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Walking In The Spirit : Becoming A True Soldier Part 17

Walking In The Spirit : Becoming A True Soldier Part 17

Walking in the Spirit

For the believer, living like a civilian in the midst of war exposes you to danger. Thus, you should be sober and vigilant. When the devil wants to pull you down through your spirit and he doesn’t succeed, he operates from the external i.e. physical through sickness, loss, lack, e.t.c. The devil cannot go for your spirit if he cannot weigh your spirit down.

Things I must understand as a believer:

  1. I have an enemy – the devil.
  2. I have been enlisted in God’s army.

The reason the believer is susceptible to the devil’s attacks and temptations is because the believer is not serious.

  1. I have a Commander.
  2. I have a uniform.
  3. I have my armor.
  4. I have my training.
  5. I have a victory.

Training in the Spirit means walking in the Spirit.

What does it mean to be trained in the Spirit?

  1. Walk in the Spirit Romans 8:1-4.

How do I walk in the Spirit?

  1. By being led by the Spirit and not by your senses Romans 8:14, 2 Peter 1:20-21

Because the battle is a spiritual one, it requires spiritual leading (of the HolySpirit)

 Prayer point: Dear Lord, give me the grace to be led by you.

SPIRITUALITY: THE FOUNDATION OF OUR DELIVERANCE AND COLORFUL DESTINY

SPIRITUALITY: THE FOUNDATION OF OUR DELIVERANCE AND COLORFUL DESTINY

How do you activate your spirituality?

  1. Wisdom-power practice Proverbs 4:7.

Wisdom remains a fundamental tool for the believer. The practice of prayer is wisdom. Wisdom causes a man’s destiny to shine – Ecclesiastes 8:1. Through wisdom, we build our colorful destiny – Proverbs 24:3. The wisdom displayed in you gets people attracted to you. Show me a man moving with speed and I’ll show you a man walking in wisdom. Wisdom can be gotten. It enables you achieve success without stress. Wisdom power is much better than muscular power.

HOW TO PRACTICE WISDOM (THE WISDOM POWER TOOLS)

  1. The death and the Cross order of wisdom – this has to do with my salvation. 1 Corinthians 1:24, 2:7, 1 John 2:27, John 14:26
  2. The Spiritual Fatherhood order of wisdom: 1 Corinthians 11:1. It sharpens your mindset. It is God’s wisdom for divine speed.
  3. The Seed offering, sacrifice and tithing order of wisdom. If you must expect a harvest, plant a seed. Your seed could be your time, your money, your skill, e.t.c.
  4. The Speaking-faith order. Wisdom can be imparted. Wisdom power answers to prophetic declarations – Luke 21:15. Wisdom power enables us to prophesy into our lives – Job 22:28, Isaiah 43:26, Isaiah 54:17. Until you speak, your life can’t be fixed, your destiny can’t advance. Therefore, be ready to speak – Psalms 45:1.
  5. The Impartation order of wisdom – Deuteronomy 34:19

Prayer point: Father, release on me the wisdom I need to make my destiny colorful and prosperous in Jesus name, Amen.

ENGAGING THE LAWS OF SUCCESS (II)

ENGAGING THE LAWS OF SUCCESS (II)

The laws of success are those rules that spells out how success can be achieved. Last week, we learnt about the law of mental work and hard work. Truly, until you sit down, think and take actions, you will get nowhere (Proverbs 22:29). The Laws include:

 

  1. Law of investing in Knowledge and Insight: Knowledge is being abreast with all the information you need. Investing in knowledge means sacrificing money, time and energy on materials for a worthwhile purpose. You can only advance in life if you invest in knowledge (Proverbs 4:7, 2Peter1:5)

 

What do I do in order to invest in knowledge?

  1. Fear God: you should gear God because He desires you to prosper (Proverbs1:7, Deuteronomy 8:18, 3 John1:2)
  2. Meditate on God’s word: if you must succeed, then meditate on God’s word (Joshua 1:8)
  3. Have a heart that is willing to learn and search: if you don’t have this heart, you will not go far. (Proverbs 18:15)
  4. Accept discipline: discipline is not sweet but you must accept it if you must succeed (Proverbs 12:1)

 

  1. Law of Life Coaching: Life is the period between your birth and death. A Life coach is simply having someone that will teach you to organize your life. If you live carelessly in this world without anybody directing your life, you will die before your time (1 John 2:15-17)

If you weren’t taught, you would not have known how to brush your teeth, birth yourself or feed yourself; it is the same with mentorship.

Mentorship is not hero worship but God’s wisdom for speedy accomplishments. It is riding on the shoulders of someone who is ahead of you in order to avoid his mistakes and advance your destiny. You have a lot of good things in your heart but it takes a wise mentor to draw them out (Proverbs 20:5)

 

Important Quotes:

  • Life is too short to be trekking; living without a mentor is like trekking from Owerri to Maiduguri for a job interview.
  • Struggling and frustration will continue until you subscribe to a mentor.
  • You are still where you are because you are comfortable there.
  • No place is too far to go in the search for knowledge.

 

Prayer line: Father today, I receive grace to invest in knowledge and submit to mentorship in the name of Jesus, Amen!

 

Becoming A True Soldier Part 3: Prerequisite Training For True Soldiers

Becoming A True Soldier Part 3: Prerequisite Training For True Soldiers

The need for this prerequisite training in becoming true soldiers cannot be over emphasized especially as it helps the believer to overcome spiritual carelessness and recklessness. Basically, every statement in the New Testament is a charge for warfare because the devil will never allow you to serve God in peace. Three tools the devil uses against the believer are: accusation, temptation and deception (Ephesians 6:11)

Via deception, the devil tries to make the believer go for the fake instead of the truth. The only way out of this scheme is to know the truth and the fake will be exposed. If you don’t know the truth, you’ll be a victim of the fake.

 

Characteristics of the fake

  1. It resembles the truth
  2. It is more attractive than the truth
  3. It is cheaper than the truth
  4. It competes more favorably with the original
  5. It is accompanied with less responsibility.

The first training of the true soldier like we talked about last week is the training of the sword of the spirit which is the word of God. Following what we’ve just understood about “fake”, angels of darkness may appear as angels of light and the only way to overcome them is to equip yourself with God’s word. Attempting to fight the devil without the word, is exposure to risk (Ephesians 6:13, 17, Isaiah 54:17, 1John 4:4, 2Timothy 4:3-4, 1Corinthians 2:4-5)

Why do you need the training of the word?

  1. To strengthen your faith. (Romans 8:38, Hebrews 10:38, 1Corinthians 4:7-8)

Note that God’s word functions to raise your faith base. Ask God to increase your faith because once your faith fails, everything has failed.

Prayer Line: Oh Lord! Increase my faith to remain strong in you, Amen.