Wednesday, 8th February, 2023
Bible Reading: Romans 1: 18-28
Memory Verse: For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace. Romans 6:14 (ESV)
When the urge of masturbation fills your heart, you feel obliged to give in. Wait a minute, isn’t this an umpteenth time you’re going to be asking God for forgiveness? How then do you live free from this compelling work of the flesh?:
- Admit you need help from above: Brokenness before God is the only sure way to live above any compelling habit especially one such as masturbation that makes you a slave to such addiction. Until you come to end of all the self-help quick-fix therapeutic approach you have been taught (which keeps failing anyway), only then can God be Lord over your flesh. 2 Corinthians 3:17 (NKJV) says, “Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.”
- Deliverance: Some people hear the word deliverance and they become uncomfortable. Please read Jesus’ mission statement in Luke 4:18 (KJV). The devil is a master tyrant who enjoys keeping his captive in bondage. There are no compelling habit with no spirit attached. Cast out the spirit of masturbation. Only the anointing breaks yokes (Isaiah 10:27).
- Personal discipline: It takes a process of time to undo what has been altered in your body configuration due to masturbation. You will need to reprogramme your brain which hitherto has enjoyed the feeling of masturbation. A decision not to stay alone for too long, keeping one’s mind productively busy, having a cold bath when the urge comes, submitting yourself to a spiritual authority for proper accountability; and, burning the bridge (staying away from anything that will trigger the passion for sex such as lewd magazine and musical videos, romantic novels, pornography, morally backward friends, corrupt social media broadcasts, etc) represent good personal self-discipline.
- Don’t fight alone: Nothing is new. Your freedom is more important than “losing face”. Join a rehabilitation centre, confide in a Christian counselor, and report yourself to your parents/pastor/guardian. Make up your mind to deploy all methods until sin no longer reign over your body because you’re now a living sacrificial lamb of Christ meet only for the Master’s use.
5. Don’t give up: Should you ever fall in your fight against the sin of masturbation, rise up, dust off yourself, and run again (Proverbs 24:16).
Quote: Your victory over masturbation has been paid for on the Cross of Calvary, but it will require your consistent enforcement.
Prophetic Decree: May the host of heaven support your fight against masturbation, in Jesus name.
Prayer Focus
1. Sin shall no more have dominion over me.
2. Today, I rededicate my body, soul and spirit to the Lord, afresh, in Jesus name.
3. Triggers of masturbation within and around me, the Lord rebuke you, in Jesus name.
4. Foundational powers of father’s house that has vowed to destroy me through sinful sexual habits, I come against you today by the power in the Blood of Jesus, in Jesus name.
5. Let the power of the Communion table set me free from all easily besetting sins in my life, in Jesus name.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Exodus 28-29