Monday July 21st, 2025
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24 Don’t you realize that in a race everyone runs, but only one person gets the prize? So run to win!
25 All athletes are disciplined in their training. They do it to win a prize that will fade away, but we do it for an eternal prize.
26 So I run with purpose in every step. I am not just shadowboxing.
27 I discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it should. Otherwise, I fear that after preaching to others I myself might be disqualified.
God created man in His own image so that he could have dominion Genesis 1:26.
This is why you’ll discover that there is no animal in the world that humans have not dominated – lions, elephants, giraffes and so on.
Note however, that the person who really has dominion is the one who has control over oneself.
You can have dominion over animals, birds and everything in the sea, but if you don’t have dominion over yourself, you are like a broken down and unduly exposed city Proverbs 25:28.
Let us consider some parts of your body you must have dominion over.
- 1 Peter 3:10 says if you want to live long and have a good life, tame your tongue – have dominion over it.
The tongue is very powerful and difficult to tame James 3:5-8 but you can do all things through Christ who strengthens you Philippians 4:13.
- The Bible also says you should have dominion over your stomach.
Philippians 3:19 urges you not to let your belly become your god.
If you say you have dominion over everything but can’t control your stomach, you can’t fast, then you have no dominion because you have a strange god living within you.
The Yoruba (a tribe in Nigeria) elders say, “There’s no idol like the stomach; every day, it asks for a sacrifice”.
You have to tame your stomach.
- You must also have control over your sleep.
For you to say you have dominion, you must be able to decide, “I am not sleeping tonight; I want to have a vigil”.
Proverbs 6:9-11 says that if you don’t control how you sleep, you will experience ravaging poverty and lack.
- You must have control over your body – your eyes, hands and so on.
There are certain things you shouldn’t touch or look at, places you shouldn’t go to, kinds of music you shouldn’t listen to.
If you want to finish your Christian race well, you must have dominion over your body, 1 Corinthians 9:24-27.
Prayer focus – Lord, please help me to have complete dominion over every aspect of my life and body, in the mighty name of Jesus.
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
Posted by Naomie Joseph
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