MFM Mountain Top Life Daily Devotional 23 December 2018 By Dr. D.K Olukoya – Signs and Dangers of an Overcharged Heart
TOPIC: Signs and Dangers of an Overcharged Heart (Mountain Of Fire and Miracle Ministries, MFM Daily Devotional 23 December 2018)
FIRE SCRIPTURE: Luke 21:34-36
MEMORY VERSE: “Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.” – John 14:1
The MESSAGE:
In these last days, it is evident that the devil has not changed his tactics of using his time-tested devices to steal, to kill, and to destroy. You should never, for a moment, be ignorant of his devices, else, he will take undue advantage of you. The fiery darts of the devil are launched against the heart to keep it perpetually “charged” and restless. The danger is that just as a physical battery may pack up due to overcharging, so also can the human heart pack up when it is perpetually “overcharged”. The question then is, how can one detect the signs of an overcharged heart?
Your heart becomes overcharged when you engage in worry and anxiety, and you keep meditating on the magnitude of your problems and focussing your attention on it rather than on God who has the solution. It becomes overcharged when you give in to discouragement and failures of the past, and refuse to forgive yourself of the past mistakes and errors that resulted in the failures. It becomes overcharged when you give in to the spirit of fear and listen to the conversation of unbelief. It becomes overcharged when you keep making negative confessions and research into the devastating effects of the problem rather than the solution. Your heart becomes overcharged when you keep observing evil timetable, evil cycle, evil records, and believe that it would soon repeat itself in your life. It becomes overcharged when you keep working by sight and not by faith. You must filter what goes into your heart and flush out the evil thoughts and imaginations. You must see all problems as temporal, press forward, and take a bold step of faith. Pay attention to yourself and avoid your heart being overcharged with the cares of this world. Guard what comes into your heart to avoid evil thoughts that may lead to self-destruction. Some people have become drug addicts and drunkards because of the problems of life.
Some have allowed discouragement and depressions to overtake them. This is why many people fail in the battle of life and suffer depressions. You must realise that you are a divine project that God cannot abandon. Do not lose hope. Be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might (Ephesians 6:10). As Christians, we may come under satanic oppression and torments once in a while, but we certainly have a Commander who is willing to deliver us. So, fear not! Sad to say that many of us have internal crises as a result of the release of adverse chemicals from and in our bodies.
This ought not to be so. Worry pulls you in different directions, but hope pulls you in one direction. Fear pulls you in the opposite direction and strangles your faith. In fact, worry has definite physical consequences: headaches, neck pains, ulcers, and even back pains. Worry affects our thinking, our digestion, our co-ordination and even our sleep. When you tighten your facial skin, your body organs are under tension and they may begin to malfunction. You should rejoice always (1 Thessalonians 5:16) rather than be sorrowful. The more you laugh and smile, the more your life is prolonged. A merry heart, the Bible says, does good, like medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones (Proverbs 17:22). Let not your heart be troubled. Believe in God and in His Son, Jesus Christ. Cast all your burdens on Him, He will surely help you.
MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE:
WORRY PULLS YOU IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS BUT HOPE PULLS YOU IN ONE DIRECTION.
PROPHETIC WORD:
You are released today from the bondage of fear and worry.
PRAYER POINTS:
MORNING
- Weight of doubts and fears, be lifted off my soul, in the name of Jesus.
- Cage of faithlessness, break by fire, in the name of Jesus.
- I cast my fears and burdens upon Jesus. O Lord, take over, in the name of Jesus.
EVENING
- I have this blessed assurance that Jesus is mine, therefore, I shall not be dismayed, in the name of Jesus.
- I release myself from the captivity of fear of failure, in the name of Jesus.
- I shall make it, no matter how tough and challenging the situation may be, in the name of Jesus.
- I am a conqueror through the love of my Saviour, Jesus Christ, in the name of Jesus.
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