* DAILY PRAYER DEVOTIONAL FRIDAY 3RD. JULY 2026*
*THEME: OCCULTISM AND SECRET SOCIETIES—THE HIDDEN BONDAGE OF DARKNESS *
*TEXT: Deuteronomy 18:10–12*
*"There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD..."*
*DAILY READING*
Acts 19:17–20; Acts 8:9–24; Isaiah 47:9–15
* SEEKING SPIRITUAL POWER OUTSIDE GOD'S WILL IS DANGEROUS*.
Many people are introduced to the occult through curiosity. Others are driven by fear, poverty, the desire for protection, influence, wealth, healing, or supernatural power. What often begins as an experiment or a search for answers can become a spiritual prison.
The occult includes practices such as divination, spiritism, magic, sorcery, fortune-telling, consulting mediums, ritual sacrifices, occult covenants, and seeking supernatural knowledge or power apart from God. The Bible consistently warns against these practices because they lead people away from trusting the living God.
In many parts of Africa and around the world, people may join secret societies or submit to rituals believing they will gain success, protection, or promotion. While experiences differ from person to person, Scripture warns that seeking spiritual power outside God's will is dangerous. It opens the heart to deception and replaces dependence on God with dependence on counterfeit spiritual sources.
The consequences can be severe. People may become controlled by fear, guilt, secrecy, and spiritual confusion. Relationships are damaged, prayer loses its passion, the conscience becomes hardened, and many live under a burden they cannot explain. Some discover that the peace, freedom, and prosperity they sought never truly arrived.
Yet no one is beyond the reach of God's mercy. In Acts 19, many who had practiced occult arts publicly turned to Christ and destroyed the objects connected with their former lives. They found forgiveness instead of condemnation and freedom instead of bondage.
If you have ever been involved in any occult practice, whether willingly or through family tradition, do not lose hope. Jesus Christ has authority over every power of darkness. He welcomes every repentant sinner and offers complete forgiveness, deliverance, and a new beginning. There is no chain that His grace cannot break.
*ADDITIONAL BIBLE REFERENCES*
*Acts 19:19*
"Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men... So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed."
*Isaiah 8:19*
"And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits... should not a people seek unto their God?"
*John 8:36*
"If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed."
*Colossians 1:13*
"Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son."
*2 Corinthians 5:17*
"Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."
*KEY LESSONS*
1. God forbids every form of occult practice.
2. Spiritual power sought outside Christ leads to deception.
3. True freedom comes through repentance and faith in Jesus Christ.
4. No one is beyond God's power to save and restore.
5. Christ delivers people from the kingdom of darkness into His Kingdom.
*PRAYER POINTS*
1. Heavenly Father, thank You for the saving power of Jesus Christ.
2. Abba Father, forgive every sin that has connected me or my family to ungodly spiritual practices.
3. Precious Holy Spirit, reveal every hidden area of my life that needs Your cleansing.
4. Every covenant with the kingdom of darkness, knowingly or unknowingly established, break now, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.
5. Every spirit of occult bondage, loose your hold upon my life, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.
6. Every satanic object, ritual, or influence speaking against my destiny, be rendered powerless by the blood of Jesus Christ, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.
7. Every spirit of fear, deception, and manipulation, come out of my life, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.
8. Blessed Lord, fill me with the Holy Spirit and establish me in Your truth.
9. Heavenly Father, let Your light shine upon everyone trapped in occult practices and draw them to Jesus Christ.
10. Every chain of darkness holding my family captive, be broken, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.
11. Precious Holy Spirit, strengthen me to stand firm in the faith and reject every counterfeit source of spiritual power.
12. I declare that I belong to Jesus Christ alone. Every work of darkness over my life is destroyed, and I shall walk in the liberty of God's Kingdom, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.
*PROPHETIC DECLARATION*
I declare that Jesus Christ is my Deliverer and my Lord. Every chain of spiritual bondage is broken. Every power of darkness that has sought to enslave my life is defeated through the cross of Christ. I walk in the light, truth, peace, and freedom of God's Kingdom, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
*DAILY CONFESSION*
*Jesus Christ is my Saviour and my King. I reject every counterfeit source of power and place my trust completely in God. I have been delivered from the power of darkness and translated into the Kingdom of God's dear Son. I am free indeed.*
*ACTION STEP*
If you have any books, charms, objects, symbols, or materials connected with occult practices or false spiritual beliefs, renounce their influence before God. Commit yourself to seeking guidance through Scripture, prayer, and the Holy Spirit alone.
*MARANATHA: JESUS IS COMING SOON*
FOR COUNSELLING AND PRAYERS
WhatsApp: +2348038577470
Email: josiahsharpswordAnderson Mwila
I will surely respond back to you.
