13/10/2025
*MOUNTAIN TOP LIFE DAILY DEVOTIONAL TUESDAY 14TH OCTOBER 2025*
*TOPIC: SEEK ONLY GOD'S APPROVAL*
MEMORY VERSE:
*"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."* JOHN 14:6
MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE:
If you refuse to stand by the God of truth, satan will have no choice than to stand with you.
PROPHETIC WORD FOR TODAY:
Any power assigned to deceive you and make you drift away from the truth shall die, in the name of Jesus.
FIRE SCRIPTURE: 1ST PETER 4:16-17
16 But if you suffer because you are a “Christ-follower,” don’t be ashamed. You should praise God for that name.
17 It is time for judging to begin. That judging will begin with God’s family. If it begins with us, then what will happen to those who don’t accept the Good News of God?
PRAISE & WORSHIP:
HYMN:
LEAD US, HEAVENLY FATHER, LEAD US
1. Lead us, heavenly Father, lead us
o'er the world's tempestuous sea;
guard us, guide us, keep us, feed us,
for we have no help but thee,
yet possessing every blessing
if our God our guide shall be.
2. Saviour, breathe forgiveness o'er us,
all our weakness thou dost know;
thou didst tread this earth before us,
thou didst feel its keenest woe;
lone and dreary, faint and weary
through the desert thou didst go.
3. Spirit of our God descending,
fill our hearts with heavenly joy,
love with every passion blending,
pleasure that can never cloy;
thus provided, pardoned, guided
nothing can our peace destroy.
MESSAGE:
The Bible in, 1ST PETER 4:16, says that it is no shame to suffer for being a Christian. Praise God for the privilege of being called by His name (NLT 2nd edition). The scriptures further make us to understand that Jesus, in an unequivocal statement affirmed: *"I am the way, the truth and the life: no man cometh to the father, but by me"* (John 14:6).
Having been blessed with such a great truth, then should we as His followers seek the approval of man rather than Him?
As a child of God, do we still need the approval of someone to be happy? If the answer is no, it is pertinent to add that no matter what we do in life, there is someone, somewhere who is not going to like it. Simply put, we cannot avoid people's disapproval. This being so, we had better be well prepared to have men's approval for doing the right thing rather than the wrong thing. Many are doing nothing today and yet men approve of them because of selfish things.
The above brings to mind one important factor of life as propounded by an anonymous writer which states; *"As long as you allow the opinion of others around to matter than God's opinion, it is not unlikely that you are going to fall."*
You don't need other people's approval to be happy since happiness is a state of mind and not opinion that comes from within when one is at peace with one's maker (Jesus) not man.
The big question is, are you prepared to stand by Jesus or man? The choice is yours.
Stand by Jesus: the way, the truth and the life. He will settle you. You will have your peace and you will surely fulfil your destiny here on earth.
As you step out today, please stand on the truth. Stand by the word of God and not by the words of men.
Seek for God's approval even in the midst of confrontations and even if you are the only one saying the truth, it does not matter. You are not alone; the Lord is with you.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
JEREMIAH 23:21-25:38
2ND THESSALONIANS 2:1-17
PSALM 84:1-12
PROVERBS 25:15
PRAYER POINTS:
MORNING:
1. I refuse to make man my God, in the name of Jesus.
2. Power assigned to take the place of God in my life, die, in the name of Jesus.
3. I reject the approval of man for wrong doing and I accept God's approval, in the name of Jesus.
EVENING:
4. Spirit of pride, I reject you, get out of my life, in the name of Jesus.
5. Anything in me that always make me to enjoy the approval of men even when I'm wrong, die, in the name of Jesus.
6. Power and grace to stand for Christ and truth, come upon me, in the name of Jesus.
7. I refuse to serve God on satan's condition, in the name of Jesus.
*MOUNTAIN TOP LIFE DAILY DEVOTIONAL, BY DR. D. K. OLUKOYA, GENERAL OVERSEER MOUNTAIN OF FIRE AND MIRACLES MINISTRIES WORLDWIDE!*