Topic: Excuses, Excuses [Joyce Meyer Devotional 5 October 2018]

And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God. — Colossians 1:9-10

Moses made excuses when God called him to service. He said he wasn’t eloquent enough and could not speak (see Exodus 4:10).

Felix made excuses when Paul was speaking to him about righteousness and self-control. He essentially said, “Right now is an inconvenient time. Can you come back later?” (see Acts 24:25).

When God invites people into relationship with Him, many people come up with excuses when the truth is, they simply don’t want to make the sacrifices required to follow Him. Even among those who are believers in Jesus, we still hear ample excuses for not serving Him fully.

It is time to deal with excuses and start speaking truth. There is one truth none of us will be able to avoid: The day will come when every person will stand before God and give an account of his or her life (see Romans 14:12). On that day, there will be no excuses!

Prayer Starter: Father, I want to give you my whole heart and let You in every area of my life. Help me today to seek You in a greater way than ever before. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

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From Joyce Meyer’s Ministries.

MFM Mountain Top Life Daily Devotional 5 October 2018 By Dr. D.K Olukoya – Divine Internal Cleansing

TOPIC: Changing The Unfit Garments (Mountain Of Fire and Miracle Ministries, MFM Daily Devotional 5 October 2018)

FIRE SCRIPTURE: Matthew 13:24-30

MEMORY VERSE: “But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.” – Obadiah 1:17

The MESSAGE:

A sick person or an internally afflicted person can never be properly positioned unless something is done. A sick person is a poor person. In fact, an internally afflicted person is a sorrowful person and may find it difficult to fulfill destiny. The person might be oppressed, possessed and even obsessed. That is, he or she might be harbouring demons with different manifestations. Other manifestations include: moodiness, bewitchment, abnormal behaviour, madness, foolishness, etc. If one is so afflicted, one may need, in medical terms, surgery. Surgery is the art of treating diseases, injuries or deformities by operative (operation) procedures in which a doctor cuts into someone’s body in order to repair or remove damaged or diseased parts or the removal of strange things in the body. This is meant to sanitise such people that are internally sick.

Jesus knew this, and He started surgery, which medics had to copy from. But spiritually, surgery does not involve opening of the body physically. Jesus carried out surgeries such as removal of demons, correction of internal problems without opening anyone’s body. This is called divine internal cleansing. Internal dirtiness comes in while men sleep (Matthew 13:25). It comes through inheritance and it can be acquired. A man got HIV through injection of blood into his body in a dream. He never slept with any other woman and his wife tested negative. This was mysterious. There are consequences of internal dirtiness, such as low sperm count, barreness, fibroids, miscarriages, stroke, High Blood Pressure, deaf and dumb spirit, sin, lust, drunkenness, hatred, poverty, discomfort, bad luck and death. King Hezekiah was internally dirty and was to die, but after prayers, he was cleansed.

A woman with goitre attended one of our programmes at the international headquarters and left the service healed and cleansed. Beloved, you need internal cleansing for you to be repositioned. You may not feel physical pains, but there are things that might be inside of you that are causing poverty, career failure, business failure, misbehaviours, etc that you need to deal with today. Jesus is waiting for your prayers to carry out internal surgery on you to be properly repositioned and begin to do what you could not do before. I pray you receive your divine cleansing now, in the name of Jesus.

MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE:
BAD SPIRITS HAVE NO POWER TO BRING YOU TO DESTRUCTION OR TO POSSESS YOU UNLESS THEY FIND AN AREA IN YOUR LIFE THAT IS NOT YIELDED TO GOD.

PROPHETIC WORD:
The blood of Jesus shall flow into your spirit, soul and body and your health shall be restored.

PRAYER POINTS:

MORNING
1. Father, I thank You because of Your name, Jehovah Rapha, in the name of Jesus.
2. Agenda of infirmity in my life, die, in the name of Jesus.
3. Yoke breaker, Jesus Christ, arise break my yoke now, in the name of Jesus.

EVENING
4. Every internal affliction and oppression in my body, die, in the name of Jesus.
5. Organs of my body, hear the word of the Lord, reject the voice of the grave, in the name of Jesus.
6. Damage done to my body by infirmities, be repaired by the blood of Jesus, in the name of Jesus.
7. Operating theatre of God, admit me and let surgeon angels from heaven begin to operate on me, 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)

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.

