TUESDAY, 9TH SEPTEMBER, 2025 - 𝐉𝐄𝐒𝐔𝐒, 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐑𝐒 (𝐈𝐈)

𝐌𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐎𝐏 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐃𝐄𝐕𝐎𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋

TUESDAY, 9TH SEPTEMBER, 2025

𝕋𝕆ℙ𝕀ℂ:
𝐉𝐄𝐒𝐔𝐒, 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐑𝐒 (𝐈𝐈)

𝔹𝕀𝔹𝕃𝔼 𝕀ℕ 𝕆ℕ𝔼 𝕐𝔼𝔸ℝ:
Isaiah 3.1-5:30; 2 Corinthians 11:1-15; Psalm 53:1-6; Proverbs 22:28-29

𝔽𝕀ℝ𝔼 𝕊ℂℝ𝕀ℙ𝕋𝕌ℝ𝔼:

Luke 19:1-10

[1] And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho.

[2] And, behold, there was a man named Zacchæus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich.

[3] And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature.

[4] And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.

[5] And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zacchæus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must abide at thy house.

[6] And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully.

[7] And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.

[8] And Zacchæus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.

[9] And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.

[10] For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

𝕄𝔼𝕄𝕆ℝ𝕐 𝕍𝔼ℝ𝕊𝔼:

John 8:11

She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do condemn thee: go and sin no more.

𝕄𝕆𝕋𝕀𝕍𝔸𝕋𝕀𝕆ℕ𝔸𝕃 ℚ𝕌𝕆𝕋𝔼𝕊:
In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends.

ℙℝ𝕆ℙℍ𝔼𝕋𝕀ℂ 𝕎𝕆ℝ𝔻 𝔽𝕆ℝ 𝕋𝕆𝔻𝔸𝕐:
𝙄 𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙃𝙤𝙡𝙮 𝙏𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙃𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙, 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙅𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙨.

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

MFM Daily Devotional Message Tuesday, 9th September, 2025.

Yesterday, we established the truth that Jesus was a friend of sinners and that sinners who enjoyed His love, friendship and salvation turned out to be value-adding members of God's kingdom.

Today, we shall examine two classic examples of sinners who experienced the friendship and unconditional love of Christ. The first was Zacchaeus, a rich publican. He desired to see Jesus who was going to pass through Jericho. However, because he was a man of small stature, Zachaeus climbed a sycamore tree so that he would see Jesus when he passed the road. When Jesus got to the place, though there was a crowd around Him, Jesus spotted Zacchaeus and told him to come down for He must abide in Zacchaeus' house that day. What lessons do we need to learn from Zacchaeus story? First, Zacchaeus had a genuine desire to see Jesus. He defied the disadvantage and limitation that his stature constituted among the crowd. He devised a means by which he would see Jesus (climbing the Sycamore tree). He matched his desire with faith and his faith with action. Remember that the Bible says that faith without work is useless. Second, to Zacchaeus' surprise, Jesus spotted him, knew and rewarded his faith and effort. How? He offered to be Zacchaeus' guest and later assured Zacchaeus that salvation had come to his house. Jesus Christ still honours and rewards faith today; even the faith of a sinner. Faith saves sinners and turns unpleasant situations around for believers. As the friend of sinners that He was, Jesus' answer to those who murmured about His going to be guest to Zacchaeus was, "The Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost" (Luke 19:10). This is a food for thought for us all.

The second classic example is about the woman caught in adultery. Jesus saved her from her accusers. Are your human accusers making life unbearable for you? I encourage you to turn to Jesus, the friend of sinners and Saviour of the whole world. He will come to your rescue and save you. He is able to save to the uttermost those who come to the Father through Him because He daily makes intercession for them.

MFM Daily Prayer Points 9th September 2025

𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆

1. Jesus, the friend of sinners, have mercy on me, in the name of Jesus.

2. Let the power of salvation appear in my household, in the name of Jesus.

3. Father, You are mighty to save, save (insert the name), in the name of Jesus.

𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆

4. O Lord, convert sinners to saints today, in the name of Jesus.

5. By the fire of Pentecost, I destroy every veil hindering anyone from seeing Jesus, in the name of Jesus.

6. Holy Spirit, bring all sinners out of the captivity of sin and satan, in the name of Jesus.

7. O Lord, let Your love continually increase in my heart, in the name of Jesus.

©2025 𝙈𝙊𝙐𝙉𝙏𝘼𝙄𝙉 𝙏𝙊𝙋 𝙇𝙄𝙁𝙀 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘺 𝘋𝘳. 𝘋.𝘒 𝘖𝘭𝘶𝘬𝘰𝘺𝘢 (𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘳, 𝘔𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦)