DCLM Daily Manna 22 April 2026 — What’s In A Name?

DCLM Daily Manna 22 April 2026 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — What’s In A Name?

TOPIC: What’s In A Name? (DCLM Daily Manna 22 April 2026)

KEY VERSE: I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images – Isaiah 42:8

TEXT: Isaiah 42:8-16 (KJV)

8 I am the Lord: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.

9 Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.

10 Sing unto the Lord a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.

11 Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.

12 Let them give glory unto the Lord, and declare his praise in the islands.

13 The Lord shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.

14 I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.

15 I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.

16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.

DCLM Daily Manna For Today MESSAGE:

Odette Sansome was a British spy during World War II who encouraged planting a ruse among the Germans that she was married to a nephew of the British Prime Minister, Peter Churchill. She took on his surname. However, Peter was another spy who bore no relationship with Winston Churchill beyond the similarity in surname. When eventually Odette was captured by the Nazis, the prank seemed to work. The Germans spared her from execution, the fate that awaited all spies. Even after she was condemned to death, the sentence was not carried out because someone was keeping her as a potential bargaining chip with the British. They were convinced they held a high-value prisoner, and she gladly did nothing to correct the impression. When the Germans began to lose the war, a top-level Nazi officer took personal custody of Odette and drove across enemy lines to surrender himself and deliver her to the Allies as a sign of good faith. He wanted amnesty in return. Instead, he was disarmed, arrested and made to rue the foolishness of his assumption.

Used under false pretences, a name saved a clever spy from death. No one, however, should presume to claim the name and glory that belong to God alone, under any guise or circumstance, or for any purpose. God is the Almighty, unique, and peerless. His glory surpasses all, and His power is unlimited. He deserves to be worshipped rather than any angel or prominent religious figure. Some misguided religious groups have established a system of worship that seeks to deify their founders, elevating them almost to the same pedestal as the omnipotent God. Such a practice has no place among the worshippers of the true God. King Herod, in his vainglorious fanfare, received adulation due only to a deity, and he was instantly struck down by an angel. We should be wary of praise singers who tend to go over the top in their sycophantic admiration, usually pursuing some personal advantage. Do not permit anyone to set you up in conflict with God; it does not end well.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
God is the eternal One, and He alone is worthy of worship.

THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR
Psalms 119:1-56

Deeper Life Daily Manna For Today 2025 was written by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi; is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church situated at KM 42 on the busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria.