MOUNTAIN TOP LIFE DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY
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The Topic of Mountain Top Life Daily Devotional for 19th September 2024 Is “The Other Gods In Your Life”
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Isaiah 45; Isaiah 46; Luke 11; Luke 12
FIRE SCRIPTURE: Ezekiel 14:1-23
1 Now some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat before me.
2 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
3 “Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their hearts, and put before them that which causes them to stumble into iniquity. Should I let Myself be inquired of at all by them?
4 Therefore speak to them, and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Everyone of the house of Israel who sets up his idols in his heart, and puts before him what causes him to stumble into iniquity, and then comes to the prophet, I the Lord will answer him who comes, according to the multitude of his idols,
5 that I may seize the house of Israel by their heart, because they are all estranged from Me by their idols.” ‘
6 “Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Repent, turn away from your idols, and turn your faces away from all your abominations.
7 For anyone of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who dwell in Israel, who separates himself from Me and sets up his idols in his heart and puts before him what causes him to stumble into iniquity, then comes to a prophet to inquire of him concerning Me, I the Lord will answer him by Myself.
8 I will set My face against that man and make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of My people. Then you shall know that I am the Lord.
9 And if the prophet is induced to speak anything, I the Lord have induced that prophet, and I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My people Israel.
10 And they shall bear their iniquity; the punishment of the prophet shall be the same as the punishment of the one who inquired,
11 that the house of Israel may no longer stray from Me, nor be profaned anymore with all their transgressions, but that they may be My people and I may be their God,” says the Lord God.’ ”
12 The word of the Lord came again to me, saying:
13 “Son of man, when a land sins against Me by persistent unfaithfulness, I will stretch out My hand against it; I will cut off its supply of bread, send famine on it, and cut off man and beast from it.
14 Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver only themselves by their righteousness,” says the Lord God.
15 “If I cause wild beasts to pass through the land, and they empty it, and make it so desolate that no man may pass through because of the beasts,
16 even though these three men were in it, as I live,” says the Lord God, “they would deliver neither sons nor daughters; only they would be delivered, and the land would be desolate.
17 “Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say, ‘Sword, go through the land,’ and I cut off man and beast from it,
18 even though these three men were in it, as I live,” says the Lord God, “they would deliver neither sons nor daughters, but only they themselves would be delivered.
19 “Or if I send a pestilence into that land and pour out My fury on it in blood, and cut off from it man and beast,
20 even though Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live,” says the Lord God, “they would deliver neither son nor daughter; they would deliver only themselves by their righteousness.”
21 For thus says the Lord God: “How much more it shall be when I send My four severe judgments on Jerusalem–the sword and famine and wild beasts and pestilence–to cut off man and beast from it?
22 Yet behold, there shall be left in it a remnant who will be brought out, both sons and daughters; surely they will come out to you, and you will see their ways and their doings. Then you will be comforted concerning the disaster that I have brought upon Jerusalem, all that I have brought upon it.
23 And they will comfort you, when you see their ways and their doings; and you shall know that I have done nothing without cause that I have done in it,” says the Lord God.
MEMORY VERSE: Matthew 6:33
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE: God cannot and should not be put on the back seat of the vehicle of your life.
PRAISE AND WORSHIP:
Take praise and worship songs as led by the Holy Spirit.
PROPHETIC WORD FOR TODAY:
The fire of God shall clear away every secret idol from your life, in the name of Jesus.
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MFM DAILY DEVOTIONAL 19TH SEPTEMBER 2024
Many Christians would deny or shy away from the fact that they have other gods in their lives. Some frown at it or pretend it is not there. Unfortunately, consciously and unconsciously, they put many things, living and non-living before God in their lives. These objects or beings may be real or imagined; the truth is that they exist and are real.
Whatever has taken the place of God in a man’s life is another god. Many supposed Christians adore these gods in their minds. They worship them secretly while some people even boast of them. These gods include your personal achievements, academic and professional achievements, wealth, position and power, beauty, your gifts and talents, even your spiritual abilities, forgetting that there is nothing you have that is not from God.
Other gods are every other thing that comes before God in your life. God should take pre-eminence and topmost priority in our lives and situations. Whatever competes with God or tends to replace God is another god, an idol that you secretly or openly adore. In fact, it is possible to place your wife or husband, children or any of your possession, money 0r time before God.
Ananias and Sapphira, a Christian couple in Acts 5, loved money than God. Although they claimed to be part of the early church; like the other disciples, they sold their land but kept a part of the proceed behind and brought some to God. They forgot that God sees and knows all things. Peter sought to know the truth from them but they told lies before the Holy Spirit. Each of them had an opportunity to tell the truth but failed to do so. They fell and died instantly before the apostle Peter, and in the full glare of others.
God, through the prophet Ezekiel, told the children of Israel in today’s Fire Scripture, that if they come to Him with an idol in their hearts, He would answer them according to the idol. Jesus said you cannot serve two masters. You must choose one. You should make efforts to deal with the works of the flesh, which is the thriving ground for any secret god in your heart by the help of the Holy Spirit.
MFM DAILY PRAYER POINTS 19TH SEPTEMBER 2024
MORNING:
1. Father L0rd, forgive me f0r keeping idols in my heart, in the name of Jesus.
2. Known and unknown idols ( mention the ones you know) in my heart, your time is up, come out and die, in the name of Jesus.
3. Holy Ghost, sanitize my heart with Your fire and the blood of Jesus, in the name of Jesus.
EVENING:
4. Whatever is contending with the presence of God in my life, give up now and die, in the name of Jesus.
5. I separate myself from the lusts and vanities of this world, by the power of God, in the name of Jesus.
6. P0wer t0 keep God first and above all other things in my life, come upon me now, in the name 0f Jesus.
7. Father, take my life and let it be only all for Thee now and forever, in the name of Jesus.
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