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THURSDAY, 18TH SEPTEMBER, 2025
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DEALING WITH THE COUNSEL OF AHITHOPHEL
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Isaiah 28:14-30:11; Galatians 3:23-4:31; Psalm 62:1-12; Proverbs 23:19-21
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2 Samuel 17:1-4
1. Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:
2. And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:
3. And I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace.
4. And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
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Psalm 33:10
The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
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Do not be wise in your own eyes, fear the Lord and depart from evil.
Evil shall slay your enemies and they that hate you shall be desolate, in the name of Jesus.
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Take praise and worship songs as led by the Holy Spirit.
MFM Daily Devotional Message Thursday, 18th September, 2025.
The Bible records that David, by the grace of God, enjoyed the company, loyalty and services of divine helpers of various kinds. The Bible also says that God made them available to David like the stars of heaven. They were called the mighty men of David. Apart from these men valiant of war, David also had men who were skilled in military intelligence and were special advisers. One of them was Ahithophel. The Bible likens Ahithophel to an oracle of God. His services were highly respected.
However, a time came when Ahithophel left David’s camp and joined forces with Absalom who was scheming to topple his father’s government and overthrow the throne. Ahithophel’s defection was at the highest level of David’s administration. David knew he was in danger and prayed earnestly to God to frustrate the counsel of Ahithophel. God did. I pray that the Lord will hear you in the day of trouble and the name of the God of Israel will defend you, in Jesus’ name.
The gang up of Absalom, Ahithophel and others at this time was against the Lord and His anointed, David. It took that Holy Spirit inspired prayer points to bail David out. Heaven intervened and Absalom openly rejected the counsel of Ahithophel. 2 Samuel 17:14 says, “And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.” That, perhaps, was the first time Ahithophel’s counsel was rejected. He felt highly so embarrassed that he went home and committed suicide. Absalom who headed the coup against his father also died miserably.
God is the Reverser of the Irreversible. He turned the counsel of Ahithophel to nought. He converted the point of honour in Ahithophel’s life to point of dishonour because Ahithophel was working against David, the anointed of the Lord.
I pray that the desire of the wicked concerning you shall perish and every counsel of the wicked for your life shall be frustrated in the order of the counsel of Ahithophel against David, in the name of Jesus.
MFM Daily Prayer Points 18th September 2025
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1. Any friend that has deflected to the enemy to fight me, die in the order of Ahithophel, in the name of Jesus.
2. O God, arise and dismantle every confederacy and conspiracy against me, in the name of Jesus.
3. O Lord, turn the counsel of Ahithophel in my life to foolishness, in the name of Jesus.
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4. I shall not fight against the Lord and His anointed, in the name of Jesus.
5. O God that saved David from the coup and insurrection of Absalom, deliver me from domestic battles, in the name of Jesus.
6. Enemies within and enemies without, scatter unto desolation, in Jesus’ name.
7. O God that answers by fire, make me invincible by fire, in the name of Jesus.
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