07/04/2026
*Good Morning, Here's Today's Devotion.* ( Day 097)
Tuesday 07/APRIL/2026
By _Etyang_ _Richard_
*Theme* : Pursuing God
( John 17:3)
*Topic* : ( Spiritual Paralysis Part 6) Jesus Overrides Religious Protocol and traditional practices.
*Reading* : John 5:1-15
(ESV)
10"So the Jews said to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath, and it is not lawful for you to take up your bed.”
*Luganda*
_Yokaana_ _5:1-15_
10"Awo Abayudaaya ne bamugamba oyo awonyezebbwa nti Leero ssabbiiti, muzizo ggwe okwetikka ekitanda kyo."
*Swahili*
_Yohana_ _5:1-15_
[10]"Kwa sababu hiyo Wayahudi wakamwambia yule aliyeponywa, Leo ni sabato, wala si halali kwako kujitwika godoro."
Jesus gave the sick man a miraculous Sabbath of rest. A Sabbath was one revered day as far as the Jews were concerned.
This man was being questioned as to why he got a miraculous healing on a Sabbath. And who was capable of doing such a thing? It had to be the Lord of the Sabbath. Are there any ceremonies and protocols that have kept you down? It is time you took a step. Am aware of many churches where there is a lot of such ceremonies and protocols with the leaders or men of God them selves having paralysis in their lives. When a man or woman of God, pastor or whatever the title is paralyzed spiritually, the only thing he or she can do is to paralyze the church or the congregation he or she is in charge of.
You may have become so familiar with church programs but your life is still paralyzed because you have not met the man Jesus. The sick man did not know it was Jesus who healed him. Majority of Christians have been plunged into paralysis because they have not known the one whom should know. You have not known Jesus. Jesus needs to liberate you today and now. Jesus has come your way and is speaking to you personally. Do you know Jesus can deliver you from sexual immortality and all kinds of addictions?
What had made this man impotent for thirty eight years was sin.
*John* *5:14*