Christian Healing Ministry - Devotionals

Devotional for September 11, 2026

BRIBERY

SCRIPTURE READING - 📖 Exodus 23:8

“And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the discerning and perverts the words of the righteous.”

Additional Verses

📖 Exodus 23:1-33; Ecclesiastes 12:1-14; Matthew 12:31-37

Bribery is an abomination before God. A child of God must never be involved in bribery as it is sin. In Exodus 23:8 the LORD is commanding you never to take any bribe for a bribe blinds the discerning and perverts the words of the righteous. In Churches of God there is so much bribery going on. Many rich people are using money to bribe Church leaders in order to cover up their wickedness. When you give your offering to God, you must do it from a repentant and sincere heart. Your giving to the work of God must be in response to God’s Word. You must give to God out of faith and not to be seen by the Pastor or Bishop. You must know that giving to the Church without faith does not at all connect you to God, just as any prayer without faith is mere noise. Hebrews 11:6 says, “But without faith it is impossible to please him, for he that comes to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.” Whatever you do in the house of the LORD, you must do to please God in order to secure and maintain your salvation. Remember, God cannot be bribed at all. Many people are going about bribing people in different organizations in order to gain favors. Let me tell you that when you bribe or receive a bribe, you are only promoting lawlessness in society, and this is sin before God. Let me remind you that a time is going to come when the Son of God, Jesus Christ who is the only righteous judge is going to judge every man according to his works. Ecclesiastes 12:14 says, “For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.” So everyone of us shall give account of himself to God on that final day. 2 Corinthians 5:10, Apostle Paul reminds us thus, “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.” If you are involved in bribery in whatever form, today I am asking you to repent and to turn to God so that your soul may be saved from eternal condemnation at the second coming of the Son of God, Jesus Christ. Alleluia!

Prayer

Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for giving me an opportunity to make amends on my ways which do not please you. I am sorry for all the times I have acted contrary to Your Word and I ask for Your forgiveness. In Jesus Christ’s name I pray, Amen.