Good evening, brethren. 1. Evening devotion for today. i. *DAILY WALK WITH CHRIST* (COCIN DEVOTIONAL) *DATE:* FRIDAY 10TH APRIL, 2026. *SUB-THEME:* THE CROSS: CULMINATION OF GRACE. *TOPIC:* THE CROSS ASSURES VICTORY. *TEXT:* 1 CORINTHIANS 15:54-57. 54. When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.” 55. “Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” 56. The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. *TOPIC:* THE CROSS ASSURES VICTORY. *THE MESSAGE:* In today's reading, Paul reiterates that death is the consequences of sin. However, Christ's death and resurrection broke the power of sin and death, fulfilling the law and offering believers freedom and eternal life. This is a gift from God through Christ, the core message of the Gospel, and a source of Christian hope and celebration. Although the believer may die, death and the grave have no power over him. Since death has been swallowed up in victory, a child of God should not fear but prepare for it. You must live in the victory Jesus won for you on the Cross. Life challenges are inevitable, but victory is sure! *REFLECTION:* We are victors! *PRAYER:* Lord Jesus, thank You for the victory You won on the Cross for me. Amen. *MEMORY VERSE FOR THE MONTH:* COLOSSIANS 2:15. "And having disarmed the powers and authorities, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross." *TODAY'S BIBLE READING PLAN:* 2 KINGS 9-12. ii. Skip to content Dalily Devotional by Elizabeth Haworth Posted onApril 10, 2026 by Editor Submission OR Insubordination Christian Applications Store:: Christian devotional App Store; Explore Recommended Christian Books and Devotionals Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” John 15:13 For their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified through the truth” John 17:19 Laying Down A Life What thoughts cross your mind as you consider laying down your life for another? Almost certainly the first consideration is death – your own physical death. Perhaps it’s the thought of a raging battle-field or risks like those at Dunkirk.. Maybe protecting a loved one or a threatened stranger needing your gallant sanctuary – and death of this mortal body so another can live, truly shows great character and love. For Their Sakes In the case of John 15:13 our thoughts immediately fly to the Lord Jesus. He died on the cross, uttering the words: “it is finished“, so that we might live. But take a closer look at the deeper meaning of this greatest of all love: “For their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also may be sanctified through the truth” John 17:19 Total Surrender Laying down of that precious life was more than forgoing His physical life alone, it encompassed a note of total surrender of every aspect of human life and existence. He sacrificed His entire holy life to the Father – “Thy will .. be be done“, Luke 22:42 – but He did it for our sake: “for their sakes I sanctify myself.” John 17:19 He did it for you and He did it for me. Christ demonstrated throughout His whole life, what true submission to God means. Willing Submission Think about it…. He laid down the thing that most of us cling to unrelentingly. He subjugated His entire being to the will of the Father… completely – total temporal subjection, utter spiritual and sensual subordination: “I do nothing of myself, but as my Father has taught me I speak these things.” John 8:28. What a challenge to each of us – to see the willing submission of the Lord Jesus. I wonder, do you thus submit to the will of your Lord and Saviour? – do I? – or are we entangled in the tentacled web of spiritual insubordination ? Wilful Perversity Insubordination means that we do not submit our impulses or intuitions to Him. Insubordination means that we do not yield our lives to His leading and guiding – Yet Christ, although He was God’s Son, learned to be obedient throughout His life. He learned obedience by the things which He suffered .” Heb.5:8. Insubordination means we resent His correction and are aggrieved at His discipline. Insubordination means disobedience, wilful perversity – and even rebellion. Illegitimate Children The writer to the Hebrews gives some important insight into obedience, but if you are without discipline, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate children and not sons.” Heb.12:8. These are challenges we all need to explore honestly, thoroughly and earnestly, for we are soon to meet Him in the clouds. Are we ready or will He find us wanting? Fleshly Logic To submit our will to His is one of the biggest challenges any one of us faces, for it conflicts in every possible way with our own self-preservation and fleshly logic. Our will touches every aspect of our active being…. but how difficult we find laying it all at the Masters feet. Spiritual Struggle Sometimes we struggle throughout our entire Christian life to utter the words… Thy will – not mine be done…” Luke 22:42 Thy will be done, in every sphere of my sovereign being. We occupy our little lives with this and that.. working for Him and helping as we can.. while He simply waits and waits for us to expend all our ‘huffings’ and ‘puffings!’ He waits and waits while all our individual energies are slowly curbed and constrained – and little by little He dislocates each muscle, each tendon, each sinew of our will. Abiding Reality He desires each life to be sanctified for His use, and patiently waits for submission, until like our Lord we can say:- “I do nothing of myself.. but as the Father leads.” – until we too can say with Paul:- “I am bought with a price … I am not my own.” Each one of us needs to be brought face to face with the reality what we are. We need to face up to the challenge of one abiding reality – GOD – We need to face up to the Reality of Who He is. “I AM WHO I AM.” God’s Ambassadors While on earth we are the hands, the feet, the ambassadors of almighty God. The church, which is His body are the only human representatives of I Am. Should we not tremble at the awful reality of Whom we are denying into our lives. If or when we kick against the pricks of His sovereign rulership. Let us in humility of heart lay all we are, at His feet? Post navigation Previous Post Previous Christocentric Concentration Proudly powered by WordPress. 2. Evening Prayer for today. i. Evening Prayer I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons. ⏤ Psalm 16:7 It is not enough to begin to pray, nor to pray aright; nor is it enough to continue for a time to pray, but we must patiently, believingly continue in prayer until we obtain an answer. ⏤ George Müller We come to You, O God, for Your blessing at the end of this day. It’s dark around us—but darkness and light are the same to You. Your care is as perfect and full of blessings in the night as it is in the day. This has been a good day for us. You’ve led us along paths we didn’t know, and we couldn’t have found without Your guidance. Forgive us if we weren’t always willing to follow Your way. If any of us have strayed from the right path, forgive us and bring us back before we sleep. We want to follow Your plan for our lives, and we don’t want to ruin it by choosing our own foolish way. Now, as the day ends, we lay all our work before You. Nothing is truly finished until it has Your blessing. Bless the work of our hands. Correct our mistakes. Complete the beauty that we only began to sketch with our poor efforts. Make all our work holy, and take it into Your hands to be part of Your great plan. We ask You to bless the people we’ve met today with the influence of our lives on them. If we didn’t live in a way that truly represented Jesus, please forgive us. Let no harm come from our errors. We pray for all our friends everywhere. We pray for the sick, for those who are lonely tonight, for the sailors on the sea, for those facing temptation, the weary, the sorrowful. We ask all these blessings in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. https://www.youdevotion.com/daily-prayer/miller/05/evening #taptapstudio #youdevotion.