MFM Mountain Top Life Daily Devotional 7 October 2018 By Dr. D.K Olukoya – Turning Curses Into Blessings

TOPIC: Turning Curses Into Blessings (Mountain Of Fire and Miracle Ministries, MFM Daily Devotional 7 October 2018)

FIRE SCRIPTURE: Numbers 24:10-14

MEMORY VERSE: “Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!” – Numbers 23:23

The MESSAGE:

In the book of Numbers, king of Moab (Balak) sent for Balaam, a prophet of God, for a satanic assignment against the Jews. God was angry that Balaam honoured the invitation. An angel of God with a sword stood on Balaam’s way to stop him and his donkey at three different times, but he insisted to embark on the journey. Balaam was later allowed to go by the angel but only to say that which was from the Lord. The intention of Balak and Balaam was to curse the Jews, but God intervened and asked Balaam the prophet to change the words of curses into words of blessings. Beloved, Balaam was to curse but the Lord changed it to blessing. Today, the power to turn all curses against you to blessings shall locate you, in the name of Jesus. There is the power that changes curses to blessings, and it works in a miraculous way. It can make evil and negative intention to backfire and turn to your blessings; it can make negative statements to backfire and turn to your blessings. It can disgrace those who are assigned to curse you after the order of Balak. It can disannul every evil gang up against you; it can even convert all curses, insults, abuses, negative words against you to fertilisers that will build you up for testimonies. It can convert all evil handwritings in satanic coven, witchcraft cauldron to your blessings, and it can convert evil imaginations against you to blessings.

You are a spiritual Israelite. God has blessed you and no curse shall work against you anymore. A curse is an evil decree made to put someone in bondage. It is a spiritual entity backed up with demons. For curses, be it generational, foundational, self-imposed, hidden, open, parental, satanic, family or prophetic NOT to work, it must be broken and converted to blessings. Are you being challenged by chronic poverty, late marriage, consistent attack, mental illness, sickness that defile medication, chain of problems, accidents etc? Are there some curses that you have not been able to break and convert to blessings? You need to rise up today and do justice to them. Once you are sure you are a spiritual Israelite (i.e you are born again), then ask for power that breaks and converts curses to blessing. Cast out all demons behind the curses, break the curses and convert them to blessing.

MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE:
YOUR WORDS WILL DECIDE WHETHER YOU WILL LIVE IN VICTORY OR IN DEFEAT.

PROPHETIC WORD:
All negative words spoken against you are returning to the senders.

PRAYER POINTS:
MORNING
1. Father, I thank You because You have the power to do all things, in the name of Jesus.
2. My Joseph, become too hot for the enemy to handle, in the name of Jesus.
3. Every prison yard holding my Joseph captive, break by fire, in the name of Jesus.

EVENING
4. My Joseph, come out of the prison, in the name of Jesus.
5. Most High God, convert me to Your sharp battle-axe, in the name of Jesus.
6. Power to dominate and rule over in all my environment, come upon my life, in the name of Jesus.
7. Father Lord, give me the revelation that will change my story, in the name of Jesus.

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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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Lord Jesus, come into my life. I accept You as my Lord and Personal Saviour. I believe in my heart You died and rose from the dead to save me. Thank You Lord for saving me, in Jesus name Amen.

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Making Quality Decisions (Part 4) by Pastor Faith Oyedepo

Topic: Making Quality Decisions (Part 4)

Dear Reader,

From past teachings, we saw the importance of choice making. We went on to study the character of people in the Bible who made the right choices in their lives. Last week, we also saw how to make the right choices. This week, I will take further look at: The Platform for Your Choice.

From my studies I discovered that the basis upon which people make their choice of life partners is tri-dimensional: physical, soulish (emotional, intellectual) and spiritual. Once they sense a bonding or unity in any or all these three areas with someone, they believe that they have located their spouse.

Unity of the flesh

Some people get into marriage when they have a unity of the flesh or unity in the physical with someone. For example, you see a young man or woman and say, “Oh, he is handsome,” or “Oh she is beautiful. Look at her figure, look at her complexion.” All that has attracted you is simply the physical appearance. While nothing is wrong with this type of attraction, it is a wrong premise to contract a relationship that will last a lifetime.

What many people tend to forget is that people change over time. The man who is broad shouldered, flat tummy and muscular today, can become potbellied, flabby and bald tomorrow. So, if your relationship is only based on the physical appearance of a person, your love will fade as his or her looks change.

Also Read: Making Quality Decisions (Part 3) By Pastor Faith Oyedepo

Unity of the soul

The second platform upon which many people select a mate is the soulish, which includes the emotions, intellect and will. Perhaps you find a woman who reasons like you do. Both of you share the same interests in music, dance, drama etc. So you think, “Ah, maybe she can make a good wife.”

