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Day 2: The sheep’s prayer declarations

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Scripture for meditation

Because the Lord is my Shepherd, I have everything I need!

He lets me rest in the meadow grass and leads me beside the quiet streams. He gives me new strength. He helps me do what honors him the most.

Even when walking through the dark valley of death I will not be afraid, for you are close beside me, guarding, guiding all the way.

You provide delicious food for me in the presence of my enemies. You have welcomed me as your guest; blessings overflow!

Your goodness and unfailing kindness shall be with me all of my life, and afterwards I will live with you forever in your home.

Psalm 23:1-6 TLB

Our declarations for today come from one of the most popular Psalms in the Bible. Many do not realize it is not just a Psalm we are taught in Sunday School but also a powerful prayer confession covering provision, guidance and protection. We will be praying it today!

  1. Father, I follow you and obey you as my Shepherd. I am your child and I have everything I need in Jesus name. I do not lack any good thing in my life in Jesus name (Psalm 34:10)
  2. Oh Lord, as I walk with you in the quiet streams of life, I receive strength in my inner man to walk the path of righteousness for your glory in Jesus name. Your Holy Spirit strengthens me to live the life of holiness and righteousness you purposed for me from the beginning of time in Jesus name (Ephesians 2:10)
  4. I declare that with all the increasing evil in the world today, myself and my family will not fall prey to the fear the enemy is selling in Jesus name. We submit to your guidance and direction and know that no evil will befall us and no plague will come near our homes in Jesus name (Psalm 91:10)
  5. Thank you Jesus for daily provision in every area of my life. Thank you Lord for overflowing blessings that the enemy cannot stop in Jesus name. Thank you Father for I walk in the blessings of Abraham and I am a source of blessing to all around me in Jesus name.
  6. Oh Lord, show me mercy in all areas of my life that I deserve judgement in Jesus name. I repent of every way I have disobeyed you and ask that you show mercy in Jesus name. We approach your throne of grace and ask that you show mercy in Jesus name (Hebrews 4:16)
  7. Father, help me to live my life in constant awareness of your Holy Spirit that is always with you. Help me to understand that eternal life and communion starts on this earth for me and help me to never stray from your Presence in Jesus name.
  8. Spend time thanking Him for answered prayers

Day 1: Open up the gates with praise!

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We are starting off our 5 days of prayer and fasting today!

 

Scripture for meditation

‘ MAKE A joyful noise to the Lord, all you lands! Serve the Lord with gladness! Come before His presence with singing!  Know (perceive, recognize, and understand with approval) that the Lord is God! It is He Who has made us, not we ourselves [and we are His]! We are His people and the sheep of His pasture. [Eph. 2:10.]  Enter into His gates with thanksgiving and a thank offering and into His courts with praise! Be thankful and say so to Him, bless and affectionately praise His name!  For the Lord is good; His mercy and loving-kindness are everlasting, His faithfulness and truth endure to all generations.’ Psalm 100:1-5 AMPC

Today, we are opening the gates into this week with praises and thanksg

 

iving for all God has done and will do this week.

  1. Write 5 prayer requests
  2. Spend at least 30minutes in praise and thanksgiving to our God for His goodness today and in rejoicing over the requests.
  3. Meditate on the scripture for meditation and use it as a prayer of thanksgiving to Him.

God is going to do the following with today’s prayer/praise:

  • He will break the chains and bonds of His children who thank Him with bold faith. ‘Oh, that men would give thanks to the  Lord    for  His goodness, And  for  His wonderful works to the children of men! For He has broken the gates of bronze, And cut the bars of iron in two.’ Psalms 107:15-16
  • He will come into your life with His manifest Presence which brings joy! “You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.” Psalms 16:11 NKJV

           “But You are holy, Enthroned in the praises of Israel.” Psalm 22:3 NKJV

  • Praise would pull down all the obstacles keeping us from the promises of God for us. “So the people s
    houted when the priests blew the trumpets. And it happened when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat. Then the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.” Joshua 6:20

The testimonies would start from TODAY! Make sure you share them with me.

