𝐀 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐒𝐀𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐄

𝐌𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐎𝐏 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐃𝐄𝐕𝐎𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋

Monday, January 29, 2024

𝔹𝕀𝔹𝕃𝔼 𝕀ℕ 𝕆ℕ𝔼 𝕐𝔼𝔸ℝ: Exodus 35, Exodus 36, Exodus 37, John 17, John 18, John 19

𝔽𝕀ℝ𝔼 𝕊ℂℝ𝕀ℙ𝕋𝕌ℝ𝔼: Romans 12:1-2

𝕄𝔼𝕄𝕆ℝ𝕐 𝕍𝔼ℝ𝕊𝔼:
1 Corinthians 6:19–20: “What? Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost, which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For you are bought with a price; therefore, glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which is God’s.”

𝕄𝕆𝕋𝕀𝕍𝔸𝕋𝕀𝕆ℕ𝔸𝕃 ℚ𝕌𝕆𝕋𝔼𝕊:
It is better to present your body as a living sacrifice to God than as a dead sacrifice to the devil.

ℙℝ𝔸𝕀𝕊𝔼 & 𝕎𝕆ℝ𝕊ℍ𝕀ℙ

ℙℝ𝕆ℙℍ𝔼𝕋𝕀ℂ 𝕎𝕆ℝ𝔻 𝔽𝕆ℝ 𝕋𝕆𝔻𝔸𝕐:
𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗥𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗕𝗘 𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗢 𝗚𝗢𝗗, 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗡𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗝𝗘𝗦𝗨𝗦.

𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕄𝔼𝕊𝕊𝔸𝔾𝔼:
Who is a living sacrifice? A living sacrifice refers to a life that is offered unto God, consecrated, and set apart for His use, without blemish, holy, and pleasing to God. It refers to a living and yielded vessel, not a dead one!

Today, God no longer dwells in temples made by human hands. He has promised to dwell within us, His beloved children, by His Spirit (2 Corinthians 6:16). God had earlier made this promise to the children of Israel, as stated in Ezekiel 37:27. It is now fulfilled in His children, who are of the new covenant through Christ. As a Christian, therefore, your body is the temple of God in which the Spirit of God dwells. For the Holy Spirit to indwell a body, it must be kept holy, undefiled, and consecrated to God. You must hate sin and should not engage in iniquity. Your life must not conform to the world and its vanities, as stated in 1 John 2:15–17. You must shun the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life.

A living sacrifice is a life that is surrendered to Christ—a crucified life. It refers to a genuinely born-again child of God who no longer lives his or her old life. One who can boldly declare, like the Apostle Paul, “I am crucified with Christ; nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me” (Galatians 2:20).

Today’s Fire Scripture counsels that for us to be a living sacrifice, we should get transformed by renewing our minds. This involves inward spiritual work that reflects outwardly. As a result, we shall be able to discern and do that which is “good, acceptable, and the perfect will of God.” A living sacrifice is a Christian whose mind is daily renewed by the truth of the word of God and whose course is charted by the same so that he or she will be able to do the will of God. Only through God’s word, a life committed to Christ, and righteous living can you be taught and led on the right path of life.

ℙℝ𝔸𝕐𝔼ℝ ℙ𝕆𝕀ℕ𝕋𝕊:

𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆

1. Father, Lord, make me Your dwelling place in the name of Jesus.
2. Enemies of God in my life, jump out and die, in the name of Jesus.
3. Powers assigned to defile my temple, you are liars; scatter and die, in the name of Jesus.

𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆

4. Holy Spirit, enable me to grow my faith in Christ, in the name of Jesus.
5. Holy Spirit, purge me and cleanse me with Your fire, in the name of Jesus.
6. Hunger for the word of God and power for fervent prayer come upon me now, in the name of Jesus.
7. My God and my Father, convert me to Your living sanctuary and make me the sacrifice, in the name of Jesus.

©2024 𝐌𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐎𝐏 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 is a daily devotional by Dr. D.K Olukoya (General Overseer, Mountain of Fire and Miracle Ministries Worldwide)