Isaiah 35:7 In the haunts where jackals once lay, grass and papyrus will grow.

• DAY 14 BIBLE READING

Acts 1-7


• DAY 14 PRAYER DEVOTIONAL

Isaiah 35:7

RENEWING OF THE MIND

We live in a world where some tend to overemphasize and others tend to under-emphasize the devil and the demonic realm. The truth is that the Devil does exist. There are areas in your life and my life where the enemy has strongholds. Ephesians 6 is quite clear. We are at war, whether we like it or not. We have no option. The enemy uses opportunities to gain access into our lives when we give legal ground to him through sin, through emotional crises, through ignorance , through the occult. Footholds for the enemy may be gained through influence from the WORLD, the FLESH and the DEVIL

The Good News is that Jesus has won the victory over the enemy, and those areas in our lives that were once haunts for the enemy can be transformed. The Lord wants to redeem and restore every area that has been under the control of the enemy. The enemy can sow lies into our minds. There is truth in the simple saying… sow a thought, reap an action, sow an action reap a habit sow a habit reap a destiny. It is in the area of the mind that the enemy often gains ground and can have significant long-term impact on our lives. The enemy tempted Jesus in the wilderness. His mind was the battleground and he countered each temptation with scriptures that the Holy Spirit gave him.

As we call out to the Lord to lead us by his Holy Spirit in our prayer lives, let us also call out to Him for His help and for a renewal of our minds, where ground has been lost to the enemy. We need our minds to be renewed because we are in a war and our minds are battlefields.

Romans 12:1,2 Therefore, I urge you in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God - which is your spiritual worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is- his good pleasing and perfect will.


• Lord I pray for renewal in my prayer life. I ask for revelation by your spirit of every area where I have been influenced by the world, the flesh and the devil, the haunts where jackals once lay. Thank you that the renewing of my mind is possible through the finished work of the cross. I offer my body as a living sacrifice. Transform and renew my mind. Bring healing restoration and redemption to every area that has been a haunt to the enemy in my life . May new life break out where there has been darkness, I pray.

Sherman, D. Spiritual Warfare for Every Christian: How to Live in Victory and Re-take the Land