Memorise: "Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways" (Job 22:28)
Read: Exodus 7:10-12
Some years ago, there was a popular native doctor in Akure, Nigeria. He was extremely ruthless and several people flocked regularly to him. But his shrine was next to the factory of one of my children. One day, this son of mine came to lay a complaint about the terror in his domain. He said each time he went around his factory, he saw mutilated bodies of children - bodies with no heads or genitals. He wanted the man to relocate. When I went to Akure, he showed me the place. I simply lifted my right hand and commanded him to be moved in Jesus' Name. My son asked me, 'Is that all?' Then I told him there are times for regular prayers and there are times for decrees. The fetish priest had built his shrine around an iroko tree. Within seven days of that decree, the iroko tree dried up. And within another seven days the man died. Today, I decree that every satanic nuisance in your life will stop now in the mighty Name of Jesus Christ. I command every satanic strong hold around you to move.
Apart from the fact that Moses' hands were special, the rod in his hands was not an ordinary one. In Exodus 7:10-12, the same rod swallowed the magicians' serpents in Egypt. Every evil force that will not allow you to reach your goal shall be swallowed today in Jesus' Name. From today's reading, it is glaring that Satan can counterfeit God's miracles. Satan has never performed a miracle, only magic. A miracle is the authentic version of a divine intervention in human affairs, while magic is the fake attempt to replicate it. So don't be amazed when people of the occult perform magic. Another lesson here is that both the forces of good and evil know which is real and which is fake. Satan fakes speaking in tongues in a bid to deceive the undiscerning, but when he comes face to face with a genuinely Spirit - filled believer, he panics because the difference is clear. Similarly, from today's reading, God's power supersedes that of Satan. And just as the rod of Moses swallowed the snakes of the Egyptian magicians, every agent of darkness fighting against you will lose their weapons to the power of the Holy Spirit inside of you. Ask in faith today. You can relocate that enemy today!
You are light. Darkness should not dwell with or around you. Command every agent of darkness living around you to relocate now.
Saturday, July 11, 2009
The Way Of Escape
God...will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it. - 1Corinthians 10:13 NAS
In the wilderness temptation Satan offered Jesus three things. He also offers them to you:
(1) Satisfaction! Jesus was hungry and Satan tempted Him to turn stones into bread. This was satisfaction without God, because God's plan was to feed His Son supernaturally through angels. But Jesus refused to settle for less - and so should you! (2) Success! But it was success without God. Taking Jesus to the top of the temple, Satan said "Jump off, God will protect You and everyone will believe in You." Success without the cross. Take the easy way out! And hasn't Satan made you that same offer:
"You don't have to take up your cross. You don't have to practice self-denial." Satan lied then, and he's lying to you now. (3) Significance! Satan offered Jesus the kingdoms of this world and their glory if He'd just bow down to him. What an offer. Significance without God! But Jesus rebuked him with a reminder from Scripture that God alone is worthy of being glorified.
Satan will take every legitimate desire you have and try to get you to fulfill it in an illegitimate way. But God "will provide the way of escape." You say "I don't see the way of escape." That's because you're focused on the temptation instead of the way out. God's promise of escape doesn't mean you won't have to persevere and be faithful to Him. And, as in the case of Christ, it involves knowing and being able to use the Scriptures. But it does mean that when God's purpose of victory over temptation has been served, you'll come out victorious!
Bible-in-a-year Reading: Titus 1-3, Matt 10:32-42, Ps 75, Pr 11:23
In the wilderness temptation Satan offered Jesus three things. He also offers them to you:
(1) Satisfaction! Jesus was hungry and Satan tempted Him to turn stones into bread. This was satisfaction without God, because God's plan was to feed His Son supernaturally through angels. But Jesus refused to settle for less - and so should you! (2) Success! But it was success without God. Taking Jesus to the top of the temple, Satan said "Jump off, God will protect You and everyone will believe in You." Success without the cross. Take the easy way out! And hasn't Satan made you that same offer:
"You don't have to take up your cross. You don't have to practice self-denial." Satan lied then, and he's lying to you now. (3) Significance! Satan offered Jesus the kingdoms of this world and their glory if He'd just bow down to him. What an offer. Significance without God! But Jesus rebuked him with a reminder from Scripture that God alone is worthy of being glorified.
Satan will take every legitimate desire you have and try to get you to fulfill it in an illegitimate way. But God "will provide the way of escape." You say "I don't see the way of escape." That's because you're focused on the temptation instead of the way out. God's promise of escape doesn't mean you won't have to persevere and be faithful to Him. And, as in the case of Christ, it involves knowing and being able to use the Scriptures. But it does mean that when God's purpose of victory over temptation has been served, you'll come out victorious!
Bible-in-a-year Reading: Titus 1-3, Matt 10:32-42, Ps 75, Pr 11:23
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