FRIDAY 18TH JULY 2025 - POWER TO OVERCOME YOUR ‘BUT’ (I)

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FRIDAY 18TH JULY 2025

TOPIC:

POWER TO OVERCOME YOUR ‘BUT’ (I)

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:

1 Chronicles 26:12-27:34, Romans 4:13-5:5, Psalm 14:1-7, Proverbs 19:17

FIRE SCRIPTURE:

Psalm 30:1-12

1 I will extol thee, O Lord; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.

2 O Lord my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.

3 O Lord, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

4 Sing unto the Lord, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

5 For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

6 And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.

7 Lord, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.

8 I cried to thee, O Lord; and unto the Lord I made supplication.

9 What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? Shall it declare thy truth?

10 Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me: Lord, be thou my helper.

11 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

12 To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.

MEMORY VERSE:

2 Corinthians 4:17

For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.

MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE:

God is still in the business of cleansing and perfecting lives and destinies.

PROPHETIC WORD FOR TODAY:

Any arrow prepared to torment your destiny, the arrows shall go back to the sender, in the name of Jesus.

PRAISE AND WORSHIP:

Take praise and worship songs as led by the Holy Spirit.

MFM Daily Devotional Message Friday 18th July 2025.

There are lots of spiritual problems that trouble man. Upon every life, a little bit of terrible rain will fall. Any dream of trouble-free life is a fraudulent dream. The Bible says, “Man that is born of woman is of few days, and full of trouble.” The word ‘but’ always infers that there is something wrong with a situation.

Whether we admit it or not, each one of us has faults, weaknesses, or other ‘buts’ in our lives. There was an intelligent professor who was a drunkard. That was his ‘but.’ There are great men with ‘buts.’ Naaman was a great man, ‘but’ he was a leper. God wants to address the ‘but’ in your life. If you call him into the situation, He will reverse it, no matter how terrible it is. Saul was a great religious man and was a very powerful man: ‘but’ he had weak morals. Peter was a great fisherman and a great disciplinarian, ‘but’ he denied Jesus three times. God has the power to reverse negative circumstances and to melt away every negative situation. 

There is a problem.

It is the problem of unbelief which is one great tragedy of our present generation of Christians. Many will believe the doctors but they will not believe the Bible. Many will believe the consultant, but they will not believe the Holy Spirit.

The power of God has been undermined to the extent that many do not believe in miracles anymore. At one crusade, a lady said that she thought there were no miracles anymore. She said that she thought that the people who come to testify were paid to do so. What a tragedy! But if you can put your trust absolutely in God, He is able to give you the power to overcome the ‘but’ in your life, in the name of Jesus.

MFM Daily Prayer Points 18th July 2025

MORNING

1. Every evil dream assigned to rob me of my covenant rights, die, in the name of Jesus.

2. Spirit of affliction, release me and die, in the name of Jesus.

3. Spirit of shame, release me and die, in the name of Jesus.

EVENING

4. Wherever spiritual robbers are gathered against me, O God, arise and set them against one another, in the name of Jesus.

5. I overcome the spirit of failure, in the name of Jesus.

6. Powers stealing my virtues, your time is up, die, in the name of Jesus.

7. Blood of Jesus, remove any “but” in my life, in the name of Jesus.