There would be a daily prayer/prophetic meeting on my Instagram page from 5:30 to 6:00am daily (WAT). Please join me or check out the recorded live session.

God bless you

Day 5: Prayers for physical and emotional healing

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Healing is for the children of God because Jesus has already paid the price for it on the Cross.

“who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness— by whose stripes you were healed.” I Peter 2:24
The price was paid at the same time as the price for your sins. God did not leave us with sicknesses and take away only our sins, He took our sins AND sicknesses. Today, we are declaring the Word of God over our sicknesses, both physical and emotional. Also, we would be declaring healing over everyone that attends the Throne Room Encounter Meeting, that no one would leave the meeting with their sicknesses; there would be healing for everyone.

1. Father, I worship you today with all of my life and everything I am. I know that according to your Word, you are taking sickness away from my life, my family’s life and from everyone who attends the Throne Room Encounter meeting. Our worship leads to miraculous and permanent healings in Jesus name. “Worship the LORD your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you,” Exodus 23:25 NIV

2. Lord I thank you for saving my soul and I know you paid the price for my sicknesses at the same time you paid the price for my sins. I declare that because I have been set free from the power of sin at salvation, I am also set free from sicknesses in any shape or form in my life and that of my family in Jesus name. I also declare that everyone that walks into the Throne Room Encounter meeting is also healed in Jesus name as you have paid the price for their sins. “But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.” Isaiah 53:5 NKJV. 

3. In addition, Isaiah 53:5 proves that Jesus bore the price for my peace and I declare that all forms of emotional torment that has withdrawn my peace bows to the name of Jesus. I have peace because Jesus already paid the price for it. Hallelujah!

4. I declare healing over every broken heart that comes for the Throne Room Encounter meeting in Jesus name. “He heals the broken-hearted and binds up their wounds.” Psalm 147:3 NIV

5. “how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.” Acts 10:38. Jesus healed ALL who were under the power of the devil. We speak to every life coming to the Throne Room Encounter Meeting and we declare that they are free from every power of the enemy causing diseases in their bodies in Jesus name.6. For every one coming to the Throne Room Encounter meeting with a spirit of heaviness and those with deep sadness, according to Isaiah 61:3; we decree a garment of praise over them and the Holy Spirit pours His oil of joy over their lives in Jesus name. No more depression and sadness in Jesus name! We prophesy that the meeting would be a meeting overflowing with the joy of the Lord!!

Thank you for choosing to intercede for others.
God bless you!
Yemisi

Day 2: Fresh outpouring of the Holy Spirit

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Today, we are praying for a fresh outpouring of the Spirit on ourselves and on everyone who attends the Throne Room Encounter meetings. As believers, we need the Holy Spirit to empower us to do the work of the Father and we need to ensure we are constantly filled with the Holy Spirit just like the Apostles were always in the book of Acts.

The Holy Spirit does the following:

  1. Teaches us all things (John 14:26)
  2. Gives us power to overcome sin (Galatians 5:16)
  3. Guides us in all truth (John 16:13)
  4. Gives us the power and boldness to witness Jesus (Acts 1:8)
  5. Helps us to pray (Romans 8:26)

In the last days, says God, that I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your young men shall see visions, your old men shall dream dreams. On My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy. I will show wonders in heaven above and signs in the earth beneath: blood, fire and vapor of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, BEFORE the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord. Whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved. Acts 2:17-21

  1. Lord we ask today for a fresh filling and baptism of the Holy Spirit on my life and that of everyone attending the Throne Room Encounter meetings and let there be a break out of fresh revelation, prophecies, visions and dreams in Jesus name.
  2. Let your Holy Spirit open the eyes of the ministers, volunteers and intercessors (that is YOU) to know the answers to longstanding problems and circumstances in their lives in Jesus name
  3. Holy Spirit, teach me to pray in this season and always. Help me to pray the will of the Father and not pray amiss in Jesus name.
  4. Oh Lord, the confusion that has been blocking my eyes from seeing the path you have created for me is cleared off today in Jesus name. I will hear your voice and know the direction to take in Jesus name. (Isaiah 30:20-21)
  5. Pray for a powerful outpouring of the Holy Spirit on Yemisi Vese and all the other ministers at the Throne Room Encounter meeting for signs and wonders in Jesus name.

