MFM DEVOTIONAL - PLEASING GOD 3

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PLEASING GOD 3

3^RD , APRIL 2022

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Joshua 23, Joshua 24, John 3:22-36, Psalm 55:12-23

FIRE SCRIPTURE: Romans 14:17-19

17 for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. 

18 For he who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by men.

19 Therefore let us pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which one may edify another.

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MEMORY VERSE:

“But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts" –1 Thessalonians 2:4

MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE:
You must concentrate on pleasing God alone, and if He is pleased, you must be pleased.

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

PROPHETIC WORD FOR TODAY:

𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐏𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐎 𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄 𝐆𝐎𝐃, 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐍𝐀𝐌𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐉𝐄𝐒𝐔𝐒.

THE MESSAGE:

We noted yesterday that Enoch pleased God and went to heaven without tasting death. What a honour! Apostle Paul also pleased God and assured us that he was going to heaven and that a crown awaited him there. These examples tell us that there are great benefits for every believer that pleases God. Let us examine some of them.










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The first benefit of pleasing God is that it makes you Christlike. An important duty of a believer or disciple is to imitate Christ or become like Him. In John 8:29, the Bible reveals that Jesus said He was always doing the things that please the Father; hence, the Father was always with Him. This explains why the Father Himself said of Jesus, "This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased." Truly, if you devote your life to pleasing God always, you will also receive the benefit of divine commendation.

The second benefit of pleasing God is that it gives us security. Proverbs 16:7 says, "When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him." Similarly, for a believer, the gains of pleasing the Lord include divine favour (Genesis 4:4), divine protection (Psalm 121:4; John 17:11; 2 Timothy 1:12), divine peace (Psalm 29:11) and divine blessing (Psalm 5:12).







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Another benefit of pleasing God is that it portrays a Christian as being dutiful and successful. The Bible regards pleasing God as an important duty of a Christian and the aim of the true minister of the gospel. In 1 Thessalonians 2:4 the Bible says, "But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts." 1 Thessalonians 4:1 adds, "Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more." Beloved, when you devote your life to pleasing God, you will continually flourish more and more and enjoy preservation in the Lord. I encourage you to make pleasing God your ultimate goal this year. God bless you, immensely, in Jesus' name.







PRAYER POINTS:

MORNING

1. O Lord, open the door of Your presence unto me, in the name of Jesus.
2. Divine benefits, multiply in my life, in the name of Jesus.
3. Holy Ghost, fill me with Christlike virtues, in the name of Jesus.

EVENING

4. Any evil river in my place of birth flowing into my life, I come against you by the blood of Jesus, in the name of Jesus.
5. Foundational strong man on assignment to take me to hell, be bound and die, in the name of Jesus.
6. Every demonic mountain boasting against my success, become plain, in the name of Jesus.
7. Resurrection power of the Lord Jesus Christ, enter into my bones, 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