"Overcoming Temptations" - Stephanie Ike

you know for a few days ago the Holy Spirit has been hinting to me a message about godliness and it's interesting because it's the way it the way it came is that God wants us to go to a higher place in him now when we talk about gardening as godliness really is about devotion in action and a man that I believe that would you know exemplify this in the Bible would be a man named Enoch Enoch in the Bible in Genesis 5 it talks about how Enoch was a man that walked with God and then when you fast-forward to Hebrews that believe it's in Hebrews 11 it talks about how Enoch was one who please God and so as a result of him walking with God God took pleasure in him because there's a passage and I believe that is an Amos 3:3 and it talks about that can two walk together unless they agree and so when you see in the Bible that this individual walked with God they lived a life that God is in agreement with everything about them every decision they made God was in agreement with that and we see the same thing in the life of Jesus Jesus would say that I only do what I see my father do and that word do when you look it up it actually has the the meaning of agree so Jesus would also say I only do the things that my father is an agreement with and there's something so interesting family about love and plan and God being pleased by you because God the love of God has nothing to do with us that is his essence that is his nature the Bible says that God is love so love flows from him he doesn't need you to do anything that that's why I says that nothing can separate you from the love of God because it's not about your good works or anything like that love just flows from him to you but when it comes to God taking pleasure in you pleasure is derives from something right I take pleasure in eating grapes or gummy bears right it is the right I just trying to relate this right is derived from something and so even even when you're looking in Scripture there are very few people that they would identify them as the beloved of God or God takes pleasure in you because that is when you love God back and we're going to talk about what it means even in the message today we're going to talk about what it actually means only say you know you know Jesus I love you what that means to him not just what we say with our words but the message in general today is about overcoming temptations you see because when we some people I don't know what your temptation is so funny I always laugh at my own jokes but but not real talk right because when we see that the very patina is so interesting because when you see someone that walked with God when that means they they surrendered their will to his and so it is an example of someone who was able to overcome the temptations of their will daily Jesus even had a will we see that even in Gethsemane when he says Lord but as you will not as I will so he had his own will but daily he surrendered that to God's will and so when we talk about overcoming temptations there are few things I want us to look into because of this earth is a there's a kind of a guide God gave me but even before we go into that there are three things that we as believers have to have a mindset about before we can even tackle that and so the first thing I want us to look into is in 2nd Peter 1:2 the four and this is knowing that you have the victory in Christ so let's read it says grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of and of Jesus our Lord as divine as his divine power oh this is so good as his divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness so check this so now his divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness so this is not some kind of you know far-fetched or Lord this is just a - it's too hard type of a thing but then it says through everybody say through through the knowledge of him who called us by his glory and virtue you see family being a believer is not enough because being a believe it just means that you believe that Jesus is the Son of God you believe that Jesus is Lord right you have to know your identity in Christ you have to know what you possess as a Christian because Jesus he had the victory over death so that we can have the victory in life and so this thing comes through the knowledge of what he has done through the knowledge of who we are because of what he has overcome and so because of this we have already been empowered to overcome temptations but let's continue reading and it says through the knowledge of him who has called us by glory and virtue by which have by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises well that through these you may be partakers of the divine name sure it's not far-fetched family right having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust if you went God gave me this message one thing that was that was made very clear is that we are in a birthing season and that is why even in the natural people are getting pregnant right and that's why you know you wanted if you're doing things that make a baby he might get pregnant okay because everything that that that we are just very Oh everything that reveals itself in the natural there's something spiritual about that as well there's going to be a lot of children in the natural in this season feel getting pregnant arriving kids because in the spirit we are in a birthing season there are things that are coming your way there are themes you're about to start walking into but the thing power but the thing about the birthing season is that it always comes with counterfeit blessings you see Jesus even Jesus could not walk into this destiny until he was tempted and he overcame the devil and even in that period everything the enemy presented him was a counterfeit blessing and so when we talk about overcoming temptations if we are not equipped in the knowledge of this because when it comes to a temptation it's always something you desire and the tricky thing about it is that it is because when we talk about lust for example right lust is what you is when you desire it right now it needs to happen right now and so what the enemy does with a counterfeit is that he gives that to you he gives you something temporary that you can touch right now rather than waiting for the manifestation of the promise right so let's look at this something we're going to go into just we're going on a journey and we're going to just stay with me right the second thing so the first thing family we already have the victory because Jesus gave that to us right and so we don't need to walk into situations because one of the biggest problems is not that we have not overcome all of the biggest problem is that we have a defeated mindset and so because we make room for it is possible that this might happen that is why it happens you see no light there was one thing nice to be when it when the idea of marriage would ever pop up the one thing nice to be afraid about I'm like God it's I'm sure it is so easy to cheat I mean just let me to be honest I'm like this has to be like one of the easiest thing I don't understand how you know when it comes to marriage that was a fear I had that what if like you know whether it's him or myself I don't know you know I'm being real right but that was really like that's something that work I will come together but I'm like you know I really want to understand this thing cause you're going to be with the same person you know that long and so but the one thing that he made clear to me is because the fear is coming from a place of a defeated mindset about marriage not from a place of no Lord this is a gift this is something that I would treasure this is something that we will treasure you have to have victory mindset about the things that God gives you right and so the moment that I had that conversation with others I know what hey check out you know that's cool I'm ready now but literally that was a hidden fear that I had but I had a defeated mindset about it and so when it comes to temptations we have to know that we have already overcome it right so the second thing I want us to talk about is to love God is beyond our feelings right now let's open to a passage now that John 14 15 to 18 now Jesus says and he's talking to his disciples he says if you love me keep my Commandments and I will pray the father and he will give you another helper that he may abide with you forever the Spirit of Truth whom the world cannot receive because it neither sees him nor knows him but you know him for he dwells with you and he will be with you I will not leave you orphans I will come to you now the interesting thing about this passage is that in this period Jesus is aware of what is about to happen he's aware that you know the crucifixion the resurrection and ultimately that his time on earth would be done that he's about to leave right and so he's speaking to his disciples because all along they have loved him from a place of him being physically present all along everything they have known is that well he is with us I can touch him they have loved him from a place through their natural senses and Jesus is saying that because feelings are connected to what we are naturally what we can naturally sense and so he's talking to them that I will not leave you as orphans but if you love me love is a decision you would keep my Commandments it's not about the feeling you get when you're around me it's not about the feeling you get when you see me do miracles it's not about the feeling you get when you know that I'm just you know within arm's length it's a decision you make and so the interesting thing about this is because in life when how do I put this you see when you're directed by your feelings for example if you're hungry right if you have a rule let's say you you know you don't want to you stop you say I'm going to stop eating eggs after 7 p.m. right but now you have the desire to eat but when there is food in the house the decision your your decision that I'm not eating after 7 p.m. has to be stronger than your desire to eat because feelings are controlled by what they have access to when they know that they have access to a thin it then takes over the person and so the problem the problem that we sometimes have as believers is that when we can't feel God when we can't feel the Holy Spirit when we can't feel his presence and the feelings of other things are louder we give in to those things because in that moment you couldn't feel him and so the feeling of whatever temptation is taking place in your life it's presenting itself to you becomes louder and in that moment you give in and it's also a deception of the enemy because the enemy tells you that you can love God while doing all the things and so that mindset makes room for you to give into things even though you say god I love you this is a hard message of it for me and you will find out why soon but it all starts with her let's play the guitar it all starts with us understanding that even when we don't feel the Holy Spirit we are still empowered by him because there are certain things that we have to shut the door to certain mindsets that we have to shut the door to because you see even after this one Jesus had and he's telling them this like I would not I am with you I would not leave you as orphans but now he would be in them and so for us to connect we have to detach from that the need to naturally sense something to a spiritual point and that is why the scripture says that we walk not by sight