Mountain Top Life Daily Devotional 16 August 2025 By Dr. D.K Olukoya — The Encounter At Peniel
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TOPIC: The Encounter At Peniel (Mountain Of Fire and Miracle Ministries, MFM Devotional 16 August 2025)
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Nehemiah 11:1-12:26; 1 Corinthians 10:14-33; Psalm 34:11-22; Proverbs 21:14-16
FIRE SCRIPTURE: Genesis 32:24-30 (KJV)
24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
25 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.
26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
29 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
MEMORY VERSE: “And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.” – Genesis 32:28 (KJV)
MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES:
When you allow God to work on your weak areas you are humble to a point of becoming a new man
PRAISE AND WORSHIP:
Take praise and worship songs as led by the Holy Spirit.
PROPHETIC WORD FOR TODAY:
You shall encounter the fiery power of the God of Israel, in the mighty name of Jesus.
MFM Devotional For Today 2025 MESSAGE:
Many of us have fleshly, stubborn and sinful dispositions which have been dominating our lives. These dispositions sometime stand at the very core of our lives and they become strongholds of demonic activities. Most times, we do not even notice them. But God, in His lovingkindness, provides many opportunities in which these natural flaws are exposed.
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When this happens, you will realise how ugly, and filthy this disposition is. What you have been boasting about, what you have gloried in and taken satisfaction in, and what you have considered excellent and superior will now be exposeed under the Xray power of God’s light and found to be nothing but the fleshly life, which is filthy, corrupt, base and despicable. This is when the light ‘touches’ you, and this is the meaning of Peniel. God shows you that the very things that you once boasted in, the things you considered admirable, were proud of, are the very expressions of the carnal life in you. When you receive God’s touch in these areas you are humble. Just like Jacob experience God and never remained the same again.
It is difficult to find a Christian who does not have his natural life lurking behind his boasts. Therefore, you have to be particularly careful about what your boasts of. The things that you boast of are often the very things that God will deal with. When He touches this spot, you will become very ashamed and say, “How could I have made my greatest shame my glory?”
Beloved, when you have an encounter with God, like Jacob, you will see yourself for who you really are. You will see the ugly and base area of your life. You will see all the pretence and shame in your Christian service and wonder how you could have considered them your glory and virtues. When the light of the Lord beams on you, all the struggling and jostling for relevance and church positions will stop in your life. You will do all things with Christ-centredness and with a supernatural grace that ‘transcends all understanding’. The question therefore is: ‘Are you ready for a Peniel encounter with the Lord?” If truly you are, you will experience a transformation that will change the course and worth of your life for the best forever.
PRAYER POINTS:
MORNING
- My Father, give me my personal Peniel encounter, in the name of Jesus.
- I reject failure, and welcome divine blessing into my life today, in the name of Jesus.
- O God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, manifest Yourself in my life now, in the name of Jesus.
EVENING
- O God, change my Jacob to Israel, in the name of Jesus.
- O God, move me from curses to blessings, in the name of Jesus.
- My blessings will not be transferred to another, in the name of Jesus.
- Every embargo of stagnation in my life, scatter now, 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)
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