Open Heavens 26 June 2017:
Monday daily devotional by Pastor E. A. Adeboye- Born into captivity?
BORN INTO CAPTIVITY? – Monday June 26th
2017
Memorise: He that committeth
sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose
the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. 1st
John 3:8
Read: Exodus 1:8-12 (KJV)
1:8 Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not
Joseph.
1:9 And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the
children of Israel are more and mightier than we:
1:10 Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they
multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join
also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.
1:11 Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict
them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and
Raamses.
1:12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they
multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.
Bible in one year: Judges 21,
Ruth 1, Jeremiah 52:24-34, Hymn: Sing hymn 4
MESSAGE:
While
some people fall into captivity through traps set by the tempter, some others,
like Joseph, are sold into slavery (Genesis 37:23-28). In some parts of Africa,
when a child is born, both parents of the child or either one of them enter
into a covenant involving that child and some deity or spirit-wife or husband.
Such a child later grows up to find that he or she has been sold into slavery.
There are many childless couples who go to some deities for help, because they
can no longer wait on God to give them good children. This opens the door to
satanic offspring in their lives. Later in life, such demonic children will
become devourers of their resources and peace. May you never be so frustrated
as to go to the devil for help! Satan’s “help” is to steal, kill and destroy (John 10:10).
Moreover,
in today’s Bible reading, we understand that some people enter into slavery
right from birth. When a pharaoh that
did not know Joseph arose in Egypt and enacted new laws that made the
Israelites slaves, every child that was born to them from that moment was born
into slavery. In whatever way you have found yourself in captivity, whether by
choice, design or by birth, there is deliverance for you today. Open Heavens 26
June 2017: Monday daily devotional by Pastor E. A. Adeboye- Born into captivity? The Great Deliverer is able and
willing to deliver you. 1st John 3:8 says Jesus Christ was
manifested in order to destroy the works of the devil. Captivity is the work of
the devil, and he seeks to control and ruin lives by it. The predator runs the
lives of his captives. When he wants, he whips them, pushes them into
difficulties and mocks them while they struggle. He dictates what they become
and where they will end. The fellow in captivity has virtually lost control
over his or her life. You cannot be a captive and at the same time be free to
serve God the way you want. One of the reasons why Jesus Christ came into this
world was to make us free to serve God. Contained in the prophecy of Zacharias
about the Lord Jesus Christ in this statement about His mission, in Luke 1:74-75:
“That he would grant unto us,
that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without
fear, In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.”
This
is why you have to arise in anger today and rebel against any form of captivity
you have found yourself in, and ask Jesus Christ to deliver you now. You shall
be free today! [Monday June 26, 2017]
Prayer Point
In any way I and members of my family have found ourselves in
captivity, we rebel and break away it today!
Open Heavens Daily Devotional guide
was written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed
Christian Church of God, one of the largest evangelical Church in the world and
also the President of Christ the Redeemer's Ministries.
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