MFM Mountain Top Life Daily Devotional 9 December 2019 By Dr. D.K Olukoya – Lessons From The Character Of Jesus (II)
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TOPIC: Lessons From The Character Of Jesus (II) (Mountain Of Fire and Miracle Ministries, MFM Daily Devotional 9 December 2019)
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Daniel 11-12; Jude
FIRE SCRIPTURE: 2 Corinthians 8:1-9
MEMORY VERSE: “But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.” – Luke 6:35
The MESSAGE:
Character disorder is one of the major problems of man in this age. Yesterday, we enjoined you to build the character of Jesus Christ into your life. We posited that the character of Jesus is the standard by which you and I must measure ourselves as leaders or train ourselves to become successful leaders. Imbibing and imitating Christ’s character is a potent cure to character disorder. We also examined two of Christ’s character traits we need to imbibe and imitate. Today, we shall look at three more of those character traits:
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Third, Jesus had and demonstrated the quality of absolute love. Jesus set an outstanding example of self-sacrificing love. Self-sacrifice involves unselfishly putting the needs and concerns of others ahead of our own. How did Jesus demonstrate such love? He himself explained: “No one has love greater than this, that someone should surrender his soul on behalf of his friends” (John 15:13). Jesus willingly gave His perfect life for us. It was the greatest expression of love ever made by any human. But Jesus showed self-sacrificing love in other ways as well. A truly touching example of Jesus’ self-sacrificing love is recorded at John 19:25-27.
Also, Jesus had and demonstrated the quality of absolute influence. Jesus is the most influential figure in the world. We should all imitate Him. He was influential because He was compassionate, approachable, prayerful, unselfish, forgiving, zealous, humble and patient. He was a leader in a class of His own. He put the need of His followers ahead of His. Great leaders have come and gone but none of them can be compared to Jesus in terms of influence. Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne all founded empires. But they rested the creation of their genius upon force. Jesus Christ founded His empire upon love, and at this hour millions of men would die for Him.
Lastly, Jesus had and demonstrated the quality of good work ethic. Jesus bequeathed His best work ethic to all Christians. He did His work and divine assignment with unstinted devotion and total commitment. He was not lazy; He never complained nor murmured and delivered excellently on the job. God is a worker. God worked to create the world and He works to sustain it. He is also constantly at work fulfilling His purposes in history and in the life of every person (Philippians 2:13). As our Lord Jesus declared “My Father has been working until now, and I have been working” (John 5:17). God called His work “good”, confirming that work has intrinsic worth. Work is no disgrace –the disgrace is idleness. “He who is slothful in his work is a brother to him who is a great destroyer” (Proverbs 18:9).
Beloved, I enjoin you to set time aside to study the Word of God and pray these character qualities that distinguished Jesus as a leader par excellence into your life. More so, I encourage you to study the Word of God on the nine fruit of the Holy Spirit, meditate on them and pray them to manifestation in your life and ministry. I trust that the Holy Spirit will help you to achieve all that and make you an exceptionally successful leader in His kingdom.
MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE:
Character is what a man is, in the dark.
PROPHETIC WORD:
THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL MOULD AND DEVELOP YOUR CHARACTER.
PRAYER POINTS:
MORNING
1 I flush all ungodly characters and works of the flesh from my life with the blood of Jesus, in the name of Jesus.
2 Father, help me to imbibe the character qualities that made Jesus an exceptional leader on earth, in the name of Jesus.
3 Father, teach and help me to die to self, in the name of Jesus.
EVENING
4 Father, fill me with the quality of absolute integrity and honesty, in the name of Jesus.
5 Father, fill me with the quality of absolute love like Jesus, in the name of Jesus.
6 Father, make me a person of positive influence and work ethic, in the name of Jesus.
7 O Lord, let the nine fruit of the Holy Spirit manifest in my character and life, in the name of Jesus.
MOUNTAIN TOP LIFE is a daily devotional by Dr. D.K Olukoya (General Overseer, Mountain of Fire and Miracle Ministries, Worldwide)
DAY 9 EAGLE PRAYERS
DAY 9
Confessions: Psalms: 127:5 – Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it; except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows; for so he giveth his beloved sleep. Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them; they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
Isa 8:16 – Behold I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in lsrael from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.
Aggressive Praise Worship
225 O Lord, magnetise my children to success and magnetise success to them, in the name of Jesus.
226 Every fountain of failure flowing into the lives of my children, dry up, in the name of Jesus.
227 You my children, whether the devil likes it or not, you will not die a failure, in the name of Jesus.
228 Failure, fail in the lives of my children, in the name of Jesus.
229 Every strongman from the fathers house withholding the key of success from my children, release the key and die, in the name of Jesus.
230 You the spirit of success come upon my children, in the name of Jesus.
231 Thou power of God, upgrade the brain of my children for excellent performance in their academics pursuits, in the name of Jesus.
232 Every limiting power of demotion from my children’s family line, die, in the name of Jesus.
233 Every barrier to success in the lives of my children, scatter, in the name of Jesus.
234 Every anti-success mark placed on my children by stubborn strongman, blood of Jesus, wipe them off, in the name of Jesus.
235 O Lord, let me not be put to shame over my children, in the name of Jesus.
236 Every evil hand covering the glory and star of my children from shining brightly, roast, in the name of Jesus.
237 Every defensive cover of the enemies of my children, l destroy you with the bulldozers of heaven, in the name of Jesus.
238 Eaters of flesh and drinkers of blood, assigned against my children, eat the flesh of your children, and drink their blood as sweet Wine, in the name of Jesus.
239 Every satanic prophecies concerning my children, be nullified by the blood of Jesus Christ, in the name of Jesus.
240 Agents of darkness wanting to steal the joy of my children, die, in the name of Jesus.
241 Powers calling the name of my children for evil, fall down and die, in the name of Jesus.
242 Every evil priest saying incantations against the destinies of my children, fall down and die, in the name of Jesus.
243 Every cloud of evil gathering over the lives of my children, clear away, in the name of Jesus.
244 Every garment of shame and disgrace on my children, catch fire and burn to ashes, in the name of Jesus.
245 Every force, scaring away the marriage partners of my children, fall down and die, in the name of Jesus.
246 l break every yoke of marital failure in the lives of my children, in the name of Jesus.
247 l paralyze the handiwork of household enemies and envious agent concerning the marital life of my children, in the name of Jesus
248 Every evil spirit wedding conducted consciously or unconsciously on behalf of my children, die, in the name of Jesus.
249 Oh Lord, let every enchantment, divination, incantation, working against my children settling down in marriage, die, in the name of Jesus.
250 Every demonic power hindering the marital breakthroughs of my children, be frustrated, in the name of Jesus.
251 I break every evil covenant working against the marital destiny of my children, in the name of Jesus.
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