Have you realized that sometimes you're so encumbered with life's many activities that you ignore very important yet minute details and yes trust me this cuts across the entire scope of life including our relationships you see patience helps us take God and follow his lead each step of the way many times we fail to be patient with God And so we miss the little hints he gives us regarding very important aspects of Our Lives you see your heavenly father is interested in every aspect of your life and he not only works on you he works for
you through the lives of those he bring across your path in life remember that the Bible says that all things work together for the good to them that love God who are called according to his purpose Part of God's goodness to you at one point or the other will be to bring some people into your life an example is Adam God had created Adam and given him everything he'd need to flourish in the garden yet God noticed that something was missing though Adam never complained God knew he was lonely and set forth to do something
about him The Bible says this thereafter Genesis 2 20-23 so the man gave names to all the livestock the birds in the sky and all the wild animals but for Adam no suitable helper was found so the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep and while he was sleeping he took one of the man's ribs and then closed up the place with flesh and the Lord God made a woman from the Rib he had taken out of the man and he brought her to the man the man said this is now
bone of my bones and Flesh of My Flesh she shall be called woman for she was taken out of man and that was how God's move brought value to man's life by adding a woman just like Eve God will bring one or two more people into your life in order for you to fulfill your destiny better You don't want to miss this very important detail of the right people in your life because of your Pursuits in life relationships matter in your destiny and in your walk with God and because the enemy can also send people
into your lives God has helped us to put together in patterns to recognize if we're in his will with someone or if someone shouldn't be in our lives Remember that the word of God says evil communication corrupts good morals this kind of influential communication is the product of relationship and Association you see why God might focus and take Keen interest in the kind of associations you make and the kind of people you're connected with God also knows that women would need to marry a man someday and likewise the men as well So beyond just emotional
triggers or connections here are some things you should look out for in order to know if God wants you to be with someone when God wants you to be with someone he does these things one orders your steps in the other persons we don't often draw sense out of things like this but it's very true God does it a lot it'll always appear like a coincidence and unplanned however To the Creator it is predestined God creates atmosphere and circumstances for us to be with the person he wants us to be with and if we don't
consider those circumstances we may Grumble when we should be at peace and we will hasten out of something God is putting in place for our own good the Bible says that the steps of the righteous are ordered by the Lord when God wants you to be with someone he orchestrates a connection sometimes even An impossible one imagine the kind of friendship that David and Jonathan had then consider how they crossed each other's path consider the relationship Isaac had with his wife and then consider how after Abraham's servant had prayed how God had moved Rebecca to
be at the right place at the right time this is very important to note you don't have to walk on the streets looking for Who should and shouldn't be in your life you're human and you'll miss it because you'll be deceived by external demonstrations of goodness by ravaging wolves in sheep's clothing however if you prayed about it and trusted God to give you the right person then you go about your business in line with God's will you allow God to do what only he can do which is see beyond the outside and into the hearts
of men first Samuel 16 7. But the Lord said to Samuel do not consider his appearance or his height for I have rejected him the Lord does not look at the things people look at people look at the outward appearance but the Lord looks at the heart it's therefore it's safer for you to let God make this happen for you than making it happen for yourself so that you don't become a victim of circumstances two they will fit into the working of God in your life I want you to understand that every believer is a
work of God in progress a great Destiny in the making sometimes your Association or relationships with a person might prove useful or detrimental to that work that God intends to do in you one of the ways to know that God doesn't want someone in your life or a person is not meant to be with you is they won't fit into God's purpose for Your life listen carefully this can happen even if they're believers you see because God has different purposes for us one person may be destined for a different place time or activity while you're
destined for another trying to force yourself into each other's life could be like forcing a wrong piece of the puzzle into place it can never work in fact such relationships turn into Burdens instead of relief you see this is why it's beyond emotional attachments the Bible says in second Corinthians 5 7. for we live by faith not by sight what does this mean it means we're not driven by our heads or how we feel but by faith Faith being our agreement in alignment with God's word and spirit my friend sometimes the thing you call love
or passion is just emotional Infatuation that'll be watered down over the years and under adverse circumstances unless it's inspired by God's hand it takes two to make a relationship work and in order for that to happen one person makes it easier for you to fit in and you find it easy to settle peacefully hence it becomes a confirmation that God wants them in your life three your relationship will Thrive more Even in crises one of the signs that a person isn't meant to be in your life is that they'll not be willing to bear under
pressure with you for long now please understand me there are certain pressures that can happen in a person's life that will cause them to chase away good things and good people from them such casual attitude could be toxic and traumatic to whoever's in the relationship with such a one This normally would not be a problem if the person in question makes an effort to change and are willing to admit they hurt others however one cannot thrive in a relationship that's abusive and toxic in fact such deprecation in a relationship crises might be God's sign that
a person shouldn't be in your life and vice versa what does the Bible say about the kind of person he wants his children to be associated with Second Corinthians 6 14 says do not be yoked together with unbelievers for what do righteousness and wickedness have in common or what Fellowship can light have with Darkness in other words because you and an unbeliever are influenced by different spirits and because of God's holiness he would not want you involved with an unbeliever especially one whose lifestyle Grieves the spirit of God within you However when you observe that
instead of breaking apart you're both drawn back together in the bond of Peace in the spirit of unity you'll know that God wants you to be with this person I want you to remember that Intimate Relationships especially marital relationships must involve crises at one point or another this is an established fact hence when things meant to break you apart strengthens your bond then God wants you To be together four this person is interested in committing to you and helping you become who God wants you to be although it's true that you can't marry everyone who
commits themselves to contribute to your growth it's also true that the person God wants you to be with will have this quality more than anyone else in your life take note that I said that they'd be Willing to commit in helping you become and fulfill God's purpose for your destiny intentionally I say this because it's not just about the commitment but about God's Will and your place in it the person God wants you to be with will be an extra nudge in God's Direction not in your own way or the way of the world but
in God's Own Way that means they won't encourage you to have sex with them before marriage It means that they'll value Holiness above the desires of the flesh it means that they'll be willing to pay the price and go the extra mile for you believe me when I tell you that we are all a work in progress and God's purpose for our intimate relationships is not just for you not to be lonely but also for you to grow in his grace together and in order for this to happen there must be sacrifices from both sides
one who isn't willing to make sacrifices For you especially in line with God's will may not be the right person for you to build a life with the popular verse of John 3 16 says for God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life the true signs of love and commitment is sacrifice this sacrifice would involve making you their priority and vice versa it would involve praying for each other Fasting for each other it would also involve being patient even
when we seem not to understand certain things my dear friend the kind of individual you'll end up with will go a long way in affecting God's purpose for you this is why you need to understand that God must take the lead in helping you find and commit to them They may not look like it but if you have a genuine and submissive relationship with God it becomes easier for him to either place or remove people from your life this is why I encourage you to commit in growing in your walk with God and thus building
your spiritual senses once that's done it becomes easier for you to recognize the kind of person he wants in your life and the kind of people he may not want for you God bless you and impact you with discernment as you journey to discover who he wants you to be with relationships are one of the greatest Gifts of life family friends loved ones parents children colleagues our relationships with people form the beauty of society and community through relationships we are able to find companionship and build togetherness Through our association with people we are able to
connect with one another regardless of background history race or social status even the Bible in expressing the power of having someone or people in your life said in Ecclesiastes chapter 4 verses 9 through 12. two people are better than one because they can reap more benefit from their labor for if they fall one will help his companion up but pity the person who Falls down and has no one to help them up furthermore if two lie down together they can keep each other warm but how can one person keep warm by himself although an assailant
May overpower one person two can withstand him moreover a three-stranded chord is not quickly broken furthermore when God created man in Eden and blessed Humanity to multiply all over the Earth he was establishing the essence of community man was built to be A social being to live in community to communicate this is why we have eyes to see ears to hear free to move hands to touch skin to feel that touch and so on you can love yourself but being surrounded by loving people makes a big difference you may be able to help yourself many
times but there will be times when you will require the assistance of others and knowing that they are there to assist you is a great blessing This was something Jesus realized that is why he promised his disciples and everyone who believes in him his ever-present company through the spirit John chapter 14 verses 17-19 the spirit of Truth the world cannot accept him because it neither sees him nor knows him but you know him for he lives with you and will be in you I will not leave you as orphans I will come to you before
long the world will not see any more but you will see me because I Live you also will live this is such a beautiful thing knowing that as you journey through life facing the turmoil the heartaches and the storms the highs and the lows you will always have someone close to you when no one else can there are different kinds and levels of relationships we develop along life's journey the value of each relationship is determined by either the kind of connections we share or by the kind of Benefit they bring into our lives for instance
