MFM Daily Devotional 24th January 2023 (Mountain Top Life)
Mountain Top Life Daily Devotional for Tuesday 24 January 2023
Read and Digest Today’s MFM Daily Devotional 24 January 2023 written by Pastor D.K. Olukoya. GOD BLESS YOU AS YOU STUDY.
TOPIC: EVIL ALTARS, LET ME GO (II).
Dr. Daniel Kolawole Olukoya(DKO)
Bible In One Year:
Exodus 9–11; Matthew 15:21–29
Memory Verse:
Romans 12:1 – I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
Romans 12:1
Easy-to-Read Version
Give Your Lives to God
12 So I beg you, brothers and sisters, because of the great mercy God has shown us, offer your lives as a living sacrifice to him—an offering that is only for God and pleasing to him. Considering what he has done, it is only right that you should worship him in this way.
Motivational Quotes:
Lack of spiritual knowledge is a destroyer. Refuse to be a spiritual illiterate. Speak against evil altars with divine authority.
Prophetic Word for Today:
The fire of God shall go before you to destroy every altar of darkness, in the Name of Jesus.
Fire Scripture:: 1 Kings 18:19-39
Easy-to-Read Version
19 Now tell all the people of Israel to meet me at Mount Carmel. Also bring the 450 prophets of Baal and the 400 prophets of the goddess Asherah, who get their support from Queen Jezebel.”
20 So Ahab called all the Israelites and those prophets to Mount Carmel. 21 Elijah came to all the people and said, “You must decide what you are going to do. How long will you keep jumping from one side to the other? If the Lord is the true God, follow him. But if Baal is the true God, then follow him!”
The people said nothing. 22 So Elijah said, “I am the only prophet of the Lord here, but there are 450 prophets of Baal. 23 So bring us two bulls. Let the prophets of Baal have one bull. Let them kill it, cut it into pieces, and then put the meat on the wood. But don’t start the fire. I will do the same with the other bull, and I will not start the fire either. 24 Prophets of Baal, pray to your god, and I will pray to the Lord. Whichever god answers the prayer and starts the fire is the true God.”
All the people agreed that this was a good idea.
25 Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “There are many of you, so you go first. Choose a bull and prepare it, but don’t start your fire.”
26 So the prophets took the bull that was given to them and prepared it. They started praying to Baal and prayed until noon. They said, “Baal, please answer us!” But there was no sound. No one answered. Then they began jumping around on the altar they had built.
27 At noon Elijah began to make fun of them. He said, “If Baal really is a god, maybe you should pray louder! Maybe he is busy. Maybe he is thinking about something, or maybe he stepped out for a moment! He could be sleeping! Maybe you should pray louder and wake him up!” 28 So the prophets prayed louder. They cut themselves with swords and spears. (This was the way they worshiped.) They cut themselves until they were bleeding all over. 29 The afternoon passed but the fire still had not started. The prophets were out of control and continued to act this way until the time came for the evening sacrifice. But nothing happened—there was no answer from Baal. There was no sound. There was no one listening.
30 Then Elijah said to all the people, “Now come here.” So they gathered around Elijah. The Lord’s altar had been torn down, so Elijah repaired it. 31 Elijah found twelve stones. There was one stone for each of the twelve tribes. These twelve tribes were named for the twelve sons of Jacob, the man who the Lord had named Israel. 32 Elijah used these stones to repair the altar to honor the Lord. He dug a small ditch around the altar. It was wide enough and deep enough to hold about 4 gallons of water. 33 Then Elijah put the wood on the altar. He cut the bull into pieces and laid the pieces on the wood. 34 Then he said, “Fill four jars with water. Pour the water on the pieces of meat and on the wood.” Then Elijah said, “Do it again.” Then he said, “Do it a third time.” 35 The water ran down off the altar and filled the ditch.
36 At about the time for the afternoon sacrifice, the prophet Elijah approached the altar and prayed, “Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, I ask you now to prove that you are the God of Israel and that I am your servant. Show these people that it was you who commanded me to do all these things. 37 Lord, answer my prayer. Show these people that you, Lord, are God and that you are the one who is bringing them back to you.”
38 Then fire came down from the Lord and burned the sacrifice, the wood, the stones, and the ground around the altar. Then it dried up all the water in the ditch. 39 All the people saw this happen and bowed down to the ground and began saying, “The Lord is God! The Lord is God!”
Praise & Worship
MFM Devotional 24th January 2023 Message:
God no longer lives in physical altars as in the time of old, when patriarchs and prophets were quick to raise altars unto Him. Noah, Abraham, Moses, Elijah, David, etc., built altars to enable them worship God and give offerings. The altars of Dagon, Ashteroth, Diana and other such gods and goddesses were equally for worship and sacrifices.
It is undeniable that satanic altars are all around to take evil sacrifices in order to steal, kill and destroy the souls of men, their virtues and destinies. It is unfortunate that the satanic revival of today is bringing back evil altars where not only libations of water are poured, but also human blood, human flesh and other unimaginable things. Evil altars are places of evil worship and sacrifices that are anti-God. They are places of evil agenda.
You shall not become an object of sacrifice on any evil altar, in the Name of Jesus.
Certain households are still maintaining their family altars erected by their ancestors for satanic worship. Do you know that these altars are strong enough to hold in place evil ancestral agreements, vows, evil dedications and other tokens that their ancestors had with the powers behind such altars and keep them binding? With these in place, the accuser of brethren finds it easy to accuse its victims and hinder them from receiving and enjoying their kingdom rights. You need to break yourself loose from such satanic entanglements and be free to enjoy your divine benefits.
Elijah took a bold step to destroy and rebuild the altar in 1 Kings 18. He considered it a dishonour to call on the Lord God of Israel from the same altar with Baal prophets. He did the needful to prepare the presence and manifestation of the awesome power of God. Beloved, there are altars and there altars! As he called on the Lord God Almighty, God honoured His Name. He answered by fire instantly. Unlike Baal who was on vacation, our God is the Consuming Fire! At the end of the day, the prophets of Baal experienced doom and destruction.
PRAYER POINTS FOR 24TH JANUARY 2023:
MORNING
1. Evil altars stealing good things from me, enough is enough. Catch fire, burn to ashes, in the Name of Jesus.
2. Holy Ghost fire, consume all wicked priests and their evil altars working against my life, in the Name of Jesus.
3. At Your manifestation, O God, let people acknowledge You as the One and Only True God, in the Name of Jesus.
EVENING
4. Evil agreements between my ancestors and evil spirits by their altars, I am not your candidate, be nullified by the blood of Jesus, in the Name of Jesus.
5. Seen and unseen evil altars around my habitation, crumble to dust, in the Name of Jesus.
6. Habitation of wickedness in my family, I pull you down, in the Name of Jesus.
7. I raise a living altar to the Almighty God in my life and home, in the Name of Jesus.
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