Mountain Top Life DAILY DEVOTIONAL
I REJECT EVIL EMBARGO (2)
14TH , JULY 2022
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Jonah 1,
Jonah 2, Jonah 3, Jonah 4, Romans 2:1-16, Psalm 85:1-7
FIRE SCRIPTURE: Joshua
9:21-27
21 And the rulers said to them, “Let them live, but let them
be woodcutters and water carriers for all the congregation, as the rulers
had promised them.”
22 Then Joshua called for them, and he spoke to them, saying,
“Why have you deceived us, saying, ‘We are very far from you,’ when you dwell near
us?
23 Now therefore, you are cursed, and none of you shall be freed from
being slaves—woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”
24 So they answered Joshua and said, “Because your servants
were clearly told that the Lord your God commanded His servant
Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land
from before you; therefore we were very much afraid for our lives because
of you, and have done this thing.
25 And now, here we are, in your hands; do with us as it
seems good and right to do to us.”
26 So he did to them, and delivered them out of the hand of
the children of Israel, so that they did not kill them.
27 And that day Joshua made them woodcutters and water
carriers for the congregation and for the altar of the Lord, in the
place which He would choose, even to this day.
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MEMORY VERSE:
“Now
therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being
bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.” – Joshua
9:23
MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE:
People do not lack strength but the will to reject what is not palatable.
PRAISE WORSHIP: Take a worship song as led by the HolySpirit.
PROPHETIC WORD FOR TODAY:
I REFUSE
TO BE CURSED IN MY PLACE OF BLESSINGS, IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
THE MESSAGE:
Yesterday, we learnt about how Jacob used a curse to place an
embargo on Reuben, his firstborn. Our Fire Scripture today is looking at
another group of people that were placed under an embargo because of their
deceit. Joshua and the leaders of Israel failed to pray for God's direction in
dealing with the Gibeonites. As a result, they presumptuously entered into an
agreement (a treaty) with them, which they could not break. This misguided and
unwise decision brought the ungodly Canaanites into Israel's communities --
this type of action is forbidden in Deuteronomy 7:1-3. In all decisions of
life, we should look to God for His wisdom and guidance so that we can avoid
unnecessary sorrow and tragedies.
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In Joshua 9:21, the Bible reads, "The princes said unto
them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto
all the congregation; as the princes had promised them."
Dear reader, if you go through the Bible carefully, this embargo
placed on the Gibeonites relegated them and they were the ones doing all the
menial jobs for the Israel nation. They were slaves and the downtrodden of the
land. Embargo is like a siege that does not allow good things to come and does
not allow evil things to go. The evil and negative things will remain.
Embargo is like a ban or impediment to success and prosperity.
It ensures that there is no promotion or uplifting. There was an embargo placed
on Jabez; his was that of sorrow and poverty, until he called on the God of
Israel before he was delivered and got his coast enlarged (1 Chronicles
4:9-10).
PRAYER POINTS:
MORNING
1. The embargo that stopped my parents, I am not your candidate,
die, in the name of Jesus.
2. Every stopper and blocker of my father’s house, die, in the
name of Jesus.
3.
Environmental blockage, scatter, in the name of Jesus.
EVENING
4. Let God arise and
let my life move forward by fire, in the name of Jesus.
5. My heaven, open now
by fire, in the name of Jesus.
6. Any curse or evil
word of man, standing on my way, break and die, in the name of Jesus.
7. Anywhere I go and
whatever I do, the God of wonders shall visit me for wonders, in the name of
Jesus.
DO
HAVE A BLESSED DAY
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©2022 MOUNTAIN TOP LIFE is a daily devotional by Dr. D.K Olukoya
(General Overseer, MOUNTAIN OF FIRE and Miracle
Ministries, Worldwide |
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