WARFARE DAILY DEVOTION

THURSDAY 7TH OF MARCH 2024

THEME: CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT 2

SCRIPTURE READING: Judges 16:1-18

🔑 KEY VERSE: And it came to pass afterwards, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver. Judges 16 :4-5

Friend, bad character may starts very simple, it initially does not have power or control over you but with time, as you began to derive satisfaction from it, its influence will start getting stronger over you.

Anything that makes you feel guilty is a sin, nobody might be aware of it but your conscience judges you each time you do it. 

Bad character that fall under this category include; addicted to pornography, addicted to masturbation, addicted to alcohol, addicted to smoking, addicted to hard drugs, addicted to sexual immorality, etc. until you see it as a challenge, you may not be ready to break free from it.

Samson is a good example of the effects of bad character, it got his destiny distroyed through immorality with philistine women. 

For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines. Judges 13:5

Samson was called and anointed by God to deliver Israel out of the hands of the Philistines, but in the process of time, Samson began to formed the habit of sleeping with philistines women. It all started as fun but he later got so deep into it that the habit began to control him, even when it was clear to him that the philistine woman is now becoming a trap, yet he did not see the reason to break out of it, the bad character has taken hold of him, he preferred dying than to break out of it.

And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death. Judges 16:16

This is the last stage of a bad character. It is so dangerous that even if he or she is face to face with death, he will not quit but prefer to die, he or she could have all the warning signs about cancer, Tobacculosis, heart disease, lungs cancer, still refuse to quit smoking, the same with alcohol, even if he's become poverty or about losing marriage, about losing children, will still not care and will not quit, because the habit has gotten hold of him, he would prefer to suffer the consequences than quitting.

This is why you need to do something now before the bad character become uncontrollable.

If you going to break free from any of the bad character, you have to first separate yourself from associating with people who are into such bad character, also self discipline is required to break free from bad habits.

Another good thing to do is to replace the bad character with a more positive one otherwise you will fall back to it again and again, but God forbid it in Jesus name

For testimony, counselling and prayer requests contact , 

Rev Andrew Izokun: on phone +2348037809082, whatsApp, imo, email livingpraise2002@yahoo.com, I will get back to you.

MORNING WARFARE PRAYER POINTS 

1. Lord I thank you for today and help me to be a good example to others in Jesus' name 

2. Lord, I destroy every secret sin in my life in Jesus' name 

3. Lord give me the spirit of self control, in Jesus’ name 

4. Lord, I separate myself from every association that will not glorified your name, in Jesus' name

5. Lord fill me with your spirit In Jesus' name. 

6. Lord anoint me for excellence in every aspect of my life, in Jesus' name 

7. Lord let the desire for any bad habit die, from my life, in Jesus' name 

8. Lord begin to use me in your Kingdom to do great works in Jesus' name 

9. Add your personal prayer 

NIGHT WARFARE PRAYER POINTS 

SCRIPTURE FOR MEDITATION: Ephesians 6:10-13

1. Lord, I command the force in creation to cooperate with me in Jesus' name

2. Lord make me faithful in every good works in Jesus' name.  

3 Lord let there be a turn around in my life from today in Jesus' name 

4. Lord show me your mercy, cleans and purify me as a vessel you can use in Jesus' name

5. Lord help me to make a positive impact in my society, in Jesus' name 

6 Lord bring me into relationships with those who are ready to serve God in truth and spirit, in Jesus' name. 

7. Lord make me a great blessing to the society, in Jesus' name

8. Lord open my eyes to things that will give me a major breakthroughs in life, in Jesus' name 

9 Add your personal prayer