DCLM Daily Manna 10th July 2025 Devotional Message Written By Pastor W.F Kumuyi
Read DCLM Daily Manna Devotional 10th July 2025, Thursday Message.
TOPIC: There Is Hope
KEY VERSE:
“Saying, the Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.” – (Luke 24:34).
READ: Luke 24:13-35 (NIV)
13 Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles[a] from Jerusalem. 14 They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. 15 As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them; 16 but they were kept from recognizing him.
17 He asked them, “What are you discussing together as you walk along?”
They stood still, their faces downcast. 18 One of them, named Cleopas, asked him, “Are you the only one visiting Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?”
19 “What things?” he asked.
“About Jesus of Nazareth,” they replied. “He was a prophet, powerful in word and deed before God and all the people. 20 The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him; 21 but we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. And what is more, it is the third day since all this took place.
22 In addition, some of our women amazed us. They went to the tomb early this morning 23 but didn’t find his body. They came and told us that they had seen a vision of angels, who said he was alive. 24 Then some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but they did not see Jesus.”
25 He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken! 26 Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?” 27 And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.
28 As they approached the village to which they were going, Jesus continued on as if he were going farther. 29 But they urged him strongly, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening; the day is almost over.” So he went in to stay with them.
30 When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them. 31 Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight. 32 They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”
33 They got up and returned at once to Jerusalem. There they found the Eleven and those with them, assembled together 34 and saying, “It is true! The Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon.” 35 Then the two told what had happened on the way, and how Jesus was recognized by them when he broke the bread.
DCLM Daily Manna July 10, 2025 – MESSAGE:
In the Middle Ages, the sea route to India seemed impossible. It was often discussed in the great economic and political centres of Europe. They used to wonder whether there would be a route around the bottom tip of Africa to that rich land of spices. Many had tried, and all had failed. The tip of Africa had become known as the Cape of Storms.
Then, an explorer called Vasco da Gama decided he would try again. He succeeded. Ever since he returned to Lisbon, it could never be doubted again that it could be done. He proved that to use that treacherous way was not inevitably disastrous. The Cape of Storms eventually became known as the Cape of Good Hope.
It is something incredible that the dead should rise again. Science does not support this. When Christ became the first fruit of the resurrection, it shocked the world, including His disciples. When the news first broke, it sounded unbelievable. And from today’s text, Christ had to appear in person and expound Scriptures concerning His resurrection to two disciples on their way to Emmaus before they could believe.
As they sat at meat later that evening, Jesus took bread, blessed it, and broke it unto them. When their eyes were opened to recognise Him, he vanished out of their sight. In great excitement, the disciples walked back to Jerusalem to break the good news to their brethren.
Christ’s resurrection from death was not just novel but contrary to nature. His resurrection from death gives all who believe in Him hope. Ours is not just an empty religion, entirely of creeds and dogma. It is a way of life. The gospel of Christ saves to the utmost. It rekindles hope in humankind, already doomed and separated from God.
Just as the disciples ran back to Jerusalem in excitement, so should the joy of this great news propel us to the evangelism field. The gospel of Christ is called the good news. Christ’s death will not benefit the world if the news is not urgently and effectively disseminated. The gospel is not a secret to be kept, but a message to be shared.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: The news of Christ’s resurrection is of limited effect until believers spread the gospel far and near.
THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
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About Author – Pastor W.F. Kumuyi
Listed among “500 most powerful people on the planet” by the Foreign Policy magazine in 2013, Pastor (Dr.) William F. Kumuyi is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry (DCLM) headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. DCLM started in 1973 as a 15-member Bible study group right in Kumuyi’s apartment at University of Lagos where he was a lecturer. His revolutionary Bible teaching on personal holiness and commitment to evangelism soon gained so much traction and resulted in a widespread revival.