with or without benefit because we are connected to family by Blood we share a special connection with our parents and our siblings no matter how much differences you may have with your family they are still your family nothing can change that fact that the same blood flows through your veins though family may abandon you and hurt you they are still what they are family the same goes for your spouse you see Your spouse shares a bond with you that is both physical legal and spiritual in fact the Bible says that when a man and a
woman are properly and legally joined together in marriage it is God who has joined them together and nobody is permitted to separate that Union it is a union that is binding on Earth and in heaven Mark chapter 10 verses 7 through 9 says for this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be United to his Wife and the two will become one flesh so they are no longer two but one flesh therefore what God has joined together let no one separate God is glorified in any relationship that makes us stronger better and
helps us fulfill his purpose for our lives our friends spouses acquaintances and family are amazing additions to our lives however dear friend take note of this very important message today you must never Elevate anyone in your life To that point where you have to beg him or her to stay in your life before they do a relationship is no longer one when it now feels like a favor done for one party by the other in the world today there's a massive desire in the hearts of many people that feel loved accepted and wanted this desire
has driven some people to give themselves away slowly losing sight of their own self-worth until they are reduced to nothing but a tool in the Hand of someone who is just there for the fun ride and will toss them off anytime they want beloved you are much more than you think you are you are not just anybody seeking validation from the world you are not just one man or one woman seeking to be liked by people you are more than that you are the king's kid do you not know this I mean the monarch of
the universe calls you his most prized possession no one sees in you what he sees not even You yourself David the sweet psalmist once asked in Psalms 8 verses 3 through 6 when I consider your Heavens the work of your fingers the moon and the stars which you have set in place what is mankind that you are mindful of them human beings that you care for them you have made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with Glory and Honor you made them rulers over the works of your hands you put everything
under their Feet you might as well put your name right there dear Saint you are so special to him he calls you a chosen generation he calls you royalty a royal priesthood he calls you a holy nation the Lord God Almighty looks on you and calls you a very peculiar special unique and amazing Soul this is who you are do you now see that reducing yourself to seeking validation from one person who is here today and gone tomorrow does a Great Injustice to who God says you are now I do not deny that you will
not always be right in your relationship choices or in your dealings with people that God will bring into your life some people come into your life to fulfill God's purpose in you and for you it may end up leaving because you fail to see that purpose or even appreciate it at the time maybe because you don't know so much or you are still unwise and not mature at the time as you grow you can Learn to appreciate people in life much more as you grow you can learn to love people rightly as you mature you
will learn to bring peace and healing to people that God has brought into your life placing value and appreciating people that God brings into your life acknowledging your limitations and weaknesses acknowledging when you are wrong and have messed up humbling yourself to learn and grow from them is A great way to sustain good relationships and become great yourself however every person that comes into your life has a time a season and a purpose one of the greatest disasters you can bring into your life as an individual is to keep a relationship for long with someone
meant to be in your life only for a short while over time such a relationship will become a burden a ticking Time Bomb waiting to explode and Destroy stuff in your life the same Thing happens with the relationship meant to be for a long term being cut short because it doesn't meet your desired speculations dear friend sometimes God's best does not always come in the most beautiful packages not knowing the difference between the kinds of relationships that are in your life or how to manage them will bring more loss to your life than gain therefore
my friend if or when people choose to leave your life at any time in your life Especially when you know you didn't do anything that display pleases God please let them go there is only one relationship in your life that you cannot do without your relationship with God if and when any other relationship ends as long as you can confirm that it is not the result of your bad attitude hurting a good soul in your life but rather a threat a desire to replace God in your life to diminish your value and Worth to make
you chase After them as if your life depended on it let them go Jesus said in John chapter 15 verse 5 I am the vine you are the branches if you remain in me and I in you you will bear much fruit apart from me you can do nothing people can choose to leave your life for different reasons you need to understand this my friend some people will leave because they can no longer manipulate you like they used To some people will leave when you start standing up for yourself speaking up against their behavior and
demands of you that has been wronged some people will walk away when they can no longer mess around with your life some will leave when they find new prey some might leave because they find someone they believe is better than you like I said you are not perfect God doesn't even say you are however you are Not going to remain the way you are as long as you walk in the light of what God has said concerning you growing in his grace and mercy what you need in your life right now is not someone who