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Topic: Have Your Way, Lord [Teens Open Heavens 5 October 2018]

Memorise: But our God is in the heavens: He hath done whatsoever He hath pleased. Psalm 115:3

Read: Isaiah 55:8-9 (KJV)

Bible In One Year: Isaiah 31-33, Philippians 1

MESSAGE:

A usual hindrance to miracles is having a preconceived idea of how it will come. In 2 Kings 5:11-12, Naaman had already concluded how he would get his miracle. He had forgotten that the miracle will come from God and not him. According to Psalm 115:3, God does as He pleases.

I have observed that in making their requests known to God, people also dictate the ways in which they want their request to come. In most cases, it is as a result of pride. God does not answer your requests to fatten your pride or ego, but to take the glory, let God have His way, leave Him to bring you your requests whatever way He wants.

Prayer Point: Father, please have your way in my life. I believe that your way and timing for answers to my requests are in my best interest

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: Be Equitable [DCLM Daily Manna 5 October 2018 Daily Devotional by Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi]

Text: Deuteronomy 21:15-21 (KJV)

Key Verse: “If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated: Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, which is indeed the firstborn“ (Deuteronomy 21:15,16).

MESSAGE:

Human frailties are a common deficiency that even the patriarchs were not immune from.
From the text today, God instructed Israel through Moses that should there be a case of a man who dislikes the wife that gave birth to his first born, such hatred must not be transferred to the son by denying him the right of the first born. He must duly acknowledge him as the first born by giving him a double portion of all his possessions.

Partiality is evil. It causes disaffection and friction in families, communities and nations. Unfortunately, in the church, which ought to be “the pillar and ground of the truth”, there have been many reported cases of prejudice due to tribal affiliations, social standing, wealth, education and so on. This ought not to be, since Christ is not divided. Church leaders must ensure all such matters are promptly corrected and disposed of as in the early church. The Church of Christ is the symbol of His presence on earth and must be characterised by true and equal love among the brethren. The spirit of unity in true fellowship exist only where those who are more endowed spiritually or materially are joyfully sharing their resources with others in an atmosphere of love.

Christ has built His Church upon the rock that the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. Every believer has the duty to contribute towards upholding a strong assembly. Let us eschew rancour, fault-finding, impatience, loose talk, unforgiving spirit, and endeavour to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace, till we reach the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ (Ephesians 4:3,13).

Thought For The Day: It is pleasant for brethren to dwell in unity.

Bible Reading In One Year: Matthew 4; Luke 4-5; John 1:15

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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: Stay with It [TREM 5 October 2018 Daily Devotional]

Our God is very detailed, and so every word in the scripture matters. If you read the scripture above very closely, it tells us that the fig tree dried up from the roots. Put on your imagination, this means that the word of God went down into the roots of the tree, to cause it to dry up. The dried-up tree is the result of what took place at the roots. This means that every time you declare the word, or the word is spoken over your life, it goes down to affect the root of that situation. The fact that sometimes you do not see immediate results does not mean the word is not at work. Don’t abort your miracle by saying the wrong words. Hold firmly to your confession.

Isaiah 55:11 tells us that God’s words will never return void, but will prosper for the purpose it was sent. This is an assurance of the power of God’s Word, and in its ability to produce. God has given you this assurance, and now it is left with you to stick with the Word until you see the manifestation. Proverbs 30:5 (NLT) says, “Every word of God proves true…” The word can never fail.

Don’t be in the company of those that give up easily. You have an assurance from God that His word is a settled matter, and so take your eyes off that challenge, stop looking at the surface, because something is going on below the surface. “While we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.” (2 Corinthians 4:18 NKJV) As you declare the word, something is taking place below the surface, which you cannot see with your human eye, but at the end of the day, the word will prevail. You are already victorious!

Further Reading: 2 Corinthians 2:16-17, 1 Kings 8:56-57

Daily Bible Reading: Morning- Isaiah 23-25; Evening- Philippians 1

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Written by Dr. Mike Okonkwo; Is the Presiding Bishop of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM); a versatile man of God with over 30 years of dedicated service unto the Lord.