MFM Daily Devotional 16 July 2024 

TOPIC:  Love Not The World (II)

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Psalms 114; Psalms 115; Psalms 116;1 Thessalonians 3; 1 Thessalonians 4

FIRE SCRIPTURE: 1 John 2:15-17
¹⁵ Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

¹⁶ For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

¹⁷ And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

MEMORY VERSE
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Matthew 6:33

MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES: Putting your trust in your possessions instead of the Giver is one tragedy that can happen to man.

PRAISE AND WORSHIP: Take praise and worship songs as led by the Holy Spirit.

PROPHETIC WORD FOR TODAY: You shall have the mind that is willing to do the will of God, in the name of Jesus

MFM Daily Devotional 16 July 2024 MESSAGE

Today, let us read verse 16 of the Fire Scripture from another version of the Bible, the New Living Translation Bible: “For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world” (NLT).

This is a simple but straightforward explanation of the pride of life – those things in the world that make people desire earthly things more than the heavenly ones. These include fame, popularity, power, position, possessions, beauty, etc.

As a Christian, do you crave for everything you see? How much physical pleasure do you entertain as a Christian? The Bible says that he who lives in pleasure while alive is already a dead fellow. The pride of life talks about when you are consumed by the number of your possessions, your achievements and those things that make you demonstrate a high level of superiority above others.

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What do you have that does not come from God? God gave you the power to get wealth. Your exalted position is all by the power of God. He can bring low and humble any proud person as he did to Nebuchadnezzar, the king, who was converted to an animal for some time.

Is it your beauty? Remember God made man in His image, male and female. Even your accomplishments are all as a result of what He permits you to be. God gives and He takes! The Bible says that a man’s life does not consist of what he has. We brought nothing to this world and we surely will go with nothing.

What will it profit a man to lose his soul and forfeit eternity? It is all as a result of when a person is engulfed in all of these while God and His Kingdom take the rear position. Today’s memory verse is a pointer to the fact that the knowledge of God and His kingdom should be our priority and not pushed to the rear position.

The rich fool in the Bible was guilty of the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh and the pride of life. You can still retrace your steps and make amends.

MFM DAILY PRAYER POINTS 16 JULY 2024

MORNING:
1. Spirit of pride, die in my life, in the name of Jesus.
2. I refuse and reject the friendship with the world, in the name of Jesus.
3. I shall not be an enemy of God, in the name of Jesus.

EVENING:
4. I dethrone flesh in my life and enthrone Jesus as the Lord of my life, in the name of Jesus.
5. I shall not slaughter my eternity on the altar of worldly affairs, in the name of Jesus.
6. Power to overcome satan, the flesh and the world, possess me now, in the name of Jesus.
7. O God, arise and help me to die to self and sin in my life, in the name of Jesus.