SCRIPTURE: Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness. Ephesians 6:14
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Righteousness is a weapon against arrows of untimely death. Righteousness preserves.
It has been confirmed that godly character is a weapon of defence against the adversary.
Righteousness is an armour; righteousness is a weapon of both defence and offence. Godly character is an armour (Ephesians 6:14).
But when the armour of righteousness is out of place, vulnerability to the adversary is the outcome.
I heard a story some time ago. A man sat in an alcoholic joint with two friends of his, and having drinks. Suddenly, this man could no longer move himself. He could not stand or move. They touched him and shook him, but he just could not move. They told him, “Let’s go home. We need to go home now.” But there was no response from him.
That was when they realized that he had died.
The attention of other people around was drawn to the scene and then, they asked his friends what happened. It was discovered that someone poisoned the man’s drink. He drank it and reported straight to hell. He died a cheap death. The alcohol itself being liquid hell.
This was one danger of living an ungodly life.
In another development, a godly man took concentrated hydrochloric acid from the fridge, mistaking it for water, because the acid looked like water, and then drank it.
Someone told him, “You just drank acid.”
But he said, “No! It cannot be acid. I just drank water.”
And truly, the acid turned into water in his stomach because of the defensive weapon of righteousness and faith at work in his life.
Beloved, righteousness is a weapon against arrows of untimely death. Righteousness preserves.
Today, I decree that you shall not die before your time in Jesus Name.
Remember this: Righteousness is a weapon against arrows of untimely death. Righteousness preserves.
ASSIGNMENTS:
- Make up your mind to wear the garment of righteousness always.
- Refuse to live carelessly; live uprightly.
PRAYER: Lord, I receive the grace to put on the armour of righteousness. Deliver me from anything that will make me vulnerable to the attack of the enemy, Lord, in Jesus’ Name.
FOR FURTHER UNDERSTANDING, GET THIS MESSAGE: THE NECESSITY OF GODLY CHARACTER (PART TWO)
QUOTE: Our character is a rebuke on their carelessness. Culled from the book, “15 KINGDOM STRATEGIES FOR SURVIVAL” by Dr Paul Enenche.
DAILY READING: Psalm 52-54
AMAZING FACT: Bone is a living tissue, which means that every 7 years you have a new skeleton. And you need collagen to replenish the bones.
PROPHETIC WORD (DECLARATION): Remain defended from the wicked agenda of the enemy by the power of righteousness in this season, in Jesus’ Name.