but by faith because you see even after Jesus so after you know that you know he's conquered death he hasn't really ascended all the way yet so he's showing up you know here and there after you know we just celebrated Easter after the whole resurrection he's showing up to the disciples but it's interesting because even though he just gave this amazing speech Peter one of his main troopers went back to fishing Jesus took Peter out efficient to become a disciple the moment that it doesn't seem that Jesus is quite enriched anymore Peter goes back to fishing and so one day Peter is you know they're out there fishing Jesus your shows up disappears you know I just love how he does that right there and this isn't the last chapter of John Jesus just shows up and then he tells them and it's so funny because all along you know when Jesus approaches them you know he'll called them by name or something like that but then he says children have you found any fish and they said no and he directs them like he did the first time when he called Peter to become his disciple he directs them and says okay you know throw the net to this side and you're going to catch fish and all that stuff Peter yet you know he recognizes that wow this is the Lord he you know he swims out he runs out and he's excited but even when they came to the shore Jesus had already prepared like fish and food and all that stuff that he didn't really need their fish but in that moment Jesus you know approaches Peter and he says Peter do you love me read this passage and get a chance that's incredible and Peter is saying that Lord I love you and Jesus tells and feed my sheep and he repeats that to Peter three times do you love me and every response was about a decision that Peter had to make that if you love me you will pay attention to the call in your life you see family when we say we love God it is beyond feelings it conquers the things that we feel because when we say we love God we have to walk in alignment with the things that he has revealed to us the third thing is that love reveals commitment no one else open to a passage Matthew 5:30 don't be alarmed by what is in this passage we're going to talk about it because you're gonna see hell oh my gosh and now it says and if you and if your right hand causes you to sin and sin is really about missing the mark there's a passage I love so much and it says that if you know to do good and you do not do it it is sin unto you so sin is not just because I love sin so it's when we hear sin we address it to like you know certain things that are just really poppin in our minds but sin is when God has revealed his will to you for your life and you walk out of it it is sin unto you right and so here he's saying that and if your right hand causes you to sin cut it off and cast it from you for it is more profitable for you for you that one of your members perish that for your whole body to be cast into hell hell obviously is about is a place of destruction this passage is talking about commitment how committed are you to detach yourself from things that are destructive to you you see some cultures they take this literally some cultures they I mean they they just do the wrong things you still they cut the hand you stole from well that's not what that's that's that's not really what the message is about it's about our commitment and I'm going to reveal something to y'all this is oh my gosh but we know for me too for me to pour this message from my heart that certain things I also have to share you see uh no was it this is Sunday actually this is Resurrection Sunday some other things are resurrected but you see one there are certain fears that we have right and you know God every time we bring those things to God he just he points it out and then he shows you how to kill it one fear that I used to have is Lord I don't want to go back to college me you know I never want to go back that person was not even me you know yes she was about to turn up but I'm not about that turned up anymore and so that was one thing that used to come to mind right and now I'm someone that I liked rap music right but I'm not trying to be trapped my trap music now I have this and we all have to be honest with ourselves I have to be honest with myself right so now when it comes to trap music there is memories of things that I'm saying that I do not want to resurrect in my life right the things I'm like you know we don't leave that there so on Resurrection Sunday one of my closest friends so she's having this dinner her house you know you know she's you know like this low you know Easter dinner or something and so there's a song I really like now Panda and you know when the song comes on is like Fanta Fanta Fanta Fanta right and so and so no and this is not a digital song I like the song right but any time this song comes on you know how your leg starts moving first okay and then your lower body is under a different ministry and so I was you know the song came on and literally you know my lower body is doing things you know and I was like and in the moment it seems fun right it seems funny is that all we just having fun and stuff like that but it's like it's almost like in that moment a different spirit begins to take over your mind and your imagination and so normally every night I always like oh you know just like you know when you go home and your father says you know how was your day and stuff like that so I do that with God so I'll go every night but right before I'm about to sleep I talk about my day so I bring that moment up you know I was like look I love this song panda you know but what he showed me is that in that moment because you know whenever you have a conversation with God he would show you the truth in yourself and