ODM Manna 22 December 2022
Daily Manna Topic: THE WANDERING CHINESE ELEPHANTS: A HEROIC WELCOME KNOCKS -1
BASIC SCRIPTURE: LUKE 15: 11-32
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In the Southern Yunnan Province of China lies the sprawling Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve by the border of Myanmmar and Laos. The park which is a lush tropical forest is home to most of Yunnan’s endangered Asian elephants. It stretches for about 241,000 hectares, about one and a half times the size of London. Sometime in March 2020, a herd of about 14 elephants decided to leave the jungle paradise and headed north. They strayed hundreds of kilometers from their natural reserve, breaking into homes, giving birth while on the road, munching people’s crops, and guzzling their water. CCTV footage of the elephants showed them wandering around streets of various cities. A team of Chinese based experts led by one Professor Ahimsa Campas-Arceiz, theorized that the elephants left home to find more food for several reasons. One of the reasons they gave was that a growing elephant population had led to greater competition for food as the elephant population had almost doubled because of efforts geared towards their conservation. Another reason given was an extreme drought of about one year which was experienced in that region. Whatever the reasons may be, the story took a dramatic turn in April 2021; the animals decided to return back to their home. The animals which had wandered about 500 kilometers from home- the farthest that any Yunnan wild elephant had ever gone were 200 kilometers away from their Xishuangbanna Nature Reserve, by August 2021. Wow! Like these elephants that wandered from their reserve, we all miss it sometimes. The history of mankind is replete with people who missed it, and wandered away from God, their Maker. As 2022 ends, determine to return to your FIRST LOVE WITH GOD as the PRODIGAL SON did! Determine to repent and mend any area of your life, family and ministry where you know you have missed it! Adam and Eve missed it (Genesis 3). Abraham missed it when he went into Hagar their handmaid following the counsel of his wife (Genesis 16)….AS WE CONTINUE TOMORROW, JUST PRAY NOW AND RETURN TO YOUR FATHER AFRESH!
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PRAYER POINTS: Take Song 1: When the morning comes…
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- SWEET ODM Hymns LAST Quarter (NOV-DEC) 2022
- Prayer for Mercy (Daniel’s Prayer)
- PRAY FOR OUR CHILDREN: Isaiah 8:18 and Psalms 127:3-5
- Prayer towards Heavens
- PERSONAL PRAYERS FOR GREATNESS FOR DECEMBER
- Daily devotionals 2023
- In your own words, pray about today’s word as led now.
- Lord, I retrace my steps and return home like the PRODIGAL
them and pray seriously).
SON in the following areas of my life and ministry (mention - Oh Lord, by Your grace I will make it to heaven.
- Pray about today as led now!
