MFM DAILY DEVOTIONAL-A PROPHET'S BLESSING

  Mountain Top Life DAILY DEVOTIONAL

A PROPHET'S BLESSING

27^TH , FEBRUARY 2022

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Leviticus 1, Leviticus 2, Leviticus 3, Mark 9:33-50, Mark 10:1-12, Psalm 27:1-6

FIRE SCRIPTURE:   2 Kings 4:8-17

8 Now it happened one day that Elisha went to Shunem, where there was a [a]notable woman, and she [b]persuaded him to eat some food. So it was, as often as he passed by, he would turn in there to eat some food. 

9 And she said to her husband, “Look now, I know that this is a holy man of God, who passes by us regularly. 

10 Please, let us make [c]a small upper room on the wall; and let us put a bed for him there, and a table and a chair and a lampstand; so it will be, whenever he comes to us, he can turn in there.”

11 And it happened one day that he came there, and he turned in to the upper room and lay down there. 

12 Then he said to Gehazi his servant, “Call this Shunammite woman.” When he had called her, she stood before him. 

13 And he said to him, “Say now to her, ‘Look, you have been concerned for us with all this care. What can I do for you? Do you want me to speak on your behalf to the king or to the commander of the army?’ ” She answered, “I dwell among my own people.”

14 So he said, “What then is to be done for her?” And Gehazi answered, “Actually, she has no son, and her husband is old.”

15 So he said, “Call her.” When he had called her, she stood in the doorway. 

16 Then he said, [d]“About this time next year you shall embrace a son.” And she said, “No, my lord. Man of God, do not lie to your maidservant!”

17 But the woman conceived, and bore a son when the appointed time had come, of which Elisha had told her.

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MEMORY VERSE:

"Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper."– 2 Chronicles 20:20b

MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE:

Give honour to whom it is due: God and His prophets.

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

PROPHETIC WORD FOR TODAY:

I DECREE THAT THE BLESSINGS OF GOD'S PROPHET WILL BE YOURS, HENCEFORTH, IN THE NAME OF JESUS.

THE MESSAGE:

Many people have missed out and many are missing out on the blessings they ought to derive from great agents of heaven called prophets. Especially in the Old Testament, prophets of God were used to fulfil God's glorious purposes in the lives of individuals (widow of Zarephath, Naaman), families (woman of Shunem), wife of the late son of the prophet, land and city (Jericho), nations (Israel, Samaria, etc). The Bible says, "And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved" (Hosea 12:13). Furthermore, to buttress the importance of the prophet in God's agenda, the Bible says, "Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper" (2 Chronicles 20:20b).

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Prophets are God's oracles and carriers of His power and authority. They are anointed and serve as His change agents. They hear from God and reveal the mind of God to people. Prophet Moses led Israel out of Egypt through divine and dramatic deliverance. Also, by Prophet Joshua, God led Israel into the Promised Land.




The Shunamite woman did not know that God brought Elisha her way to use him as her destiny helper. She decided to follow instinct. She provided him a room and a bed to sleep, meals and everything that would make the man of God comfortable. What did she get in return? Prophet Elisha spoke into her life and the long-standing problem of barrenness bowed out. She became a proud mother of a baby boy.




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King Hezekiah had just received a threat and disturbing letter from Sennacherib, the Syrian war general. He had seen the army and was disturbed. He contacted Prophet Isaiah who assured him that God purposes to disgrace Sennacherib. In the end, God's intervention birthed Sennacherib's death. He was killed by one of his sons in the house of his god (Isaiah 37:21-38).




Beloved, who is your prophet? Do you treat him or her with honour? Do you believe him or her? Those who fail to believe and honour their prophets often stay in the wilderness for long and end up unfulfilled. That will not be your portion, in the name of Jesus.




PRAYER POINTS:

MORNING

1. O Lord, lead me to Your ordained prophet for me, in the name of Jesus.

2. Powers of my father’s house pushing me into the hands of false prophets, scatter, in the name of Jesus.

3. I receive the prophet's blessing in the name of the Lord, in Jesus' name.

EVENING

4. Every bitterness in my heart towards the prophet of God given to me, be purged out by fire, in the name of Jesus.

5. Mercy of God, deliver me from every negative comment I have made against God's prophet that is fighting me, in the name of Jesus.

6. Holy Spirit, teach me how to honour Your servants around me, in the name of Jesus.

7. O God, arise and honour every prophecy that has come to me by Your ordained prophets, in the name of Jesus.

DO HAVE A BLESSED DAY

©2022 MOUNTAIN TOP LIFE is a daily devotional by Dr. D.K Olukoya (General Overseer, MOUNTAIN OF FIRE and Miracle Ministries, Worldwide