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Crucify Your Flesh:7 Ways to Get Deliverance

Posted by Dec 31, 2019 Holy Word, Word of Faith 8 Comments
Crucify Your Flesh:7 Ways to Get Deliverance

Crucify your flesh is a process of reformation. It is not done by miracle but through commitment. It is not a third-party intervention but your personal decision.

“I couldn’t stop myself doing it,” said Jones. “It” was his lust, which he satisfies regularly. “I lost control of it,” said Janet. What she lost was control of her tongue, which she always uses to pull down people with toxic insult. Similar instances are listless, but my question is should we continue these regrets or to crucify the flesh?

What Does Crucify Your Flesh Means?

Paul told the churches of Galatia that those who have come to faith in Christ have “crucified the flesh.”

“And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.” Galatians 5:24

More than anything else, “crucifying the flesh” is Paul’s description of a radical repentance that must take place in your life.

The conventional crucifixion causes physical suffering, but to crucify your flesh involves psychological suffering as you turn your back on the old way of life.

Criminals nailed to the cross did not survive. So, your old nature must be on the cross and no more survival of the old self in you.

Your crucified flesh means your sinful old desires are separated from you and are dead.

Note: Crucifixion is painful, so get prepared for unpleasant moment when nailing your sinful desires on the cross.

Crucifying the Old Man for New Life

To receive a new life from the LORD, you have to put off the “old man” who is your old life without godliness.

“If indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus: that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.” Ephesian 4: 21-24

Your “old man” is your mindset before given your life to Jesus Christ, where you allowed sin to rule your life. Your old life did not make a conscious decision to resist sin but instead gave in to temptation.

There is no way you can stop sinning if your “old man” continues to be active in your life. So, you we will need forgiveness for the same sins you commit every day.

To believe some church doctrine that you can get victory over sin without putting off the “old man” is deception from the kingdom of Devil. If you want spiritual progress after given your life to Jesus Christ, then you have to crucify or put off, your “old man.”

Crucifying the “old man” is a decision you make by faith to put off your old mindset (which willingly gave in to sinful actions) and put on the “new man”. Your new man is a new mindset with a strong determination to resist sin and to live a crucified life with Jesus Christ.

When you crucify your flesh then your new mind no longer serves sin, but instead declares a resounding “No!” when you are tempted. This is a powerful decision of faith, which takes place in our mind.

Appetites of the flesh

Despite given your life to the LORD, your flesh may crave for the following appetites, but you must remember that your old man is crucified. Say a Big NO! to the following:

“Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.” (Galatians 5:19-21)

“But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints; neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks.

For this you know, that no fornicator, unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.” (Ephesians 5: 3-5)

“Therefore, put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. Because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience…” (Colossians 3:5-6)

“But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.” (Revelation 21:8)

7 Benefits when you Crucify Your Flesh

Your Flesh is referred to as the old man, the sinful desires and the unholy thoughts. The only way to receive a righteous peaceful life is to imitate the act of Jesus. How? Crucify your flesh!

The Benefits of killing your flesh on the cross include:

1. Acquisition of a New Life

2. Jehovah, Jesus Christ and Holy Spirit will come into your heart

3. When sinful thoughts come, you would overcome the temptation

4. Your name is written in the Book of Life

5. You will have Peace everyday

6. You won’t misbehave because every decision is approved by God

7. Your status will change permanently from sinner to Child of God

7 Ways to Crucify your Flesh

Don’t worry if you have to follow the steps below every day, because His Grace is available. Very soon your lifestyle will adjust completely to the standard of the Lord.

1. Pray with all your heart

Prayer is a means of communicating with God. This is the time you put everything before the LORD. Ask for victory and forgiveness. You will gain strength, clarity, peace, and comfort through prayers.

2. Read your Bible

No child of God can survive without studying the Word of God daily. The Word of God helps true repentance and transformation. Reading the Bible with an open willing heart does wonders for your mind and soul.

3. Genuine Repentance

Repentance is turning away from sin. To crucify your flesh is to turn away from your sinful nature. Make a commitment not to go back to those wrong doings. Stay away from people that may lure you into the mess again!

4. Make GOD the First

Do not take any action without getting God’s consent. God dwells in the heart of the believers. His Spirit is your Counsellor. Don’t take any action because 99 percent of the people around you are doing the same thing.  

