DEEPER LIFE DAILY MANNA FOR TODAY
Daily Manna by Pastor Kumuyi 23rd March 2026, is a daily devotional sets out to provide spiritual nourishment for the believers who truly seek God and would walk closely with Him.
The Topic of Deeper Life Daily Manna Devotional for 23rd March 2026 Is “Love’s Failsafe Indicator”
Text: John 14:19-25 (KJV)
KEY VERSE: (John 14:21).
“He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.”
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DAILY MANNA FOR TODAY
Love has both an emotional and a rational factor. The media world more commonly portrays the brand of love driven by mere emotion or, worse still, unbridled animal passion. Sadly, many religious people seem to project the same erroneous idea of sheer sentimental love into their relationship with God. They reduce loving God to expressions of endearment during praise and worship.
It is true that God loves His creatures most tenderly and that He desires that they reciprocate by loving Him with heart, mind, soul and strength. Yet, Jesus’ words reveal, in plain language, that God’s perception of true love is far from the emotional overload, so celebrated by the world.
He reminds us that the practical proof of our love for God is the fact of our obedience to His word. Beyond the expressions of affection, there is the yielding of the heart, the bending of the will and, the deliberate effort to please the Almighty God in all things. Love is costly and yet does not count costs; true love is eager to please; that is its acid test.
The Lord Jesus is most qualified to teach on this subject. He demonstrated the highest form of love when He emptied Himself of divinity and died in our place. Jesus kept to the heavenly Father’s redemptive agenda even when the going was tough in the Garden of Gethsemane.
He, more than all, understood the costliness of genuine love. This contrasts very clearly with the love shown by people like Judas who are self-serving and hypocritical. He came as a friend to kiss the Lord; called Him Master yet betrayed Him to the murderous mob of haters.
We must not base our love for God on knee-jerk emotions or vested interests and personal advantage. If you cherish the Lord, then prove it by living for Him alone, giving implicit obedience to His word in little and great matters, valuing His friendship exclusively in public and private and, engaging in His service cheerfully.
The risen Christ asked Simon Peter repeatedly, “Lovest thou me?” until the import of the message sank in. As the songwriter puts it, “If you say you love the Saviour, In His word you’ll always live, if you say your sins are forgiven and gone, then, prove it by the life you live”.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
Love shines brighter in positive action than in the display of plumages.
THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Mark 1-3
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