MFM Mountain Top Life Devotional 13 March 2021 Saturday Message By Dr. D.K Olukoya
TOPIC: Remove the Stumbling Block (2)
Fire Scripture
Mal. 2:7-8
Memory verse
Romans 14:13 – “Let us therefore judge not one another anymore: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way.”
MFM Mountain Top Life Devotional 13th March 2021 Outline
What are stumbling blocks? You need to know what constitutes stumbling blocks in the light of the Scriptures. This will also enable you to know how to remove them and to avoid becoming one.
First, the Bible says that leaders that are unfaithful become stumbling blocks. In Malachi 2:7-8, the Bible reveals that the priesthood of Israel failed to teach the truth to honour God. They were offering impure sacrifices in disobedience to the law God had given them and were leading the people astray.
Today, teachers and preachers of God’s word that spread false teachings as well as wrong doctrines and make believers to stumble belong to this category. Their message contradict the timeless truth of the Bible (don’t pay tithe and first fruit, there is nothing like demons and deliverance, etc.). Beware of them and pray to the Lord to change them.
The second category of people the Bible describes as stumbling blocks are hypocrites in the church. Jesus Christ addressed them in Mt. 23:13, “But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.” The truth is that the Lord commanded us to win souls and populate the Kingdom of God.
Those that call themselves Christians and identify with the church but are not ready to go to heaven and take others with them are stumbling blocks. Jesus pronounced woe on them to express His disaffection towards them. If you belong to this category, you must repent today.
Beloved, we all need to watch against becoming stumbling block. Romans 14:13 says, “Let us therefore judge not one another anymore: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way.” We are to love and help one another and not be a hindrance or cause of falling or going back to others. The Bible affirms that love is the effective prevention for not becoming a stumbling block to others.
1 John 2:10 says, “He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.” God bless you immensely as you heed His word, in Jesus’ name.
Motivational Quote
Do not confuse motion and progress. A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress.
Prophetic Word
From today, receive the grace to be a successful Kingdom builder and not a stumbling block, in the name of Jesus.
HYMN
I must tell Jesus
1. I must tell Jesus all of my trials,
I cannot bear these burdens alone;
In my distress He kindly will help me,
He ever loves and cares for His own.
Chorus
I must tell Jesus!
I must tell Jesus!
I cannot bear my burdens alone;
I must tell Jesus!
I must tell Jesus!
Jesus can help me, Jesus alone.
2. I must tell Jesus all of my troubles,
He is a kind, compassionate friend;
If I but ask Him, He will deliver,
Make of my troubles quickly an end.
3. O how the world to evil allures me!
O how my heart is tempted to sin!
I must tell Jesus, and He will help me
Over the world the vict’ry to win.
MFM Devotional 13 March 2021 PRAYER POINTS
MORNING
1. Spirit of the end-times, I rebuke you. Depart from me now, in the name of Jesus.
2. Father, make me a good and practical instrument in Your Kingdom, in the name of Jesus.
3. I refuse to be a stumbling block to others, in the name of Jesus.
EVENING
4. Father, give false teachers and hypocrites in the church the grace to repent, in the name of Jesus.
5. O Go d , a ris e a n d r emove stumbling blocks out of my way, in the name of Jesus.
6. Father, give me genuine love for the church and the brethren, in the name of Jesus.
7. My Father, use me to populate Your Kingdom and not be a stumbling block to those who should enter it, in the name of Jesus.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR
Deut. 5-7
MFM Mountain Top Life Devotional 13 March 2021. The Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM) is a Pentecostal denomination founded in Yaba, Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria in 1989, now with churches in several countries. It was founded by Daniel Kolawole Olukoya.