Session 1, Text:Psalm 138:6, #prayerFocus : Deliverance from Discrimination

We are thankful that one week is gone by already in our prayers and fasting season.

I declare that God will perfect His plans for the life of everyone of you who have been prayerfully following us, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.

I am sorry for posting the #prayerFocus later than when we started. It’s because I have to first pray and receive the right Word for the season, before sharing, else it would be devoid of God’s power.

Our prayer theme for this #prayerSeason is taken from Psalm 138:6 – 8.

This Psalm is believed to be the work of King David, of who we reviewed an aspect of his life on day 7. In this Writing, King David boldly resolves to praise God in the face of adversity spite or scorn.

The lesson from this Psalm for us is that praise to God is not an option. It is a mandate that in all things and all seasons, we should have an attitude of praise.

Adversity or prosperity cannot stop my praise. Hallelujah.

We are basing our prayers today on verse 6 which says:

“Though the LORD is on high, yet He regards the lowly: But the proud He knows from afar” Ps. 138:6,NkJV.

Even though God is great, He does not discriminate or is He partial in His dealings with Humanity. He reaches everyone equally with His grace love, mercy, faithfulness and justice.

However, He keeps the proud at a distance.

“God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble” James 4:6b,NIV. The Living Translation says, “God set himself against the proud but he shows favor to the humble ”

Dear friends, the Online dictionary defines discrimination as “the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, etc.

Some of the synonyms of Discrimination are bias, bigotry, prejudice, intolerance, narrow-mindedness, unfairness, inequity, favouritism, one-sidedness, partisanship;
sexism, chauvinism, racism, racialism, antisemitism etc.

A person who discriminates against another is full of pride: feels superior to the other person, and is in great trouble with God.

God opposes/sets himself against such a person or peoples. Pride was the downfall of Lucifer the anointed cherub who in now known as satan.

STOP AND THINK

If God discriminated against you-if he was partial or egocentric, would you have qualified for his love, grace etc that you have been freely given?

God says in His Word that ‘by His grace He saved you not by the works that you did’ – See Eph 2:8

Bible says that ‘He showed His love in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for you’ – See Rom. 5:8

And again in Lamentations 3:22-23, we are told, “it is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not, they are new every morning. Great is thy faithfulness”

BE THANKFUL

Thank God for the out working of His grace that brought Salvation/deliverance, healing, prosperity etc. to Humanity.

But God’s mercies that has withheld the just recompense for our sins, we would have been consumed by bitterness and wickedness of heart, frustrated by failures, eaten up by poverty and diseases and died of depression.

But because his compassion fail not and are new every morning, and His faithfulness is great, God gives us the strength to press forward, and the reason to go on, despite being discriminated upon and other numerous challenges we have had to Confront.

You know your history better than I do. You know from where God has picked you up and held you up. Don’t you think you have many reasons to be thankful for?

If despite what you were, God’s grace found you, don’t you think you should extend such grace to others who are where you were before God turned your life around!?

LET DISCRIMINATION GO

Have you been partial in judgment or discriminated against others because of who or what they are?

How do you see others? Are you a religious bigot like the pharisee who stood praying and made boasts about his spirituality and calling the other person a sinner? See Lk. 18:9-14

Are you racist, ethnocentric and full of your socioeconomic status? Do you look down on people because you are rich, educated, married, have children etc?

You are setting yourself up for a day of reckoning when God the unchanging will allow circumstances to tilt the scale against you, unless you repent.

Or have you not heard that time and chance happens to everyone? It’s not he who wills nor he who runs, it is God who shows mercy.

To despise or discriminate against people is to call out God. Don’t you know that to mock the less advantaged person is an insult to God? See Pro. 17 :5, 14:31.

#prayerPoints

1. Deeply search your heart: ask God to point out anyway you have discriminated or shown partiality.

You may use this scripture from Psalm 139:23-24 which says,

“Search me, O God, and know my heart, test me and know my thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends you and lead me along the path of everlasting life.-NLT.

2. Ask and receive forgiveness for the following:

A. acts of partiality, favoritism or discrimination against your children that has created sibling rivalry among your children.

Like Joseph, the favored child always suffers but not many turn out well like he did.

B. acts of religious bigotry where you have shown disdain for those you think are in sin or ignorant. Do you know the stage they are in, in their walk with God? Is revelation knowledge not progressive?

The grace of God that has appeared to all men will eventually uplift them. Hallelujah. Focus on your journey with God and lovingly teach, correct, admonish etc.

C. Repent from treating other Christians and women as filth class, thereby frustrating and not appreciating the grace of God. You are not a Christian by what you did, but by what Christ accomplished

Remember that it is the goodness of God that led you to repentance. You really need to be broken in your spirit about your religious pride for it opens you up for Demonization.

3. Resolve today to let pride and discrimination go. Repentance is a heart commitment to change from your ways to God’s way.

Demons can’t function in an atmosphere of Godliness.

4. Thank God for his grace, blessings, talents, gifts etc that is abounding towards you. Resolve to use these blessings to further the cause of the Kingdom.

5. Command pride, discrimination, prejudice, racism, anti semitism mockery and all related evils, to dislodge and leave your life and world now.

Tell all the foul spirits to go to the feet of Jesus Christ.

6. Declare the works of devil is destroyed and you are victorious over the world, by your faith in Christ.

7. Affirm that your heart is kept pure soft, humbled and bowed before the Great God.

8. Ask that the anointing of God’s Spirit that enables the development of the fruit of the Spirit perfect the work of humility in you. Receive an impartation of humility, in the Name of Jesus Christ.

9. Affirm: Humility is ingrained in me, it is my nature in Christ. I’m growing in knowledge and unto maturity. I’m holy and blame free, for Christ took my shame and gave me His name, righteousness and glory. I’m ready for Divine use for God is working out His plans for my life. Hallelujah

CONCLUSION

Biblr says, “If you show servile regard as in prejudice, partiality, discrimination, favoritism, for people, you commit sin and are rebuked and convicted by the law as violators and offenders” – James 2:9,Amplified.

Walking in humility is a heart attitude. A decision to be humble is different from an impartation of humility.

Hearts are changed by a supernatural impartation when God releases His Divine power in response to your yielded heart as you study His Word.

The development of Godly characteristics don’t happen by fiat, but through the process of sanctification/deliverance, as you apply Bible doctrines in your daily reality.

However, impartation responds to a heart decision to change from being a proud and loathsome person to someone whose life will be a fragrance to Christ and attractive to others.

My prayer is that during this season of prayer and fasting, you will grow in your knowledge of Christ and of God, and by supernatural impartation, Christ will be formed in you.

God indeed is perfecting all that concerns us, as we transition into the new seasons of our lives, in the Name of Jesus Christ.

Shalom! From #theWatchman Hephzibah Christly