REV. DR. JOSIAH ERERE SHARPSWORD
The Catalyst Of Prayer
TAKE SOME TIME TO PRAY TODAY. YOU CAN USE THE NIGHT TIME TO PRAY SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE ENOUGH TIME WITH GOD
PLEASE SHARE, COMMENT AND GIVE US YOUR FEEDBACK
https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VbBifE8LtOj8vGHIa400
*THEME: OCCULTISM AND SECRET SOCIETIES—THE HIDDEN BONDAGE OF DARKNESS *
*TEXT: Deuteronomy 18:10–12*
*"There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD..."*
*DAILY READING*
Acts 19:17–20; Acts 8:9–24; Isaiah 47:9–15
* SEEKING SPIRITUAL POWER OUTSIDE GOD'S WILL IS DANGEROUS*.
Many people are introduced to the occult through curiosity. Others are driven by fear, poverty, the desire for protection, influence, wealth, healing, or supernatural power. What often begins as an experiment or a search for answers can become a spiritual prison.
The occult includes practices such as divination, spiritism, magic, sorcery, fortune-telling, consulting mediums, ritual sacrifices, occult covenants, and seeking supernatural knowledge or power apart from God. The Bible consistently warns against these practices because they lead people away from trusting the living God.
In many parts of Africa and around the world, people may join secret societies or submit to rituals believing they will gain success, protection, or promotion. While experiences differ from person to person, Scripture warns that seeking spiritual power outside God's will is dangerous. It opens the heart to deception and replaces dependence on God with dependence on counterfeit spiritual sources.
The consequences can be severe. People may become controlled by fear, guilt, secrecy, and spiritual confusion. Relationships are damaged, prayer loses its passion, the conscience becomes hardened, and many live under a burden they cannot explain. Some discover that the peace, freedom, and prosperity they sought never truly arrived.
Yet no one is beyond the reach of God's mercy. In Acts 19, many who had practiced occult arts publicly turned to Christ and destroyed the objects connected with their former lives. They found forgiveness instead of condemnation and freedom instead of bondage.
If you have ever been involved in any occult practice, whether willingly or through family tradition, do not lose hope. Jesus Christ has authority over every power of darkness. He welcomes every repentant sinner and offers complete forgiveness, deliverance, and a new beginning. There is no chain that His grace cannot break.
*ADDITIONAL BIBLE REFERENCES*
*Acts 19:19*
"Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men... So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed."
*Isaiah 8:19*
"And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits... should not a people seek unto their God?"
*John 8:36*
"If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed."
*Colossians 1:13*
"Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son."
*2 Corinthians 5:17*
"Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."
*KEY LESSONS*
1. God forbids every form of occult practice.
2. Spiritual power sought outside Christ leads to deception.
3. True freedom comes through repentance and faith in Jesus Christ.
4. No one is beyond God's power to save and restore.
5. Christ delivers people from the kingdom of darkness into His Kingdom.
*PRAYER POINTS*
1. Heavenly Father, thank You for the saving power of Jesus Christ.
2. Abba Father, forgive every sin that has connected me or my family to ungodly spiritual practices.
3. Precious Holy Spirit, reveal every hidden area of my life that needs Your cleansing.
4. Every covenant with the kingdom of darkness, knowingly or unknowingly established, break now, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.
5. Every spirit of occult bondage, loose your hold upon my life, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.
6. Every satanic object, ritual, or influence speaking against my destiny, be rendered powerless by the blood of Jesus Christ, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.
7. Every spirit of fear, deception, and manipulation, come out of my life, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.
8. Blessed Lord, fill me with the Holy Spirit and establish me in Your truth.
9. Heavenly Father, let Your light shine upon everyone trapped in occult practices and draw them to Jesus Christ.
10. Every chain of darkness holding my family captive, be broken, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.
11. Precious Holy Spirit, strengthen me to stand firm in the faith and reject every counterfeit source of spiritual power.
12. I declare that I belong to Jesus Christ alone. Every work of darkness over my life is destroyed, and I shall walk in the liberty of God's Kingdom, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.
*PROPHETIC DECLARATION*
I declare that Jesus Christ is my Deliverer and my Lord. Every chain of spiritual bondage is broken. Every power of darkness that has sought to enslave my life is defeated through the cross of Christ. I walk in the light, truth, peace, and freedom of God's Kingdom, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
*DAILY CONFESSION*
*Jesus Christ is my Saviour and my King. I reject every counterfeit source of power and place my trust completely in God. I have been delivered from the power of darkness and translated into the Kingdom of God's dear Son. I am free indeed.*
*ACTION STEP*
If you have any books, charms, objects, symbols, or materials connected with occult practices or false spiritual beliefs, renounce their influence before God. Commit yourself to seeking guidance through Scripture, prayer, and the Holy Spirit alone.
*MARANATHA: JESUS IS COMING SOON*
FOR COUNSELLING AND PRAYERS
WhatsApp: +2348038577470
Email: josiahsharpswordAnderson Mwila
I will surely respond back to you.
