SUN, 23RD AUGUST, 2026 - 𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐍𝐀𝐀𝐌𝐀𝐍 (𝐈𝐕)

𝐌𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐎𝐏 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄
𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐃𝐄𝐕𝐎𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋
SUN, 23RD AUGUST, 2026

𝕋𝕆ℙ𝕀ℂ:
𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐍𝐀𝐀𝐌𝐀𝐍 (𝐈𝐕)

𝔹𝕀𝔹𝕃𝔼 𝕀ℕ 𝕆ℕ𝔼 𝕐𝔼𝔸ℝ:
Ecclesiastical 9 - 10
Revelation 21 - 22

𝔽𝕀ℝ𝔼 𝕊ℂℝ𝕀ℙ𝕋𝕌ℝ𝔼:
2 Kings 5:5, Matthew 8:5-13, Ephesians 6:5-7

2 Kings 5:2-5
Then the king of Syria said, “Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel.” So he departed and took with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, and ten changes of clothing. 

Matthew 8:5-13
[5] Now when Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, pleading with Him, 
[6] saying, “Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, dreadfully tormented.” 
[7] And Jesus said to him, “I will come and heal him.” 
[8] The centurion answered and said, “Lord, I am not worthy that You should come under my roof. But only speak a word, and my servant will be healed. 
[9] For I also am a man under authority, having soldiers under me. And I say to this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes; and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” 
[10] When Jesus heard it, He marveled, and said to those who followed, “Assuredly, I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel! 
[11] And I say to you that many will come from east and west, and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. 
[12] But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” 
[13] Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go your way; and as you have believed, so let it be done for you.” And his servant was healed that same hour.

Ephesians 6:5-7
[5] Bondservants, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in sincerity of heart, as to Christ; 
[6] not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, 
[7] with goodwill doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men.

𝕄𝔼𝕄𝕆ℝ𝕐 𝕍𝔼ℝ𝕊𝔼:
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going..

𝕄𝕆𝕋𝕀𝕍𝔸𝕋𝕀𝕆ℕ𝔸𝕃 ℚ𝕌𝕆𝕋𝔼𝕊:
Do your job well such that your replacement will be hard to find when you leave!

ℙℝ𝕆ℙℍ𝔼𝕋𝕀ℂ 𝕎𝕆ℝ𝔻 𝔽𝕆ℝ 𝕋𝕆𝔻𝔸𝕐:
𝙄 𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙮 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪, 𝙂𝙤𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙨𝙚 𝙖 𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙣𝙤 𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚, 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙅𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙨.

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

MFM Daily Devotional Message Sunday, 23rd August, 2026.

It takes a man that takes his job seriously to be recommended in high places. Naaman was a man that took his job serious. He was hardworking and skilful in his endeavour such that by him the Lord had given deliverance unto Syria (2 Kings 5:). In verse 5, when the King of Syria (Naaman's boss) heard that there was a prophet in Samaria that could heal Naaman, he did not waste time before he sent a letter to recommend Naaman for healing. For a boss to recommend his subject or subordinate for something great, such subordinate must have shown himself worthwhile.

Even though Naaman was a leper, he didn't excuse himself from work. Rather, he still went to war to fight battles for his nation. He didn't because of his disability, start begging by the roadside. He would have been justified to do as a leper, but Naaman chose the more noble way. No wonder, the Bible refers to him as an honourable man. He chose the dignity of labour and he was very diligent at it. This is why I think he was not sacked because as a leprous person in the Old Testament, he was supposed to be ostracized from the community of other people. He was diligent at his work, so he couldn't be dismissed and replaced. He was so hardworking that he rose to the rank of a captain and his boss quickly gave him a recommendation letter when he needed it.

The story of the centurion's servant in Matthew 8:6-13 corroborates the story of work ethics of Naaman. For a whole centurion to leave his busy schedule and be running around looking for the solution to the problem of his servant must be that that servant was a treasure to him. He must have been serving the centurion so well that the centurion could not afford to lose him.

Beloved, if you are to require a letter of recommendation today, with the way you are handling your work, would you be recommended? Would your boss or organization be willing to go out of their way to retain you, with the way you attend to your duties? What would be said of you when you leave or retire from your organization? Let's reflect and ponder on these.

MFM Daily Prayer Points 23rd August, 2026
𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆

1. Spirit of laziness, my life is not your candidate, die out of me by fire, in the name of Jesus.

2. I shall not beg to eat, in the name of Jesus.

3. Arrow of leprosy that wants to push me away from the world of men, backfire in the name of Jesus.

𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆

4. My hand, you are the symbol of my labour, you will not be leprous, in the name of Jesus.

5. Little efforts, great results, my life is available; locate me, in the name of Jesus.

6. Power to get wealth, my life is available, enter, in the name of Jesus.

7. The recommendation and connection that I need to go to my next level, appear by fire, 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)