5. Always Activate your Mind

Always fill your heart with; the promises of the LORD, His commandments and His instructions. Listen to good gospel music that inspire your soul. Read books and websites that connect you to the spiritual things of the Lord. A passive mind is a sinner’s mind.

6. Obey the Word

The difference between the old man and the new man is obedience to the word of God without compromising. Your crucified flesh will always be doers of the Word and not just hearer. Your flesh would be crucified if you don’t argue with the Holy Spirit.

7. Be Steadfast

When you neglect your personal relationship with Jesus Christ, it becomes easier to backslide and fall into your sinful nature. But steadfastness brings about holy mind set and spiritual growth.

 

The steps above are scriptural guidelines to crucify your flesh. I followed the steps and my flesh was crucified. Obey the steps and you will have freedom from bondage of sin.

Walk in the Spirit: 5 Practical Ways to Walk in Perfection!

Posted by Dec 11, 2019 Holy Word, Church, Word of Faith 1 Comment
Walk in the Spirit: 5 Practical Ways to Walk in Perfection!

Walk in the Spirit means obeying the ‘spiritual compass’ of the Lord during your journey in this world. There are many questions such as:

Who can be a perfect man? Can anyone on earth be holy as the Lord? Is it possible to live without sin in this sinful world…?

Despite the LORD’s instructions to us to be perfect, holy and sinless, many people still find it impossible to do. Why? The reason is simply because many don’t walk in the Spirit.

Today’s message will elaborate the significance of Holy Spirit and how to walk in the presence of the LORD blamelessly.

Who is the Holy Spirit?

Holy Spirit is the Spirit of GOD. Jesus says: “God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” (John 4:24)

The plan of God for our permanent salvation is to send a sinless being (Jesus Christ) as the last sacrifice for cleansing our sins and after the Blood and Resurrection, His Holy Spirit will always be available to guide us in all our steps on earth.

Holy Spirit is the only Helper that can make you have a successful walk. Jesus says: “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.”

7 Ways to Receive the Holy Spirit

You can only walk in the Spirit if you have the Spirit of God in you.

To receive the Holy Spirit has nothing to do with learning the language of speaking in tongues, anointed handkerchief, drinking holy coconut water and anointing oil or moving from one Pastor to another.

Note: No one is a distributor of the Holy Spirit, it belongs to GOD and it only comes from the LORD.

I received the Holy Spirit directly from GOD, so if you want a genuine Spirit then do the following:

1. Make a choice to leave worldliness and love godliness

2. Confess your sins from the depth of your heart

3. Repent from your careless life and decide to follow Jesus Christ

4. Pray to the LORD for Forgiveness

5. Read and Obey the commandments of Jesus Christ

6. Give your whole heart to the LORD

7. Pray to God to bless you with His Holy Spirit

If you follow the seven steps above, the Holy Spirit will be activated in you. Not necessarily through speaking in tongues because there are many other gifts of the Spirit. Please read First Corinthians chapter 12 for more understanding.

The main signal to know that the Holy Spirit is in you is; He will always instruct you to do the right things and give you wise advice and brilliant opinions that won’t make you stumble as you walk in the spirit.

He is also responsible for the success of your daily endeavours and you won’t be a failure anymore. I always enjoy the counsel of the Holy Spirit every minute of my life!

What is the Way of the Holy Spirit?

To walk in the Spirit requires knowing the way of the Holy Spirit.

“Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” (John 14:6)

Thus, the way of the Holy Spirit is Jesus. So, how can you understand the way? You can do this by:

1. Studying the life of Jesus as written in the Bible

2. Drafting all His commandments and

3. Understanding the broad picture of His salvation for your life

The way of the Holy Spirit is summarised as the route of Righteousness. So, when you walk in Spirit you are invariably working in God’s Righteousness.

5 Practical Ways to Walk in the Spirit

1. Love Jesus with all your Mind

Not the love on the lips, but the true love that can be seen in your lifestyle.

“Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.” (John 14:23)

Hallelujah! I love this passage so much because it works so much for me!

2. Make your Body a Living Sacrifice

Be cautious of the things you do with your body. Don’t involve yourself in the works of the flesh such as: image transformation (tattoos, make-ups…), adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like… (Galatians 5:19-21)

3. Produce Fruits of the Spirit

To walk in the Spirit is a righteous lifestyle and not a doctrine. Thus, your life must have the following qualities; love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.

