20/03/2026
Mountain Top Life Daily Devotional 20 March 2026 By Dr. D.K. Olukoya – *God Can Change Your Status (2)*
FIRE SCRIPTURE: Ruth 1:15-17 (KJV)
15 And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law.
16 And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:
17 Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.
MEMORY VERSE: For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. – Romans 10:10 (KJV)
MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES: A man’s confession carries power; your confession can direct or alter the course of your life.
PRAISE AND WORSHIP: Take praise and worship songs as led by the Holy Spirit.
PROPHETIC WORD FOR TODAY: May your tongue speak words of life henceforth, in the Name of Jesus.
Today’s focus is on how the status of Ruth changed. By herself, she made a confession that came from the heart and not just her mouth. “And Ruth said, intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me” (Ruth 1:16-17).
It was a declaration of faith, trust and total allegiance to the God of Israel. She departed physically and spiritually from her former nation, culture and people, and committed the rest of her life unto the God of Israel. God received her and her status changed. Divine protocols were broken for her sake, mercy showed up through Boaz, and she came into the genealogy of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. Her life story and her generation changed for good. The same can happen in your life.
Jesus has redeemed us from the law of sin and death through His shed Blood on the Cross of Calvary. All that is required of us is to confess with our mouth like Ruth did and accept His finished works. My advice for you this day is that you stop being a mere church goer and conformist. God sees your heart. He knows when you are totally committed to Him and when you are not. It does not matter how deeply rooted in sin and iniquity your foundation is, your ungodly activities of the past, or even the stinking condition of the present, God desires your confession, total and genuine repentance, and a commitment to continue with Him. He will give you a new beginning and a glorious future if you are bold enough to take this step of faith.
PRAYER POINTS:
MORNING
Father, have mercy on me and forgive me all my sins, in the Name of Jesus.
I forsake my past and all that I used to be or do; I declare Jesus to be the Lord of my life, in the Name of Jesus.
I dedicate my life and all that is mine to the Lord God Almighty, in the Name of Jesus.
EVENING
Nothing shall pluck me out of the divine agenda, in the Name of Jesus.
Power to forsake the world and all that is in it, come upon me now, in the Name of Jesus.
O God, arise, make me Your own, in the Name of Jesus.
I receive the divine status of a bonafide child of God, a joint heir with Christ and a citizen of the commonwealth of Heaven, in the Name of Jesus.