sees you for who you've been all along but who will dare to see you for who you can be that's what you need in your life my friend you don't need another friend who wants to hang out and waste your time and Destiny on trivial things you don't need another friend who just wants To blend in with the world and who gets offended when there is even the slightest mention of standing out you need the right people in your life I will say that again you need the right people in your life you need people
who push you closer to God closer to Destiny closer to righteousness and Holiness you need people who will love you for who you are and invite you patiently to become who you are meant to be therefore when one who cannot do this Who doesn't see this decides to leave let them go God will remove some people from your life in order to plant the right ones sometimes he will remove them in order to create room therefore instead of crying because someone left you or because someone disappointed you rejoice my friend celebrate and consider their departure
a deliverance from whatever might have happened if they weren't removed from Your life I encourage you to grow in your spiritual life through prayer studying the Bible and fellowshipping with other God-fearing Christians this has a way of empowering and growing your spiritual senses it is called discernment through discernment you will know who should be in your life and who shouldn't through discernment you will understand what God would want you to handle a Relationship that is showing up in your life through discernment you will be able to read the signs that some is meant to stay
and others are meant to leave and you can have this discernment by the help of the Holy Spirit In You that however will be the outcome of a very sensitive and developed spirit inside of you draw closer to God today my friend your heavenly father wants to guide you and protect you from the Troubles of this life it is time to start listening to him and knowing him understanding when he speaks or acts and following him accordingly [Music] foreign the most amazing display of the power and ability of the Divine has come from the release
of the ever elusive force of Faith since time immemorial men have been called up to this platform also You and I despite all the overwhelming position of seeming disadvantage we Face have been called up to this elusive place of trust and absolute belief in God in deep-seated Hope desperately clinging to another reality than the one our eyes interpret to us our physical eyes and senses make us aware that we are doomed Beyond Redemption that we are hopelessly suspended in a disastrous situation no Matter our Outlook and our prior preparations in the face of Life issues
the problems that confront us have somehow convinced our senses that there is indeed no probability of Us coming out of this unscathed in response to these situation report from our senses we make plans to salvage survival from The Impossible odds ahead of us we plan to barely get by and we plan to survive with the least alienated Rejected heartbroken distraught emotionally damaged compromised belittled and downtrodden our holy hope is to someone survive after all is said and done this is human hope this is human fate this we convince ourselves of and then live up to
this we live a whole life devoid of the possibility God brings to Bear by coming into our gloomy life's picture we Distance ourselves from the hope of God's word and the brilliant realities he speaks of in his word to us and for us we regard these promises with testimonies of so many who had encountered him in the records of scripture as Tall Tales of unrealistic proportions we bear a heart of Doubt Consolidated in hopelessness malice broken promises and guilt that makes it impossible for God To seem accessible to us we build a tall and sturdy
wall of doubt and hopelessness around our lives despite God's word we regard the live testimonies of frail men like us who have encountered God's mercy and help in the most outrageous way as distant truths rare cases of random events of God's mercy and help we choose to maintain an air castle of Faith instead holding on to the unrealistic place of religion While living in well-convinced doubt this way we the very Children of the most high God live the better part of our Lives as distant relatives of God unaware of the mercy of God distant from
the grace of God to save Exempted from the help of God very well rooted in our right as sons of God in so doing we choose instead to scrounge through life surviving on scraps and pieces through hard-fought battles with living Conditions and competitions we forsake all our hope and inheritance in God for a meal with pigs in a distant land like the proverb of Jesus in Luke 15 11-17 and he said a certain man had two sons and the younger of them said to his father father give me the portion of goods that falleth to
me and he divided unto them his living and not many days after the younger son gathered all together and took his journey into a far country and there Wasted his substance with riotous living when he had spent all there arose a mighty famine in that land and he began to be in want and he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country and he sent him into his fields to feed swine and he would feign of filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat and no man gave unto him and
when he came to himself he said how many hired Servants of my father have bred enough into spare and I perish With hunger like the parable of Jesus the whole creation is desperately in pain within awaiting our manifestation Romans 8 18-22 for I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in US for the earnest expectation of the creature weighteth for the manifestation of the sons of God For the creature was made subject to vanity not willingly but by reason of him who
hath suspected the same and hope because the creature itself shall also be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the Glorious Liberty of the children of God for we know that the whole creation growneth and travaileth in pain together until now the world is waiting for you dear child of God the whole of creation groans Desperately and quietly for you to find your faith your hope your trust your feet your devotion your God and your dedication to his word and the absolute symbol of his person to you dear child of God you cannot lose heart