Day 1: Prayers to strengthen our inner man

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Today, our prayer theme is for Strength in our Inner man based on the following scripture:

 “I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ,” Ephesians 3:16-18 NIV

This is for the work of the Spirit in our hearts to be manifested.

  • Father, release the spirit of the fear of God into my heart. Strike my heart with greater understanding of Your majesty that I may live in awe before You. Unite my heart to Your heart and Word, and cause me to delight in the fear of God.
    1. I will put My fear in their hearts so that they will not depart from Me. (Jer. 32:40)
    2. Unite my heart to fear Your name. (Ps. 86:11)
  • Father, strengthen my heart with endurance, that I may faithfully do Your will with zeal and diligence and never draw back in any way in my pursuit of the deeper things of Your heart and will. Give me endurance to fast regularly. Direct my heart into the patience, or endurance, in which Jesus walked (2 Thess. 3:5). Give me strength to follow through in my commitments to You and to fulfill my ministry calling even when it is difficult or small.
    1. Being strengthened with all power…so that you may have great endurance and patience. (Col. 1:11, NIV)
  • Father, pour out Your love in my heart by the Spirit that I may overflow in love back to You and to others (Rom. 5:5). Impart Your own love for Jesus into my heart (Jn. 17:26).
    Allow me to comprehend Jesus’s love for me (Jn. 15:9; 3:18). Let me see myself through Your eyes so that I may love who You created me to be (Ps. 139:13-15).

    1. The love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit. (Rom. 5:5)
    2. May the Lord make you increase and abound in love to one another. (1 Thes. 3:12)
  • Father, I commit to live as a “person of one thing.” Help me to sit regularly at Your feet to behold Your beauty as David and Mary of Bethany did. Strengthen my desire in this, and help me to maintain a lifestyle of regular time with You in Your Word. When I lose this focus, get my attention and send Your Word to deliver me of a divided heart.
    1. One thing I have desired…all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord…
      (Ps. 27:4)
    2. But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part. (Lk. 10:42)
  • Father, strengthen my heart so that I walk in a measure of faith and obedience that is worthy of who You are and of Your calling on my life. Help me to walk worthy of You by escaping all compromise. Prepare me to walk in the highest things You have called me to. Help me to live free of the snare of compromise so that I will walk blamelessly so to stand before You victoriously with the testimony that I sought to obey You with all my heart.
    1. We pray always for you that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of His goodness and the work of faith with power. (2 Thes. 1:11)
    2. Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things…to stand before the Son of Man.” Luke 21:36
  • Father, set a guard over my lips and help me to speak words that are pleasing to You. Free me from defensive, angry, foolish, sensual, or impure speech. Keep me from quenching the Spirit with my words. I set my heart not to sin with my speech.
    1. Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips. (Ps. 141:3)
    2. Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight. (Ps. 19:14)
    3. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body. (Jas 3:2)
  • Jesus, teach me how to walk in Your yoke of humility (lowliness of heart). I set my heart to learn humility from You, gaining insight that will result in the transformation of my attitudes, speech, and actions. Give me wisdom about how to carry my heart in humility.
    1. Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. 4Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others. 5Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ… (Phil. 2:3-5)
  • Father, give me insight into Your Word, will, and ways. Give me wisdom about how to walk in intimacy with You in every area of my life, including my finances, schedule, emotions, physical body (diet, health), relationships (home, office, ministry), future, fears, etc. What are You thinking and feeling about me and my life, city, nation, and generation?
    1. …to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will [insight] in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God…. (Col. 1:9-10)
    2. But the Helper, the Holy Spirit…He will teach you all things… (Jn. 14:26)
  • Father, strengthen my heart with supernatural peace in areas in which I feel rejection, fear, or anxiety; strengthen my mind so I may overcome turmoil, confusion, and indecision.
    1. Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing… (Rom. 15:13)
    2. The peace of God…will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. (Phil. 4:7)
  • Pray for Yemisi Vese to be strengthened with might in her inner man as she carries out the work of the Lord and for all the ministers at the Throne Room Encounter meeting

