TOPIC: No Show Off (Mountain of Fire and Miracle Ministries Wednesday, 11 April 2018)
FIRE SCRIPTURE: Matthew 6:16-18
MEMORY VERSE:
“Howbeit this kind goth not out but by prayer and fasting.” –Matthew 17:21
The MESSAGE:
Fasting is the act of total abstinence from all or some kinds of food, drink, pleasure or comfort for a specified period of time. It is a spiritual tool that helps to subdue the flesh in order that you may connect more easily to the spiritual realm.
Notice the beginning sentence of Matthew 6:16-18. “Moreover when ye fast…” It didn’t say, “If you fast…” This means that you are expected to fast. Biblical fasting is imperative for members of the body of Christ. Today’s text shows us the right attitude to adopt when we fast. NO SHOW OFF. When you fast, there must be no show off. During the period of fasting, there must be concerted prayers, adequate meditation on the word of God and listening distinctly to the Holy Spirit instruction. Fasting devoid of prayer and Bible reading is exercise in futility.
Some particular benefits of fasting are as follows:
1. It helps you to minister to God.
2. It helps you to make definite decisions when you are in challenges.
3. It helps your faith to grow.
4. It helps keep your thought forms and patterns under discipline.
It is important for you to know that fasting is not for God’s benefit. So before you fast and pray, set your objectives and commitments, set yourself up spiritually and physically, put yourself on a schedule, and expect results when you pray.
MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE:
Food-fullness is an enemy of fruitfulness.
PROPHETIC WORD:
As you fast and pray, the Lord will grant all your requests according to His will for your life.
PRAYER POINTS:
MORNING
1. My flesh, you shall obey voice of my spirit, in the name of Jesus.
2. Any eating habit hindering my spiritual growth, I break you, in the name of Jesus.
3. Any physical defect preventing me from fasting, I command you to disappear, in the name of Jesus.
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EVENING
4. O Lord, open my ears to hear You every time I fast and pray, in the name of Jesus.
5. As I take out time to fast, O Lord, strengthen my inner man, in the name of Jesus.
6. Any plan of the devil to discourage me from fasting, be destroyed, in the name of Jesus.
7. O Lord, give me the spirit of endurance whenever I fast, in the name of Jesus.
If you missed yesterday devotional, please click to read MFM Mountain Top Life Daily Devotional HERE
MOUNTAIN TOP LIFE is a daily devotional by Dr. D.K Olukoya (General Overseer, Mountain of Fire and Miracle Ministries, Worldwide)
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