Mountain Top Life Daily Devotional 13 February 2024 By Dr. D.K Olukoya: Enemies Of The Family – Satan
TOPIC: Enemies Of The Family – Satan (Mountain Of Fire and Miracle Ministries, MFM Devotional 13 February 2024)
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Numbers 13, Numbers 14, Numbers 15, Romans 13, Romans 14, Romans 15
FIRE SCRIPTURE: Genesis 3:1-24 (KJV)
1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
8 And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.
9 And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
13 And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
14 And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
20 And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
22 And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
23 Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
MEMORY VERSE: “How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!” – Isaiah 14:12 (KJV)
MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES:
In all that you do, never give ear to the devil.
PRAISE AND WORSHIP:
Take praise and worship songs as led by the Holy Spirit.
PROPHETIC WORD FOR TODAY
TODAY, RECEIVE POWER TO RESIST THE DEVIL AND HE WILL FLEE FROM YOU, IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
MFM Devotional For Today 2023 MESSAGE:
For some days in our devotional, we would be looking at the enemies of the family, how we can stop them and take back whatever they have stolen from us as families.
God meant well when He founded the family institution for the smooth running of things here on earth in order to fulfil His divine eternal agenda for man. It was not the plan of God for man to go through pains while trying to live and work in order to accomplish his divine role on earth. However, satan, the enemy of mankind, came and scuttled that beautiful plan, although with the cooperation of man consciously or unconsciously.
A deep study of the Word of God reveals that anyone, who is interested in maintaining a family that will please God and make heaven, must be wary of the devil. He deceived man into disobeying God and man fell out with His Maker, which marked the beginning of the woes of man (Genesis 3:1-6). His main mission is focused on derailing families in order to thwart the will of God for man. His agenda of stealing, killing and destruction is carried out through people. And where do people come from? They come from families; they are members of one family or another in the different parts of the world.
How does the devil operate and unleash terror against families? He enters the hearts of family members to plant seeds of disobedience, rebellion, hatred, discord, betrayal, murder, strife, disunity and so on. With these, he turns parents and children against one another, causes sibling rivalry and puts the family in disarray. The devil influenced Cain to kill Abel. He filled Amnon with lust, made him to commit incest with Tamar, his half-sister and fuelled Absalom with rage that led to the killing of Amnon. He also made Absalom so over-ambitious that he plotted a coup to take over the throne from his father, David.
The devil is clearly the number one enemy of the family institution. Any family that wants to fulfil God’s divine purpose for it must be determined to resist the devil in every way.
To actualise the agenda of God for your family, you must not give any inch to satan.
MORNING
- I shall not put my family in trouble, in the Name of Jesus.
- Any power pushing my family away from God’s presence, die, in the Name of Jesus.
- My family shall not miss heaven, in the Name of Jesus.
EVENING
- Every Goliath assigned against my family, die, in the Name of Jesus.
- Every Herod assigned against my family, die, in the Name of Jesus.
- Every Pharaoh assigned against my family, die, in the Name of Jesus.
- Every agent of darkness assigned against my family, die, in the Name of Jesus.
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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