 

You are no longer who they called you

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“And the nations shall see your righteousness and vindication [your rightness and justice–not your own, but His ascribed to you], and all kings shall behold your salvation and glory; and you shall be called by a new name which the mouth of the Lord shall name. You shall also be [so beautiful and prosperous as to be thought of as] a crown of glory and honor in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem [exceedingly beautiful] in the hand of your God. You [Judah] shall no more be termed Forsaken, nor shall your land be called Desolate any more. But you shall be called Hephzibah [My delight is in her], and your land be called Beulah [married]; for the Lord delights in you, and your land shall be married [owned and protected by the Lord].”

Isaiah 62:2-4 AMPC

Through the years, God has called me by different names to propel me into the seasons of my life. As a little girl, I had been sexually abused and got introduced to sex very early, too early. This coloured my life for a very long time. I saw myself as that abused girl who was not worth anything more than that and I thought I was not worth more than what happened to me. I was a Christian who did not know the name the Father had called me and my ignorance cost me dearly.

From childhood to adulthood, I had many names the world called me.

The abused one.

The suicidal one.

The moody one.

The promiscuous one.

The divorced one.

The hopeless single mother.

The list of names is actually longer than this! The sad part is, I believed each one I was called. I did not know this was not the name God had for me. My life identified with the names I was called and I lived in that manner, fulfilling the names I was being called.

When I ran back into the arms of my Father, He washed me clean and started calling me by the names He gave me. The amazing thing is that as He calls me each name, I step into a new season of life and I walk in the full identity of that name; even better, I now have multiple names and every single one defines who He has made me to be.

He has called me Beulah and Hephzibah. “But you shall be called Hephzibah [My delight is in her], and your land be called Beulah [married]; for the Lord delights in you, and your land shall be married [owned and protected by the Lord].” Isaiah 62:2-4 AMPC

He has called me Beautiful one, His beloved. “My beloved spoke and said to me, “Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, come with me.” Song of Songs 2:10 NIV

He has called me Zoe. This is the Greek word for “Life of God”.  This particular name brought with it the knowledge of the everlasting life I carry in me, a life that is not limited by earth or by my body. The indestructible life that flowed in Jesus.

“one who has become a priest not on the basis of a regulation as to his ancestry but on the basis of the power of an indestructible life.” Hebrews 7:16 NIV

This is the same abundant life referred to in John 10:10

“The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” John 10:10 NKJV

The most recent name He has given to me is Bethel, the house of the Lord. This was where Jacob had a dream revealing God to him and he named the place, Bethel, The House of God and the Gate of Heaven.

“He was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven.”” Genesis 28:17 NIV

When God gives you a new name, He clothes you with the grace to walk in it.

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When God gives you a new name, He clothes you with the grace to walk in it. Through the different seasons of my life, God has given me a new name.

Let us go through the Bible and see people God gave a new name to:

Abram (high father) became Abraham (father of a multitude).

“No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you a father of many nations.” Genesis 17:5 NKJV

Sarai (my princess) to Sarah (mother of nations)

“Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. And I will bless her and also give you a son by her; then I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall be from her.”” Genesis 17:15-16 NKJV

Abraham and Sarah had Isaac, the child of promise, the following year after this name change. God changed their names in line with their new identity as parents of nations and generations to come.

Jacob (supplanter) to Israel (Prince with God)

“And He said, “Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have struggled with God and with men, and have prevailed.”” Genesis 32:28 NKJV

Simon (he has heard) to Peter (rock)

“And he brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which, when translated, is Peter).” John 1:42 NIV

Peter had a significant role in the early church and this was why Jesus had called him, Peter. The solid base of the church.

