MFM Daily Devotional 17 November 2023

TOPIC: Flee Youthful Lusts

FIRE SCRIPTURE: 1 Timothy 4:12-16 
¹² Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

¹³ Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.

¹⁴ Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.

¹⁵ Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.

¹⁶ Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself and them that hear thee.

MEMORY VERSE
Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
2 Timothy 2:22

MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES: Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

PROPHETIC WORD FOR TODAY
By the power in the blood of Jesus, I loose you from the power of lust, in the name of Jesus.

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

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Ezekiel 38 – 39; Ephesians 3 – 4

MFM Daily Devotional 17 November 2023 MESSAGE

Beloved, youthful lust is one of the evils of these last days. It is currently breeding all kinds of vices in society and there is an urgent need to stop it before it causes more havoc and destroys more lives.

At the time that God raised Moses and sent him to Pharaoh to let the Israelites go, pharaoh was stubborn and he refused. It was a lot of war before Pharaoh finally agreed with a condition, that the old ones could go but the young ones should stay behind.

We see a lot of this in the church today. Most youths want to serve God on their terms, not on God’s terms. It is the older ones who are more submissive to God’s will and occupy the top positions in the church. The young ones still want to enjoy themselves.

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Apostle Paul was instructing Timothy because he was a young man who could be carried away by youthful lust. He encouraged him to endure hardness as a soldier of Christ. Many believers these days like it the easy way; they do not want any form of trial or challenge. They want everything always to go their way. Paul advised Timothy not to entangle himself with the affairs of the world.

Being a Christian demands total separation from the world and total attachment of one’s life to Christ. Some want to be Christians but have worldly friends and do what their worldly friends are doing. Dear reader of this devotional, when you gave your life to Christ, you signed in for everything.

It is not about the one you can do and the one you cannot do. Your obedience must be complete. All the youthful lusts (fornication, fashion, material things, money, jewellery, etc.) will distract you and hinder your true purpose in life. Do not be carried away. The plan of God for you is mind-blowing; embrace Christ! I strongly counsel you to heed the advice of Paul. “Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the L he Lord out of a pure heart” (2 Timothy 2:22).

MFM Daily Devotional 17 November 2023 Prayer Points

MORNING
1. Enemies of my spiritual progress, receive madness, in the name of Jesus.
2. Anyone sent to mislead me, disappoint your senders, in the name of Jesus.
3. Anything anywhere, programmed to frustrate my faith, die to the root, in the name of Jesus.

EVENING
4. O God, arise and give me a new name, in the name of Jesus.
5. Peer pressure assigned to hinder my destiny fulfilment, fail, in the name of Jesus.
6. Satanic pressure for sex in my life, die, in the name of Jesus.
7. O Lord, make me a snare unto my stubborn enemies, in the name of Jesus.