he showed me that the reason why I am I have this fear that I don't want to return to certain things is because I am still attaching myself to things that give me memories of certain body movements and certain and not just the body movements but what came after that and so unknown to me I'm sowing a seed that in the right or wrong circumstance you might not know what will follow and so I was like nor does that mean have to let go of the trap but literally it was it was it was an awakening to me that I have to and I know it's funny when you know something right but it has to come to you in a way that it really applies to your life and it came to me that there are certain songs that I cannot give myself to listen to anymore because you don't understand not just the spirit behind the song but what that triggers in you and so a lot of us right now we it's almost like we are in declare that own have not done anything but you're sowing seeds in those moments that if you had access to what that seed desires it might be a different story might be a couple pandas in there and so when this passage came about is that are we willing to detach ourselves from things that are actually destroying us because love is commitment and your commitment to God reveals what you're willing to let go of completely you see a lot of times there are people even in our lives from whether it's from your past or whatever they're people they're things that celebrate the false you and we entertain them we tolerate them you have some friends that the moment they show up you ready to turn up and it's only because they're more grounded in what they believe then you've been more grounded in your faith and so rather than you influencing them they're influencing you and it's not it's not like God is like oh my gosh like you should be the you know soldier because you got no God says that those that worship me should worship in spirit and in truth whatever your truth is that whatever level you have to know it and you have to know okay I know that maybe this thinness might be a struggle for me so how do I detach myself from this how do I disconnect myself because lord I love you so much that I do not even want to make room for something that is showing a destructive seed in me you see one thing I saw amazing this a man named Elijah and he was such an amazing prophet when God told the Prophet Elisha who would take his place so prophet Elijah goes saying this time Elisha is you know taking care of like auxins and all this stuff right he was not in nowhere he was not operating in any prophetic anointing but I believe that there was something in Elisha that knew who God was calling him to be the moment Elijah came up to him Elisha threw his mantle on him which might have been like a cloak or something which you know would symbolize that I'm you know I want you to follow me the moment he did that Elisha runs after him and says let me go tell my father you know let me go tell them goodbye and all that stuff now Elisha met Elisha working with the auxins and ploughing and all that but in that moment Elisha takes a pair of oxen slaughters it uses the the thing that he's using to either move the oxen burns it up to cook the oxen you see in that moment he washed himself away from his past he used that and he know he prepared the food fed the people and he was gone there was no way that he was going back to something that he just killed and so some of us even in this room we are afraid that God I don't want to go back I don't want to go back to that person but then you're still connected to things that trigger you and you have to be honest family you have to be honest about your triggers trap music might not be the thing for you right but some trap Tressler and trap me that's not cool right okay well you have to be honest we have to be honest about what our triggers are and be be be confident enough in our relationship with God to say lord I choose you over that thing and let that thing go okay so now let's talk about there there are three things I want to bring up and overcoming temptations and before we even look into that let's open to the turn up bit Deuteronomy 30:19 dinner on me good around me do I'm Nigerian y'all look listen and what I want us to be dispatched because I wanted to understand the importance of this message now it says I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you and I have set before you life and death blessing and cursing therefore choose life that both you and your descendants may live you see family obedience is a path it's a way and it's a way of life on that path you have blessings right but I look at it almost like how you how you view like your GPS for example when you're going to a certain destination it always gives you it never tells you like the you know the turn three steps ahead it tells you to turn every step of the way now why it's so important I love when devon franklin when he was talking about the weight and he said how that decision in one area he knew that there was a gonna be there's going to be a blessing in every area because even no matter how when wherever you're going let's say you even coming to the church no matter how many minutes or hours you've been driving down the right path the moment you take the wrong way you're going the wrong way it doesn't matter how far you know how all along you've been on the right direction the moment you make the wrong turn you're going a whole different direction and every turn we make every turn we make in life there are blessings on that way and I said Lord I won't understand even what these blessings represent you see when we're going somewhere there's a destination right we're going somewhere when God gives us the promise the manifestation of that