“And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.” Matthew 16:18 NKJV

Looking through these list of names, you can see that God changed the name of these people in relation to the new role/identity He had for them. In my own life, every new name the Lord has added to me has propelled me into new seasons of greatness.

Today, the Lord is calling you by a new name.

Where you were called abused, He calls you precious!

Where you were called worthless, He calls you valuable! Where you were called sad and depressed, He calls you joyful!

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Where you were called worthless, He calls you valuable!

Where you were called sad and depressed, He calls you joyful!

Where you were called stupid, He says you have the mind of Christ!

Where they called you barren, the Father calls you a joyful mother of children!

Is God not amazing? I love Him too much, He is just so good!

What name has the Lord called you through the years? If you don’t know, you need to fellowship with Him and know. It will propel you into new seasons of greatness. Share with me below!

Prophetic Word – October 2017

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I am here awake at almost 2am with a heavy burden on my heart for everyone. God has a Word for you all.
He is calling October a month of EXHIBITION.
Those who have been crying out to Him out of a pure heart night and day would be those He will show off his power with in this month of October. Secrets would be revealed to you that would cause a shift that would permanently transform your life. This is not the time to grow tired, press in to the Father, He is waiting.
For ministers of the gospel, it is a time of reflection. A time to consider His works and measure your obedience to His instructions. Do not spend this time planning and fretting. Spend it as a time to do soul-searching and return to Him the areas of your life you have strayed away from God.
“This is what the Sovereign LORD, the Holy One of Israel, says:
“In repentance and rest is your salvation,
in quietness and trust is your strength,
but you would have none of it.”
Isaiah 30:15
His glory and power would be heavy as we call on Him and He would answer quickly. Hallelujah!!
“And shall God not avenge His own elect who cry out day and night to Him, though He bears long with them?” Luke 18:7
What are you doing this season; complaining or calling out to Him? Call on Him consistently.

OVERCOMING: Understanding temptation and overcoming it

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Definition:

  1. to get the better of in a struggle or conflict; conquer; defeat:
  2. to prevail over (opposition, a debility, temptations, etc.); surmount:
  3. to overpower or overwhelm in body or mind, as does liquor, a drug, exertion, or emotion

(www.dictionary.com)

An overcomer is one who conquers over an enemy or prevails over circumstances or overpowers a condition. As believers, we are referred to as Overcomers because we stand in the victory of Christ and overcome the works of the enemy in our lives and on this earth.

Believe it or not, you are in a constant battle on this earth. The devil and his cohorts do not want us to fulfil God’s purposes on this earth and are continuously fighting us for supremacy in our circumstances.  Unfortunately, a lot of us have allowed him to win this battle for too long. Why? Ignorance!

“To keep Satan from getting the advantage over us; for we are not ignorant of his wiles and intentions.” 2 Corinthians 2:11 AMPC

 “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge” Hosea 4:6 NKJV

We do not know that Christ already won the victory and we are to exercise this victory in our lives. The scripture tells us we are overcomers already by believing in Jesus:

“For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?” I John 5:4-5 NKJV

However, despite this victory, we still have to enforce it in our lives daily as the devil keeps warring against us.

“For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,”

II Corinthians 10:3-5

The main battle for our lives is fought in our thoughts. The devil knows our lives go in the direction of our thoughts, he therefore focuses on that and introduces thoughts contrary to the purpose of God. Our acceptance of those thoughts is what leads us into temptation and we go against the purpose of God. We allow our passions and desires to be aroused by those thoughts and it leads us into sin.

“But each one is tempted when he is dragged away, enticed and baited [to commit sin] by his own [worldly] desire (lust, passion). Then when the illicit desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin has run its course, it gives birth to death.” JAMES 1:14-15 AMP

Seven steps in temptation

  1. Tempted – Evil thoughts come from the enemy
  2. Dragged away – Your imagination takes over and you begin to think the thoughts of the enemy.
  3. Desires/Lust – Viewing it and delighting in it.
  4. Enticed and baited – The sin no longer looks so bad to us. Our will is weakening and our strength is decreasing.
  5. Illicit desire is conceived – You yield to it
  6. Sin – You have now committed the sinful act.
  7. Death – The result of sin in the long term. (Romans 6:23)

Check where you are on this scale by the help of the Holy Spirit and halt the work of the enemy in your life.

