MFM Daily Devotional 31 August 2023
TOPIC: The God Factor (II)
MEMORY VERSE
For without me, ye can do nothing.
John 15:5b
MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES: When God is your Source, you are covered and secure.
PROPHETIC WORD FOR TODAY
Today, the God that turned the lives of Jabez and Hannah aroun shall visit you in the name of Jesus.
FIRE SCRIPTURE: Psalm 127
PRAISE AND WORSHIP: Take praise and worship songs as led by the Holy Spirit
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Isaiah 5 – 6; Matthew 15 – 16.
MFM Daily Devotional 31 August 2023 MESSAGE
Yesterday, we established the fact that without giving God a place of pre-eminence in our lives, we would not achieve anything tangible and meaningful. God is the Source of life and the Giver of every good and perfect gift. In case you have been running your life without Him, I advise you to turn a new leaf today.
Once you invite Him into your life and make Him your all in all, you will experience a beautiful turnaround in your situation. Let us examine some Bible characters who face very precarious life situations but got miraculous turnarounds because they allowed God to build their lives and destinies. The first person in this category was Jabez.
He was born in sorrow and his life was characterised by pain and shame. However, the Bible says that Jabez prayed to the Master builder, the God of Israel and the Great Potter. He asked that God would bless him Indeed. The God of Israel answered him.
READ MFM Daily Devotional 30 August 2023 – The God Factor (I)
He requested that God’s hand and power would be on him. His request was granted. He also asked that God should enlarge his coast. Jehovah granted that request too. Finally, he asked that God would take pain and anguish far away from him. That too was granted, and Jabez became more honourable than all his brethren. Why? He cast his burden upon the Master builder, the God of Israel. I encourage you to imitate Jabez today. The second Bible character who trusted the God of Israel and Master builder was Hannah. It was God who shut her womb. She was wise to have trusted God in her situation.
Hannah’s co-wife, Peninah, mocked and taunted her daily, yet she kept talking to God about her situation and was never absent in Shiloh. She recognised God as the God of all possibilities and chose to trust absolutely in Him. It was the Spirit of God that moved Hannah to make a vow and for Elito notice her and pray for her. God answered her prayer, opened her womb and the one who was once barren became a mother of five children. Why? It was because she gave His pre-eminence in her life and situation. She trusted the Great Potter and Master builder and she got miracles and great joy.
Beloved, is life difficult and harsh to you? Are you faced with a knotty challenge and seemingly unsurmountable issues? Perhaps, it is because you have been trusting in the arm of the flesh or leaning on your own understanding. As Jabez and Hannah did, I counsel you to turn to God for help and cast your burden upon Him. Pray without ceasing with great faith in your heart. As He answered Jabez and Hannah and turned their situations around for good, He will answer you and give you a new song to sing, I’m Jesus’ name.
MFM Daily Devotional 31 August 2023 PRAYER POINTS
MORNING
1. Father, help me to always trust You, in the name of Jesus.
2. Father, I give You pre-eminence in s areas of my life, in the name of Jesus.
3. The Reversed of the Irreversible, appear and turn my night to day, in the name of Jesus.
EVENING
4. Arise. O God, and answer me as You answered Jabez, in the name of Jesus.
5. Arise, O God, and answer me as You answered Hannah, in the name of Jesus.
6. Father, let Your river of joy flow ceaselessly into my life, in the name of Jesus.
7. My door of total fulfilment, open by fire, in the name of Jesus.
