10 Days of Prayer 2016 Day 5—More Than Conquerors “Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him w...
10 Days of Prayer 2016
Day 5—More Than Conquerors
“Yet in all these things we are
more than conquerors through Him who loved us.” Rom. 8:37
Suggested Format for the Prayer
Time
Praise (approximately 10 minutes)
·
Begin
your prayer time by praising God for who He is (His character). Praise Him for
His faithfulness and that He is a refuge.
·
Praise
God that all you have to do is abide in Christ if you want to have victory over
sin.
·
Praise
God that Jesus obtained the victory over sin at the cross.
Confession and Claiming Victory
Over Sin (approximately 5 minutes)
·
Ask
God to show you the sins you need to confess openly and the ones you need to
confess privately. Claim His victory over those sins.
·
Have
there been times when you did not feel that you wanted to conquer sin? Ask God
for forgiveness. Ask Him to put in your heart the desire to overcome sin.
·
Ask
God for forgiveness that we, as a church, have still not overcome sin.
·
Thank
God that He forgives you according to 1 John 1:9.
Supplication and Intercession (approximately
35 minutes)
·
Pray
that God will give you the desire to overcome sin.
·
Pray
for family members and friends who also need to gain victory over sin.
·
Pray
for those areas in your life where you still need to gain victory over sin. Ask
Him to give you complete victory.
·
Ask
God to help you believe that He can give you complete victory over sin.
·
Do you
still cherish any idols in your life? Bring them before God and ask Him to put
hatred in your heart for those things.
·
Pray
that church leaders (your local pastor, conference, union, division, and
General Conference leaders) will let God give them victory over sin.
·
Pray
that God will make you humble so you can see your weaknesses and ask for power
to overcome them.
·
Pray
for the comprehensive evangelistic plans and outreach activities of all
thirteen divisions and attached union (Middle East and North Africa Union).
Pray for success in “Mission to the Cities” and in reaching rural areas.
·
Mission
to the Cities—Pray for the South American Division and the 74 cities on which
they have chosen to concentrate their outreach. Pray also for the South Pacific
Division and the cities they have chosen to reach for Christ: Sydney,
Christchurch, Lae, Apia. Pray that God will send workers and that He will bless
their efforts.
·
Pray
that God will continue to lead His church and give its members victory over
sin.
·
Pray that
the seven (or more) people on your list will see their need and open their
hearts for the Holy Spirit.
·
Pray for
any personal needs you have (Prov. 3:5, 6).
Thanksgiving (approximately
10 minutes)
·
Thank God
that He is willing to give you His righteousness.
·
Thank
God that He is the One “which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good
pleasure” (Phil. 2:13).
·
Thank God
for Jesus’ sinless life and that He showed us how we can be overcomers.
·
Thank
God that He is answering the prayers you prayed according to His will.
Suggested Songs to Sing
“Not I,
but Christ” (SDA Hymnal #570); “Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior” (SDA Hymnal #569); “Power in the Blood” (SDA
Hymnal #294); “Turn Your Eyes
Upon Jesus” (SDA Hymnal #290); “Jesus, I Come” (SDA Hymnal #292); “Rock of Ages” (SDA Hymnal #300); “Burdens Are Lifted at Calvary” (SDA Hymnal #476).
More Than Conquerors
“Yet in all these things we are
more than conquerors through Him who loved us.” Rom. 8:37
In their conflicts with Satan, the human family has all
the help that Christ had. They need not be overcome. They may be more than
conquerors through Him who has loved them and given His life for them. . . .
The Son of God in His humanity wrestled with the very same fierce, apparently
overwhelming, temptations that assail us—temptations to indulgence of appetite,
to presumptuous venturing where God has not led them, and to the worship of the
god of this world, to sacrifice an eternity of bliss for the fascinating
pleasures of this life. Everyone will be tempted, but the Word declares that we
shall not be tempted above our ability to bear. We may resist and defeat the
wily foe. (Christ Triumphant, p. 195)
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common
to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that
ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye
may be able to bear it. (1 Cor. 10:13, KJV)
The life-work given to us is that of preparation for the
life eternal, and if we accomplish this work as God has designed that we
should, every temptation may work for our advance; for as we resist its
allurement, we make progress in the divine life. In the heat of the conflict,
while engaged in earnest spiritual warfare, unseen agencies are by our side,
commissioned of heaven to aid us in our wrestlings, and in the crisis, strength
and firmness and energy are imparted to us, and we have more than mortal power.
But unless the human agent shall bring his will into harmony with the will of
God, unless he shall forsake every idol, and overcome every wrong practice, he
will never succeed in the warfare; but will be finally overcome. Those who
would be conquerors must engage in conflict with unseen agencies; inward
corruption must be overcome, and every thought must be brought into harmony
with, and subjection to, Christ. The Holy Spirit is ever at work seeking to
purify, refine, and discipline the souls of men in order that they may become
fitted for the society of saints and angels, and as overcomers be able to sing
the song of redemption, ascribing glory and honor to God and to the Lamb in the
courts above. (Christian Education, pp.
122, 123)
We have no enemy without that we need to fear. Our great
conflict is with unconsecrated self. When we conquer self, we are more than
conquerors through Him who has loved us. My brethren, there is eternal life for
us to win. Let us fight the good fight of faith. Not in the future, but now, is
our probation. (Counsels on Stewardship,
pp. 21, 22)
But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with
such sacrifices God is well pleased. (Heb. 13:16, KJV)
Living the life of the Saviour, overcoming every selfish
desire, fulfilling bravely and cheerfully our duty to God and to those around
us—this makes us more than conquerors. This prepares us to stand before the
great white throne free from spot or wrinkle, having washed our robes of
character, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. (Reflecting Christ, p. 37)
The controlling power of appetite will prove the ruin of
thousands, when, if they had conquered on this point, they would have had moral
power to gain the victory over every other temptation of Satan. But those who
are slaves to appetite will fail in perfecting Christian character. The
continual transgression of man for six thousand years has brought sickness,
pain, and death as its fruits. And as we near the close of time, Satan’s
temptation to indulge appetite will be more powerful and more difficult to
overcome. (Counsels on Diet and Foods,
p. 59)
My brethren, let us put all this aside. We have no right
to keep our minds stayed on ourselves, our preferences, and our fancies. We are
not to seek to maintain a peculiar identity of our own, a personality, an
individuality, which will separate us from our fellow laborers. We have a
character to maintain, but it is the character of Christ. Having the character
of Christ, we can carry on the work of God together. The Christ in us will meet
the Christ in our brethren, and the Holy Spirit will give that union of heart
and action which testifies to the world that we are children of God. May the
Lord help us to die to self and be born again, that Christ may live in us, a
living, active principle, a power that will keep us holy. (Testimonies for the Church, vol. 9, pp. 187, 188)
Questions for Personal Reflection
1. What are the greatest
battles in your life? Over what things do you want to have victory?
2. What is hindering you from
being “more than conqueror”? Surrender those things to God.
COMMENTS