now you cannot afford to lose your heart now not now not ever for more than you have ever known Jesus depends on you than you would ever know God desperately desires to have you to Himself he desperately seeks to gain your attention that you would of your own absolutely free will choose him trust him hope in him have faith in him believe in him that you will come around yourself that even though you his Precious Child stagger now and miss your way dearly that you will find your faith again that you will of your volition
learn to trust him again by spending time in his presence in his word That you choose again to believe that it is a season that this too will pass that God is faithful Beyond a doubt that he is able no to matter the season of life you find yourself God's creative process might seem to take forever it might seem to take too long for you it might seem to be exaggerating unnecessarily lengthy in your life but God is faithful he is not wasting your time He is teaching you patience He is building you through a
very steep process of waiting in faith and trust he is carefully crafting out a future for you he is very deliberate about the process of your manifestation to your world he is most intentional about it he seeks to build in you the necessary ability to sustain all these blessings and possess the necessary character despite the increase in lifting in your Life you must be made aware that so many have come before you who desperate to be known famous wealthy successful and celebrated ran off into their own Doom disastrously pushed to their own destruction by what
should have been the channel to link to their blessing and their lifting they were ensnared by what they thought was a breakthrough sadly it was a breakdown in disguise God is extremely deliberate about the how than even the ultimate alluring destination he is aware that if a man does not take proper care such men could be trapped by the very good blessing they have received becoming conceited to their own rapid destruction doomed to never survive the Fatal strike of success so many dear Christian Brothers have been ensnared by their own desires Trapped defeated and publicly
paraded as failures where they once thrived flamboyantly in Pride the world Bears great prejudice against all dear ones who hail from God and choose to identify with Jesus and are seeming successful with their Endeavor here on Earth God is here God is aware God is patient to see you develop all the Ever So necessary capacity that you desperately need to sustain the release Of the blessing upon your life God is not a careless father who in a bid to bless and sustain his sons and daughters upon the face of the Earth will give them what
will ruin them here on Earth and even more disastrously in eternity he is very much aware of this and sees the bigger picture at every turn because of this the great God of Israel patiently tests his dear children and helps them mature into their own Inheritance as that parable of Jesus shared earlier the dear father is aware his son's desire to own things and be in command of Their Own but he also has a much better foresight than them all he sees that they cannot and knows what they do not he knows that the heart
of man is desperately wicked to unimaginable proportions He is aware that the fake Praise of man is a snare to the soul of the innocent even the innocent children of God that the love and support of men around you are mere fickle feelings sponsored by deep-seated personal desires seeking precedence from this he has an ever-caring father who seeks to protect his dear little ones from the destructive arms of the wicked one in this world sadly many All Through Time have sought After independence from God to their own doom and pierced themselves with many sorrows they
have destroyed their own lives by allowing Cravings unfiltered to gain access into their own lives they have contended with God over every single inch of their lives in deep contention till they have tired out the precious Holy Spirit sent to be their teacher counselor and partner on their Voyage Through Time and existence in the Earth they have consistently abused and insulted the grace of God that has continually sought to save them from themselves and from the wicked influences around their lives stop that doubt right now dear child of God stop that second guessing and desire
to seek another means from other means stop it at once stop looking for Hope and faith in God All he has ever done and is still doing it for your own benefit he is looking out for you no one out there no matter how close they are can ever have your corner like Jesus no one keep your faith alive keep your hope alive he has never lied to any man God has never deceived anyone out there what he had said he would do he would do Isaiah 55 8-11 For my thoughts are not your thoughts
neither are your ways my ways saith the Lord for as the heavens are higher than the Earth so are my ways higher than your ways my thoughts than your thoughts for as the rain cometh down and the snow from heaven and returneth not thither but watereth the Earth and maketh it bring forth and Bud that it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater So shall my word go forth out of my mouth it shall not return unto me void but it shall accomplish that which I please and it shall prosper in
the thing whereto I sent it stay in faith keep believing in God dear child of God his word to you is sure than the heavens [Music] what is prayer why is prayer so important for believers And to your Survival on this Earthly plane the Bible gives us one of the greatest councils of all time it's found in two portions of scripture in Luke and in Paul's epistle to the Thessalonians in Luke 18 1 it says then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up and in
first Thessalonians 5 17 it said pray continually It is of the greatest importance for the child of God to be prayerful for the Christian for you prayer is more than just mouthing words and making a list of your wants before God it's much more than that yes in prayers we make our requests known to God no doubt but there's more to it than you know there is more to it than you're taking advantage one day Jesus was teaching the disciples how to pray and one of the things he Said was your kingdom come your will