4. Daily Devotion of your Life

My practical experience shows that I can’t live today through the glory of yesterday. If you want to walk in Spirit always, then always refresh your mind in the presence of the LORD every morning.

Pronounce your dedication to serve Him with all your heart and ask Him for divine strength on daily basis. Did you know the cause for daily Prayers? The reason is each day has its own peculiarity.

Jesus says: “…Sufficient for the day is its own trouble…” (Matthew 6:34)

5. Eat the Bible like Food

Download the soft copy of the Bible into your mobile phones, tablet, laptop and USB devices for the audio versions. I recommend the NKJV and NLT versions because I noticed many new versions watered down the original meaning of the scriptures.

To walk in the Spirit involves knowing the word (instructions) of God. Despite my busy schedules, I put on my ear-piece to listen to the audio Bible for perfect remembrance of the route and direction to follow.

 

The benefits of walking in the Spirit are the unlimited Joy on earth and the inheritance of Heaven. If you want to consistently walk in the Spirit then forsake the things of this world and obey the commandments of Jesus Christ and don’t disobey the voice of the Holy Spirit.

How to Make Peace with God

Posted by Nov 28, 2019 Holy Word, Word of Faith Leave a Comment
How to Make Peace with God

Peace with God is a new kind of life that gives rest to your soul during good and bad condition of life. Peace is so precious that money cannot buy, but don’t worry you can get it free!

Today’s message elaborates the significance of peace and how to possess it.

Before I met Christ, I had many friends of different high classic categories but I couldn’t find peace in their midst. My money could not give me peace. My beautiful properties compounded my fears. I attend church services but I couldn’t enjoy that joy which can give rest to my soul…

But when I changed my orientation about life, I made peace with God and my life is full of rest till this moment.

5 Major Ways to Make Peace with God

 

1. Trust Jesus Christ as your Saviour

Take your Christian life to the next higher level. Boycott hypocrisy and surrender your total life to Jesus. Read about Jesus in the Bible and Obey His instructions.

Jesus says: “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” (John 14:27)

2. Confess Secret Sins

Stop given excuses for your wrong doings. Forgive your offenders and go on your knee with a broken heart to seek God’s forgiveness for your sins.

“…having made peace through the blood of His cross. And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works. Yet now He has reconciled in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight…” (Colossians 1:20-22)

3. Build Personal Relationship

The best way to make peace with God is to set up a daily fellowship with Him. Make some minutes or hours available for worship, prayers and Bible studies. The LORD would always visit you. I followed this step strictly and I had a spectacular experience with the LORD.

“You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.” (Isaiah 26:3)

4. Life of Holiness

Log out from the school of thought that the grace of God neutralises your active sinful life. Hate sin and stay off from it! You can make peace with God by living a holy life.

“And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy.” (Leviticus 19:1-2)

5. Love your Neighbour

You can make peace with God by helping the poor, preaching the Gospel to the unbelievers and be at peace with your neighbour. This step pleases the Heart of the LORD and He would reward you.

When you accept Jesus Christ, who is the Prince of Peace into your life then it becomes easy for you to make peace with God. Your Faith in the Lord, Obedience to His word and your holy lifestyle are paramount factors for your peaceful life.

Spiritual Procrastination: Can Christian overcome Procrastination?

Posted by May 11, 2019 Holy Word, Word of Faith Leave a Comment
Spiritual Procrastination: Can Christian overcome Procrastination?

Procrastination is a sluggish attitudinal weapon that irreversibly destroys its victim. Spiritual procrastination is a feeling of desperately wanting to do God’s instruction or assignment, but not getting started.

Pies Steel, a human resources professor at the University of Calgary’s Haskayne School of Business, stated that 95% of the population procrastinates at times, with 20% being chronic offenders.

How often do you put procrastination under your foot? Today’s message will elaborate the effects of spiritual procrastination and how to overcome it.

How does Spiritual Procrastination find its way into you?

You will suffer procrastination whenever you blame someone or something other than yourself. Watch out for the following words as the channels of spiritual procrastination:

*I was too busy to share the gospel with my friends …

*I was too tired …

*I was stressed up throughout the day …

*I was too sleepy to study the Bible …

*I am not wealthy enough to help the poor …

*I can’t concentrate …

If you always see someone or something standing against you and your willingness to do God’s will, then you will never hold yourself responsible for the spiritual procrastination, and such act is a time-bomb.

