DCLM Daily Manna – 20th October 2025 Devotional Message Written By Pastor W.F Kumuyi
Read DCLM Daily Manna – 20th October 2025, Monday Devotional Message.
TOPIC: The Sin of Ingratitude
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KEY VERSE:
“The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.” – (Acts 7:19).
SCRIPTURE READING: Acts 7:17-35 (KJV)
17 “As the time drew near for God to fulfill his promise to Abraham, the number of our people in Egypt had greatly increased. 18 Then ‘a new king, to whom Joseph meant nothing, came to power in Egypt.’[a] 19 He dealt treacherously with our people and oppressed our ancestors by forcing them to throw out their newborn babies so that they would die.
20 “At that time Moses was born, and he was no ordinary child.[b] For three months he was cared for by his family. 21 When he was placed outside, Pharaoh’s daughter took him and brought him up as her own son. 22 Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action.
23 “When Moses was forty years old, he decided to visit his own people, the Israelites. 24 He saw one of them being mistreated by an Egyptian, so he went to his defense and avenged him by killing the Egyptian. 25 Moses thought that his own people would realize that God was using him to rescue them, but they did not. 26 The next day Moses came upon two Israelites who were fighting. He tried to reconcile them by saying, ‘Men, you are brothers; why do you want to hurt each other?’
27 “But the man who was mistreating the other pushed Moses aside and said, ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us? 28 Are you thinking of killing me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’[c] 29 When Moses heard this, he fled to Midian, where he settled as a foreigner and had two sons.
30 “After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai. 31 When he saw this, he was amazed at the sight. As he went over to get a closer look, he heard the Lord say: 32 ‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.’[d] Moses trembled with fear and did not dare to look.
33 “Then the Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground. 34 I have indeed seen the oppression of my people in Egypt. I have heard their groaning and have come down to set them free. Now come, I will send you back to Egypt.’[e]
35 “This is the same Moses they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’ He was sent to be their ruler and deliverer by God himself, through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
DCLM Daily Manna – 20th October 2025 MESSAGE:
We live in a world where people hardly appreciate what God, governments, or other people have done for them. Ingratitude, firmly ingrained in society, according to Webster’s Dictionary, is forgetfulness of, or poor return for the kindness received. A preacher once noted that ingratitude is worse than revenge. Revenge is repaying evil with evil, while ingratitude is repayment of good with evil.
The ill-treatment of the children of Israel in Egypt is an act of ingratitude. Centuries earlier, God had used Joseph, an Israelite, to preserve the nation of Egypt from famine. In appreciation, Pharaoh permitted Joseph and his family to dwell in Goshen in Egypt. A new ruler, who knew not Joseph, appointed taskmasters over them until God delivered them. Paradoxically, these same children of Israel demonstrated ingratitude in their wilderness journey to Canaan. They took the mercy and material provision of God for granted. They murmured and grumbled against God and Moses at the slightest discomfort.
Christ raised a similar concern when only one out of ten lepers that He had healed returned to thank Him. In America, the fourth Thursday in November is observed nationally as Thanksgiving Day. Should gratitude be expressed only one day a year? But even this is better than most of the world, where instead of gratitude, the norm is to disregard God’s goodness, criticise governments and everyone else at will, and forget that the situation could have been worse. In families, more and more children are becoming unthankful to their parents. At the same time, many couples spend more time quarrelling over trivial matters instead of appreciating each other. There is a need for general repentance.
How can we become thankful? Count your blessings and remember the goodness of God in your life. Then, thank God for your family and friends, and the necessities of food, clothing, and shelter. Let’s learn to be thankful for the finished work of Christ at Calvary and the exceeding great promises in the Bible. Cultivate the habit of saying “thank you” for the services or benefits received from other people. In every situation, let us be thankful (1 Thessalonians 5:18).
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Gratitude is the gateway to more blessings.
THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Isaiah 61-66
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.
