MFM Daily Devotional 14th March 2023 – What Is Spiritual Growth?

MFM MOUNTAIN TOP LIFE DAILY DEVOTIONAL 

MFM Daily Devotional 14th March 2023, Mountain Top Life Devotional, Tuesday Message by Dr. D.K Olukoya, (General Overseer, Mountain of Fire and Miracle Ministries Worldwide).

TOPIC: What Is Spiritual Growth?

Bible In One Year:
Deuteronomy 23–25; Mark 14:1–26

Memory Verse:
1 Corinthians 13:11 – When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

Motivational Quote:
Whatever and whoever is not growing is certainly dying off, therefore grow!

Prophetic Word for today:
Any power hindering your spiritual growth shall die today, in the Name of Jesus.

Fire Scripture:
Ephesians 4:11-16

Easy-to-Read Version
11 And that same Christ gave these gifts to people: He made some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to go and tell the Good News, and some to care for and teach God’s people. 12 Christ gave these gifts to prepare God’s holy people for the work of serving, to make the body of Christ stronger. 13 This work must continue until we are all joined together in what we believe and in what we know about the Son of God. Our goal is to become like a full-grown man—to look just like Christ and have all his perfection.

14 Then we will no longer be like babies. We will not be people who are always changing like a ship that the waves carry one way and then another. We will not be influenced by every new teaching we hear from people who are trying to deceive us—those who make clever plans and use every kind of trick to fool others into following the wrong way. 15 No, we will speak the truth with love. We will grow to be like Christ in every way. He is the head, 16 and the whole body depends on him. All the parts of the body are joined and held together, with each part doing its own work. This causes the whole body to grow and to be stronger in love.

MFM Daily Devotional 14th March 2023 MESSAGE

Growth is synonymous with increase and expansion. It has to do with progress in anything. The spiritual realm is as real as the physical realm. Our Lord Jesus Christ, speaking in John 6:63 said, “It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.” This affirms the significance of the spiritual over the physical. From the standpoint of scriptures, which is our compass to navigate through life, once the spiritual life is well nourished and in the best proper shape, the physical life of a person, will run smoothly.

Therefore, to live a happy and fulfilled Christian life, the believer must be growing spiritually.
What then is spiritual growth? It is a lifelong process through which a believer becomes more and more like Jesus Christ. This process involves increase in learning and understanding more about the Kingdom principles which leads us into the fullness of Christ. Anything or anyone that is not growing is either stagnant or dead. Stagnancy or death are the two worst conditions that anyone can be in. So to remain alive and functional as a child of God, you must be growing. The Bible tells us to grow in grace and the knowledge of our Lord and the Saviour Jesus Christ (2 Peter 3:18).

Growth will lead to progress, development, vibrancy, and multiplication. Spiritual growth, therefore, helps us to understand life better and teaches us how to deal with the challenges of life. It is seeing God in all situations, leading us through. This takes us to that level of spiritual maturity in the things of God and we are no longer seen as spiritual infants.
Also, we become everyday more like Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour. This qualifies us for that heavenly position as joints heirs with Christ and ambassadors of God’s Kingdom here on earth.

MOUNTAIN TOP LIFE DEVOTIONAL PRAYER POINTS

MORNING
1. Any power militating against my spiritual growth, die, in the Name of Jesus.
2. My spiritual life, receive the fire of revival, in the Name of Jesus.
3. O Lord, let Your fresh fire fall on me, in the Name of Jesus.

EVENING
4. Every spirit of spiritual slumber assigned against me, die, in the Name of Jesus.
5. Every arrow of spiritual death fired at me, go back to your sender, in the Name of Jesus.
6. My spirit man, wake up by fire, in the Name of Jesus.
7. I shall not die but live to declare the works of God, in the Name of Jesus.

MFM Daily Devotional 14th March 2023 Mountain Top Life ©2022 𝐌𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐎𝐏 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 is a daily devotional by Dr. D.K Olukoya (General Overseer, Mountain of Fire and Miracle Ministries Worldwide).