Key Passage: Exodus 2: 23-25

Now it happened in the process of time that the king of Egypt died. Then the children of Israel groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out; and their cry came up to God because of the bondage. So God heard their groaning, and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God acknowledged them.

Deliverance is an exercise to rescue one from the dominion and oppression of Satan through the power of the Holy Spirit. The purpose of deliverance is to free the victim from the bondage of Satan so that he could live a fruitful and a fulfilling life.

The people of Israel were in bondage in Egypt for 400 years. At the peak of their travail, they cried bitterly to God to deliver them. God heard their cry and called Moses to deliver them. He equipped him with His miraculous power and sent him to Egypt to challenge the authority of Pharaoh and set Israel free from his bondage.

Bondage holds people back from their destiny, destroys their dignity and frustrates their fortunes. Could you imagine a people chosen to serve the Almighty God and promised a land of milk and honey, enslaved in a cursed land and serving a cruel human king? That is what bondage could do to a people, a family or an individual.

God does not want any of His people to be under bondage. He wants them to be free so that they can serve Him with their best (Lk 1:73-75). The journey of deliverance begins with the person recognizing that he is under bondage, and follows with a deep hunger for freedom and an earnest resolve to turn away from his sinful ways. Some people seek for deliverance, yet they wallow in immorality, corruption, hate, greed and unforgivingness. Some others get involved in idolatry, sorcery, occultism and such like. These could hinder their deliverance and strengthen the hold of Satan over their lives. Such people should truly repent from their sins, depart from them and cry to God for their deliverance.

Turn to God today with all your heart and call on Him to set you free from every shackle of hell. Pray that the power of the Holy Spirit would come upon you and break every yoke in your life. You will surely experience that freedom that only God could give.

Pray: Lord, I repent from every sin and turn my heart to You; set me free from every bondage and make my life fruitful and fulfilling that I may serve You at my best.

Written by – Evangelist Oguazi Onyemobi