Revelation 12:11 ‘And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death’.

DAILY READING; • Luke 19:28-48; Genesis 34; Psalm 26

Darlene Deibler Rose was one of the first American women to ever travel to Papua New Guinea. She and her husband were working in the region as missionaries, when World War 2 broke out. Captured by Japanese soldiers, they were sent to separate prison camps.
Darlene was sent to a prison camp for women at Kampili, run by a cruel Japanese officer named Mr. Yamaji, who often mercilessly beat the prisoners.
One day Darlene was shocked when Mr. Yamaji called her into his office and gave her news of her husband’s death. Though heartbroken, Darlene at that moment felt compelled to share the Gospel with Mr. Yamaji, not minding the punishment he might inflict on her. Quickly she told him about the love of God, the sacrifice of Jesus and the cleansing power of His Blood.
As she spoke, she was surprised to find that Mr. Yamaji was being deeply touched. At a point he fled to another room to weep. From that moment on, his attitude towards Darlene changed positively.
However, Darlene’s situation suddenly took a turn for the worst, when the Japanese government accused of her being a spy. She was sent to a maximum-security prison, kept in solitary confinement and finally sentenced to death.
On the day of her execution, just as her executor was getting ready to wield his sword, the door to the room suddenly burst open! Some Japanese officers came in and pulled her out of the room. She was then put into a car and returned back to her former prison in Kampili.
Darlene later learnt that her life had been spared because Mr. Yamaji, on hearing of the execution, had lobbied vigorously for her release. Soldiers had been sent just in the nick of time to rescue her from the executor’s sword.
Eventually, Darlene was released from the prison and after the war, she resumed her missionary work in New Guinea. In the 1980’s, decades after the war, Darlene was delighted to hear that Mr. Yamaji had been sharing the gospel on a Japanese radio.
Her story is documeneted in her book ‘Evidence Not Seen: A Woman’s Miraculous Faith in the Jungles of World War II’.

It is truly amazing how the preaching of the cross totally changed the life of Mr. Yamaji.
Indeed the power in the Blood of Jesus is God’s divine provision for man’s freedom from every hold of darkness. The Blood of Jesus is able to shatter every siege of sin in a man’s life and grant freedom and deliverance from every captivity.
Truly, there can be no bondage so strong that it cannot be broken by the power in the Blood.
Jesus paid a high price to make available to us the manifold redemptive values of His Blood.

Especially as believers, the deliverance power in the Blood has been very evident to us this year. The Blood has been speaking”Passover” to every evil and ensuring affliction does not arise a second time in our lives. We indeed celebrate the power in the Blood that continues to grant us victory over the global pandemic. We have indeed been preserved and protected from every assault of the enemy.
Through the power in the Blood we have been able to escape the global siege and have constantly overcome the multifaceted challenges of this year.

Revelation 12:11 says ‘And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death’.

Indeed the inherent power in the Blood has constantly been enforcing victory for us over every battle. This is why as we draw the curtain on this month of September, we have to deliberately thank God for making us more than conquerors this year. Let us thank God for His manifold blessings and preservations through the Blood of Jesus. As the month ends today, we also permanently shut the door against every negative report. Truly no weapon formed against us shall ever prosper. At the same time we open the door to the great blessings awaiting us in the coming days. Surely, by the Blood of Jesus, the rest of the year shall be the best of the year for us in Jesus Name.

PRAYER: Lord, I thank You for the victory You continue to grant me through the Blood of Jesus. Today I invoke the speakings of the Blood against every affliction. Indeed by the mystery of the Blood I have overcome in every battle of life in Jesus Name.

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The battle you are faced with today is a good warfare because God has already foreordained victorious end for you. WORDBITE 222