WHEN BELIEVERS ARE ON THE DEVIL’S TEAM

Dear Folks,

I have always believed that the greatest Prophet over your life is yourself. It is more important what you say about your life, than what someone else says about your life. In fact, most prophecies over your life will only be fulfilled when you agree with them. The question this day is what are you saying?

I found it absurd how the devil has really taken over the lexicon of the believer. Many have joined the devil’s team – they are speaking exactly what the devil says, or would have said to them. I am sure you have heard people say, including believers, ‘I AM DEAD SERIOUS’ – What has seriousness got to do with being dead. Or ‘I AM FINISHED’ Wait a minute, wetin (what) happen? Even, Jesus on the cross didn’t say ‘I am finished’ but ‘IT IS FINISHED’. And then some say ‘I AM HUNGRY LIKE HELL’. Are you serious! I found no meeting point between hunger and hell. And some even think it’s cool. Time and space will fail me to tell of the very many negatives in our indigenous tongue, take for instance someone said, ‘temi ti baje’ – (Yoruba, meaning my own, my life have spoilt). When you say such words, you don’t need demons.

We need to understand that being believers’ means speaking the way God’s speak, or the best way, speaking what God has said. Are your words in tandem with God’s words or with the devil’s? I want to conclude by looking into two portions of the scripture.

1. Proverbs 18:20-21 says, ‘A MAN'S BELLY SHALL BE SATISFIED WITH THE FRUIT OF HIS MOUTH; AND WITH THE INCREASE OF HIS LIPS SHALL HE BE FILLED. DEATH AND LIFE ARE IN THE POWER OF THE TONGUE: AND THEY THAT LOVE IT SHALL EAT THE FRUIT THEREOF.’

Solomon said that your words are seeds, and like every seed, when sown, they must germinate, all things being equal. A farmer eats of the fruits of his seed – whether directly or by profiting. The words you release today are the seeds, the fruit of which you will feed on tomorrow. Many times in life, the things we see don’t just happen, they happen as a result of process. Your present state is a result of what started long ago.

What are you filled with today, what are you experiencing today? If your life is full of varying degrees of bitterness, failure, pain, disappointment etc, it may be because of the things you said long ago; you may be eating of the fruit of your mouth. A sure way to change your life is by starting to sow the right seeds. Heaven and earth respect your words – “SAY UNTO THEM, AS TRULY AS I LIVE, SAITH THE LORD, AS YE HAVE SPOKEN IN MINE EARS, SO WILL I DO TO YOU” Numbers 14:28. Life is more about the seed we sow than about the harvest, for your harvest is determined by the seed sown.

I love the message translation of Proverbs 18:21, “WORDS KILL, WORDS GIVE LIFE; THEY'RE EITHER POISON OR FRUIT--YOU CHOOSE”.

2. So in whose camp are you? Let’s consider the second scripture:

‘It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: THE WORDS THAT I SPEAK UNTO YOU, THEY ARE SPIRIT, AND THEY ARE LIFE.’ John 6:63

The literal translation says, ‘the word that I speak are spirit filled and life giving’. Many years ago, while meditating on this verse of the scripture God told me, He said ‘all words spoken by men have a spirit, either my spirit or the devil’s spirit, the devil’s therefore brings death while mine gives life’. Those words over the years rings through my spirit. All words are spirit – but some give life, some death. Remember Jesus didn’t say ‘some of the words that I speak…’ So no room for I was only joking or being cool. All your words must be Spirit filled and Life giving. Don’t sulk life out of your life. Speak like a God’s fan! Determine to never support the devil’s plan. Quit the devil’s team!

Therefore be careful whose team you are supporting. John 10:10, told us the devil’s team and game plan is always about stealing, murdering and death. While some people claim not to be for the devil, they, by their words energize him to act in their lives. 

My challenge to you today is that you will appreciate the creative power of the tongue and understand that the spirit world is controlled by the word of God. The spoken word of God is creative power, and there is great power in your tongue. Therefore learn to use it wisely, align your tongue with God, be a God’s fan with your words and keep speaking the word of life – for surely as you have spoken in His ears He will do.

Your Greatness is Assured!

FA

Fisayo Adeniyi

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SPIRITUAL SNAG - OF SPIRIT AND RULES

Dear Folks,

Some years ago, I experienced a barrier in my spiritual walk. It was like I was walking endlessly in an arid land. No spring, no water, no avalanche. Praying in tongues was no longer refreshing, bible reading became a real struggle. Folks, I was only 2 years in the Christian walk, yet I was in a snag. I couldn’t understand it. And I had no clue how to get out of it.

I don’t know whether you have been in a spiritual snag before, if you have or you are in one right now. Praise God, that only means you are human and much more, you are sincere. But God doesn’t want us in snags. He wants us progressing, increasing in knowledge, and refreshed at all times.

In the midst of my experience, grew an awakening to the person of the Holy Spirit. I wanted to know why I was in a snag, and much more, I wanted to get out of it – I discovered it was because of my rules and routines. I got bored! I got tired! Yes, I was spiritual but I was also human. And every human get tired of routine. So I learnt of new ways to do spiritual things.  In Isaiah 29:13, ‘the Lord says: “These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. THEIR WORSHIP OF ME IS BASED ON MERELY HUMAN RULES THEY HAVE BEEN TAUGHT’. (Emphasis mine). Absolute truism!

Sometimes we get into a snag like I did, because of rules, either self-imposed or taught. So, I tossed the rules (you must do the same), because my relationship and fellowship with God is a life I am called to live and not rules I must obey. The moment I did, the shackles were broken, freedom came, and instead of pressure I had joy. Learn to live and walk by the Spirit. Follow His leading, even in fellowship. So I junked my boring routines and rules and I followed the Spirit.

