MFM DEVOTIONAL 4TH NOVEMBER, 2021 - THE SLUMBERING SPIRIT

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THE SLUMBERING SPIRIT

4^TH NOVEMBER, 2021

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Matthew 26; Mark 14

FIRE SCRIPTURE: Matthew 26:36-46

36 Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to the disciples, “Sit here while I go and pray over there.”

 37 And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and He began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed. 

38 Then He said to them, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch with Me.”

39 He went a little farther and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.”

40 Then He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “What! Could you not watch with Me one hour? 

41 Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

42 Again, a second time, He went away and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if this cup cannot pass away from Me unless I drink it, Your will be done.” 

43 And He came and found them asleep again, for their eyes were heavy.

44 So He left them, went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words. 

45 Then He came to His disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners. 

46 Rise, let us be going. See, My betrayer is at hand.”

MEMORY VERSE:-“ He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.” – Psalms 121:3-4

MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE:

Every defeat starts with a slumbering spirit, which has no defence.

PRAISE WORSHIP: Take a worship song as led by the Holy Spirit.

PROPHETIC WORD FOR TODAY:
EVERY EVIL POWER ASSIGNED TO INDUCE YOU TO SLUMBER IN ORDER TO DESTROY YOU SHALL DIE BY FIRE, IN THE NAME OF JESUS.

THE MESSAGE:

Slumbering is sleeping. The disciples of Jesus fell into sleep when they needed to pray. A lot of Christians today are sleeping at the battlefront. Jesus was on His way to the cross and needed their support in prayers, but they disappointed Him. It is a dangerous thing to engage in physical slumber, but it is more dangerous to slumber spiritually.

John 4:24 tells us the importance of being spiritually awake. God is a Spirit and those who worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth. How do we relate to God who neither slumbers nor sleeps when our spirit is slumbering? For us to be in tune with God, our spirit must be awake (Psalm 121:3-4).

The spiritual realm is a battleground where battles go on ceaselessly. Proverbs 6:4 warns us that we must not sleep nor slumber if we want to deliver ourselves from the wickedness of the fowler. 2 Timothy 2:4 calls Christians chosen soldiers of the Lord and advises us not to engage in worldliness which can put us to sleep or slumber. Slumbering can also manifest in the form of spiritual carelessness, prayerlessness, disobedience to the word of God as well as lack of thirst and hunger for the word of God. Jesus illustrated this fact with the Parable of the Ten Virgins. The five wise virgins had oil in their lamps while the other five foolish virgins, who had no oil, went into slumber instead of looking for oil (Matthew 25:1-13).

Most of the battles and problems we fight as Christians come into our lives when we are spiritually asleep. This is aptly illustrated by the Parable of the Tares (Matthew 13:24-30). Jesus said while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way.

A slumbering spirit is weak. A slumbering spirit has no resistance against the attack of evil spirits. We need to wake up from our slumber by reviving our prayer lives, Bible reading fasting and obedience to the word of God. In Romans 12:11, the Bible admonishes us not to be slothful in business, but we should be fervent in spirit and serve God with increasing enthusiasm. Heed this counsel. It pays!

PRAYER POINTS:

MORNING

1. Every evil prayer inducing me to spiritual sleep, lose your hold and die, in the name of Jesus.
2. You the spirit of lukewarmness, come out of my life, in the name of Jesus.
3. Spirit of revival, baptise and possess me, in the name of Jesus.

EVENING

4. I wake up from every spiritual slumber, in the name of Jesus.
5. Fire of God, enter into my blood, bones and body, in the name of Jesus.
6. Any evil power sponsoring spiritual weakness against me, die, in the name of Jesus.
7. I break the yoke of powerlessness in my life, in the name of Jesus.

DO HAVE A BLESSED DAY

MOUNTAIN TOP LIFE is a daily devotional by Dr. D.K Olukoya (General Overseer, MOUNTAIN OF FIRE and Miracle Ministries, Worldwide)