SPIRITUAL WARFARE II – Wednesday December 28th 2016
Memorise:
And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise
him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. James
5:15
16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
18 Praying
always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching
thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
Bible in one year: Numbers 3:5-4:49, Psalms 138
MESSAGE
Spiritual
warfare is an invisible battle that is waged in the spirit realm. The
enemies cannot be seen with the physical eyes and the weapons of warfare
are not physical as well. What is even more significant is that it is
what happens spiritually that determines the physical manifestation that
will be experienced by humans. A person overpowered in a spiritual war
may become sick, paralyzed, or mad in the real world. Many that are
attacked at night may develop an incurable sickness that will lead to
their death within days. Some may be physically alright health-wise, but
may begin to operate under a terrible demonic bondage that hampers
growth of any kind, and this may go on for years unnoticed. These are
prisoners living within invisible prison walls while appearing to be
normal and free. Isaiah 49:25 says:
“But
thus saith the Lord, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken
away, And the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: For I will
contend with him that contendeth with thee, And I will save thy
children.”
The
worst type of imprisonment is being within invisible prison walls while
appearing to be free. Nobody will offer to help you out because there
will be nothing physical to suggest that you are imprisoned. Open Heaven
Wednesday 28 December 2016:- Spiritual Warfare II. The lame man in Acts 3:1-18,
was physically born into a prison of sickness and was there for over 40
years, he was in a physical prison, obvious to everyone, but most
people are in spiritual prisons, invisible prisons. One of my uncles,
who studied in Britain returned, and in an attempted to protect himself
from forces of darkness, went to meet an herbalist and obeyed the man’s
instructions to the letter. He got seven leaves of a particular
plant, spread them on the floor and defecated on them. thereafter, the
herbalist gave him a particular power to spray on his faeces and
instructed him to eat it. After this, he returned home boasting that
since nobody touches faeces, nobody could touch him. He almost died of
cholera! Some professors, despite all their Western education, still bow
to trees and worship various objects because they are in a spiritual
prison. A medical doctor who knows and teaches people about the danger
of smoking but still smokes himself is imprisoned spiritually.
It
is not enough to point accusing fingers at somebody somewhere, consider
your life and find out if there is any trace of imprisonment.
Prayerfully take steps to break loose from it. When you are free from
physical and invisible prisons, then you are truly free. Open heavens
devotional 2016
Prayer Point
Father, please break every prison wall around me in Jesus’ name.
Open Heavens Daily Devotional, written by Pastor E.A Adeboye
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