MFM Daily Devotional 9th October 2026 – Heroes of Faith: Jephthah

MFM Devotional For Today 9th October 2026.

MFM daily devotional (Mountain Top Life daily devotional 9th October 2026) by Pastor D.K Olukoya helps to start your day right with God and experience a Life-changing encounter with the God that answers by fire. Mountain Top Life Devotional contents are refreshing, instructive, soul-lifting and life-changing. Read and share with someone today.

The Topic of MFM (Mountain Top Life) Daily Devotional for 9th October 2026 Is ”Heroes of Faith: Jephthah ”.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Jeremiah 17; Jeremiah 18; Acts 4; Acts 5

FIRE SCRIPTURE: Judges 11:29-40

MEMORY VERSE: Psalm 27:10

When my father and my mother forsake me, Then the LORD will take me up.

MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES:

Don’t let your background put your back on the ground.

PRAISE AND WORSHIP: Take praise and worship songs as led by the Holy Spirit.

PROPHETIC WORD FOR TODAY:

May the Lord bring you out of the miry clay and set your feet on the rock, in the name of Jesus.

MFM Daily Devotional Message Friday 9th October 2026.

Today’s hero of faith is Jephthah. Jephthah was born by a harlot and the legitimate children of his father sent him away. He didn’t have a very great start, being a bastard. He ran away to the land of Tob where he became a captain of worthless men. It would have looked like Jephthah was doomed to a life of obscurity but God brought beauty out of his life. The people of Ammon came against Israel because they had sinned. The same elders of Gilead who had thrust Jephthah out were the ones who sought him to fight for them.

This goes to show that God is intentional about all His creation, whether or not they were born under favourable circumstances. God made the rejected Jephthah a leader over His people. So, don’t fret about your background, only trust the Lord .Jephthah accepted the role of leadership and committed the assignment into God’s hands. He went further to make a vow that he would sacrifice whatever came out of his house first. Despite his or gin, Jephthah knew the importance of always committing one’s ways into the hands of God.

This is instructive for believers today. Jephthah tried to negotiate with the king of Ammon but he refused so they went to war and Israel defeated Ammon. Here’s the sad part: Jephthah’s daughter came out of his house first, rejoicing. He had to sacrifice her to fulfil his vow. This was an act of faith, not going back on his vow even though it hurt him (Psalm 15:4). Beloved, God does not expect us to make human sacrifices to Him; Jesus has already offered Himself. Even for his time, Jephthah had limited knowledge, else, he wouldn’t have made such a vow nor would he have offered his daughter. However, the lesson to learn is that we should not find anything too difficult to give up for God. Else, we’ll be guilty of idolatry. May the Lord make our hearts right, in Jesus’ name.

MFM Daily Prayer Points 9th October 2026

MORNING

O Lord, my Father, make my heart right before You, in the name of Jesus.
My Father help me to surrender completely to You, in the name of Jesus.
Help me, O Lord, so that nothing would be too difficult to give up for You, in the name of Jesus.

EVENING