28/02/2020
PRAYER GUIDE FOR FRIDAY 28TH FEBRUARY 2020
DAY 49: PERSONAL RETREAT PRAYERS (2)
Reflect on Romans 7 and 8 for a reflection on how to subdue the flesh.
Reflections
• The flesh is one of the enemies of the spirit and of the spiritual man.
• The flesh wants to be pleased at the expense of the soul and the spirit.
• The desires and pleasures of the flesh are often at variance with those of the spirit and the soul.
• It is difficult, if not absolutely impossible to please the flesh and the spirit at the same time (1John 2:15-17)
• This is one of the reasons for fasting – to suppress the flesh and its desires and lusts
• That is why Paul, the Apostle wrote in Colossians 3:5 (CEV) Don't be controlled by your body (flesh). Kill every desire for the wrong kind of s*x. Don't be immoral or indecent or have evil thoughts. Don't be greedy, which is the same as worshiping idols.
• The Holy Spirit, through Apostle Peter admonishes us in 1Peter 2:11, saying Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.
• According to Dr. Pastor Paul Enenche, in Seed of Destiny of October 8 2019, To be crucified in the flesh is to be positioned for eternity with God. The flesh can terminate life and destiny faster than any terminal disease
• Daddy G.O., in the Open Heavens Devotional of Wednesday 27, April 2016 agreed with this position when he wrote that The flesh is another deadly enemy of man. The flesh attacks the soul through its poisonous activities. These are listed in Galatians 5:19-21
• Romans 8:13 says For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
• Obeying the law does not and cannot guarantee victory over the flesh (Romans 8:1-3), but the receiving of the gift of life in Christ Jesus and dependence on His grace.
1. Father, I thank You the salvation of my soul and for the gift and blessing of a new day.
2. O Lord, I thank You for the unfailing of Your compassion and the renewal of Your mercy over my life this morning.
3. Thank You, Lord, for the revelations from Your Word to me concerning the flesh and how to overcome its lusts
4. Father, I receive victory over the flesh, its lusts and desires in the Name of Jesus.
5. O Lord, I repent of my yielding to the desires of the flesh in the past in Jesus Name.
6. Every problem that yielding to the dictates of the flesh have brought to my life be reversed in the Name of Jesus
7. I refuse to be controlled by the flesh and its desires in Jesus Name.
8. O Lord, let me (desires of the flesh) decrease while You increase in me, in Jesus Name (John 3:30).
9. O Lord, I kill the controlling desires of my flesh for food, s*x, power, selfishness, anger, bitterness, jealousy, etc. in Jesus Name.
10. O Lord, I kill every desire for the wrong kind of s*x, immorality, indecency or evil thoughts in the Name of Jesus (Colossians 3:5)
11. Father, I receive complete victory over greed and every form of idol worshiping – excessive movies and social media – in The Name of Jesus.
12. Pray other personal requests
13. You can sing this song (vs 3 of Dr Pastor Paul Enenche’s Let me want what You want)
Set me free from myself Oh my Dear Lord
From the ways of the flesh set me free
So I can avoid the ways of regrets
So my life can bring pleasure to You Lord