MFM DEVOTIONAL 11TH DECEMBER, 2021 - LOVE: FRUIT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

Mountain Top Life DAILY DEVOTION

LOVE: FRUIT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

11^TH DECEMBER, 2021

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Colossians 1-4; Philemon

FIRE SCRIPTURE: John 15:13-20

13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. 

14 You are my friends if you do what I command. 

15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. 

16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you. 

17 This is my command: Love each other.

18 “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first.

 19 If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you. 

20 Remember what I told you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master. ’If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also.

MEMORY VERSE: ” But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law . ” – Galatians 5:22-23

MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE:

You cannot say you love God when you hate your neighbour.

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

PROPHETIC WORD FOR TODAY:

THE LORD SHALL IGNITE THE FIRE OF LOVE ON THE ALTAR OF YOUR LIFE TODAY, IN THE NAME OF JESUS.

THE MESSAGE:

The fruit of the Spirit is the spontaneous work of the Holy Spirit in us. It is the product of the Holy Spirit who lives inside every believer. This fruit of the Spirit can be grouped into three sections. Nine fruits in one. The first category which is love, joy and peace is related to you as a believer. The second category, which includes longsuffering (patience), gentleness and goodness are on your relationship towards your neighbour, and the third category: faith, meekness and temperance has to do with your relationship towards God.

Let us look at one of the nine fruit called love. The Greek equivalence is "Agape", which is God's kind of love. Agape is the tender and compassionate devotion to the wellbeing of others. It is an emotion of deep affection, care and concern. It is an unconditional giving of self to others, regardless of your condition or circumstances. It is when you sacrifice yourself or things for the benefit of others.

In John 3:16, God Himself demonstrated this kind of love. God's kind of love is not static or self-centered. This is a pattern of true love that God set for all His children and this is the basis of all love and relationships. When you love someone clearly, you will be willing to give him or her freely to the point of self-sacrifice. Real love is an action, not a feeling. All the nine fruit of the Spirit took their root from the fruit of the Spirit called love. 1 Corinthians 13:1-7 affirms this truth: Love is not self-centered (love); love does not rejoice in iniquity (joy); love is not easily provoked (peace); love suffers long (longsuffering); love does not envy but is merciful (gentleness); love is generous, kind and good (goodness); love does not think evil but have faith in God (faithfulness); love is humble and gentle; love is disciplined and does not behave itself unseemly (temperance/self-control).

The commandment of God is summarised as "love God and love your neighbour (Mark 12:3). When you love God completely and care for others as you care for yourself, then you have fulfilled the Ten Commandments. You are to be grounded in love and your love must increase (Ephesians 3:17).

PRAYER POINTS:

MORNING

1. Holy Spirit, create in me the fire of affection for my fellow men, in the name of Jesus Christ.
2. Spirit of selfless service to others, overshadow my life, in the name of Jesus Christ.
3. Holy Spirit, create in me the mind of true love of God, in the name of Jesus Christ.

EVENING

4. Holy Spirit, empower me to love God and others unconditionally, in the name of Jesus Christ.
5. Every seed of hatred and envy in my life, dry up now, in the name of Jesus Christ.
6. Killers of the seed of the love of God in my heart, die now, in the name of Jesus.
7. You spirit of hatred, release me, in the name of Jesus Christ.

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)