Now when the adversaries of Judah and
Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the
Lord God of Israel;
Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the
fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye
do, and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esar-haddon king of Assur,
which brought us up hither.
The people of God were given different names in the old times
in the Bible, due to the maltreatments they received from the hands of the
Assyrians, Romans and Babylonians. They were called the “scattered seed” or
the “children of captivity”.
Some of them were made captives in the hands of their enemies
because of their disobedience to God – sins of idolatry, ungodliness,
corruptions of all sorts, etc. (Psalm 78:55-62)
Although they were scattered abroad based on their wicked
acts, lawlessness and abominations; God still brought them back together
according to His promises of love and mercy for them.
(Psalm 106:44-46)
Daniel was named among the children of captivity (Daniel
5:13 and 6:13) but he still fulfilled his destiny even in the land
where he was carried away captive. Despite all oppositions and stereotyping
from the pit of hell, our men are rising up to build as the “children of
God” and not as the “children of captivity”.
Our men are building as:
“Sons of the living God” - Hosea 1:7-11 /
Romans 9:25-26
“Children of Resurrection” -Luke 20:27-36
(They now have better things to think about than worldly
affairs).
“Spirit-led sons of God” - Romans 8:14
“Sons adopted by God” - Romans 8:15
“Sons born of the will of God” - John
1:12-13
“Glorified sons of God” - Romans 8:16-17
PRAYER
- Thank God for the power of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ that brought eternal freedom to all our men (young and old...). Praise God for all the benefits, privileges and rights they receive in Christ always.
- Lord we repent of all the negative names we have called our men (husbands, sons, brothers-in-law, brothers, nephew, male colleagues, male pastors...). Deliver them from the power of these negative names, and the names they have called or call themselves; that are having negative impacts on their lives...*(mention nicknames, aliases, native names, etc.)*
- Lord, unseat anything that is controlling the mentality of our men; let the mentality of Heaven take root in them. Let them be still in their inner being so as to receive the mind of the Spirit concerning their lives and their ways.
- Lord, set our men free from all forms of captivity they have experienced till now. Grant them total freedom from the power of money (mammon), the control of material possessions and the power of worldly affairs.
- Lord, deliver our men from every area where they are being scattered presently. Gather their scattered emotions, feelings, etc. that are not giving them REST in their spirit man.
- Lord, we declare our men as the sons of the living God; our men will be dead to all the motions of sins. Move our men by Your Holy Spirit to do Your Will at all times. Lord, make our men the specimen of Your glory.