be done on Earth as it is in heaven you know many times we go over these lines as if we're reciting a poem but pay very little attention to this aspect of Prayer permit me to say that this is the heart of prayer this is Warfare someone may ask how is such a simple prayer Warfare I'll show you you see the will of God is Ultimate it is the best it's good it's safe It's meant for the good of all of God's creation although the will of God is powerful he does not always exert or
force it on the Earth so sometimes you can see the move of God and sometimes it might seem that God's Not There the reason for this is because God has made the Earth the domain of men when he has to do anything on Earth he seeks for men to endorse his participation or Partnership in order to exert his will therefore as loving and as powerful as the father is this greatest participations are not random but dependent on man's invitation there are exceptional cases but in cases that involve people in their Wills God usually waits for
our invitation hence we do not only see the will of God at play on Earth we also see the will of men or the will of the enemy Satan more often than not what we call the will of Man many times is simply man partnering with the devil to execute what he thinks he wants but actually what Satan wants and what is Satan's ultimate goal in every situation John 10 10 says it all the thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy I have come so that they may have life and have it to
the full he has one aim and it's to steal kill and destroy Satan's not as powerful as many of us might think His power is in his ability to convince man to partner with him it's in this partnership that we actually give him the power to hurt us because in obedience to him we enslave ourselves under his influence Paul writing in Romans 6 16 said don't you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves you are slaves to the one you obey whether you're slaves to sin which leads to death or to
obedience which leads to Righteousness for this single reason alone you will realize that bringing or enforcing the will of God must be met with resistance by our Arch Enemy Satan this is why prayer is Warfare this is why for you the believer it's more than just talking about your next meal it's bigger than that it's more about insisting that light shines where darkness wants to rain it's about good prevailing on a plane Where evil has a foothold Satan will not let go easy this is why you must pray it's the will of God for everyone
to be saved for none to be lost but that everyone comes to the knowledge of the truth it's the will of God for his people to live peaceably and in all godliness it is the will of God for his people to dwell in peace and quietness it's the will of God for his people to Dwell in unity and Oneness it is the will of God for you to love and be loved back for you to be healthy for you to excel in your endeavors this is not what the enemy The Devil Wants he wants Wars
and convinces rulers and peoples to agree to destroy each other he wants crises disunity death and instability he wants poverty he wants diseases pandemics that will separate loved ones He wants trouble in every home he is darkness and God is light and because we are in God we are also lights on the earth therefore making us channels of God's light and threats to the devil why else do you think that prayer feels like a burden on some days you could talk with friends for hours on end without getting tired but the moment you decide to
pray sometimes you have to struggle with fatigue disinterest or Distractions this is not your doing my friend it is the enemy he doesn't want you to pray he knows that when you pray his purpose will be defeated and God will prosper you must understand dear Saint as long as we're on Earth we're in Warfare Benson ordered to stay safe and not become casualty or victims in this Warfare we must engage in it how do we engage in this Warfare of life Before I say so let me quickly say that for us children of God we
do not engage in Warfare so that we can win over Satan no rather we're in Warfare to retain the victory that our lord Jesus has gotten over Satan already Therefore your battle your Warfare must match the victory of Jesus in order to win this is why you can't afford to be casual about your prayer life dear saint if you fail to sustain a fiery prayer life you'll find yourself struggling to Maintain the very things you know and believe are yours in Christ Jesus your life may fall apart right before your eyes your business relationships family
finances and so on yes the Bible has great promises concerning you on these matters however it's only through prayerfulness that you'll be able to take hold of them for yourselves this isn't gonna happen because you're able to read whole texts of scripture Neither will it come from you going to the best universities taking counseling classes joining the Army taking self-defense classes and so on these are all great but building your Fortress of spiritual warfare with these will only prove futile you cannot fight spiritual battles with physical weapons it won't work you can't win the battle
against the evil spirit behind a nagging boss an unfair Court ruling Injustice insecurity Sicknesses and diseases by your physical strength or abilities it won't go anywhere second Corinthians 10 3-5 says for though we live in the world we do not wage Wars the world does the weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world on the contrary they have divine power to demolish strongholds we demolish arguments in every pretension that sets itself up against The knowledge of God and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ do you now see
what I've been talking about prayer is our weapon of spiritual warfare when the Bible mentioned the whole armor of God there was no physical material there there was no gun or armored tanks there furthermore all of those were to be used With prayers Ephesians 6 18 the verse right after the list of the whole armor and what they were used for says and pray in the spirit on All Occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests with this in mind be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord's people therefore in this battle
