Mountain Top Life Daily Devotional 14 December 2024 By Dr. D.K Olukoya — You Are My Friends
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TOPIC: You Are My Friends (Mountain Of Fire and Miracle Ministries, MFM Devotional 14 December 2024)
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Micah 3, Micah 4, 1 Peter 5, 2 Peter 1
FIRE SCRIPTURE: John 15:13-17 (KJV)
13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
17 These things I command you, that ye love one another.
MEMORY VERSE: “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” – John 15:13 (KJV)
MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES:
What a friend we have in Jesus!
PRAISE AND WORSHIP:
Take praise and worship songs as led by the Holy Spirit.
PROPHETIC WORD FOR TODAY:
HENCEFORTH, YOU WILL ENJOY THE BENEFIT OF YOUR FRIENDSHIP WITH JESUS, IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
MFM Devotional For Today 2024 MESSAGE:
As the Ultimate Leader, Jesus expressed His desire to see His disciples do the will of the Father, by keeping His commandments and remaining in His love (John 15:10). But He went further in our scriptural passage today to declare not only His lordship but His friendship to His disciples. What a glorious privilege to become a friend to the Only Begotten Son of God! Friends, he called them, but with a condition attached, “If ye do whatsoever I command you” (v. 14b). This requires nothing but undiluted loyalty and obedience to the Master. He requires the same attitude and relationship between every Christian leader and his followers. That is an intimate relationship of reciprocal affection and submission to the will of the leader by the followers.
This can only be possible under an atmosphere of love and total commitment. Apostle Paul demonstrated the same attitude towards his team members and converts (Romans 16). We should emulate these virtues and do likewise as Jesus commanded. If Jesus related with His disciples so amicably, calling them friends, then Christian leaders should in the same way relate with their followers with much openness, making them to know the will of God for their lives and the prospects that abide in such intimate relationship. Psalm 25:14 says God reveals His covenant to His beloved, His friends – Men and women that do His will, obey and give Him undivided loyalty. Abraham was called His friend and David, the man after His heart.
If Jesus could go all the way to lay down His life for the sake of His friends (John 5:13, Romans 5:8), what greater love can we imagine? He did not withhold the knowledge of God from them, since they are friends and not servants. Through His death and resurrection, we became joint heirs with Him. If so, then, leaders and their followers are friends; in fact, children of the same Father and should therefore continue to relate in the love of the Father through Jesus Christ.
PRAYER POINTS:
MORNING
- Lord Jesus, baptize me with the spirit of true friendship, in the name of Jesus.
- Help me, Lord Jesus, to lead others in Your own way, in the name of Jesus.
- Power to build a godly team, come upon me, in the name of Jesus.
EVENING
- Father Lord, surround me with godly people, in the name of Jesus.
- Strangers in the camp, I evacuate you now, in the name of Jesus.
- Spirit of discord and disunity, I cast you out of my team, in the name of Jesus.
- I shall keep the commandments of God and be fruitful, 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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