The Daily Fountain Devotional of the Church Of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) 10 August 2026 – Call To Sanctification
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TOPIC: Call To Sanctification
READ: 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12
1 As for other matters, brothers and sisters, we instructed you how to live in order to please God, as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and more.
2 For you know what instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.
3 It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality;
4 that each of you should learn to control your own body[a] in a way that is holy and honorable,
5 not in passionate lust like the pagans, who do not know God;
6 and that in this matter no one should wrong or take advantage of a brother or sister.[b] The Lord will punish all those who commit such sins, as we told you and warned you before.
7 For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life.
8 Therefore, anyone who rejects this instruction does not reject a human being but God, the very God who gives you his Holy Spirit.
9 Now about your love for one another we do not need to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love each other.
10 And in fact, you do love all of God’s family throughout Macedonia. Yet we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more, 11 and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands, just as we told you,
12 so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.
THE MESSAGE:
In our text, Apostle Paul instructed the Thessalonian Church on the need to walk and please the Lord in holiness. In view of their union with God, he made them know that it is the will of God that they be sanctified by separating themselves from profane things and being absolutely dedicated to God. They were to abstain from sexual immorality and should know how to control their body in holiness and honour (verses 3-4).
Beloved, we are called unto a life of holiness, purity and righteousness in Christ. Therefore, the need for us to be faithful to God in this age which is filled with compromise cannot be over-emphasised. Christ is coming for a blameless and spotless Church (Ephesians 5:27) that will bring Him glory and honour. As Christians, we must make every effort to do away with habits and lifestyles that are profane. Instead, we must live a life of sanctification, being sold out completely to God. This is the will of God for us. Let us shun every form of unrighteous and ungodly lifestyle and present our lives as a living sacrifice unto God.
PRAYER: Dear Father, I offer my life unto You as a sweet-smelling savour; may it bring glory to You and You alone. Amen.
