Dr D.K Olukoya

TOPIC: Live Not By Bread (Mountain of Fire and Miracle Ministries Sunday, 29 July 2018)

FIRE SCRIPTURE: John 6:32-35

MEMORY VERSE: “This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.”Joshua 1:8

The MESSAGE:

The word “bread” in the Bible sometimes is used as a metaphor for life’s necessities (Psalm 37:25). Jesus Christ fed no fewer than 5,000 people at a time (Matthew 14:13-21). At another time, He fed 4,000 people (Mark 8:1-9). Physical bread is the oldest staple food in the world. The pleasure/enjoyment of physical bread is temporary. It does not last for long. It is meant for self satisfaction, nourishment and physical energy. This is what most of us focused on and are running after. This explains why some of us are not experiencing meaningful spiritual progress and advancement in our lives today. Living solely on physical bread will amount to fulfilling the lust of the flesh, which produces or manifests the works of the flesh (Galatians 5:16-21): hatred, fornication, backsliding, and talkativeness, inability to memorise the Scriptures, worldliness, being proud and full of noise. Living solely on physical bread weakens the growth of the spirit man. It extinguishes the fire of the spirit man and keeps one low spiritually.

The other type of bread is the spiritual bread. This bread is the word of God. It is the living bread meant to give life to our mortal body. The amount of spiritual strength we have depends on the quantity of the word of God in us. Studying the word of God is feeding our spirit with spiritual bread which nourishes our lives. Many believers today are physically well-fed but spiritually malnourished because they lack spiritual nutrient that their body, soul and spirit need to function effectively. These nutrients are derived from the spiritual bread, and they provide healing and total restoration for the body, soul and spirit.

Beloved, live not by bread alone but by the word of God. Living by the word of God (spiritual bread) allows for spiritual growth because the word of God is spiritual food. When you live by the word of God, you will be full of the power of God and carry the presence of God with His anointing. You become a mobile Bible, speaking the word of God with boldness and full of the Holy Ghost. You become a man/woman of authority and power (Psalm 33:6-9). It prepares you for heaven and the second coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. It makes you to live a righteous and upright life. Living by the word of God keeps you clean and free from sin. Psalm 119:9-11 affirms, “Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word. With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments. Thy word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against thee.” If you live by the word of God, you will become prosperous in all your ways.

MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE:
FIRST YOU EAT TO LIVE, AND THEN YOU LIVE TO EAT… BUT THAT’S NO EXCUSE FOR STUFFING YOUR BODY WITH FOOD…

PROPHETIC WORD:
Your joy will not die; your glory will not sink.

PRAYER POINTS:

MORNING
1. Power in the word of God, transform my life, in the name of Jesus.
2. Power in the word of God, break and remould me, in the name of Jesus.
3. Power in the word of God, heal my infirmities, in the name of Jesus.

EVENING
4. Power resisting the word of God in my life, your time is up, die, in the name of Jesus.
5. Spirit of worldliness, jump out of me. I jump out of you, in the name of Jesus.
6. Power in the word of God, break my yokes, in the name of Jesus.
7. O Lord my Father, create in me a great thirst of Your word, 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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