Remember - Be ready to engage or suffer spiritual loss

 

‭‭ John 10:10 NLT‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬ 

[10] The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.

It's important to recognise that we  are at war always. The battle is ongoing. 

 

 â€­â€­1 Peter 5:8-9 NIV‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬ 

[8] Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. [9] Resist him, standing firm in the faith..." 

 

Know your enemy and have your arsenal ready, aimed at the enemy of the soul. 

 

 Jesus in the wilderness : 

 Luke 4:1-2 NIV‬‬ 

[1] Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, [2] where for forty days he was tempted by the devil......”

 

‭‭ Luke 4:13 NIV‬‬ : [13] When the devil had finished all this tempting, he left him until an opportune time . ‬‬‬‬‬‬

 

 Devil's Opportune time : 

 2 Samuel  11 – David and the Bathsheba 

Caught off guard and failed. Refuse to be idle and have nothingness moments.

 

 Jesus laments over Jerusalem – replace Jerusalem with our soul today. 

‭‭ Matthew 21:13 NIV‬‬ [13] 

“It is written,” he said to them, “ ‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”‬‬

 

‭‭ Matthew 23:37 NIV‬‬ [37]  “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing. ‬‬

 

 PRAYER POINTS

 

We don’t need to look far and wide to realise that Satanic doors are open - turmoil and suffering:  families, within us, children, in church -  one foot in bed with enemy the other holy of holies. Devil and his cronies are having a field day.

 

We have been rendered Blunt Axes, can’t identify us, and missing our seasons.

 

Let's fight back, Ephesians 6 v 10 - 12. We are on the victor’s side. 

 

 1. Eye and ear gates , that are open to filth, music, gossip lies etc. through what we watch and listen to.

 

 Proverbs 4:20-22 NIV‬‬ [20] My son, pay attention to what I say; turn your ear to my words. [21] Do not let them out of your sight, keep them within your heart; [22] for they are life to those who find them and health to one’s whole body

 

Today, we serve the devil notice and say “ You don’t live here anymore (no room in our hearts/soul)"

 

 2. Mouth gates open through what we speak. 

 

‭‭ Proverbs 18:20-21 NLT‬‬ [20] Wise words satisfy like a good meal; the right words bring satisfaction. [21] The tongue can bring death or life; those who love to talk will reap the consequences.‬‬

 

‭‭ James 3:5-6 NLT‬‬ [5] In the same way, the tongue is a small thing that makes grand speeches. But a tiny spark can set a great forest on fire. ........the tongue is a flame of fire. It is a whole world of wickedness, corrupting your entire body. It can set your whole life on fire, for it is set on fire by hell itself.