud people.
3. Live permanently in the fear of God.

Prayer: I receive the grace to live in Your fear in order to maintain a conscience void of sin, LORD, in Jesus’ Name

For Further Understanding, Get This Message: Destiny Capsule (Part 4).

Daily Bible Reading: 2 Samuel 9:1 to 11:27, John 15:1 to 27, Psalm 119:49 to 64, Proverbs 16:1 to 3

Amazing Fact: When light passes through different substances, it slows down and bends (refraction). This is how a lens can focus beams onto a single point and fry an ant.

Today In History: 26/05/1956 – The first trailer bank opens for business in Locust Grove, Long Island, New York. The 46-foot-long trailer took in $100,000 in deposits its first day.

Quote: Any step taken outside God is a step into disaster. Culled from 21 FOOLISH THINGS PEOPLE DO by Dr Paul Enenche.

Don’t Forget To Attend: The six over-flooded services tomorrow by 6:00am, 7:20am, 8:40am, 10:00am, 11:20 am &12:40pm.

“If you missed yesterday devotional, please click to read Seeds of Destiny by Pastor Paul Enenche“

Today’s devotional was written by Pastor Paul Enenche of the Dunamis International Gospel Centre (DIGC), headquartered at Abuja, Nigeria, with Pastor Paul and Becky Enenche, as the Senior Pastors. It is a power-packed arena where God’s Presence, Principles and Power are at work for the salvation, healing and restoration of human destinies and dignities

Flatimes Notice Board: Until you are born again, God ever abiding presence will never be with you. You must be born again to enjoy continuous victory. Please say the displayed prayer below in faith:

Lord Jesus, come into my life. I accept You as my Lord and Personal Saviour. I believe in my heart You died and rose from the dead to save me. Thank You Lord for saving me, in Jesus name Amen.

If you just prayed the prayer of salvation online please send your testimonies and prayer request to [email protected], 07026385437 OR 08141320204.

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Mocking ‘Holy Laughter’ Is Blasphemous, Pastor Rodney Howard-Browne Warns

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Mocking ‘Holy Laughter’ Is Blasphemous, Pastor Rodney Howard-Browne Warns

(Photo: Facebook)Rodney Howard-Browne, of Revival International Ministries believes it is blasphemous to make fun of holy laughter.

Pastor Rodney Howard-Browne of Revival International Ministries who was seen praying for President Donald Trump with other ministers in a viral photo he shared on social media last summer, is now warning that those who dismiss the “holy laughter” as ungodly are blaspheming against the Holy Spirit.

“Holy laughter” is described by the Got Questions ministry as “a phenomenon during which a person laughs uncontrollably, presumably as a result of being filled with the Holy Spirit’s joy.”

In a recent appearance on Sheila Zilinsky’s podcast, Howard-Browne issued the warning after he was asked how he dealt with those who criticized the laughing portion of his ministry.

“That’s a full-blown attack on the Holy Spirit,” he said. “I’m telling you right now, they’re blaspheming the Holy Ghost. Jesus said, ‘Whatever is said against me will be forgiven, whatever is said against my Father will be forgiven, but whatever is said against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven, not in this world or the world to come.'”

He further noted that he felt sorry for people who try to attribute the work of the Holy Spirit to demons.

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Explosion at Indian Restaurant in Canada Wounds 15 People

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Explosion at Indian Restaurant in Canada Wounds 15 People

Investigators were seeking two suspects Friday after an explosion caused by a homemade bomb ripped through an Indian restaurant at a mall in the Toronto suburb of Mississauga, wounding 15 people, Canadian police said.

Police said two people with their faces covered to conceal their identity entered the Bombay Bhel restaurant late Thursday, dropped the improvised explosive device and fled. Peel Regional Sergeant Matt Bertram said an object resembling a pail or paint can was carried by one of the suspects in his hand into the crowded restaurant where children were present.

“There is no indication that this is a terrorism act. There is no indication that this is a hate crime at this time. We haven’t ruled anything out as we start our investigation,” said Peel Regional Police Chief Jennifer Evans.

“Every police resource is being used right now to locate the people responsible for this horrendous act.”