Effects of Spiritual Procrastination to Christians

Spiritual procrastination looks harmless, but at a long-run it tumbles the life of the sufferer. The effects are not limited to the following points below:

  1. Procrastination steals your productive time and you can never recover it anymore.
  2. It takes away the physical and spiritual blessings from you.
  3. Your heart is always filled with fear and uncertainty.
  4. Spiritual procrastination makes you fruitless, because you lose the fruit of the spirit such as faithfulness and self-control. (Galatians 5:22 – 23)
  5. It negatively affects your level of achievement in life.
  6. Procrastination separates you from the presence of the LORD.
  7. If you permit spiritual procrastination, then spiritual laziness that slides a Christian is at your door step.

It is unwise, ungodly and unhealthy to allow spiritual procrastination to hit you with fear, unfaithfulness, weakness or spiritual laziness. The outcome of procrastination is disastrous.

Biblical verses to Hit Procrastination

The word synonymous to procrastination in the Bible is slug, delay or laziness.

Proverbs 20:4 – “The lazy man will not plow because of winter; He will beg during harvest and have nothing.”

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

Proverbs 26:13 – “The lazy man says, “There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion is in the streets!”

Matthew 5: 23-24: “Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.”

Proverbs 6:9-11: “How long will you slumber, O sluggard? When will you rise from your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep-So shall your poverty come on you like a prowler, And your need like an armed man.”

7 Ways to Overcome Spiritual Procrastination

What do you do when you feel the slothful monster of procrastination trying to creep into your life?

An online survey by the Procrastination Research Group posed the question, “To what extent is procrastination having a negative impact on your happiness?” of the 2,700 response: 46% said “quite a bit” or “very much” and 18% claimed “extreme negative effect”.

If you are eager to be free from procrastination, then the cogent solutions below are for you.

 

    1. Start gradually without delay

You need the daily intake of God’s Power in your life to achieve His wills. Thus, don’t be carried away by the magnitude of whatever the Lord asks you to do. Take a faithful step and He will guide you to the end.

 

  1. Be Focused and Diligent

There are some spiritual assignments that take a long time to be accomplished due to some factors. Be focused on your spiritual lane to achieve the goals. Don’t be discouraged at any point of your responsibility to the Lord.

  1. Meditate the Word of God

You cannot be trapped by spiritual procrastination if you fill your heart always with the word of God. Read the Bible or listening to the audio format regularly.

 

  1. Keep Records

What I do is to set reminder on the calendar app of my phone and once the phone beeps, I do the needful. Tracking events really helps me a lot from procrastination. You can also design a feasible to-do list accompanied with a deadline and you would be delivered from procrastination.

 

  1. Give God the Car Key

If you always give your power of choice to the Lord every morning, then the activities of your day would be planned in the presence of the LORD, and your obedience to God’s plan will knock down spiritual procrastination.

 

  1. Push Away Distraction

When I discovered that watching the television and scrolling through my social media platform distracted me from accomplishing other spiritual duties. I reduced my television presence to watching news, and answering questions on the social media. This discipline really helped me. List your time-takers and screen them accordingly.

 

  1. Assess yourself at night

Don’t pretend that all is fine when many things you should do are hanging on your neck undone. Before going to bed assess yourself and be determined to do better the next day.

 

Spiritual procrastination is a spiritual explosive to the sufferer. But, the obedience to solutions above will deliver you from the destructive act of procrastination.

If you are stuck into the procrastination of giving your totality to the Lord, please give everything about you to the Lord today – tomorrow may be too late!

I pray for every procrastinator who reads this message today that the Lord will deliver you and set you free in Jesus name.

Christian Mind: The Amazing Power of Your Mind

Posted by Dec 21, 2018 Holy Word, Word of Faith Leave a Comment
Christian Mind: The Amazing Power of Your Mind

The mind is responsible for perception and judgement. It has three major levels called the preconscious, conscious and unconscious.

It is responsible for processing feelings and emotions, resulting into attitudes and actions.

A study suggests that the subconscious mind processes about 400 billion bits of information per second and the impulses travel at a speed of up to 100,000 mph! And the conscious mind processes about 2,000 bits of information per second and its impulses travel only at 100-150 mph.

Today’s message will improve your orientation about the supernatural power of the heart.

