MFM DEVOTIONAL 7TH NOVEMBER, 2021 - JESUS: OUR GOOD SHEPHERD

 Mountain Top Life DAILY DEVOTION

JESUS: OUR GOOD SHEPHERD

7^TH November 2021

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:   Matthew 27; Mark 15

FIRE SCRIPTURE:   John10:1-18

1 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber….

10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

MEMORY VERSE: ” I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.” – John 10:11

MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE:
The sheep that fails to heed the voice of the shepherd shall perish.

 

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

 

PROPHETIC WORD FOR TODAY:
YOU WILL NOT MISS THE VOICE THAT WILL CHANGE THE STORY OF YOUR LIFE FOR GOOD, IN THE NAME OF JESUS.

 

The MESSAGE:

Jesus describes His followers as sheep. The sheep is the meekest and lowliest animal on earth. The sheep symbolizes humility. Every flock of sheep has shepherd. The shepherd is the one that leads the sheep. He understands their language, emotions and thoughts and the sheep know their shepherd and they obey him (John 10:14). Believers and followers of Christ are sheep and Jesus is their Good Shepherd. Just as the Shepherd charts the course for the sheep, Jesus came to show us the way and to lead us to the Father through righteousness (John 10:3-4). The Scripture tells us that Jesus is the way, the truth and the life and no man can come to the Father except through Him, our Good Shepherd (John 14:6).

 

The shepherd protects the interest of the sheep and risks his life for them. John 10:11 tells us that Jesus is the Good Shepherd who came to give His life for us. Jesus gave His life freely and willingly for us, to save our lives and to deliver our souls from perdition (John 10:15-18). John the Baptist referred to Him as the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world (John 1:29). Jesus is therefore the sacrificial Lamb of God for the redemption of our sins.

 

As sheep, we have a duty to humble ourselves before our Shepherd who also subjected Himself to the will of the Father by becoming a lamb. He did not only come as a shepherd, but He also came as a sheep to the Father. Acts 8:32 tells us He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearers, so opened he not his mouth. He is therefore a perfect Shepherd, having put on the form of a sheep before becoming a Shepherd, and by so doing, He understands the sheep He was called to lead.

 

PRAYER POINTS:

MORNING

1. Father, give me the spirit of a shepherd, in the name of Jesus.

2. I will not mislead the sheep under my care, in the name of Jesus.

3. I refuse to be a rebellious sheep, in the name of Jesus.

EVENING

4. My ears shall not be deaf to the voice of the Lord Jesus, in the name of Jesus.

5. Spirit of obedience, baptize me, in the name of Jesus.

6. I receive the hunger and thirst to fulfil the will of the Father, in the name of Jesus.

7. Father, deliver me from my lustful desires, 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)