Peel police said Friday all the injured have been released from the hospital. Officials initially said three Indian-Canadians suffered critical injuries and were being treated while the remaining 12 victims suffered what Evans described as minor and superficial injuries. The ages of the injured range from 23 to 69. Children under the age of 10 were present but were not hurt.

The explosion happened just after 10:30 p.m. on Thursday, and the plaza where the restaurant is located was still sealed off on Friday. Television footage showed an injured woman limping away from the restaurant.

“Nothing was said by these individuals,” Bertram said. “It appears they just went in,…

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What’s Changing Under New EU Data Privacy Rules

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What’s Changing Under New EU Data Privacy Rules

Europe’s new data and privacy rules take effect Friday, clarifying individual rights to the personal data collected by companies around the world for targeted advertising and other purposes.

Years in the making, the rules are prompting companies to rewrite their privacy policies and in some cases, apply the European Union’s tougher standards even in the U.S. and other regions where privacy laws are weak. Although they take effect as Facebook faces an enormous privacy crisis , that timing is largely coincidental.

Not much will change for you, at least right away; companies will keep on collecting and analyzing personal data from your phone, the apps you use and the sites you visit. The big difference is that now, the companies will have to justify why they’re collecting and using that information. And they’re prevented from using data for a different purpose later.

So now companies have been flooding their users with notices that aim to better explain their practices and the privacy choices they offer. EU regulators have new powers to go after companies that get too grabby or that don’t tell you clearly what they’re doing with your data.

Here’s a look at what the rules say and what they mean for consumers in the EU and elsewhere.

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THE BIG DEAL WITH MAY 25

That’s when the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation takes effect. Instead of separate rules in separate nations across Europe, there’s now a single set for the entire EU.

The new rules apply to all users in the 28-nation EU, regardless of where the companies collecting, analyzing and using their data are…

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Venezuela’s Former Oil Czar Sees Economic Collapse Accelerating

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Venezuela’s Former Oil Czar Sees Economic Collapse Accelerating

Venezuela’s former oil czar said crude production in the OPEC nation will continue to plummet in the aftermath of President Nicolas Maduro’s re-election, as the embattled socialist leader takes the country down an increasingly authoritarian path that scares off private investment and leads to more international sanctions against his government.

In a rare interview, Rafael Ramirez on Friday blasted Maduro, saying that in the wake of his recent victory he has showed no signs of reversing policies blamed for hyperinflation and widespread shortages.

“The demons have been unleashed,” Ramirez, who went into exile after a bitter split last year with Maduro, said in a phone interview from an undisclosed location. “Maduro keeps insisting on the same rhetoric, taking no responsibility for his own actions.”

Maduro coasted to another six-year term in an election Sunday that was boycotted by the biggest opposition parties and condemned as rigged in his favor by several foreign governments. The Trump administration responded by tightening sanctions on the government, making it tougher for state-run oil giant PDVSA to raise badly-needed cash to pay off creditors and jumpstart production.

Ramirez, who headed the oil industry for a decade until 2014, said a purge that started last year and has led to the arrest of more than 80 PDVSA managers, including its president, as well as the arrest last month of two managers at Chevron, has paralyzed oil production.

Since Ramirez was removed from his dual post as Energy Minister and PDVSA boss in 2014, production has tumbled almost 40 percent, to…

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One Coptic Mother’s Agony at Trauma of Son Who Saw Islamists Kill His Father

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One Coptic Mother’s Agony at Trauma of Son Who Saw Islamists Kill His Father


One Coptic Mother’s Agony at Trauma of Son Who Saw Islamists Kill His Father


On 26 May 2017 a convoy of Copts was travelling to the Monastery of St. Samuel in Minya, 170 miles (270km) south of Cairo, to celebrate Ascension Day. Among them were Ayad and his sons, Marco (14) and Mina (10).


“I remember it was a very hot day, so my husband and two sons left early for work in the monastery. They were working on the church bells there,” remembers 42-year-old mother-of-four, Hanaa.


Their convoy was stopped on the desert road by eight to ten gunmen. They ordered the Copt men to give up their valuables, then all, who would not confess Islam, were shot. The boys were spared “to tell the story”.


