HAPPY WITH CHURCH TONIGHT

“The Lord is righteous;

He has cut in pieces the cords of the wicked.

Let all those who hate Zion

Be put to shame and turned back” (Ps 129:4, 5)

The prayer meeting was wonderful. The ACs suddenly stopped working and the room was very hot. But it did not stop the brethren from praising God and from praying with all their hearts. Today, we’ve started a series on spiritual warfare. We want to lay a strong spiritual foundation for this year. We read some scriptures to remind ourselves of basic strategy in spiritual warfare. Many believers became weak and spiritually lazy.  They now ignore the devil. But we need to enroll in the army of Christ. The devil is the enemy of God, the enemy of the believer and the enemy of Zion (the church). The devil will try all he can to spoil your relationship with God. Resist him and he shall flee away from you!

The devil deceived Eve to doubt the character of Elohim- God (Genesis 3). Lesson: God loves you. He created you to be like Him. Do not be afraid to be like God, creative and inventive, doing something out of nothing! Reject all lies that you are nobody or a foolish man! Pray: God use me!

The Devil attacks King David, provoking him to number his soldiers. The army of Israel was a great army. Counting the soldiers will only produce pride. (1Chr 21:1). Lesson: when you get wealthier, the devil will tempt you to number your possessions.  Lesson: If you know exactly how much money you have in that drawer in the kitchen, or in that account in the bank, then you are becoming proud. Lesson: pray that you become free from the bondage of numbers. You may know generally how much money you have, but do not count every kobo (cent).

The devil attacks the high priest Joshua in the presence of God. The angel replies that Joshua is ‘a burning stick taken out of fire’ (Zechariah 3). Lesson: when the devil accuses you, bringing your past of sin to remembrance, answer that you are saved, not by your merit or by your works, but by the Blood of Jesus. The grace of God released at the Cross of Christ saved you from the fires of hell. The Blood of Jesus will speak on your behalf!

When attacked by the devil, Jesus answered with “It is written…” (Matthew 4).  Lesson: read, meditate and pray with the Word of God! The Bible is the best weapon to fight the devil. You shall experience a fresh hunger for the Word of God. The Bible shall be your best friend. The Son of God was manifested on earth to destroy the works of the devil (1Jn 3:8). Lesson: we shall pray and do warfare until the devil shall become bankrupt. We shall overcome the accuser of the brethren by the Blood of Jesus shed on the Cross and by the Word of our testimony (Revelation 12). Our testimony is that the Bible is the Living Word and it works in our lives. We declared that we are children of God, born of the Holy Spirit. We are the light of the world. We reject the devil’s lies and accusations about our identity. The enemies of Zion, the enemies of worshipping God in Spirit and in truth shall withdraw in shame. We shall see the defeat of them who persecute us for no good reason!  We declare that Jesus is beautiful! Therefore our lives shall be beautiful! We declare all these to the glory of God! Shine Jesus Shine!!!