Love Not the World 2: Mountain Top Life Daily Devotional, April 27, 2024
Mountain Top Life Daily Devotional, April 27, 2024, by Dr. D.K. Olukoya: Love Not the World (2)
TOPIC: Love Not the World (2)
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 1 Chronicles 14, 1 Chronicles 15, 1 Chronicles 16, Matthew 25, Matthew 26
FIRE SCRIPTURE: Galatians 5:19–21 (KJV)
19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
20. Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
MEMORY VERSE: “And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.” 1 John 2:17 (KJV)
MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES:
Those who get married to the world will pass away with the world.
PRAISE AND WORSHIP:
Take praise and worship songs as led by the Holy Spirit.
PROPHETIC WORD FOR TODAY
RECEIVE THE GRACE TO WALK IN THE SPIRIT AND NOT FULFILL THE DESIRES OF THE FLESH, IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
MFM Devotional for Today MESSAGE:
The second category is the lust of the flesh. This is the inordinate affection or desire that stems from thoughts and imaginations that are contrary to God’s Word. The Bible refers to the works of the flesh in Galatians 5:19–21. The conclusion is that those who engage in those things will not inherit God’s kingdom.
The flesh is often warring against the Spirit because it feeds on carnal and ephemeral things. If you desire to live an overcomer’s life in the Spirit, you must compulsorily subdue and totally crucify the flesh. This was the Apostle Paul’s cry in Romans 7:24–25. It reads, “O wretched man that I am! Who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ, our Lord. So then, with the mind, I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh, the law of sin.”
The flesh is the manifestation of the old nature in us before we were born again. It is of utmost importance that you put it off and put on the new man, who is renewed in the knowledge of Christ. Ephesians 4:22–24 underscores this: “That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; and be renewed in the spirit of your mind; and that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.”
Also read: No Dinner With The Devils
Thank God for the counsel of Galatians 5:24–25, that we should walk in the spirit in order not to fulfill the lust of the flesh. The flesh must die if you desire a sin-free life. Flee carnality! Crucify the flesh. Put it under control, and don’t allow it to control you.
Here are some tested and proven steps you can take to overcome the lust of the flesh and friendship with the world: (1) You must repent of every known sin. (2) You must live a holy and righteous life consistently. (3) You must be baptized with the Holy Ghost and fire. (4) You must be an avid reader and doer of the Word of God. (5) You must pray without ceasing. I pray that God will help you in the name of Jesus.
PRAYER POINTS:
MORNING
- O Lord, forgive me of every sin of lust of the eyes and the flesh, in the Name of Jesus.
- My eyes will not lead me to hellfire, in the Name of Jesus.
- Every activity and desire of the flesh in me dies now, in the Name of Jesus.
EVENING
- I put my body under control, by the power of the Holy Spirit, in the name of Jesus.
- By the power of God, I overrule carnality in my life, and I begin to walk in the Spirit, in the Name of Jesus.
- Blood of Jesus, purge my life and separate me from the world, in the Name of Jesus.
- I receive power to overcome every lustful desire by the power in the blood of Jesus, in the name of Jesus.
CLOSING PRAYER:
Lord Jesus, come into my life. I accept you as my Lord and personal savior. I believe in my heart that you died and rose from the dead to save me. Thank you, Lord, for saving me, in Jesus name, Amen.
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