MFM Daily Devotional 19 May 2021 – Escape from the Snare of the Flesh (1)

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MFM Daily Devotional 19 May 2021 Mountain Top Life Daily Devotional by Dr. D.K Olukoya Click To Read Previous MFM Daily Devotional Topic: The Whole Duty Of Man Fire Scripture: Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 Memory Verse: Proverbs 19:23 – “The fear of the Lord tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.” MFM Daily Devotional 2 May 2021 Mountain Top Life Outline: The word “Christian” means to be Christlike. God has done His own duty through the redemption of man. The redeemed man or woman (a Christian) also owes God the duty to grow into the image of Christ (Hebrews 9:14). From our Fire Scripture for today (Ecclesiastes 12:13-14), the conclusion of the preacher is that the whole duty of a man is to fear God and obey his commandment. Solomon was an anointed king of Israel, a prophet of God. He was anointed by God to rule over Israel. He can be described as that man that saw it all and had it all. He had fame, prosperity, power, riches, wisdom, yet he died an unfulfilled man. He discovered later in his life that the whole essence of living is to fear God and obey his commandment; hence his counsel in our text. To fear God means to reverence Him, to love Him, to have faith in Him and in His Son, Jesus Christ, and to keep His commandments and be obedient to His will. This is the only thing that can make a man whole and perfect. Without the fear of God, man is nothing. Every child of God is chosen and called to follow Christ. We have been given all we need for life and godliness and have access to the riches of His grace. However, if the foundation of your life is not laid on the fear of God and obedience to His word, your life will become futile and your fellowship with God will not stand. All the material possessions, intelligence, popularity or fame you have will be meaningless. The only thing that can give you fulfilment in this life and the life hereafter is to fear God and obey His commands. It would amount to sin if we fail to follow God’s word which is a revealer of God’s mind to us as recorded in Micah 6:8. Doing His will equals to reverencing Him, because you cannot obey and reverence who you have no regards for. There is assurance of eternal life, strong confidence and divine security (Prov. 14:26-27). What could be richer than abundant life! May God humble our hearts to fulfil this one but all-encompassing duty to fear God! However, no man can fear God except by the help of the Holy Spirit. If you are not yet born again, surrender your heart today so that you can receive the presence of the Holy Spirit who alone can give you the grace and power to do so. Motivational Quote: The fear of God is an antidote to a life of futility and vanity. Prophetic Word: Receive the fear of God that makes the difference in a man’s life, in the name of Jesus. HYMN: The Comforter Has Come 1. O Spread the tidings ’round, Where ever man is found, Where ever human hearts And human woes abound; Let ev’ry Christian tongue proclaim the joyful sound; The Comforter has come! Chorus Holy Ghost from Heav’n, The father’s promise giv’n; O spread the tidings round, wherever man is found The comforter has come 2. The long, long night is past, The morning breaks at last, And hushed the dreadful wail And fury of the blast, As o’er the golden hills the day advances fast! The Comforter has come! 3. Lo, the great King of kings, With healing in His wings, To ev’ry captive soul a full deliv’rance brings; And thro’ the vacant cells the song of triumph rings; The Comforter has come! PRAYER POINTS: MORNING 1. Father, teach me to walk in Your fear, in the name of Jesus. 2. Let the fear of God be the foundation of my decision in life, in the name of Jesus. 3. Father, help to yield myself as a servant to obey Your word, in the name of Jesus. EVENING: 4. My Father, let the Spirit of fear of God be activated in my life afresh, in the name of Jesus. 5. Lord, let every part of my being come in subj e c tion to the obedience of God, in the name of Jesus. 6. My Father, reveal to me any area of my life where my obedience is yet to be complete, in the name of Jesus. 7. Father, grant me the courage to obey You, no matter how difficult, in the name of Jesus. BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 2 Samuel 5:11-25; 6:1-23; 1 Chronicles 13-16 MFM Daily Devotional 2nd May 2021
MFM Daily Devotional 19 May 2021 Mountain Top Life Daily Devotional by Dr. D.K Olukoya

Topic: Escape from the Snare of the Flesh (1)

Fire Scripture
Galatians 5:13 – 21

MFM Daily Devotional 19 May 2021 Outline

The snare of the flesh refers to the human nature with its corrupt desires, resistance to God and insistence on going its own way. This has been in effect ever since the first man and woman disobeyed God and allowed sin to enter into the world and infect mankind (Gen. 3).

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The sinful nature remains in Christians, even after they give their lives and decided to follow Jesus Christ. It continues as their deadly enemy and battles against their spirit.

The Bible says that “to be carnally minded is death: but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.” This is because the carnal mind is enmity against God, for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God” (Romans 8:6 – 8).

Anyone who continues to yield to the sinful nature cannot be a part of God’s Kingdom. For this reason, this sinful nature must be resisted and put to death spiritually through a spiritual battle that Christians must fight and win through the power of the Holy Spirit.

Gal. 5:17 affirms, “For the flesh lusteth against the spirit and the spirit against the flesh, and these are contrary one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.” The acts of the flesh are enumerated in our text for today.

They are the normal nature of the unregenerated heart because he finds nothing strange in committing adultery or fornication and giving pleasure to his flesh “But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth” (1 Timothy 5:6) Beloved our memory verse has enjoined us, “Walk in the spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.”

You must serve God in spirit, because God is a spirit. You must not give room to satan to rule your life through the flesh, because carnality is equal to death. Come to God today and you will not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

Memory verse
Gal 5:16 – “This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.”

Motivational Quote
It takes the power of the Holy Spirit to break the tyranny of the flesh.

Prophetic Word
Every grip of ungodly power over your life shall break, in the name of Jesus.

Hymn – Higher Ground

1. I’m pressing on the upward way,
New heights I’m gaining ev’ry day;
Still praying as I’m onward bound,
“Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.

Chorus
Lord, lift me up and let me stand,
By faith, on Heaven’s table land,
A higher plane than I have found;
Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.

2. My heart has no desire to stay
Where doubts arise and fears dismay;
Tho’ some may dwell where these abound,
My prayer, my aim is higher ground.”

3. I want to live above the world,
Tho’ Satan’s darts at me are hurled;
For faith has caught the joyful sound,
The song of saints on higher ground.”

PRAYER POINTS

MORNING
1. Every spirit of carnality, depart from my life, in the name of Jesus.
2. Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on me, melt me and remould me, in the name of Jesus.
3. Power to keep my body under control, fall upon me, in the name of Jesus.

EVENING
4. O Lord, my Father, help me to be disciplined in every area of my life, in the name of Jesus.
5. Every spirit of disobedience in me, disappear, in the name of Jesus.
6. O God, arise and reveal to me the indepth knowledge of Yourself, in the name of Jesus.
7. Spirit of rebellion, I will not give you expression, come out of my life, in the name of Jesus.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR
2 Samuel 24, 1 Chronicles 21-22, Psalm 30

MFM Daily Devotional 19 May 2021. The Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM) is a Pentecostal denomination founded in Yaba, Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria in 1989, now with churches in several countries. It was founded by Daniel Kolawole Olukoya.

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