promise is almost like a destination every turn the blessing is revelation of your next turn there's an instruction there there's something there for you to understand that if you take if you do this it would arrive you at the next stop you see family I wouldn't even be here if it wasn't for obedience it was it's not just about God's direction because he didn't make everything clear even the way I even came to this church it was not it's okay move here do this here go with this person here but if for example along the way you know I met a guy or something and I got into the wrong relationship there's a possibility that I could have been going to his church so something that has nothing to do with oh god I just going to be obedient but if I'm in a relationship for example that God is not even in agreement with it's going to take me a whole different direction and so when it comes to obedience it's not just about Lords I just want to hear you clearly you know just just tell me what to do if every area of our lives are surrendered to God's will we're going we're still on the right track because even when it comes to even the temptation because clearly there was something that he kept showing me and it was that there's going to be an increased access to the things that your flesh desires and if you give in anyone want let's even use the example of even with you know fornication adultery honor one of those two right if you give it if you give in to something of right now you don't know how that affects the course of who God has for you you see when we say that you know I'm waiting when the manifestation of God's promise when that becomes a reality to you there are certain things that you would not even do even as a single person because if God is telling you that I have that area in your life covered then if you're giving in to something that you know and we know you know what is temporary you know what is either satisfying your loneliness we know these things if you give in to that thing there are two things that are being affected and that is time and access because first of all the time that it takes to reroute and the access to what God has for you and so it's so critical family that in every younger and that in every area of our lives because even even the place with relationships it was really highlighted a lot because a lot of times you we entertain things that we know we're not talking about when you have conversations of your friends that you want to put up a front I been talking about that when you sleep at night you know what's real you know the truth about the person that you're entertaining but what we entertain these things to satisfy a temporary need what are we missing now they're not just in the area of the marriage and the partner and the one but what else what direction how far gone are we from the path that God has for us it affects every area of our lives family and so three things that I want us to discuss when it comes to overcoming temptations number one and I love the slide hey hey number one is to respond you see a tactic of the enemy is to make you feel guilty for being tempted but temptation is not a sin unless you give unless that even the Bible talks about unless it is when the desire is conceived then that is the sin because now you're going to act on it because it's a very hard thing I will just use the example of relationships again nobody in a relationship wants to admit that they're attracted to somebody else that's not in the relation that they are not in relationship with it but that could be a reality but if you ignore it you're empowering what the enemy is actually doing but when we respond we respond with the promise of God we respond with God's word in that area you can be less a relationship again right maybe in the relationship you see someone you think the person is attractive you know what wow this person is attractive but God has given me this treasure God has given me something like no other you have to respond to the temptation you can't just ignore it and walk away and say oh no you know the start doing something weird right you have to address that Lord I actually in this moment I am desiring to do this thing but your word to me is greater than that you see when when that when the devil tempted Jesus with food but he said you know what turn this you know turn the stones into loaves of bread or whatnot the Bible clearly says that Jesus was hungry he was not tempted in with something that was not a reality Jesus never denied the fact that he was hungry sometimes we like to deny things like open though that is just not me know that is that is the reality in this time jesus never denies that oh you know the son of man can live 40 days without hunger hoping he never denied that but instead he responded with God's Word and so whatever comes your way it's not a crime to feel tempted underst acknowledge it and we sponsor with with the power in the word of God okay number two is to resist is it as a passage that says he resists right it's a love ours you know I love when that happens it just flows ar-ar-ar right but there's a passage that talks about that submit to God resist the devil and he will flee from you you see one thing that we don't understand is that the enemy has has mastered our our tactics you don't like a friend that knows how to get you to say yes even though you said no they know what to say that okay I know you said no but well you know we're going to do this and we could do this after and then all of a sudden you change your mind okay I'm going to go the enemy knows when you're know is a joke when you're know is like I'm not doing it he knows you know how sometimes like you're like okay I'm not going to do this then the person another text pops