FRI, 3RD APR, 2026 - 𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐎𝐎𝐑 (𝐈𝐈𝐈)

𝐌𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐎𝐏 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐃𝐄𝐕𝐎𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋
FRI, 3RD APR, 2026

𝕋𝕆ℙ𝕀ℂ:
𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐎𝐎𝐑 (𝐈𝐈𝐈)

𝔹𝕀𝔹𝕃𝔼 𝕀ℕ 𝕆ℕ𝔼 𝕐𝔼𝔸ℝ:
2 Samuel 10; 2 Samuel 11; 2 Samuel 12; 1 John 5; 2 John 1

𝔽𝕀ℝ𝔼 𝕊ℂℝ𝕀ℙ𝕋𝕌ℝ𝔼:
Matthew 25:31-40
[31] “When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. 

[32] All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. 

[33] And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. 

[34] Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 

[35] for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; 

[36] I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’

[37] “Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? 

[38] When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You? 

[39] Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’ 

[40] And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’

𝕄𝔼𝕄𝕆ℝ𝕐 𝕍𝔼ℝ𝕊𝔼:
Proverbs 14:21
He who despises his neighbor sins; But he who has mercy on the poor, happy is he.

𝕄𝕆𝕋𝕀𝕍𝔸𝕋𝕀𝕆ℕ𝔸𝕃 ℚ𝕌𝕆𝕋𝔼𝕊:
When we serve the least, we serve the greatest!

ℙℝ𝕆ℙℍ𝔼𝕋𝕀ℂ 𝕎𝕆ℝ𝔻 𝔽𝕆ℝ 𝕋𝕆𝔻𝔸𝕐:
𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧, 𝙖𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙤𝙬 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙤𝙧, 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙥 𝙟𝙖𝙬-𝙙𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙞𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙚𝙨, 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙅𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙨.

ℙℝ𝔸𝕀𝕊𝔼 & 𝕎𝕆ℝ𝕊ℍ𝕀ℙ

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

MFM Daily Devotional Message Friday, 3rd April, 2026.

Remembering the poor is a command and obeying it comes with great rewards. In Acts 10, Cornelius, a Gentile (non-Jewish) Roman centurion feared God, prayed regularly and gave generously to the poor. God acknowledged his charitable deeds and sent Peter to him with a message of salvation. The Bible provides other inspiring examples of individuals who cared for the poor: 

(1) Ruth showed love and loyalty to her mother-in-law, Naomi - Ruth 2:1-23 

(2) Job provided for the poor and vulnerable -Job 29:12-16 

(3) Boaz demonstrated kindness and generosity to Ruth, a foreigner and widow - Ruth 2:1-23 

(4) The Good Samaritan showed compassion to a stranger in need Luke 10:35-37 

(5) Dorcas (Tabitha) was known for her acts of charity and kindness (Acts 9:36-42). When she died, Apostle Peter raised her back to life because her charitable deeds earned her a good reputation and affection.

Let us now examine more deeply the benefits of taking care of the poor. First, your acts of kindness, love and care to the poor, needy and vulnerable will earn you spiritual growth. This is because your obedience to God's will foster a deeper relationship with Him. Second, you will receive numerous blessings and rewards promised in Scripture to those who care for the poor. Proverbs 19:17 affirms that when you pity and give to the poor, you lend to God and the Most High will surely pay you back in multiple folds. Your reward from the Lord can come in form of financial and material blessings, divine health, divine protection, rescue from danger, promotion at work, and so on. Third, In Luke 14:12-15, Jesus said, "When thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just." So, your charitable deeds in this life will have positive implications in the next.

In Matthew 25:31-50, our Fire Scripture for today, Jesus teaches that at the final judgement, people will be separated like sheep and goats. The righteous (sheep) are those that showed compassion to those in need (the poor, orphans, widows, the vulnerable, etc). He stressed that serving others is equivalent to serving Him. Psalm 41:1-3 highlights the benefits of remembering the poor.

MFM Daily Prayer Points 3rd April, 2026
𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆
1. Father, reward my charitable deeds as You did for Cornelius and Dorcas, in the name of Jesus.

2. Father, as I remember the poor regularly, pour Your blessings on me in avalanche, in the name of Jesus.

3. Father, as I remember the poor daily, keep my soul in sickness and preserve me, in the name of Jesus.

𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆

4. Father, as I consider the poor, keep me from evil, in the name of Jesus.

5. Father, as I consider the poor, do not give me over to the will of my enemies, in the name of Jesus.

6. Father, bless me with the things that money can buy and those it cannot buy, in the name of Jesus.

7. I break the backbone of poverty, by the power in the blood of Jesus, in the name of Jesus.

©2026 𝙈𝙊𝙐𝙉𝙏𝘼𝙄𝙉 𝙏𝙊𝙋 𝙇𝙄𝙁𝙀 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘺 𝘋𝘳. 𝘋.𝘒 𝘖𝘭𝘶𝘬𝘰𝘺𝘢 (𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘳, 𝘔𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦)