MOUNTAIN TOP LIFE, MFM DAILY DEVOTIONAL (VOLUME 8, JAN-DEC) THURSDAY 9 MARCH 2023:- LESSONS FROM THE LIFE OF SARAH (I)

MFM 2023: MY YEAR OF GLORIOUS MANIFESTATION

Written by Dr D.K. Olukoya, General Overseer, MFM worldwide

Posted by allcitynews.ng

MFM Topic, Thur 09/03/23: lessons from the life of Sarah (1)

Welcome to MFM Devotional, 09/03/23

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Deuteronomy 8–10; Mark 11:19–33

MEMORY VERSE:
Isaiah 51:2 – Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.

MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE:
IF YOU CLAIM TO LOVE GOD, YOUR FAITH AND SUBMISSION WILL BE TESTED.

PROPHETIC WORD FOR 9/3/23:
YOU SHALL NOT BE DISCOURAGED AT THE EDGE OF YOUR BREAKTHROUGHS, IN THE NAME OF JESUS.

FIRE SCRIPTURE:
Genesis 12:5-20
Easy-to-Read Version
5 He took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the slaves, and all the other things he had gotten in Haran. Then he and his group moved to the land of Canaan. 6 Abram traveled through the land as far as the town of Shechem and then to the big tree at Moreh. The Canaanites were living in the land at that time.

7 The Lord appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your descendants.”

Abram built an altar to honor the Lord who appeared to him there. 8 Then he left that place and traveled to the mountains east of Bethel. He set up his tent there. Bethel was to the west, and Ai was to the east. Abram built another altar at that place to honor the Lord, and he worshiped the Lord there. 9 Then he moved on toward the Negev, stopping for a time at several places on the way.

Abram in Egypt
10 During this time there was not enough food in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to live. 11 Just before they arrived in Egypt, Abram told Sarai, “Look, I know that you are a very beautiful woman. 12 When the Egyptian men see you, they will say, ‘This woman is his wife.’ Then they will kill me and keep you alive because they want you. 13 So tell them that you are my sister. Then they will be good to me because of you. In this way you will save my life.”

14 So when Abram went into Egypt, the Egyptian men saw that Sarai was a very beautiful woman. 15 Even some of Pharaoh’s officials noticed her and told Pharaoh how beautiful she was. So they took her to Pharaoh’s house. 16 Pharaoh was kind to Abram because he thought Abram was Sarai’s brother. He gave Abram sheep, cattle, donkeys, camels, and men and women servants.

17 Pharaoh took Abram’s wife, so the Lord caused Pharaoh and all the people in his house to have very bad diseases. 18 Pharaoh called Abram and said to him, “You have done a very bad thing to me! Why didn’t you tell me Sarai was your wife? 19 You said, ‘She is my sister.’ Why did you say that? I took her so that she could be my wife, but now I give your wife back to you. Take her and go!” 20 Then Pharaoh commanded his men to lead Abram out of Egypt. So Abram and his wife left that place and took everything they had with them.

PRAISE & WORSHIP:
Take a song as you are being led by the Holy Ghost

09/03/23 MESSAGE:
Today, we want to begin an exploration of the life of our faith matriarch, Sarah. We want to glean lessons from her life’s experiences that could help shape our lives and character. It wil help us to take our faith to a higher level, following this godly example of obedience and steadfast faith.

The first lesson we are to learn from this matriarch is her faith and total submission, not just to Abraham her husband but to God’s Word and will. It takes a woman who has fully surrendered to God to accept to follow a man on a journey of faith.

“By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.” (Hebrews 11:8).

Following a man that tells you he knows where he is going requires faith in itself. However, an even greater faith is required to follow a man who claims to have heard God but is not clear about where he is going. Such a level of faith is a rare one especially in this generation of ours.

Sarah accepted to follow Abraham everywhere till they got to Canaan. It was a not a journey of all roses and flowers. There were obstacles on the way, there were thorns also; there were times they both would have felt discouraged, yet, she submitted and followed all the same.

Not every woman can do such! After all, she wasn’t the one God spoke to. It was Abraham that heard from God. So, why would she kill herself following the man up and down? This woman deserves our accolades.

Unlike Zipporah, Moses’ wife, who went back when it seemed the road ahead was not clear. Orpah, Naomi’s daughter in-law also could not hold on in the journey when she couldn’t see any sunshine ahead. Sarah followed through and eventually obtained the promise. Little wonder she is listed among the champions of faith in God’s Word, according to Hebrews 11:11.

Beloved, how much are you willing to follow God? How much are you willing to surrender to His will for your life? Remember, if you claim to love God, your faith and submission will be tested.

PRAYER POINTS:
MORNING
1. O God my Father, increase my faith, in the name of Jesus.

2. I refuse to be discouraged at the edge of my miracle, in the name of Jesus.

3. Provocations from the pit of hell, assigned to sway me from my Promise Land, die, in the name of Jesus.

EVENING
4. Negative patterns of near-success syndrome in my family line, die to your root, in the name of Jesus.

5. Obstacles on my way of progress, be rolled away by fire, in the name of Jesus.

6. I refuse to give up, but my problems shall give up, in the name of Jesus.

7. I shall get to my Promise Land whether the devil likes it or not, in the name of Jesus.

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