Removing Reproaches I

Thursday 16 July
READ: Josh. 5:9
MORE LESSON: Psa. 137: 1-9

The Israelites were in bondage for over 400 years in Egypt. They were the children of the covenant of Abraham but adversities kept them below what God intended for them. They were living in reproach. Reproaches are things in your life that make you feel ashamed, doubt what God has promised you and make you less than what God has planned for you.

Until the reproaches of a people are taken away, they remain ashamed, enslaved and afflicted. That was what happened to the nation of Israel in the land of Egypt where they were slaves. Until they were delivered from slavery and the reproaches that came with it, they could not enter into their glorious inheritance. This is the reason God stretched out His hands to deliver them from slavery under Pharaoh. When they were about to enter Canaan God told Joshua to circumcise the children of Israel saying, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you: Josh 5:9.

In the same way Israelites were slaves, there are many living in the reproach of slavery today. Slavery is a condition of bondage that even if you know it exists, you can't help yourself out of it. It could be physical slavery where your body has a situation which you do not like but cannot rectify, or financial slavery when you are unable to foot your bills and sort to begging for food, clothes and shelter. Spiritual slavery is a life of sin, addiction, habits and demonic oppression which you can't help yourself out of. These are the reproaches that must be removed for your glory to manifest. To remove reproaches you must speak against the forces that sponsor the shame. Prophesy against everything in your life that God has not said concerning you.

You can also engage the forces of prayers to destroy every force of reproach over your life. I prophesy over you according to the Word of the Lord, this day I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you in Jesus’ name.

Prayer/Action
* Ask God to roll away every reproach from you, your family and work today.
* Ask God to take away every mark of the Egyptian from your destiny.
* Ask God to beautify your destiny with evidence as you go out today.

PROPHETIC PRAYER
By the blood of Jesus today, I declare, I shall not continue in the sin and bondage of my ancestors, in the name of Jesus.