MFM Devotional 19 February 2024: Enemies of the Family – Selfishness

MFM Daily Devotional 19th February 2024 – Mountain Top Life Devotional

MFM Devotional 19 February 2024, Monday Mountain Top Life Devotional Message written by Dr. D.K Olukoya

TOPIC: 𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐘 – SELFISHNESS

𝔹𝕀𝔹𝕃𝔼 𝕀ℕ 𝕆ℕ𝔼 𝕐𝔼𝔸ℝ: Numbers 31-33, 1 Corinthians 15-2 Corinthians 1

𝔽𝕀ℝ𝔼 𝕊ℂℝ𝕀ℙ𝕋𝕌ℝ𝔼: James 2:15-16

𝕄𝔼𝕄𝕆ℝ𝕐 𝕍𝔼ℝ𝕊𝔼:
1 John 3:17 – “But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?”

𝕄𝕆𝕋𝕀𝕍𝔸𝕋𝕀𝕆ℕ𝔸𝕃 ℚ𝕌𝕆𝕋𝔼𝕊:
Be an angel both at home and in the street.

ℙℝ𝔸𝕀𝕊𝔼 & 𝕎𝕆ℝ𝕊ℍ𝕀ℙ

ℙℝ𝕆ℙℍ𝔼𝕋𝕀ℂ 𝕎𝕆ℝ𝔻 𝔽𝕆ℝ 𝕋𝕆𝔻𝔸𝕐:
𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬 𝗦𝗣𝗜𝗥𝗜𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗙𝗔𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗬 𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗚𝗡𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗚𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗧 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗙𝗔𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗬 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗗𝗜𝗘, 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗡𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗝𝗘𝗦𝗨𝗦.

MFM Daily Devotional 19 February 2024 𝕄𝔼𝕊𝕊𝔸𝔾𝔼:

Genesis 4: 9 says, “And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper.” The Almighty God asked Cain a question, which ordinarily should not cause any stir. But because he was guilty, the question rattled him and his answer aptly describes our topic for today – selfishness. The selfishness of Cain led him to murder his brother. God asked him, Where is your brother? And he answered, “Am I my brother’s keeper?”

A major essence of family life is care for one another. The answer of Cain showed the height of his irresponsibility towards his brother. Hence, it was easy for him to kill Abel. Unfortunately, this is the attitude of many towards their relatives. They don’t care what happens to their siblings, parents, cousins, nephews or nieces etc. They cannot be bothered how others are faring as long as they are doing well.

God is not happy with this kind of attitude of selfishness. 1 John 3:15-18 puts it more succinctly: “This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.”

When I considered the words of a certain writer which goes thus: “Selfishness turns away its face from the sorrows, shames, and failures of others. But love dares to look at the head bowed with grief and the face paled with suffering,” I came to the conclusion that indeed selfishness should have no place amongst Christian families and homes.

Galatians 6: 2 enjoins us to bear one another’s burden; and so fulfil the law of Christ. Also, God’s counsel in Philippians 2:3-4 is instructive and we should all heed it so as to make love, unity, peace and progress to reign in our families, “Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. Let each of you look out not for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.”

ℙℝ𝔸𝕐𝔼ℝ ℙ𝕆𝕀ℕ𝕋𝕊:
𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆
1. Every power assigned to destroy my family, die, in the name of Jesus.
2. Selfishness shall have no place in my family, in the name of Jesus.
3. O Lord, preserve my family by Your mercy, in the name of Jesus.

𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆
4. Every appearance of evil in my family, die, in the name of Jesus.
5. Let the love of God reign in my family, in the name of Jesus.
6. Let every evil manipulation against my family scatter by fire, in the name of Jesus.
7. The power of pollution in my family, die, in the name of Jesus.

MFM Devotional 19th February 2024 Mountain Top Life ©2024 𝐌𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐎𝐏 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 is a daily devotional by Dr. D.K Olukoya (General Overseer, Mountain of Fire and Miracle Ministries Worldwide)