20/11/2020
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THEME:PUT ON SELF-CONTROL AS AMOUR OF SALVATION AGAINST TEMPTATIONS
Do you know that Holy Ghost can never cease from comforting His children with His words that , heavenly race battle is neither enemies of flesh nor blood but principality and power, forces of darkness· (Cf Eph 6:12). This battle or war is being targeted within the body of the member of Christ not outside His body. What is temptation to you? Temptation is forceful tools or weapons which devil employed for the continuity of this battle for killing and stealing away God's endowed, predestined happiness for His children. Adam and Eve happiness was killed through this tools, temptation and its proportional consequences ensued. You must read( Gen 3:1-24) . Be still to know that he who failed to know the natural characteristics of this tools called temptation, can't even know when its affliction effects bounced on you. Just to remind Christians here that temptation is unavoidable in so far your child of God. Temptation is spiritual apparatus of which Satan uses to kill and steal away the abundant of life, glory , Christ , God has given us·( Cf Jn 10:10).Temptation is a strongest highest test God do allowed Satan to give to His children as a proof or a marks of attention of His believers fervent strongest faithfulness and love for God. To be a Christian is to be tempted, and to depend on and focus on God is to passed the tests. How ? through the spiritual skillful strategies handed over to us, "PRAYER and FASTING" . Some believers never know what have given to them and its productive values, that is the cause of uncontrollable negligence of it in this present Christian trends. Jesus in Mtt 4:1-6 , always urge us and encourages us not to worried about this tools, temptation devil used on us , rather we should always employed His strategic redemy of it which is fasting and prayers which could for months, days, weeks, hours, minutes and seconds to put devil to flight as He thought us, for He fasted for 40days and 40 nights , in preparations for oncoming battle in the wilderness between Him(Jesus )and Satan which has three phases ,for Jesus was tempted by Satan three times as recorded by Matthew. Put on SELF-CONTROL AS AMOUR OF SALVATION AGAINST TEMPTATION is the message here. Fasting and prayers are the sources of spiritual power that born in us this self- control as one of fruits of Holy Ghost.(Cf Gal 5:22)· Christian prayerfulness and fasting habits is underlying productivity for bearing this fruits in us, as Holy Ghost has released it to us. Do you think that you can pleased God without the fruit of Holy Ghost , Self-Control,frankly, we can't, that is why is Paramount to ask for it and obtain it through drastic hunger of it in and through prayers and fasting. With self-control , Christian can control and driven away devils in our affairs of lives, and proportion our spirit forward and restricted the flesh backwards in order for it to glorify spirit always amid the detriment of flesh desires. Self Control is very essential in our various Christian callings: priestly callings, pastoral callings, teachings callings, marriage callings, and above all , in our professional career or callings. No matter your callings , i urge you today to seek first the gifts and fruits of Holy Ghost, self-control. Remember, The Holy Saints in heaven were triumphant , due to their radical hungers and craving for the gifts and fruits of Holy Ghost , self-control. May the grace of such emulations of the triumphant Holy Saints in heaven, come upon us and impacted in us through this message, as we desired for eternal happiness Amen.
God bless you all and remained focus in things of eternal values. Amen Amen