MFM DAILY DEVOTIONAL - THE ULTIMATE PURSUIT (1)

Mountain Top Life DAILY DEVOTIONAL

THE ULTIMATE PURSUIT (1)

1^ST , AUGUST 2022

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 1 Chronicles 11, 1 Chronicles 12:1-22, Romans 14:19-23, Romans 15:1-13, Psalm 69:46-52

FIRE SCRIPTURE:   Psalm 63:1-8; Psalm 42:1-2

 

1  O God, You are my God; Early will I seek You; My soul thirsts for You;
My flesh longs for You In a dry and thirsty land Where there is no water.
2 So I have looked for You in the sanctuary, To see Your power and Your glory.

3 Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise You.
4 Thus I will bless You while I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name.
5 My soul shall be satisfied as with [a]marrow and [b]fatness, And my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips.

6 When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on You in the night watches.
7 Because You have been my help, Therefore in the shadow of Your wings I will rejoice.
8 My soul follows close behind You; Your right hand upholds me.

 

 

Psalm 42:1-2
1 As the deer [b]pants for the water brooks,
So pants my soul for You, O God.
2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
When shall I come and [c]appear before God?

 

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MEMORY VERSE:

“My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.”   – Psalms 63:8

 

MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE:
The emptiness of life can only be filled by God on the inside.

 

 

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

 

 

 

PROPHETIC WORD FOR TODAY:

𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗟 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗕𝗘 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗘𝗗 𝗕𝗬 𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗟 𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗘𝗧𝗜𝗧𝗘, 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗡𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗝𝗘𝗦𝗨𝗦.

 

 

THE MESSAGE:

 

God created man primarily for fellowship. The Almighty purposed that the spirit of man should make Him, the Lord God, its habitation. The satanic incursion into the life of man however disrupted this divine agenda. The scale of priority was changed. Man started living for self rather than living for God.

 

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Yet man cannot find rest for his soul without establishing that vital connection with the Almighty God. That deep hollow and emptiness in the heart of man shall continue to exist until man makes a complete u-turn and begin to earnestly seek God like the Psalmist whose soul pursues after God passionately.

 

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Beloved, it is a known fact that since after the fall, human beings have been pursuing a lot of things, both legitimate and illegitimate, without thinking much about pursuing and possessing the Lord God of mercy.

 

Many spend their lives pursuing money, building houses and buying mansions and exotic cars. Some pursue the acquisition of wealth and fame even to the obvious damnation of their souls. Other people pursue after degrees and other academic certificates. Many others have been enslaved by the gathering of designer wears, shoes, bags and ostentatious jewelleries. In fact, some people spend all their time pursuing after the opposite sex. There are other people who pursue the acquisition of satanic power and dark magical art. The devil has so much overwhelmed many lives with evil appetite, inordinate passion and has also distracted them from pursuing God, which is the Ultimate Pursuit.

 

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My beloved friend, hope you are not entangled by this rat race which is dragging many into hell fire. Our Lord Jesus Christ is warning against wrong pursuit in life, says in Luke 12:15, "... Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth." I believe you now understand the message the Spirit of Christ has passed across to you. May your heart be opened to His voice today, in the name of Jesus.

 

PRAYER POINTS:

MORNING

1. Lord Jesus, capture my heart, in the name of Jesus.

2. Satanic tares programmed to invade my heart, die by fire, in the name of Jesus.

3. Undiluted love of God, explode in my heart, in the name of Jesus.

 

EVENING 

4. My soul, be delivered from the track of wrong pursuits, in the name of Jesus.

5. Whatever will not add value to my life but is assigned to pull me down, release me and die now, in the name of Jesus.

6. O Lord, fill me with deep hunger for You, in the name of Jesus.

7. My inner man, receive fresh fire, 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