THURSDAY 12.10.2017
MIRACLE 27 : JESUS HEALS A LUNATIC BOY
Reading
: Matthew 17:14-21; Mark 9:14-29; Luke 9:37-43
Today’s
miracle is about a young boy lunatic healed by Jesus. From this miracle, the Lord is teaching us 4 lessons :
LESSON 1 : Jesus is teaching us that the power of the devil is essentially oriented to hurt men
In Matthew 17:15, Mark 9:22 and Luke 9:39, the father of this child describes the symptoms and manifestations of the devil who was tormenting him:
From these words, it shows clearly how the devil is cruel and was working actively to cause this boy to self-injure and self-destruct.
In Matthew 17:15, Mark 9:22 and Luke 9:39, the father of this child describes the symptoms and manifestations of the devil who was tormenting him:
1st indication: He suffers cruelly
2nd indication: He often falls in the fire, and often in the water.
3rd indication: He shouts
4th indication: Whenever the spirit takes control of him, he shrieks, goes into convulsions, and foams at the mouth. After a struggle, the spirit goes away, leaving the child worn out.
From these words, it shows clearly how the devil is cruel and was working actively to cause this boy to self-injure and self-destruct.
It is written in John 10:10 “The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have [it] more abundantly.”
QUESTIONS
§ Does it happen to you to hurt yourself or hurt others consciously or unconsciously?
§ Are you addicted to self-destructive behaviors such as drug addiction? Sex addiction? Alcohol addiction?
§ Have you been hurt by others that you gave up on your faith?
§ Does it happen to you to have suicidal thoughts?
§ Do you know people you can pray for today to be delivered from the self-destructive orientation?
➽⧭🔃 TODAY, I PRAY THAT GOD WILL ARISE AND PUT AN END TO EVERY DESTRUCTIVE POWER AND ACTIVITY OF THE WICKED IN YOUR LIFE IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST
LESSON 2 : Jesus is teaching us three irresistible forces to win the battle against the powers of darkness : the force of faith, the force of prayer and the force of fasting.
The
reason why things didn’t work for the disciples was not because God was
deficient. It was because the disciples became:
- complacent (self-satisfied in their comfort zone) and
- self-sufficient (no more need of prayer, no more need of fasting and no more need of faith).
In
Matthew 17:19 we discover how that bitter experience contributed to draw the
disciples more closely to Jesus Christ. It
is written “Then the disciples came to Jesus privately ...”
By
approaching Jesus privately, they’ve discovered three forces were missing and were the reasons behind their
failure:
a)
There was lack of faith
"And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you." (Matthew 17:20)
b)
There was lack of prayer and fasting
"And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting." (Mark 9:29)
QUESTIONS
§ If you honestly examine yourself, don’t you think that you have fallen into the abyss of complacency?
§ Are you still in the faith? Do you still fast and pray? Do you attend the Bible studies?
§ Don’t you suppose you are self-sufficient in your life, indulgent in worldliness and lack of compassion for others?
§ Don’t you think you need revival and tremendous awakening that will lead you to love God with your whole heart?
➽⧭🔃 TODAY, I PRAY THAT THE LORD OF GLORY WILL IGNITE IN YOU THE FORCE OF FAITH, THE FORCE OF PRAYER AND THE FORCE OF FASTING FOR A VICTOROUS SPIRITUAL LIFE IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST!
LESSON 3 : Jesus is teaching us that he has power to turn our public shame into the devil's shame and our public failure into the devil's failure.
In this text, the father of the boy makes a tragic statement to Jesus concerning his disciples. He says in Matthew 17:16 :
“I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.”
I just imagine how the crowd were laughing and mocking the disciples for failing to cast out the evil spirit from this young boy. What a public shame? What a public humiliation? What a public disappointment? What a public embarrassment?
Thanks be to God because Jesus came in the scene to cast out the evil spirit. By doing so, he turned the disciples’ shame into the devil’s shame.
QUESTIONS
§ Is there any problem, any challenge in your life that cause any embarrassment to you?
§ Do you find yourself powerless before the devil? Before a particular sin? Before a particular challenge in your life?
§ Do you believe that Jesus is able to turn it around?
➽⧭🔃 TODAY, I PRAY THAT THE LORD WILL TURN IN YOUR FAVOR ANYTHING THAT THE DEVIL HAS DONE IN YOUR LIFE AND HAS CAUSED SHAME OR PUBLIC EMBARRASSEMENT IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST!
LESSON 4 : Jesus is teaching us that he has higher power and higher authority over Satan, the devil, demons, evil powers, principalities, powers of darkness.
In Mark 9:25, the Bible says,
"When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, [Thou] dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him."
As a result of the rebuke, the Bible says in Mark 9:26
"And [the spirit] cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead."
At the cross, Jesus “disarmed the powers and authorities”. The word “disarmed” means to put off completely, to undress completely and thus render powerless.
➽⧭🔃 TODAY, I PRAY THAT THE VICTORY OF CHRIST ON THE DEVIL TO THE CROSS BECOMES A REALITY IN LIFE IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST!
➽⧭🔃 TODAY, I PRAY THAT THE VICTORY OF CHRIST ON THE DEVIL TO THE CROSS BECOMES A REALITY IN LIFE IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST!
PRAYER = PRAYER = PRAYER
➽⧭🔃 PRAYER 1 : FOR INNER HEALING
o Read and pray with Job 5:18 the Lord that He may heal you so that you will be made whole.
o Read and pray with Luke 4:18 to be anointed from your broken hearted…”
➽⧭🔃 PRAYER 2 : FOR POWER TO LOVE AND FORGIVE
o Read and pray with 2 Timothy 1:7 to be empowered to forgive and to love.
➽⧭🔃 PRAYER 3 : FOR POWER ABOVE CHALLENGESo Read and pray with Colossians 2:15 that the Father overturns any particular shameful situation in your life to a testimony of glory.
o Read and pray with 1 John 4:4 to be empowered above the challenges and the devices of the evil one.
➽⧭🔃 PRAYER 4 : TAKE AUTHORITY OVER POWERS OF DARKNESS
o Read and pray with Colossians 2:15 to take authority over the powers and authorities of darkness. Declare boldly that in your life, in your marriage, in your business, in your mind, in your spirit, they are powerless, disarmed, doomed, undressed and stripped off by the power of the cross in the Name of Jesus Christ.
🔃🔃🔃🔃🔃🔃🔃🔃
IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST !
JESUS IS LORD !
Pastor T.D. KASUKU K.K.
The Word Of Life Church International
Nairobi/Kenya
Nairobi/Kenya
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