up you're like now you cover your phone the phone rings oh right and then there's a way there's a way you know what you want to go get some movie or something Netflix and chill but that's not I'm not just talking about relationships or one of the prayers today is that in each of our lives that we would know what this is speaking to in our lives this is just examples right and so we have to say because to resist is to stand your ground and what you're saying this will not happen sometimes you can't you sometimes you might not be able to pray the feeling away but you have to say that no matter what I am going to stand my ground there's a point when in first Corinthians when it talks about love one of the last things it says actually the last thing it said about love is that love endures all things and sometimes it's just about saying that I am going to endure this feeling because no one is good no one is putting a gun to your head to say you have to do this it's a decision that we make and it's only when we feel defeated it's only when we feel as though I am not strong enough but then God is our strength it's only when we accept the lies of the enemies that makes room for us to say well I'm not strong enough so I have to give in family there's some things that I've prayed about there we know what we struggle with there's some things that God has you know shut that door but there's some things I still struggle with and it's not because God cannot take it away but I have to be willing to always say no because it is my decision and he has empowered me to say no that's what even when Paul was praying he said Lord take this torn away from me and he says my grace is sufficient for you there are some things that you might not be able to pray away but when you stand your ground the enemy knows when he cannot get a yes out of somebody and that's why the passage says that resists the devil and he would flee from you because he knows there's nothing else that he can do here and so he leaves you but even then he will still try and come back because even even in the wilderness even after he tempted Jesus for the uniform with those three themes it says that he left him for a while now that he left him for good because he's going to see why let me if I if I take my time and come back again because the enemy doesn't he can he can hear your thoughts he can only go based on what he knows you do based on your actions not based on what you think and that's why love is not in words it's not in feelings is in our decisions because he judges you based on the things you're actually doing not based on the things that we say and so whatever it is that could be a present struggle in your life we have already the first passage already talked about that everything that pertains to godliness we have through the knowledge of Jesus Christ everything it is not something that God will not tell us something that we cannot do and this message is for us to go a level deeper where it's not just about God loving us but him taking pleasure in us so we have to resist the third thing receive three hours and come on somebody Hey is it why I put receive there is because you have to be encouraged by the reward of your obedience sometimes it's hard it's like okay why am I do why am i celibate why am i this why am i that but you have to be encouraged by the we the reward that comes because of your obedience by what God is has for you to receive and so sometimes it's like it's just imagine if somebody comes I love like the g-wagen right someone tells you in six months they're going to give you a g-wagen if you don't have a car for those six months and then somebody tries to come up with some 72 something anything 72 right another classic cars just a 72 something why would you take that just to satisfy the need of having a car why won't you wait for what is better down the road and so sometimes you just have to say lord I trust you I trust your word to me and if that even means studying scripture meditating on scriptures where God fulfills his word where God always fulfills the things that he's told you even if it's for you to just remember things that God had told you and he did it even if it's just in your memory that you might find encouragement and say God I know you see in life that the thing is that there's always this confusion when it's like you know what grace is not about works and it's not but there are certain things that have to come out of you as a result of walking with God it's not we don't do works to to like okay and I just have to you know keep doing this because when it comes to works it's always related to like good works like you know you just want to feed the porridge so that God sees you're feeding the poor nothing like that there are certain things that have to be there certain things that would be revealed in your character as a result of your walk with God and some of those things is just in your ability to say no because I know what my father has for me and I'm willing to sacrifice this feeling of lust of right now and goes in so many things not just physical because lust is always about the need to have something right now to say love on the other hand that is patient to say you know what I'm going to be patient because I know that what my father has for me is on its way families let us stand you see this is also like I shared it was a hard message for me because I understood that there were certain things also in my life that I had to detach from and these things we enjoy or whatever but it's at the end of the day what is more important when God calls you deeper you want to go deeper right sometimes it's not just about being on the surface even in the scripture we see how the disciples would say you know what I've been