Open Heavens 13 August 2017: Sunday daily devotional by Pastor E. A. Adeboye- Captives of the mighty
Open Heavens 13 August 2017: Sunday daily devotional by
Pastor E. A. Adeboye- Captives of the mighty
Memorise: If the Son therefore shall
make you free, ye shall be free indeed. John 8:36
Read: John 5:1-9 (KJV)
5:1 After
this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
5:2 Now
there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew
tongue Bethesda, having five porches
5:3 In these
lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for
the moving of the water.
5:4 For an angel
went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever
then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of
whatsoever disease he had.
5:5 And a
certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.
5:6 When Jesus
saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith
unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?
5:7 The
impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to
put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.
5:8 Jesus
saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.
5:9 And
immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the
same day was the sabbath.
Bible in one year: 2nd Kings
10-11, Ezekiel 23:35-49, Hymn: Sing hymn 4
MESSAGE:
The reason why many people are so helpless in
life today is because they are in captivity. Many are in the bondage of sin,
sickness, poverty, addition, demonic possession and other evil conditions. The
resultant effects of captivity include loss of freedom, psychological
imbalance, and emotional trauma, loss of contact with loved ones, hopelessness
and dejection. A captive is a person with a lost identity. Such a person may
have been royalty before being captured by the enemy, but he or she has become
a slave and must now live at the mercy of his or her new owner. A captive loses
dignity and suffers from low self-esteem and emotional trauma from thinking
about the situation that led to his or her captivity. A captive is in a worse
situation than an ordinary prisoner because a prisoner’s jail term is fixed,
but a captive has no hope of being set free. Above all, the situation of a
captive is hopelessly filled with regret. The big question is, can a captive
find true freedom? The Holy Spirit answers this question in Isaiah
49:24-25
“Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or
the lawful captive delivered? 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.”
Hallelujah! A captive can indeed be set free.
Jesus in Luke 4:18 declared that He came to set the captive
free:
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he
hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the
broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight
to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,”
I bring you good news today: no matter how
difficult your experience in captivity has been, and no matter how heavy the
chain of your affliction is, JESUS is here to set you free! Open Heavens 13
August 2017: Sunday daily devotional by Pastor E. A. Adeboye- Captives of the
mighty. Jesus Christ is the promised Messiah, Redeemer and Deliverer, sent
to set everyone who will accept Him as the Lord and Saviour of their lives from
the bondage of Satan, the world and the flesh. What is your problem? Are you operating
under the powerful grip of a secret sin, sexual immorality, a secret society, a
blood covenant or any form of addition? Jesus, in John 8:36, has
those words for you:
“If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye
shall be free indeed.”
Jesus came to set the captives free; call on
His Name for your deliverance now!
Prayer Point
Lord Jesus, Please manifest your power to set
me free from every form of captivity I am experiencing 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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