On the other hand, you meet someone and you look at the person and you ‘fall’ head-over-heels in ‘love’. You develop strong feelings for the person, and decide to get married. However, basing a relationship on unity of the soul is risky because likes and dislikes change. The things you like doing today, with time, you may find childish or you simply lose interest in them.

Then again, emotions are fickle. That’s why you hear of people who fell in love but have now fallen out of love! Therefore, although it is essential to agree in your likes and dislikes, have similar interests, be emotionally attached to one another, these cannot be the main reason why you contract a marriage.

Unity of the Spirit

The most important unity that must exist between a man a woman, and which will determine how much the marriage flourishes is that of the Spirit. This can only happen between two born-again Christians, because outside Christ, all men are spiritually dead. When an individual is said to be born-again, it is his spirit which died in Adam that has now been re-born.

When there is unity of the Spirit, there is an agreement in fundamental spiritual matters. God’s Word says: Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God. Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgement. And this will we do, if God permit (Hebrews 6:1-3). Find out if you agree on certain doctrinal issues.

• In essence, do you agree on repentance from dead works?
• Do you agree on the importance of faith towards God?
• Do you agree on the doctrine of Baptism of the Holy Ghost and immersion by water)?
• Do you both believe in the laying on of hands (either for impartation or healing)?
• Do you both believe in the resurrection of the dead (or is he a Sadducee?)
• Do you both believe in eternal judgment?
• Are you heading in the same direction? Do you have a similar calling or vision?
• Are there other doctrines, which his or her church subscribes to? Do you know them and are you comfortable with them?

Because the most important of the dimensions is spiritual, I have found that even when the physical and soulish are not 100%, once the spiritual is intact, the others also find fulfillment. This is why it becomes very necessary for you to surrender your life to Christ. This is by confessing your sins and accepting Jesus as your Saviour and Lord. Peradventure, you are not born again and you want to accept Jesus as your Lord and personal Saviour, then say this prayer in faith: Dear Lord Jesus Christ, I come to You today. I am a sinner. Forgive me my sins and cleanse me with Your Blood. I accept You as my Lord and personal Saviour. Make me a child of God today. Thank You for delivering me from sin and satan to serve the living God and thank You for accepting me into Your Kingdom.

Congratulations! If you prayed this simple prayer of faith with me, you are now born again and a child of God. He loves you and will never leave you. Read your Bible daily, obey God’s Word and seek Christian fellowship (John 14:21).

With this, you are guaranteed all-round rest and peace in Jesus’ Name! Call or write to share your testimonies with me through [email protected], 07026385437 OR 08141320204.

For more insight, these books authored by me are available at the Dominion Bookstores in all Living Faith Churches and other leading Christian bookstores: Marriage Covenant, Making Marriage Work, Building A Successful Home and Success in Marriage (Co-Authored)

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Pastor Faith Oyedepo is the wife of Bishop David Oyedepo, the founder of the Living Faith Church Worldwide a.k.a. Winners’ Chapel, and Senior Pastor of Faith Tabernacle, Canaanland, Ota, Nigeria.

Topic: It Is Not Yours [Teens Open Heavens 7 October 2018]

Memorise: If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. – 1 Corinthians 3:17

Read: Matthew 1:17-19 (KJV)

Bible In One Year: Isaiah 37-38, Philippians 3

MESSAGE:

The genealogy listed in our Bible reading included even those who were carried away in exile into Babylon and those born in the land of captivity did not exempt them from the list; you should never be tired or discouraged during your trying moments.

Also, never ever think of lowering your standards or giving out your body in exchange for something you want just because the times are hard. Keep yourself pure no matter what. Your body isn’t just yours at all, it belongs to the Most High who sees all at all times. He is watching how you use your body, so you should only use it to glorify Him. using your body to glorify Him improves your body and its value, whereas using your body otherwise makes it to deteriorate. Be wise.

Key Point: The choice you make today determines the events of tomorrow. Watch your choices.

Also Read: Teen Open Heavens Daily Devotional by Pastor Adeboye

Hymn 7:

1. I am Thine 0 Lord, I have heard Thy voice,
And it told Thy love to me;
But I long to rise in the arms of faith
And be closer drawn to Thee.

Draw me nearer, nearer blessed Lord
To the cross where Thou hast died;
Draw me nearer, nearer, nearer blessed Lord,
To Thy precious, bleeding side.

2. Consecrate me now to Thy service, Lord,
By the pow’r of grace divine;
Let my soul look up with a steadfast hope,
And my will be lost in Thine.