feeding you with milk but now it's time that I give you meat family if you're here today and when we talked about detaching from things that are destructive to us and you know the Holy Spirit was speaking to you ministered to you about the areas in your life yes come on just come down come on down come on down come on we already touch and I have to be touched to unplug god it's so good this come on God is calling us deeper you our walk with God never stops that one it never stops at one level he's calling us deeper that first passenger talks about having the divine nature it is not far-fetched it is possible but we have to walk in the truth of the word and there's some of you just keep coming down come on - praise God praise God don't be scared family it might be hard it actually it will be hard just come down amen I see you amen amen see there's something that keeps coming up and is not even connected to today's message see there's someone here maybe there's a couple but is let me know you reward someone and there's something there's something about your past is it it's so interesting how when you experience something then God can pinpoint what someone else is actually going through you see there are certain things that there's some things about you know how we all have things we just kind of lock-keeper away right and you're sorry things there was a particular thing that I never I think all these share two like two people in my life and I remember a few days ago a short part of that with a group of people and that night two and out yells actually knows that Resurrection Sunday later on after the all of that you know planets and after that does something I shared that I've never only showed it to people and in that moment when I was talking to God about that experience as well I was like something hit me that it was no longer about sharing it to people that you feel it was not about having a space or having someone that oh I can trust this person with this information but it was being in a place that you are free of any guilt or shame about it that you don't need to have someone to trust you are just free to express it and he keeps reminding me about that because there's someone here and literally it's like you're crying out like god I wish I would have someone to share my pain with but then God is saying you don't need to feel any guilt or shame about that you don't need to feel any guilt or shame about that because out of that thing you're going to be able to freely ex and if you're here you're not speaking to you come on down come on down amen amen so many times we wait we're like God just just give me put put someone in my life but God is saying I want you to reach a place of freedom because it says that what the Spirit of the Lord there is Liberty it's not where a best friend is there's Liberty where the Spirit of the Lord is and so he's gonna have you share things in public public areas and it's not things you want to share but there is no shame or guilt attached to that family and you you're just gonna walk in a new freedom and it's going to be incredible I would have never thought the things I share on this altar lord have mercy I would have never thought I will share things like that but there's a freedom that God is just he it's it's beautiful it's normally I would share something I would go home and I'm just like why why you know how how you gonna say that but there's freedom in Christ family and if you are still out there just calm down just come on down if there's still some of you out there come on down amen amen come on praise God somebody god is so good god is so good let us pray Heavenly Father we thank you lord thank you for this day thank you for your people thank you that there's such an atmosphere freedom in this house thank you Lord that as you are calling us deeper that we are also willing to go that no part of our lives would would would be deceived or manipulated by the enemy that when we say we love you we know what it means and we back it up because you have the best plans for us who are God so it's not even it's not even a decision it's not even a decision about it's not a religious thing it's just the truth you are the way yes the way why would we want to go any other way that has no understanding of our lives why would we want to take any other route that would lead to destruction and we're not just talking about the eternal destruction even in the present Lord why should we live as though we are dead because we are not walking in the things that you are deigned us to walk in the purpose of our lives because we are choosing other routes Lord may we know that every decision we make for you is also for us that every decision we say we're doing this in obedience to you but we're actually doing it in obedience to our calling may we not be detached from well this is just for the Lord but may we understand that it is for the best for ourselves we would not give into a temporary fix things that have no lasting impression in our lives and then after the fact the enemy uses that to condemn us where did they do that at Lord Lord we love you we love you Jesus and we thank you for this moment and it's okay it's okay if we make mistakes because your word says that the righteous would even fall and they'd still rise up again as long as what may we may we may we Lord be may our minds be guarded by the truth Lord so know that you have already empowered us to overcome so know that we have the strength to say no may that may that lord cover our minds thank you Jesus for what you're doing in this house continue to have your way in us as you live in us may we also live in you thank you Lord in Jesus name

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Published: Thu Mar 31 2016