the spirit of prayer is your greatest need as the child of God Every child of God is a potential prayer Warrior every child of God is a potential intercessor you only become one when you actively take up your place there remember that I said earlier your praying must match the victory of Christ that you desire to lay a hold on hence the need to be intense in prayers what about those days when you desire to pray but feel powerless or lack the urge to do so Well at that time you must remember one thing you
pray but you don't pray by your strength or by your feelings you pray by the spirit of God he is the spirit of prayer the spirit of intercession Romans 8 26 in the same way the spirit helps us in our weakness we do not know what we ought to pray for but the spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless Groans in the day when you feel that fiery intensity to pray pray when you don't feel it you must also pray because that is the day you need it the most the devil doesn't want you standing
in his way and if you listen to the flesh or your feelings then you truly won't pray at all thereby giving him the permission to Wreak destruction in or around our lives but when you let the spirit of prayer overwhelm you and when you discover through Revelation from God's word that this or that is the will of God for you you will then take your place away from the heat of the physical manifestation to pray it into reality one of the greatest extinguishers of the spirit of prayer is focusing on and engaging with the physical
heat of these confrontations They'll get you used to it so much that you'll forget that your fight's not with the face to face with the natural it's face to face with the spiritual with your back turned to the Natural until it changes everyone else around may tell you that what you need is a lawsuit against that boss or that landlord it may work for them and if God says you should do so great however the first place you should fight is not in the Court or the workplace the first place you fight is in your
closet on your knees with the word of God as a sword on your lips and your faith is a shield praying and casting down everything that wants to exalt itself against the will of God for you the blessedness of this is that we have an assurance that when we pray according to God's word he will hear us hence it's not a question of whether he'll hear or not but of the fire with Which we pray I encourage you today to ask the Lord for the grace to stand in the place of Prayer I encourage you
to ask the Holy Spirit to put his fire on the altar of your heart and ignite an ever-burning flame that will turn you into the prayer Warrior that you're meant to be his grace is sufficient and there's more than enough to go around He's waiting to take over if you'll just invite him in today the spirit of Prayer he's what you need to Prevail in this dark and cold world of death and destruction he is why we're more than conquerors In the Heat of the Moment it is quite challenging to figure out what God is
doing in the background when everything seems out of place it is true especially at those dark Moments when you take inventory of yourself your job your marriage and your relationships these moments scream God's absence sometimes these moments even tell us that something is wrong with us sometimes they say it's our past haunting us however these are all lies from the devil God is never far away if you are a child of God he is always with you always by you and always for you all he wants to see is that you Excel and that your
life makes a difference in the World no matter who you are and where you are 3rd John chapter 2. dear friend I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you even as your soul is getting along well not only does God wish for you to have a great life a fulfilled and healthy life he also works in the background of things to make that happen Romans chapter 8 verse 28 says and we know that in all things God works for The good of those who love him who have
been called according to his purpose so that although you don't see what is going on in the background God is very more involved in your situation than you know it doesn't matter whether you've asked for his help yet or not if you are still able to wake up every passing day then God's not done with you yet on the earth he is still on your case I want to encourage you with these few words today there's no doubt about God's Faithfulness especially to those who worship and love him he will always come through for them
no matter what however let's focus on you for a moment I mean you the Christian you the one who's given his or her life over to Jesus you the one who loves and lives for God that's right I mean you one of the biggest battles many of us face is the battle for control this makes trusting God to work behind the scene a bit more challenging for example We like to know what to expect we like to understand the pros and cons we like to prepare ourselves for what is to come the gains and the
losses alike but with God doesn't work that way and this saddens us because it seems riskier however if You observe your life you will realize that we were not created to control the outcomes of everything in our lives we were created rather to hand Our Lives over to God and Trust for the outcome he Believes to be best for us we were created to work but in line with his directive for us and not we ourselves let me give you a further example look around you for a moment and see how many of such control
you can exercise can a person tell them they will be sick or not or when they will die or not and just so you know I mean even the best of us can battle some of the deadliest of diseases and by very best I mean those who love God and live in a closer walk With him each step of the way even people like that who may be more spiritual than you may face such a situation in their own lives so it is not a matter of whether they have a relationship with God or not
does God heal of course he does does God raise the dead yes he does too can he revive Those whom others have given up on yes he can but who determines how their lives will go those who can afford it get hired guards and security cameras Because even they can't guarantee their own safety and still many of them may still get robbed meet death in the bathroom and so on another may go into business Having learned all there is to learn and given all the assurances by the very best in the field only to have