REV. DR. JOSIAH ERERE SHARPSWORD
The Catalyst Of Prayer
TAKE SOME TIME TO PRAY TODAY. YOU CAN USE THE NIGHT TIME TO PRAY SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE ENOUGH TIME WITH GOD
PLEASE SHARE, COMMENT AND GIVE US YOUR FEEDBACK
https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VbBifE8LtOj8vGHIa400
*🔥 DAILY PRAYER DEVOTIONAL FRIDAY 3RD. JULY 2026🔥*
*THEME: OCCULTISM AND SECRET SOCIETIES—THE HIDDEN BONDAGE OF DARKNESS *
*TEXT: Deuteronomy 18:10–12*
*"There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD..."*
*DAILY READING*
Acts 19:17–20; Acts 8:9–24; Isaiah 47:9–15
*🔥 SEEKING SPIRITUAL POWER OUTSIDE GOD'S WILL IS DANGEROUS*.
Many people are introduced to the occult through curiosity. Others are driven by fear, poverty, the desire for protection, influence, wealth, healing, or supernatural power. What often begins as an experiment or a search for answers can become a spiritual prison.
The occult includes practices such as divination, spiritism, magic, sorcery, fortune-telling, consulting mediums, ritual sacrifices, occult covenants, and seeking supernatural knowledge or power apart from God. The Bible consistently warns against these practices because they lead people away from trusting the living God.
In many parts of Africa and around the world, people may join secret societies or submit to rituals believing they will gain success, protection, or promotion. While experiences differ from person to person, Scripture warns that seeking spiritual power outside God's will is dangerous. It opens the heart to deception and replaces dependence on God with dependence on counterfeit spiritual sources.
The consequences can be severe. People may become controlled by fear, guilt, secrecy, and spiritual confusion. Relationships are damaged, prayer loses its passion, the conscience becomes hardened, and many live under a burden they cannot explain. Some discover that the peace, freedom, and prosperity they sought never truly arrived.
Yet no one is beyond the reach of God's mercy. In Acts 19, many who had practiced occult arts publicly turned to Christ and destroyed the objects connected with their former lives. They found forgiveness instead of condemnation and freedom instead of bondage.
If you have ever been involved in any occult practice, whether willingly or through family tradition, do not lose hope. Jesus Christ has authority over every power of darkness. He welcomes every repentant sinner and offers complete forgiveness, deliverance, and a new beginning. There is no chain that His grace cannot break.
*ADDITIONAL BIBLE REFERENCES*
*Acts 19:19*
"Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men... So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed."
*Isaiah 8:19*
"And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits... should not a people seek unto their God?"
*John 8:36*
"If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed."
*Colossians 1:13*
"Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son."
*2 Corinthians 5:17*
"Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."
*KEY LESSONS*
1. God forbids every form of occult practice.
2. Spiritual power sought outside Christ leads to deception.
3. True freedom comes through repentance and faith in Jesus Christ.
4. No one is beyond God's power to save and restore.
5. Christ delivers people from the kingdom of darkness into His Kingdom.
*PRAYER POINTS*
1. Heavenly Father, thank You for the saving power of Jesus Christ.
2. Abba Father, forgive every sin that has connected me or my family to ungodly spiritual practices.
3. Precious Holy Spirit, reveal every hidden area of my life that needs Your cleansing.
4. Every covenant with the kingdom of darkness, knowingly or unknowingly established, break now, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.
5. Every spirit of occult bondage, loose your hold upon my life, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.
6. Every satanic object, ritual, or influence speaking against my destiny, be rendered powerless by the blood of Jesus Christ, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.
7. Every spirit of fear, deception, and manipulation, come out of my life, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.
8. Blessed Lord, fill me with the Holy Spirit and establish me in Your truth.
9. Heavenly Father, let Your light shine upon everyone trapped in occult practices and draw them to Jesus Christ.
10. Every chain of darkness holding my family captive, be broken, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.
11. Precious Holy Spirit, strengthen me to stand firm in the faith and reject every counterfeit source of spiritual power.
12. I declare that I belong to Jesus Christ alone. Every work of darkness over my life is destroyed, and I shall walk in the liberty of God's Kingdom, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.
*PROPHETIC DECLARATION*
I declare that Jesus Christ is my Deliverer and my Lord. Every chain of spiritual bondage is broken. Every power of darkness that has sought to enslave my life is defeated through the cross of Christ. I walk in the light, truth, peace, and freedom of God's Kingdom, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
*DAILY CONFESSION*
*Jesus Christ is my Saviour and my King. I reject every counterfeit source of power and place my trust completely in God. I have been delivered from the power of darkness and translated into the Kingdom of God's dear Son. I am free indeed.*
*ACTION STEP*
If you have any books, charms, objects, symbols, or materials connected with occult practices or false spiritual beliefs, renounce their influence before God. Commit yourself to seeking guidance through Scripture, prayer, and the Holy Spirit alone.
*MARANATHA: JESUS IS COMING SOON*
FOR COUNSELLING AND PRAYERS
WhatsApp: +2348038577470
Email: josiahsharpsword[gmail]
I will surely respond back to you.
REV. DR. JOSIAH ERERE SHARPSWORD
The Catalyst Of Prayer
TAKE SOME TIME TO PRAY TODAY. YOU CAN USE THE NIGHT TIME TO PRAY SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE ENOUGH TIME WITH GOD
PLEASE SHARE, COMMENT AND GIVE US YOUR FEEDBACK
https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VbBifE8LtOj8vGHIa400
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