The Power of Your Mind

Your heart has the ability to create images (imaginations) and it can also receive images through your eyes. The amazing power of your mind is that it can convert the imaginations to realities once there is a little link of your consent to the processes.

Similarly, the heart is so powerful that it can process voices to actions; both inner voice and the one through the ears.

Some instances of your powerful mind are not limited to the following points:

1. Healing Power comes from the heart

The sick guy and his friends had a strong imagination in their heart that if Jesus can set eyes on them, there would be an instant healing. The conviction was so strong that they never considered the cost of destruction to the roof of the house where Jesus was ministering. Their friend was healed in the midst of the crowd – Mark chapter 2 verse 3 to 12.

The process of many miracles done by Jesus started from the powerful mind of the receiver. Jesus will always say; “let it be according to your faith”. The miracles occurred because the receiver had the imagination in their mind that they were healed.

However, Jesus could not do many miracles in the midst of people whose mind were filled with pride and bias. Matthew chapter 13 verse 58 says: “Now He did not do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.”

If you are sick and you set the imagination in your mind that you are healed, the consistent imagination of healing would turn to reality.

Note: It is not the drugs that heal, but the mind-set you have towards the drug is the healing power.

2. Create Nightmares and Bad Dreams

Nightmares in most cases are self-affliction. For instance, when you watch horror films or action films, the movies are stored in your conscious mind and it is processed to your subconscious mind. During the processing, the mind would include you as an actor or actress in the new version of the film you watched earlier. So, you can’t escape nightmares if you give the power of your heart to ungodly movies.

Not until God gave me the divine understanding of our powerful heart, I had suffered fruitless fasting and prayers for Christians who consistently came to me with the explanation that they always had sex in dreams.

Don’t be deceived! No Bishop, Prophet or Pastor can help you with bad dreams, if you don’t stop watching porn or films with just a single scene of romance. Your mind is so powerful that it records the illicit movies or images and process them into simple or complex erotic version for you.

Note: When you are asleep, your mind is processing the information you sent to it during the day. And, your dreams or night visions are outputs from your powerful mind.

Watch good Christian documentaries and you will enjoy your dreams.

3. Makes You sick

Have you ever visited a sick friend in the hospital and you were too emotional about the status of your friend, and this thought “I feel sick” stroked your heart. And the next moment you felt a feverish condition and headache? Huh! It’s just the power of the mind.

If you are going through tough financial crisis and you say to yourself “am sick of this life” your heart would process the voice and interpret the voice for the sake of reality. This is the cause of high rate of suicidal act!

Your heart is so powerful that it does not joke with any data or information received. Your consent to any thought is enough for the mind to execute action.

For instance, Amnon achieved his lustful thought, but he suffered the consequences – 2 Samuel chapter 13.

4. Loss or Gain Fortunes

If you always send negative information such as: “I am not fortunate….I can’t make it…..I may lose this job….” to your heart, then the mind will process the information. The output of the processing will affect your ability to achieve greatness. Once depression sets into the mind, then there is trouble.

But, if you fill your heart with positive expressions such as: “I can make it… it is possible for me to get to the top….I won’t give up…. It shall be well…..” then your mind will process the positive information and it shall come to pass.

For instance, in the book of second King chapter 7, it was recorded that Prophet Elisha saw surplus, but the king’s officer saw shortage in his mind. And the next day it came to pass according to the imagination of their hearts. The officer’s life suffered shortage and death.

5. Your Mind Can Release Joy or Sorrow

Have you ever wonder why the rich also cry? Well, joy has nothing to do with post or affluence. I know many poor people who have joyful lives than the rich people in the society.

If you want to experience a joyful life, then always fill your heart with information such as; “contentment, patience, hope, God’s time is the best for me…..”

Your mind is so powerful that God respects the processed output of your heart.

Have I blasphemed? No! God respected the choice of Adam and Eve; else He would have taken the forbidden fruit from them. He respected the actions of the Israelites who suffered destruction as a result of their adulterous life!

Don’t make your heart to wander anyhow. Your mind is just like the steering of a car, if you refuse to control the steering it would take the car into the ditch. Thus, control your mind; else it can set you ablaze.

The heart is the stronghold for God’s miracle in your life, and it is also the gateway for the Devil to afflict you.

Since there is a strong link between your faith and your mind, then always allow the Lord Jesus to take full control of the information in your mind. God bless you.