“I was having breakfast with my daughters when the phone rang,” Hanaa continues. “It was my son calling from his father’s phone. He was crying. He told me they had been attacked and that his father was in a critical condition.”


“I went as soon as I could, together with some family. The ambulance was late, so my nephew Ehab put Ayad in the back of his minivan. My husband was soaked in blood, it was a terrible sight. On the way to hospital Ayad was transferred to the ambulance, but it was too late: he died on the way.”


Hanaa’s grief was immeasurably deep. But, she said, “along the way God comforted me through the many visits of priests and people who stood with me.”


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JD Greear Calls on SBC to Better Include Women in Leadership, Recommit to Exposing Abuse

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JD Greear Calls on SBC to Better Include Women in Leadership, Recommit to Exposing Abuse

(Photo: The Summit Church/Screengrab)J.D. Greear, pastor at The Summit Church in Durham, North Carolina, preaches in December 2016.

The Southern Baptist Convention needs to include more women and minorities in its leadership, said Pastor J.D. Greear, who is a nominee for SBC president this year.

In a Facebook live video posted Thursday afternoon, Greear explained that he had a few things on his heart that he felt needed to be addressed by the nation’s largest Protestant denomination.

Greear, who leads Summit Church in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, said in the video that while “our doctrine and our mission are solid,” he felt the SBC needed to either commit or recommit to doing a list of things.

Among them, argued Greear, was the status of women and minorities in the SBC, which he believed needed to be more proportionately represented in leadership.

“Our failure to listen to and honor women and racial minorities and our failure to include them in proportionate measures at top leadership roles have hindered our ability to see sin and injustice and call it out,” said Greear.

“It’s not that we need a charitably invite them to the table as if we’re sharing something, we need them, because God has gifted them with a wisdom, because of their experiences that we have been…

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Two Injured in Indiana Middle School Shooting, Suspect in Custody

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Two Injured in Indiana Middle School Shooting, Suspect in Custody


Two Injured in Indiana Middle School Shooting, Suspect in Custody


A male student who is suspected in a shooting at Noblesville West Middle School in Indiana has been taken into custody.


Authorities said Friday that the student was detained after a call was made of an active shooter. He has not been identified to the media.


Noblesville Police Department Chief Kevin Jowitt said two people were injured, including a teacher and another student. The two were taken to a hospital and their families have been notified.


Jowitt said there are no more threats to the Indiana middle school but there was a threat targeting the Noblesville High School, where middle school students were taken after the events of this morning.


He said police were on site at the high school. The FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were also on scene investigating.


According to Fox 59, the male student suspected of the shooting walked into a science classroom with a gun and opened fire. He hit a female student before a teacher was able to “swat” the gun from the shooter.


Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb, who was returning from a Europe trip today, said he was being updated on the situation.


“Our thoughts are with all those affected by this horrible situation,” Holcomb said.


The Indiana State Teachers Association also released a statement Friday saying, “When is enough, enough?”


“This national crisis has landed in our backyard….

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Pastor Shares How to Identify a Prosperity Gospel Church

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Pastor Shares How to Identify a Prosperity Gospel Church

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While there are numerous prosperity gospel churches around the world, they don’t advertise themselves as one. But one pastor is offering some guidance on how to tell if a church promotes the “health and wealth” gospel.

Tim Challies, a pastor at Grace Fellowship Church in Canada and an author, cited Kate Bowler’s book, Blessed, to compile his list and the first thing people should watch out for, he said, is the church’s name.

“Words like ‘victory,’ ‘abundant,’ or ‘conquerors’ provide what may be key information,” Challies wrote in his blog.

During church services, people can also determine whether the language used emphasizes “their core conviction that faith is the instrument through which believers attain their desires.” Key phrases that may be used include “releasing your faith,” “speaking your faith,” or “believing God for” things.

A church’s website is another place one can gain clues as to whether the church may be a prosperity gospel one. Challies noted that if a website “prominently features the pastor,” that may be an indication that it’s part of the prosperity gospel movement.

“Prosperity churches tend to align their identity with their senior pastor,” Challies said, noting that “71 percent of American prosperity megachurches use the image of the…

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