Good evening, brethren. 1. Evening devotion for today. ED.i. *DAILY WALK WITH CHRIST* (COCIN DEVOTIONAL) *DATE:* MONDAY 10TH AUGUST, 2026. *SUB-THEME:* YOUTHS: VESSELS OF GOD'S GRACE. *TOPIC:* GOD'S BATTLE AXE. *TEXT:* JEREMIAH 51:20-24. 20. “You are My war club, My weapon for battle— with you I shatter nations, with you I destroy kingdoms, 21. with you I shatter horse and rider, with you I shatter chariot and driver, 22. with you I shatter man and woman, with you I shatter old man and youth, with you I shatter young man and young woman, 23. with you I shatter shepherd and flock, with you I shatter farmer and oxen, with you I shatter governors and officials. 24. “Before your eyes I will repay Babylon and all who live in Babylonia for all the wrong they have done in Zion,” declares the Lord. *TOPIC:* GOD'S BATTLE AXE. *THE MESSAGE:* Today's text explains that a battle axe symbolises a powerful weapon in the hands of a warrior capable of destroying strongholds. In this context, God is portrayed as the ultimate warrior, and His people are His battle axes, instruments through which He wages spiritual warfare. Just as God used David to defeat Goliath, believers, though often broken by sin or addiction, can be restored and used by God if they turn to Him. The message calls for spiritual renewal and readiness to be God's effective weapon in the battle against evil. The enemy is mainly attacking the youths through social ills: cultism, addiction, ritual acts, yahoo-yahoo plus, exam malpractice, gambling, and so on. How profitable are you? Are you entrapped? Submit to Jesus and be transformed into a useful axe for the kingdom. *REFLECTION:* You are God's battle axe. *PRAYER:* Lord, sharpen my life and make me useful. Amen. *MEMORY VERSE FOR THE MONTH:* 2 TIMOTHY 2:21. "If a man cleanses himself from the latter, he will be instruments for noble purposes, made holy, useful to the Master, and prepared. *TODAY'S BIBLE READING PLAN:* JEREMIAH 33-35. ED.ii. WHEN THE LIGHT APPEARS "Who called you out of darkness into His wonderful light." - 1 Peter 2:9 You start to see things as they really are when Jesus comes into your life and when the Light appears in the darkness. You suddenly see the wickedness of the evil one. You recognize the temptations you must say 'no' to because you know they are not from God. When you are a slave to sin, you will not succeed in this. Unfortunately, most people follow sin and the evil one. He holds society and the world under his control... until people are taken out of the darkness into the Light. Then they realize that they were wrong, because their spiritual eyes are opening. The Holy Spirit speaks to them, they give their life to Jesus and start walking with Jesus. Set free to free others The evil one hates you and will try hard to regain control over you. So be careful! Once you have enjoyed the freedom, the happiness and the joy the Lord God gives, then it is the stupidest thing to follow again the evil one, just like so many people do. Stay free from that! Keep away from the hassle of the evil one and grow until you are strong enough to stand firm in authority over the evil one and his filthy powers and be able to say: Let go in Jesus' name. You will then commit yourself to free others from the power of the evil one. That is the call, over and over again: go, help to reach them. Come to the prayer meetings to pray for this. To free others by prayer, to cast out the powers of the evil one and to rebuke them in Jesus' name. You will see results and see people coming to Jesus. Do not forget: we are set free to free others. https://www.theblessingdevotional.com 2. Evening Prayer for today. EP.i. Evening Prayer So teach [us] to number our days, that we may apply [our] hearts unto wisdom. ⏤ Psalm 90:12 As we grow in grace, we more earnestly desire to live for the glory of our Lord. ⏤ Charles Spurgeon We thank You, Father, for another day. Each day You give us is a gift, meant to be used for You. They are not ours to waste in idleness, nor to fill with selfishness, or stain with sin. They are ours to spend in holy obedience and loving service. Each day comes to us like a blank page on which to write words of beauty that others may read, and that will be read at last when the books are opened in the final judgment. They come like ships for us to fill with good things, to be sent away to bless others. Now we bring another day to You. If we have written anything on the page that is not uplifting and beautiful, may You blot it out. If there are stains, may You remove them. If this day contains any messages for the judgment day that would bring us shame, may You erase them. If we have filled this day with selfishness instead of deeds of love, we ask for Your forgiveness. We cannot have the day back to correct it, so we ask You to turn its evil into good, just as You turned the sin of Joseph’s brothers into something good in the end. As we turn from this day, never to see it again until the judgment, we entrust it to You. You are merciful and gracious. Bless our home tonight. You who do not slumber, keep us in Your holy care and let no harm come near us. Bless us as a family and grant us Your peace. Prepare us for tomorrow, and when the new day comes, grant us Your presence and grace for all it holds. We ask this in the name of our Savior and Redeemer. Amen. https://www.youdevotion.com/daily-prayer/miller/36/evening #taptapstudio #youdevotion.