Moutain Top Life, MFM Daily Devotional, Wednesday 17 March 2021

Topic for Wednesday 17: 3: 21: Tragedy of sleep and slumber 1

By Dr D.K Olukoya General Overseer MFM worldwide

“Salvation does not exempt you from battles of life. It only gives you power to fight and win such battles,” Dr D.K Olukoya, 10:3:21
 

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Deut. 17-19

FIRE SCRIPTURE: Judges 16:15-20

MEMORY VERSE: Romans 12:11 

 “Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord.”

MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE: If you want your dream to come true, don’t oversleep.

PROPHETIC WORD FOR TODAY: The enemy will no longer use sleep to short-change you and pervert your destiny, in the name of Jesus.

Men and women who have made the greatest mark in different arenas of life, including the Kingdom of God, are those who succeeded in conquering sleep – they won the battle of the bed. Sleep is good for the health and wellbeing of man. No human being can do without it.

It is theraupatic and essential for the physical, emotional and mental development of man. However, sleep, like every other useful thing, must be regulated or controlled so as to maximise its benefits. It is disheartening that some people do not only oversleep physically but they also slumber spiritually.

Besides, many Christians have failed to fulfil destiny because they are still in bondage to the bed. Samson’s careless sleep led to the shaving of his hair and losing his divine strength, ministry and glory. Jonah’s sleep in the ship landed him in trouble and he was cast into the sea and the belly of the whale.

In the New Testament, Jesus hinted that while men slept, the enemy sowed tares in their wheat. The hour of sleep can therefore be described as man’s vulnerable and unguarded hour. The five foolish virgins who missed the bridegroom were unfortunate because they slept when they should be awake.

Similarly, a man named Eutychus fell and died because he slept off during Paul’s sermon. All these examples are written for your learning. Do you sleep when you should be awake, active and productive? You must turn a new leaf from today. Do you oversleep? Again, that will have negative effects on your spiritual and physical lives.

Let everything you do, including the hours you spend in sleeping, be done with moderation! Many people are also in spiritual slumber. The Kingdom of God does not tolerate laziness and slothfulness. Wake up from your slumber!

PRAYER POINTS:

MORNING
1. I overcome any form of bondage of the bed, in the name of Jesus.

2. Powers that want to use sleep and slumber to rob me of my blessings, die, in the name of Jesus.

3. Power to spend the hours of the night gainfully in prayer, fall upon me, in the name of Jesus.

EVENING
4. Sleep that leads to poverty and death, I reject you, in the name of Jesus.

5. Sleep that leads to prayerlessness and powerlessness, I reject you, in the name of Jesus.

6. Any evil thing that was introduced into my life during sleep, Holy Spirit, expunge it now, in the name of Jesus.

7. O Lord, make me Your battle axe and prophet in this end time, in the name of Jesus.

Special Note:

Beloved Reader, the sweetest way to enjoy all-round blessings from God in this Year 2021 is to make Jesus Christ your personal Lord & Saviour.  Remember! the Lord Jesus in John 3:3 says, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless ye are born again, ye cannot see the kingdom of God.”

If you are ready to give your life to Christ Jesus, please pray the displayed prayer below in faith:

Lord Jesus, I am a sinner. I confess all my sin, have mercy on me, forgive me all my sin. Give me grace to go and sin no more. I invite You, come into my life. I accept You as my Lord and Personal Saviour. I believe in my heart You died and rose from the dead to save me Thank You Lord for saving me, in Jesus name Amen.

If you just prayed the prayer of salvation online please send your testimonies and prayer request to ecounselling@mountainoffire.org, +234 (803) 078-0919 OR +234 (817) 363-1657.

Beware! this period we are in today brings fulfilment of this saying of Jesus Christ:
“And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold,” Matt 24:12.
Our prayer for all of us is: any power, any problem that will quench our love for God and His unfailing Word, Holy Ghost Fire will destroy and flush them away.

Good Day Beloved, Thank you for your patient with us. Thank you for all your comments, observations, feedbacks and time spent on this platform. We cherish your presence here.

In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, & by the power in the Blood of Jesus, in thia year 2021 you will never be a victim to whatever calamity, affliction, flying around in the name of Jesus, Amen!