the market crash on their arrival I am pointing out these things because while you choose to hold on to your own strength until you are able to control Everything about your life you are taking an even greater risk with your life than you would if you trusted God with the things that are Beyond you you could do business with human beings that you can see and may be paid or lose but with God you will not lose he pays and he pays well he may not do it when you want or how you want but
God owes no one here is what he says in second Chronicles chapter 16 verse 9 for the Eyes of the Lord range throughout the Earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him you have done a foolish thing and from now on you will be at War what is he always doing his eyes are always looking out for those who have pledged themselves to him those who have ensured themselves in him to strengthen them one translation says to prove himself strong on their behalf that is similar to what Paul wrote in Romans these
people may not even know That God is looking out for them looking out for their businesses looking out for their marriages looking out for their children their health and their finances but he is everything they are going through is considered an opportunity for him to show them how strong he is that is what God does this is how God works it is our desire to figure things out it makes it difficult for us to trust that God has us covered it is the pride of our hearts That would make us rather depend on our limited
ability than on the ability of God this is the outcome of a lack of faith you see the Bible says in Hebrews chapter 11 verse 1 now Faith is confidence in what we hope for and Assurance about what we do not see and in verse 38 of chapter 10 It also says that but my righteous one will live by faith and I take no pleasure in the one who shrinks back the people of God those who have truly come to him those who Have truly put their trust in him will live by faith and what
is this faith it is having confidence in that things that you hope for in God and having the assurance and the Unseen as if it is seen this is a little amusing because other than a paper or a signature we usually feel more comfortable to have this faith in the insurance company than we do in God who is greater than an insurance company your insurance company can fail you but God will never fail you Your insurance company may have to wait until disaster strikes before aiding you on your premium however with God he is always
working to Aid you not just in the day of trouble but even before that Isaiah chapter 30 verse 21 says whether you turn to the right or to the left your ears will hear a voice behind you saying this is the way walk in it it is not just his job to deliver you when you are in the trouble but to guide you against entering it in the first place Though he is not obligated to Aid us God puts that on himself that anyone who calls him him in faith will receive his help this is
my message to you today that just like the movie director and the crew members who work tirelessly to make a great movie that you so love greatly without appearing in it in the background of your life God is involved people only see the movie casts the actors and actresses and we celebrate them however there are those who work Behind the scenes these are the ones who make it happen just like these people God is working behind that disappointment to prepare a stage for you just like a movie has a plot twist you think you've seen
the worst and the director blows your mind with the script God has your script and as long as you keep walking in faith on him that script will play out don't worry about how it is right now when the twist comes everything will fall into place my Friend I urge you today to not only dare to trust God but to also examine yourself to make sure you are walking with him remember that when the Bible said all things work together for the good of them that love God it wasn't referring to people who were living
for themselves doing their own thing and walking in Disobedience it was talking about those whose hearts are on God who seek to obey his will with all their hearts it was Talking about people who were not condoning sin in their lives who committed themselves to seeing righteousness and Truth Prevail men and women who genuinely love God when Joseph was going through his various ordeals it probably didn't look like God was working on his behalf but did Joseph give up no he didn't he kept believing he didn't throw his Integrity away Potiphar's wife the prison he
not only kept his focus on his dreams or the Promises of God he also kept this heart with God what about Abraham his relationship with God was solid through the ups and downs through the disappointments and all until the Bible says God fulfilled all he promised what about the Israelites hear what Moses told them in Deuteronomy chapter 8 verse 2. remember how the Lord your God LED you all the way in the wilderness these 40 years to humble and test you in order to know what was in your heart whether Or not you would keep
his commands in all from one generation to another God was working in the background using their circumstances to prepare them for what was ahead sometimes what you go through will not look like where you are going therefore you must not make the mistake of defining your future with what you are currently dealing with right now your current circumstances is not the destination it is just a journey God has Prepared your destination and is with you on the Journey Don't Stop Believing don't stop hoping don't lose hope don't lose heart don't lose Faith the just shall
live only by their faith that means without faith the just shall die and how does faith come it comes from the word of God expose your heart to the word of God to the knowledge of his word and his ability to execute every bit to the latter you will have what you believe you will Only go so far as your faith in him if you believe him for the long run you will get there if you only believe him when it favors your mind then you'll fall off when things go off blessed are those whose
hearts are on him they will not fail they will not fail I urge you today you need to keep believing your Miracle is about to reveal itself God is working it still working on your behalf it is about to reveal itself don't give up yet Foreign [Music]