“Be an encourager: When you encourage others, you boost their self-esteem, enhance their self-confidence, make them work harder, lift their spirits and make them successful in their endeavors. Encouragement goes straight to the heart and is always available. Be an encourager. Always.” ―Roy T. Bennett

RCCG 100 DAYS FASTING AND PRAYER

DAY 50 SATURDAY, MARCH 1ST 2025

TOPIC: DELIVERANCE FOR PRISONERS OF WAR

BIBLE TEXT(S): Judg. 16:20-30, Psa. 79:11, Psa 91:2-4,119:49-50,

INTRODUCTION: Like Samson, there are many Christians who have become prisoners of war, due to their own making; however there are those who became captives themselves while trying to deliver others. We need to pray
that all lawful and unlawful captives be set free.

PRAYER POINTS

1. Bless the Lord, Oh my soul, and all that is within me, Bless His Holy name. Let us worship the Lord in the beauty of His holiness. Psa. 103:1.

2. Father, thank You for ushering us triumphantly into the Landmark Year 2025 in Jesus name.

3. Father, we thank You for being our help in ages past; for all the mercies and blessings and our hope for this new year 2025 in Jesus name. Lam 3:22-23

4. Father, deliver those held captive as prisoners of war, free them from physical and emotional bondage in Jesus name. Judg. 16:20-30

5. Father, grant that those imprisoned may experience Your presence and comfort, sustaining them until freedom is secured in Jesus name. Ps. 79:11

6. Father, protect all prisoners of war from harm and abuse, shielding them from the enemy's cruelty in Jesus name. Judg. 16:20-30

7. Father, help those held captive to trust in Your protection, knowing You are their Rock and Refuge in Jesus name. Psa. 91:2-4

8. Father, grant prisoners of war strength and resilience, to endure the challenges of captivity without compromise in Jesus name. Judg. 16:20-30

9. Father, help those held captives to find comfort in Your Word, sustaining them with hope and encouragement in Jesus name. Psa. 119:49-50

10. Father, bring about the release of prisoners of war, restoring them to their families and communities of faith in Jesus name. Judg. 16:20-30

11. Father, grant all captive deliverance that they may experience the joy of salvation in Jesus name. Psa. 126:1-3

12. Father, heal the physical and emotional wounds of prisoners of war, restoring them to wholeness and health in Jesus name. Judg. 16:20-30

13. Father, help those who have been traumatized to find healing and peace, trusting in Your presence and care in Jesus name. Psa. 34:18

14. Father, grant those who have been oppressed may experience Your vindication, and that justice may be served in Jesus name. Psa. 103:6.

15. Father, in your mercy, restore all the weapons the prisoners of war might have lost to them in Jesus name.

We look to others for encouragement but true encouragement to succeed is best received from one's own self. Nobody will know you better than you know yourself.

SEVEN THINGS YOU SHOULD GIVE YOUR SPOUSE DAILY

When it comes to giving, many married people are generous to everybody except their spouses. There are seven things you should give your spouse daily – not weekly, monthly or annually. They are things you must give your spouse daily. Let’s see them:

1. Give Your Spouse A TOUCH

One of the ways to bond with your spouse is to give him or her a touch. We have encouragement touch, affirmation touch, healing touch, apology touch, and we have sexual touch. Study your partner and know what touch to give at a particular time.

If you want God to touch your marriage, touch your spouse. Don’t let today go without you touching your spouse!

2. Give Your Spouse SPACE

As much as you need to bond with your spouse and be together for daily intimacy, communication, affection, planning, etc., you still need to give your spouse his or her space. There is time for couples’ prayers, time for couples’ bonding. Also there is time for personal prayer, personal meditation, personal rest, personal planning, etc.

Don’t choke your spouse. Don’t be over-possessive and over-demanding to your spouse. Stop unnecessary policing and monitoring. Give your spouse the space they need when they need it.

3. Give Your Spouse A CALL/CHAT

Some people can chat with all the contacts on their phone and all the people on their Face book friends list but they will never chat with or call their spouse all through the day.

Chatting with or calling your spouse in a day at work is a way of saying, “Dear, despite my busy schedule, I have you in mind. I am thinking about you.”

Make sure you send a chat, or give a call, to your spouse today. Make it a habit; it is beneficial to both of you. Nobody can be tired of receiving a caring chat or a call from someone they love.

4. Give Your Spouse A HUG

Hugging is fast disappearing in many marriages today. Research has proved that hugging is one of the emotional needs of every human being. It is the scarcity of spousal hugs that makes many men indiscriminately hug ladies who are not their wives. Many women too crave for hugs and unwittingly allow every Tom and Jerry to hug them because their husbands are not giving them hugs.

Hugs can be given in the morning, or at night, but let no day pass without you hugging your spouse. It is one valuable thing you must give your spouse. It could be a welcoming hug, a goodbye hug, an appreciating hug, or an affirmative hug.

Hugging is a non-verbal means of communication. Use it well. Don’t let your husband or wife crave for a hug from strangers when you are still alive. Hug passionately! Hug romantically.

5. Give Your Spouse A SMILE

God smiles on a home when couples smile at each other. A smile is a way of telling your spouse, “You delight me,” “Your presence amuses me,” “I am pleased with you.”

Frowning at your spouse is not a thing that should last a whole day. One of the ways to know your marriage is SMELLING is when you are not SMILING with each other. Smile. It is one of the best gifts you can give your spouse in a day.

I don’t like people who are not generous with their smiles. It is free. You don’t need to pay to smile. Just relax your muscles and smile. Couples, please smile! Keep smiling! To prevent your marriage from smelling, keep smiling with your spouse!!!

6. Give Your Spouse PEACE OF MIND

The home is the endpoint of everything we do daily. If you are a doctor, you can’t sleep in the hospital all the days of your life. You will need to come home. If you are an engineer, you can’t sleep in the site everyday. If you are a lawyer, you can’t sleep in the court everyday. Even as a pastor, you can’t be in the church 24/7. We all must go back home.

Home is the endpoint. Therefore, if your spouse will be excited to come home, it must be a peaceful home. Stop nagging, stop fighting, Stop insulting, stop abusing, stop threatening, and stop humiliating your spouse. Give him/her rest of mind. Give your wife rest of mind.

Be the head of your wife sir, not the headache of your wife. Madam, be a wife to your husband, not a ‘knife’. Blessed are the couples who give each other peace of mind daily!

7. Give Your Spouse A PRAYER

No matter how wealthy or highly connected you are, there are things you cannot do for your spouse. You are limited. One of the ways to show love to your spouse is to commit him/her to the unlimited God. Say a word of prayer for your spouse daily.

Every other thing may fail and may not work, but no force can withstand the power of prayer. You can’t heal your spouse, only God can heal him/her. You can’t lengthen the days of your spouse. Only God can do that. You can’t save your spouse. You can’t take away addiction and evil habits from your spouse , only God can do that for him/her..

Encouragement is not showing the way but helping the person in finding it himself.

Imparting knowledge is always incomplete with the absence of encouragement.

Encouragement in actions is far more valuable than encouragement in words.

If you want to contribute to someone's success, the best way to do so is a mere word of encouragement.

A little word of encouragement helps a person break all barriers and achieve that height which earlier seemed impossible to overcome.

Criticism can never achieve what encouragement can.