August 27, 2020 – Double Destiny Global Outreach

DOUBLE DESTINY DAILY DEVOTIONAL

Thursday 27 August, 2020

Text:
Numbers 13:26-33

Topic:
WILL YOU BE AN AGENT OF BAD NEWS❓

Memory verse:
Numbers 13:32

Message:
An agent is one who acts for another. He could be a volunteer or a hired worker. We live in a world where almost every minute that passes, greets us with either good or bad news. Sometimes, both the bad and the good news come at the same time. The agents of these news, especially bad news, most times, do not know the negative effects of the news they spread.

They were sent to spy on a land that was flowing with milk and honey. They were expected to bring back good news; rather they brought back bad news. The ten spies in our text were agents of bad news. Believers should not be agents of bad news. The negative effects of the bad news they spread can be summarized as follows:

1. Bad news breaks the heart and weakens faith.

2. Bad news can kill instantly, ( Eg. Eli, the priest, and his daughter-in-law, died as a result of bad news, 1Sam. 4:19).

3. Bad news spreads farer and faster than epidemic.

4. Bad news can be more infectious than any malignant virus.

5. Bad news can be very destructive. It was bad news that made the son of Jonathan a cripple (2Sam. 4:4). When they heard of impending war, the servant while fleeing dropped him on the floor and he became permanently lame, and died a cripple even though blessed by God.

6. Bad news can be deceptive. Agents of bad news are discouragers, like the ten spies; agents of bad news always spread discouraging words.

Agents of bad news are sometimes sponsored by Satan to wreak havoc or used by men to achieve their selfish ends. Agents of bad news are heart breakers, like the servants of Job, “I only am escaped to tell thee….” Let’s not be agents of bad news. May we not be used by men or Satan to spread bad news! Rather than spread bad news, spread good news; spread God’s word and love.

CONTROLLING THOUGHT:
Resist the temptation of being used either by Satan or men to spread bad news.

PRAYER:
Lord, help me not to be agent of bad news. Amen.

BIBLE READING FOR THE YEAR:
1Kings 1-2; Matthew 6:1-18

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Pentecost day -The promised power

Text:
Act 1:4-8

TOPIC:
PENTECOST DAY-THE PROMISED POWER

Memory Verse:
Act 1:8

MESSAGE:
One of the biggest trade shows in the world is the annual Consumer Electronics Show hosted by the consumer Technology Association each year in Las Vegas. More than 180,000 people browse booths filled with the latest gadgets, tools, and toys put on display by hundred of vendors. The show in January of 2018 featured an unusual and unwelcome interruption – the electricity went out for more than two hours. Without power, none of the devices worked, no matter how advanced and how cutting edge they might be.

The Christian Life and our work for God depend on power, and that power does not come from us. The instruction that Jesus gave to His disciples was to not attempt to begin their work until they had received the promised power: “And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me” (Act 1:4) There are many sincere, dedicated, and devoted people who are not seeing the kind of result they want from their ministry because they are not operating in God’s power.

The Holy Spirit is given to every believer at the moment of salvation. But there is an ongoing process of allowing His Power to flow through us “And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the spirit” (Ephesians 5:18). There is no shortage of power on God’s part. His ” transmission lines” never go down. Ask Him to empower you today. This year’s Pentecost Day should mark another season of power encounter for you. Don’t miss it. The promise is also for you.

CONTROLLING THOUGHTS:
Effective work and ministry can only be accomplished through the power of the Holy Spirit on our lives.

PRAYER:
Lord, I don’t want to experience power failure, I need a fresh impartation,

BIBLE READING FOR THE YEAR:
Jeremiah 12-14; Matthew 22: 23-46