𝐌𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐎𝐏 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐃𝐄𝐕𝐎𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 (Thursday, 19 September 2024)

 

𝐌𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐎𝐏 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐃𝐄𝐕𝐎𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐆𝐎𝐃𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄

𝔹𝕀𝔹𝕃𝔼 𝕀ℕ 𝕆ℕ𝔼 𝕐𝔼𝔸ℝ: Isaiah 45, Isaiah 46, Luke 11, Luke 12

 

𝔽𝕀ℝ𝔼 𝕊ℂℝ𝕀ℙ𝕋𝕌ℝ𝔼: Ezekiel 14:1-23

 

𝕄𝔼𝕄𝕆ℝ𝕐 𝕍𝔼ℝ𝕊𝔼:

Matthew 6:33 - "But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you."

 

𝕄𝕆𝕋𝕀𝕍𝔸𝕋𝕀𝕆ℕ𝔸𝕃 ℚ𝕌𝕆𝕋𝔼𝕊:

God cannot and should not be put on the back seat of the vehicle of your life.

 

ℙℝ𝔸𝕀𝕊𝔼 & 𝕎𝕆ℝ𝕊ℍ𝕀ℙ

 

ℙℝ𝕆ℙℍ𝔼𝕋𝕀ℂ 𝕎𝕆ℝ𝔻 𝔽𝕆ℝ 𝕋𝕆𝔻𝔸𝕐:

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗚𝗢𝗗 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗖𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥 𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗬 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬 𝗦𝗘𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗧 𝗜𝗗𝗢𝗟 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘, 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗡𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗝𝗘𝗦𝗨𝗦.

 

𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕄𝔼𝕊𝕊𝔸𝔾𝔼:

Many Christians would deny or shy away from the fact that they have other gods in their lives. Some frown at it or pretend it is not there. Unfortunately, consciously and unconsciously, they put many things, living and non-living before God in their lives. These objects or beings may be real or imagined; the truth is that they exist and are real.

 

Whatever has taken the place of God in a man's life is another god. Many supposed Christians adore these gods in their minds. They worship them secretly while some people even boast of them. These gods include your personal achievements, academic and professional achievements, wealth, position and power, beauty, your gifts and talents, even your spiritual abilities, forgetting that there is nothing you have that is not from God.

 

Other gods are every other thing that comes before God in your life. God should take pre-eminence and topmost priority in our lives and situations. Whatever competes with God or tends to replace God is another god, an idol that you secretly or openly adore. In fact, it is possible to place your wife or husband, children or any of your possession, money or time before God.

 

Ananias and Sapphira, a Christian couple in Acts 5, loved money than God. Although they claimed to be part of the early church; like the other disciples, they sold their land but kept a part of the proceed behind and brought some to God. They forgot that God sees and knows all things. Peter sought to know the truth from them but they told lies before the Holy Spirit. Each of them had an opportunity to tell the truth but failed to do so. They fell and died instantly before the apostle Peter, and in the full glare of others.

 

God, through the prophet Ezekiel, told the children of Israel in today's Fire Scripture, that if they come to Him with an idol in their hearts, He would answer them according to the idol. Jesus said you cannot serve two masters. You must choose one. You should make efforts to deal with the works of the flesh, which is the thriving ground for any secret god in your heart by the help of the Holy Spirit.

 

ℙℝ𝔸𝕐𝔼ℝ ℙ𝕆𝕀ℕ𝕋𝕊:

 

𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆

1. Father Lord, forgive me for keeping idols in my heart, in the name of Jesus.

 

2. Known and unknown idols (mention the ones you know) in my heart, your time is up, come out and die, in the name of Jesus.

 

3. Holy Ghost, sanitize my heart with your fire and the blood of Jesus, in the name of Jesus.

 

𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆

4. Whatever is contending with the presence of God in my life, give up now and die, in the name of Jesus.

 

5. I separate myself from the lusts and vanities of this world, by the power of God, in the name of Jesus.

 

6. Power to keep God first and above all other things in my life, come upon me now, in the name of Jesus.

 

7. Father, take my life and let it be only all for Thee now and forever, in the name of Jesus.

 

©2024 𝐌𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐎𝐏 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 is a daily devotional by Dr. D.K Olukoya (General Overseer, Mountain of Fire and Miracle Ministries Worldwide)