DCLM daily manna 14th November 2022 devotional -- Strange Apparel

DCLM daily manna 14th November 2022 devotional — Strange Apparel
DCLM DAILY MANNA 14th November 2022 DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY BY PASTOR W.F KUMUYI — Strange Apparel
DEEPER LIFE DAILY MANNA DCLM 14th November 2022 BY PASTOR W.F KUMUYI — Strange Apparel
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DCLM DAILY MANNA 14 November 2022 DEVOTIONAL

DCLM Daily Manna Devotional for today By Pastor W.F Kumuyi – Strange Apparel
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It is advisable that you prayerfully and meditatively read the text first
TEXT: Zephaniah 1:7-18 (KJV)
7 Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord God: for the day of the Lord is at hand: for the Lord hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests.
8 And it shall come to pass in the day of the Lord’s sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king’s children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel.
9 In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit.
10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling from the second, and a great crashing from the hills.
11 Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.
12 And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The Lord will not do good, neither will he do evil.
13 Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof.
14 The great day of the Lord is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the Lord: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.
15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,
16 A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.
17 And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the Lord: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung.
18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord’s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
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KEY VERSE:
“And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD’S sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king’s children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel” (Zephaniah 1:8).
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DCLM DAILY MANNA 14th November 2022 DEVOTIONAL

MESSAGE:
A preacher said, “The customs and fashion of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which go and others come. Never in the history of fashion has so little material been raised so high to reveal so much that needs to be covered so badly.”
Zephaniah spoke of God’s judgment upon Judah during the early reign of the young king, Josiah. The reign of King Josiah’s father and grandfather had completely drained devotion to the Lord from the people. They had grown accustomed to strange and desperately wicked acts such as child sacrificing, worship of native gods of the land and putting on of scanty apparel. God promised to shut down Judah’s economic activities and allow their adversaries invade the land, killing many of them in the process.
Zephaniah was bold enough to condemn the sin of both great and small in the land. As God’s prophet, he decried the iniquity of a nation that was supposed to be a theocracy. Judah and Israel were fast losing their uniqueness in worship, business and even in dressing and comportment. They copied the culture and religion of the sinful and rebellious nations to the extent that some of them now believed God could neither do good nor evil.
Our present society is equally as bad. The world has permeated the Church. Outlandish dressing has been imbibed, not just by the ordinary members, but by some pastors’ wives and elders. Dresses that expose nakedness and stir up evil passions in the opposite gender attract the judgment of God. No matter how anyone may rationalise it, the story does not change if he or she does not follow God’s standard. He wants us to draw a line between what is scripturally acceptable and what is not.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
We can still be uncompromising in this evil world.
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MEDITATION:
DOES GOD CARE ABOUT OUR DRESSING STYLES AS CHRISTIANS?
Those that “are clothed with strange apparel” are grouped together with idol worshippers and will receive the same punishment, vv8,4-6. In an age when entertainment has entered into the church, believers must be watchful. Ungodly dressing is tantamount to idol worship
WHAT DOES STRANGE APPAREL MEAN?
1. The apparel is totally alien to the dressing pattern of God’s covenanted people.
2. It conforms more to the worldly fashion than to the word of God.
3. It appeals more to sensuality rather than true spirituality.
4. It is worn to attract others’ attention rather than pointing people to God.
5. The real godly people who loves the truth and hates the world sees it as inconsistent with the life of a godly person.
6. Seductive dresses are strange to holiness principle which is the most essential aspect of godliness.
7. Revealing dresses which exposes those part of the body created to be covered in the public.
8. It draws the simple away from God rather than challenge people to draw closer to God.
9. It is basically good for entertainment rather than worship of God.
10. It is inspired by the same demons that inspire idol worship and this make the punishment to be the same.
QUESTIONS
a. What are other characteristics of apparels that are strange or foreign to Christian consecration, culture and character?
b. Is there any of your apparel that is “strange” to biblical Christianity? Only repentance will save you from earthly and eternal judgement.
c. Will God lower His standard of holiness because of civilisation and attempt to please men?
All things may be lawful but not all things are necessarily pleasing to God
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DCLM DAILY MANNA 14 November 2022 DEVOTIONAL

PRAYER POINTS:
1. Ask God to forgive you of subtily compromising through “strange apparel”
2. Promise God to throw away all apparel that are questionable and conformable to worldly fashion
3. Ask for power and grace to be content with true Christian dressing
4. Pray that God will close the door against worldly dressings in your church
5. Pray that God will make you to set a godly standard for others to follow in Christian dressing.
HYMN:
DEEPER, DEEPER IN THE LOVE OF JESUS
1. Deeper, deeper in the love of Jesus
Daily let me go;
Higher, higher in the school of wisdom,
More of grace to know.
Refrain:
Oh, deeper yet, I pray,
And higher ev’ry day,
And wiser, blessed Lord,
In Thy precious, holy word.
2. Deeper, deeper! blessed Holy Spirit,
Take me deeper still,
Till my life is wholly lost in Jesus,
And His perfect will.
Refrain
3. Deeper, deeper! tho’ it cost hard trials,
Deeper let me go!
Rooted in the holy love of Jesus,
Let me fruitful grow.
Refrain
4. Deeper, higher, ev’ry day in Jesus,
Till all conflict past,
Finds me conqu’ror, and in His own image
Perfected at last.
Refrain
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