The temptation of Jesus (Matthew 4:1-11) is my best example for overcoming the wiles of the devil. Let’s look at the highlights of this and how Jesus overcame:

  • Jesus was led by the Spirit (v1). He did not go by Himself into the wilderness. This was the main thing in the entire scripture! He was led by the Spirit. We as believers are meant to be constantly and continuously led by the Spirit. That is the first sign of an overcomer.

“For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God” Romans 8:14 NKJV

  • The devil tested Him based on His current perceived weakness first, hunger! The weaknesses in our lives are the first things the enemy would go after and all sorts of temptations would come from this area. That first temptation wanted to play on His current state but Jesus had two things working for Him; He knew the Word of God and He operated by the Spirit. The hunger was a weakness of the flesh, a necessary one as He had fasted for 40days and 40nights. It was a spiritual exercise that had prepared Him for the temptations but it had left Him physically hungry and the devil saw this as room to act.

“I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.”

Galatians 5:16 NKJV

  • The second temptation showed the devil trying to get Him to show off that He is the Son of God. As believers, we are not supposed to tempt or dare God by our lifestyles. Deliberately getting involved in sin because we understand grace or by holding on to negative emotions gives the devil the foothold to stand in our lives.

“And do not give the devil an opportunity [to lead you into sin by holding a grudge, or nurturing anger, or harboring resentment, or cultivating bitterness].” Ephesians 4:27 AMP

 We are deceived into distorting the real meaning of scripture and we begin to follow a doctrine that is contrary to what God actually said. The Holy Spirit is the one that reveals the Word of God to us and walking with Him and trusting Him to explain scripture is the best way. The devil twisted the meaning of scripture here to get Jesus to fall into the temptation but Jesus being full of the Holy Spirit knew what he was up to.

  • Satan then tried finally to get Jesus to surrender to Him as he was the ruler of this world (John 12:31). The devil was trying to get Jesus to be popular among men as opposed to doing the will of the Father, the real reason He came. How many of us are trying to gain popularity with our “work” for God as opposed to actually doing the will of the Father only? Your motives are important and you can be tempted by them. If your desire is just to be wealthy from the things of God, the devil would tempt you right in the midst of that and you are more likely to fall as you are carrying greed in you.

Jesus knew why He came and was not going to be distracted from that in any way. Focus solely on the will of the Father and every other thing will come from Him. Check your motives always!

“And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men,”  Colossians 3:23 NKJV

The whole temptation had a central theme, the Word of God gave the victory. Each temptation was countered with “It is written”. The lessons I picked from this are as follows:

  1. The Word of God cannot contradict itself. In the second temptation, we see the devil twisting scripture to tempt Jesus. Never take the Word without full research and enlightenment from the Holy Spirit. Doctrines (personal and communal) should be built on a full understanding of the Word of God.
  2. Temptations will always come but it is the reservoir of the Word in your life that will enable you overcome. Without the Word in our hearts, a believer will fall.

         “Your word I have hidden in my heart, That I might not sin against You.”     Psalms 119:11 NKJV

 Feeding on the Word of God will take away the edge to hunger after less satisfying things (ungodly desires). It fills you with Joy.

“Your words were found, and I ate them, And Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart; For I am called by Your name, O LORD God of hosts.” Jeremiah 15:16 NKJV

  1. The Word of God is sure already and does not need to be proven by anyone. Never feel a need to “prove” God’s Word is true. You are just to believe. Trying to prove it is a sign of unbelief. “Every word of God proves true.” Proverbs 30:5a NKJV

Are you ready to steep yourself in the Word of God to overcome temptations?

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