Memorise:
But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached
to others, I myself should be a castaway.
(1 Corinthians 9:27)
Read: Psalm 79:9-10
Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of
thy name: and deliver us, and purge away
our sins, for thy name's sake. (Psalms 79:9) Wherefore should the heathen say where is their God? let
him be known among the heathen in our sight
by the revenging of the blood of thy servants
which is shed. (Psalms 79:10)
Bible in one year: Isaiah 28-30
Message
When Samson lost his savour, he was thrown into
darkness and became a slave of the people
he once terrorized. Have you been casting out devils and setting the captives free? Then you must never lose your
worth or else, the same demons you dealt
with will be waiting to have their pound of flesh. If you must know something about the devil, it is that he
has no love and so he cannot forgive. The
best way to overcome his attacks and reprisal attacks is to remain a champion on the side of Jesus Christ. It
is very important you maintain your
position. Take a cue from football: when the Nigerian national football team the Green Eagles were victorious over
their opponents, they were renamed as the
Golden Eagles and their praise was on the lips of virtually everyone. But when they eventually lost out,
instead of a heroic arrival, nobody knew
when they entered Nigeria.
Whenever you are tempted, be it in the secret or
in the open, always remember that you are a
champion, and that it is very distasteful to be an ex-champion. In Hebrews 11:25, we learn that at best you
can enjoy the pleasure of sin only for a
moment, yet the shame that follows can be beyond
lifetime. Besides the shame, what of the ridicule of being called an ex-champion? Do you know that ex-champion face the exact
opposite of what they went through while
still champions? How? While still reigning champions,
many of them try to avoid going through public places because of their popularity. There are even those who disguise
themselves before appearing in public as
people will not allow them to be themselves. That is on the positive. On the other side, if such a champion
is defeated and become an ex-champion, to
avoid being ridiculed, he will also begin to hide from the public. One question ex-champions are asked is:
where is now your God? In Psalm 79:9-10,
David told God never to allow the world ask him this question. In other words, he was saying he did
not want to be an ex-champion. If you
prayed in the past and sicknesses and demons took their leave, but now you say the same prayer and
sicknesses and demons refuse to leave, ask
yourself what has gone wrong: where is the presence of the Spirit in your life? Do everything possible to
remain the champion that you are!
PRAYER POINT
Father, you said I shall be the head only, let me
never be an ex-champion in Jesus name.
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