Title: Freedom From Mental Captivity
Memorize: the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints. Ephesians 1:18 (Nkjv)
Bible Reading: 2 Corinthians 3:12-18 (Nkjv)
[12] Therefore, since we have such hope, we use great boldness of speech—
[13] unlike Moses, who put a veil over his face so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the end of what was passing away.
[14] But their minds were blinded. For until this day the same veil remains unlifted in the reading of the Old Testament, because the veil is taken away in Christ.
[15] But even to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart.
[16] Nevertheless when one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
[17] Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
[18] But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.
Message:
There are people who are bound mentally. For such people, their mental capacity is under siege and has been tampered with. I know the pain of students who study hard for examinations but still end up failing. A well-prepared student can get to an examination hall and go blank. This happened to me when I was an undergraduate; I entered into an examination hall for a particular course I was very good at, only to go blank. I was unable to understand any of the eight questions from which I was to answer five. At a point, I decided to give up and leave the hall since I could rewrite the exam later. I was about to stand when an invisible hand pushed me down. I wasn’t born again then, but I knew it was the Almighty God. I sat back down, and for fifteen minutes, I saw all my colleagues writing furiously while I remained blank. After a while, I started reading the questions again, and suddenly, the eyes of my understanding were opened, and I could now answer all the questions. The Lord Almighty removed the veil from my understanding.
Beloved, I pray for you; if the devil has put a veil on your understanding, God will remove it today, in Jesus’ name.
Prayer Points:
Father, please remove anything that is not allowing my brain to function at its full capacity, in Jesus’ name.
Bible Quiz:
According to Paul, what should you do to experience freedom from mental captivity and be transformed?
Hymn 50 – Conquerors And Overcomers Now Are We
1 Conquerors And Overcomers Now Are We,
Thro’ The Precious Blood Of Christ We’ve Victory
If The Lord Be For Us, We Can Never Fail,
Nothing ‘Gainst His Mighty Pow’r Can E’er Prevail.
Refrain:
Conquerors Are We, Through The Blood Of Jesus,
God Wil Give Us Victory,
Through The Blood Of Jesus,
Thro’ The Lamb For Sinners Slain,
Yet Who Lives And Reigns Again,
More Than Conquerors Are We,
More Than Conquerors Are We.
2 In The Name Of Israel’s God We’ll Onward Press,
Overcoming Sin And All Unrighteousness;
Not To Us, But Unto Him The Praise Shall Be,
For Salvation And For Blood Bought Victory.
3 Unto Him That Overcometh Shall Be Given,
Here To Eat Of Hidden Manna Sent From Heav’n,
Over Yonder He The Victors Palm Shall Bear,
And A Robe Of White, And Golden Crown Shall Wear.
Bible In One Year: Exodus 29:1-30:10, Matthew 25:14-26:46
Authors: Pastor E. A. Adeboye and Pastor Folu Adeboye