MFM Devotional Saturday 5th July 2025, Mountain Top Life Devotional By Dr. D.K Olukoya
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TOPIC: The Finish Lane
MEMORY VERSE: Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So, run, that ye may obtain. 1 Corinthians 9:24
MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE: Tough times never last, but tough people do.
PROPHETIC WORD FOR TODAY: You will not fail, fall, or falter as you continue the race, in the name of Jesus.
PRAISE AND WORSHIP
FIRE SCRIPTURE: Philippians 3:10-16 (ESV)
10 that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 11 that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead.
12 Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. 13 Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. 15 Let those of us who are mature think this way, and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you. 16 Only let us hold true to what we have attained.
MFM Devotional Saturday 5th July 2025 MESSAGE
Apostle Paul is a perfect example of a Christian who had an unbroken focus and was devoted to achieving great progress daily in his divine assignment. He refused to rest on his oars. Rounding it off, he asserted, “I press toward the mark.” He responds to a still higher calling, an unending pilgrimage of faith and service. Every believer should realize that there is a race to run or, better still, that he is in a race.
In every athletic competition, there is a starting line as well as a finish line. The athlete stays on the track looking towards the finish line. The set target of every such race determines the winner—the champion! In every race, there is a prize, a medal, or a plaque, which is a symbol of having run the race and won. Losers have no right to such prizes. Apostle Paul compares every Christian to an athlete running with a view of winning the prize.
Our prize is that of “the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” This is the ultimate—the finish line! However, as a child of God, you must realize that the race is not done by power or by might, but by the help of the Lord. The ultimate goal is not to outrun others, but to finish well and strong. Many started the Christian race but did not finish it. I pray that this will not be your portion, in Jesus’ name.
Be determined and remain focused. Run with the hope of winning the race and not with uncertainty (1 Corinthians 9:26). The Holy Spirit is the umpire. The Lord Jesus Christ waits at the finish line with His arms wide open to take us into the kingdom of His Father.
Succinctly put, it is very important and necessary that you heed these signposts: First, know that you are running the race alone. Second, you have to forget the past achievements and face this race. Third, you cannot win this race by your strength; you need the Holy Spirit every moment of the way (Ecclesiastes 9:11). Finally, the race involves a great deal of perseverance to the end. Quitters do not win, and winners do not quit. Beloved, I pray for you that you will finish well, in Jesus’ name.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 1 Chronicles 1:1-2:17; Acts 23:11-35; Psalm 31:1-8; Proverbs 18:14-15
MFM DEVOTIONAL PRAYER POINTS:
MORNING
1. Lord Jesus, empower me to run and finish well, in the name of Jesus.
2. O Lord, help me to be focused and finish well the race of faith, in the name of Jesus.
3. I overcome every distraction in my journey, in the name of Jesus.
EVENING
4. I shake off every weight that may want to slow me down in this heavenly race, in the name of Jesus.
5. Spirit of satanic diversion, I am not your candidate, die, in the name of Jesus.
6. I shall reach my goal, in the name of Jesus.
MFM Daily Devotional 5th July 2025, Mountain Top Life 2025. 𝐌𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐎𝐏 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 is a daily devotional by Dr. D.K Olukoya (General Overseer, Mountain of Fire and Miracle