3. Oh, the pure delight of a single hour
That before Thy throne I spend,
When I kneel in prayer, and with Thee, my God
I commune as friend with friend!

4. There are depths of love that I cannot know
Till I cross the narrow sea;
There are heights of joy that I may not reach
Till I rest in peace with Thee.

Daily Devotional for Teen’s guide was written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, one of the largest evangelical church in the world and also the President of Christ the Redeemer’s Ministries.

Topic: The Sanctity of Marriage [DCLM Daily Manna 7 October 2018 Daily Devotional by Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi]

Text: Genesis 24:2-67 (KJV)

Key Verse “And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death…” (Genesis 24:67).

MESSAGE:

The arrival of Rebekah as a wife to Isaac was a wonderful gift from God after three years of loneliness due to the death of his mother, Sarah.

Abraham’s chief servant, Eliezar had gone on a long journey to Mesopotamia to seek a wife for his master’s son, Isaac. Abraham had instructed him under oath to go to his family house to get a wife for his son. Eliezer obeyed and went. Helped by God after a brief prayer, he was able to come back with Rebekah as Isaac’s bride. Isaac was returning from the field where he had gone for meditation when he sighted the coming camels and hoped his wife would be in that approaching company. He was right. On enquiry, Rebekah had been told it was Isaac she had just sighted and had to cover herself with a veil as was the custom for new brides.

God instituted marriage as a holy union between a man and a woman. One man, one woman. The purposes are for procreation, partnership, fellowship and pleasure. For the godly Church, the marriage institution is a type of the union between Christ and His Bride, the Church. It is a sacred union. Similarly Christian marriage remains the bedrock of a healthy society.

Unfortunately, in some countries today, this sacred institution has been desecrated. They practice sinful acts like same-sex marriages. But God’s truth and warnings remain unchanging in the face of man’s waywardness. Knowing that life is not only about man’s brief stay on earth, it is only foolish for anyone to sell himself to the dictates of the devil to the detriment of his eternal well-being. “Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the street” (Proverbs 1:20). We must hear the voice of wisdom and live a godly life as it pleases the Lord.

Thought For The Day: Marriage is honourable in all and the bed undefiled.

Bible Reading In One Year: Matthew 8-9; Mark 2

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DCLM Daily Manna was written by Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi; is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church situated at KM 42 on the busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria.

Flatimes’ Notice Board: Until you are born again, God ever abiding presence will never be with you. You must be born again to enjoy continuous victory. Please say the displayed prayer below in faith:

Lord Jesus, come into my life. I accept You as my Lord and Personal Saviour. I believe in my heart You died and rose from the dead to save me. Thank You Lord for saving me, in Jesus name Amen.

If you just prayed the prayer of salvation online please send your testimonies and prayer request to [email protected], 07026385437 OR 08141320204.

Topic: Leave Foolishness Behind [Kenneth & Gloria Copeland Devotional 7 October 2018]

Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed. – Proverbs 13:21

Satan has had us in a poverty mentality so long that it’s tough for us to grasp just how intensely God really does desire to prosper us—even though He’s demonstrated that desire again and again.

Take Abraham, for example. God made him an extremely wealthy man. Genesis 13:2 says he was rich in cattle, in silver and in gold.

Then, of course, there was Solomon. The Bible says he surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

God’s servant Job possessed such great wealth that he was called the greatest of all the men of the East. That was before Satan put him through the wringer. Afterward, God blessed him with more than twice what Satan had stolen.

The problem is, just the thought of the kind of wealth God gave to those men scares most believers today. They’re afraid it would destroy them.

God has said that “the prosperity of fools shall destroy them” (Proverbs 1:32).

But that doesn’t mean you should avoid being prosperous. It means you should avoid being a fool!

I challenge you, this week, to go to the book of Proverbs and find out for yourself what God says about the characteristics of a fool. Let the Holy Spirit search your heart. If you see ways in which you’ve been a fool, repent and make a firm decision not to be caught in that trap again.

Let the Word of God inspire you to leave foolishness behind and stir within you the faith to reach out and receive what you, as a redeemed child of the living God, have a divine right to—not the curse of poverty, but the blessing of prosperity!

Scripture Reading: Genesis 15:1-6

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This message was written by Kenneth and Gloria Copeland, the leader of the Kenneth Copeland Ministries (www.KCM.org) that specializes in teaching principles of bible faith – prayer, healing, salvation and other biblical topics.

Open Heaven 7 October 2018 Sunday Daily Devotional by Pastor E A Adeboye – The Best Time to Sow

Topic: The Best Time to Sow (Open Heaven 7 October 2018)

Memorise: “Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.”- Genesis 26:12

Read: Genesis 26:12-14 (KJV)

12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.

