WEDNESDAY MANNA 25 MARCH ‘26

Dr. Daniel O. C. | Mar 25, 2026

“BUILD YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD & WITH THE BRETHREN”

Saints of God Most High, hear God’s word for you today:

“Two are better than one, in that their cooperative efforts yield this advantage: if one of them falls, the other will help his partner up — woe to him who is alone when he falls and has no one to help him up” (Ecclesiastes 4:9-10).

Two are better than one, because they have a good and more satisfying reward for their labor; For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up!

True fellowship carries with it, a two-fold responsibility; one is towards God and the other towards our fellow men. The strength of our fellowship lies in God and can only be sustained by Him.

Our fellowship with God and His Spirit enables us to have the same mind with believers of similar precious faith. When there is a crack in our fellowship with the Spirit, it soon creates a gulf in our relationship with other believers.

Our prime responsibility therefore is to keep our relationship intact with the Lord. We must ensure we “Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption” (Ephesians 4:30).

Our sacred relationship with Him should be guarded jealously. To maintain this relationship, all forms of base passions must be kept at bay.

In his epistle to the Ephesian Christians, Apostle Paul said, “Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamour, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice” (Ephesians 4:31). We must not harbour hatred or malice against our fellow brother or sister. We should forgive and forbear.

The moment you begin to hate the brethren, you have broken the cord of fellowship. Another way to preserve true fellowship with the brethren is to be clothed with humility. “Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself” (Philippians 2:3).

Pride has its origin in Satan and it can easily destroy unity, togetherness and communion. When we exalt ourselves above others, keep or nurse the class spirit, we divide the body of Christ along the party spirit and quench the Spirit of God.

We must see ourselves as joint heirs of the grace of God. The inability to overlook minor offences weakens our fellowship and gives room or place to strife, debate, argument and all forms of confusion.

The Holy Scriptures also talk of vain glory. If after we have had a little breakthrough in prayer or ministry, we become inflated and full of ourselves, our fellowship with the brethren would be negatively affected. In lowliness and humility, let us prefer one another.

Selfishness or the craving for personal gains and advantage should be avoided. In fellowship, “Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others” (Philippians 2:4).

Do not say, “She is my wife, I cannot release her to go and visit the sick or participate in hospital ministry” etc. Or do not say, “I will not allow my husband to become ‘Father Charity’, giving out money to the needy.”

Beloved, let us foster fellowship by promoting good works among our brethren, for this is the will of God concerning us.

Shalom and good morning.

Dr. Daniel O. C.