December 23, 2018 Mountain Of Fire Daily Devotional : TOPIC - Signs and Dangers of an Overcharged Heart
December 23, 2018 Mountain Of Fire Daily Devotional : TOPIC - Signs and Dangers of an Overcharged Heart
TOPIC - Signs and Dangers of an Overcharged Heart
FIRE SCRIPTURE: Luke 21:34-36
MEMORY VERSE: “Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.” – John 14:1
The MESSAGE:
In these last days, it is evident that the devil has not changed his
tactics of using his time-tested devices to steal, to kill, and to
destroy. You should never, for a moment, be ignorant of his devices,
else, he will take undue advantage of you. The fiery darts of the devil
are launched against the heart to keep it perpetually “charged” and
restless. The danger is that just as a physical battery may pack up due
to overcharging, so also can the human heart pack up when it is
perpetually “overcharged”. The question then is, how can one detect the
signs of an overcharged heart?
Your heart becomes overcharged when you engage in worry and anxiety,
and you keep meditating on the magnitude of your problems and focussing
your attention on it rather than on God who has the solution. It becomes
overcharged when you give in to discouragement and failures of the
past, and refuse to forgive yourself of the past mistakes and errors
that resulted in the failures. It becomes overcharged when you give in
to the spirit of fear and listen to the conversation of unbelief.
It
becomes overcharged when you keep making negative confessions and
research into the devastating effects of the problem rather than the
solution. Your heart becomes overcharged when you keep observing evil
timetable, evil cycle, evil records, and believe that it would soon
repeat itself in your life. It becomes overcharged when you keep working
by sight and not by faith. You must filter what goes into your heart
and flush out the evil thoughts and imaginations. You must see all
problems as temporal, press forward, and take a bold step of faith. Pay
attention to yourself and avoid your heart being overcharged with the
cares of this world. Guard what comes into your heart to avoid evil
thoughts that may lead to self-destruction. Some people have become drug
addicts and drunkards because of the problems of life.
Some have allowed discouragement and depressions to overtake them.
This is why many people fail in the battle of life and suffer
depressions. You must realise that you are a divine project that God
cannot abandon. Do not lose hope. Be strong in the Lord and in the power
of His might (Ephesians 6:10). As Christians, we may come under satanic
oppression and torments once in a while, but we certainly have a
Commander who is willing to deliver us. So, fear not! Sad to say that
many of us have internal crises as a result of the release of adverse
chemicals from and in our bodies.
This ought not to be so. Worry pulls you in different directions, but
hope pulls you in one direction. Fear pulls you in the opposite
direction and strangles your faith. In fact, worry has definite physical
consequences: headaches, neck pains, ulcers, and even back pains. Worry
affects our thinking, our digestion, our co-ordination and even our
sleep. When you tighten your facial skin, your body organs are under
tension and they may begin to malfunction. You should rejoice always (1
Thessalonians 5:16) rather than be sorrowful. The more you laugh and
smile, the more your life is prolonged. A merry heart, the Bible says,
does good, like medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones (Proverbs
17:22). Let not your heart be troubled. Believe in God and in His Son,
Jesus Christ. Cast all your burdens on Him, He will surely help you.
MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE: WORRY PULLS YOU IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS BUT HOPE PULLS YOU IN ONE DIRECTION.
PROPHETIC WORD: You are released today from the bondage of fear and worry.
PRAYER POINTS:
MORNING
- Weight of doubts and fears, be lifted off my soul, in the name of Jesus.
- Cage of faithlessness, break by fire, in the name of Jesus.
- I cast my fears and burdens upon Jesus. O Lord, take over, in the name of Jesus.
EVENING
- I have this blessed assurance that Jesus is mine, therefore, I shall not be dismayed, in the name of Jesus.
- I release myself from the captivity of fear of failure, in the name of Jesus.
- I shall make it, no matter how tough and challenging the situation may be, in the name of Jesus.
- I am a conqueror through the love of my Saviour, Jesus Christ, in the name of Jesus.
December 23, 2018 Mountain Of Fire Daily Devotional : TOPIC - Signs and Dangers of an Overcharged Heart
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