13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:

14 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.

Bible in One Year: Isaiah 41-42, Luke 2:41-3:6

Open Heaven 7 October 2018 Sunday MESSAGE:

Any farmer who wants to reap a bountiful harvest knows that sowing is a specialised act. In other words, you don’t expect a great harvest when you sow at a time of your own choosing and in a haphazard manner. After soil preparation, sowing is often the next and most important step taken by a farmer in anticipation of harvest. The principles of sowing that govern the physical realm are also applicable in the spiritual realm Ecclesiastes 3:2 tells us that there is a right time, which also is the best time, for sowing. Good farmers know very well that the planting of crops is a major event, and its timing depends on the type of seed to be sown. Some factors that determine the right time to sow include the season or time of the year, sunshine and clouds, length of day and night, rainfall pattern and soil fertility. Sowing in the time of famine, being a time of drought, is a ridiculous thing to do, to say the least. Nevertheless, for Isaac in today’s Bible reading, it was the right time, and he experienced the miracle of a hundredfold harvest. His case is a classic example of doing the ridiculous to produce the miraculous. Just as it happened to Isaac, I pray that as you sow into God’s kingdom, you will experience returns in hundred fold in Jesus’ Name.

When is the best time to sow into God’s kingdom? The best time to sow is when you are born again and living in total obedience to the will of God. It is when the source of your livelihood is clean and your way of life is pure, such that you can lift up holy hands to God in adoration and worship (Psalm 24:3-5). It is when curses have been removed, devourers rebuked, cankerworms destroyed and contrary circumstances have been turned around to work in your favor. If for any reason you have missed it somehow and your life does not fit these descriptions, it is never too late with God. You can retrace your steps back home to God for a new beginning- a new beginning of peace, progress and bountiful harvest. Thankfully, it is still the season for sowing, and there is still time to sow righteousness and obedience now, before you face God’s law of harvest based on your deeds (Romans 2:6). It is yet a sunny day, the weather is favorable, and the timing is right. You can set your life on the right path by sowing righteousness, mercy and favor today. Invest into God’s kingdom today and reap a hundredfold in eternity. The best seed you can sow is the seed of your life. Invest your time, money and energy into soul winning activities today and watch as things will begin to work in your favor. If you are busy doing God’s business, He will also respond by going the extra mile to take care of your family and business.

Open Heaven 7 October 2018 Sunday Prayer Point:

Father, please let my contribution to the expansion of Your kingdom produce hundredfold returns for me in Jesus’ Name.

Also Read: Open Heaven 6 October 2018 – He is Right Beside You

Open Heaven 7 October 2018 Sunday Hymn 6: A New Thing

(Tune: There Shall Be Showers of Blessing)

1. We will soon shout Halleluiah
Because God will do new things
Sinners will be forgiven
Prodigals will come home soon.

Chorus:
Shout Hallelujah
Because God will do new things
Rivers in desert now flowing
Hallelujah to our king.

2. We will soon shout Hallelujah
Because God will do new things
Sickness and sorrow will be gone
Bondage will be forgotten.

3. We will soon shout Hallelujah
Because God will do new things
The barren will be faithful soon
Failure will be forgotten.

4. We will soon shout Hallelujah
Because God will do new things
Poverty will be forgotten
Stagnancy will soon be gone.

5. We will soon shout Hallelujah
Because God will do new things
To all miracles are given
There shall be celebrations

6. We will soon shout Hallelujah
Because God will do new things
Many will have testimonies
Of prayer answered fully.

7. We will soon shout Hallelujah
Because God will do new things
One of us will chase a thousand
Two will conquer ten thousand

8. We will soon shout Hallelujah
Because God will do new things
Songs of praises we will sing
Hallelujah to our King.

Open Heaven 7 October 2018 Sunday Daily Devotional guide was written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, one of the largest evangelical church in the world and also the President of Christ the Redeemer’s Ministries. The Open Heavens devotional application is available across all mobile platforms and operating systems: iOS, Android, Blackberry, Nokia, Windows Mobile and PC. Open Heaven 7 October 2018 Sunday Daily Devotional.

Flatimes Notice Board: Until you are born again, God ever abiding presence will never be with you. You must be born again to enjoy continuous victory. Please say the displayed prayer below in faith:

Lord Jesus, come into my life. I accept You as my Lord and Personal Saviour. I believe in my heart You died and rose from the dead to save me. Thank You Lord for saving me, in Jesus name Amen.

If you just prayed the prayer of salvation online please send your testimonies and prayer request to [email protected], 07026385437 OR 08141320204.