I learnt to write a Psalm. I thought if David wrote one, then I could.

I sang new songs to God - Yes, my voice will not pass any earthly test, but in the heavens and to my Father, it was sonorous.

I began to fellowship with other believers. Truly Iron sharpens Iron. I listened and I learned.

I wrote Him many poems. To right about Him, you must think deeply about Him. That made Him real to me. I connected with Him in my soul and mind.

I began to dance without music. It brought some needed energy to my paleness in fellowship.

I began to meditate while walking. I couldn’t limit God to my room and I shouldn’t box him up in a flat. He is everywhere!

I began to pray everywhere. I didn’t have to face the yellow painted wall every time.

I want to encourage you to let the Spirit lead you endlessly to new frontiers and greater heights. The answer many times is not in the complicated and complex, it is in simple things. 

Remember, ‘For even young people tire and drop out, young folks in their prime stumble and fall. But those who wait upon God get fresh strength. They spread their wings and soar like eagles, They run and don't get tired, they walk and don’t lag behind’. Isaiah 40:31 (The Message).

Get fresh strength as you depend on the Spirit and not rules.

Your Greatness is Assured!

FA

Fisayo Adeniyi

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A LITTLE YEAST

Recently, a microbiology student I know was doing a study on yeast. I was amazed at the multi- types of yeast existing and their varied uses. More astounding is the almost ubiquitous nature of yeast and the fact that it is so important to our survival and nature. The study of yeast has therefore become an important area of discourse to researchers and teachers. The bible also speaks of the yeast.

“A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.” Galatians 5:9. That statement is so obviously true. You don’t need much yeast to see its effect on bread; just a little will do the work. But the Bible is not a book for the baker’s son; it is a book for the King’s sons. God must therefore be referring to something that has great significant in our lives, other than mere bread. God has a way of teaching us life lessons from the common things that can easily be understood.

In Galatians 5, Paul started this section of his letter by imploring believers to ‘Stand Fast…”. It is a call to stand firm in Christ’s entire true message; a call also to resist the deceit and the fraud of the enemy. It is in this light that he further said a little yeast is enough to influence the whole bread. The message of Christ does not need much error to be messed up, it only needs a little yeast – little deception, dark revelation, fake doctrines and prophecies.

As believers, we must understand that just a little stain makes us impure. It is Christ or nothing else, the word of God or the devil’s, Grace or Works, Light or Darkness. The Christian race is not an ‘Afro-Christo religion’ or a ‘Christo-Americana religion’. It is completely Christ. You can’t add to it or remove from it. You can’t combine it with religion, tradition or your cultural standards. If it’s God, then it must be completely God. You can’t make a little allowance for deception, lie, re-adjustment of standards, or leaving the ways of God. Your walk with God must be pure and undefiled. You can’t afford to add little drugs, a little booze, a little voodoo, a little bribe, a little sin, a little giving of your body to gain favour, a little lie, a little heresy etc. For just a little of these things will completely ruin your Christian testimony. I remember a song we use to sing a long time ago: ‘God will never readjust the standard of righteousness to the level of man’.

Today, decide and make a commitment to be careful of strange yeast that threatens to derail you from your walk with God and soil your Christian testimony. Christ warned His disciples of certain deceptive doctrines, “Jesus warned, "Be very careful. Keep a sharp eye out for the contaminating yeast of Pharisees and the followers of Herod." Mark 8:15 (The Message).

Brethren God is for us, His teaching grace is available to guide us against error…

Have you ever watched anyone bake with yeast? The just add in a little yeast. At no time do they pray or speak in tongues that the flour may rise. It is just natural; once the yeast gets in, the flour rises. That is how easy and how natural it is for strange doctrines, and error to mix with the pure treasures of God on our inside. My sincere prayer for you today is that you may run well, being unhindered and completely obeying the grace of God.

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ONE PERFUME, TWO FRAGRANCES

I have always being enthralled by perfumes; their varied fragrances and packages. I remember a friend of mine in the university once wore a perfume I had earlier come across, I told her the name of what she was wearing and she smiled because I was right. A brand of a perfume always comes with the same fragrance. I have never seen one with two fragrances.

Perfumes have been worthy compliments of men from time immemorial. Anytime I read Esther 2:12, I am amazed at the vast preparation these beautiful ladies were subjected to for a whole year, “The young women were given beauty treatments for one whole year. The first six months their skin was rubbed with olive oil and myrrh, and the last six months it was treated with perfumes and cosmetics. Then each of them spent the night alone with King Xerxes.(CEV)”  But even after this treatment, the beautiful virgin would still have one sweet, strong fragrance.

Daily, I see the miracle of a fragrance. From the dusty villages, to the dense street of Lagos to the market at Aka Offot in Uyo to air conditioned halls in Abuja; a fragrance.  Sometimes the fragrance comes from sweaty backs, sometimes from high flyers in gorgeous suits. Different, yet with no distinction. They are the fragrance of His knowledge in every place. They are Christians.

They are a fragrance, just one fragrance, one sort, one brand, one people. One united fragrance, but two outward savours. Their fragrance lasts forever, and differs in aroma depending on the man savoring it. To some, they are a scent of life leading to life, to others, a scent of death leading to death.

“But thanks be to God! He always leads us triumphantly in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of knowing him. To God we are the aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are being lost. To some people we are a deadly fragrance, while to others we are a living fragrance. Who is qualified for this?” 2 Cor 2:14-16 ISV

The next time you see those folks with their permanent perfumes infused into their genes; understand that you have seen a spiritual miracle, men whose spirit can never die. God’s trademark in perfumery; they are Christians and they are special. Depending on who you are, they constantly stick in your nose, reminding you of your choice, witnessing to you of who you are, and where you are ultimately headed. The way of Death or Life!

Fisayo Adeniyi

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