Solemn Assembly Day 36: Weapons of Divine Power

December 6 Devotional Meditation 

By Dr Patrick Elijah Anyomi 

Key Text:

"The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God..." — 2 Corinthians 10:4-5

Devotional Meditation:

Rise up, mighty warrior! You are not engaged in a natural battle, and you are not armed with natural weapons. The apostle Paul unveils a staggering truth: you have been issued weapons of divine power (dunamis in Greek)—the very explosive, miracle-working power of God Himself! These weapons are not for physical combat but for demolishing spiritual strongholds: fortresses of wrong thinking, prisons of habitual sin, and towering lies that defy the truth of who God is.

Your fasting and prayer during this solemn assembly have not been passive activities; they have been you taking up your spiritual artillery. You have been using weapons that the world cannot see but that hell cannot withstand: the weapon of worship that shatters atmospheres, the weapon of the Word that cuts to the heart, the weapon of proclamation that establishes heaven's reality on earth. Every stronghold of fear, addiction, lack, or sickness is a "pretension"—a false narrative—that your divinely empowered weapons are designed to obliterate.

Today, on Day 36, it is time for a strategic offensive. It is not enough to merely defend yourself; you are called to demolish every mental and spiritual structure that exalts itself against the true knowledge of God. Your mind is the primary battlefield. Every thought of "I can't," "It's over," or "God has forgotten me" is a target for your spiritual warfare. You are not fighting for victory; you are fighting from the victory of the cross, dismantling the enemy's lies with the truth of God's Word.

Prayer for Spiritual Warfare:

Commander of Heaven's Armies! We take up the weapons You have given us.
· We renounce all reliance on worldly strength, strategy, and wisdom.

· We receive and activate the divine power (dunamis) in our spiritual weapons: prayer, Your Word, worship, and fasting.

· By Your authority, we demolish every stronghold of the mind—every argument, philosophy, fear, and lie that contradicts what You say about us.

· We take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ Jesus.· We advance against the enemy's fortresses, knowing the victory is already ours in You.

Mighty God! Teach our hands to war and our fingers to fight. Make us expert wielders of the sword of the Spirit. Let our prayers be precise missiles that hit their mark and bring down every giant. In the mighty and victorious name of Jesus, Amen! 

Declaration of Victorious Warfare:

"My weapons are not carnal but mighty through God! I demolish every mental and spiritual stronghold. I take every thought captive to Christ. I walk in the victory of the cross and the power of His resurrection. I am more than a conqueror!"